Originally posted by Subsonic:

Why? Is this another "make the game easier" post? Turn "brutal survival" into "sometimes a challenge survival"? Seriously--so many posts asking to make the game less difficult. Fix the wind, remove death penalty, remove all the mists, etc. Instead of taking time to adapt, or "git gud" in Dark Souls parlance, the response by quite a few is to whine about it and ask for easy mode. Why even play a survival game if you want to take "survival" out of it? If the devs acquiesced to all the demands this game would turn into a friendly verson of SIMS: Vikings. /smh

This is a crafting and building game just as much as it's a survival and combat game. If players want to focus on the former rather than the latter, that should be their choice.

I don't understand why people are so opposed to accessibility and difficulty preferences in games, they only serve to expand the potential audience who can find a way to enjoy the product.

Every other crafting and survival game I've played features expansive and useful difficulty options, admin panels that allow users to tweak server settings, and a host of other options to allow players to customize their play experience to their personal preferences.

The fact that Valheim lacks these things is not a point in its favor, its a sign that the development team has decided to force their 'vision' onto players, rather than letting players enjoy Valheim on their own terms.