Varying weathers and climates would be fantastic and would add to the sense of mystery and exploration! Of course, if weather could range from affecting combat to spicing up the gameplay it would be awesome. There would be a few problems with the extent of its affect on gameplay; no one wants to be completely hindered by it of course. But I love the idea! Some games utilize the dark, rain, snow, desert, jungle, ocean, etc. Now adding weather changes in these zones rather than having each zone designated a type of weather would make everything far more realistic. Like if there were seasons under the Traveler or if on certain planets the weather is crazy and goes from snowing to drought in minutes. I'll say again, hindering gameplay is not the objective but having it affect the game more would make it more realistic and valuable. I saw an idea (not mine) on a different thread but someone suggested that weather could hinder things like communications. Expanding on that, perhaps they can mess with radars on vehicles and ships or maybe a certain area gives off EMP waves that knock out some of your tech. It would be interesting but the idea is not to kill you. Regardless I think weather is a fabulous idea and I hope they implement these suggestions into the game!