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That sounds about right. My guess is that they didn't really get Oceans working as intended, so it will just have to wait. I can see herbalism being along side status effects since I am not sure how that would work unless you have plants or something to turn into potions or something to inflict status effects. One thing I do wonder if they will do when status effects are implemented is Status tipped arrows and/or weapons. Either way I trust Anego to do well with the updates.

That's fair. It's usually fair to have less expectations and be surprised when the update comes then to expect all these things and get disappointed when it isn't all there if that makes sense. Have they teased anything before on Oceans and the status effect system? Now I am curious tbh.

Thanks for the breakdown. It's good to get a good idea on how updates have gone in the past. I can't wait for 1.23, but good to know I have some time to play my current run before the update comes out most likely. I only just now got copper pick in my current run. I am currently exploring around seeing where I want to make my next base. Ideally I would like to make a Redwood Treehouse base, but I haven't actually found Redwoods while playing before, so I suspect i will have to travel pretty far south for to find them. My current base is a quick temp base set up near spawn. I am trying to go for more of a forest base since I am doing hunter because it feels fitting.

Given what I have heard on the Armor updates it's going to be pretty interesting. With all the stuff I see them teasing about I have no idea when the update will come out though. On Mastodon I know they have posted teasers for Horses and Mechanical Power Polishing.

Ah that makes sense. Thanks for the info. I like the idea of removing the 3rd rows and making it two wide.

Ooh nice farm set up. I am might have to try something like that in my world. Is the water reaching 3 blocks wide or is there water under the blocks to keep them moist if that makes sense?

I am fine with Temporal Storms, but I usually turn off Temporal Rifts now because I just find it not fun to randomly start going insane inside my base.

I didn't realize that. I need to learn more about how stone layers and stuff actually works in Vintage Story. One of the many things that is A LOT of info in Vintage Story which is what makes it so much more fun to me.

I don't know about Sea Monsters, but something like sharks just to make the water a little more dangerous could be fun and/or interesting. Of course Sea Monsters works too if you want to add new enemy types.

Yeah that would be fun as another way to let hunters get gears. I know it's possible to sell Leather and Fat (Not rendered IIRC), but it would be interesting to be able to sell pelts just to give another use to them. Same goes for the horns since they don't really have a use right now other than displaying them in whatever ways you can.

That reminds me. I think the roadmap said something about a status system being put in place, so a way to make status arrows would be interesting. That way you can use statuses to make a hunt easier and improve the ranged experience.

I think I usually hear a bark and then can run, but I have been randomly killed by a wolf before.

AFAIK they are trying to remove the crafting grid where they can. That is one of the things on the roadmap that I think a few things go into removing the crafting grid. https://www.vintagestory.at/roadmap.html/ From the roadmap. (Done) Quenching, Tempering, Annealing Woodworking Gemcutting Herbalism/ Brewing System (Done) Fishing Mushroom Farming Cloth Weaving More ways of food preservation Find alternatives to the 3x3 crafting system

I like the female player model idea. At least for me it would be adding actual names to players and maybe ways to name areas. I want to be able to write stories and make my own world inside the Vintage Story world if that makes sense. More player customization would be nice though with things like female player models and maybe just more models in general. Especially since the traders have different models.

Sounds about right. If you ask me the big question here is Ignorance or Malice. I think Anego is proved themselves ignorant at this point and it's all just a big mistake. I no longer assume malicious intent from Anego and just hope for the best resolution to all this. I will still enjoy the game if I need a good Sandbox and still recommend the game to people while probably mentioning this in passing for those who care. Let's hope they learn from this and whatever they do for PR training or people allows them to manage the community better in case something like this happens again. Mind you me saying this is me not having a problem with Anego. I still think Maltiez had malicious intent somewhere along the way, but he is being dealt with by Anego and they have taken steps to remove him from places to put minimum harm AFAIK, so overall there is little for me to worry about in this whole situation.