Should the Lost River brine deal damage to the player?
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France Join Date: 2015-06-07 Member: 205310Members
France Join Date: 2015-06-07 Member: 205310Members
I don't know if this is even something which I should take notice of, but there are a few people pointing out that the brine in the Lost River doesn't deal damage to you in experimantal. I don't know if they are "complaining" or if they are simply pointing out a fact, 'cause I have not heard any plans from the devs to make this a thing. So I want to hear your opinions on the subject. When you swim under the brine, should you take damage or not?
If you have any specific & detailed ideas on this, feel free to share them.
If you have any specific & detailed ideas on this, feel free to share them.
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It could, however serve as cover for some kind of predator.
I can't remember where I read it at this point, but I recall something being said about the Lost River having an acidic environment that would damage you if outside a vehicle.... So there could be that perhaps? I kinda wish I could change my vote to "No preference / Don't care" now ^^;
What do you think? Good idea?
Yes please! I would love some sort of stealth options where you can get extremely close to a dangerous creature and not having it see you because you're hiding in thick grass or brine! That'd be awesome!
Or, maybe make it along the lines of mesmer attacks; where while being submerged you start to hallucinate stuff like bonesharks or reapers swimming near you. Although it's not really there, there's a chance that it's "real" and the game will spawn said enemy in to attack/damage you, and it despawns after it attacks; the longer you're submerged in the brine you become more addled and the chance of being attacked increases until you spend time out of the brine.
Perhaps this brine does not consist of vinegar, but hydrochloric acid?
Is is not just cold salty water? Why would it hurt you it is not even that much colder than the rest of the water.
If anything it it should make your water bar run out faster and/or slow you. But if you are wearing a suit of any kind it would negate the fluid usage de-buff
Brine here on Earth yes, but the developers seem to say that something in the Lost River's fluid composition is acidic in nature, and that's reflecting in the brine pool's affecting you. It can still be cold salty liquid and be acidic.
But generally speaking: Salt water shouldn't be dangerous!
All the things that would make the game harder, may be a lovely idea in their mind, but they need to be mostly limited to the Survival mode, so as not to effect those of us that are quite happy with the way things are now while playing in Freedom mode.
Then it wouldn't be called brine would it?
The brine rivers in the Lost River are caused by water with a higher level of salinity, so it's just way way saltier water.
Unless you have gills and try to breathe in it, you should be fine.
For anyone who didn't follow that link, the Trello card indicates that they do, in fact, plan to make the brine dangerous. Which would explain why @Squeal_Like_A_Pig would have voted yes.
(Fun trivia: The lasers used in that scene were provided by Pink Floyd, who were doing a show in town when they filmed that.)
The brine on the other hand, maybe there is something there in the very lore of that biome that serves as both an explanation as to why it kills us, or its a crucial bit to the over all plot of the game.
Not only that but the Prawn suit will shine even more brightly now!! I'm thinking that the brine filled craters around the bone fields should have rare fragments only obtained there or materials/minerals for fabricating/building, much like the kyanite in the lava zones..
And I know right now that idea will NOT be to popular with most people, yet it also allows the developers find another way to "gate" our advancements with a way that's not overly obnoxious.. and truth be told it also appeals to the cartographer/explorer in me as well. Growing up playing games like zelda or hell even final fantasy games, very early on in a game you may come across or know of an extremely powerful weapon or a heart piece yet to can't access it until you have the hook shot or in this case the Prawn suit.