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It took me a moment to realize that's not a cute little fenced orchard in wintertime...

Poor little guy looks so depressed. Maybe a really strong drink will cheer him up, or at least make him forget whatever horrors he's witnessed.

For worlds that I'm interested enough in to actually play, they probably last about a hundred hours or so on average before I'm ready to start over. When I do start over, it's usually due to either messing around with mods, or the release of a new update. Save files should automatically track and display how many hours you've spent playing that save file. The total played for each file will be listed under the world name on the world selection screen. For multiplayer worlds though...you're out of luck. I don't think your hours played are tracked in multiplayer.

We already have a solution to stability loss--temporal gears. You can sacrifice a bit of your health to destroy a temporal gear, in return for restoring a large chunk of your stability. Granted, temporal gears don't stack, but how long does one really plan to hang around in an unstable area? One or two should be enough for a prolonged underground expedition, and while they're somewhat rare early in the game it's not hard to amass a small fortune of them by mid-late game.

Lamellar in a nutshell. The other metal armors will cost you two ingots per unit of metal armor pieces, whereas only one ingot is required to make one unit of lamellar. You also don't need leather to make lamellar armor--you just need a few pelts. Chain offers great protection while allowing you to retain more accuracy and healing ability. If you plan on focusing on ranged combat, chain is probably going to be the best armor choice in most cases. Scale is similar to chain--it offers a bit more protection than chain, but less accuracy and healing as well. Brigandine has the worst stats of the late game metal armors, however, the main advantage to brigandine is that it's a lot cheaper to make. If resources are a bit thin, brigandine is a good choice. Personally, brigandine is what I make as soon as I acquire iron since it's cheap but protective, and I upgrade to something better later once I have steel. Gambeson is the best armor for surface exploration and general daily use. It's lightweight, so it won't slow you down or penalize your healing and accuracy much at all. It's also decently tough and protective, being tier 2 armor, so you'll be safe from most threats you encounter, and it'll buy you enough time to escape should you encounter something really nasty. I'd really only recommend leather armor or other similar non-metal armor if you really need the protection but don't yet have access to anything better. It's better than nothing, but it's not going to hold up in a fight; it'll just buy you enough time to hopefully escape.

I would assume it's mainly a design choice, in order to have something a bit more unique than just a plain sword. From a practical standpoint, the design seems to offer decent slashing ability, as well as the ability to focus the energy of your swing into the blade's tip if you so choose, allowing it to penetrate deeply. The saw-toothed portion can potentially make a bad piercing injury even worse if you twist the blade when drawing it out of the victim, tearing open the wound further. The blade's design is also similar to common farming implements like scythes and sickles, perhaps making them easier to produce en masse. A lot of Falxian forces seem to be pulled from the common people, and farm tools would be readily available, as well as unneeded in underground bunkers.

Welcome to the forums! Not to be snarky, but are you talking about Vintage Story or the other block game in regards to bunnyhopping? To my knowledge, bunnyhopping isn't a thing in Vintage Story(I think it actually slows you down), but jumping while sprinting in Minecraft will make you run faster. I'd wager the reason you're outrunning enemies by "bunnyhopping" isn't that you're running faster, but rather that you're moving through rougher terrain and timing jumps properly. Currently, entity pathfinding isn't the best when it comes to rough terrain, so enemies tend to get stuck in holes, between trees, on bushes, etc. when chasing you. And of course, when you get far enough away, they'll give up the chase. The pathfinding is also something I expect to improve with future updates, but what we have right now is serviceable.

I was going to mention this. If I'm not mistaken, the Bessemer process just made mass production of steel cheap enough so that it could be widely used; the process wasn't invented until the mid-1800s. Vintage Story, however, covers the late Middle Ages, and I expect the late-game tech(aside from the Jonas stuff) to reflect the options that would have been available during that time period. I think this idea is better suited for a mod, given the more fanciful effects proposed here. Hallucination effects from consumption of certain mushrooms is plausible, however, I would expect it to make your life more difficult, much like getting drunk. You can't shoot straight, you can't walk straight, so good luck hitting your targets, if they even exist(you are hallucinating, after all)! As for mushrooms effects causing monsters to ignore you...absolutely not, it should be the opposite. Monsters absolutely hate seraphs, so to a monster a heavily impaired seraph is basically a free lunch. Same goes for predators--an impaired target can't fight back nearly as well as an unimpaired one, and is an easy meal.

