Messier-31 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 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 It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gairnulf Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Josh addresses that, I think in the third part of the PoE stream (beginning of january, twitch/youtube) 1 A Custom Editor for Deadfire's Data: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Phoenix Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganrich Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Easter Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Maybe they get the geography universe wrong? Or the eastern reach is east from Aedyr or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messier-31 Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 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 It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManifestedISO Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 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 3 All Stop. On Screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeroer Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 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 3 Deadfire Community Patch: Nexus Mods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 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? 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gairnulf Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 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). A Custom Editor for Deadfire's Data: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange_Trees Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 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. My Custom Portraits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anameforobsidian Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychnidos Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messier-31 Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 I made one more try to make a reasonable world map: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/91137-geography-of-eora/?p=1879897 It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerekKruger Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedrefilos Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I didn't though of it until now... Eora in greek means hammock :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneCommander Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedrefilos Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) I thought it was called Deadfire because it's full of volcanoes. Edited February 2, 2017 by Sedrefilos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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