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[Suko]

I visited Terra and what the hell happened to the planet? I am a Battletech nerd, and from everything I knew, Terra hadn't become a desert planet wasteland....but twice I've visited it in my campaign and both times it looks like Mars meets Tatooine. Nothing but brown desolation.

Is this some RNG stuff, or did PGI make Earth into a Fallout 76 map?

Edited by Suko, 05 January 2020 - 09:00 PM.

[Koniving]

Suko, on 05 January 2020 - 08:59 PM, said:

I visited Terra and what the hell happened to the planet? I am a Battletech nerd, and from everything I knew, Terra hadn't become a desert planet wasteland....but twice I've visited it in my campaign and both times it looks like Mars meets Tatooine. Nothing but brown desolation.

Is this some RNG stuff, or did PGI make Earth into a Fallout 76 map?

The closest biome PGI has for Earth is a forest biome. However PGI certainly seems to have assigned the wrong biome to Earth, or used an automatic biome assignment to the universe.
It isn't the only planet whose biome is incorrect, as I've found desert planets with winter wonderland landscapes, and toxic planets with lush greenery.

[Xaat Xuun]

Global warming

[Nesutizale]

You are aware that earth has some pretty dry areas too.
Beside that, if you fight on earth I bet Comstar would tell you to go somewhere with no civilians around...like the desert.
I mean the Ares convention is still in effect.

[cszolee79]

In the grim darkness of the 31st century, Holy Terra is a desolate, toxic wasteland, where heretics, mutants and techno-barbarians are waging constant war for the few remaining resources.

Oh wait...

Edited by cszolee79, 06 January 2020 - 03:45 AM.

[Suko]

Nesutizale, on 06 January 2020 - 03:40 AM, said:

You are aware that earth has some pretty dry areas too.
Beside that, if you fight on earth I bet Comstar would tell you to go somewhere with no civilians around...like the desert.
I mean the Ares convention is still in effect.

I'm talking about the view from orbit. Not a drop of water to be seen. It literally looks like Mars...but even worse.

[Nesutizale]

Ah okay thats something different. I think its a random planet and not getting some good images of earth to represend earth is indeed week.

[Zephrym]

Wasn't Tattooine filmed in Tunisia? 😀

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Not necessarily is the Leopard orbiting Terra. There's other inhabited planets in the Sol system, like Mars and Venus. And, guess what, Mars is an arid planet.

[Appogee]

PGI's attention to detail is the stuff of legend.