I don't know about a metal stove, although we do see them occasionally in ruins so I suppose it makes sense. Either way, I like this idea, and Expanded Foods does implement a concept like this. You can still make things like roast meat and basic bread in a firepit, but the result will always be charred. For a tastier result, you have to use the clay oven. I think this would be added with a proper herbalism gameplay loop. However, I'm not sure that I would make mushrooms able to be cultivated. It might be better to keep those as a foraged wild food only, in order to give players incentive to leave their base a little more often. I would say a bloomery like this ought to be made out of the higher tier refractory bricks in order to help keep it balanced, but it would be a nice quality of life thing. The sling is pretty much the dedicated throwing weapon, aside from the beenades and spear. Spears hit very hard already already when thrown, which I daresay is why we don't have iron/better spears. As for bows, the ones we have already are fine; the only one I might add is a crossbow(a bit more damage and able to be pre-loaded, at the expense of being more difficult to obtain and slower to reload). For melee weapons, a bit more variety would be nice, if for no other reason than an aesthetic choice. However, I do think the falx should remain the best general option for most monster encounters, since it's described as being specifically designed to counter monsters. Now this proposal I actually disagree with. I think the way temporal storms are currently implemented is fine and helps set the atmosphere of the post-apocalyptic world quite well. A temporal storm is a supernatural disaster; one you shouldn't want to venture out in. If you do decide to brave the storm, you can acquire some rusty gears, temporal gears, or Jonas parts for your efforts, but it's risky business. There are things you can do inside while waiting for the storms to pass, and the storms also don't last all that long either(if nothing else, you can take a break to get a drink or something while waiting for it to pass). They really help sell the idea that something horrible happened to the world and not everything is as happy and peaceful as it seems. In contrast, if the storms were reworked to actively encourage players to fight through every single one and take risks that they maybe shouldn't lest they miss out...at that point it feels less like a supernatural disaster that you have to deal with occasionally and more like a special loot drop event in an MMO. In my opinion Tailor is fine. It's a bit of a challenge class since it has a handful of drawbacks that make survival more difficult, with no obvious benefits aside from looking fashionable and more valuable trade good options. However, aside from a small health penalty, they're one of the stronger classes in combat, in my opinion. While they don't have any buffs to damage dealt, they don't have any penalties either, meaning they'll be good at both melee and ranged combat. Likewise, their armor will also last a bit longer than it would for other classes, and they're able to craft better, more stylish gambeson. I do agree though that Clockmaker could use a bit of a buff, as it feels rather underwhelming when compared to the other classes and what it feels like it's supposed to be able to do on paper. At the very least, giving them a unique craftable gadget that can locate translocators would give them a very interesting and useful gameplay niche when it comes to travel options, as well as pair nicely with the bonus they already have to translocator repairs.

I feel your pain there. When I run out of reactions to give, I usually just wait until the next day to finish reacting to things, as well as make a note to be a little more judicious about using my reactions.

Love to see the new stuff! The one nitpick I have is the saddle scabbard for the falx--it leaves the sawtooth portion of the blade exposed right where the rider's knee will be when riding. Though it won't actually hurt the rider, of course, it does look like a major safety hazard. Personally, I would either add a bit more to the scabbard so that portion of the blade is properly covered, or just flip it the other way around so that the sawtooth portion isn't pointed at the rider's knee and thus much less likely to cause accidental harm.

