Rifts should not explode to destroy an area, but they should blast an area in mutagenic blasts to transform fauna and terrain possibly.

[Frosty_Mentos]

Natural turfs changing colors, more crystal stuff or nightmarish kind of plants, creatures, rocks that would turn to more exotic shapes and colors. Having decorative aspects and maybe harvestable ways to gather that energy or miasma that turn things to something weirder.

Example - in caves miasma could turn mushroom trees more grotesque and livelier; Lunar rift would crystalize, turn things to glass or even overgrow some plants or trees.

[Marmalade]

THIS.
Something like this further conveys the consequences of the player's decision to slap on rifts into their world. The concept of rifts converting things into otherworldly/corrupted versions of themselves (perhaps even living entities unlucky enough to be nearby) while unlocking more decorative options sounds sick.

[Mike23Ua]

I think it’s got less to do with making it look cool, and more to do with being a fail safe for the game to ensure that what needs to spawn during the rift, can actually spawn during the rift without you the player being able to build structures or statues or whatever that will get in its way.

This is obvious when trying to place certain large structures like the Year of Rabbit Bunny Pillow Fighting Arena, or when you try to trade a Championship Belt with the Pig King to engage in his silly little battle mini game and the game informs you that the area needs to be cleared out first.

[arubaro]

1 hour ago, Mike23Ua said:

I think it’s got less to do with making it look cool, and more to do with being a fail safe for the game to ensure that what needs to spawn during the rift, can actually spawn during the rift without you the player being able to build structures or statues or whatever that will get in its way.

This is obvious when trying to place certain large structures like the Year of Rabbit Bunny Pillow Fighting Arena, or when you try to trade a Championship Belt with the Pig King to engage in his silly little battle mini game and the game informs you that the area needs to be cleared out first.

Not at all, there are many things the rift cant break like reeds, cacti,etc

 

I dont know why klei added rifts in such way, they only make biomes feel more barren. Is like they read all the suggestions about making the game feel more alive and adding more stuff and instead saying "i think they want more barren land"

Also this is suppose to be what triggers the hard events and instead is chopping and mining stuff for you. Im tired of having trash filling the biomes while interesting stuff to decorate like boulders being destroyed. Is funny how they make changes so rot, stingers or chest dont consume as much computer resources while creating a global event that generates trash all over the place

[cybers2001]

Rifts could have been a great way to ease new permanent biomes into retrofit worlds. I think they dropped the ball at this missed opportunity.

[RetRunt]

10 hours ago, cybers2001 said:

Rifts could have been a great way to ease new permanent biomes into retrofit worlds. I think they dropped the ball at this missed opportunity.

Agreed! This is what should happen with both lunar and void rifts.

[Antynomity]

This would be amazing but probably won't happen, the same thing was suggested for lunar rifts many times last year and nothing came from that.

 

It'd just be so cool, and would fit the theme perfectly

[NPCMaxwell]

5 hours ago, Antynomity said:

This would be amazing but probably won't happen, the same thing was suggested for lunar rifts many times last year and nothing came from that.

 

It'd just be so cool, and would fit the theme perfectly

Maybe they will add this in the future when the story-arc will (hopefully) progress and come to a conclusion? 

[Szczuku]

On 9/2/2024 at 4:04 PM, Frosty_Mentos said:

Natural turfs changing colors, more crystal stuff or nightmarish kind of plants, creatures, rocks that would turn to more exotic shapes and colors. Having decorative aspects and maybe harvestable ways to gather that energy or miasma that turn things to something weirder.

Example - in caves miasma could turn mushroom trees more grotesque and livelier; Lunar rift would crystalize, turn things to glass or even overgrow some plants or trees.

Would you look at that - it's the suggestion people have given day one of the lunar rifts' beta. Maybe after another year and a half the devs will implement it. 'Let them cook' and all that

[Frosty_Mentos]

3 hours ago, Szczuku said:

Would you look at that - it's the suggestion people have given day one of the lunar rifts' beta. Maybe after another year and a half the devs will implement it. 'Let them cook' and all that

I mean, no surprise, but they also made a lot of reworks, finished refreshes and major QoL's. Klei's not dumping massive content but they're doing their best and well enough so maybe eventually, or not at all.

[Jakepeng99]

On 9/6/2024 at 9:41 PM, Frosty_Mentos said:

they also made a lot of reworks

They only reworked crab king.

[Antynomity]

On 9/5/2024 at 1:12 PM, NPCMaxwell said:

Maybe they will add this in the future when the story-arc will (hopefully) progress and come to a conclusion? 

Can you give me some copium? My tank's empty...

On 9/6/2024 at 10:41 PM, Frosty_Mentos said:

I mean, no surprise, but they also made a lot of reworks, finished refreshes and major QoL's. Klei's not dumping massive content but they're doing their best and well enough so maybe eventually, or not at all.

I'd rather finished content over... Whatever we're getting nowadays tbh

[NPCMaxwell]

2 hours ago, Antynomity said:

Can you give me some copium? My tank's empty...

 

I sadly don't know what that is but I can offer some tea I suppose? 

[Frosty_Mentos]

7 minutes ago, NPCMaxwell said:

I sadly don't know what that is but I can offer some tea I suppose? 

Twitch lingo for this emote meaning coping, hoping but in vain.

[NPCMaxwell]

Just now, Frosty_Mentos said:

Twitch lingo for this emote meaning coping, hoping but in vain.

That poor miserable creature  I send it all my hope I have for Klei having some mercy and finally focus their game updates / story to make way for opening the path to the desires.

[Frosty_Mentos]

3 minutes ago, NPCMaxwell said:

That poor miserable creature  I send it all my hope I have for Klei having some mercy and finally focus their game updates / story to make way for opening the path to the desires.

There was sarcasm in other's comment.

[NPCMaxwell]

2 hours ago, Frosty_Mentos said:

There was sarcasm in other's comment.

My mindreading abilities sadly aren't strong enough to sense that, most of the time.