Hey there,

after 50 hrs me and 3 mates gave up on this game and i want to share to the devs why.

I really wanted to like this game but there is to much grind and awful systems in between the good bits that we just stopped now. My 3 mates i started with didn't really got hooked from the start on, cause of the clunky and unpolished gameplay but i kept saying it'll get better and just keep going.

I don't talk about the obvious indie game flaws like combat/movement/QoL - i'm sure you hear enough from that. I just talk about what made me, having no problems with these flaws (for now in this state of EA game), quit the game.

Ability farming was fun. Looking for the spec i want to play, find the mobs and farm them to eventually get the ability is nice. The towns and land plots are well done as well. Building a house with some mates was good and not too grindy.

But what just let us all leave the game now is:

1. The enchanting system. I never saw such a boring and exhausting enchanting system. Even with the browser enchanting finder, it was just no fun at all - looking through the inventory through lots of items and find the right "recipe". I would like to have a much more simpler system such as having the enchanting stats written on the item you find. That way you can just sort them by picking them up. Now i pick up enchanting material and have no idea what they are good for.

2. The armor/weapon crafting system. After 50 hrs we all still run with tutorial armor around (seems like everyone does that). I really don't know why there is such a bad progress system, locking everything behind a massive grind. I understand that really good gear needs to be behind a grind in a sandbox game but if you have no progress at all before that, it just is no fun to play or even start crafting.
   Basic poor plate body armor: 3 coal, 1 charcoal and 5 iron ore just to make 1 (!) iron ingot and you need 8 of them.
   After spending hours to find a plot where we can build a smelter, buy the plot, build a house with smelter and finally start crafting we get hit with this - everyone of us instantly lost all interest in keep grinding/crafting.
   I don't even know how to make my next magic cloth armor. I need ingredients i have no idea where to find. But after that plate armor grind i guess it will take ages until i can start crafting that armor.

I understand that this is relative, as your group/guild gets bigger. But you need to understand, that alot of people like to play solo or in small groups and the armor/weapon progress in this game is absolut ridicolous and no fun for them.

I will come back later (propably at release) to give it another try but seeing you guys want to release in a couple months doesn't give me alot of hope, that this game will be for me or my mates.

Good luck and i hope my feedback is helpful

Well i can only tell you that we all lost interest after having the rough state of the game and a, for me, bad system which is no fun and not engaging at all.
I don't want to touch the enchanting system and i don't want to grind that much for the first armor for my weight class.

I don't care about problems at the endgame for now. And i don't recommend changing something at endgame (like i said, i understand that endgame gear needs a big grind factor). I just stated, that the early game is no fun to progress in - besides the ability farm and housing.

This forum seems to be buggy just as the game Keep losing "connection to the board" and can't edit my post.
*edit: Basic poor plate body armor: 3 coal, 1 charcoal and 5 iron ore just to make 1 (!) iron ingot in 5 (!) hrs and you need 8 of them.

Hey there,

after 50 hrs me and 3 mates gave up on this game and i want to share to the devs why.

I really wanted to like this game but there is to much grind and awful systems in between the good bits that we just stopped now. My 3 mates i started with didn't really got hooked from the start on, cause of the clunky and unpolished gameplay but i kept saying it'll get better and just keep going.

I don't talk about the obvious indie game flaws like combat/movement/QoL - i'm sure you hear enough from that. I just talk about what made me, having no problems with these flaws (for now in this state of EA game), quit the game.

Ability farming was fun. Looking for the spec i want to play, find the mobs and farm them to eventually get the ability is nice. The towns and land plots are well done as well. Building a house with some mates was good and not too grindy.

But what just let us all leave the game now is:

1. The enchanting system. I never saw such a boring and exhausting enchanting system. Even with the browser enchanting finder, it was just no fun at all - looking through the inventory through lots of items and find the right "recipe". I would like to have a much more simpler system such as having the enchanting stats written on the item you find. That way you can just sort them by picking them up. Now i pick up enchanting material and have no idea what they are good for.

2. The armor/weapon crafting system. After 50 hrs we all still run with tutorial armor around (seems like everyone does that). I really don't know why there is such a bad progress system, locking everything behind a massive grind. I understand that really good gear needs to be behind a grind in a sandbox game but if you have no progress at all before that, it just is no fun to play or even start crafting.
   Basic poor plate body armor: 3 coal, 1 charcoal and 5 iron ore just to make 1 (!) iron ingot and you need 8 of them.
   After spending hours to find a plot where we can build a smelter, buy the plot, build a house with smelter and finally start crafting we get hit with this - everyone of us instantly lost all interest in keep grinding/crafting.
   I don't even know how to make my next magic cloth armor. I need ingredients i have no idea where to find. But after that plate armor grind i guess it will take ages until i can start crafting that armor.

I understand that this is relative, as your group/guild gets bigger. But you need to understand, that alot of people like to play solo or in small groups and the armor/weapon progress in this game is absolut ridicolous and no fun for them.

I will come back later (propably at release) to give it another try but seeing you guys want to release in a couple months doesn't give me alot of hope, that this game will be for me or my mates.

Good luck and i hope my feedback is helpful