I don’t want the same stuff 100 times in a row
In this magically polluted world where a snow storm can form directly next to the hottest part of Sameria, and yet the dark sea only has toxic rain with Wave & tornado spam with the occasional magic blasts being shot from the sky? It needs more variety in more than just the enemies and islands
(Bonus is the water poisoning becomes less of a problem if there are other events that disable/replace the rain for a bit)
Weather Types/Events
Blizzard
More intense winds than normal and intense snow replacing the rain while great glaciers begin to form in the dark sea, Tornadoes do not form, but due to the much stronger winds rushing above the water you vision is reduced and waves start to appear in larger sizes while your temperature also goes down
Waves can also deal larger amounts of damage due to ice being carried within the waves, or even ice forming within the waves as they travel, when these waves collapse they form platforms of ice & snow
If you are soaked by either taking a dip or being hit by water magic there is a chance you might get frozen for a moment (if you were swimming it will only apply once out of the water for a few seconds)
Heat Wave
The rain stops falling, and the water begins to evaporate in steam, further fueling the storm
It will hurt to enter the water or being close to the waters surface by the shore
Islands that would have had water on them will also have the same effects while the water pools slowly shrink, but they will start to refill when the weather event ends & the rain returns
Waves formed will be less frequent and smaller due to the water being evaporated as they attempt to form, and of coarse due to the heat, heat based magics/hazards would deal extra damage during this weather event.
Heat waves can cause mirages & hallucinations, which can allow you to see fake islands or the insanity shadow ppl without actually having insanity. If you don’t have one of those cold foods. None of the effects would really cover your vision, just adding visuals mostly in the distance that don’t actually exist.
Massive Hurricanes [Eyes Of The Storm]
Vast walls of wind may appear in the distance, they will tear your sails if you pass through them, but there will be a large area that can surround 1 large island or multiple small ones, all the waves that form that approach the wall of the storm are basically torn apart, allowing you to momentarily safe from the dark sea as the titanic winds shift the clouds away so you may see the sky at day or night.
You do sacrifice ship durability to enter/leave the safe zone however, and the hurricane can vanish after some time, allowing the storm to retake the still very messed up island(s) just are only really safe from other weather events temporarily
While inside the eye for one of the hurricanes, any insanity from the dark sea that was active will be gone, but will re-apply the moment the hurricane fades
Dust storms
These storms can only occur on a dark sea island of larger sizes with several gusts of wind blowing up dust across the entire island, limiting visibility while making it difficult to breath (basically drowning at half the speed & uses the same visual meter)
Would occur rarely, is also able to reduce the amount of the toxic rain that reaches you as it gets blocked by the dust and gusts of wind
You can prevent yourself from suffocating by going under ledges where the dust storm doesn’t get to do much, variants of this storm can also exist depending on the islands biome, like a minuture snow storm that also tries to suffocate you. Or even metal shards of a metal covered island causing a weak bleeding that can become severe after being exposed for a sufficient amount of time.
Dust storms are less intense/not as noticeable near the edges of the island, you will be able to breathe properly without suffocating on the dust.
I May add more stuff here later
Reason to add/change
Sure, the dark sea is chaotic and magically polluted
but we can also sea its affects in the war seas with a blizzard next to a hot desert, but your telling me the dark sea is just toxic rain lighting, strong winds and literally nothing else?
What prevents it from snowing in the dark sea? Or heat waves that put the water back up to rain down again for some realism
It would also give us more variety to the dark sea and different types of challenges that can temporarily replace the stuff we are already used to (such as the toxic rain temporaily not being a factor as the most annoying part of the DS)