Should the rain effects get an upgrade?

Fingolfinn01
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The rain effects need an upgrade. Other mmo's have really good rain effects now. Eso rain effects are not good.
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Should the rain effects get an upgrade? 114 votes

Yes upgrade the rain graphics
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No I like the rain graphics as is
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Other
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  • bmnoble
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    But not something I would consider an urgent priority by any means.
  • Yellow_Monolith
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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.
    Edited by perfiction on April 25, 2021 9:31AM
  • jad11mumbler
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    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.
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  • Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    Weather, town noises, chatter...livestock - ESO is quite toned down in the sound department.
  • remosito
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    evertthing should get a serious graphics upgrade.
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  • oddbasket
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    I want my bald khajiit to look up and sing, "It's raining mane! Hallelujah!"
  • DreamyLu
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    "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.
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  • Sylvermynx
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    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
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    I've wished I could just install a Weather Overhaul like I've done to TES:V.
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  • VaranisArano
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    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
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    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.
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  • Vevvev
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    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!
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  • Hapexamendios
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    That shouldn't even be a priority. The game is buggy as is and the existing bugs should be addressed before anything cosmetic.
  • SilverBride
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    I've never really noticed rain.
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  • lazywhiteseal
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    Absolutely,. Also I'm going to throw out Spider Storms as a terrible suggestion.
  • woe
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    Yes, along with optimization so the the game runs smooth for everyone
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  • Inval1d
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    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
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    Upgrade is especially necessary for the rain which falls through the roof of the buildings!
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  • phaneub17_ESO
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    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
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    Rain on me
    Rain me on
    I'll be wet
    For a day or twoooo! 🎶
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  • scorpius2k1
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    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.
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  • Mythreindeer
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    Yes upgrade the rain graphics
    Sure why not.

    Although it rains inside the Inn in Nimalten so that’s pretty cool :smiley:
  • p00tx
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    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.
    Edited by p00tx on April 26, 2021 6:56PM
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  • SammyKhajit
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    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 :D
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