A peaceful mode...

[animary]

I bet that one of the reasons this world will last probably longer than 6 months, wich will apparently be the recycle date for any of the new steam servers, is to see if an old server will retain players after the factions game is gone because they move to the new server.
This way will create a semi-permanent server wich will stay up until some changes would need a wipe (or the databases are too big to keep going on), and another server wich will have 6 month in 6 month wipes.

Bit sad for me that steam did not took the change in playerbase i hoped for, while i write players are down to 1/4 of the start, that in 1 and half a month...hope it's because of christmas and stuff like that.

I've read Steam worlds will last about six months each, "regular" worlds will now last about two years each. That's fine with me, I usually don't feel I'm making progress til six-eight months in (certainly not one of those players sailing around in a snekka and killing bears in the first two weeks, lol). I think the short worlds will attract the PvP crowd - get stats up quickly, make armor, fight, get bored, repeat in next world - while the folks who enjoy the rpg side of the game will gravitate to the longer worlds - more leisurely play, get to know neighbors, explore.

Player retention in this world seems abysmal, only two people on my kin list still active, most only played about a month (including an experienced player I've known in three worlds). And one whose name is still there but clicking it displays no image nor any "Last seen" data.

[WowGain]

duh and dur

this take is even more retarded than your one on how hafen is "just like dwarf fortress actually"
"it has decks and 4 colors so that means its just like playing a turn-by-turn table card game"
god forbid you ever become sentient and die from the embarrassment of realizing how much drivel youve typed

[Kaios]

No clue what you are referring to if you do not quote the post correctly. I think you may have misquoted, the guy comparing street fighter combos to press 1 for cleave was Sephiroth or w/e his name is.

And of course if all you are doing is logging in to kill spruce caps obviously to you it is going to seem like it does not have much in common with a game like dwarf fortress.

Would I be correct in assuming you asked the devs where their inspirations for combat came from before making that post? You are so confident about your assertions so you must have.

[sfbmod]

It would be nice to see a peaceful mode implemented for those of us who enjoy the game except for the pesky time when someone shows up and kills you. I know that's part of the game but I would be more likely to invest real world money if I didn't dread my character being slaughtered and robbed. I'm more of a peaceful player. Even a second server to allow for non PVP would be an option.

I keep thinking of making my own game that mimics the feel of this game for that very reason. Give players the option to avoid being griefed by sociopaths.

[The_Lich_King]

I keep thinking of making my own game that mimics the feel of this game for that very reason. Give players the option to avoid being griefed by sociopaths.

Go for it, nothing more healthy than competition :>