Get Rid of Biomes

[SkyRex94]

Don't get rid of Biomes. Maybe Rename them. And modify the mechanic : http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/87918-Non-Overpowered-Biomes-Decreasing-Science-with-each-Biome like i pointed out there already.

[Darkstar616]

If this was a petition

/signed

[Moss]

Anything that gives us more to look at on a planet's surface (weird rock formations, sulfur pools, geysers, lava flows, dust spiders) is OK by me.

[togfox]

I like biomes and I like collecting science - I just want to be told when I "discover" a new biome. It's completely unknown when I enter a new biome* therefore it quickly becomes irrelevant to me.

*I use science alert mod to rectify this. Needs to be stock.

[Vaporo]

However: I think the Mun and Minmus have to many biomes themselves. It has always annoyed me that there are so many identical looking planes and flats but only one type of slope? I believe that biomes should be more like "always in shade"; "always in kerbol-light"; "Crater rim"; "Impact site" etc. not "left hand crater"; "upper slope" et al.

This is how I think biomes should work. You study various environment types on various bodies instead of simply landing within X crater, pressing X button, and returning to Kerbin. These "biomes" could be procedurally generated based on things like latitude, slope, altitude, etc. The current biome system is just... oversimplified.

Certain points of interest (such as the Mun's canyons or craters) could still have science results that vary from the rest of the body, but you only get the "big" science from those places when your scientists realize that these places are unique in some way and give you a contract requesting that you send a mission to study them in detail. Maybe there could even be unique experiments to do when you accept a "study this place" contract. Like certain parts will have a "run test" button added to the right-click dialog when you accept a "run test" mission, science parts could get a "run unique experiment" button.