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Re: 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0.
Man, I haven't been here in forever. Been here since the start of Aurora Falls. Created an account to ask how you've been doing @Bugzapper, we haven't seen you in a good long while. Things going alright?
Re: 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0.
Man, it's been a long time since i've logged in here, this account even has my old username. Crazy to think that the selkirk saga is ending after all this time. I followed from basically the beginning, even if i was a lurker for much of that time. It's been awesome, man. Thanks for writing these incredible stories, and good luck with any related or unrelated ventures in your future. Oh, and stay safe.
Re: 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0.
Great to see the story continue i cant wait to see what this branches out to
Re: 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0.
amazing ending. Seems like it got in just in time before the forum goes read-only. Thanks for an amazing two stories Bugzapper. It was a pleaser to read your work
Re: 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0.
Whoops. Last minute correction. Typo found in the Jelly Shroom cave.
My bad.
There may be more. Proof-reading and editing these puppies in the space of two days will do that.
My bad.
There may be more. Proof-reading and editing these puppies in the space of two days will do that.
Re: Should Hail stones Hurt?
I like the idea of Hail Damage in Addition to the Increased Hypothermia risk. The Snowfox might even take a bit of damage as well if left in the open. Heck, your windows might break and take hull damage to your surface base if ever. Would be nice as an on-and-off option in difficulty settings.
My only argument here is that I don't think the game design encourages us to spend a lot of time on the surface snow anyways. You can choose to, but building a base is much more challenging. There are no land creatures to hunt technically, and exposure to being out door is much more risky than being underwater. Take "The Long Dark" for example.
Lastly, immersion is the last thing this game gets right anyways, even worst underwater than on land. The fact that Robin doesn't get any Pressure Sickness from rising too fast from the deep, or get any nitrogen narcosis from driving too fast down is just a few. The fact that it can get really cold on the surface, yet one dip onto the icy water and her temperature normalizes is also a head-scratcher. I could go on. hehehe.
My only argument here is that I don't think the game design encourages us to spend a lot of time on the surface snow anyways. You can choose to, but building a base is much more challenging. There are no land creatures to hunt technically, and exposure to being out door is much more risky than being underwater. Take "The Long Dark" for example.
Lastly, immersion is the last thing this game gets right anyways, even worst underwater than on land. The fact that Robin doesn't get any Pressure Sickness from rising too fast from the deep, or get any nitrogen narcosis from driving too fast down is just a few. The fact that it can get really cold on the surface, yet one dip onto the icy water and her temperature normalizes is also a head-scratcher. I could go on. hehehe.
Re: Should Hail stones Hurt?
Nah.
That would be just annoying and give no benefits to the gameplay.
Weather is more of a cosmetic and atmospheric feature.
No the benefit to gameplay is increased difficulty and sense of dread. if they make hail storms less frequent and do minimal damage gives a sense of dread without being a major hindrance. Also the pda gives you a weather warning and plenty of caves. I was halfway through my playthrough before I realized that they did nothing but make you freeze faster. cowering in a snowstalker den with my flare in hand was very thematic. when I realized they did nothing it broke the immersion.
That said if this is implemented devs make hail storms less frequent and have the player take around 30 damage if they are out for the whole storm... just enough to make us fear them but not enough to get annoying.
Should Hail stones Hurt?
those hail stones look big man, it would be immersive if they did some "ai, ee, ooh" damage to Robin. What do you think?
