CastIronFabric

just make mob spawns not happen on Deed.

1. agreed with your first point. 2. however, if they made storms a place you go to off your deed, say for example by jumping into one of those portals (which again should not spawn on your deed). That would not break lore.

ok, its time for my rant. If one wants to solve the problem of getting frustrated on a game they purchase blind the solution is to watch some lets play for a week or so. I thought this would be obvious standard operating procedure, I personally would never buy a game without watching some lets play and please (this is for everyone not just you) please do not try to peddle the arguement that most youtubers are paid to make a game play look good, just dont.

Is it even theoretically possible to find, lets say, the Village without even knowing the map location as a challenge? I know the RA could be impossible becasue the one in my play is literally inside a mountain with the entry not exposed but the village perhaps? To be clear, I am not asking this becasue I want to avoid the storyline I am just curious if it could theoretically be possible as a hard core challenge.

I have heard the same thing from multiple sources. Good to know because I am was about to make plate. nope

two things: 1. if we just have mobs not spawn on player deeds the entire issue goes away. Same for storms. Want to go to a storm? fine, go find one of those portals outside your deed and jump in. done. 2. I am not for 'make game more accessible' as a default motivation. That is what AAA games try to do and I am not a fan of that. This view is not directly related to the suggestion itself more that I do not like 'make game more accessible' as a motivating decision. I think we have enough of that motivation in the market place.

I do not think the Temporal game mechanics is 'holding this game back'. In fact, given the size of the team I think they are doing just fine and there is really nothing 'holding them back'. That said, I am fine being able to turn off those features and I think that is a fair compromise to satisfy people who do like them (whoever that is) and those who do not (and they just turn them off). I do not think either side should dictate to the others how to play. I think most people would be find just having those features disappear but that is unfair to those who want them. I do not think its an overwhelming majority but I think it is a majority. In fact, I think the majority of players for this specific game would actually be more interested in expanding the game mechanics into more depth such as steam power etc. I think one can infer this popularity by: 1. acknowledging that this game is mostly a building game, not an RPG adventure game and 2. looking at some of the most popular mods out there and infer who its being catered to. Expanded Foods, Chisel Tools, Primitive Survival, Butchering, Alchemy. One could argue that Better Ruins mod is a mod that one could argue expanded the storyline but do we honestly think most people download that mod for that? I doubt it. For those who like the Temporal game mechanics and feel its over arching architecture is immutable because of the storyline, I know that they have conversations on how to improve them and good for them, however I will very likely continue to not have those features on and that is fine. There are two things I WOULD change however and it does affect my game play. 1. I would ad the option of 'provoked' in the creature hostility setting. What that would mean is if I strike a monster all monsters within X radius of me will start to attack me until I leave that radius. I do not want to be badgered all the time however the fact that I can go down to the bottom of the earth on day one and not have to worry about getting attacked is a bit overkill on that request. 2. I would change the deed system. A. I would make it more obvious that there a deed system and B. I would make it so that on your deed, monsters do not spawn, storms do not happen... full stop.

so I do not call foul on the OP. I think it was just a world generation bug. I do however call foul on your claim. It would have to be fairly common place for your story

As long as the information gets into the brain and solidifies as it should for the understanding it really does not matter which method. I try to refrain from such debates because they usually go nowhere but as an exercise it would be curious to find out how many people who think reading is the best way to learn are also the same people who advocate in classroom teaching over remote learning. I wonder if they see the contradiction. EDIT: as a microcosm example, we need to know that a iron anvil comes in two parts molded together with crushed borax. How that information is given to the public be it text, video or interpretive dance does not matter as long as the information enters into the brain in a way that makes a person understand it. Now if someone wants to play 'super sleuth' and try to figure it out with various hints and clues I actually honestly DO understand that but at the end of the day the same information needs to be solidified in the brain in order to make an iron anvil and there is no other way around it.

3rd person view of that type makes me want to throw my monitor into a wall and that urge is hard to maintain. That is the only way I can explain it, its beyond an immersion killer for me. Now I do prefer riding vehicles in 3rd person but a 3rd person only game with no option for 1st person is something I will not consider no matter how good it is.

ok fair enough I get that. Its not something I care to avoid but I can understand using a online wiki to answer a perplexing question vs watching a youtube titled 'how make steel end to end' fair enough

ok, I get that. Its just my misunderstanding of the intent for the phrase 'going in blind'

now to be fair I think some things can be done without reading either the manual or online. Farming for example I think in theory could be figured out and I get that I really do. However many things are impossible to do without researching

I agree that watching or reading a Min/Max tutorial is different. However, reading a wiki online that shows you all the steps to make steel and that of reading the in game manual on step by step on how to make steel is nearly exactly the same thing. You cant make steel by experimenting in this game unless you have real life years to try everything. I understand the spirt of what you are saying but I categorize what you are trying to convey with that of Min/Max tutorials not exclusively how to tutorials

sorry but I do not see the difference between reading a handbook for a step by step and reading an online wiki for a step by step or watching youtube for step by step. I DO however see the difference between reading a wiki on how to prospect or how to make steel and that of a MIN/MAX video . If I look up on line to read a wiki on how to make a cementation furnance its going to be the same text as if I looked it up in the manual and if you skip any of those steps you will not make steel either way. additionally, it would take several real life days to successfully prospect for iron etc without knowing how the nodes work. That sounds like a super grind but that is a side note to what I am talking about above.