Is this game playable in solo ?

[Overlord]

:)

[Pigeon]

Yes, no.... You can just play solo just like minecraft, space engineers, and etc. Just do low collab and such. But it is boring and the game is built around multiplayer.

[Overlord]

Thanks for the reply Pigeon, i see what you mean... I experienced this on Space Engineers unfortunately...

[Pigeon]

I mean it pretty in your face this is multiplayer game with the trailers. Now you do not always have to do anything with anyone. What you want to do in the world is up to you.

[valenti_scott]

I've been going at it solo, because I can't get into any of the servers. I'm finding it to be a fun game, even in single player. I like having a goal to work toward (destroying the meteor), which is lacking in Minecraft or Space Engineers. Besides, I sometimes don't play well with others, ha ha.
Why do you call it a meteor? A more accurate term would be asteroid...

[Poprocks]

Sure but...the new progression system places you behind a time wall. The first 6 or so skills, not so bad. Make sure you get the skills you really need early because once you're behind a 72 hour time wall...ouch! And that's not 72 hours you just let pass (unless you're playing on a server that is set to run 24/7 or you let your single player game run when you sleep or go to work/school). That's 72 hours in game...gathering materials or watching paint dry. That time wall seems to double as you go too...not sure if that maxes at some point.

The solo progression path will be pretty important by the time you get to the 8th or 10th skill point. I just finally got butchery after a full 24 hours of play! (crazy issue with not seeing rabbits...nightmare) It's required to get tailoring, which is in-turn required to get bricklaying which you'll need to progress your house so you can progress to other skills at the fastest possible rate. I should move along fairly well after I get brick laying done but that's going to be probably another few days of play before I reach that point! So soloable in the short term, sure. How it plays out late in the game, I'm waiting to find out too!

[Pigeon]

Well.... low colab>Mason>engie>miner/smelter>smelter if not yet>mechanic>adv smelting>industry>electrical

I highly highly recommend you go with multiplayer so you do not have to wear a thousand hats.

[Overlord]

Yeah i've bought to buy the game and started with 2 friends to discover a bit and then we'll move to a public server probably.

Thanks for the messages and the advice guys :)

[Pigeon]

Also you can skip ahead, literally passing hours in minutes, by sleeping in a bed in game.

[dorianmode]

Totally playable, although you miss the majority of the game - the economics and such. Think of playing solo like a tutorial or easy mode :)

[Menzagitat]

Originally posted by valenti_scott:

I've been going at it solo, because I can't get into any of the servers. I'm finding it to be a fun game, even in single player. I like having a goal to work toward (destroying the meteor), which is lacking in Minecraft or Space Engineers. Besides, I sometimes don't play well with others, ha ha.
Why do you call it a meteor? A more accurate term would be asteroid...

Why is it more an asteroid than a meteoroid?
Is it that large?
...
So, regarding the single player aspect... basically the game content is optimized for multiplayer? I was thinking if I should buy it or not and I looked and found this thread.

Often multiplayer people give as argument to the single-player fans the argument "You know you can play SP too" :)
Truth is some games are equally good in both SP and MP. But having friends with you is always fun. The sad part is when they do not want to play the game you choose... :)

[GD]

The main issue is to get enough XP for Characters Levels to unlock the Speciality Points, without them the game is extremly punishing you for playing solo. All recipe cost are at 100% instead of 50-20%, so you grind and grind and grind and it takes time and time and time. I wish they had some checkbox on the Create World Screen something like "Apply SP Rules" or something, which changes grow rates, xp rates and such a hole ruleset just to make solo play viable.

In the meantime as mentioned the first 6 or so levels are okay with normal rates, after that it's takes ages to acquire a new level. What you can do is increase the Skillrate for a time. You should not craft or do anything while doing so, because the Speciality Levels are bound to that as well and their rates are okay even as Singleplayer.

After my first 7 levels I wasn't willing to wait more that 24 hours realtime so I set the rate for a time so high that I got most of the required points upfront. I used the following command:

Press Enter to open Chat
Enter "/skillrate 50000"
After several minutes you jump from level 6 or 7 to 20 just watch and stop when you want to maybe with a lower value.
Enter "/skillrate 2" (the default) to reset the rate

You still need to unlock every skill with research, farm and grind resources which is quite a lot alone for all, but you can get the speciality right away just need to attain speciality levels, which are okay with normal settings. This makes playing solo more enjoyable (and feasable). I wished I knew that at the beginning than I would started it right before heading off into the world.

[spacewolfcub]

GD, thank you for posting that.
I've been reading so much about the game that makes it sound unplayable in single player.

[dorianmode]

Just make sure you pick 'No Collaboration' when you're starting the world and it's about right balance for single player.

[Darianna]

Have a quetion to this... i make my world always with NoCollaboration...but when i look in the Config Files...or edit the server with the UI....it means i have medium collaboration.
Mhh im not sure if i remember it right.,..but in the "old Eco" was the same with the configs...but there it was no collab...but with the new skillsystem im not sure...is it only a visual bug...or is the server on Medium? The Gain of the stars is very slow for me...too slow :/

[Ankagara]

A little off topic, but what happens if you manage to take down the meterasteroid *wink wink*? The game ends or you just continue playing?