Festivals and missions

[Halcyon Eve]

So I'm loving the game, I really am. I tried it last year and was utterly lost, and gave it up after a few frustrated hours. But it's gotten so, so, so much better since then, and I'm literally having to drag myself away each night.

There's a lot of things that still need work, I realize--graphical glitches, weird glitchy movements from characters or objects, Justice trying to ride doubledecker horseback. You know. But one thing that really does kind of get to me is the way missions and festivals (or
other missions, sometimes) keep overlapping. This has happened to me 3 times recently.

First, I had a fireside (I can't remember which one, but it was one of the main story quest firesides involving Trudy) scheduled for 18:00. Also that very same day I had Ernest's housewarming party, also at 18:00. That turned out not to be a big deal since you could go to the party later, but I didn't realize that at the time and was really stressed trying to figure out how to be in two places at once.

Second, the events for Winter Solstice. The barbecue was set to begin at 14:00. Also at 14:00? Catori's investor meeting. I managed to do both, but again, it was stressful rather than enjoyable.

Now today, first day of the Showdown festival. Guess who shows up at my door, triggering another story mission? Bronco the Kid. So now I'll have that overlapping the festival, which will again probably affect my enjoyment.

It'd be really nice if festivals were set to have priority, so any other events or missions that might pop up or be scheduled for that day would get bumped until the festival ended. Or am I the only one bothered by this?

Thanks for a great game-in-progress! I'm excited for the next update!

[Byakuren]

Publicado originalmente por Halcyon Eve:

It'd be really nice if festivals were set to have priority, so any other events or missions that might pop up or be scheduled for that day would get bumped until the festival ended. Or am I the only one bothered by this?

Yeah that would be really nice to have the events spaced out a little more an not happening so much on some days

[Halcyon Eve]

Yeah, I keep feeling overwhelmed. I'd like to be able to take my time and enjoy things, not have the game pushing me to rush through everything all at once. Pacing just needs some work.

[Acneman]

Appreciate your feedback! The game is still in Early Access and might be a bit glitchy, especially after big updates. Right now we're still working on the new content as well as providing bug fixes and much-needed optimizations.

[Halcyon Eve]

Publicado originalmente por Acneman:

Appreciate your feedback! The game is still in Early Access and might be a bit glitchy, especially after big updates. Right now we're still working on the new content as well as providing bug fixes and much-needed optimizations.

Thank you for replying! I'm really loving the game so far. MTaP is one of my favorites, and so far I'm expecting to love MTaS just as much, and possibly more! I hope you guys make more games in this series, I'm so interested in the other regions!

[Ihateeverybody]

Regarding the Pacing issue.

I have never actually refused a quest line (I never do Fang's past a certain Point, so not sure).

Does the refusal line "I have a lot on my plate right now" or equivilant actually shut a quest line off?

The fear of missing content seems to be a driving factor. If we have more options Accept/Delay/Refuse that would be preferred.

I understand most Main (Yellow) quests can be delayed for long periods but the blue's are more ambiguous.

Just chiming in with some ideas. Its a very real problem for new players and even existing ones.

[Byakuren]

Publicado originalmente por Ihateeverybody:

Does the refusal line "I have a lot on my plate right now" or equivilant actually shut a quest line off?

I did that in my latest playtrough and till now it just stops the dialoge and the npc has the questsymbol on its head and if you speak to him/her again you can accept the quest, but most blue quests need to be done in a few days or there are gone forever. some have to be done on the same day that they show up.

[Ihateeverybody]

Publicado originalmente por Byakuren:

Publicado originalmente por Ihateeverybody:

Does the refusal line "I have a lot on my plate right now" or equivilant actually shut a quest line off?

I did that in my latest playtrough and till now it just stops the dialoge and the npc has the questsymbol on its head and if you speak to him/her again you can accept the quest, but most blue quests need to be done in a few days or there are gone forever. some have to be done on the same day that they show up.

See thats what I am afraid of (and this like my 10th or more playthrough). I just do everything blue.