I'm about 20 hours in and still only in the middle of Episode 3. Damn I'm slow, but I am really taking my time to savor and enjoy it after being a bit frustrated at the beginning. I think I put too much stock in lost cargo at the beginning and doing that before you have any upgrades is not fun. If I could do it all over again I wouldn't have wasted so much time on early lost cargo, epecially other player's since you don't get progress toward the location's star level for them.
A few questions/observations:
- Wow, the likes really start coming when you contribute to roads. I'm getting thousands of Likes regularly now and am enjoying those oxytocin rushes :) Speaking of roads, if you contribute to a section that gets finished with the help of other people, if you exit and return to the game and happen to get placed on a different server where people didn't contribute as much to those sections will those sections go away? And how is upkeep on them, does the game let you know if they are degrading?
- I pretty much never get Delivery Speed bonuses. I thought it was just me at first but if you look at Bridge Links most peoples Speed levels are single digits even when they have 50+ in other areas. I feel like they should change the parameters around speed so you can get those every-10-levels bonuses easier. Speaking of that: what is the first one for Delivery Speed?
- Should I save custom hemetic grenades for bosses? Right now the plain ones take down normal BTs in one hit so I do just save these for stronger BTs/bosses?
- So it's not just weight that limits you, it's also how many pieces of cargo and/or their size? Is there anything that breaks this down? Sometimes, especially after getting the powered exoskeleton, it seems like I have a bunch of weight to spare but am cut off by another limit and I can't tell what it is.
- Love using other people's stuff! I'm trying to finish roads first so always check shared lockers before using resouces elsewhere like crafting. Was pumped to find a couple mint condition bikes once I got the shared garage. But on the other hand it makes things crazy easy once you connect at each location. My Bridge level is super high and - I assume because of that - other people's stuff is everywhere. I've only had to use like 2 of my own ladders or ropes so far. Got to the point where I'm putting stuff up next to other peoples stuff just to try and help people who might have access to mine but not theirs. The whole social aspect is something special. Pre-release I thought it would be gimmicky but it is anything but.
- Could use some QoL improvements in spots, though. The aforementioned size/qty restrictions, plus not being able to take out and apply specific quantities of materials for upgrading structures is a pain. Kind of hoped private storage would be Resident Evil-like and everything shows up everywhere, but design-wise I get it, it's all about making deliveries (or it's just padding and I'm giving it too much credit).
Overall very satisfied. Can't wait to get back and play some more.
