State of the game?

[Shammy]

Played beta and launch, heavily. Played normal manibus and hard (whatever that second difficulty was for manibus...) played Way of Winter (didnt enjoy it as much).

Haven't really looked at anything once human since about November...

Are there any new scenarios? Or just more manibus and way of winter? Any true reason to hop into either of those scenarios?

[HomeMalone]

Oh wow funny, Im here to read about exactly this, Im wondering the same and played also like you, beta, launch and all the same scenarios, way of winter was not it for me too,

I think that the oracle is their latest scenario, but if different I also would like to know. I have logged in a few times, but than Im lost what to do, like which scenario now to take. I have like 120K chrom waiting to get burned so yeah, lets see if others perhaps know whats new or what going to be new.

[Sharkforce]

well everything is still the same we only got a new ''Lunar Oracle'' update.
Every 45 min that event starts gives some special items to make better gear.
Oh and also the Blueprints from the mystical Crates don't drop anymore. (dunno why to be honest)
They drop asterism crates now, thats the new system Stellar Stairway (the way to obtain starchrom now.
Purification also drops asterism crates instead of starchrom.

[SteelAceBae]

None, best move on... other games out there for you to play

[NocheLuz]

Whoever thinks "Lunar Oracle" is such a good update, should get fired now. They should just rename it as "Ban every hour". Because you cannot stay outside your Territory when the Lunar Oracle descends. Maybe they think it is a good idea to have players carry Sanity and HP recovery items. Since you are either using items, listening to low HP hum every hour for 15 minutes, or just staying in your home. Not doing anything.

It may have been a good idea for veteran players. But new players? nope. I don't think they even know what those Lunar Whisper are for. Worst, they can't even find a way to recover Sanity and HP correctly. Since they'll get attacked by monsters every time they try to gather something. They had to either die every hour or wait it out. I don't think it is good for a game that constantly needs you to gather something and avoid dying.

[DarkEternal]

Here, let me assist you: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=once+human+lunar+oracle

That search query should bring up a multitude of videos describing Lunar Oracle and how it works. The information within could help you decide if you want to give it a shot.

Originally posted by NocheLuz:

Whoever thinks "Lunar Oracle" is such a good update, should get fired now. They should just rename it as "Ban every hour". Because you cannot stay outside your Territory when the Lunar Oracle descends. Maybe they think it is a good idea to have players carry Sanity and HP recovery items. Since you are either using items, listening to low HP hum every hour for 15 minutes, or just staying in your home. Not doing anything.

It may have been a good idea for veteran players. But new players? nope. I don't think they even know what those Lunar Whisper are for. Worst, they can't even find a way to recover Sanity and HP correctly. Since they'll get attacked by monsters every time they try to gather something. They had to either die every hour or wait it out. I don't think it is good for a game that constantly needs you to gather something and avoid dying.

Lunar Oracle is easy to deal with once you start rubbing those brain cells together. There are new foods to help you survive the nights. A new set of armor that makes night time trivial. And new weapons that also greatly assist you during the night.

No need to bring heals/sanity items. You heal sanity for every kill, and the lower your HP, the more Lunar Whispers you acquire from defeated enemies to open Lunar Oracle crates that contain previously alluded to items and equips.
The main key for surviving nights is "battlefield awareness". Turn off your Spotify so you can hear enemies. They run now and they'll beeline for you. If you're listening to w/e brainrot passes for music these days, then you won't hear them coming and you'll be using adrenaline shots like crazy.

Sick of those sanity loss induced Whims like Marathon which drains your hydration meter quick?
Get (or better yet, transfer) those Whim making Deviants and toss them into containment, then craft the Whims with the items they produce. You can only have a max of 6 Whims, so 5 or 6 good ones cancels the sanity loss induced bad Whims. Simple.

Once you find the recipe for Lunar Suppression, you can use that to effectively cancel the Lunar Oracle. Yes, enemies will still be there and affected by the moon. But, you won't be. Your HP and sanity will stay full. Then, you can do w/e that night.

On a side note, the low HP sound only triggers once now. They fixed that like 2 weeks ago. It triggers when you reach low HP caused by Lunar Oracle and then won't trigger again for the rest of the night. Unless, that is, you're panic healing because you keep losing track of enemies and getting knocked down. Then, you'll hear it again as your HP drops back into the danger zone. Best thing to do is just get a good setup for night time and roll with it until dawn. I rarely need to heal and rarely get knocked down. Of course, I'm using everything I'm typing to keep myself upright. It makes the nights so much easier when you know what you're doing.

Finally, the Lunar Oracle chests also drop Lunar animal skins, which when used to craft armors provides you with buffs that will aid you even more in surviving the nights.

Yeah, there's a bit of a learning curve. But honestly, that's what Global chat is for. Ask your fellow players. They know what you don't. Like me explaining all of this to you could have been accomplished in game. Toss aside your pride and ASK. You aren't the best gamer ever. I promise. Others know far more than you. Use their knowledge to your advantage.

Good luck!

[MushroomShuffler]

It is definitely getting boring re-playing the same areas over and over. I'm in the same boat, thinking of uninstalling until there is new content, then I'll think about playing again. Made the mistake of joining a dead server so I can't even team up with other players. So dull.

[Vela Darney]

Originally posted by NocheLuz:

Whoever thinks "Lunar Oracle" is such a good update, should get fired now. They should just rename it as "Ban every hour". Because you cannot stay outside your Territory when the Lunar Oracle descends. Maybe they think it is a good idea to have players carry Sanity and HP recovery items. Since you are either using items, listening to low HP hum every hour for 15 minutes, or just staying in your home. Not doing anything.

