Wind Should Affect The Player

Concerning windstorms, sandstorms, blizzards, and stuff like that - I was thinking:

For weather that has a really fierce and heavy wind (say blowing from left to right) it should be more difficult to move to the left on the surface of the planet, and easier to move to the right. Also, for planets with lower gravity, the wind might pick you up and carry you to the right if you jumped up in the air.
(maybe complete with new animations for the character models, like holding an arm across their face when walking into the wind or something)

I think this would add a lot of depth to the weather that's more than just aesthetic, and would add some more fun as far as platforming across the surface of the planet goes.

Factors that would affect wind could be like wind speed, frequency of gusts, how high/low the wind extends in the atmosphere, etc. so that the wind could vary from a light breeze to a hurricane depending on planet tier/difficulty.

(And of course, you'd be safe from all wind effects below the surface.)

And as byrongros suggested - adding little (or big) tornadoes that could pick up and toss the player, which would add more variety to the hostility of a planet.

 

I'm all for new animations let's do it, Chucklefish get a move on please

 

little tornadoes would be cool too. I like it.

 

Tornadoes would be an awesome addition! And they'd affect the monsters and birds and stuff too - throwing people in the air (and potentially to their death if it threw them off a cliff or something)

It'd give you something to run and hide from that wasn't a monster or another race.[DOUBLEPOST=1414018636][/DOUBLEPOST]Another thought is that you'd be affected less by the wind if you're more heavily equipped.

 

Yes good idea

 

yes i agree wind should push the player in the direction it is travelling. Right now it is a plain effect that really does nothing

 

It could also affect bullets, arrows and projectiles, now that's very realistic.

 

This is something I haven't thought about regarding wind while I was playing. I think this would be a great addition.

 

Sandstorms and blizzards should damage players with low-level armor. And on some desert planets that are higher level, even high-level armor, forcing the player to take shelter. Like being scoured to death on Dune.