Leveling up

[Mortac]

If I remember right from playing 6 years ago, the thing that really made this game for me was grinding exp, leveling up and finding better gear. There was even a skill tree, if I recall correctly.

I enter the game now and I see no experience awarded for killing stuff. No exp bar. No skill tree.

So I Google it and apparently exp and skill trees were removed, and levels are now tied to artifacts, and equipment is locked to regions.

......!

I'm sorry, but after playing for 30 minutes, I'm already bored. Way to kill what was once a great game. An RPG without grinding xp for levels and equipment that is locked to regions is such a huge turnoff. Such a pity. Perhaps some enjoy this style of progress, but for me, nope, I'm done already unfortunately.

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by John the Hedgehog:

this post is so problematic... smh... lets unpack this...

first of all this toxic bs needs to go, the cube world steam community hub open for all those who own the game is basically the developers own little dystopian hell state over which they have absolute control and unquestionable rule so, like honey... dont even go there tryna start anything ok?

this is so sad... alexa please play concerning hobbits

O_O literally me the first time i saw a negative freak on steam

>:(((( literally me 2 minutes later when i realized what a hateful cesspool this place is i mean like omg people writing things??? BRUHMODE ENGAGED!!! >:((((

so like honeybuns snookums like dont even think about just smile and wave and be happy about it because you literally arent allowed to say anything i dont like cus ur negative and like so toxic, ok honey? :)

im laughing so damn hard right now.

in response to the OP.

indeed, this is what people refer to as, cubeworld 2.0. its on a 64 bit code base so it can perform better, in which, it definently does.

but gameplay is overhauled beyond alpha recognition. with pieces of what was teased for reworks to the game with a brand new progression system no one knew about till the beta dropped.

you are now caught up.

[Dead and Alive]

Originally posted by John the Hedgehog:

this post is so problematic... smh... lets unpack this...

first of all this toxic bs needs to go, the cube world steam community hub open for all those who own the game is basically the developers own little dystopian hell state over which they have absolute control and unquestionable rule so, like honey... dont even go there tryna start anything ok?

this is so sad... alexa please play concerning hobbits

O_O literally me the first time i saw a negative freak on steam

>:(((( literally me 2 minutes later when i realized what a hateful cesspool this place is i mean like omg people writing things??? BRUHMODE ENGAGED!!! >:((((

so like honeybuns snookums like dont even think about just smile and wave and be happy about it because you literally arent allowed to say anything i dont like cus ur negative and like so toxic, ok honey? :)

I don't think you know what the word "toxic" means. They literally just talked about how they didn't enjoy the game because of the changes. They didn't name-call or say the game was ♥♥♥♥ or anything like that. You are more toxic than the op.

[Le Bob du Sponge]

sweetie.... like i cant even rn.....

[Dead and Alive]

Originally posted by John the Hedgehog:

sweetie.... like i cant even rn.....

Translation: I have no argument so I'm just not going to give a real response.

[Zuluknob]

Originally posted by Emdanhan:

Originally posted by John the Hedgehog:

this post is so problematic... smh... lets unpack this...

first of all this toxic bs needs to go, the cube world steam community hub open for all those who own the game is basically the developers own little dystopian hell state over which they have absolute control and unquestionable rule so, like honey... dont even go there tryna start anything ok?

this is so sad... alexa please play concerning hobbits

O_O literally me the first time i saw a negative freak on steam

>:(((( literally me 2 minutes later when i realized what a hateful cesspool this place is i mean like omg people writing things??? BRUHMODE ENGAGED!!! >:((((

so like honeybuns snookums like dont even think about just smile and wave and be happy about it because you literally arent allowed to say anything i dont like cus ur negative and like so toxic, ok honey? :)

I don't think you know what the word "toxic" means. They literally just talked about how they didn't enjoy the game because of the changes. They didn't name-call or say the game was ♥♥♥♥ or anything like that. You are more toxic than the op.

I think he's trying to be funny and posting things like this all over the place. It's intended to be sarcasm of the people that actually mean ♥♥♥♥ like this.

[Dead and Alive]

Originally posted by Zuluknob:

Originally posted by Emdanhan:

I don't think you know what the word "toxic" means. They literally just talked about how they didn't enjoy the game because of the changes. They didn't name-call or say the game was ♥♥♥♥ or anything like that. You are more toxic than the op.

He's trying to be funny and posting things like this all over the place. It's intended to be sarcasm of the people that actually mean ♥♥♥♥ like this.

I hope you're right. Better than it being real

[Zuluknob]

Originally posted by Emdanhan:

Originally posted by Zuluknob:

He's trying to be funny and posting things like this all over the place. It's intended to be sarcasm of the people that actually mean ♥♥♥♥ like this.

I hope you're right. Better than it being real

Yeh, with a bit more work it could actually be funny.

