Survival : werewolf vs vampire lord

[Emphoise]

What is your favorite form for dealing with survival hazards ?

I've expermiented mostly with the werewolf so far and I quite like the running speed, pretty fast transportation without a horse, downside is limited control on when you can transform (even with the ring of hircine, you still have to wait to revert to normal). Protection against cold seems good enough, although the time limit is annoying.

Vampire lord is slower but transforms/reverts at will, curious to read what people who played both have to say.

(As for the other bonuses of both forms they don't matter much to me. Necromage vampire is not needed to become gamebreakingly op with enchanting and smithing, werewolf is easily stronger than vampire lord in combat but the base character with good gear is considerably stronger than both anyway).

[$2 Hero]

Is the cold and food situation etc etc really that bad in Survival mode? I'm thinking of trying it but I hate having to eat 12x per day.

[Tsimpidas]

Originally posted by YE24:

Is the cold and food situation etc etc really that bad in Survival mode? I'm thinking of trying it but I hate having to eat 12x per day.

the only thing is bad in survival mode to not fast travel and the buff(resting) didnt last long time

[Anvos]

Originally posted by YE24:

Is the cold and food situation etc etc really that bad in Survival mode? I'm thinking of trying it but I hate having to eat 12x per day.

Honestly the bigger problem is no fast travel points out how ridiculously fast things re-spawn in the the open world.

Survival itself the worst part is the reduced carry weight and that they then make you become tired ridiculously fast if your your carry weight. Staying Fed is honestly the easy part, especially with the fishing addition.

[$2 Hero]

Originally posted by Anvos:

Originally posted by YE24:

Is the cold and food situation etc etc really that bad in Survival mode? I'm thinking of trying it but I hate having to eat 12x per day.

Honestly the bigger problem is no fast travel points out how ridiculously fast things re-spawn in the the open world.

Survival itself the worst part is the reduced carry weight and that they then make you become tired ridiculously fast if your your carry weight. Staying Fed is honestly the easy part, especially with the fishing addition.

It's funny cause in vanilla I already eat 12x per day lol smh.

Are there any bonuses for playing survival? Better loot or money or more damage or anything? Just epeen?

[Anvos]

Different way to experience the game, thanks to limited fast travel to caravans and boats. Its basically just an opt in additional difficulty. Though there are also buffs for being warm and well fed. I believe well rested existed in base game.

[$2 Hero]

Originally posted by Anvos:

Different way to experience the game, thanks to limited fast travel to caravans and boats. Its basically just an opt in additional difficulty. Though there are also buffs for being warm and well fed. I believe well rested existed in base game.

Yea see it just doesn't work in a game like this because there's too many quests with jenk rewards. Survival works in The Forest because that one quest netted you a chainsaw or diving gear or something extremely important/valuable.

In Skyrim or Fallout your +3 sword doesn't mean jack.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by YE24:

Are there any bonuses for playing survival? Better loot or money or more damage or anything? Just epeen?

Nothing mechanical, at least. Survival Mode just adds in restrictions or blocks certain things. Its more for those who want more of a challenge. Though Survival Mode is more annoying than challenging.

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by YE24:

Are there any bonuses for playing survival? Better loot or money or more damage or anything? Just epeen?

Nothing mechanical, at least. Survival Mode just adds in restrictions or blocks certain things. Its more for those who want more of a challenge. Though Survival Mode is more annoying than challenging.

Not challenging, but I enjoy having a purpose for food and houses (free beds and additional carriages)

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by YE24:

Is the cold and food situation etc etc really that bad in Survival mode? I'm thinking of trying it but I hate having to eat 12x per day.

I some specific areas it's nice to have something against the cold. Food is not an issue because it is abundant. Also werewolves and vampires can easily feed on npcs everywhere too.

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by Anvos:

Originally posted by YE24:

Is the cold and food situation etc etc really that bad in Survival mode? I'm thinking of trying it but I hate having to eat 12x per day.

Honestly the bigger problem is no fast travel points out how ridiculously fast things re-spawn in the the open world.

Survival itself the worst part is the reduced carry weight and that they then make you become tired ridiculously fast if your your carry weight. Staying Fed is honestly the easy part, especially with the fishing addition.

Vampire and beast forms help precisely with the travel time and carry weight situation. Vampre lord has unlimited CW, werewolf has +2000 bonus. You can run to your nearest house and stash some stuff