Fourth time completeing the game?

[Dante]

Well with the new update is anyone else having to play for a 3rd,4th,5th + time for minor changes/ 1 more chapter against Dracula?
Losing castles takes a really long time to get back to where you were previously and isn't what most people don't want to keep going. Don't get me wrong, the game is fun and has a good framework but it is a chore having to log on to keep castles going.

Seeing what people think.

[Suzaku]

I play solo on a private server, so I have full access to all server options. Crank up some resource gathering settings and building a castle is easy, and making it look nice is part of the fun.

I have no problems playing through a good game from the start again. Fun things are fun. My next vampire will be rising from her grave on May 8th.

[alden.monzon]

This is why I wish they went the Valheim route and gave us persistent characters that can be used in new worlds. Anyway, I hope this is the final restart that we have to do.

[Unrectify]

You don't know the full scope of all the changes and addons that comes with the 1.0 release, only some that are announced, and then you call it "minor changes"? Hahaha, christ.

1. New V Bloods
2. Major new land "The Ruins of Mortium"
3. Final boss; Dracula
4. Heavily optimized game
5. Reworked skill system
6. New gear tier
7. More castle decorations
8. New skills
9. New enemy types
10. Armor customization
11. Spontaneous events implemented
12. New weapons
13. Gamepad support
14. Storage improvements
15. New spell book and new ultimate spell (necromancers arise!)
16. New crafting station to unlock passives to modify your gameplay
17. Feature to move your entire castle from one location to another (finally)

And this is only some of the new known features.

"Minor" ...

[Mishi Sho]

nothing bout the changes on gloomrot and the release is "minor". skill overhauls, changes/additions to the enemies. more zones additional weapons/tiers etc. also maxed out castles take forever to decay you can pretty much just maintain it by logging in once a week to refill the bloodball thingies on your bases on a server (and if you are the server owner you can simply adjust decay to be even slower if that's your preference). and if you are at the point where you feel like keeping the castles going (even once a week) is too much of a chore you are prolly at the point where you are done with the game anyway. so just move on, you prolly have gotten your money's worth in time played.

starting over is a pretty normal gameplay loop in survival games. see rust.

[Tanyon]

I have played through each version of the game 2x. and I'm on my 3rd play-through of Gloomrot update.. so this will be #5 and I'm loving it. Looking forward to the new stuff.

I have close to 550 hours in this game.. and I love starting over.. I can get back to where I am in a few days.. I don;t mind the resets.. gives me a reason to play again.

[Sifo Dyas]

Agreed, had a blast playing the first time round but do not want devote all that time again to rebuilding everything I had. If they made something persistent it would be great. As it stands, wiping castles and progress completely is the end for me

[Dribs]

Ive done maybe 20-30 playthroughs. A few more wont hurt. Once you have the whole process streamlined, you can donit super quick.

As soon as the new update comes along you kind of have to learn the game fresh again, which is great.

[Smug Kot]

Nah, going to wait for the update, as they promise is a whole game rework.

[Garble]

Originally posted by alden.monzon:

This is why I wish they went the Valheim route

Dear god no, I'd like to play the full release this decade, please and thank you.

Originally posted by Suzaku:

I play solo on a private server, so I have full access to all server options. Crank up some resource gathering settings and building a castle is easy, and making it look nice is part of the fun.

I have no problems playing through a good game from the start again. Fun things are fun. My next vampire will be rising from her grave on May 8th.

Pretty much, from playing the game a bunch I already know which parts I like and which I don't so I'm perfectly comfortable tweaking sliders to my tastes.

[alden.monzon]

The aspect of Valheim I want them to emulate is having persistent characters, not the long development time.

Originally posted by Garble:

Originally posted by alden.monzon:

This is why I wish they went the Valheim route

Dear god no, I'd like to play the full release this decade, please and thank you.

[Dribs]

Originally posted by alden.monzon:

The aspect of Valheim I want them to emulate is having persistent characters, not the long development time.

What do you mean by persistant characters?

[alden.monzon]

It means you can carry over character as well skills and equipment from previous game versions, hence we are not entirely starting from scratch.

The Valheim character I first used back in 2021 when it released is still the Valheim character that I use today. They Valheim devs were able to make it work where the skills and equipment also carried over even after going through multiple major patches involving changes and revisions in skills and equipment.

Originally posted by Dribs:

Originally posted by alden.monzon:

The aspect of Valheim I want them to emulate is having persistent characters, not the long development time.

What do you mean by persistant characters?

[Smug Kot]

V-rising is too fast to care about that, current game content can be done in less than a day now.

[Tanyon]

Originally posted by Smug Kot:

V-rising is too fast to care about that, current game content can be done in less than a day now.

You can kill 51 bosses, tech up your castle, make all required armor, weapons and jewelry in a single day? I'd love to see it...

[Dribs]

Originally posted by alden.monzon:

It means you can carry over character as well skills and equipment from previous game versions, hence we are not entirely starting from scratch.

The Valheim character I first used back in 2021 when it released is still the Valheim character that I use today. They Valheim devs were able to make it work where the skills and equipment also carried over even after going through multiple major patches involving changes and revisions in skills and equipment.

It seems to me you view this game as a single player game. I dont. I view it as a pvp survival game. And in that context, something like that would definitely not work.

But with that said, with some knowledge and experience, you can go from 0 to max in this game in 1-3 days depending on luck and dedication.

When that is the case why care about persistant characters? This game just isnt that grindy. I know a lot of people seem to think it is, but trust me, its not. You can cut down the grind SIGNIFICANTLY by just knowing what you are doing.