It's not difficult that is the issue.

The balance they bragged about taking this long is not right.

So we all need to take a step back, and the dev needs to work with the player base in a more open way it looks like.

Feathering 50 stamina that is gone in merely 8 seconds if you're not attacking or doing anything else whatsoever, at run level 32, is not more challenging/difficult; It's just extremely tedious, frustrating, and the complete opposite of fun. Makes me feel like my Viking has tuberculosis and COPD at the same time. It's even worse when you're starting out.

Originally posted by StrikerTheHedgefox:

Feathering 50 stamina that is gone in merely 8 seconds if you're not attacking or doing anything else whatsoever, at run level 32, is not more challenging/difficult; It's just extremely tedious, frustrating, and the complete opposite of fun. Makes me feel like my Viking has tuberculosis and COPD at the same time. It's even worse when you're starting out.

run lvl 32 is pretty low. no wonder. but people dont have the patient sanymore to invest time and effort to level up. they want everything handed to them on a silver plate. and you know what? you can buff ur stats however you want. the devs gave you all the tools to do whatever you want

Oh man, just try new food/stamina mechanic in early game by yourself
That is must be a game, not a torture chamber

then get some mods/scripts/plugins get unlimited stamina or unlimited health

As someone who started playing today(after update, ofc) I gotta say that it didn't feel hard nor tedious. Just normal, pretty much like most survival-crafting games. And as I'm leveling up it feels better. Just my 2 cents.

Because 2 days ago I didn't have to play like a turbo sweat and I could actually do something without my character being doubled over in a COPD fit. I dont feel like a big tough viking, I feel like a ♥♥♥♥♥ made walmart door greeter trying to lift my fat ass out of my bed in the morning.

git good

Hopefully the devs don't listen to the children wanting this game to be baby mode...the more challenge the better, keeps a game interesting.

jesus people the changes are working the way they should be. the game is advertised as BRUTAL EXPLORATION. how about actually play the update me and my wife are in the plains already. the changes are now where near as bad as you think. FYI we started a new seed for you ♥♥♥♥♥ that will say otherwise.

Originally posted by SAF:

Hopefully the devs don't listen to the children wanting this game to be baby mode...the more challenge the better, keeps a game interesting.

exaclty IG said in the fireside video Valheim is not ment for everyone. imo meaning its ment to target a said group of gamers. please make it a challanaging game. im loving the update tbh

Originally posted by StrikerTheHedgefox:

Feathering 50 stamina that is gone in merely 8 seconds if you're not attacking or doing anything else whatsoever, at run level 32, is not more challenging/difficult; It's just extremely tedious, frustrating, and the complete opposite of fun. Makes me feel like my Viking has tuberculosis and COPD at the same time. It's even worse when you're starting out.

Maybe eat something? lmao

The Stamina changes didn´t made the game more Challenging, only more tedious.
The game is still Ultra Easy and it will stay so easy as long as people pretend that tedium adds difficulty.

A better challenge would be Enemys that move more intelligent and different (Climb and jump from trees, fly, Dig and attack by jumping out of the ground,....)
And enemys that need tactics to be defeated, like there is only one of 4 Stages the enemy have in that you can do damage.

Forcing the player to wait for a Stamina bar to refill is no Challenge, its only pathetic

I started playing a new world/character after the update, as the devs recommended, and I'm currently at upper mountain biome. I really like the changes they made in the food system.

Normally I tank with high health foods, and that really helped at the beginning. Being able to eat two meats at the start made early game very easy IMO. That also progressed through swamp with progressively better food to boost health.

Now, in mountain, I find that I don't need as much health (they really need to buff something in mountain to make it harder), but I do need stamina to climb mountains, and having that flexibility is great!

I haven't used the puke berries yet, but I can see why they added them.

I've started inching into plains, but have only killed a few dethsquitoes, which was just as easy as before update. I'll try fullings at some point.

So far, everything has been easier, so, unless something drastic happens in plains, I don't understand what the complaints are about.

FWIW, plains became too easy before the update anyways, so I hope there's a bit more of a challenge.

Originally posted by StrikerTheHedgefox:

Feathering 50 stamina that is gone in merely 8 seconds if you're not attacking or doing anything else whatsoever, at run level 32, is not more challenging/difficult; It's just extremely tedious, frustrating, and the complete opposite of fun. Makes me feel like my Viking has tuberculosis and COPD at the same time. It's even worse when you're starting out.

Exactly