Originally posted by Udrakan:

Intro

Our group of 3 have enjoyed replaying the game again a lot, however after a day in mistlands we are considering to quit.

some points

-the terrain is very cliffy and annoying to run through
-devs still haven't fixed not being able to hit mobs slightly below you
(combines with terrible terrain)
-after a day in the mistlands we have only found 2 dungeons and 3 cores total
-the mist doesn't get cleared fast enough by the wisp when running forward, often leading to running blind in it
-we still have to find 2 cores to craft 1 of the new crafting tables and then 5 more cores for the next one, but we have only looted 3 and are already considering leaving the game

conclusion

It feels like the devs are trying to artificially prolong the time you spend in this last biome and the mechanics and costs seem to be created in a way to annoy player, rather than give interesting obstacles to play around. Exploring this biome is pure suffering composed of waiting for stamina (despite having every stamina boosting thing sorted out), weird movement using viking magnetic boots running up 80° inclines and trying to find small structures in a thick mist, where a mist-revealing item doesn't fly fast enough to catch up with you. This is by far the most annoying biome and I'm considering either uploading the save to a page that shows the location of dungeons or cheating in the cores in SP (especially if friends decide to stop playing, then I'll cheat the cores in and try finishing the last boss on my own).

Art and music of the biome feel alright, but not memorable and a bit similiar to black forest. Mobs are tanky, but don't deal enough damage, so they are mostly nuisances while sprinting through them, looking for the damn cores. Friendlies are a nice new thing.

fin

This forum acts like a school class that has been left unsupervised by the teacher for too long. Don't take it personally.

I have 1.200 hours+, I'm kind of a "fan" - I loved the game from the first minute I logged in, I nearly finished my second Mistlands run, I also like the concept and artdesign of Mistlands, also the difficulty level.

But you are right, the progress system is somehow broken - after my second Mistlands run, this time solo, took my time to make exact notes - differences main game/addon - it's clear.

I think you are missing something that Valheim offered you in pre Mistlands and - I believe - that is the reason why you/many others are annoyed. Valheim developers neglect the core features that create excitement through success competency and value creation and instead add kindergarten features like Magic and Sniper Rifles. Maybe you find my reviews or other posts - I already described this more precisley.

This all could have been delivered as DLC afterwards, why they are doing this now is beyond me, but I think they are done with the game. They have no idea what they're doing anymore, no innovation/ideas or how this is supposed to fit into the main game - they've lost touch with the game, the community and everything around it.

The multiplayer code is still peer-2-peer garbage and from 4-5 players each dedicated server collapses when players are in the same area. And it's advertised as a coop game. This is what I would call a "core" problem, if you want to release it to the X-Box next month... I can't believe any X-Box player is willing to script his dlls for a better game experience.

I almost feared it. I'm so sad about everything.

I think that's it for me with Valheim, too, but it's going to be a long time and a long goodbye - probably many more tries before I completely shelve it.

I had the same feeling with Gothic 3 and the same process. I tried to torture myself back in the days through it 5 more times, as enamored as I was with the game series. Today I still play the 1st and 2nd part, but I don't touch part 3 anymore. It's gone forever. And guess what - Piranha Bytes was gone too and never touched Gothic again.