Beat The Elder last night, that fight is really fun solo. Can echo the sentiment others had in that it's a lot more challenging than the first boss.
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Valheim Early Access [OT] Nord Man's Sky
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yep, it's definitely the next big thing on Steam. Really deserved, too, such a great game.
So what happens when you defeat all the bosses? Please use spoiler tags in consideration of others.
I'd say nothing much cause there will be more bosses added throughout EA.
Making "roads" has been a godsend for us mining with carts.
I also love how the option to make paths is called "pathen". I'm pathening the area!
Do you need workbench to make roads? For some reason I didn't think hoe worked outside of workbench area. Or are you constantly building workbenches? Is hoe best tool to use?
Haha, I just started doing this last night after almost destroying my cart while sprinting through the woods.
I love how the physics of the game mirror what makes sense in the real world.
2 hours into this and here to share my thoughts. Please keep in mind that I haven't played a survival game of this type in what feels like a decade, so I'm very out of the loop regarding survival games.
+ Game looks really nice. Awesome lighting.
+ Crafting so far is easy to get to grips with.
+ Exploring the map seems pretty satisfying.
- Performance is ass on my i7 3770 + GTX 1070. Feels like above 60fps but it stutters / micro-freezes all the time.
- Music got repetitive real quick.
- General feeling of 'what the fuck am I supposed to be doing' is kinda overwhelming.
Not sure what to do now. I made all the basic tools (I think) and a bow + arrows. Went to the first boss and got annihilated & lost all my shit. I might get a refund.
+ Game looks really nice. Awesome lighting.
+ Crafting so far is easy to get to grips with.
+ Exploring the map seems pretty satisfying.
- Performance is ass on my i7 3770 + GTX 1070. Feels like above 60fps but it stutters / micro-freezes all the time.
- Music got repetitive real quick.
- General feeling of 'what the fuck am I supposed to be doing' is kinda overwhelming.
Not sure what to do now. I made all the basic tools (I think) and a bow + arrows. Went to the first boss and got annihilated & lost all my shit. I might get a refund.
So our little Village is pretty nice so far - we're 6 people and progressing slowly but surely. Build at the sea, the meadows and the black forest. Next all 6 are online, we're gonna tackle the 2nd boss.
In the background, there's the building of one guy who just didn't get the building system and quit trying. We're still not sure what to do with it and that area. Potentially we're gonna use that for cultivating the land.
My next project is gonna be a platform for the teleporter close to where the third screen is.
In the background, there's the building of one guy who just didn't get the building system and quit trying. We're still not sure what to do with it and that area. Potentially we're gonna use that for cultivating the land.
My next project is gonna be a platform for the teleporter close to where the third screen is.
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Can't even find a damn swamp in our seed.
Also landed in Plains for the first time yesterday exploring and one group member was almost immediately murdered. Had to flee back to the ship with like 3 larg or whatever chasing us, took a chunk out of the boat, nearly sank it. Way outclassed.
Any tips would be appreciated, I'm willing to give it a fair shot.
Any server recommendations for someone in the US? It's been awhile since I've rented a dedicated server lol
This guy has a solid set of tips:
The first boss isn't very difficult if you're careful and recognize his attacks (melee, directional lightnight, and an AoE attack). Fire arrows take him down quickly.
I didn't look around too much, went with citadel servers. Was very smooth to set it up, just took a a little while for it to spin up and after that it has just worked. Fairly simple web interface for managing stuff.
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First big base build. Trying to get the roof from caving in was an ordeal. There has to be a better way than all my ugly pillars though. Gonna do some research.
Most of the mooks in that area feel harder than the first boss.
So I've seen lots of talk of this game the past week but I don't really play games in co-op. I maybe have 1 or 2 people I tend to play games with, is this a game that I can play solo? Does it do a good job of introducing players to the mechanics and how the game works?
I really want to give it a shot but I'd rather not have to buy it just to refund it.
I really want to give it a shot but I'd rather not have to buy it just to refund it.
