Interactive maps, map diversity

[BankableAnt1222]

I’m a great supporter of the weather for the dynamic maps, for the strategies that may include:

I report here some ideas that came to me in the past, and that I read that remained positively impressed on me.

@InRagnaroK

Weather chance per map:
Each map has his own design and identity. We all love playing RTS games in different types of environments, such as Woods, Snowy mountains or even the long Desert itself. But what if each one has a small chance to be in a random and different type of weather? It would make the game a different experience everytine you play.
Let’s say for example the Woods map of the trailer, it could have the following chances of weather:
Sunny: 65%
Rainy/Windy: 20%
Stormy: 10%
Snowy: 5%
So everytime you play the “Woods” map is never the same. And every map would have different percentages aswell.
Also having in game weather transitions would be fantastic. Starting a match with a great sunny day and then ending it with a great storm.
Gameplay weather impact
To add some realism and mechanics to the game, weather should impact in the game such a reducing movent speed by 30% in Snowy days or the Line of Sight also for Rainy/Stormy days. Yet keep it simple as that, without making it too much complex. As Isegreen said, it’s the balance between too complex for veterans and too easy for newcomers. AoE never had a feature like this before so there is no need to go full in depth neither.
Day / Night cycle:
Will just affect the line of sight like for example:
Day: 100%
Night: 70%
It would make the game both, beautiful and with new strategies and mechanics to apply.

@BankableAnt1222

Dynamic map: fog reduces field of view
Even the rain but less than the fog, and can make the ground more muddy (speed malus to the units)
Small paths possibility of malus to the formation (or wider formations, not practicable)
Possibility of ambushing strategies).
Some maps are typically more rainy / foggy / sunny than others.

Furthermore, rain does not necessarily negatively affect readability (just don’t represent clouds).
Not to mention how much depth it would add to the naval part…
…but seeing the trailer, i don’t think it will be included!