Playing with friends....

[TheNewbClub]

Hey,

So I see that in order to play with your friends you have to go in to the open world and then find each other (I'm then assuming you can click on your friend and invite to party?) I don't mind this (although I would prefer a party system in the menu before you enter the game).

My only worry is jumping in to the game and spending hours trying to find your friends will get boring and put people off playing the game perhaps?. What is going to make it even harder is the fact that nobody knows where anything is because its a new game (although I think this will be quite fun trying to find your way around). Imagine you spend an hour finding your friend, as you go to embrace them...BANG shot by someone else or killed by a zombie...or even worse, a glitch kills you haha.

Maybe I am worrying a bit too much about it and with it being early access things will change, so guess we will have to just wait and see if they adopt a different party system

[Stratify]

There is a map for a reason. Its a survival game, Survival does not mean you are given everything, You have to work for it. If that puts you off its not the game for you.

[Triggerhippy]

And once you've met up if one of you dies you can spend extra fame points to spawn near your friend.

[Bunny]

EA is there mainly to balance the gameplay, see how features function and to adjust them based on the community feedback. SCUM is a hardcore survival game and as such, don't expect it to be easy. We will see how people feel about the whole " teamplay " segment once the EA starts, it's bound to see some changes in the long run.

[seasider66]

this not a quick thrill small map for a reason , search explore ..survive

[Sweet Briana 💋™]

LOL.

The constant repetition of "its a survival game, you are not giving anything", is tired and old. Truth or not, and does not apply to every question posed by people.

@Bunny - I have nearly 6000 ARK hours of survival between official and unofficial and the group dynamic matters here is why:

- People more often than not wish to play with others. Because of this friends and groups will buy the game together with this intent.

- If they buy the game together, but have a difficult time meeting in world to BEGIN their adventuring - then many will quit. Many people love survival games, but when they are a couple or group, not solo, and not spending their time trying to find each other dying repeatedly, all which wastes hours which could amount in days of RL game play (2-4hrs per day), attempting to meet up with the people sitting in the same room with them so they can play.

People want survival. They also want social interaction. And first and foremost, they want that social interaction with their friends/anyone who they intended to play the game with, like housemates/lovers, etc.

Instant gratification rules the human species of the 21st century. You place your game afoul of simply things like "starting together", and you will relegate this game to a smaller crowd, not larger one.

My family of 3 is playing no matter if we start in diametrically opposite areas of the map. . Others....

As long as there are choices of "areas' to spawn in an begin and they can be chosen, then people can narrow their area of start and make meeting up much easier.

It may suck for individuals, but if this is meant to be an initially predominate "lone-wolf" start period for players, then that should be advertised because the lone-wolf types with orgasm. However, group types, not so much.

Put your money on groups, it pays your salary.

[Ragganerator]

Originally posted by Sωεε† βríάηά 💋™:

LOL.

- If they buy the game together, but have a difficult time meeting in world to BEGIN their adventuring - then many will quit. Many people love survival games, but when they are a couple or group, not solo, and not spending their time trying to find each other dying repeatedly, all which wastes hours which could amount in days of RL game play (2-4hrs per day), attempting to meet up with the people sitting in the same room with them so they can play.

:csgob:

He's got a point. Sitting in the same room with a friend trying to meet up for hours is just the same as if each of us played a different game and who does that when you invite someone over? Our time irl is not unlimited and loosing half of it trying to finally go somewhere together just sucks.

[Ep0xis]

isn’t there a option to spawn near a friend for fame points ?

[Ragganerator]

Originally posted by Ep0xis:

isn’t there a option to spawn near a friend for fame points ?

There is but you need to meet first to create a team

[Ep0xis]

well i least the number of time you have to meet up is reduce . But i see the concern that people might be turned off by the tedious task of finding each other while basicaly doing nothing for extended period of time .

[seasider66]

Lets Not go down the spawn areas route...

You are in a TV survival game not a BR game

Just play the game ..lol

[Sweet Briana 💋™]

Originally posted by mikes:

Originally posted by Sωεε† βríάηά 💋™:

LOL.

- If they buy the game together, but have a difficult time meeting in world to BEGIN their adventuring - then many will quit. Many people love survival games, but when they are a couple or group, not solo, and not spending their time trying to find each other dying repeatedly, all which wastes hours which could amount in days of RL game play (2-4hrs per day), attempting to meet up with the people sitting in the same room with them so they can play.

He's got a point. Sitting in the same room with a friend trying to meet up for hours is just the same as if each of us played a different game and who does that when you invite someone over? Our time irl is not unlimited and loosing half of it trying to finally go somewhere together just sucks.

I am "she", not a "he".

[seasider66]

Originally posted by Sωεε† βríάηά 💋™:

Originally posted by mikes:

He's got a point. Sitting in the same room with a friend trying to meet up for hours is just the same as if each of us played a different game and who does that when you invite someone over? Our time irl is not unlimited and loosing half of it trying to finally go somewhere together just sucks.

I am "she", not a "he".

Theres no women online lol

[PlayerNameT]

Originally posted by seasider66:

Originally posted by Sωεε† βríάηά 💋™:

I am "she", not a "he".

Theres no women online lol

This is 2018. Just because she identifies as "she" doesn't mean shes actually a woman.

[Sweet Briana 💋™]

Originally posted by seasider66:

Originally posted by Sωεε† βríάηά 💋™:

I am "she", not a "he".

Theres no women online lol

Originally posted by MrSmith:

Originally posted by seasider66:

Theres no women online lol

This is 2018. Just because she identifies as "she" doesn't mean shes actually a woman.

Female. Woman.

LOL, wow, you really must not have a life. Feeling insecure at the thought of a persons gender not being what they say or their name displays as...

Amusing how we don't care what your name is, male or not. And insecure males usually do.

This is quite literally why many women use male names and identities here on steam.

It's okay however, the displays of immaturity and insecurity are hilarious.

[seasider66]

Originally posted by MrSmith:

Originally posted by seasider66:

Theres no women online lol

This is 2018. Just because she identifies as "she" doesn't mean shes actually a woman.

LOL Very true mate

Originally posted by Sωεε† βríάηά 💋™:

Originally posted by seasider66:

Theres no women online lol

Originally posted by MrSmith:

This is 2018. Just because she identifies as "she" doesn't mean shes actually a woman.

Female. Woman.

LOL, wow, you really must not have a life. Feeling insecure at the thought of a persons gender not being what they say or their name displays as...

Amusing how we don't care what your name is, male or not. And insecure males usually do.

This is quite literally why many women use male names and identities here on steam.

It's okay however, the displays of immaturity and insecurity are hilarious.

:csgob:

Calm down Dear ..
It was you who brought up your gender lol