[Cmdo.Delta]

Well Yeah honestly, game doesnt look like anymore like what it was.. i have no idea what to do.. i got killed 3 times to kill an OP caterpillar and it gave nothing and I'm like "ok... what's next?" seriously, i doesnt feel like walking around and kill stuff.. on top of that, have no idea what to do, where to go.. many improvements on hub and all but for the gameplay, not so sure... if at least something was explained when launchin the game.. not sure i'll bother with digging some more of this aswell!

[Team Vladof]

Give Beta a few hours. Give it a good, solid chance.

I'm an old Alpha player, and I, too, felt the same way. But, after giving it a shot, it's endearing in it's own way. (I would like for them to have both Beta and Alpha as game modes, b/c I do like Beta now, but do like the old Alpha play style, too.)

Alpha = RPG mode
Beta = Adventure mode


In Beta...

* you start with your skills, so no mucking around with min/max'ing them.. you can just use them, and thus player skill is more important now (using which skill and when to manage fights)

* XP progression is gone.. now it's more about gear progression.. it's a loot hunt now. The zones are more forward in letting you know what order to progress through the zone's quests, b/c they color-code the areas to let you know the kind of gear you need to hit them.

* The start of the game can be very sluggish, b/c you'll feel like enemies are very OP. They are.. b/c gear is how you "level up" your character. You'll start off with missing gear slots (eg: might not have any gloves, or boots or what-not). First priority is to go get some money to buy some stuff from shops or craft it to fill in those missing gear slots.

* This gives you a good opportunity to wander around and explore. Talk to NPC's to unlock areas to explore. Some will tell you about places to get the boat, harp, whistle, bell, etc. Go get those ASAP, b/c they not only help you get around (boat / glider), but there are towers that the harp / bell / whistle give you access to.. some of which contain money or leveled gear. You can often get this stuff w/o a fight.. so all it takes is just some early exploration.

* While you're out, look for the tiny (white cube on map) respawn spots, and unlock the ones you can. Those are very useful for teleporting all over the zone. (Again, this can be done w/o engaging enemies.. just have to go out and explore).

* After decking out in full white gear (and maybe getting lucky with some better gear drops in harp / bell / whistle towers), you can find white, 1-star quest locations to go tackle. Pick the ones where you can get an item (sword or armor icon), or free a gnome (to unlock green gear in shops) or unlock green crafting items (floating hammer symbol).

* Once you unlock some green gear in the shops and green gear in crafting, you'll hopefully have enough money and resources to be able to "level up" your gear to green.

* from there, you wash-rinse-repeat on quests of various levels ... progressiong through the green quests, then leveling gear to blue, then hitting blue quests.. etc, etc.. until you hit legendary gear.. and by then you're pretty much "god mode" in the region.

* After you've dominated the region for the most part, you can go do it to a new region. Each new region acts like a "new game+". Your awesome gear from one zone gets nerfed to white 1-star potency in a new zone. (You'll notice your stars on the gear are grayed out, which means they're nerfed). However, any gear with "+" next to it is not nerfed. So, you can keep using it.

* So, ultimately, while you are "resetting" your progress at a new zone, you are ultimately seeking out that rare "+" gear (especially legendary "+" gear) that you can use to make starting a new zone much easier.

I think the point of Beta was to have some kind of longevity in playing (hence the "+" gear collection, and artifacts giving minor buffs, plus you keep pets and potions and stuff)...but to make it where folks don't feel the need to wholesale slaughter everything they see to eek out some XP.

(But, it sort of backfires, b/c now everyone is slaughtering everything in order to find gear drops, leftover drops that can get identified into gear, and to sell it all off for money they can buy more gear from shops.)

Just take your time and give your first zone a good try. It took me some hours of skulking around and unlocking bell, harp, etc to finally get to more places and I started having fun.

When I hit a new zone and got nerfed, I got discouraged. But, when I started to find "+" gear, I actually looked foward to hitting a new zone now, b/c I knew I could start with an advantage.. and it's been pretty fun going forward.

The issue is then when you end up with a full-stack of "+" legendary gear... you've pretty much won the game, b/c there's not much the new zones hold for you.

Just give it a shot. Beta is endearing in it's own way. I hope Wollay decides to make CubeWorld have game modes, and both Alpha and Beta are selectable. I think folks are upset, b/c they see Beta now, and aren't sure if Alpha is dead and gone or coming back at all.

Just give them time to process feedback. Hopefully, Alpha will come back as a game mode. But, in the meantime, give Beta a fair chance.

