Played 17 hours and now have to wait 2 days to progress?

[Mule]

So I've been playing the main quest line, doing the stuff I need to do, but I can't go into the next zone until season 2 starts...in 2 days? Am I missing something, or do I just literally have to wait now?

[Zouls]

or build your base, or level, or explore, or do anything else in the game that isnt main quest?

[breathlyss]

Originally posted by Zouls:

or build your base, or level, or explore, or do anything else in the game that isnt main quest?

There are alot of us who have literally done all that and have nothing to do anymore. This timegating stuff is a massive annoyance.

[Zouls]

Originally posted by BourbonBobby:

Originally posted by Zouls:

or build your base, or level, or explore, or do anything else in the game that isnt main quest?

There are alot of us who have literally done all that and have nothing to do anymore. This timegating stuff is a massive annoyance.

okay but are you 17 hours in, while having done all of it?

if you dont like it this game aint for you, simple as that chief.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

You did everything there was to do in 17 hours? first off, thats not even possible, but second you can't rush through all content and then complain that you finished it all. video games have a finite amount of content, you're bound to finish it eventually. And, even if you were telling the truth, 17 hours for a free game is fair.

[breathlyss]

Originally posted by Zouls:

Originally posted by BourbonBobby:

There are alot of us who have literally done all that and have nothing to do anymore. This timegating stuff is a massive annoyance.

okay but are you 17 hours in, while having done all of it?

if you dont like it this game aint for you, simple as that chief.

OP was just voicing a complaint they had with the time gating stuff like alot of us have no need to get defensive about it homie. You'll probably understand it after you play a bit more no biggie.

[Zouls]

Originally posted by BourbonBobby:

Originally posted by Zouls:

okay but are you 17 hours in, while having done all of it?

if you dont like it this game aint for you, simple as that chief.

OP was just voicing a complaint they had with the time gating stuff like alot of us have no need to get defensive about it homie. You'll probably understand it after you play a bit more no biggie.

No he asked a question, and asked if all he could do now was wait, which it isnt as there are so many things to do in the game.

[Toomadtoplay]

Originally posted by BourbonBobby:

Originally posted by Zouls:

or build your base, or level, or explore, or do anything else in the game that isnt main quest?

There are alot of us who have literally done all that and have nothing to do anymore. This timegating stuff is a massive annoyance.

"a lot of us"

[deathisnumb.de]

I´ve been playing for many manyhours now and theres always stuff to improve on your base or gather resources

[Hefutoxin]

Originally posted by BourbonBobby:

There are alot of us who have literally done all that and have nothing to do anymore. This timegating stuff is a massive annoyance.

You guys are literally the reason time gating exists.

Think of it as the "Touch-Grass Timer." It's the Devs nice way of saying "Listen, bro, I love you and all but..."

[DarkEternal]

First off, it's not Season 2. It's Phase 2. You're on a newer server, so you guys haven't yet reached Phase 2 as many of us already have.
Second, there's a ton to do in just the first Phase. There are puzzles and what not around the initial map that will unlock attachments for your guns. Do you have all of the Deviants you can capture in that part of the map?
Third, side quests. Have you done all available in the map?
Fourth, base building. You're going to need a defensible base for Filter defense.
Finally, stockpiling. There are materials you will need multiple stacks of 1,000 for later down the road. Best to collect as much as possible now to save you from having to grind for them later when you really need them. Acid being one and the main item you'll need a mega butt ton for crafting. Gravel would be another nice investment for the glass you'll need, as well as building with gravel later or using it for bricks for later building tech.
17 hours is not even close to being done. I put far more in before I had swept the map clear and farmed my heart out while building up my base as I waited for Phase 2.

[Sloop]

Vertical progression is time gated. Horizontal progression and busywork on the side isn't. Only real issue I have is that you can't really do anything meaningful towards the overall meta-progression that transfers to another season, like grinding blueprints or starchrome. Everything that you can do while you wait for the next batch of content to unlock is to farm up stuff for convenience and "killing time" instead of actually doing something that progresses your character.

[DarkEternal]

Originally posted by Hefutoxin:

Originally posted by BourbonBobby:

There are alot of us who have literally done all that and have nothing to do anymore. This timegating stuff is a massive annoyance.

You guys are literally the reason time gating exists.

Think of it as the "Touch-Grass Timer." It's the Devs nice way of saying "Listen, bro, I love you and all but..."

Right? It's astounding when people like OP just tear through the main quests, barely squeaking by (even on teams) due to being underpowered, and then complain that there's "nothing left to do" while I'm meticulously tearing the map apart, not even half done with the main story, doing sides, gathering resources, calibrating weapons and armor, and taking down bosses solo with no damage taken because I took my time to understand how the game works.
Timegating the content is most definitely the devs way of saying "Slow TF down, Speedy. There's more to it than just speedrunning the main story."

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by Mule:

So I've been playing the main quest line, doing the stuff I need to do, but I can't go into the next zone until season 2 starts...in 2 days? Am I missing something, or do I just literally have to wait now?

You missed the whole Game if you think 17h is enough to finish all the Content.

[Kyutaru]

Originally posted by Hefutoxin:

Originally posted by BourbonBobby:

There are alot of us who have literally done all that and have nothing to do anymore. This timegating stuff is a massive annoyance.

You guys are literally the reason time gating exists.

Think of it as the "Touch-Grass Timer." It's the Devs nice way of saying "Listen, bro, I love you and all but..."

^ This.

Time gating is to give the rest of the server a chance to keep up. If we let the no lifers have full access, they'd be selling endgame stuff before casuals even hit lvl 10. Time gating is also a way to prevent players from thinking they NEED to no life a game. Play casually and you'll get all the stuff a hardcore guy gets by the end. It'll just take you the full six weeks to do what they did in two.

This is also why blueprints are locked behind seasonal rewards. To make it so hardcore grinders CANNOT max farm their blueprints in a few days and become massively more powerful than anyone has a hope of becoming in the next season. Even a slow player can get all the starchrom they need to earn their BP frags.

[Hefutoxin]

Originally posted by Pliauskis:

Vertical progression is time gated. Horizontal progression and busywork on the side isn't. Only real issue I have is that you can't really do anything meaningful towards the overall meta-progression that transfers to another season, like grinding blueprints or starchrome. Everything that you can do while you wait for the next batch of content to unlock is to farm up stuff for convenience and "killing time" instead of actually doing something that progresses your character.

You can grind for Energy Links to purchase Starchrom during Phase 6. You can also farm building blueprints (chairs, tables, etc).