The game I used to play. Oldfags, fill me in!

[thirty7even]

Hey everyone.

I used to play HnH around w4-w6 or something like that. To this day, I still think HnH is one of the best games ever made and I could never wrap my head around why is this game not that popular, but that's besides the point =)

When I fist started playing, it's been quite tough to play alone so forum was full of new players looking for a group of like-minded people to establish a small settlement or join a bigger village. There was real drama and politics involved. I remember building 2 layers of a huge wall in one go because everyone was too scared to log out until it's done. I remember digging my first gold on 3rd underground level and then later that same day finding a 30 minimap tunnel to our gold spot leading to a huge Korean village. I remember accidentally recruiting a spy to my village who spent 3 weeks gaining everyone's trust and working hard on village extension until one day we woke up to opened gates and dead livestock. And that was just me, oldfags had way more epic stories to share.

Man, I had so much fun and I must say, I've been missing that in my life ever since i've stopped playing. I've never been very good at combat, but I enjoyed the other aspects of the game. So I have decided to check what's new and registered an account last week. Nice to see some gameplay changes, combat system rework etc. Most importantly, I still enjoy playing this awesome game. However, something doesn't feel right. Sailing around my little defenceless settlement, I see the same picture whichever way I go: decaying abandoned villages, random claims every now and then and no signs of life whatsoever. And yes, you read it right, decaying and abandoned rather than destroyed and looted. Looking for some good old drama and butthurt, I turned to forums, but I found nothing.

As far as I can remember, this game always felt like everyone was on the edge of quitting for good, but I don't remember it being so quiet and peaceful. Is it still alive? It does have 120+ players online at all times, am I just lucky enough to spawn in a remote area or is it really a different game these days?

[azrid]

People are waiting for new world.
Use the forum to find a village for yourself if you want to meet people.

[Redlaw]

People are always waiting for a new world, since the first day a world comes out. They want it to reset and all right then and there.....

If your out in the wild then you should be safe and be able to learn + enjoy the game. Just cause its a few months old does not mean its a wasteland. In fact they did a soft reboot of the world a few weeks ago (expanded it).


But yes ask around on the forums if you want to be part of a village.

[kaizokuroof]

No, it's not the same game. The same developers, in a similar type of direction, but 3D elements change it drastically. In a good or bad way, you be the judge ^^

[thirty7even]

Okay last two days were full of action.

Yesterday I found one guy 20 minimaps away from me and tried to communicate while he was moving his stuff around until he finally realized I was there and logged off.
Today I woke up to a 25% boat next to my claim.

There is life, yay!

I would say I don't mind 3D. They only big change I've noticed is the new combat system which feels more friendlier than the old one, but I might be wrong with my 10 UA xD

[Zeler]

They only big change I've noticed is the new combat system which feels more friendlier than the old one, but I might be wrong with my 10 UA xD

Come on man, don't give them idea that this combat is any good

[Gensokyo]

Honestly, Haven keeps feeling more and more like a korean MMO these days, where you log in and do a few of the same things to raise a number a bit higher and then do some quests which are literally just walk here or pick a boar-butt from ye etherlands.

I mean the kingdoms update and the soon-to-come combat update might solve that a bit, but it's really creeping up to me these days, maybe it's always been like this but I don't think so considering I've never seen the moot subforum so deserted before hafen.

[Patchouli_Knowledge]

Not to mention the moot thread is more filled with something you seen in a MOBA genre rather than anything faction political wise of late.

[Ysh]

Not to mention the moot thread is more filled with something you seen in a MOBA genre rather than anything faction political wise of late.

Haven and Hearth is MOBA game.

[Kaios]

maybe it's always been like this but I don't think so considering I've never seen the moot subforum so deserted before hafen.

maybe the current population just sucks, maybe larpers actually provided more interesting content than useless cs:gottagofast gamers