[ScottyPippin]

Originally posted by John the Hedgehog:

this post is so problematic... smh... lets unpack this...

first of all this toxic bs needs to go, the cube world steam community hub open for all those who own the game is basically the developers own little dystopian hell state over which they have absolute control and unquestionable rule so, like honey... dont even go there tryna start anything ok?

this is so sad... alexa please play concerning hobbits

O_O literally me the first time i saw a negative freak on steam

>:(((( literally me 2 minutes later when i realized what a hateful cesspool this place is i mean like omg people writing things??? BRUHMODE ENGAGED!!! >:((((

so like honeybuns snookums like dont even think about just smile and wave and be happy about it because you literally arent allowed to say anything i dont like cus ur negative and like so toxic, ok honey? :)

Well played. So many people think you're being serious xD

[Cmdo.Delta]

Originally posted by Team Vladof:

Give Beta a few hours. Give it a good, solid chance.

I'm an old Alpha player, and I, too, felt the same way. But, after giving it a shot, it's endearing in it's own way. (I would like for them to have both Beta and Alpha as game modes, b/c I do like Beta now, but do like the old Alpha play style, too.)

Alpha = RPG mode
Beta = Adventure mode


In Beta...

* you start with your skills, so no mucking around with min/max'ing them.. you can just use them, and thus player skill is more important now (using which skill and when to manage fights)

* XP progression is gone.. now it's more about gear progression.. it's a loot hunt now. The zones are more forward in letting you know what order to progress through the zone's quests, b/c they color-code the areas to let you know the kind of gear you need to hit them.

* The start of the game can be very sluggish, b/c you'll feel like enemies are very OP. They are.. b/c gear is how you "level up" your character. You'll start off with missing gear slots (eg: might not have any gloves, or boots or what-not). First priority is to go get some money to buy some stuff from shops or craft it to fill in those missing gear slots.

* This gives you a good opportunity to wander around and explore. Talk to NPC's to unlock areas to explore. Some will tell you about places to get the boat, harp, whistle, bell, etc. Go get those ASAP, b/c they not only help you get around (boat / glider), but there are towers that the harp / bell / whistle give you access to.. some of which contain money or leveled gear. You can often get this stuff w/o a fight.. so all it takes is just some early exploration.

* While you're out, look for the tiny (white cube on map) respawn spots, and unlock the ones you can. Those are very useful for teleporting all over the zone. (Again, this can be done w/o engaging enemies.. just have to go out and explore).

* After decking out in full white gear (and maybe getting lucky with some better gear drops in harp / bell / whistle towers), you can find white, 1-star quest locations to go tackle. Pick the ones where you can get an item (sword or armor icon), or free a gnome (to unlock green gear in shops) or unlock green crafting items (floating hammer symbol).

* Once you unlock some green gear in the shops and green gear in crafting, you'll hopefully have enough money and resources to be able to "level up" your gear to green.

* from there, you wash-rinse-repeat on quests of various levels ... progressiong through the green quests, then leveling gear to blue, then hitting blue quests.. etc, etc.. until you hit legendary gear.. and by then you're pretty much "god mode" in the region.

* After you've dominated the region for the most part, you can go do it to a new region. Each new region acts like a "new game+". Your awesome gear from one zone gets nerfed to white 1-star potency in a new zone. (You'll notice your stars on the gear are grayed out, which means they're nerfed). However, any gear with "+" next to it is not nerfed. So, you can keep using it.

* So, ultimately, while you are "resetting" your progress at a new zone, you are ultimately seeking out that rare "+" gear (especially legendary "+" gear) that you can use to make starting a new zone much easier.

I think the point of Beta was to have some kind of longevity in playing (hence the "+" gear collection, and artifacts giving minor buffs, plus you keep pets and potions and stuff)...but to make it where folks don't feel the need to wholesale slaughter everything they see to eek out some XP.

(But, it sort of backfires, b/c now everyone is slaughtering everything in order to find gear drops, leftover drops that can get identified into gear, and to sell it all off for money they can buy more gear from shops.)

Just take your time and give your first zone a good try. It took me some hours of skulking around and unlocking bell, harp, etc to finally get to more places and I started having fun.

When I hit a new zone and got nerfed, I got discouraged. But, when I started to find "+" gear, I actually looked foward to hitting a new zone now, b/c I knew I could start with an advantage.. and it's been pretty fun going forward.

The issue is then when you end up with a full-stack of "+" legendary gear... you've pretty much won the game, b/c there's not much the new zones hold for you.

Just give it a shot. Beta is endearing in it's own way. I hope Wollay decides to make CubeWorld have game modes, and both Alpha and Beta are selectable. I think folks are upset, b/c they see Beta now, and aren't sure if Alpha is dead and gone or coming back at all.

Just give them time to process feedback. Hopefully, Alpha will come back as a game mode. But, in the meantime, give Beta a fair chance.

Maybe the lack of explanation and guidance from alpha to beta isn't helping. Will try again with your advice just to have an idea. Maybe we can at least gratz the devs for trying something diferent i guess. Maybe it's not a bad thing as you seem to say.

[orian34]

Don't worry, many of us don't think it's that bad of a thing, if only it was reworked a bit...