Big Shasta

Trying my best to be as distant as possible here, from here on out. 

In short, this game, the administrators of a majority of it's populated servers, and a fair chunk of the playerbase are what I would consider Fundamentalists. It's become an "in club" for people with certain political and social beliefs. The "Correct" kind....  ...The staff are more interested in what you think about other adults' lifestyles than they are in creating a positive and game-focused place to play, and that is acutely apparent even before speaking to any of them 1 on 1, the records of their interactions are pretty plain with cursory discord queries. Many people here are cool with it, I'm not, so screw this site and it's game, as well as most of the playerbase who play along with this oppression-based calculations of Equality. It's not boding well for them, the game is cool, youtubers go ham, aaaaaaaand.... wonder why people don't stick around? Did they read what I've read?....

Regarding wolves, play on 50% creature strength from the menu or use commands to set it at 0.7 there about, to stop yourself from being 2 shot by a single wolf... If you decide to live near ANY TREES, AT ALL, brace yourself mildly for jumpscares whenever you leave your early game hut, because actual Mechanics for creature spawning in this game that is YEARS into EA, don't exist... Wooden Lammelar (God help me, WHATEVER this ridiculous word they chose for this wooden armor) is also important and a great use of your first resin chunk.

That said, claiming that the game is EA, therefor "play how you want" - is weak. There's a world that's been made but I don't see it going anywhere good, call me pessimistic but - the slow plod of updates and the sheer amount of effort into OTHER stuff... Hell even the world gen, play with a world gen mod and tell me that this game doesn't need one of those. And step up, and carry on, and sticks from firewood, Art of Farming crop genetics, more classes, more tech, more food... but hey. We got motorcycle aspirational Elk that are so endgame most people won't touch them without cheats.... and a sail boat that needs a mod to get actual wind and ANOTHER mod to actually sail... otherwise... it's a car? 

Goofy people, goofy game.