A lot of waiting

[Munten]

So I feel that there is a lot of time just waiting at the start, doing the quests where it says to have 2 guests stay at my b&b, And I really have nothing else to do except waiting for the night to come so I can sleep. Ive gathered a lot of materials. Maby some way to progress the day during the daytime also would be good?

[eraser51]

yeah also my question

how do I wait?

[Velvet]

Maybe Sleep?

[löyly]

Say WHAT? I never have enough time, just walk around a bit and pick up stuff and whooosh another day goes by. But I haven't had any quest saying to have 2 guests stay over either, after 2 hours of play with only 1 bedroom because I don't get paid so I can't afford more.

[#yolo #swag #fierce #wow]

Before I got to A24 I felt there was too much downtime; now that I have a third location, if anything it's the opposite. It starts off slow, but don't worry, it won't stay that way.

[eraser51]

ah maybe it accelerates later then
thanks!

[Celery]

Start 100% has pacing issues, you literally just have to wait, and wait, and wait, and wait.

Games aesthetic is nice but the gameplay is lacking for me.

Mission 1: Have 2 guests come and go.. so you literally stand around for 20 mins waiting for the days to pass.
Mission 2: Have 2 more guests come and go.. again waiting.
Mission 3: Have 3 5-star reviews left.. again waiting.

There's nothing else to do while you're waiting for this to happen. Nothing to explore and loot is excessive so you don't need to go around collecting stuff.

[rares]

I agree, start pacing is slow. It was a deliberate choice to make it slower since we were thinking about a more laid-back experience and not overwhelming players, but it definitely feels like it could've been tipped too much in that direction.

It does pick up post A24 like other folks are saying, but we're still looking at what fixes we can make in the short term to alleviate this.

In the long term is a bigger discussion that we'll settle once most of the fires are out, but we agree and we're thinking about it.

thank you!
-Rares

[rares]

Originally posted by Celery:

Start 100% has pacing issues, you literally just have to wait, and wait, and wait, and wait.

Games aesthetic is nice but the gameplay is lacking for me.

Mission 1: Have 2 guests come and go.. so you literally stand around for 20 mins waiting for the days to pass.
Mission 2: Have 2 more guests come and go.. again waiting.
Mission 3: Have 3 5-star reviews left.. again waiting.

There's nothing else to do while you're waiting for this to happen. Nothing to explore and loot is excessive so you don't need to go around collecting stuff.

Oh! btw, I think it might be poorly communicated, but the Road Sign / Placard quests are optional management quests that you don't have to do to progress the game, but they give good rewards.

You can finish these faster passively if you progress through the areas, and they will be easier once you unlock higher level stuff with bigger scores.

[#yolo #swag #fierce #wow]

Originally posted by rares:

I agree, start pacing is slow. It was a deliberate choice to make it slower since we were thinking about a more laid-back experience and not overwhelming players, but it definitely feels like it could've been tipped too much in that direction.

It does pick up post A24 like other folks are saying, but we're still looking at what fixes we can make in the short term to alleviate this.

In the long term is a bigger discussion that we'll settle once most of the fires are out, but we agree and we're thinking about it.

thank you!
-Rares

I think letting you go to sleep earlier would go a long way. As it is, you can't sleep til midnight.

[𐂃]

2nd location does not make things better, you just wait several minutes for trash dump nail respawns, but you only get 1-2 nails, so you just spend half an hour standing around.

If things get so busy in the midgame, why can't we skip time then?