Not happening lol Cook food and use it properly

This update went from "I love this game" to "I'm done playing" really fast.

I haven't tried the game with the new update but when I heard about the food changes I felt like it was a step in the wrong direction. I liked the simple system they had, and I'm pretty sure that a lot of people aren't going to like it.

I'm also not a fan of the new max health = better blocking system. That means you will have to eat food that buffs health, and neglect stamina, to get the most out of blocking. Again, it feels like they're taking a simple system that worked just fine and over complicating it.

One of the main things I liked about Valheim was the simplification of systems that tend to become unnecessarily complex in some games. Crafting is fairly simple. Repairs cost nothing beyond the proper bench or forge. Food was simple. Cooking wasn't too complicated.

I won't really know for sure until I play for a bit, but I really think they're starting to head down the wrong path.

Originally posted by xDexter89:

This update went from "I love this game" to "I'm done playing" really fast.

Only for those who didn't realize the update was talked and discussed months ago lol Fans knew what was coming. If you didn't that's your own fault.

Originally posted by Macdallan:

I haven't tried the game with the new update but when I heard about the food changes I felt like it was a step in the wrong direction. I liked the simple system they had, and I'm pretty sure that a lot of people aren't going to like it.

I'm also not a fan of the new max health = better blocking system. That means you will have to eat food that buffs health, and neglect stamina, to get the most out of blocking. Again, it feels like they're taking a simple system that worked just fine and over complicating it.

One of the main things I liked about Valheim was the simplification of systems that tend to become unnecessarily complex in some games. Crafting is fairly simple. Repairs cost nothing beyond the proper bench or forge. Food was simple. Cooking wasn't too complicated.

I won't really know for sure until I play for a bit, but I really think they're starting to head down the wrong path.

It's the exact same now. Just that certain food are more Stam focuses and others are more Health focused. Gotta balance it out. Wanna go hunt and Farm? Load up on lots of stam. Wanna go kill and fight mobs. Load up on health. Or find a sweet middle ground that works for you. With the new food items this is easy.

Originally posted by Aegis:

Originally posted by Macdallan:

I haven't tried the game with the new update but when I heard about the food changes I felt like it was a step in the wrong direction. I liked the simple system they had, and I'm pretty sure that a lot of people aren't going to like it.

I'm also not a fan of the new max health = better blocking system. That means you will have to eat food that buffs health, and neglect stamina, to get the most out of blocking. Again, it feels like they're taking a simple system that worked just fine and over complicating it.

One of the main things I liked about Valheim was the simplification of systems that tend to become unnecessarily complex in some games. Crafting is fairly simple. Repairs cost nothing beyond the proper bench or forge. Food was simple. Cooking wasn't too complicated.

I won't really know for sure until I play for a bit, but I really think they're starting to head down the wrong path.

It's the exact same now. Just that certain food are more Stam focuses and others are more Health focused. Gotta balance it out. Wanna go hunt and Farm? Load up on lots of stam. Wanna go kill and fight mobs. Load up on health. Or find a sweet middle ground that works for you. With the new food items this is easy.

That sounds like it's absolutely not the "exact same" as it was.

Originally posted by xDexter89:

This update went from "I love this game" to "I'm done playing" really fast.

Not really, I only see the same people who complain about everything crying (Super active forum trolls today). By and large a lot of people seem to not be crying about food or the update.

The food system still buffs health and stamina.
There's more food recipes in the game. Some still buff health massively and some buff stamina massively.

Balance it to your needs.

Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Originally posted by xDexter89:

This update went from "I love this game" to "I'm done playing" really fast.

Not really, I only see the same people who complain about everything crying (Super active forum trolls today). By and large a lot of people seem to not be crying about food or the update.

And we see you crying about this on every thread too. I'd say you're the troll here.

Oh yeah so now after so many hours spent in Valheim i'm not cosidered a fan only because i don't like the changes made to food system?? Are you out of your mind?? It's my OWN OPINION, and you can put this clown reward up your ass, as far as you can.
And if you think that - let's say - sea serpent stew is "same as it was" then you were probably playing totally different game kid.

Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Originally posted by xDexter89:

This update went from "I love this game" to "I'm done playing" really fast.

Not really, I only see the same people who complain about everything crying (Super active forum trolls today). By and large a lot of people seem to not be crying about food or the update.

Respectfully I disagree. This game was a huge hit. it was simple, fun, immersive, brutally penalizing at times. Ok so they only flushed out half of it. Fine. But they did a massive update - after a year - that added zero content, except overly complicate the food and food crafting system - for no reason, it wasnt broken, no one complained about it. Now crafting doubly complicated, for no reason. They doubled the recipes. for what? Is that fun? no. Was it needed? again, no. They reworked shield and blocking and parrying? Why? Was it broken? Again, no. This game is about exploration and survival. They added nothing to that. They only made the limited content vastly more cumbersome. No thanks. And dont sit here and tell me I complain about everyting. I played the heck out this fun simple suprise hit for a year. If they just added one biome I'd be over the moon. Now Ill put it down .

I've played this game plenty, and I currently admin a server for a discord community. I've never complained or even commented on these discussions before, so I'm hardly a troll. The changes to food, shields and bows suck. It makes solo content much more tedious (not harder, just more tedious), and discourages people from playing on their own. At the same time, support for dedicated servers is minimal (we don't even have a sticky option under the join screen for previously joined servers).

Neuroperson has it right. This 'big update', which I have been looking forward to since they announced it, was so underwhelming and frankly disappointing that I'm starting to question the direction that the devs are taking the game. I played it for around 6 hours today with some friends (new world, as per suggestions) and only encountered stamina issues and deer meat. It doesn't feel like a big update, nor that they added anything substantial to the game, only 're-balanced' mechanics that seemed to be fine before. If that's what we see in the next handful of updates, I'll be tapping out.

Originally posted by .eReN.:

Jesus what have they done :| I hope that someone on nexus mods will make a mod which reverts changes to health/stamina system because it SUCKS.

Yep. I'm waiting for Valheim Plus to fix this dumpster fire of an Update.

A game that provides a challenge is now bad? It was easier and way more easy to be overpowered before, people complained about this. Now people are given more of a challenge and they whinge it's too hard. Just play the game more than you whinge and you might enjoy yourself for once.

Originally posted by Fzanco:

A game that provides a challenge is now bad? It was easier and way more easy to be overpowered before, people complained about this. Now people are given more of a challenge and they whinge it's too hard. Just play the game more than you whinge and you might enjoy yourself for once.

Its not a "challenge"
Its tedium and an unnecessary re-work of the Health/Stamina system.
The game was "challenging" enough as it was. We just wanted more content.