I haven't joined a public session because I would be that guy, after 1500 hours and doing everything legit. To the point of beating every boss multiple times to farming the resources to build a base so big it drops every ones fps down to 10 fps. I have no interest in farming to build ever again, I will always be in debugmode to build now. The grind is not fun to me anymore but I still love to build.

If I did join a public session I would be going into it EXPECTING this to happen. I can build a giant castle in the time it takes my gf to build a small wood tavern. Guess what? We both still enjoy the game regardless of what we choose to do in it. She will get there with time, until then we are both enjoying the journey.

One of the risks of playing public if you ask me. You should enjoy the chaos. If you wanna co-op with control then invite people you want on it instead.

Originally posted by ChRoNiC:

I haven't joined a public session because I would be that guy, after 1500 hours and doing everything legit. To the point of beating every boss multiple times to farming the resources to build a base so big it drops every ones fps down to 10 fps. I have no interest in farming to build ever again, I will always be in debugmode to build now. The grind is not fun to me anymore but I still love to build.

If I did join a public session I would be going into it EXPECTING this to happen. I can build a giant castle in the time it takes my gf to build a small wood tavern. Guess what? We both still enjoy the game regardless of what we choose to do in it. She will get there with time, until then we are both enjoying the journey.

But it basically makes the whole point of the game pointless?

I agree there should be an option to be forced to "start fresh" when creating a server

Originally posted by Fang:

One of the risks of playing public if you ask me. You should enjoy the chaos. If you wanna co-op with control then invite people you want on it instead.

...this wasn't on a public server but one my friend setup.

Tbh im surprised they havent got a option that allows you too stop people coming in from other servers

Originally posted by Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats:

Originally posted by ChRoNiC:

I haven't joined a public session because I would be that guy, after 1500 hours and doing everything legit. To the point of beating every boss multiple times to farming the resources to build a base so big it drops every ones fps down to 10 fps. I have no interest in farming to build ever again, I will always be in debugmode to build now. The grind is not fun to me anymore but I still love to build.

If I did join a public session I would be going into it EXPECTING this to happen. I can build a giant castle in the time it takes my gf to build a small wood tavern. Guess what? We both still enjoy the game regardless of what we choose to do in it. She will get there with time, until then we are both enjoying the journey.

But it basically makes the whole point of the game pointless?

What is the point in playing any game? For me it has always been about having fun. I had my fun in our original world that we put over 1000+ hours into all legit. I enjoy the game so much that I choose to continue to play it the way I have fun doing so. By building.

I have 2000 hours in rust and maybe 500 of those were spent in pvp servers, the rest were always in pve servers because I enjoy building.

It would be nice if we got an option to limit bringing in existing characters & items. I'm thinking it probably won't ever happen, if it does it will be much later but time will tell...

In the mean time, the only way around that is to play on servers with people you trust who want the same thing you do. They're out there, it's just a matter of finding them, places to look would be the Discord or the subforum here.

Originally posted by Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats:

Originally posted by Fang:

One of the risks of playing public if you ask me. You should enjoy the chaos. If you wanna co-op with control then invite people you want on it instead.

...this wasn't on a public server but one my friend setup.

Tbh im surprised they havent got a option that allows you too stop people coming in from other servers

You're free to make your own world, where you can kick and ban people for playing the game in a way you don't like.

Originally posted by ChRoNiC:

Originally posted by Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats:

But it basically makes the whole point of the game pointless?

What is the point in playing any game? For me it has always been about having fun. I had my fun in our original world that we put over 1000+ hours into all legit. I enjoy the game so much that I choose to continue to play it the way I have fun doing so. By building.

I have 2000 hours in rust and maybe 500 of those were spent in pvp servers, the rest were always in pve servers because I enjoy building.

I understand. Point im making, is that they should provide an option for those who dont want to play like that.

Originally posted by Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats:

Originally posted by ChRoNiC:

What is the point in playing any game? For me it has always been about having fun. I had my fun in our original world that we put over 1000+ hours into all legit. I enjoy the game so much that I choose to continue to play it the way I have fun doing so. By building.

I have 2000 hours in rust and maybe 500 of those were spent in pvp servers, the rest were always in pve servers because I enjoy building.

I understand. Point im making, is that they should provide an option for those who dont want to play like that.

I don't see it happening with a player count of 8. Valheim is designed to be a co-op experience when played multiplayer because the enemies scale to the current player count. You have to enable pvp, almost like Iron Gate intends for their game to be a co-op experience.

Originally posted by Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats:

Originally posted by ChRoNiC:

What is the point in playing any game? For me it has always been about having fun. I had my fun in our original world that we put over 1000+ hours into all legit. I enjoy the game so much that I choose to continue to play it the way I have fun doing so. By building.

I have 2000 hours in rust and maybe 500 of those were spent in pvp servers, the rest were always in pve servers because I enjoy building.

I understand. Point im making, is that they should provide an option for those who dont want to play like that.

They do.
Password protect the server so you can control who can join.

Your issue is your friend not enforcing the rules that You want.

Your friend , as admin, defines the rules of his server, and if he wanted to, could remove everything the other player brought in from his other server.

Originally posted by Frostbringer:

Originally posted by Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats:

I understand. Point im making, is that they should provide an option for those who dont want to play like that.

They do.
Password protect the server so you can control who can join.

Your issue is your friend not enforcing the rules that You want.

Your friend , as admin, defines the rules of his server, and if he wanted to, could remove everything the other player brought in from his other server.

Yes this is clearly a friend session that OP is talking about. So there is no way to stop your friends from bringing stuff in without banning your friend lol. OP wants a system that forces everyone that joins their friends session to start fresh which I don't see them adding because most people would communicate with their friends on how they're going to play.

OP needs to grow a pair and speak up to their "friends" if it's assumed that they went into it as a group that wants to remain on tier with one another. Otherwise OP needs to learn how to deal with it.

I'm not experienced with servers, and I'm curious. Sorry if I mix everything.

I understand that a private server is mandatory when you want to play with friends.

1. Are passwords really required if you don't invite anybody else (and you trust all of your friends), and the server stay private?
   
2. If a server is public, can someone draw by chance the same exact seed for a private server (or a solo play), and actually enters an already populated world without being invited?
   

Originally posted by Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats:

Originally posted by ChRoNiC:

I haven't joined a public session because I would be that guy, after 1500 hours and doing everything legit. To the point of beating every boss multiple times to farming the resources to build a base so big it drops every ones fps down to 10 fps. I have no interest in farming to build ever again, I will always be in debugmode to build now. The grind is not fun to me anymore but I still love to build.

If I did join a public session I would be going into it EXPECTING this to happen. I can build a giant castle in the time it takes my gf to build a small wood tavern. Guess what? We both still enjoy the game regardless of what we choose to do in it. She will get there with time, until then we are both enjoying the journey.

But it basically makes the whole point of the game pointless?

You can still play with other people without being exposed to cheating; you just need to find the right group who are also against it. Make a server together, password protect it, no problems. Any public server you find is going to be ruined.

Originally posted by pipo.p:

Are passwords really required if you don't invite anybody else (and you trust all of your friends), and the server stay private?
If a server is public, can someone draw by chance the same exact seed for a private server (or a solo play), and actually enters an already populated world without being invited?

Any number of players can play the same seed, everyone gets their own world. That's why there are places where people post cool seeds that they've found. If you used the same seed I used and started a game there, you'd be alone.

ya, i refuse to believe you have an open lobby that doesnt get insta-wiped by the first script kiddy dweeb. good luck with that.