I went with g-portal, because it seemed to be best reviewed one online. This is my first experience with renting a server, so I can't really comment on the other ones available to rent. It was pretty straight forward to set up and they have pretty clear instructions on how to edit settings and what not, should you need to.
I'd continue playing solo if there were NPC villages or wandering merchants. Maybe there are and I haven't found them yet. I've definitely seen abandoned buildings. I'm sure that'll come in due time.
I'm trying to convince my friends to break into clans of 5 and compete against each other on our server.
I'm not 100% sure but I think I saw one person somewhere writing that he found a wandering merchant.
No confirmation here, no spoiler, I have no idea, just read this one time, so I wouldn't rule it out.
Speaking of the abandoned buildings, is there anything from stopping players from sorta repairing them/building around them just to have some makeshift hideouts/safe houses of sorts along your journey?
There is a (non wandering) merchant that you can find somewhere in a random Black Forest biome. Outside of that, no friendly NPCs from what I know.
You easily can repair them. Just plop a workbench down and use repair to get them back into tip top shape. Add the parts that are missing and voila.
I have done it many times to build forward spawnpoints and such.
If you figure it out let me know. I can get like 70% of my 2nd story roof to stay intactFirst big base build. Trying to get the roof from caving in was an ordeal. There has to be a better way than all my ugly pillars though. Gonna do some research.
Asked this the other day, but no one answered: does anyone know if there is a way to a second bed at a different location? It seems like you can only build one?
Yeah it's going to be a huge hit for sure, streamers are starting to play catch up now lol
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I'm still having issues completely sealing the top. There is a good for or five sections that keep collapsing. I know it has something to do with the color coding showing the loads but I can't figure out how to anchor that part from the base.
I saw Cohn was putting in a lot of hours. I think after the GTA meta this game will take off.
You can have as many beds as you want. You can only have one active as a spawnpoint though.
So I figured some of it out. Make a base for your building with horizontal beams DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND (levelling/raising the ground never seems to be perfect for me so sometimes the dirt comes through the floor). Add vertical beams directly on top of these beams. Pretty much everything you do needs to come off of these beams. Floors, for instance, I think the best I can get structurally is 3 2x2 floor panels inbetween beams. Keep making cubes of sorts. For longer roofs I found making hallways like this useful.
EDIT: It's not perfect, but I have a roof everywhere now (minus some gaps since it's not a perfect square)
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Started playing today and when I realized you can repair your gear at the crafting table, the game became way more fun.
just got full leather gear, getting ready to fight the first boss
just got full leather gear, getting ready to fight the first boss
If we are just talking PC exclusives, I have yet to play this game but if Baldurs Gate 3 actually releases (out of EA) that has potential for sure.
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Yeah started figuring that out myself. Roof is up if not a bit sketchy looking lol.So I figured some of it out. Make a base for your building with horizontal beams DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND (levelling/raising the ground never seems to be perfect for me so sometimes the dirt comes through the floor). Add vertical beams directly on top of these beams. Pretty much everything you do needs to come off of these beams. Floors, for instance, I think the best I can get structurally is 3 2x2 floor panels inbetween beams. Keep making cubes of sorts. For longer roofs I found making hallways like this useful.
EDIT: It's not perfect, but I have a roof everywhere now (minus some gaps since it's not a perfect square)
This is officially the OT now. Got it retitled and I'll be working on the OP a little more.
I can see this landing GOTY season, but it's early yet.
Dyson Sphere Program is also frontrunner-worthy, thought the audience is more niche.
Best independent game, sure.
GOTY is reserved for AAA games obviously. :p
I decided to go the Stargate route for our teleporter. You put in the name where you wanna go so it's just one teleporter in the base and the names of the most important teleporters sorrounding it. .
State of the village right now. This is the first game where I can understand the MMO FOMO that some people get. I just don't wanna quit.
Ah yeah, they decided it was a good idea to update the game turning it into a very generic BR before that obviously failed and it's now just gone I believe. The original was definitely a really cool idea.