I think it would be a nice element to have certain animals and plants night time active, that is you cannot find them during the day. Or plants that open their petals during night time (moon) and only during that time can you collect them.
Also, it would be nice to have some predator behavior connected to this. Some animals/monsters hunt at night.
Right now the night is a cosmetic thing. It only lowers your vision. Nothing else. So it is more of nuicanse. It would be nice if it had some mechanic to it.
Say if you are in the jungle and night befells on you. A dark Terror starts to hunt you. That would be fun. Perhaps that some of the monsters that carry a skeleton key only is night time active. But that also means that they need a lair. And a lair is always cool.
Or/and that some recepies needs flower or plants that only can be collected during night.
I absolutely love this idea! This would add an entire second layer to harvesting resources; both plant and animal. And make planning our resource gathering trips even more strategic and meaningful. Plus Im always up for expanding or diversifying the bestiary. Again great idea.
No idea how feasible it would be but I’ve often thought it would be neat if, say, during the day there was about a 50-50 chance a hyena would come after you or whether it would rather lounge around and not bother dealing with something that might fight back, but at night when it knows it has an advantage in the dark that chance ramps up to 100%.
I like that idea. Day time aggression/behavior vs Night time behavior.
I also would like to have a roaming parameter to that so the creatures walk a certain distance from their spawn point during day and another during night. So day time active creatures walk longer distance during day and short (none) during night (sleeping) and vice versa.
This is the same energy as sandstorm enemies and I think it’s a great idea to add some flavor to something that in it’s current state is just an inconvenience
Honestly, I am in love with this idea! I always felt having some animals that are more active at night would be awesome! I would even go so far as to say most wolves/hyenas/sabertooths/panthers etc. should be in a lair during the day and out hunting in the night. They could come out in the evening and go back at dawn. It would make the night time more treacherous and their resources all the more challenging to collect. Had never crossed my mind to do the same with plants though - what an awesome thought!
Been thinking more about this Night time / Day time behavior. I also think this should include factions if possible. Say, the Darfari for example, docile during the day (as now) and raiding/ roaming in packs during the night. Relic hunters in Sepermura very vigilant during the day, stealing from loot chests causes aggression while not so vigilant during the night, stealing during night same as now.
The world would feel more real with the addition of nocturnal creatures and predators, it would definitely make the night more dynamic. Would like to add lower aggression radius on non nocturnals at night aswell.
The idea of a dark terror hunting you would be amazing especially in the jungle.
