Future of the game

[Elder Drake]

I really like this game, a nice way to just Zen out but I am finding that if feels a little shallow in a few areas. I understand we are building a Dynasty and this is more a management/survival sim but it would be nice to have an option to crank the heat up so to speak.

Kingdom Come Deliverance comes to mind, I just would love to see this city I built and families grow I brought in and my heirs take over but also see units of hostile soldiers come along and try to harass your city and you gain renown with the crown thus receiving benefits like the ability to say eventually control areas and collect taxes, maintain a garrison and deal with bandits as well as foreign soldiers. The right to train and equip ready soldiers would be amazing. I understand that is adding a lot of not only development to the game and maybe is not the vision the developers had but I sure would pay for DLC along those lines. Spice things up a little, the framework is all there.

[Anima Mundi]

A lot of players seem to want more in depth combat systems and a more challenging experience that isn't just city build Sim.
On the other hand, there's another group of players who complain about the difficulty of the game.

youre dreaming too high with KCD comparison, don't think youll ever get anything like it, but who knows what future development will bring.
As a reference point: bandits were never even intended to be in the game, this was a request by the community during EA. They're a pretty simple implementation though, and probably fell short of what most people wanted.
I wouldn't hold my breath for too long, but I think we will get some further development there, after certain other priorities are dealt with.

Stay tuned for the next roadmap update, we might get more info on that regard.

[Elder Drake]

Originally posted by Anima Mundi:

A lot of players seem to want more in depth combat systems and a more challenging experience that isn't just city build Sim.
On the other hand, there's another group of players who complain about the difficulty of the game.

youre dreaming too high with KCD comparison, don't think youll ever get anything like it, but who knows what future development will bring.
As a reference point: bandits were never even intended to be in the game, this was a request by the community during EA. They're a pretty simple implementation though, and probably fell short of what most people wanted.
I wouldn't hold my breath for too long, but I think we will get some further development there, after certain other priorities are dealt with.

Stay tuned for the next roadmap update, we might get more info on that regard.

Thanks for the fast and insightful reply. I have had this game for a long time while it was in EA but I held off playing until they announced 1.0 and release. I really hope they go further with DLC to flesh out the game, I see so many opportunities to allow you to play in an amazing time period. To those saying it is too hard, I do not understand. It is meant to be, you start of with the clothes on your back and that is it but even there I am quickly building up a solid town and infrastructure and I love it.

[7empest]

I am hoping that this developer is still looking to add coop to this game. My friend was watching me play and commented on how cool it would be to team up and farm/build together. I am hoping this is something that they are actively pursuing.

[Kharn Terrer]

I think one of the things people need to learn about this game as I can see in my humble opinion is its not focused on fighting. Its more about the peasant life and the building of a village/town and the day to day struggle rather then being a warrior going around owning people with a flurry of attacks in chainmail armour and a longsword. Theirs plenty of such games that are all about the combat out there maybe you'd enjoy them more.

[Philtre]

Originally posted by Elder Drake:

thus receiving benefits like the ability to say eventually control areas and collect taxes, maintain a garrison and deal with bandits as well as foreign soldiers. The right to train and equip ready soldiers would be amazing.

Racemir is a peasant, not a lord. He would never have the right to collect taxes (except on the king's behalf, as castellan or something), and has no authority to build an army.

Personally, I would not want the game to go in that direction, not because it's "too hard", but because it's a type of gameplay I don't enjoy. I like both colony management sims and survival games for the planning / resource-gathering / production-line / personnel management aspects, and adding armies and invasions to that would just detract from the parts of the game I'm actually here to play.

[BlackDev]

The feature I could really go with would be getting rid of the fatal errors. I can't count the days I had to redo because I had not saved the game manually every two minutes...

[tivaber]

When browsing the games offered at Steam, I get the very strong impression the vast majority of games is about fighting and combats. All people who fancy such games already have a nearly infinite choice. So why do they also demand fighting and combats for the relatively few games which are meant to be peaceful? I don't understand.

[Elder Drake]

Originally posted by Philtre:

Originally posted by Elder Drake:

thus receiving benefits like the ability to say eventually control areas and collect taxes, maintain a garrison and deal with bandits as well as foreign soldiers. The right to train and equip ready soldiers would be amazing.

