Question about base building

[Hibuki]

Can I play this game without investing time into the base building?
Let's just say I want to enjoy it as an Action RPG, would that be possible and would you recommend it?

[Splashbang]

No. A castle is necessary for progress as it's tied into the progression system. You won't get anywhere without crafting etc, which is something that can only be done via building. You also have a tutorial in-game that guide you through the building mechanics.

[Suzaku]

Your base is where you make nearly everything, so it is essential to progression. That said, if you make a private server, you can make many changes to the options to greatly reduce anything related to managing a base, like greatly increased resource gains, much faster crafting times, reduced crafting costs, and more.

[Hibuki]

Thanks for the info. I'll think about it.

[grraf]

Nope your char level is given by the gear you unlock(learn from nailing bosses) then craft and wear... about the most you can expect unless you are some god tier gamer with unlimited time is beat smth 10-15 levels higher then you are as for every 3 levels of difference between you and the enemy npc dmg both dished&taken is scaled so you eventually end up doing 3-5 dmg to smth with hundreds of hp while getting slugged for a upwards of 100hp yourself (FYI the most hp you can legitelly reach with max gear atm is well under 500hp)

[Bralock]

Yeah, as mentioned you do need to make the base to advance. Having said that, I guess if you didn't want to spend too much time on it you could always just make a square fort and stuff things inside. You would still need to gather things, but you don't need to spend all the time making it pretty and such, if you didn't want.

[UncleRabb]

Yes easily, you can control all the aspects of the game when you start one solo, and make it where it would take a year to decay with 1 blood essence. IT's actually really fun game, the only thing is yes after 100hrs or so, you'd get to not have anything to do. I'd wait for the next major update when they add the new weapons/ bosses and biome. I personally LOVE the game and have played it over 3 times already, just to play it and make new castle bases. The combat is really fun, ,progression feels good, and the base building is a fresh feeling from the normal. You can mod it to have online aspects like the thralls going out to do mission to gather materials for you and such, and there are a ton of other mods that fill out the game nicely. It's 100% worth the $20 if you like any kind of games like this.

[Splashbang]

Originally posted by UncleRabb:

Yes easily, you can control all the aspects of the game when you start one solo, and make it where it would take a year to decay with 1 blood essence. IT's actually really fun game, the only thing is yes after 100hrs or so, you'd get to not have anything to do. I'd wait for the next major update when they add the new weapons/ bosses and biome. I personally LOVE the game and have played it over 3 times already, just to play it and make new castle bases. The combat is really fun, ,progression feels good, and the base building is a fresh feeling from the normal. You can mod it to have online aspects like the thralls going out to do mission to gather materials for you and such, and there are a ton of other mods that fill out the game nicely. It's 100% worth the $20 if you like any kind of games like this.

By lowering every single requirement, sure, but that'd take away most of the point of playing the game to be honest. Besides, you still need crafting stations to progress through the various tiers and to craft upgraded gear.

You literally cannot progress the game without crafting and building, which was what the OP asked for.

[UncleRabb]

Originally posted by Grumps:

By lowering every single requirement, sure, but that'd take away most of the point of playing the game to be honest. Besides, you still need crafting stations to progress through the various tiers and to craft upgraded gear.

You literally cannot progress the game without crafting and building, which was what the OP asked for.

without investing time into the base building?

He didn't ask about not using a base at all, just taking a time investment into it. So, lowering the one thing, the blood cost, and you are fine. You can up a couple % for the drops to make it a bit less grindy, if that's time cost as well. So figured he meant, build, but not, Rust for life gameplay it, just throw a base down, use the crafting, and play the game. so yea. just going by that. If he MEANT not use the base at all, then no, you can't, only to a point can you, cause there are item drops and such.

[Splashbang]

Originally posted by UncleRabb:

Originally posted by Grumps:

By lowering every single requirement, sure, but that'd take away most of the point of playing the game to be honest. Besides, you still need crafting stations to progress through the various tiers and to craft upgraded gear.

You literally cannot progress the game without crafting and building, which was what the OP asked for.

without investing time into the base building?

He didn't ask about not using a base at all, just taking a time investment into it. So, lowering the one thing, the blood cost, and you are fine. You can up a couple % for the drops to make it a bit less grindy, if that's time cost as well. So figured he meant, build, but not, Rust for life gameplay it, just throw a base down, use the crafting, and play the game. so yea. just going by that. If he MEANT not use the base at all, then no, you can't, only to a point can you, cause there are item drops and such.

But you do need to invest time into the base building aspect, as crafting stations are a part of it. You also need to complete the tutorial in order to progress even more.

As i said, that's what he asked about, investing time into the base building. You quoted them but didn't read it properly? He didn't ask about 'using' a base, he asked about having to invest time into BASE BUILDING. Two different things. You can play the game without having to spend 'much' time into using your base, but you still need to use it in order to craft and upgrade in order to progress. However, you do need to build your base and you do need to build crafting stations and everything else through the tutorial, which means investing time into base building. Not that hard to comprehend, really.

That said, yes you can tweak the settings so that you can spend 'less' time focusing on the base once you're done with the tutorials and have completed the steps necessary to progress past the base building introduction. However, as i said, that kind of takes away the point of the game imho. This is not Diablo 2/3 where you simply play a character, run around and loot stuff for progress, far from it. It's designed with your castle and the day/night cycle as the main focus. After that comes thralls and farming/crafting even more, expanding etc.

In short, the game isn't designed to be played as a Diablo clone, apart from the combat itself. It's a base/resource/time management simulator with ARPG elements.