Should night be skipable?

[Gisborne]

Seems a bit too easy in a way.

[datCookie]

It does come with its own challenges though, by skipping it. You decrease thirst and hunger in one big chunk and there's the possibility that enemies will attack your base during the night also. You're also missing out on time to get things done if you have enough light.

[Locklave]

I can skip the night IRL.

[Valen Logan]

What would even be gained by making it unskippable? You can't really see anything, even with the flashlight. The novelty of having to wait out the night would wear off quickly and it would become irritating.

[yjr123]

Originally posted by Valen Logan:

What would even be gained by making it unskippable? You can't really see anything, even with the flashlight. The novelty of having to wait out the night would wear off quickly and it would become irritating.

Late game with a great base is ez, but yes i can't imagine how much new player will have to suffer if they cant skip haha, and if you want me to start a new game I would probably die too

[mONONOke_____]

Originally posted by Gisborne:

Seems a bit too easy in a way.

u can play the game like u want.
if it is too easy for u - just dont skip the night - problem solved.
if u dont want to die many times (sitting around all night long) - skip the night.
(if there are enemies close to u - u cant even skip the night)

[grinsekeatzchen]

Originally posted by Gisborne:

Seems a bit too easy in a way.

When it's night my Screen is literly pitch black with the little Shine the fire Gives. Superunrealistic in the First place but unplayable for me.
So If i can't skip i Had to sit there do Nothing or Spam My Game with torches.
So No, nights must be skipable. Non skip makes the Game Not Harder, but more boring.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Yes we should be able to sleep. However, nothing is stopping you from staying awake all night if you wish to.

[DanteBrane]

Now this I can agree is something that is up to the player. If you don't want to advance night and want to run the risk of fighting at night, then don't sleep. It has pros and cons.

Pros to sleeping:
- Advance to next day for daylight
- Avoids potential battles in darkness of night
- Restores your energy

Cons to sleeping:
- May advance days too quickly, leading to quicker build up of mutants in caves
and on the surface and cannibal aggression
- Typically wake up voraciously hungry and thirsty, could eat through your food supplies quicker
- Lose a chunk of time that could be spent scavenging and building during night

Now those cons would probably have much more effect if some aspects were rebalanced but this is how I view it. Otherwise what would be the point if beds now. The game isn't really a tower defense where there's mechanics that have night time raids happen so removing the ability to sleep just seems pointless. And despite the limited survival aspects(which I hope they add more of and balance better), it's marketed as a survival game. And a survival game where you can't sleep would be strange.