Don't Starve Together should run a survey in the start menu to see if people play alone or together

[chirsg]

Make it optional, but offer a free loyal skin/skin set that looks amazing and is for an obscure item. Have it be product placement for all I care as long as rule of cool applies. 

 

But updates going forward need to take into account how people play, be it alone or together. 

 

I have a feeling that the majority of players play alone and TONS of things need to be considered for. 

The game is multitudes less fun alone than having a good group, and I think people playing alone should be accommodated for, but if the opposite is true, then status quo can stay the same. 

[_zwb]

Do they really need an survey when they can just monitor the server list internally?

[finn from human]

26 minutes ago, chirsg said:

I have a feeling that the majority of players play alone

You'll get this impression from being on the forums, but the majority of the playerbase who just plays and doesn't talk about the game online too much is pretty much always going to be playing in a group, in my experience.

[chirsg]

7 minutes ago, finn from human said:

You'll get this impression from being on the forums, but the majority of the playerbase who just plays and doesn't talk about the game online too much is pretty much always going to be playing in a group, in my experience.

We don't know this until a survey is run. 

[Mike23Ua]

51 minutes ago, finn from human said:

You'll get this impression from being on the forums, but the majority of the playerbase who just plays and doesn't talk about the game online too much is pretty much always going to be playing in a group, in my experience.

This game (alongside State of Decay 2) are one of the LAST GAMES ON EARTH I want to play with random players in a “Group” with.

And the reasons why couldn’t be anymore simpler.

Both DST & SoD2 are survival games. That can & often do punish the player in severe and extreme ways.

Examples: If a player attacks a plague heart in SoD 2 the zombies on the map pour into the area endlessly and become more aggressive until that heart is dead. Trolls join, attack a heart,  and immediately leave.

DST: Players can trigger events, Wicker can spam moon book on Woodie, A singular player can fight a boss and force end game content onto people who may not desire engaging in end game content, a noob who doesn’t know why the ground is shaking can run into your base for safety and well… you get the idea.

I love survival games, but I only love multiplayer in survival games when it’s with a very select handful of people I know I can trust not to screw me over.

Otherwise- I prefer playing alone.

[Valase]

On 10/3/2023 at 4:55 PM, chirsg said:

Make it optional, but offer a free loyal skin/skin set that looks amazing and is for an obscure item. Have it be product placement for all I care as long as rule of cool applies. 

 

But updates going forward need to take into account how people play, be it alone or together. 

 

I have a feeling that the majority of players play alone and TONS of things need to be considered for. 

The game is multitudes less fun alone than having a good group, and I think people playing alone should be accommodated for, but if the opposite is true, then status quo can stay the same. 

I think that the DST content has been quite manageable for a bad solo player(me), truth to be told, I worry that the new content will just get munched by a group of people.