Vehicle Choices

[NukeEmRico]

Ok, I'm not lambasting the devs for their choices. They're committed to improving the game. When I see posts like "Lame Developers", that's almost as lazy as what you accuse the developers of.

That said, I agree with the spirit of the criticism I'm reading about the vehicles. We've gotten a hang glider and a motorized unicycle, both which are a bit on the janky side to control. But more importantly, I have to criticize the deployment mechanics of both.

Both vehicles require you to lug it around in your hands and you're so preoccupied with trying to keep track of it, that if you get attacked, you have to deal with that and then wonder where you dropped your vehicle. The hang glider has this habit of falling out of your hands forcing you to go chase it down the mountain. And I'm not sure what the purpose of the hang glider is except to scope out the top of the Island. But would you enjoy a ski trip where the run down is awesome but then you had to lug your skis up the mountain without the benefit of a lift?

The Unicycle is just so janky that you're crashing into trees, streams and rocks more than you're actually driving it. If you want to have any control at all, you have to putter along rather than burn rubber. A golf cart would have been a perfect add to this. Not fancy, not complicated and certainly not OP. Or, an ultralight trike so you can land and take off from where you are. It would certainly be a more effective transport mechanic than the hang glider alone.

I agree with what I read about improving the existing game before trying to add to the content.

I am seeing the stick I use to set up a tarp to save in the caves drop right through the floor and I go through all my sticks. Items still make this weird splashing sound even when they drop on dry land. And Kelvin still refuses to stay put when I tell him to stay at the camp.

I keep thinking to myself that the cross and demon effects could certainly be done a lot better. You wave the cross in front of you like you're having a seizure and the demon catches fire a bit but then saunters off.

Again, I know this is early access and I feel like a rube criticizing this. But I'm wondering if I should just put the game aside and come back to it in 6-12 months when I know Endnight has finally tackled some of these issues.

[Rootiga]

I think if the Knight didn't throw you off as often, and you could put it in your inventory, then the Knight would be perfect. At least for me it would. The glider would be perfect if it could be placed in inventory, and had a motor allowing you to take off from anywhere, or at least allow us to build a slingshot mechanism to launch us into the air from low altitude areas.

[NukeEmRico]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Rootiga:

I think if the Knight didn't throw you off as often, and you could put it in your inventory, then the Knight would be perfect. At least for me it would. The glider would be perfect if it could be placed in inventory, and had a motor allowing you to take off from anywhere, or at least allow us to build a slingshot mechanism to launch us into the air from low altitude areas.

^^^^THIS

[Tebeas]

Dudes are unironically riding around on unicycles from point A to point B instead of on a dirt bike or golf cart and lack the self awarness to realize the devs are making fun of them lmao

[NukeEmRico]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Tebeas:

Dudes are unironically riding around on unicycles from point A to point B instead of on a dirt bike or golf cart and lack the self awarness to realize the devs are making fun of them lmao

To be fair, I always thought golf carts are kind of silly too

[almost_a_jill_sandwich]

I'm 100% certain they tested the uni, saw it was broken af, and then released it anyway. it makes me nauseous and its less efficient than walking (except up mountains, which it can apparently traverse with no issues just like real unicycles).

the game is becoming an embarrassment

[Tebeas]

Oprindeligt skrevet af NukeEmRico:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Tebeas:

Dudes are unironically riding around on unicycles from point A to point B instead of on a dirt bike or golf cart and lack the self awarness to realize the devs are making fun of them lmao

To be fair, I always thought golf carts are kind of silly too

Except.. They have a valid reason to be there lmao. Plenty of them lying around near caves and bunkers on top of the player being able to find papers detailing things like a golf resort and it's equipment. Dirt bikes also make sense for scouting and moving around hence it is not unlikely they would be a part of the workers equipment/used by bilionares for fun. I do not see how bilionares would bring ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unicycles to their island.. Even luxury cars make more sense for bragging rights. But a damn unicycle? What the ♥♥♥♥

[NukeEmRico]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Tebeas:

Oprindeligt skrevet af NukeEmRico:

To be fair, I always thought golf carts are kind of silly too

Except.. They have a valid reason to be there lmao. Plenty of them lying around near caves and bunkers on top of the player being able to find papers detailing things like a golf resort and it's equipment. Dirt bikes also make sense for scouting and moving around hence it is not unlikely they would be a part of the workers equipment/used by bilionares for fun. I do not see how bilionares would bring ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unicycles to their island.. Even luxury cars make more sense for bragging rights. But a damn unicycle? What the ♥♥♥♥

It is 110% categorically impossible to disagree with this