Day/Night Cycle Feedback

There are so many beautiful things to see at night, it seems like such a shame to waste all of that work for so little time in the darkness. My numbers may be a little off but I clocked 10 minutes of darkness to over 60 minutes of light. I would love to see the ratio of night increased...significantly.

 

I completely agree. Too short the night is.

 

I'd like to see it vary by season.

 

I thought it was a bit shorter than usual, I think at leat 20 minutes would be fine...

 

Hopefully it'll be longer than it is now but at the same time we need a better means of seeing at night. Personally, as a duel wielder I'm unwilling to use a torch just yet but I would like to see more options. Perhaps the torch could do some fire damage but wear out quickly because it's not designed as a weapon. Also it doesn't have a large enough radius to be really useful.

 

When NPC schedules are integrated you might wish for a shorter night

 

Hmm so its 1 hour of light and only 10 minutes of night? It sounds like it does need increasing.

 

@Koldar
This was changed a couple of releases ago.
It used to be that we had equal length of night vs day but they got so many complaints about the game being to dark so they changed it.

IIRC they prolonged dusk and dawn at the expense of night. So that the pitch dark night would be much shorter.

I remember since I was a wee bit upset at the time since they have two magical trees dependent on the light/dark cycle, in Sun vs Moon. So even before its first spell being implemented the Lunar magic tree was gimped/nerfed.

 

I prefer a longer day cycle vs night but perhaps 30% night to 70% day rather than 10min / 60min as people have indicated it is now.

When NPCs start going to bed at night we won't want the night too long!

 

Wake them the heck up! won't somebody think of the moon skill tree?! *sobs*

 

I agree with Bowen, I think the day/night cycle should vary by the seasons and locations. Plenty of things to do at night. Also some places should be open like Inns/Taverns, certain entertainment places, etc.

 

Maybe when the full map comes out the the regions could vary? Like in Northern Alaska they have 6 months of Night and six months of sun. Thats a bit extreme but it is an example of regional sun/moonlight patterns.

 

Unless those schedules are based on time of day rather than light of day.

 

I use 2hd weapon myself and a torch just disarms me... So I use magic light, if has more light tham a torch anyways...

Unless they're planning on sending the Banker home, I'm not worried...

 

Bowen supposedly couldn't cast his way out of a paper bag. Don't need spells, need light emiting items.