Pure single player only

[detusai]

The game is fun, and I feel sad that it is not very viable for purely single players. I don't like playing with strangers and my friends irl prefer different games. It becomes too hectic to manage the tavern on your own as time goes by, so it becomes a bit difficult especially if you wanted to add more tables and so on. Hopefully the dev can also accomodate people like me, perhaps add a single player only mode later on in the future and make it possible to hire workers or something which makes life a bit easier for us. Thanks!

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Publicado originalmente por Drogean:

i got 3 tables and im fine as single player get gud

I have 6 tables and I am doing fine. However, I am thinking more in the process of having the tavern filled up and doing more as a single player. Later is just become tedious. Also there is nothing wrong with just giving a suggestion.

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Publicado originalmente por Sir Tukelton:

I have 2 big and 2 small tables right now, so 12 customers. If i run out of food i simply close the tavern, restock, recook and open up again. Its possible even if it is tedious and annoying.

I have 6 tables, 4 big omes and two small ones and I also do the same thing as you. But I wish there was more options for people like me so we can fill uo the tavern and do a lot more if you get what I mean.

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Publicado originalmente por Essedus:

I'm afraid I don't understand the issue people are having with single player. You're your own boss. You can close the place whenever you want and nothing says you need to stick to a schedule. Don't have every item on the menu active. Close the place down one in a while. Prep the food on your menu before opening. Use the tables you can put food on as a visual indicator of how much of something you have left to serve. To my knowledge NPC's don't scream at you, so let them wait a little before you get them what they're looking for if you don't have it ready just yet.

That's not to say I wouldn't welcome some kind of mechanic where we can have an npc to automate some of the processes. But to say that it's impossible is a tremendous overstatement. It's just not true.

The prospect of expanding the tavern and doing more is what I mean. As it is now it gets tedious and a bit boring that I stopped playing. It is possible yes at a certain nu.ber if tables and customers, but for someone wgo wants to do more than that, it is as if this time, impossible.

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Publicado originalmente por Lady:

I understand people who have no problem with, two or three tables, but I would like to be able to make all the recipes and have the full tavern. My biggest problem was combining this with collecting and preparing the dishes, I try to get them ready before opening, but I would still have to farm specific items alone for hours, just to have more interesting dishes that would return me more money. This is a little frustrating. I mean, I dont mind staying farming for long time, but I should be able to focus one at time... gardening, or preparing dishes or collecting... Also the bucket we use for almost everything, it should be more efficient, Im always walking with three to make the kitchen work swiftly ;-;

This!

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Publicado originalmente por Team Triss:

I like management style gameplay so I'm not opposed to employees, but it's 100% a skill issue if you can't manage the tavern solo.

Prep food ahead of time and don't fill the tavern to capacity with tables and you'll be fine.

I can manage a few tables fine. But wanting ti exoand more as a soli player is impossible.

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Publicado originalmente por ShaydesOfPale:

Everybody assuming you don't know how to manage the Tavern, lol! Goodness. Without specifics, it's hard to know how solo play is 'not viable' for you (I too don't like to play with strangers, hello has anyone heard of social anxiety?). I also play solo because I don't know anyone who likes the games I do. My partner is a more traditional gamer and he is absolutely not interested in this one. To be honest, it's likely WAY too easy for him and would bore him to tears in less than 5 minutes.

I have no issues whatsoever with managing the Tavern. 6 seats, 2 dishes and 4 drink types. I have 100% cleanliness, 100% variety and 100% service speed, 100% reputation, and level 19. My issue is combat and the 'get gud' comments, well you know where you can put that. That is not my skill set and will never be my skill set. So, being able to hire help, well as long as I can run faster than them, lol.

Exactly this. I din't want to hinder their multiplayer experience if they enjoy it. That is why I wondered if there is an option for solo gaming only to make it fair for those doing multiplayer. Not only will they gain more players, everyone can fully enjoy the game.

[detusai]

Publicado originalmente por RandoM51:

I finished it playing solo in a couple days, don't know what people are smoking if they think it is "impossible solo". It isn't.

Can you fill the place up, open how many menus and be able to cater everyone by yourself?

[detusai]

Publicado originalmente por Zapp Brannigan:

Publicado originalmente por Lady:

I understand people who have no problem with, two or three tables, but I would like to be able to make all the recipes and have the full tavern. My biggest problem was combining this with collecting and preparing the dishes, I try to get them ready before opening, but I would still have to farm specific items alone for hours, just to have more interesting dishes that would return me more money. This is a little frustrating. I mean, I dont mind staying farming for long time, but I should be able to focus one at time... gardening, or preparing dishes or collecting... Also the bucket we use for almost everything, it should be more efficient, Im always walking with three to make the kitchen work swiftly ;-;

It would be nice to be able to produce most of the items you need to forage for. Root cellar for the mushrooms, bee hives, ect. But in reality, most taverns just buy their raw ingredients.

