The problem with weather affecting an ACTIVE game like an FPS is that it can quickly throw things off balance if it doesn't affect everyone equally. In EVE you don't have structured 16v16 matches, and while Legion might be more of a sandbox game, it's still much more active than EVE.

For instance, benefitting one type of weapon, or shields/armor, or suit type might sound cool, but it just becomes a disaster when trying to keep things in check.

Things like "10% more/less weapon damage" or "faster/slower movement speed" would be more interesting to me. I'd also be in favor of the weather changing the maps similar to the FF12 approach.

For instance, in the rain there might be pools of water where normally there were just small ditches, blocking off your normal paths. Another example would be high winds causing a sand/snowstorm which limits long-range visibility, turning a normally wide and open map into a mask for you to sneak up behind their defences easily, or to allow sentinels the freedom of walking in the middle of the street without getting shot at from super far away.

I could see planets with volcanic activity or just generally really hot conditions causing the heat up on some weapons to heat up faster. I can also imagen some planets might have some kind of natural disaster that complicates to battle.

Merc 1: "how are we going to clear the red team out of there?"
Randome flash flood happens and the death mesages is spamed with "so and so (drowned)"
Merc 1 "that was easy."

The lightning striking players sounds interesting

Meteor showers raining large bolides at fighting mercs:
> Red Merc1 squashed by medium arkonor meteorite...
> Red Merc2 squashed by medium arkonor meteorite...
...
> Red Merc24 squashed by medium arkonor meteorite...
LOL

Blue team frantically rushes at SD and returns with mining fits spawns mining vehicle fits. Harsh TK ensues over who gets the spoils... Meanwhile Red team regroups and waits for blues to clone themselves out...

My old thread applies to Project Legion as well: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1112116

Meteor showers raining large bolides at fighting mercs:
> Red Merc1 squashed by medium arkonor meteorite...
> Red Merc2 squashed by medium arkonor meteorite...
...
> Red Merc24 squashed by medium arkonor meteorite...
LOL

Blue team frantically rushes at SD and returns with mining fits spawns mining vehicle fits. Harsh TK ensues over who gets the spoils... Meanwhile Red team regroups and waits for blues to clone themselves out...

First off, thanks for making a legion discussion thread.

One of the more interesting bits of the legion demo was the weather conditions added to the maps. I've always wanted the planets to have more personality, and weather is a biggie, otherwise you just have a series of deserts with dust flying about. Weather also affects the player and equipment which made me start thinking of different conditions.

I've only thought of a few that I hope make it in.

-Solar Storm/flares

A solar flare would disrupt scanners, passive scanning, and would mess with the hud by adding noise and a wobble. Suit db profile would remain the same, but the precision would be decreased by 25%. If the planet has a thick atmosphere it would be nice to get a aurora effect in the skybox. Plasma weapons would have an altered damage and range with all those solar particles in the air. You could also get a hack speed on bonus to emulate the security system malfunctioning.

• Lowers Precision of scanners by 25%
• Increases hack speed by 20%
• Plasma based weapons will have more range and less damage during violent flares (or vice versa)
• Violent flares would create an aurora effect as an indicator.

-Thunder/lightning

Lightning strikes would randomly hit the ground and basically act as a flux grenade stripping shields of anyone nearby. If you don't have any shields left it will kill you, so if you're hit by one you should probably stay in that same spot. During an active storm any rail weapons will have their spool up time reduced. It could also Increase your profile by 25% and increase shield recharge rate.

• Increases dropsuit scan profile by 25%
• Lightning will randomly strike causing large damage to shields. If your shields are down it will kill you.
• Rail weaponry will have a reduction in spool up time during storms
• Shield depleted recharge rate will 20% faster

Whether they make sense or not is up to you guys. These conditions would benefit Gallente and Caldari users, and the scorched weather condition shown during the presentation seemed to benefit amarr. I'm not sure what would help with minmatar weapons. I was thinking something with wind, but that just seems like it would mess up mass driver shots.

/nerd thoughts

The idea that certain weather should benefit certain races is bad.

Weather conditions should have some minor effects, yes, but it shouldn't favor any race over another.

The problem with weather affecting an ACTIVE game like an FPS is that it can quickly throw things off balance if it doesn't affect everyone equally. In EVE you don't have structured 16v16 matches, and while Legion might be more of a sandbox game, it's still much more active than EVE.

For instance, benefitting one type of weapon, or shields/armor, or suit type might sound cool, but it just becomes a disaster when trying to keep things in check.

Things like "10% more/less weapon damage" or "faster/slower movement speed" would be more interesting to me. I'd also be in favor of the weather changing the maps similar to the FF12 approach.

For instance, in the rain there might be pools of water where normally there were just small ditches, blocking off your normal paths. Another example would be high winds causing a sand/snowstorm which limits long-range visibility, turning a normally wide and open map into a mask for you to sneak up behind their defences easily, or to allow sentinels the freedom of walking in the middle of the street without getting shot at from super far away.