by Amberlight99 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:05 am
so to kinda hop onto this thread as a new player without any of... whatever's been happening here. (I mostly don't want to make another black eyed thread because this is on the same topic)
I don't feel like black eyed is the absolute worst dogshit thing in the world that is personally fucking my mother and calling me a bitch. I have found, though, as someone who pretty much had to bumble around early on before I figured out what I was doing and frankly, to avoid fighting at all costs. I have found that my (luckily only one) black eye wound has been particularly frustrating, mostly in that by a matter of course due to the size of the map, I've not really seen many people, and those I have move on with maybe one or two messages at most.
I do actually want to trade for this but as of my situation right now I've found that getting this black eyed so early has stunted everything. Based on what I've been able to learn on the wiki, I seem to be stuck just trying to push my PER and EXP up to overcome this black eye just to be able to progress and, for lack of better terms, be even capable of offering something of value to other people.
It seems to me that blackeyed is more of a noob trap that can really set back the experience of a new player who may struggle to find other players or at least struggle to find players willing to trade with them.
Frankly, the toad butter wart is not a big deal. Maybe I don't know what CHA is for yet but a -1 for a bit isn't bad, despite this, only recently (probably 10 days in now) have I gotten the resources and time to spare to make ash while to be blunt, still trying to enjoy the rest of the game. I think with experience in both knowing where to invest learning points and a general idea of what to do makes this wound go away or at least stop being an issue for most players, it just feels frustrating how easy it was to accidentally get it, and how much this pushed me back due to a lack of optimized knowledge on LP spending.
It feels weird that black eyes don't heal on their own, it's unintuitive for sure. they do seem to be one of the easiest wounds to heal just due to a sheer variety of methods to heal them with, but I think it would be worth considering allowing them to heal eventually on their own while maybe reducing the variety of healing items that work on it?
This is just a newbie's perspective so I don't wanna put much weight behind it. Just found my own frustration at having this wound stick around as a punishment for learning. Maybe I'll come to appreciate it?