Gloomrot servants for private/solo play -- still useless?

[Leiraion]

Hey all,

Playing the new update for this week and there is a lot of really neat changes I've ran into so far, really enjoying it.

However, I'm at the point where I want to start using servants for hunts. It seems there is still no way to adjust the timeframes--- especially on private servers, even a 4 hr mission could take a couple of sessions to get through. And then there is the injury debuff which my understanding is will last 24hrs no matter what.
When you aren't on a dedicated server, these timeframes are absurd and make the servants relatively useless.

There is a way to change the amount of loot they provide, which is better than nothing --- but having the option to reduce the timeframes would feel a lot better.

I recall last time I played, a year ago, you could not do this. Is that still the case?

[Rhett]

I think you can up their rewards, and just send them on 2hr missions if nothing else? I believe there's a variable for the rewards at least. (" DropTableModifier_Missions ")

Still, this looks like an issue people had even back at release. Hopefully it can be added as a tweak. Kinda surprised it was overlooked.

[Totto]

Still the Case :-/

Like you already said, i just upped the Rewards from the Mission to Max and just do 2h Missions, netting me like 3-5k Resources every 2 Hours.... its ok, sometimes iam out for over an Hour or so.

I think if they would implement 15 Min, 30 Minutes Missions, i would never use them^^
Same as i would never do a 24h Mission in Singleplayer lol

[Battlespark]

buff up their gear, send them on 2 hr missions but..its basically the same. There was a mod out there on thunderstore that let the game just calculate their time by looking at the system clock so when ya logged out of your SP game, they still kept on working.
maybe it will be updated. idk.

[Leiraion]

Originally posted by Battlespark:

buff up their gear, send them on 2 hr missions but..its basically the same. There was a mod out there on thunderstore that let the game just calculate their time by looking at the system clock so when ya logged out of your SP game, they still kept on working.
maybe it will be updated. idk.

This would be a decent solution for solo play. I'd say people will note that it's exploitable though

[TheRealRws]

if you dont mind using a "cheat" you can use the console commands to skip time.
"addtime 12"
Spam this a bunch and you can forward the progress on the hunts.
What you could do is just send them on a 24hour one and when you continue the game the next day use the command to finish the hunts. That way it feels a bit more fair. Or just jack up the rewards from it and run 2 hour ones.

[Hambiamba]

I just got to this point and it looks like they made it so hunts are now based on system clock. So you can put them on missions, exit the game to go to bed, and they will be done next time you get on.

[FallzQuick]

Originally posted by Hambiamba:

I just got to this point and it looks like they made it so hunts are now based on system clock. So you can put them on missions, exit the game to go to bed, and they will be done next time you get on.

I experienced something similar. Going to test it tonight with some 8 hour trips before I sleep.

[torqueblue]

Originally posted by Hambiamba:

I just got to this point and it looks like they made it so hunts are now based on system clock. So you can put them on missions, exit the game to go to bed, and they will be done next time you get on.

Yes, Private Map for me and I noticed this. Good thing too, Cause they got hurt and the time seems to pass for that as well while I was Not in game. Huge improvement there. I think they got rid of the Party Bonus and reduced the Amount of Servant slots for some locations. Balance change I suppose but I'm alright with that.