Single Player Options??

[Lawrence]

Hello to anyone reading this.

I have a question: I am really intrested in this game but, as luck should have it, NONE of my friends are. And seeing as I always want to start of in a Single PLayer mode, i have the following question....

Is this game playable in Single Player, and how hard is it?

Thanks in advance for answering the Question!

[Yorkie]

The game is playable in single player mode, but just expect one massive grind rather than the game being "hard". I would recommend you have all the sliders to the left when you set up your world to ease this.

[NrKy]

I would like to buy this game and play it with PvE, however if this is not yet on the cards I cannot justify paying $40 for a multiplayer-only game.

[💎 Andy 💎]

Originally posted by NrKy:

I would like to buy this game and play it with PvE, however if this is not yet on the cards I cannot justify paying $40 for a multiplayer-only game.

Same here. I was looking today to play it PVE, but with no NPCs, just a grind-fest (as stated above) to achieve anything, and even then no point, ill give this one a miss. Shame it looks amazing.

[M4rt1n93]

Originally posted by NrKy:

I would like to buy this game and play it with PvE, however if this is not yet on the cards I cannot justify paying $40 for a multiplayer-only game.

I am new to this game, so its not 100% sure what I say now its totalt true... But if you want single player PvE with NPC, then this is not the game for you. As I have understood there will not be any NPC in the game...

[Rick]

Much of what was said above it true. While it is technically possible to play this single player, it is not a single player game (no matter how it is advertised). Witrhout NPC's you cannot play the game in single player in the same way you would play multiplayer. The core concept of the game is limiting the number of skillpoints so that people can specialize in one or two areas but need to rely on others for trade and other services. In single player there are no other people in the game so you have to change the game settings to allow the accumulation of every skill, do them all yourself and once you are finsihed there is nothing lieft to do. This is not a single player game ...at least not worth playing single player, unless you want to be bored to death. If they added NPCs the single player experience would be great but so far that doesn't seem to be the case.

Multiplayer is a different story, and if you find a good server and good GMs, the game can be great fun but only in multiplayer so far....

[Mourdeeb]

I have experimented with the solo option. It's doable, however you will NOT get to any...I mean ANY tier 5, or even tier 4 skills, due to the mix you will need to have to be self sufficient.
You'll need to go down to tier4 on the prospecting tree, tier 3 on Teraforming and tier 4 on Forestry.( Kep in mind the tier 4 skills will only be at 30, to make room for the skill cap of 600)

[Hans Blitz]

You can single play this fine with the right server settings. I suggest a 3k skill cap and some increased skill gain because some of the prerequisites are silly.
It takes ages to do anything as requirments are fiddly and time consuming. Its by no means a short game. Its something you come back and add to every now and then as a single player.

When you finish your creation you can always set your server too public access so you won't miss out on the multiplay factor.

NPC's will be added at a later date so im told so just hold your horse's its early alpha... Speaking of which horses are still yet to be implemented.

[Rick]

Where did you hear NPC's will be added? All the posts I have seen from the devs have said there will be no NPCs for YO (except for random "tribals" spawning in mines) and only an NPC city for the MMO (I am not sure if that will be on the starter island or the mainland.