jonnin replied to Devs jumped the shark with Mistlands December 31, 2022 @ 8:08:04 am PST
Do you have the light to clear the mist some? Its easy to miss it if you killed yag a long time ago.
I have never died to fake fall damage, not sure what that even is, but certainly normal fall damage gets me here & there.
The terrain is, as you said, obnoxious. And there isn't a lot to see, you have ruined buildings, some of which have a mine, some of which are populated by NPC, and you have dead giants, which you need 3 or so of (more if you do a black marble castle).
Outside that is bugs, bunny, trees, and shrooms with that up/down terrain fit for the duke of york. Copper and iron are plentiful if you want it.
The good news is you don't have to spend that much time here -- a few days and I am done.
Literally claiming one ruin (haul some cores with you so you can make a smelter and make a stonecutter) near a sap-root for a base/farm/sap/fishing hole/etc access point is half the battle. Then gather one set of bones and a couple of mines to get 5 cores and you can cook up most of the new equipment. From there, you need more cores so you don't have to tear down and remake the crafting stuff, but that can happen in its own time, spread out a bit to avoid grind/tedium. The only thing that would make it take more than a few days is finding mines, which can be tricky.
what is actually useful here..
- new foods. The key ones are the salad (easy stam food), meat platter (easy health food), hare supreme, and grilled bug (like grilled lox, low quality but good junk food for easy areas). The others are great too, but this is a balance of effort and reward -- the fish&bread is excellent but fishing IN BULK is annoying now.
- new weapons (lots to love here)
- new cape. no more dying while building tall is worth the whole aggravation to get it. It helps the up/down problem too, but time you have it, you don't care as much.
- the lanterns (no fuel lights at home isnt critical but I love this)
* I would say magic but it requires food that is very difficult to get (royal jelly) enough of to justify it. I would say armor, but its not enough better to get fired up about for now. Make it in your own time, so when upgrades are out you are ready.
I have never died to fake fall damage, not sure what that even is, but certainly normal fall damage gets me here & there.
The terrain is, as you said, obnoxious. And there isn't a lot to see, you have ruined buildings, some of which have a mine, some of which are populated by NPC, and you have dead giants, which you need 3 or so of (more if you do a black marble castle).
Outside that is bugs, bunny, trees, and shrooms with that up/down terrain fit for the duke of york. Copper and iron are plentiful if you want it.
The good news is you don't have to spend that much time here -- a few days and I am done.
Literally claiming one ruin (haul some cores with you so you can make a smelter and make a stonecutter) near a sap-root for a base/farm/sap/fishing hole/etc access point is half the battle. Then gather one set of bones and a couple of mines to get 5 cores and you can cook up most of the new equipment. From there, you need more cores so you don't have to tear down and remake the crafting stuff, but that can happen in its own time, spread out a bit to avoid grind/tedium. The only thing that would make it take more than a few days is finding mines, which can be tricky.
what is actually useful here..
- new foods. The key ones are the salad (easy stam food), meat platter (easy health food), hare supreme, and grilled bug (like grilled lox, low quality but good junk food for easy areas). The others are great too, but this is a balance of effort and reward -- the fish&bread is excellent but fishing IN BULK is annoying now.
- new weapons (lots to love here)
- new cape. no more dying while building tall is worth the whole aggravation to get it. It helps the up/down problem too, but time you have it, you don't care as much.
- the lanterns (no fuel lights at home isnt critical but I love this)
* I would say magic but it requires food that is very difficult to get (royal jelly) enough of to justify it. I would say armor, but its not enough better to get fired up about for now. Make it in your own time, so when upgrades are out you are ready.
6:13 pm, December 31, 2022