It may have been a good idea for veteran players. But new players? nope. I don't think they even know what those Lunar Whisper are for. Worst, they can't even find a way to recover Sanity and HP correctly. Since they'll get attacked by monsters every time they try to gather something. They had to either die every hour or wait it out. I don't think it is good for a game that constantly needs you to gather something and avoid dying.

Not hard to deal with at all. Just port to your territory before Lunar Oracle starts, then from there, port to a low-level settlement (or any settlement of your choice, really) and start shooting those deviations and/or vultures. The more you kill, the more HP and sanity you'll recover. Plus you'll collect enough Lunar Whispers to open those crates and grab some nice loot.

[NocheLuz]

Thanks for the tips for the Lunar Oracle. But that isn't the point. The point is that it is mandatory to participate in them, not voluntary.

Basically you have to stop doing whatever you are doing just to deal with the Lunar Oracle. As I said, for veteran players there will not be an issue. But for new players? no, they don't even know how to deal with normal games. And you expected them to deal with Lunar Oracle? I am kind of a veteran myself since I had experience in the Manibus (Easy). But it still took some time for me to deal with them properly. But it is still annoying as hell. As I said, you should rename it to "Ban every hour". No matter what others say, this is still the truth.

If I had to stop doing whatever I was doing just to survive the night. I might be doing nothing at all. I've just come back to this game and this is what I face. I'm only level 35 and have not even survived the night in settlement level 10. Because my HP is somehow down to 20% and even with a 30% HP shield, it is still not enough. I can't even imagine what new players who have no experience might face in this "Ban every hour" event.

Also, I think they buff up the respawn. I remember clearing out a huge settlement and no enemies left. But right now, I only cleared 1 building and the enemies in the previous building have already respawned. Maybe stealth isn't what they go for anymore? Then they should buff stealth weapons. Right now I have to use Rifle or SMG/LMG just to keep up with enemies spawn.

[Vela Darney]

Here's another piece of advice: Don't like the Lunar Oracle? Buy a scenario exit card (or use the one everyone got for free a while ago), exit the scenario with Lunar Oracle and join one without Lunar Oracle. Lunar Oracle is only "mandatory" if you insist on staying on a server you obviously hate.

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by NocheLuz:

Whoever thinks "Lunar Oracle" is such a good update, should get fired now. They should just rename it as "Ban every hour". Because you cannot stay outside your Territory when the Lunar Oracle descends. Maybe they think it is a good idea to have players carry Sanity and HP recovery items. Since you are either using items, listening to low HP hum every hour for 15 minutes, or just staying in your home. Not doing anything.

It may have been a good idea for veteran players. But new players? nope. I don't think they even know what those Lunar Whisper are for. Worst, they can't even find a way to recover Sanity and HP correctly. Since they'll get attacked by monsters every time they try to gather something. They had to either die every hour or wait it out. I don't think it is good for a game that constantly needs you to gather something and avoid dying.

Lunar Oracle definitely is not for new players, however them newbies should be starting Novice Manibus not Lunar Oracle or WoW vanilla (or worse, Lunar Oracle WoW).

If you have problems every Lunar Oracle descent just use Treacherous Tide set. I can't even get low Sanity to get DMG buff. I was already farming Arachsiam Monolith area (lvl 25-30 mobs) for Whisper after 2 hours at lvl 10 and tier I gears (first 2 hours was gathering tier I mats to make full gears). KVD Boom Boom with rejuvenation weapon mod, 3 Treacherous 2 Shelterer and BBQ along with Pyro Dino. Almost unkillable setup.

[NocheLuz]

Originally posted by Vela Darney:

Here's another piece of advice: Don't like the Lunar Oracle? Buy a scenario exit card (or use the one everyone got for free a while ago), exit the scenario with Lunar Oracle and join one without Lunar Oracle. Lunar Oracle is only "mandatory" if you insist on staying on a server you obviously hate.

I just noticed there is one. Yeah, I think I'll do that. I think 90% of the server is Lunar Oracle. But what can I do? I cannot do anything and will just have to go to the server that my friends are not playing. I either have to endure it, or just have fun myself and leave behind my friends.

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

Originally posted by NocheLuz:

Whoever thinks "Lunar Oracle" is such a good update, should get fired now. They should just rename it as "Ban every hour". Because you cannot stay outside your Territory when the Lunar Oracle descends. Maybe they think it is a good idea to have players carry Sanity and HP recovery items. Since you are either using items, listening to low HP hum every hour for 15 minutes, or just staying in your home. Not doing anything.

It may have been a good idea for veteran players. But new players? nope. I don't think they even know what those Lunar Whisper are for. Worst, they can't even find a way to recover Sanity and HP correctly. Since they'll get attacked by monsters every time they try to gather something. They had to either die every hour or wait it out. I don't think it is good for a game that constantly needs you to gather something and avoid dying.

Lunar Oracle definitely is not for new players, however them newbies should be starting Novice Manibus not Lunar Oracle or WoW vanilla (or worse, Lunar Oracle WoW).

If you have problems every Lunar Oracle descent just use Treacherous Tide set. I can't even get low Sanity to get DMG buff. I was already farming Arachsiam Monolith area (lvl 25-30 mobs) for Whisper after 2 hours at lvl 10 and tier I gears (first 2 hours was gathering tier I mats to make full gears). KVD Boom Boom with rejuvenation weapon mod, 3 Treacherous 2 Shelterer and BBQ along with Pyro Dino. Almost unkillable setup.

Thanks, but sadly I don't have them. As I said, I only play Manibus (Easy). So, I don't have anything in the game yet. But I might comeback if I had enough of those weapons/armor.