Switch Sandstorm appearance Rate bug

[Z00MM]

I’m pretty sure this is a well-known issue at this point but I’ll address it myself. Sand storms are supposed to have a 1 in 6 chance of happening in The desert biomes... seems to have a much higher chance than that, in fact I’d go as far to say that about 80% of the time you go to the desert, there’s a sandstorm... it gets very annoying and makes getting through deserts in early game extremely difficult especially in expert mode. Making this post to hopefully get it more well known and is patched. It’s UNBELIEVABLY ANNOYING getting pushed by the wind! It’s ridiculous like I can’t even move in one Direction! I pray that this is fixed in the next major update or whenever really.

 

[Travlordian01⚡️]

Wel I think that is 1.4’s spawn time or something 1.3 sandstorms are literally everywhere, in 1.4 they are dramatically reduced I think they are increased in hardmode

 

[Someone that needs help]

1.3 sandstorms are actual hell

 

[Z00MM]

No Kidding

 

[Ghost_Ship_Supreme]

To me, it seems the odds are inverted. For example, if there's a 1 in 25 chance of a sandstorm occurring, on Switch the chances would instead be a 1 in 25 chance of it NOT occurring.

 

[Someone that needs help]

To me, it seems the odds are inverted. For example, if there's a 1 in 25 chance of a sandstorm occurring, on Switch the chances would instead be a 1 in 25 chance of it NOT occurring.

That's the problem

 

[Travlordian01⚡️]

This is not a bug though…. This is going to be changed in 1.4

 

[MechaDasÜberGoober]

I take advantage of it to collect shark fins and light/dark shards

 

[Kane Schmitz]

I’m surprised a dev or moderator hasn’t responded to this yet

 

[MechaDasÜberGoober]

yeah me neither

 

[Travlordian01⚡️]

I mean they would pretty much almost respond the same way I did

 

[MechaDasÜberGoober]

Yeah well, that's pretty much how a moderator would speak so...

 

[Unanimus]

Sandstorms are very annoying in early hardmode especially, cause if you have wings or a mount, you can just fly over, but in early hardmode, you pretty much can't go through

 

[MechaDasÜberGoober]

yeah, true, but I just set up a massive platform over desert and run on that.

 

[Z00MM]

This is not a bug though…. This is going to be changed in 1.4

Yea dude I figured that out a while ago now haha. I didn’t know it wasn’t a bug just felt like one. I’m still pretty new to the game, only started playing since the beginning of this year. So a lot is new to me. I appreciate you trying to tell me anyways ♡︎

 

[MechaDasÜberGoober]