Should the rain effects get an upgrade?

Fingolfinn01

The rain effects need an upgrade. Other mmo's have really good rain effects now. Eso rain effects are not good.

bmnoble

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

But not something I would consider an urgent priority by any means.

Yellow_Monolith

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Rain is my favourite weather. It'd be nice to see it get an upgrade and maybe the option to toggle what weather you want in your house would be nice too.

spartaxoxo

No I like the rain graphics as is

It's not that I like it, more like it's a waste of time when the game is so buggy

Supertonicbaker

Other

I voted other because, I’m not sure if it’s just on my end, but I would prefer that the sun not penetrate deep into underground where it shouldn’t and destroy the atmosphere of the delve/dungeon/underground cavern by letting there be light.

perfiction

No I like the rain graphics as is

I like current rain, it's not too distracting and if you enable rain wetness through Votan's Advanced Settings or by setting this in UserSettings.txt:

SET RAIN_WETNESS "1"

It adds some decent-looking ground reflections and rain animations.

jad11mumbler

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Yes, as it is imo its barely a difference and certainly doesn't look like its actually raining.
I'd really like an upgrade to more weather in general.

Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Weather, town noises, chatter...livestock - ESO is quite toned down in the sound department.

remosito

Other

evertthing should get a serious graphics upgrade.

oddbasket

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

I want my bald khajiit to look up and sing, "It's raining mane! Hallelujah!"

DreamyLu

Other

"Other" for me: nice to have certainly, but it has - to my eyes - a very low priority compared to the many much more important things requiring an improvement. It's cosmetic with no real impact on game play. So please let that be at the far bottom of the to-do list.

Sylvermynx

Other

I'm happy with the rain (it's ALWAYS raining in my game, and since I can't get any to drop IRL....) and there are a LOT of things that ZOS should do before messing with weather.

ArchMikem

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

I've wished I could just install a Weather Overhaul like I've done to TES:V.

VaranisArano

As long as ZOS also overhauls the flashing during thunderstorms while they are at it. That's a rare, but recurring complaint from folks who suffer from migraines or other issues with strobing lights.

Graphic overhauls are good, but I'd like ZOS to look at some of their known accessibility issues while they are doing it.

Fingolfinn01

Sylvermynx wrote: »

I'm happy with the rain (it's ALWAYS raining in my game, and since I can't get any to drop IRL....) and there are a LOT of things that ZOS should do before messing with weather.

True but why can't they work on things simultaneously.

Vevvev

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

It's almost impossible to see with the new Antialiasing on certain monitors so updating it would be neat, or adding even heavier rain/snow/desert winds into the weather system!

Hapexamendios

Other

That shouldn't even be a priority. The game is buggy as is and the existing bugs should be addressed before anything cosmetic.

SilverBride

Other

I've never really noticed rain.

lazywhiteseal

Other

i just wish theres a way to turn off rain and snow. dunno about rains but snow definitely reduce my fps. something to with particle setting but i dont want to reduce the setting of that cuz its snowing lol

confettibae

Other

I would like for it to rain about 90% less at my homes in Reaper’s March. I don’t really care what the graphics look like, but everything fun is outside, and it won’t stop raining.

Lugaldu

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

I would like to have really heavy rainfall in, let's say, Malabal Tor and Grahtwood, so that one can only see through a veil. And then thick clouds of fog. Really dense snowstorms in the snowy zones would also be good.

Tethilia

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Absolutely,. Also I'm going to throw out Spider Storms as a terrible suggestion.

woe

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Yes, along with optimization so the the game runs smooth for everyone

Inval1d

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

What I would like is that they make the weather server based instead of client based.

It was quite uncomfortable that time I was talking to a friend about the lovely rain while all they could see was a clear sky and a scorching sun.

Caupo

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Upgrade is especially necessary for the rain which falls through the roof of the buildings!

phaneub17_ESO

Other

I would like to turn Liquid Detail from Low to Off, but I can't because when it rains it creates these weird blobs on the ground that covers huge swaths of land.

SickleCider

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Rain on me
Rain me on
I'll be wet
For a day or twoooo! 🎶

scorpius2k1

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Absolutely. After playing other ES games (especially Oblivion, Skyrim) that the weather in ESO could definitely use an upgrade. Weather in ESO could be a bit more dynamic - rain getting heavier and lighter with more/less fogging depending on the rain amount. Snow could also use some of the same effect being lighter/heavier. I think it would also be interesting to maybe put even short-lived dust storms in desert areas like Alik'r. Another thing for a mention in this area is things like different ambient environmental sounds (wind, bird chirping, crickets, etc) being more/less present depending on the environmental weather. Nothing that would be too invasive to the gameplay, but aid in the immersiveness and an upgrade to an already great feature. I personally enjoy these types of environmental effects, especially walking around during a rain/thunderstorm in ESO -- anything that puts more immersion into the game has my vote.

Mythreindeer

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Sure why not.

Although it rains inside the Inn in Nimalten so that’s pretty cool

p00tx

Other

They should go away completely. Every time a weather feature starts up in Cyrodil, my frames drop significantly. It was even worse on console. Entering the Northern snowy zone between Bleakers and Bruma is like going through a heavy lag wall.

SammyKhajit

Yes upgrade the rain graphics

Rain still comes through houses and shelters sometimes.

It’s a special feature of Tamriel: rain with a powerful impene trait