re: the removal of the seasonal debufs in fall and winter
These were removed because they are redundant. We originally put these in long before we had a concept of "the Hunger" spawning in the world. The idea was to make harvesting and gathering more difficult during fall and Winter. The system was a heavy handed stop-gap measure because we didn't have a better way to push that idea. They weren't well explained anywhere (there was nothing in the tutorial, nor tutorial tips that explained them). They had no cosmetic effect. They had no engagement loop for the player. They just were