Oh, someone actually said it. While we're at it, the same thing applies to earthquakes, volcanoes, and skeletons.

@ghostpaw ye okay just clarifying

@itsmatthewl said in Why is the storm so detailed and large. It's pointless...:

@ghostpaw I don't think storms should be any easier either

Who said you did? Your name did not come up in my post. People have been saying the volcano nerf was justified because it was just a hindrance to goals and did not require much skill to deal with. I see them in the same category as storms and fog. I will stop because I don’t want to potentially derail your thread.

@ghostpaw I don't think storms should be any easier either

@nwo-azcrack said in Why is the storm so detailed and large. It's pointless...:

@itsmatthewl
Its a storm. It does its job. It brings rain and makes you move around.
Other players find it useful. Just because u feel like its pointless, doesnt mean it is.
Hey while we are at it lets reduce the fog too. Its more pointless than the storm right?

These are the same type of reasons people are using to support the volcano nerfs. They say they are just annoying and simply slow down the sessions but are not significant threats. Before anyone starts, I do not agree with nerfing the storm or the volcanoes. Just pointing out people asking for things to be made easier and less frustrating.

@nwo-azcrack np

@crafek
Ya i guess ur right, maybe i was a bit to aggressive. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed today.
I guess when i seen the OP say the storm was pointless i got annoyed.
@ItsMatthewL
My bad if i was bein a jerk.

@galactic-geek

Actually, it's not synced across all servers. I got sunk by one (you saw my post about lightning power), and when I got server merged because my new ship had the anchor dropped, it had moved across the map. It was traveling pretty much direct south from the northwestern corner of the Shores of Plenty, and it was in the southern Wilds after the merge. I think it's synced to continents or something similar, but not across all of them.

@galactic-geek im so down, i can go further than the shores of gold

@itsmatthewl Well, if that's what you want, then I have a conspiracy theory for you - there's a clue in the opening cinematic that refers to a hidden path through the storm that supposedly leads to a great treasure. I've tried many a time and have yet to find it. Will you be the 1st? 🤔

@galactic-geek when its a fictional game it doesn't need logic
there are already skeleton zombies across a sea that's covered in a mystical shroud with krakens, megalodons, and roaming pirate captain ships... sense doesn't matter. crazy does matter bc its fun.

@itsmatthewl It would be crazy!

...because it wouldn't make sense.

...and the storm does move - it's even synced across servers.

@crafek and tbh i think naming your ship is a great idea...
but mainly a moving storm would be cool, or ones that just spawn out of nowhere above you like a kraken
thatd be crazy...

@nwo-azcrack You are being way too aggressive against someone who is asking a simple question.

Fog feels a lot like an unavoidable weather effect if you need to sail into one. The storm, does feel avoidable, which in turn makes it feel "pointless" as he says.

Like my first comment, I think it would be better if there were 2 storms roaming around. That way, you are more than likely to be caught within a storm and have to muster it, and more likely to use it. With this, the storm(s) now have more of a point to it, which is to make things more difficult/epic.

I honestly havent used, or been caught in a storm in a bad time in a while (Honestly havent had an interesting storm since long ago), I would like it to be more frequent.

@nwo-azcrack im suggesting it could be more than a storm that "brings rain and makes you move around."
it wouldn't have to lose that cater to the people who enjoy using the storm for fishing, achievements, evasion/ambushing, etc.
its a pirate fantasy game, it doesn't have to just "do its job" as a regular storm.

@itsmatthewl
Its a storm. It does its job. It brings rain and makes you move around.
Other players find it useful. Just because u feel like its pointless, doesnt mean it is.
Hey while we are at it lets reduce the fog too. Its more pointless than the storm right?

@nwo-azcrack i get you're supposed to make it useful but theres a difference between usefulness and pointlessness. sure its good for some people who can use it to ambush or escape, but i think it could be more influential on the game besides just what the player makes of it.

I use the storm as a means of escape - it's a pretty effective tool.

@itsmatthewl
Its not supposed to be useful. You are suppposed to MAKE it useful. Why does it have to be rewarding?
This is probably the most pointless suggestion i have ever seen besides naming your ship

We are all different, an in the far future with private servers, you should be able to set the weather/settings as you like.

as Im saying we are all different, Is because I love sailing though the storm.

@nwo-azcrack yes? one of the biggest things on the map only serves as a blockade. I've never once found usefulness in it. I think it should be on the "all the things in this game that could be fixed or updated" list. and I didn't say make it smaller I just don't like the ratio as to how big a skeleton fort is to the pointless storm, and the ratio of the importance between the two. I only want something more done with it.

@itsmatthewl
Ya and i left feedback.
Of all the things in this game that could be fixed or updated you wanna make the storm smaller? For absoulutely no reason except you think its to big and you get nothing out of it? Really?

@nwo-azcrack its a suggestion/feedback thread

I've used the storm on many occasion to both evade and ambush other ships.