by Haz425 » Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:06 pm
What precisely is the goal that you were aiming to achieve with this change? And why do you feel it was necessary, as opposed to any other change to the farming system? There have been many suggestions for alterations to the system both on the forums and on Discord which are leagues ahead of this in planning.
This is an 'out' primarily affecting botters and larger groups/factions of mechanic which as far as I'm aware specifically circumvents a mechanic you implemented to hinder growth caused by botting and factions. Other than a resource sink for salt and leaves, I really don't see how this particularly helps smaller groups, casual players or hermits who simply aren't going to be hogging or botting for local res. If there are any available resource points currently, then this change will mean those aforementioned botters and factions will be looking to allocate more to hogging the resources.
It's a bit out of touch. The hidden-mechanic based farming system doesn't spark joy, and with this extra layer of unnecessary tedium for regular people it's not a seemingly purposeful or fruitful change. Would it not be potentially be more beneficial to implement a way to determine the elements of a node instead of requiring people to spam farm areas all over the place? It doesn't have to be complex. You could retain the 'ritualistic' nature of what you've implemented here and target it towards providing a way to determine factors affecting growth, caps and whatever else goes on behind-the-scenes. This, at the very least, provides a meaningful and purposeful change to alter how people interact and play the game in regards to farming; It reduces a level of tedium without undermining the cap you introduced specifically for this world (I presume was to limit factions and botters, which this change seems to undermine). This is just a free-form idea, so very little thought behind it. I'm sure there are far better solutions and suggestions from someone smarter than myself on the forum.
I'm not against things being difficult, or hard to obtain in any sense. I still play the game at the end of the day with a spreadsheet open at all times. I would much prefer to have additional content (for winter, for example), or a purposeful change made to make an element of gameplay more interactive and enjoyable.
I hate to be overly critical and negative, because I love the game and wouldn't usually post, but this 'update' seems so thoughtless and frankly lazy. Feel free to rip me a new one if I'm just being stupid, but I do genuinely love this game despite its flaws.