Emanuel My Lord

I was military most of my adult life my friend. I harbor no ill feelings at all but I do speak my mind freely. Feel free to speak your mind freely to myself as well. These make the best friends in my experience as you never have to guess what they think. They will lay it all out and it is what it is. These are the people I tend to befriend.

I expect to subvert my expectations of reality in any game. Eating a entire bear for breakfast and starving before dinner is a bit more of a stretch than I could swallow. That aside I have found the game mechanics most pleasing. I have meals made now and the step between forage and meals is very stark. I have to admit burning through 3 copper prospecting picks chasing borax was..... mildly frustrating until I figured out there were two prospecting modes. But now that I understand the two modes that is workable. I found the large feeding trough quickly.... That is to say bunny hopping after a female goat for half a hour trying to feed her berries before finally reading the wiki. XD I am a bit disappointed the animals do not require food other than to breed. I do not know why but spending days cutting grass to stock up for the new baby goats seemed a worthwhile endeavor. But it is what it is. I am quite curious how the generational taming works now so I will focus on that.

As compassionately as you weakly attempt to deride new players for expressing their views on the game? While at the same time withholding the information they sought from the community? O-o. Real Pope Maelstrom here. XD

It is a breeding pair. I will keep and eye on the female to see when I can force feed her. Thank you.

Ahh so I will disregard anything coming from yourself since I cannot possibly have a differing point of view without myself being bonkers. Go play dragon a bit more.

So setting up a fence this morning and these two wander in.... Anything I should know about goats? How many haybales should I stock up on? Lo

The point of the diary entry was to point out the unrealistic food drain in a "realistic" sandbox? I never pulled out a tape measure and asked for a competition. Good for you? I was giving a fresh players POV on a unrealistic system in game.

You are probably entirely correct. I like the game already. Out of all the systems in play, only being able to find fault in one is admirable.

Then the misunderstanding was mine.

Yes, both of these would interest me greatly. If nothing else to prevent all the poor animals from starving to death every winter and the mass extinction events yearly by the inability of the land to sustain thousands of 20k a day caloric intakes. Yes I am being facetious, but this would be the reality from the current in game mechanics. I appreciate the advice.

Ahh so VS is NOT a sandbox? If VS requires me to play it exactly this way or never progress..... I will be very uninterested. If I want to watch a movie I will watch a movie. You are not doing a great job at promoting the game as fun. The ability to improvise adapt and overcome are hallmarks of ALL great games.

I was merely quoting the rule of threes as some are not familiar with them. Only the starvation rule really applied to my post. I did find the hunger setting eventually. Forcing the starvation loop into the game kills the immersion for me. I grew up in the wilderness and spent years in the military. Starving to death in a virgin natural environment is so far fetched it is game breaking for me. I could accept a frozen wasteland or a desert biome. Not a forest teeming with game and edible forage. But that is just me. I do not mind adjusting the slider. Reading through the other posts I seem to be in the minority on this subject. I am ok with that lol. I love the crafting. Cannot wait to progress to a point I can engage the lore loop.

I hate Isometric games. I am a born again viewist when it comes to games lol. I got tired of The Long Dark for this very reason. Killed a Moose and cooked it and was starving the next day. I do not understand why food drain has to be so stupendously high. So far, in Vintage Story, FOR ME, it has detracted from what has otherwise been a very enjoyable playthru, Make the large game harder to kill. Make the rewards for the kill much greater. But why does my guy need to have a space tapeworm? Raft would be another transgressor in this, eat a cat fish as long as you, then walk around a small island and go eat another catfish the length of you. It breaks any immersion in the game for me. I love the crafting and figuring out how the mechanics work. I enjoy fighting for my life in a deep lake. I do not enjoy having to stop these enjoyable endeavors to go hunt for another 5 berry bushes. If the game emphasizes exploration, it should not punish you when you go do that task. Ark SE did food well IMO. It was a very real need. Especially in a harsher environment. But, It did not dictate the flow of the game. It was not a Sword of Damocles always hanging above you brisk walk to the store. Food drain is a cheap trick to pad playtime. Unreal World I have never heard of. I will have to look into that if i burn out here.

Ahhh so the wood tongs I keep in my left hand have the tape worm. I will rectify that immediately thank you.

Monday morning, woke up naked. Knapped a bunch of flint tools. Built a dirt house. Monday noon, attacked by bear. Swam into deep water and poked it in the eye with a sharp stick till it died. Hard to believe I survived. Harvested every morsel and packed it all home. Spent the evening cooking a ENTIRE BEAR over a camp fire. Tuesday morning, woke up a bit peckish. Ate a ENTIRE BEAR for breakfast. Decided to walk a kilometer to the trade wagon. Tuesday noon. SO HUNGRY, organs starting to shutdown. Who would have thought a 2 kilometer walk would burn 20,000 calories. I thought the rule of threes said You can survive three minutes without breathable air (unconsciousness), or in icy water. You can survive three hours in a harsh environment (extreme heat or cold). You need shelter! You can survive three days without drinkable water. You can survive three weeks without food. (However, many people have gone for over 40 days during fasting and have survived in favourable circumstances Tuesday night, This is my last will and testament. I leave all my belongings to nature to turn back into soil. My only regret is not killing TWO MORE BEARS so I might have lived to Wednesday. For real, I got this game because everyone raved about how realistic it is........ My dude got a space tapeworm? Annoying is not difficult....