by jordancoles » Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:07 pm
Winter can be nice for doing the nomad credo inland with sleds, but the more recent change where the ice doesnt fully freeze over rivers and bays just really, really sucks. You constantly get stopped while sledding around and have to find new paths and take longer routes, or bring a rowboat and constantly switch between the two. Having a break from harvesting crops is kinda nice, and seeing fallowed crops helps with judging base activity. No tree planting sucks, and no seeds really sucks, but it's a short season at least. Winter stoats are a nice idea but they are way too rare, way too fast, and way too many hides are needed. I was out and about the last 2 winters and didn't kill a single stoat. Rare winter mobs could be developed on further though. Rare, larger white bears, yetis and boars could be fun for winter.
Fall is probably the best season, because it only adds and doesnt take away from the summer mechanics. Leaf patches are fun and mushrooms everywhere are nice for energy foods. The only downside is that you know winter is coming and you wont be able to plant trees for a stupid amount of time.
Summer is just the game played normally and is enjoyable across the board aside from midges which are total cancer. Why you guys have spent years adding reskinned ropewalks and rocking horses rather than giving us a way to deal with midges is pretty frustrating to everyone.
Spring is by far the worst season. Rather than seeds regenerating day 1-3 of spring, they dont even start until summer hits and even then it takes like a week or two before theyre all back (even in caves??). Terrible mechanic and I hate it. Trees are a massive part of development and to turn them off for 2 and a quarter of the seasons is just dumb. Seeds should start respawning day 1 of spring and they should all be back on all trees within a few irl days. Otherwise, spring should basically be summer with more bees and pretty flowers so you can still tell the difference.
My biggest issue with seasons is that you guys haven't fixed seasonal questing. You still get shit quests that ask for morels during the first summer of the world. You also should not be getting quests that are technically possible if you were to dig out the snow and then relog in that spot every 20 minutes hoping for an ant hill or tangled bramble to spawn. Just dont allow these quests to be assigned already!
Kinda salty that a lot of qol and seemingly obvious fixes havent been added to improve seasons since seasons were added, which is the other main issue with them imo. Seasons were added and very little has been done to flesh each one of them out to make them unique and decent in their own ways. And now preferring to pull the plug rather than adding those things is also frustrating.
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jordancoles on Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.