Since no one else seems to have asked...what did you make your armor out of? Sawblade locusts are tier 3 enemies, which means you need at least iron gear to really counter their attacks. Bronze armor or other lesser quality armor will still absorb some of their damage, but the sawblades will punch through it much more easily, so you won't be able to take very many hits at all and expect to live. Especially if there are multiple sawblade locusts. From the sounds of it, you're either wearing lower tier armor, or your game settings/mods are making the locusts stronger than they are by default. Possibly both. If a mod is making them stronger, or you're playing a harder game mode like Wilderness Survival, the locusts will be hitting harder and you'll need to consider bringing more healing supplies or engaging fewer enemies at once when possible. If you're wearing lower tier gear, I would certainly recommend upgrading to at least iron gear, or something even better if you want to play it very safe. As I noted before, wearing an equipment tier appropriate for the enemies you're facing will mitigate most of the incoming damage.

I'm not exactly sure of what the limit is, but I presume it's to curb people who try to farm reactions, or something to that effect.

I think stuff like that will stem from Jonas tech, with herbalism producing different kinds of medical supplies or stimulants to help you in combat(like a strength potion). Gadgets like a Jonas pogo stick to help you jump higher or a Jonas scuba tank to let you dive deep underwater are a little more grounded in reality, plus they give the player a fun tinkering gameplay loop to toy with. Gadgets can also be something that you refuel or repair occasionally to continue using, instead of a consumable item that you need to constantly restock.

LOL that's hilarious! I'm not entirely sure what kind of fight I'd be as a boss. Based on my current avatar, probably some sort of mechanized sea serpent with a lot of lightning attacks. Based on my general playstyle in videogames? A very tanky boss that moves somewhat slow but hits very hard...albeit with clearly telegraphed attacks in order to be fair to players. Or it could just be an absolutely chaotic fight that leaves your head spinning when you win, since I'm rarely(if ever) organized in these kinds of games. Not sure what kind of loot I'd like to drop. Most likely a handful of gems/treasure items, as well as unique piece of decoration or player cosmetic. Most likely dragon-themed, of course!

I disagree with this sentiment, at least for now. Aquatic content is still underwhelming at the moment, so adding large bodies of water that the player will have to navigate is probably going to add more frustration than fun since there's not much to do on the water. Once the aquatics have been fleshed out more(such as the upcoming coral reefs) and a proper fishing system implemented(so you have more reason to be out on the water), then increasing the water to land ratio makes more sense.

It probably depends on the mod maker and where they prefer to post about their mods, if they post at all. Aside from checking specific mod pages on the modding database, you could try checking the modding section here on the forum or try the Vintage Story Discord.

I mean, it wasn't exactly a dig at Thorfinn. There's definitely a genre of players that enjoy speedrunning. I was referring to the player type that seems to expect to be able to complete the entire game in an afternoon or two, and brand the game as "bad" if they're unable to do that. Games that can be completed quickly are perfectly fine and can be fun, but that's not the kind of game that Vintage Story wants to be.

Welcome to the forums! It kind of depends on the crop and the climate. Some crops it makes sense to have multiple harvests per year. But I mostly agree that currently it feels like farms are a little too productive for the effort they require, and knocking the average harvest back to one per growing season would make them a bit more interesting to manage. I think this could work as well, provided it's something you do everything once in a while instead of something you have to check daily. Otherwise it's going to be too tedious. This might help, but I'm not sure that it would solve the "ugly farm" problem. Water holes everywhere in the farm might not be the prettiest thing, but they keep adjacent farmland at 75% moisture with no effort, which is still going to be more attractive than needing to water manually. Personally, I irrigate my farms, and use the watering can in my greenhouse; that way I can maximize the amount of greenhouse growing space available. I like this idea. This is one of those cases where realism doesn't equal fun. Sure, if you plant a crop in bad soil, then it can have a chance to die, but that's also a scenario that the player can easily avoid. If a player plants the crop in good ground though, and takes good care of it, and it still dies? That's just going to be frustrating. Similar to the above, it's realistic, but I'm not sure it's fun. It's one thing if players lose progress to something preventable/avoidable, because at least they have a chance to counter the issue. But springing a disaster that they can't prevent or otherwise avoid, that wipes out their progress, isn't fun to deal with. You can compost hides as well--it's not limited to just food. The reason you can't compost flowers and dried grass in the game, I'd wager, is due to dried grass being used for haybales and sheep food, and flowers being used for dye and decoration. It's also very easy to acquire lots of rot just by hunting and foraging berries, so I don't think adding dried grass and flowers to the compost list is really necessary either. I would say this concept is already implemented, somewhat. When you harvest a mature crop, you have a chance to get an extra seed. Though I wouldn't be against reworking the system to require players to let some crops go to seed in order to get more seeds, instead of just harvesting everything. Best left to the mod realm, in my opinion. It's a neat concept, but probably more complex than what most players will want to deal with. As for always growing the best stat foods...you can do that if you want to min-max. However, one of the core ideas of Vintage Story is working with what your environment has to offer, which will vary from game to game. Some things are only available in certain climates, and that's perfectly fine. It helps keep gameplay fresh and varied.

