blizzard - reduces speed,stamina,and sight range through varying degrees of visibility including total white out, decreased vehicle agility

fog - reduces sight range

heavy rain - reduces sight range, decreases effectiveness of active scanners and suit scan range

light rain - decreases sight range, increases stamina

thunder storm - decreases active scanner effectiveness and suit scan range, periodic suit damage caused by lightning strikes.

hurricane - reduced sight range, reduces speed, periodic damage from flying debris,

sand storm - reduced sight range, decreased speed, decreased vehicle agility, sensor ghosts on radar, decreased active scanner effectiveness.

just to spice things up abit

blizzard - reduces speed,stamina,and sight range through varying degrees of visibility including total white out, decreased vehicle agility

fog - reduces sight range

heavy rain - reduces sight range, decreases effectiveness of active scanners and suit scan range

light rain - decreases sight range, increases stamina

thunder storm - decreases active scanner effectiveness and suit scan range, periodic suit damage caused by lightning strikes.

hurricane - reduced sight range, reduces speed, periodic damage from flying debris,

sand storm - reduced sight range, decreased speed, decreased vehicle agility, sensor ghosts on radar, decreased active scanner effectiveness.

just to spice things up abit

Luck based gameplay is bad

which is why all the buffs/debuffs are blanket and not directed towards a single role or ability. every buff/debuff affects everyone equally.

What about sand storms? :0

Also these are excellent Ideas! I hope CCP sees these.

blizzard - reduces speed,stamina,and sight range through varying degrees of visibility including total white out, decreased vehicle agility

Hurts scouts and vehicles more than others

fog - reduces sight range

No opinion

heavy rain - reduces sight range, decreases effectiveness of active scanners and suit scan range

Harms gallente and caldari scouts as well as gallente logis in 1.8 more than anyone else

light rain - decreases sight range, increases stamina

How does rain increase stamina?

thunder storm - decreases active scanner effectiveness and suit scan range,

Hurts scouts more than others

Will hurt gallente logis more than others in 1.8

hurricane - reduced sight range, reduces speed,

Harms scouts more than others

sand storm - reduced sight range, decreased speed, decreased vehicle agility, sensor ghosts on radar, decreased active scanner effectiveness.

Harms scouts, vehicles, and gallente logis in 1.8 more than others

just to spice things up abit


Overall this will hurt scouts, gallente logs and vehicles more than anyone else

Hailstorm.....interrupts shield regent at random..like at stray bullet hitting you and stopping it........would only damage you if in an open area without overhead cover

Nearby volcanic eruption.....random lava chunks rain on the battlefield damaging infantry and vehicles....damage depends on chunk size which is random......small aoe damage as well.....most would be like a std MD round

Thunderstorm..... I would like to add a certain height where it becomes possible to be struck by lightning.....tower snipers ds pilots beware

I want to see a tornado rip through the battlefield and throw a tank that takes out a dropship

Earthquakes...... randomized rumbling makes it difficult to aim

So much cringe. apart from slight visibilty issues (like the fog weather already present) no stats should be affected. Weather should be done because it makes the maps more interesting, only thing I'd support is random lightning strikes, a few per match on a raining map and it's a ohk, chances increase the higher up you go, add lava flows or crevasses etc. If you fall in you die. Make the environments harsher

the whole game is based on statistics. random strikes is just pure luck like someone stated earlier and is not something thats accounted for in game and is therefore unfair mechanic. basing things on specific base stats is the only way to do it and those should be stats commonly used by everyone.

scan range doesn't directly affect survivability so is a safe stat to blanket change for everyone. the same goes for stamina and sight range is the same for everyone regardless of suit or weapon. some of these changes offer up reasons for ccp to add new things like vision modes and types of scopes for snipers.

i dont want a linear fight where everything follows a set path and everything is the same but slightly different like we have now. i want a game where every battle has the potential to change in an instant and be totally unpredictable. where you have to change to meet the battle area parameters as they unfold. i adapt to every fight and its what keeps the game alive for me with its limited maps and roles. adding weather effects and lighting just adds to this

message from Godin: all I see is scout nerf scout nerf. take out all those scanning ones, and spped ones only when extreme wind is a factor, unless it's for a suit over a certain mass.

How about a volcanic ash environment?

http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/volcanic-ash-2.jpg

Extent of hazard = limits visual spectrum.

sight reduction hurts everyone as we all have to see and the reduction would be the same for everyone.

reduced stamina slows everyone down equally as they all have a reduced sprint time and amount of jumps

scan range reduction means all suits are less visible. this goes in tandem with reduced range of active scanners. scan strength is not affected

light rain does increase stamina. you ever been for a run in light rain. its refreshing, keeps you cooler and it gives me a boost. is that not what stamina does in dust. it gives you the ability to sprint for longer. this would also affect everyone as everyone has and uses stamina.

thunder storm creating electrical interfearance in turn affecting passive and active scan effectiveness. in this case range again and not strength. affects all

reduced speed slows down everyone not just scouts.

decreased speed/decreased vehicle agility affects everyone no matter what they are doing.

sensor ghosts applies to everyone in a vehicle or on foot. all passive scanning is reduced

with regards to gal logi yes it has a bonus to active scanners but its bonus is not affected. if it uses it they still have an advantage over none gal logi but at a general reduced effectiveness the same as anyone else who fits it.

speed also does not only affect scouts. it affects heavies and assaults and logis and all vehicles.

also the vehicle speed reduction works in tandem with a suit speed reduction therefore both are at a disadvantage.

I love these.
Snow maps should have reduced heat buildup for heat buildup weapons (laser rifle, scrambler rifle, HMG).
When we get ice planets, it should have the same effect, but to a greater degree.
When we get Lava planets, they should have the opposite effect.

which is why all the buffs/debuffs are blanket and not directed towards a single role or ability. every buff/debuff affects everyone equally.

i would have to give it some real thought to balance it in my head, but the concept of weather effecting battles i like. cant help but think of having a wind direction tracker on the hud that scouts could use to get more jump distance depending on the severity.