What does everyone think about the enemies

[Thorfinn]

17 hours ago, Zane Mordien said:

I like doing the snowball earth - hot start and you have to use the lower tier armors because you cannot get leather.

No acacia? Or what's the reason?

[Zane Mordien]

3 hours ago, Thorfinn said:

No acacia? Or what's the reason?

Only thing that grows on snowball earth are pine and larch trees and birch bushes. I tried to buy oak seeds and grow the tree in a full size green house but didn't have any luck. It worked in a test world fast-forwarding time, but not in my normal game. Although one thought I just had today, does being underground affect tree growth the same way it does farming?

[Zane Mordien]

4 hours ago, Cattastrafy said:

I admit I don't know what comes after archives nor have I even seen those cause treasure hunter trader apparently is a myth on my saves.

I had the worst luck on my first playthrough with the Treasure Hunter trader. I think I was up to about 25 traders before I found it. The one I found was 5k from spawn.

[LadyWYT]

8 hours ago, Cattastrafy said:

I guess only reason to keep going is for lore? I admit I don't know what comes after archives nor have I even seen those cause treasure hunter trader apparently is a myth on my saves.

There's a whole 'nother chapter, my friend. Though getting bad luck on the treasure hunters like that does make it harder to start on chapter two.

8 hours ago, Cattastrafy said:

I can mine faster. Doesn't matter, I already have steel. I can do more damage and take more damage. I don't need this, there's no reason to fight, I have all the things. But what about Jonas stuff? I can see at night with goggles. Doesn't matter, I have steel I don't need to go out for stuff. Teleporters. Cool, this would have been handy a long time ago. I have no reason to venture far out anymore, I have steel. Resonator? Sick, listening to music while I do things at home sounds cool. Too bad I have nothing to do at home anymore. I have everything worth getting. Snake eating its own tail situation? 

I think the next update is rumored to be focused on improving the end-game tech options, but I wouldn't swear to it. In any case, more Jonas tech options would come with the need for more Jonas parts, which makes hunting the highest tier monsters a more attractive choice.

I also figure the overall story pace might be designed with the intention that the player will be taking breaks between chapters to return to their base and replenish supplies/repair or otherwise improve gear. Depending on what conditions you set for your world generation, you may also be needing to wait for specific times of year before tackling some pieces of the story as well.

9 hours ago, Cattastrafy said:

The fact you can enter steel age in 2 or 3 months is...sad. but no easy way to fix this. Maybe it doesn't need fixed, just my thoughts!

I don't think it really needs fixed, as it's nice to have the option of quick progression, provided you're willing to push that hard for it. Generally, I think I'm usually getting to steel around the first of Year 1, on average, maybe a bit later. I like to take my time in many cases and build for aesthetics, not just pure function.

One "fix" that would probably work though, to stretch out the progression time a bit...just add some more options of things to do when progressing. Some could be mandatory, some could just be optional gameplay loops, but more choices for the player means they'll need to make decisions on what they spend their time on, since not everything can be done all at once.