As for not being able to fill your tavern with tables and still keep up solo, that is just the price you pay for playing solo. If they made it easy to do in solo, it'd be too easy to do with friends, and that's their target audience. Best you could do would be to hire a waiter/waitress to dish out orders as you cook them for a percentage of your profits.

This us why I suggested if possible a solo player only mode to make it fair for people who wants to do multiplayer. But of course I am not expecting anything, just wanted more options for people like me who enjoyed playing the game.

[Zephoks]

Publicado originalmente por MagnusMcKay:

This has made me not buy right now. Thanks for mentioning that solo is impossible right now, will check back at a later date

You can play solo, it just becomes really hard quite fast, because you add tables, 20 customers here and you are alone for this.

[rowanbaylis109]

I'm playing solo and thoroughly enjoying the game - just run the tavern at the pace you're happy with. You can switch the open/closed sign as soon as you've got sufficient customers and concentrate on filling their orders, then open again when you're ready.

[ShaydesOfPale]

Publicado originalmente por MagnusMcKay:

This has made me not buy right now. Thanks for mentioning that solo is impossible right now, will check back at a later date

It is playable solo and quite enjoyable. As I said in another comment I have no issues whatsoever with managing the Tavern. 6 seats, 2 dishes and 4 drink types. I have 100% cleanliness, 100% variety, 100% service speed, 100% reputation, and level 19. Just limit the number of tables and close if you run out of food. With my set up I can pretty much run non-stop if I want to. I don't serve dishes that require going around looking for it like boar meat and mushrooms. S'all good. I just struggle with combat and that's my only issue but I suspect that is not the same thing others are talking about.

[ShaydesOfPale]

Publicado originalmente por detusai:

Publicado originalmente por ShaydesOfPale:

Everybody assuming you don't know how to manage the Tavern, lol! Goodness. Without specifics, it's hard to know how solo play is 'not viable' for you (I too don't like to play with strangers, hello has anyone heard of social anxiety?). I also play solo because I don't know anyone who likes the games I do. My partner is a more traditional gamer and he is absolutely not interested in this one. To be honest, it's likely WAY too easy for him and would bore him to tears in less than 5 minutes.

I have no issues whatsoever with managing the Tavern. 6 seats, 2 dishes and 4 drink types. I have 100% cleanliness, 100% variety and 100% service speed, 100% reputation, and level 19. My issue is combat and the 'get gud' comments, well you know where you can put that. That is not my skill set and will never be my skill set. So, being able to hire help, well as long as I can run faster than them, lol.

Exactly this. I din't want to hinder their multiplayer experience if they enjoy it. That is why I wondered if there is an option for solo gaming only to make it fair for those doing multiplayer. Not only will they gain more players, everyone can fully enjoy the game.

I'd imagine for some people who want a full menu and lots of tables, 4 would not be enough. I've been watching some youtubers and 3 people were playing and it was absolute chaos, lol. Weird thing is they have the same number of seats as me but they had 3 types of drinks and 4 types of dishes, some of which require gathering rather than just harvesting. I think the game amps it up based on how many are online. I also run mine like a finely tuned machine. I have a separate set up for each dish/drink and at every stop along the way it is cued up for the next stage so I don't have to run through the whole process for a barrel of beer. I also have storages by each work station with all the ingredients needed. I make sure that each food serving area, where we place dishes to serve to the customers is full before I open and only one food at each. Boiled corn on one side and boiled chicken eggs on the other. I don't put any drinks on there because they can be collected from the barrels on the floor where the patrons are sitting. I just make sure I have lots of mugs on me. When there is down time, clean and wash dishes.

[Spazztic]

skill issue. youre just bad

[SmokeyAssassin]

I completely disagree, It's totally manageable if you're 'managing the menu'.
I pre-cook a whole host of items, and take a stack of a menu item and a half a cask of a drink of a single kind into my inventory.
I then only enable the items in the menu that i'm holding, after 5 plates/5 drinks I cycle the menu use the serving spots to drop what ever else im carrying, and pick up the new menu items.
As long as the menu item's set BEFORE you take their order, they'll only pick from the menu.
this way it keeps the XP from dropping too far down
Once i'm out of stock, I then close the tavern, and prepare for the 'next shift'.
IF that includes managing the pigs and chickens, or going mushroom hunting, then that's what I do until my stocks are up enough to remake a load of food.
once it's cooked it stays hot.

[ShaydesOfPale]

Publicado originalmente por Spazztic:

skill issue. youre just bad

you're bad, that's for spelling and judgement