Originally posted by redgreen999:

Originally posted by Polonius Ulf:

You cheat yourself out of the adventure to be had while schlepping ore to where you can use it. And the fun of planning and building a system of mining bases close to the ore. ♥♥♥♥ will happen, aka adventures. Nasty, uncomfortable things, adventures.

Putting obstacles in your way is how Valheim, or any game, generates stories. If you make an end-run, you miss the chance to be attacked by three trolls and eleventy-eight dwarves and draugrs. In the rain. And then come here and brag about it however it turned out.

bah - was waiting for this post so I could ambush it. The job of the player is to have fun. If something in the game feels like a huge downer, so much so that I probably would do something else instead. Then I will find my way to keep the game most fun. To me that is building. I could very well go creator mode and do away with the rest of the game entirely. I elect to keep the game intact except for hauling ore by manual labor, basically. That is the perfect compromise for me. Now if this means I am no longer elgible to run for political office. Then all the better. :D

Players will play how they get the most enjoyment. Shaming them as cheaters is rediculous since its a solo game. I only have to answer to myself and not losing any sleep here. :P

** Edited for brevity. But then I had to explain that this is edited for brevity, and actually I added a bit more at the end so the point is kind of lost, really **

I thoroughly agree with you that people can play a solo game however they want and they should not be shamed as cheaters. This was the thought I began with, but then the rebuttal occurred to me that you might cheat yourself, and the rest followed, but I did not intend to shame anyone.

Cheating yourself isn't a crime, or anything to be ashamed of. It just means you could be missing something. That's all. But if you are aware of what you are missing and choose to leave it on the table, then you're not even cheating yourself.

That's why the gist of my post was devoted to a description of the wonderful things you leave on the table, such as planning and building mining bases, and having them smashed by troll attacks at night in the rain.

That such is my idea of having fun should go without saying. My tone was playful. ("Eleventy-eight?") I did not intend to shame anyone, and I am sorry that you took it that way. Next time I will use more emojis. :P

I do regret failing to complete the Bilbo Baggins paraphrase: Nasty, uncomfortable things, adventures. Make you late to dinner.