I'm not sure this is accurate. I started playing in 1.18, and as I recall bears were tier 2 then, and in 1.19 as well. I also don't recall any patch notes for 1.20 stating that the attack tier for bears had been changed. I agree that Hunters thrive where Blackguards do not, and vice versa. However, I disagree that Blackguards have trouble dealing with bears. I play Blackguard most of the time and my strategy is to kite them around with a sword and shield. Wearing armor is ideal, but also optional--it's possible to face them without armor and survive. Throwing a few spears at them before engaging in melee can soften them up, but I don't like using spears in melee as it seems to make the hitbox issue worse due to the weapon's reach. This is the main problem with bears in my experience, aside from a lack of readily noticeable sound cues. If you kite in a tight circle, the problem is somewhat alleviated, but it still makes for a frustrating fight if the bear manages to just sit on you(even if that is rather realistic for a bear's combat ability). "Highest nature threat" depends entirely on what part of the world you decided to live in. Hippos have been teased, and if I'm not mistaken hippos are absolutely one of the most dangerous animals known to man, if not the most dangerous, and kill several many people per year. I would certainly expect them to be a lot more dangerous than bears when implemented, though they'll be a threat unique to the tropical regions. There may be a lore reason for why natural predators are so aggressive, however, I would say it's mostly due to creature behaviors still being a work in progress. I'm also not sure that players should be encouraged to feed the local bear population, unless there's a way to acquire a bear as a pet. In reality, if you start feeding a wild bear, it's going to associate people with food and start causing a lot of problems, and I'm not sure that would make for very fun gameplay.

I agree that a climbing system like Verticality would be a fun and immersive addition to the game. However, I'm also not sure that adding such a system would be a good idea since the game hasn't been designed with that kind of movement in mind. It's fine and very fun as a mod, but breaks the challenges present at the major story locations. In order to implement a movement system like that, story locations would need a complete redesign in order to preserve their challenge, and I'm not sure it's worth the time and resources to do that. An alternative would be adding some sort of tool required for climbing; that way you could possibly prevent climbing in story locations since using the tool would require "activating" a block. However, then you're left with the unimmersive question of "why can't I use this tool to climb in this spot that should be obviously climbable?" Not that we don't have that question already. In any case, I'm still inclined to say that climbing systems are better left to the modded realm.

I'll also note that if you're playing cooperative multiplayer with a friend or two, you can split up tasks to accomplish more things in a shorter time. Plus if one or two of those friends plays a little more regularly, they can knock out some of the more grindy work while the others are offline, if they're willing that is. This is usually how it goes with my friends--it's not unusual for me to take care of a lot of the grind since I generally have more time, but it sometimes goes the other way around as well. For singleplayer, there are game settings and mods to help speed up(or slow down) parts of the game as one desires. Based on default settings and what the devs themselves have stated about the intended future of the game, an average Vintage Story world should take about 100-200 hours of time to complete, roughly. Granted, I believe that is the rough estimated time to complete the entire planned story, which isn't yet fully implemented. For what the game is now, you can probably complete a world in about 50 hours of playtime, assuming you know what you're doing and push for progress at a brisk pace. Overall though, the game is intended to be something you take your time completing, not something you just start and finish on a weekend afternoon. In my opinion, those who rush to complete the game are going to be missing out on a lot of what makes Vintage Story so special.

