Alpha 19 vs 18

[Survival Gamer]

I actually thought 18 was by far the best version at least up to 19. I cant really say that for all of the revisions. I cant remember when I picked up this game but I want to say it wasnt too long after it was available on steam. Sometimes there seemed to be a step back before going forward but I really enjoyed alpha 18.

Obviously the visual improvements for 19 are great.

Some of the things people are commenting on for 19, dont really matter to me. The injuries, fine, I dont mind them at all. Change to loot to slow down, its also fine to do that but it might have gone a bit too unrealistic. Perhaps the issue was the percentage chance of finding something too high at certain levels just needed to be fixed. I agree that finding stone tools in a store for example is kind of immersion breaking.

The biggest change is max stamina and health. If I could take the visual improvements with 19 and match them with everything else about alpha 18, that would be my ideal version so far.

I thought the max stamina and health function in 18 made it a true survival game. It made sense to me to lose max stamina if you went too long without eating. 18 seemed to be the most immersive version of the game.

It is a tough call but I might drop back to 18.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

A18 stuttered like crazy for me and nonit wasn’t my PC!

I love A19 but only one thing I would change is the stamina is so bad constantly eating all the time so please bring the A18 stamina to A19.

[Survival Gamer]

Originally posted by Mr Blue Playdoh:

A18 stuttered like crazy for me and nonit wasn’t my PC!

I love A19 but only one thing I would change is the stamina is so bad constantly eating all the time so please bring the A18 stamina to A19.

You had to eat a lot in A18 so I am not sure what you mean about that part. Hmm, I didnt have any stutter issues with A18.

[Survival Gamer]

Someone made a comment about bringing back more serious death penalties. I couldnt agree more. I thought it was great when dying reduced the stamina bar by 10 each time.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

Originally posted by Survival Gamer:

Originally posted by Mr Blue Playdoh:

A18 stuttered like crazy for me and nonit wasn’t my PC!

I love A19 but only one thing I would change is the stamina is so bad constantly eating all the time so please bring the A18 stamina to A19.

You had to eat a lot in A18 so I am not sure what you mean about that part. Hmm, I didnt have any stutter issues with A18.

Don’t know what A18 you was playing but I didn’t eat as much as I am now!

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

Originally posted by Survival Gamer:

Originally posted by Mr Blue Playdoh:

A18 stuttered like crazy for me and nonit wasn’t my PC!

I love A19 but only one thing I would change is the stamina is so bad constantly eating all the time so please bring the A18 stamina to A19.

You had to eat a lot in A18 so I am not sure what you mean about that part. Hmm, I didnt have any stutter issues with A18.

It was only very high end PCs that was having the issue

[Survival Gamer]

Originally posted by Mr Blue Playdoh:

Originally posted by Survival Gamer:

You had to eat a lot in A18 so I am not sure what you mean about that part. Hmm, I didnt have any stutter issues with A18.

It was only very high end PCs that was having the issue

Well, I have a 1080ti, 32gig ram, and 3.2hz 7 gen cpu. So I am not sure what high end equipment caused the issue. I guess I am happy I avoided it.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

Yes it the 2080ti with i99900k I had the 1080 soon as upgrades had the problem

[elvendualwielder]

Funny, I remember people at the time being annoyed at A18 at the time it was released. Also remember that people hated A17 and considered A16 the better version.
Maybe people just misremember it or have nostalgia for fun times.

[Maverick Mullah]

Originally posted by elvendualwielder:

Funny, I remember people at the time being annoyed at A18 at the time it was released. Also remember that people hated A17 and considered A16 the better version.
Maybe people just misremember it or have nostalgia for fun times.

Happens every time, when A20 comes out I can bet you my bottom dollar that people will be saying "A19 was awesome, A20 is ♥♥♥♥"

[Crater Creator]

Originally posted by Survival Gamer:

I thought the max stamina and health function in 18 made it a true survival game. It made sense to me to lose max stamina if you went too long without eating. 18 seemed to be the most immersive version of the game.

You still lose max stamina if you go too long without eating in A19, though. It’s just ‘chunkier’ in that it kicks in at once when you get the hungry debuff.

I always thought overeating, so that 100% full doesn’t mean 100% full, was dumb. And I didn’t like having to constantly ‘top off’ to keep max stamina up. Now making the most of your stamina for strenuous activity like mining is a slightly more interesting, layered affair.

[Survival Gamer]

Originally posted by Mard-E-Momin:

Originally posted by elvendualwielder:

Funny, I remember people at the time being annoyed at A18 at the time it was released. Also remember that people hated A17 and considered A16 the better version.
Maybe people just misremember it or have nostalgia for fun times.

Happens every time, when A20 comes out I can bet you my bottom dollar that people will be saying "A19 was awesome, A20 is ♥♥♥♥"

There are always people who prefer one over another because people have different preferences. It doesnt mean its the same people every time.

[Maverick Mullah]

Originally posted by Survival Gamer:

Originally posted by Mard-E-Momin:

Happens every time, when A20 comes out I can bet you my bottom dollar that people will be saying "A19 was awesome, A20 is ♥♥♥♥"

There are always people who prefer one over another because people have different preferences. It doesnt mean its the same people every time.

I agree with that, I just don't like the constant bickering most people seem to have, you can just downgrade versions if you dislike the game so much at that point instead of telling the world how bad you find it without giving even an ounce of valid criticism beyond "oh, I just don't like it" or "it's boring now"