Castle Decay

[Adee]

Hey ppl,

I want to get this game to play co-op mainly with my Partner, and I seen some reviews stating that the castle decays after a % of hours, does it happens as well when playing co-op?

As a side question, is it worth as co-op game? We come from games like Valheim and grounded

[Suzaku]

Castle decay is an option that can be extended, or removed entirely, in the server settings. If you make your own private server, you can change tons of settings to tailor the game to your desire. If you play on a non-dedicated server, then time will not pass while the hosting machine isn't running it.

As for co-op, yes the game is great for it. Enemies and bosses will scale with the amount of players near them.

[Xiane]

Castle Decay is a universal thing BUT to keep it from decaying just means stuffing your cast;e heart with blood, something you can easily farm to full within fifteen to twenty minutes of playing, and I mean playing not grinding. Honestly the only time you gotta worry about castle decay is if you're not gonna play for longer than a few days (whatever max blood gives you).

As a co-op experience it can be fun. But as it stands its a very linear experience. Bosses are solo-able using specific builds, but with a partner allows you to more play as you like without having to go for an optimal build.

Just keep in mind that there's no real challenge to the game. The build system is very bare bones and the game itself really hasn't added anything of note since initial release.

It's not a bad game... it's just one of those titles that entered early access and from all releases until now... is likely to stay there or be thrown a we've moved on to another game 1.0.

[Adee]

Thanks to you both for the answer!

For the price of it atm, we will give it a go as an alternative to valheim.

[Dribs]

Originally posted by Adeelar:

Thanks to you both for the answer!

For the price of it atm, we will give it a go as an alternative to valheim.

You wont regret it. This game is a lot of fun, also for a run through or two pve. Dont listen to the guy that says there are no challenges. Some of the bosses are really tough if you're new to the game. Then throw in the sun that can kill you quickly for an extra challenge during day time.

And if you play PvP, boy....

[Heron]

I'm in the same boat as Adeelar. Considering to switch from Valheim with my GF on a non dedicated coop server with no other players.

Any recommendations what settings to tweak for a casual, sped up experience? We'll be playing a maximum of ~3 hours per week. Should we wait for the upcoming major content update in May?

[Adee]

Originally posted by Heron:

I'm in the same boat as Adeelar. Considering to switch from Valheim with my GF on a non dedicated coop server with no other players.

Any recommendations what settings to tweak for a casual, sped up experience? We'll be playing a maximum of ~3 hours per week. Should we wait for the upcoming major content update in May?

Hey Heron!

We haven't started yet but I've been checking some of the game options for a private game.

You can disable castle decay in -> Private Game -> Advanced Game Settings

There is two you can modify:

Decay Rate Multiplier: "0" Stops the castle from taking damage when the heart is out of essence

and

Blood Essence Drain rate: "0" stops the castle heart from consuming essence

based on what I found in Reddit.

There is also the option "Game Settings" Which are premade settings for the game Easy/hard etc.. probably just go with the standard one and just change the castle decay to 0, so you guys can chill progressing in the game.

Hope that helps you out. Have a good time being a Vampire!

[Heron]

Originally posted by Adeelar:

Originally posted by Heron:

I'm in the same boat as Adeelar. Considering to switch from Valheim with my GF on a non dedicated coop server with no other players.

Any recommendations what settings to tweak for a casual, sped up experience? We'll be playing a maximum of ~3 hours per week. Should we wait for the upcoming major content update in May?

Hey Heron!

We haven't started yet but I've been checking some of the game options for a private game.

You can disable castle decay in -> Private Game -> Advanced Game Settings

There is two you can modify:

Decay Rate Multiplier: "0" Stops the castle from taking damage when the heart is out of essence

and

Blood Essence Drain rate: "0" stops the castle heart from consuming essence

based on what I found in Reddit.

There is also the option "Game Settings" Which are premade settings for the game Easy/hard etc.. probably just go with the standard one and just change the castle decay to 0, so you guys can chill progressing in the game.

Hope that helps you out. Have a good time being a Vampire!

Thanks, appreciated!