1 hour mandatory house building tutorial?

[korpilakko]

I played elona little bit back in the day, and it let me just be an adventurer so that was my only expectation for elin as well... How do I skip this stuff, or is this not as much of a sandbox as the first one?

[Biledriver]

I recommend playing the game slightly faster, as building a 'house' takes like three minutes, tops.

[korpilakko]

So it is mandatory, every run? Lame.

[Desmond]

No I don'T think so, there is an alternative start option, I guess that might skip that bit.

[CandleBottle]

Maybe they should leave after some time if you don't interact with them.

[Zergem]

Just like in Elona, you can just ignore the tutorial if you really want to.

[Niras]

Originally posted by CandleBottle:

Maybe they should leave after some time if you don't interact with them.

It's same tutorial/s but in different places/at times

[Nachzehrer]

Originally posted by korpilakko:

So it is mandatory, every run? Lame.

There is an option in the character creator for just starting out in a cave.

[Niras]

I hope different starting option will be more leaning towards certain playstyles like for e.g:

• house/settlement managment,
  
• RPG
  
• Trader

While I dislike being railroaded into house building in supposed freeroam RPG and prefer Elona's beginning, I think actually making players build a house it makes them both aware of the various systems and teaches them crafting, exploration and basics of combat along the way.

[Pathetic]

Originally posted by korpilakko:

I played elona little bit back in the day, and it let me just be an adventurer so that was my only expectation for elin as well... How do I skip this stuff, or is this not as much of a sandbox as the first one?

If it took you an hour, you needed to go through that tutorial.

[korpilakko]

Originally posted by Pathetic:

Originally posted by korpilakko:

I played elona little bit back in the day, and it let me just be an adventurer so that was my only expectation for elin as well... How do I skip this stuff, or is this not as much of a sandbox as the first one?

If it took you an hour, you needed to go through that tutorial.

I don't mean it took me 1 hour to get 2x2 grass house up, but 1 hour in, basically all there was to do was STILL boring tutorial quests, because there is barely any starting gear and nowhere was it told how to just get the bare minimum adventuring gear together.

[korpilakko]

I'm sorry but there is no reason for wooden sword to be behind 3 crafting tables instead of 1, nor is there a reason that level 0 sheep is an equal match to "Hillman Warrior" starting character.

I did get things going, but that is just needless time wasting for what could have been a decent adventure right from the start.

[jcodbf2]

Gotta make sure that refund window is passed.

[Little Strawberry]

Originally posted by korpilakko:

but 1 hour in, basically all there was to do was STILL boring tutorial quests

You have been blessed with free will and agency as a fellow human being, which are important because this is a sandbox. This is not a linear RPG like Dragon Age where you complete quests from level 1 to 60 and then you fight the big baddie. You do the quests you want to do and if you don't want to do the tutorial quests then simply don't accept or do them. There's no magic barrier that prevents you from leaving the starting area from the get go, nor do you have to play the prologue. You can just go out, explore, sell some garbage, buy gear and hit stuff harder. You're not a programmed NPC.

[LtLost]

Originally posted by korpilakko:

I'm sorry but there is no reason for wooden sword to be behind 3 crafting tables instead of 1, nor is there a reason that level 0 sheep is an equal match to "Hillman Warrior" starting character.

Funny enough, wildlife can be both hard and dangerous to deal with. Yeah, it's a game, but imagine trying to kill an animal larger than you with a wooden sword that's probably dull.

[AterSol]

Originally posted by Little Strawberry:

Originally posted by korpilakko:

but 1 hour in, basically all there was to do was STILL boring tutorial quests

You have been blessed with free will and agency as a fellow human being, which are important because this is a sandbox. This is not a linear RPG like Dragon Age where you complete quests from level 1 to 60 and then you fight the big baddie. You do the quests you want to do and if you don't want to do the tutorial quests then simply don't accept or do them. There's no magic barrier that prevents you from leaving the starting area from the get go, nor do you have to play the prologue. You can just go out, explore, sell some garbage, buy gear and hit stuff harder. You're not a programmed NPC.

You all haven't even played the game yet have you? It doesn't let you leave until you have placed a land claim. You should be allowed to just skip all that to explore, It will lickly be added in the future where there will be no hand holding.