Separate Weather Difficulty from Game Difficulty
The new weather forecast system adjusts weather tiers based on game difficulty. This is a nice feature. However, it would be better if there was a separate setting for this when starting a prospect. Perhaps even adjust the reward bonuses so that hard only adds 30% extra rewards and hard weather adds the additional 20%, or something along those lines. I think the weather is a big enough feature of the game to deserve its own difficulty setting.
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08 Feb
Shannon GriffithThis was the suggestion I was going to make. Have a setting when starting a prospect to keep the weather as difficult as it is right now or even a tad more "interesting" as its more fun to have a weather challenge. If the devs are rolling back some of the weather effects, please have a setting to keep more "extreme weather" and reward players for this similar to a Hard mode setting.
Dont make the game easier! :) -
04 Apr
cmopatrickI also think having the ability to make the weather more interesting without having to go to hardcore is a positive, especially in solo. While I grant that it might mean more times I build in caves (especially early mission), it would allow more variety without having to move to the limited/no respawn levels that leave no margin for error for a solo player.