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Cal Thang

Mar 12, 2021 @ 2:28am

I think the spa is worthless

Too far away from anywhere, i'd rather have something to eat than walk for about 2 hours just to get inside the bath.

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LoveIsHere has Stardew Valley

Mar 12, 2021 @ 2:37am

It's useful in the first year, when you don't have a good way to producing food, and you're going to/from the mines

I Kinda Fail has Stardew Valley

Mar 12, 2021 @ 2:58am

Yeah, even on my first playthrough it was worthless. If there was a "shortcut" through the changing rooms, or you could at least run at your normal speed into the spa, then MAYBE I'd use it in Spring Y1... But usually I have enough onions and berries by Summer that I'd never use the Spa. It's especially worthless since it doesn't unlock until Summer, AFTER salmonberry season...

Likewise, the quarry and ore panning could use some buffs... but the developer hasn't changed them, so I suppose he's happy with how they work.

Pixel Peeper has Stardew Valley

Mar 12, 2021 @ 3:15am

It's worthless, yes. The absurd time expenditure from going to the spa, using it and going back is absolutely not worth the energy you get back from it.

Energy is a virtually useless concept past the first berry season anyway.

Maya-Neko

Mar 12, 2021 @ 4:56am

>90% of the content should be deleted or changed, if min-maxing is the only thing we're talking about. But the spa is definitely not useless, especially not in multiplayer (even though a shorter path into the water would be nice)

Last edited by Maya-Neko; Mar 12, 2021 @ 4:56am

Stray

Mar 12, 2021 @ 7:14am

I thought the whole point of the spa was so you could see Linus trying to catch an eyeful of someone changing before entering the pool. Linus has needs!

Merevel

Mar 12, 2021 @ 7:20am

I never touched it after seeing how long it took to get any energy back. I just learned to manage what I will be doing that day. Once you get cheese going, the spa is useless.

Cal Thang

Mar 12, 2021 @ 7:25am

Originally posted by Infected Stray:
I thought the whole point of the spa was so you could see Linus trying to catch an eyeful of someone changing before entering the pool. Linus has needs!

"That's the women's locker room... you can't go in there!"
"That's the women's locker room... you can't go in there!"
"That's... okay, whatever."

Mountain King has Stardew Valley

Mar 12, 2021 @ 10:16am

Originally posted by I Kinda Fail:
If there was a "shortcut" through the changing rooms, or you could at least run at your normal speed into the spa, then MAYBE I'd use it in Spring Y1...

Now this I definitely agree with. Putting the spa itself in an out-of-the-way location is one thing, but the running around the interior and then being forced to walk through the dressing room is nothing more than a purposeful inconvenience to the player.

lizardmang has Stardew Valley

Mar 12, 2021 @ 1:09pm

I agree. It was fun to find it and realize what it does, but I haven't used it a single time since finding it. I can't even imagine using it during the first spring because I never really ran out of foraged food before obtaining a kitchen to cook better foods. I still think it's neat though.

Nakos

Mar 12, 2021 @ 1:12pm

Yep, worthless.

Too little return for too much time lost.

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no1schmo

Mar 12, 2021 @ 3:10pm

Depends on playstyle, at least early on. I used it several times. In the first month or two, I would often find myself short of energy but with some time left to do stuff, so I would use the spa, then chop down trees on the way home. I don't like carrying alot of food. But that's because my playstyle is to build up tons of wood and stone and other stuff in the first year, with a fairly minor farm. I maxed foraging by winter (half my farm space was just trees).

So it depends how you want to play, and in a game like this, I like having options instead of there being one way to play, and I also don't worry about what is the "correct", aka, most efficient method of playing. It's fun to experiment and see what works for you.

That said, I can't see much value to it long term. It really does become a joke as time goes on, no matter your playstyle. I'm only in year 2 on my current save and I would struggle to run out of energy in a single day--I'd have to do nothing but pick every single rock on every single level as I went through the mine. The game in general does often seem like it's too deep for how wide it is; so much in it but there's not enough "game" to leverage it all.

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