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[Andraste Take the Wheel]

Better get it out of the way now, if you came in here to say 'It's a game' or 'It's fantasy,' then don't, I know that. I'm just curious.

 

Anyway...don't claim to be an expert on this, but after playing DA:I, seeing all these beautifully rendered locations, and then looking at their locations I began wondering - is this right? 

 

 

I mean, the Kocari Wilds and the Arbor Wilds are right on the same level. Thedas is below the equator. The Kocari Wilds is a freezing cold wasteland, making me think it might be pretty far down. Meanwhile, the Arbor Wilds is a tropical rainforest. Then we have a desert right next to it. 

 

...am I right in raising an eyebrow at that?

[randal51]

The Kocari Wilds is a freezing cold wasteland

 

Uhh...what?  Did we play the same Dragon Age: Origins?  'Cause I don't remember the Kocari Wilds being a freezing cold wasteland.

[Andraste Take the Wheel]

Uhh...what?  Did we play the same Dragon Age: Origins?  'Cause I don't remember the Kocari Wilds being a freezing cold wasteland.

 

Jory was complaining about how cold it apparently was, and the books had Maric and Loghain stranded in it and it was described as really, really cold. 

[Cyonan]

Kocari Wilds seemed to be more forest in Origins, but then I'm Canadian and "freezing cold" doesn't happen until your electronics stop working because it's too cold.

 

Also consider that we don't know what the entire map of the planet looks like. 

[Quaddis]

Desert areas are actually result of blight. That were forests and plains before Archdemon decided to pop out.

But yeah, you are right about Arbor and Kocari Wilds.

[adembroski]

This is Death Valley.

350 miles almost due east (in fact, slightly further south than Death Valley) is Flagstaff, Arizona...



Also, just because it was cold the day Jori made his comment doesn't mean it's always like that. I lived in Minneapolis, MN... I'm sure you can already imagine the winters, but you might be shocked to know that the summers are pretty much identical to Orlando, FL (where I also lived) except for less rain. 95-99 and ridiculous humidity is the norm.

Also, keep in mind there's a huge mountain range between the two features you mentioned. Consider the climate of California compared to the Great Plains. 

[GenericEnemy]

Like people said above, there are a lot of factors in determining this kind of stuff, not just the location. 

 

We also don't have a map of the entire planet Thedas is on. 

[Devil's Avocado]

Better get it out of the way now, if you came in here to say 'It's a game' or 'It's fantasy,' then don't, I know that. I'm just curious.

 

Anyway...don't claim to be an expert on this, but after playing DA:I, seeing all these beautifully rendered locations, and then looking at their locations I began wondering - is this right? 

 

 

I mean, the Kocari Wilds and the Arbor Wilds are right on the same level. Thedas is below the equator. The Kocari Wilds is a freezing cold wasteland, making me think it might be pretty far down. Meanwhile, the Arbor Wilds is a tropical rainforest. Then we have a desert right next to it. 

 

...am I right in raising an eyebrow at that?

This actually does make sense, a mountain range can cause two very different environments depending on which way the wind is blowing and many many more factors. The Western approach is further north of the Arbor wilds and was affected by blight.  We don't know where Thedas is in relation to it's equator or how big it is so for all we know Arbor wilds location is still valid.

[elearon]

I live in Oregon; in the north of the state we rain all the time, in the south of the state we have deserts, in the west we have beautiful coasts which flood in the winter; we also have high mountain ranges and deep forests.  Depending on your region you can have a vast difference in climate over a relatively small area; it isn't that far fetched.

[JCAP]

Better get it out of the way now, if you came in here to say 'It's a game' or 'It's fantasy,' then don't, I know that. I'm just curious.

 

Anyway...don't claim to be an expert on this, but after playing DA:I, seeing all these beautifully rendered locations, and then looking at their locations I began wondering - is this right? 

 

 

I mean, the Kocari Wilds and the Arbor Wilds are right on the same level. Thedas is below the equator. The Kocari Wilds is a freezing cold wasteland, making me think it might be pretty far down. Meanwhile, the Arbor Wilds is a tropical rainforest. Then we have a desert right next to it. 

 

...am I right in raising an eyebrow at that?

Careful, that's not the whole world. We don't even know if there is an equador in that map.

[Arpokarpasz]

Arbor Wilds, Korcari Wilds and Brecilian Forest can all three be described as temperate rainforests (http://commons.wikim...nforest_map.svg) - hence abundance in vegetation (http://www.vattenriket.kristianstad.se/eng/index.php , Sweden has temperate rainforests in southeastern part, Kristianstad).

However, the Korcari Wilds is more or less a huge network of swamps, bogs, moors and forest lakes - reminds me of Karelian Isthmus (http://fi.wikipedia..../Karjalankannas).

 

Arid dry/roughlands (deserts) doesn't have to be extremely hot as "deserts" (Sahara). Limited precipitation and strong winds will torn down an area into rough, arid desertlike (we have a couple of those in colder areas irl).