grungydan replied to Solo play, single player? June 24, 2021 @ 2:06:28 pm PDT
How much content is in this game at it's current state. Especially for someone who wants to solo it? Like is this the kind of game so far that you beat in 10 hours
I have 260 hours so far, and I just participated in fighting the fourth boss about a week ago.
It's a game that you can very much play at your own pace, find your own enjoyment, make your own projects and stuff.
That said, the devs seem to have decided to just start changing the game willy-nilly and do stuff nobody asked for while ignoring or at least not publicly acknowledging that some parts of the game need some serious attention. The latest patch probably added about 20-25% more suck than it had before, again, which nobody was asking for.
My take on the "bosses:" The first one is a challenge if you don't find ways to up-gear yourself, but once you have good first-ish tier gear and are handy with how weapons and stamina work, it's a fun solo. Not too hard, not a cakewalk. The second one's logic is...dumb, and he's pretty easy to solo it just takes a while by yourself. The third one is a
MASSIVE challenge increase for a few reasons that I'll go into if you ask but I don't want to give away too much. You could solo it if you have spent a LOT of time upping your gear, upping your food, and preparing. I'm sure there's tricks and stuff, but I don't know them as I've only ever fought him in a party. The fourth goes back to the logic of the second a little. She's a challenge, but if you prepare, know your gear, etc. you can do it.
Now, my biggest peeve about the game as it is right now is that the mobs have terrible logic, and several aspects of their implementation is just crap. Again, I don't want to spoil a lot here, but just know that you're going to be frustrated by the mobs in this game, and not always in a good way. I.e. the first tier mobs are absolutely nothing but a nuisance once you have up-tiered your gear somewhat, but instead of them having logic which would have them do something intelligent, like stay away, they constantly harass you. They can't really hurt you, but they interrupt what you're doing and it's just annoying. They raid your base constantly, which some people enjoy and I just find to be so annoying that my server has raids modded out.
All that said, again, I have coming up on 300 hours and I love the game. I hope the devs can hear the feedback, and I really hope they can figure out how a software development company is supposed to grow and evolve properly instead of just continuing to trickle out stupid changes that nobody wanted, but I love the game.
If the idea that one day you may just want to play in your garden and make food all day, another day you want to go berry picking and explore, and another day you want to challenge yourself with a boss solo sounds good to you, get the game right meow.
11:13 pm, June 24, 2021