02-17-2020, 04:02 AM
I think it's mostly an issue of poor integration with other mechanics, you basically either have full protection, or you are nearly instantly slowed to a crawl by cold. IMO it'd be better to have a temperature system that works something like Don't Starve: You have a hidden number that goes up or down towards certain caps based on where you are and what's happening to you (being in a cold location would drop it pretty quickly), but wearing things like cold resistant clothing would reduce the rate in which you freeze over and maybe you could do warm activities to raise it somewhat. Drinking hot beverages, using a welder on yourself (trading burn damage for heat?), standing next to a space heater, basically whatever. If you had proper ways to counteract cold beyond "being totally immune to it" and if it wasn't instant going from "ok" to "the most freezing I have ever physically been and ever will be possibly" then you could justify the cold slowdown being so bad and maybe even make it do burn damage or something.
That's at least one way to go about the issue that's not Just Remove The Mechanic, but it'd be a lot of work. I'd rather a competent rework of the mechanic be done than a flat out removal. The main issue in my eyes is how the temperature system functions, not *that* you are negatively effected by cold.
That's at least one way to go about the issue that's not Just Remove The Mechanic, but it'd be a lot of work. I'd rather a competent rework of the mechanic be done than a flat out removal. The main issue in my eyes is how the temperature system functions, not *that* you are negatively effected by cold.