Airstrip DLC

[Regelos]

Did I make a mistake buying the airstrip DLC? As far as I can tell an ability to switch between objectives isn't in the game, I've looked everywhere I can see.

As far as I can tell there is a point where the airstrip DLC takes over and there is nothing you can do about it. I can no longer upgrade my gas station past early points due to the fact that once it told me about the DLC I am stuck with its objectives which don't work for upgrading the main game at all.

I basically kept playing the main game and just hit the DLC to try to clear it hoping it would just be a case talk to a few people then choose.

Honestly I have never regretted buying a dlc, even one with crappy content before now, but this is the first time I've seen it force the main quest to effectively disappear without any way for me to control that.

[GeorgeSalton]

This is the first time I have regretted buying an expansion as well, If I do a second run I will definitely disable this DLC.

I think the main problem with this DLC is the timing of when it forces you to start it and the fact that it completely suspends all progress with the main game.
If it waited until you could actually automate the station before starting so you had the money, resources and storage space to run it reasonably, it would probably be OK maybe.
But forcing you spend 4+ hours of basically grinding for money to buy products and hoping that you have enough of the right products to do a trade until you can get the 2nd blueprint and afford the required barn upgrade just feels like a waste of time.
Trades that seem to be in region of 40+ of your products to get 1 or 2 of theirs at a time feel so imbalanced, at this point in the game your warehouse capacity and funds limit what you can get and keep a large stock of too much to have a reasonable chance of having more than 1 type of product they are looking for.
Then it sends you back to the main quest and says 'ha-ha all that time you spent selling fuel, repairing cars and selling products didn't count towards your next challenge you'll need to do it all again before you can even think about automation'.
After all that having the 1 cocoa I finally managed to get sell for so little I didn't even notice when it sold just feels like adding insult to injury.

[Regelos]

Originally posted by Chris:

Hello there,

We are working to bring new changes.
I can't tell what they are going to be, but we are surely moving towards the solution.

It takes a bit of time but we are doing our best to ensure that the game is made with care and if something is not good, we are here to listen to our community.

We will share more details in the future.

Thank you and I am sorry I was so harsh it is however how I felt about this (I recently spent most my playtime trying to get it finished so I could go back to enjoying the game)

I think my biggest problem is when this DLC is forced on you in a new game just makes everything less fun without the ability to switch back to the main quest and just ignore it for awhile just sucked the fun out of a great game,

I know this is a me problem but the main game is a lot of fun so I usually support games like that by buying the DLC, I think the DLC should by default come with a warning so people know that they will be struggling for many hours before they can get back to the part they need to support the DLC

[Purgatorian]

Originally posted by Chris:

Hello there,

We are working to bring new changes.
I can't tell what they are going to be, but we are surely moving towards the solution.

It takes a bit of time but we are doing our best to ensure that the game is made with care and if something is not good, we are here to listen to our community.

We will share more details in the future.

In my opinion, it would have made better sense to make the the airstrip and all future dlc start from a level 6 station, or endgame, so it allows you to build up your station first.

[redgreen999]

Do you need airstrip in order to upgrade your gas station to level 6?

[The Knight of Faerie]

For those unaware, a recent patch made it so the Airstrip's story doesn't override the main gas station's goals. You can now progress your gas station while working on the airstrip.