Winter Region idea

Wouldn't be opposed to any outward map expansion as long as server limit increases to 8-10 ships. As it is most sessions can be sailed while only seeing maybe one other active ship outside of the most recently released world event.

@soda-roo This is a super fun idea, it gets suggested on here quite a bit. Instead of expanding the map, they should just have a winter "Season" where a big storm rolls over the map and changes it for a couple months.

All your ideas are great and could still be implemented.

Once again, absolutely not. We're in the middle of a tropical ocean, and are nowhere near the polar regions. Ice and snow would be completely out of place and utterly immersion-breaking.

@blam320 I agree not only that, but you have to think about server stability because most people are still using old tec. Also just think about the devils roar, people wanted volcanos, and new islands so rare gave it to us, and what do we do now? We avoid the devils roar like it’s the plague. So essentially it would be a waste of rare’s time, money, and world space.

I really like this idea, My personal thoughts that should be added in this forum is that the islands whether big or small should drastically move across the map very slowly, maybe a tile a day or something (an IRL day) but the bigger the island the slower it moves, it would also be cool to see this cycle go into the biome already in the game and the icebergs would melt once it goes out of the zone and when it melts that iceberg/island is gone forever creating new islands every so often. probably gonna bring new players and some veterans back. but the cycle could be anywhere from a week to a month to maybe 3 months. the icebergs should do more damage to the ship than the current rocks do (maybe 3-4 holes if hit or if its a bigger iceberg maybe the mast).

@earthbornbloom6 Well the Devils roar has 1 good thing for it... that you know you can find a lot of athena's there. but the space is so big, so ugly, to much of a threat to the current world. there's nothing to do there other than ashen vaults and athena stuff. A winter biome has a lot more potential

@yaboiskinypickl how so? Because more than likely it’s gonna repeat it’s self, as in it’ll become the new Devils Roar. People will go to it at first, but a week or 2 weeks later it’ll be dead.

@earthbornbloom6 it could be better with way better loot and not as annoying as the DR. like if FoF spawns there it could give double the loot.

I'm glad Rate has more imagination than players that think a snow zone would be any sort of fun.

yeah! literally nobody likes snow in any game because how unfun it is! Whenever I stumble upon a snow texture in a game, it's an instant alt+f4 for me cuz my fun is totally ruined! I'm glad Rare has more imagination and doesn't add snow biome ever... I recon they would never add a devilish firey biome either with vulcanos... They know better than that! sarcasm off

@uzugijin said in Winter Region idea:

yeah! literally nobody likes snow in any game because how unfun it is! Whenever I stumble upon a snow texture in a game, it's an instant alt+f4 for me cuz my fun is totally ruined! I'm glad Rare has more imagination and doesn't add snow biome ever... I recon they would never add a devilish firey biome either with vulcanos... They know better than that! sarcasm off

When a fire-themed zone is added to a game, that doesn't automatically mean you add an ice-themed area to "balance" it.

Winter zones are like overlarge rabid whales, kinda meh.
The implementation of such things is an indication Rare truly has run out of imagination.

When the Devils Roar was implemented it was a unique experience, requiring the use of the newly introduced rowboat and was far more unforgiving than todays low-res boulders version.
It is the only hostile environment in the game with a one-shot kill, whereas a winter area does what? Make me cold and shiver? Slow my ship down or sink if I hit an iceberg? Trudging through tundra decreases my bunnyhopping? Ice Pirate Skellies?

MEH, perhaps players just want to walk along the beach and enjoy snowflakes.

We will see another snow globe post next month and I can have another chuckle.