When do Voeld temperatures start to rise?

Never, I also found that strange.

Always wondered if melting all that ice would cause a global flood?

I'm thinking not within the protagonists lifetime. That's a whole lotta ice to melt.

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The temperature does rise... from -50°C to cosy -40°C, which has unfortunately no impact on the hazard warnings or the time you can stay out in the cold, but there is a change, so no bug.

Do those (the backup things) even work?  I've never noticed any effect from them in my game, to the point I stopped wasting credits on them (on the PC).

Never, which is annoying, sure it would take a long time to melt the ice, but if you think about it, how does activating the vault quickly decrease the heat and radiation hazards, but not make Voeld barely warm enough to stop the hazard warnings. If you can't warm Voeld, you shouldn't be able to cool Elaaden either. So very odd.

As for the Architect and Kett base, you need to move between buildings to stay warm, if you are playing on insaity mode, and it's annoying you too much, lower the difficulty just for this fight. It did seem easier in ng+ but that may be due to higher lvl gear and wepons and knowing the best strategy the 2nd time around.

Don't they just restore your life support to full when you use them?

I have to admit, even though I've got them equipped in one of my consumable slots I still haven't actually activated one yet to try it out.

Ah, ok. I just read the description then and it is supposed to make your life support last longer while out of the Nomad. I would have thought 'backup' means it restores life support (like a backup generator restores power).

It specifically says 'outside the Nomad' so I wonder if hopping back in or fast travelling ends the consumable.

They don't work at all, for me. I've thoroughly tested them, and no longer equip them. They'd be nice to have on Voeld+Insanity. On lesser settings, everything dies too quickly for it to matter. That cold is seriously an issue, though, on Insanity. It does add some good tension, but it is ridiculous in a couple of encounters. I'd definitely use the consumable if it worked.

Well that sucks. Not that I play on insanity...