Geography in Eora seems broken

[Messier-31]

Bear with me:

 

• Eastern Reach is the southern hemisphere of Eora (http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Eora#Eastern_Reach)
• The climate is temperate there as you can see for yourself playing Pillars of Eternity 1
• It means that further south would make the climate change to colder regions, and White That Wends proves it  (http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Eora#The_White_that_Wends)
• In a PCGamesN article Josh Sawyer states “If you’ve gotten tired of seeing temperate forests and meadows for 80 hours,” Josh Sawyer tells us, “Let’s take a look at something else.” (http://www.pcgamesn.com/pillars-of-eternity-2/pillars-of-eternity-2-release-date-story-setting)
• So the Deadfire is clearly a warmer setting than Eastern Reach, as you can see in he FIG campaing
• But we know that it is much further south from it (http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Deadfire_Archipelago)
• Thus the Deadfire should either be colder, or located to the north
• OR the ER shoulda been in the northern hepisphere, but that would make no sense with the Ixamitl savannas!

 

Double-u tee eff, mate?

Edited January 28, 2017 by Messier-31

[Gairnulf]

Josh addresses that, I think in the third part of the PoE stream (beginning of january, twitch/youtube)

[White Phoenix]

In one of the streams Josh said that Archipelago was situated in several climatic zones. So Deadfire is wider than we thought.

Edited January 28, 2017 by White Phoenix

[Ganrich]

It might be like the seasons in Westeros. GRRM has said that it isn't science in its basis so don't try to over analyze it.

[Harry Easter]

Maybe they get the geography universe wrong? Or the eastern reach is east from Aedyr or something like that?

[Messier-31]

Josh addresses that, I think in the third part of the PoE stream (beginning of january, twitch/youtube)

 

In one of the streams Josh said that Archipelago was situated in several climatic zones. So Deadfire is wider than we thought.

 

Hey, thank you, guys.

 

Any chance to see that thing on youtube or something similar? Tried to find it but with no luck.

Edited January 28, 2017 by Messier-31

[ManifestedISO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcrbGAhRdsQ

 

I'm watching now to see when the comments are made, so you don't have to

 

It's at 38:00

Edited January 28, 2017 by ManifestedISO

[Boeroer]

Maybe the Deadfire Archipelago is warm because of geological reasons (hot streams, vulcanos, underwater geysirs and so on)?

 

Like Europe has the Gulf Stream...

Edited January 28, 2017 by Boeroer

[Raithe]

Hey, maybe the axial tilt of the planet is different which shifts the hot/cold aspects around some? Also, for the real world example, think of the general heat and humidity in the southern tip of Argentina and such in South America, even with Antarctica being a fairly short distance away.

 

Plus, the description does describe volcanic islands, so consider how much geothermal heat might be affecting the area?

[Gairnulf]

Even if currents or volcanic activity keep it warm, the tropical vegetation still doesn't quite fit, at least at first glance, and from what I know of the world map (which is not much).

[Strange_Trees]

My original thought was that it was south of the Eastern Reach, running roughly West-East parallel to whatever the coast of The White that Wends looks like. But the Fig campaign says it's located even further east from the Reach, so now I'm thinking it may run mainly North-South? It could possibly be a long enough island chain to be near both the equator AND the southern edges.

[anameforobsidian]

Distance from the equator has a huge effect on environment, but it's not everything.  For instance, the first picture is actually 500 miles closer to the equator than the second picture.

 

Pudacuo National Park China

Wollemi National Park Australia.

 

The deserts aren't a problem since they're more geography than distance to the equator.  So, the difference is plausible if not the likeliest occurrence.  

 

 

The problem I have is this more geohistorical.  How were a hunter-gatherer culture able to keep their ways of life so long when they were in direct contact with farming societies with advanced tools over millennia?  The glanfathans should at least be herders.  I think Obsidian would keep the whole thing more plausible if they had a world or region map; at least to keep it from getting mixed up in their own heads.

Edited January 28, 2017 by anameforobsidian

[Lychnidos]

Mr. Junta got an answer about this on the frog place. http://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/156515213986/congrats-for-a-great-start-to-the-figstarter-its

It seems them not making a world map pays of already. 

Edited January 29, 2017 by Lychnidos

[Messier-31]

I made one more try to make a reasonable world map:

 

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91137-geography-of-eora/?p=1879897

[JerekKruger]

Yeah, latitude is only one factor in determining climate. Where I live in the UK is further north than almost every major Canadian city, yet the weather rarely goes below 0C here thanks to the Gulf Stream.

[Sedrefilos]

I didn't though of it until now... Eora in greek means hammock :D

[InsaneCommander]

Maybe it's called Deadfire for a reason. And why is everyone "suddenly" interested in it. Rauatai, Old Vailia(?)... Eothas is going there too, there must be a secret engwithan machine there or a natural access to the souls inside the planet.

[Sedrefilos]

I thought it was called Deadfire because it's full of volcanoes.

Edited February 2, 2017 by Sedrefilos