My thoughts on the H&H update, my opinion on the issues...
I think the problem with the H&H update, and the game itself are twofold.
1 - The game, at launch, was too easy. It was not the brutal survival game or punishing combat as it self describes as. The only brutal part is the corpse run, and that is overcome with some sensible precautions.
It doesn't take a Dark Souls master player to win at this game, it is... was rather easy.
2 - Players have high 'level' characters they sort of left while waiting for new content, its like a MMO you had a end game 'toon' but took a long hiatus from, suddenly you need to re-spec and dont have a clue whats actually good anymore.
The new character and world game is actually fun and more challenging.
I played the game at launch for nearly 100 hours, I took it slow but aside from building cool structures, was too easy as a game.
I recently deleted my old 'toons' and worlds, and started again, and the new systems make the game more challenging and more fun, I need to consider my attacks, keep my stamina up, and cant rely on simply kiting all foes with a bow.
I need to check which food will help me most, rather than just load up on neck tails and cooked meat, with a berry or shroom to top up on.
The current system is the one the game should of launched with, it offers more challenge... even Eikthyr is more fun than it used to be.
I know its a pain but I would advise trying a new toon, sans mods and the map viewer and see if the new systems make the game more fun for you too.
Probably not, but hey you paid for the game so it cant hurt to try, I found it more challenging and fun.
... still think it was lacking for a major update that was focused on content though.
1 - The game, at launch, was too easy. It was not the brutal survival game or punishing combat as it self describes as. The only brutal part is the corpse run, and that is overcome with some sensible precautions.
It doesn't take a Dark Souls master player to win at this game, it is... was rather easy.
2 - Players have high 'level' characters they sort of left while waiting for new content, its like a MMO you had a end game 'toon' but took a long hiatus from, suddenly you need to re-spec and dont have a clue whats actually good anymore.
The new character and world game is actually fun and more challenging.
I played the game at launch for nearly 100 hours, I took it slow but aside from building cool structures, was too easy as a game.
I recently deleted my old 'toons' and worlds, and started again, and the new systems make the game more challenging and more fun, I need to consider my attacks, keep my stamina up, and cant rely on simply kiting all foes with a bow.
I need to check which food will help me most, rather than just load up on neck tails and cooked meat, with a berry or shroom to top up on.
The current system is the one the game should of launched with, it offers more challenge... even Eikthyr is more fun than it used to be.
I know its a pain but I would advise trying a new toon, sans mods and the map viewer and see if the new systems make the game more fun for you too.
Probably not, but hey you paid for the game so it cant hurt to try, I found it more challenging and fun.
... still think it was lacking for a major update that was focused on content though.
2:13 am, September 20, 2021
Raptor replied to My thoughts on the H&H update, my opinion on the issues... September 19, 2021 @ 6:41:11 pm PDT
Its not really any harder just more tedious and thats why people don't like it. You can still easily parry and dodge with i frames on nearly everything but the amount of time spent traveling most places has doubled almost tripled in the early game because of the food rebalance and it just makes everything really boring for no particular reason.
2:13 am, September 20, 2021
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renlish replied to My thoughts on the H&H update, my opinion on the issues... September 19, 2021 @ 6:56:57 pm PDT
I really want to like the updates but even with the rebalancing patch they made, it's still way off. My partner and I created new toons and a new seed to start again. (The only mod we use is V+ for some QOL things but we leave the mechanics of the game alone.) It took forever to take down the second boss because the early foods really don't give you enough stamina or health to roll either way. I don't the game more tedious because I always collect everything when I see it but stamina degrades WAY too fast and too easily and it's not balanced with how slow it ticks up along with the health. We're adapting our playing style but it's definitely made it harder and not in a fun way. They made a mess of it, to be honest.
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