Extend The Seasons To Add Realism

[Stevie 1598]

As was discussed in a recent status by Minniefox and a few others, the three day winter period seems a bit too short to actually be of any significance to the server. From what I've experienced, everyone enjoyed the hardships that came with the winter season that prevented any form of farming, forcing us to think on how to properly ration out our food and whether or not to waste it on a long-distance march to raid a settlement. As stated in a response to Minniefox's status, I said to Freya (who clarified that a week is in fact a year in-game and therefore would be odd to have an entire year of winter):

 

 

"But a three day winter, by the time we're settled into 3.75 and 4.0 will be so short that it will go completely unnoticed, and no danger of food shortages will even be evident. By extending the time of the season you allow for more contemplative decisions.

If you want a compromise, make Autumn colder than normal, with a technical six day period of no farming (with Sunday being the first day of spring)."

 

So, if what Freya says is true, perhaps we should extend the amount of time in a year, or just explain that seasons are a bit odd in terms of falling in line with our calendar.

 

and also extend winters cuz it was fun af

 

+1 if like :)

-1 if dont :(

 

Good idea support it 13/13
 

[WuHanXianShi14 0]

Er...eh whatever sure why not.

[spqrSancus 175]

*shrugs* Never affected me, I fished. Always got food man.

[Bircalin 332]

I'm in full support for this. Winter seems to have little to no effect, I'd love to see the duration increased far more than what it currently is.

Who said our seasons have to have even lengths, anyway?

[Mirtok 2853]

We aren't living in a world that behaves like the real life Earth, having seasons extending longer than the traditional 3-4 month periods would not be at all too far from the normality of the servers universe. I'd say yeah, extend the RP length of the seasons, keep the length of a year the same. It's a pretty simple modification and doesn't force anyone to change timelines and ages.

[mmat 7460]

I like snow so yes please sir.

[monkeypoacher 8055]

I like the whole winter mechanic. I'd like the RP involved with stockpiling food for winter.

[ARCHITECUS 4788]

yeah

[Stevie 1598]

@spqr, One person can be easily self-sufficient, yes. My point of view is more related to the large nations that have a military and citizens to care for. It's a lot harder to feed a warband that's constantly sprinting around to monitor the enemy than a lone walker texas ranger with a fishing rod. :)))))

[Ford 1996]

Tasty suggestion mmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmm +1

[Helbolt 129]

Two birds with one stone...

 

 

People want more winter

 

People think 1 week for a year is too short

 

Solution is....

 

Make 1 year 2 weeks again, thus doubling summer spring winter and fall times...

 

+1

 

 

Edit - If this is done, we probably want to advertise seasons more for new players... that way they know its going to be hard during winter :)  Maybe add a tooltip or something?

[Helbolt 129]

-snip-

 

Sorry!

[Stevie 1598]

Personally, I like the two week year system, but I can also agree with Mirtok's compromise: Let us have irregular seasons throughout the year. One year is winter, then spring, or whatever. We don't have to follow the actual seasons that are in (muh) real life.

 

but i still like 2 weeks it makes it easier to do things without an entire year going by

[Sporadic 2844]

I'm glad the winter mechanic is received positively but am also worried it will eventually become a nuisance for players if they are preoccupied with struggling to not starve every week.

 

How about instead, we occasionally launch some kind of extended winter or locust plague that will require you to watch out for? I don't know how feasible lengthy famine is with current food expiry times, anyway, but I can figure it out.

[gam 386]

 

+1