TOO HARD

[blup120]

who thinks this game is too hard and should have difficulty selections?

[PrivateDonut]

I don't, the game becomes easier. Its just trial and error starting out. 

 

[Zervo]

and what kind of difficulty do you want?

it's kind of hard in this kind of game. changing number like in how much they breath or how much thing consume can be a little weird and aren't a good idea.

 

though it's possible to make the environment a little bit easier, something like in don't starve where you can set the world generation.

you can setup for the world to have lots of clean water, oxygen, algae, other important resources, bigger starting biome (moderate temperature, etc)

 

this way it will make the game a lot of easier, especially at early stage of the game.

 

i think they'll add world setup in the future and i think someone already put this kind of suggestion not long after it release

[Octyabr]

Ever tried. Ever failed.
No matter. Try again.
Fail again. Fail better.

And that's my friend the meaning of life (which happens to be an excellent movie, btw.)

You can apply that on games too, just keep playing, the game as of now it's really quite easy (as is not really too much to do since it's still in alpha)

The game is not hard, you are not a bad player either, you're learning. Don't get ashamed if you lose, eventually you won't.

[MicroJackson]

2 hours ago, blup120 said:

who thinks this game is too hard and should have difficulty selections?

maybe ur playin this like a building sim?

its an survival game so imho it must be challenging. and i can give u some hope: i have a base on cycle 250, have a lots of water, lots of sand (but i dont need it) and there is algae all over the place (just dig towards the edges of the map.. i found a lot of algae and a lot of coal as well)

just try to play smart, for example: ur running out of oxygen all the time very fast? had the same problem so now i just have 6 dupes max. and they all have diving lungs

i can send you my initial save game (3 diving lungs dupes at start on a very good map). just PM me

greetz

[Nativel]

I think game need some setup before we start new world, kind of difficulty level like in don't starve where you can select what and how many your world will contain, so people who like to constract will play in tier peacefull worlds and people who like hardcore will play in hellhard worlds.

At this moment combat skill used in very rare ways one or two times per world, against creatures without any resistance. Should be difficulty level where monsters will came from time to time because we have medical bays and even two types.

Research at this moment too easy, with only need water and dirt, it shuld be different, so you have to find rare materials to start reserch them and difficulty level where you alrdery have all technologys, just build what so ever you want.

[Saturnus]

I think eventually medical bays will start to be of use once dupes start to take damage from exposure to extreme temperature, long term sickness (from living in contaminated oxygen), exposure to dangerous chemicals etc

[chestnutcute]

It is too easy atm tbh...

Just because of the fact that some of the stuff are not implemented yet , for example they dont get sick...

But i am sure you'll get better at it , @blup120.

 

[Ferula]

5 minutes ago, chestnutcute said:

It is too easy atm tbh...

I'd have to agree with this. Once you get a few runs going and realize just how much there really is to exploit and how many different ways you can do your colony it almost gets easy. 

[Ecu]

I agree with the majority here when I feel the game is definitely not too hard.  In fact, I agree with some when they say it is currently too easy.  That said, we will see dupes affected by heat as of the next update and I expect that in future updates we will see diseases and the like being much more damaging.  In addition to this, some people have had odd messages appear that seem to be additional random event triggers that are not currently complete.  So I will say that I feel they are on the right track regarding difficulty so far.

[Beercules]

The difficulty is in the choices, I always start off with 3 diver's lung duplicates and only select divers lung duplicates as they become avaliable, this will help ensure a lasting supply of oxygen since you use very little.

The map would be the second hardest part of the game, since you can't decided which map you get, its a luck of the draw but once you find a map your happy with (lots of water, algea and coal) then save a copy of the start of the game, this way if you fail the first try, you can always reload the map and try again.

Also, it's your idea of winning, I could say creating a stable colony would be winning but since the game is in alpha and the chances of getting a stable colony up is next to nill, I instead focus on playing with the different technology understanding how the mechanics work in prepreation for the next release.

Life is only as difficult as you make it, the same could be said about this game.

Beercules.