Game theory, bro. If everyone went without alts, game would be amazing. But if some people went with alts and some didn't, the no-alts people would be at a disadvantage. If everyone used alts, the game is fair just like in the first situation, but less fun.Lunarius_Haberdash wrote:Not precisely, no. But if "the game would be better without alts" then why not play it that way?NOOBY93 wrote:Game would be better without alts, yes, but the game is in such a state that making alts is smart, not "fucktarded". I presume "fucktarded" means something in the lines of "fucking retarded" and "retarded" means "mentally retarded" therefore you're calling the people who are doing the smart thing... Stupid? :/
You're basically saying that they're sacrificing a superior game experience (in some people's opinion) for a tactically sound one.
It's merely my opinion that this degrades the social experience for everyone. When everyone can do everything, it impacts everything from combat, to diplomacy, to trade.
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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
Jalpha wrote:I believe in my interpretation of things.
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Bob_the_Cat
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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
This. In games I try to use sped stuff that nobody uses (guns, character builds, ect), and its fun, until I loose. Then I wish I had the same advantage as everyone else. Having all my stuff on one character in haven would be cool until I died and lost it all, and then I would rather have it be less cool and have alts like everyone else.NOOBY93 wrote:Game theory, bro. If everyone went without alts, game would be amazing. But if some people went with alts and some didn't, the no-alts people would be at a disadvantage. If everyone used alts, the game is fair just like in the first situation, but less fun.
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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
It's all because we have such high character investment in a permadeath game. Thanks, Loftbama!
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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
Funny again - the no alts argument mainly arouses around "you go out raiding, die but don't have to worry about because you have alts" - sure that 's one point but it leaves out the point that you play together with a bunch of people who all of a sudden go inactive for different reasons - you're left alone with the big village, the mines and all of that and you try to pick up other people which aren't reliable in any way (not being active that much to keep up in stats with q, going inactive, being lazy and just griefing or or or...) and as you played from minute one of the world on you want to stay in your area and keep what you achieved there's nothing left than to do it yourself with Alts ... to be real honest i met a lot of people with whom it's fun to play it but in the end there was only one other person that has been steady reliable besides myself. experience from playing 4 worlds fully ...
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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
Sadly, you can't really called it a permadeath survival game if you can manfacture alts easily. Otherwise you just call it Factorio.Potjeh wrote:It's all because we have such high character investment in a permadeath game. Thanks, Loftbama!

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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
The difference in alt production difficulty is minimal, it's just a matter of the number of parallel production lines.
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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
The Haven Experience™ now augmented with antisocial investment!!Potjeh wrote:It's all because we have such high character investment in a permadeath game. Thanks, Loftbama!
Have yours today!
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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
Salt water extractor not included.Jackard wrote:The Haven Experience™ now augmented with antisocial investment!!
Have yours today!

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Re: Release Date Trailer: Eternal Alpha, Aug. 21st 2015
Ive asked a few times but gotten no real answer,Will this still be toaster friendly
Wolfang wrote:
+1 I don't know how he did it, but Mopstar did steal his own stuff. You have to be a pretty hardcore thief to be able to steal your own things!
+1 I don't know how he did it, but Mopstar did steal his own stuff. You have to be a pretty hardcore thief to be able to steal your own things!