I will note that sleeping through the night is an option, provided you have a bed. It will cost some hunger points, and depending on the time of year and where you settled, you may or may not be able to sleep through the entire night. But it is an option if you have nothing else to do and don't want to go out in the dark. Fireflies already exist in Vintage Story, however in addition to the ambient lighting needing to be dark enough for them to spawn, the weather also needs to be warm enough. If it's too cold, they won't spawn. As others in the thread have already mentioned, the point of Homo Sapiens to have a realistic survival experience without the lore content. The main drawback to the HS gamemode is that once you achieve tier 2 armor, there's not really anything that can kill you aside from your own complacency. Honestly, I wouldn't expect Homo Sapiens to change much in that regard; it's there as an option for those that prefer it, but isn't the core of what Vintage Story is developed around. For standard gameplay, the monsters are one of the biggest reasons not to hang around outside at night. I'll also note that monsters need rift activity in order to spawn on the surface(barring a temporal storm), and rift activity isn't predictable. You can have several nights of calm in a row, several nights of high activity, or anything in-between, and that unpredictability is its own brand of unnerving. I have to disagree here. Realistically, nighttime is when people should be sleeping after a long day's work. Currently there's no penalty for going without sleep, but the drawback to working in the dark is that it's difficult to see what you're doing and spot potential hazards. If you choose not to sleep through the night, then you either need to deal with the hazards that night presents(if you choose to go out) or find something to do in the safety of your base. As for temporal storms...the general idea behind them is that they're a supernatural disaster and really not something you want to be going out in. The main reason the player has for venturing out in them(aside from being caught off-guard by one) is to collect gears and Jonas parts. Personally, I think that's incentive enough. You do need those items to achieve various things in the late game, but you won't really be punished if you choose to play it safe during a temporal storm either. It also keeps the storms feeling like a true disaster, and not some special looting event like an MMO. Ambient noise does add immersion to videogames, however, the spook factor wears off pretty quickly once the player figures out that there's nothing actually making the noise. I would also point out that adding more creep factors subtracts from the coziness rather than adding to it; same with needing to add traps absolutely everywhere. The game already pushes players to make their base safer by lighting it up and adding contraptions like rift wards to further cut down on the spawn potential. That's not to say there isn't room for more ambience of various types, but it does need to be implemented carefully in order to be effective. Honestly, I think that's just a byproduct of becoming better at the game. As your skills improve, old challenges and threats won't seem as impressive. But I don't think this is the way to counter what I mentioned above, outside of using mods that is. A big part of why achieving things in Vintage Story feels so satisfying is that it lets you tackle things that you couldn't before, or otherwise complete more mundane tasks more easily. However, if threats are just being upgraded to always match your equipment, then what's the point of constantly chasing new equipment if it never actually feels useful? Likewise, if the threats' evolution is tied to a specific passage of time, then the player is pressured into specific ways of playing every game or else they fall too far behind technologically. The system we have now allows players to play at their own speed, with a wide variety of options of what order they want to progress things in. I could see this being a thing at some point. I know there's already a mod for it. However, in some ways it also doesn't fit the lore and the overall theme that the developers seem to be angling for. It is a post-apocalyptic world, and roving bandit gangs certainly make sense in that kind of setting. Some NPCs even refer to certain unscrupulous elements being present. The reason there might not be any bandit gangs for the player to actually encounter though(aside from the developers intending for the player to have a cooperative existence with NPCs), is that almost all of humanity was wiped out. The remnants that are left stick together in settlements(which are few and far between) since it's dangerous to be out in the wilderness. The few criminal elements that do exist are going to be living somewhere close to one of those settlements, assuming the locals haven't brought them to a swift end.

I think being able to breed different varieties of flowers to create new varieties is a bit much and better suited as a mod. However, I do think that allowing players to propagate more flowers either from seed or from a crafting recipe would be a nice addition to the game. I've seen mods that handle it both ways. One allowed you to grow more flowers from seeds, provided that the growing conditions were right, while the other allowed you to create more flowers by crafting a piece of compost with the flower type of your choice. Is it very useful for gameplay? Not really, but if you want to plant fields of color without stripping the countryside bare for miles around or going into creative mode, having a way to propagate your own flowers would be handy.