Racemir is a peasant, not a lord. He would never have the right to collect taxes (except on the king's behalf, as castellan or something), and has no authority to build an army.

Personally, I would not want the game to go in that direction, not because it's "too hard", but because it's a type of gameplay I don't enjoy. I like both colony management sims and survival games for the planning / resource-gathering / production-line / personnel management aspects, and adding armies and invasions to that would just detract from the parts of the game I'm actually here to play.

I can respect that completely, I am the same way when say playing Subnautica and not wanting to do the story and just chill. A point of contention I would bring up however is that your skills do indeed have titles like Castellan within them (if even as a general name), you are not supposed to be Racemir forever as you build a dynasty with heir(s). That is also why I said he would need authority from the crown to field troops and maybe quest for the king could do this.

Optional DLC maybe? I have no delusions after some nice replies here that what I want will make it into the game and tbh that is perfectly ok with me. This is the game I bought, I still enjoy it, and it is the developers vision. That said I like sparking up ideas and I personally would love to see more depth to my Dynasty.

[Goldi:AI]

Originally posted by BlackDev:

The feature I could really go with would be getting rid of the fatal errors. I can't count the days I had to redo because I had not saved the game manually every two minutes...

Those are between Unreal Engine 4 and your system, I'm afraid. Do you have a topic in the Tech Support sub forum already? While we cannot "fix" it on our end, we may be able to help with the troubleshooting.

[BlackDev]

I can open one. Question is why it's the one game that tend to crash and others not. But maybe we'll find the issue.

[Goldi:AI]

Open one. It can't hurt, can it? It's midnight right now, but our support bee will take a look on monday. Do you know how to create a dxdiag? Adding that would be very helpful for a quick overview of your system.

[Corvuscroft]

OK, I'm just throw my 2 cents in because I get more and more frustrated with some people not seeing what is before their eyes and I believe what they bought the game for. This is not a shoot em up PVP combat game. Please quit trying to push the Dev's in that direction. If you take a moment or two and go to YouTube and watch just one or two of GoldiRei's videos, the whole idea comes into view. My god the beauty this game has to offer, the diversity of animals and land options. Is it perfect, no and odds are it never will be. Let the Dev's know about bugs so they can work them out, and quit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that it isn't just like this that or another game. This game can be as easy or difficult as you want it to be, build your village in the mountains, see how easy that one is, or the swamp. Change the settings so the contrast doesn't show the rocks. To the Dev's ... I am in constant pain except when I play your game, I get so emersed and my mind occupied that my days are less painful. GoldiRie, please keep making your videos not only are they informative but, I could listen to your voice forever and never get tired of it. Just my 2 cents, yes I am new to gaming, yes I'm old. Should I be ignorant of something I'm open to discussion. My opinions alone I'm not a paid subscriber LOL

[Weaver]

I play this game specifically because so little combat is involved and it takes a more low key every day life style of things.
There are a billion games out there about fighting and war and playing hero, not ever game needs to fall into that same tired trope. Tired of everything, especially first person, being about kill kill kill.

[Elder Drake]

Originally posted by Weaver:

I play this game specifically because so little combat is involved and it takes a more low key every day life style of things.
There are a billion games out there about fighting and war and playing hero, not ever game needs to fall into that same tired trope. Tired of everything, especially first person, being about kill kill kill.

I won't bump the post further but I honestly can respect your viewpoint and others of the same track. At the end of the day I don't entertain having an artist compromise their vision of something people find enjoyment and solace in. I just really enjoy the game and as I said, had some wild ideas. I am sharing with another person that posted, I too am in pain. 1 week out from a serious ACDF surgery. I get it, I really do but I have a voice (pun intended) as well to speak of ideas and sometimes healthy discourse can be a good thing.

Happy gaming guys and gals and thanks for the replies.

[Kate4ka1990]

Originally posted by Weaver:

I play this game specifically because so little combat is involved and it takes a more low key every day life style of things.
There are a billion games out there about fighting and war and playing hero, not ever game needs to fall into that same tired trope. Tired of everything, especially first person, being about kill kill kill.

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