I agree that Clockmaker would benefit from having a few unique gadgets they can craft to help make certain things easier. I will note though that they already have an inherent boost to their movement speed, so allowing them to move even faster isn't necessary. A gadget to help reduce stability loss, as well as increase stability recovery, is a decent idea. I would also add that a gadget that can locate translocators would be a nice improvement too, since it would pair well with the Clockmaker's ability to repair them more easily. It would also give them a more unique niche regarding travel, since seeking out translocators to jump across long distances would be much more viable than it is currently. Blackguards are fine as-is, and probably the strongest class currently in the game in most circumstances. They already have a unique sword and shield that is very strong; more unique weapons aren't really needed(though it would be nice if they could craft their armor set). Regarding raw/rotten food...just because they need to eat more doesn't mean they're going to stoop to eating things that are gross, and you shouldn't ever be in a position where you NEED to eat raw food/rot to survive. Bone broth is something that should be able to all classes if added, not just one. If it were unique to a class, it should be a recipe for a Chef, not a Blackguard. The clumsy trait I could see working, but you'd need to give them more of a health boost or something to compensate. Otherwise, it's a nerf that they don't really need. Hunter is very strong already, and the stealth archer gimmick should really stay in Skyrim(it's a fun character build but WAY TOO STRONG). Stealth mechanics should be available to all classes, and if any class has a specific boost to going unnoticed more easily, it should be the Malefactor. The only stealth bonus I would possibly give Hunter is perhaps make animals notice them a little less easily(though not to the same extent as the Malefactor), since a good hunter will know how to avoid alerting prey. Accuracy is already decreased by temporal storms, since the distortions make it harder to aim, and hunters rely on ranged combat since they're weaker in melee. It's also more difficult to hit a target if you're moving while firing, which you're likely to be doing during a temporal storm. If you just make it even harder for them to hit their targets in such situations, all you're really doing is punishing the player for picking Hunter as their class. As for losing stability faster while underground...they already have a penalty to mining drops and mining speed. The penalty to mining speed, when paired with the melee penalty, means that they'll spend more time underground on average than other classes when it comes to completing underground tasks. I think penalizing them further would just make the class more frustrating to play than fun. We already have basket traps, which acts as a sort of snare. Caltrops would be an interesting unique craftable for the Malefactor, though that might make them a little too strong. The sling is already a fairly strong unique item, as it's cheap and the ammunition it uses can be found en masse pretty much anywhere. The stake trap would be a decent addition to the game, but should be something available to all classes and not locked to just one. The climbing rope isn't really needed, since we have ladders. Regarding the Heavy Conscience change, I agree with @ifoz. A penalty just for being around monsters is just going to be frustrating to play around, especially when there are specific instances where you HAVE to fight through monsters in order to progress the story. I would also note that there's already a penalty for being around monsters, for all classes. If you're near a monster, you get attacked, and depending on how equipped you are to deal with the situation the consequence could be as simple as a bit of damaged equipment, or as severe as death and item loss. Cloaks are something that we already have. They do keep you warm, and are equipped in the Shoulder slot, I believe. More cloaks would nice, and having fancier ones limited as Tailor-exclusive craftables is consistent with all the other exclusive clothing that Tailors are able to craft. It is their niche, after all. I could see hammocks being a potential addition, but not as a Tailor exclusive unless it's a very fancy hammock. Fancy bedspreads would be a much better option in my opinion, especially since hammocks seem like they'd be a little too useful to traveling the wilds...something the Tailor very much struggles with. Padded inserts are already covered by the tailored gambesons. Gambeson is very good general-purpose armor, and tailored armor is just a classier version with slightly better stats. One quirk of Vintage Story is that you don't necessarily want to be wearing armor all the time, and not all armor is created equal either. Certain armors work better for certain situations than others. In any case, I understand the frustration with armor covering fashion too, though in that case I would say a setting to show/hide the armor would be much better than an item that turns clothing into armor.