Achilles77

Let me say I purchased the game about a year ago, way before it was even on steam, I enjoyed it so much that i bought 3 extra copies for my friends. We played for weeks, and being in pre alpha I had so much hope that this would turn out to be an amazing game. After a few weeks, we had basically done it all, so stopped playing until some more content came, this was over a year ago.. I understand that the devs are working on the game, I just feel they may have gone off track, with updates such as "meaningful music" or this new scripting editor, I believe players want to actually play the game and content within the game, not worry about editors and awards the game has won, sure you can show case that once you have a fully functional game, I am sorry But i have to agree with RacerX at this point, the game has many untuned bugs to say the least, the multiplayer lags and doesnt function like it should, I tried to play a little last week, and no new content really added into the game, still the same small islands, with the same buildings, creatures, domes and scenery. I notice there's a few righteous fanboys on these forums that attack anybody that doesn't agree with their views, you need to understand though, there is plenty wrong with the game at this time, and if you see my other posts I've given my personal views and what needs to maybe get added into the game, but it seems the devs are occupied with things to please the minority who praise the game on every little post or update (good or bad) that the devs seem to make.

So being a player for quite a while, way before it was even released or announced on steam for that matter, I was playing Ylands. I was so intrigued with the game so much that i bought 3 extra copies just for my friends and I to be able to play together. The excitement of building and gathering just to be able to move to a next island gave us purpose to keep playing, alot of fun was had, ships and boats were built, then after a few short months we just all sort of stopped playing. Why? Well a few things come to mind, but mainly one of the core issues with us was that every island although looking a bit different, was more of the same, resources were the same, what you could build was the same, just nothing really new and we thought to ourselves, man this game has soo much potential, I wont talk about the bugs and the connection issues, i just want to talk about the core gameplay. 1. Islands should all be different, but necessary, having different materials so you can advance to the next one 2. Have raiding.. military bases comes to mind, raid it, get the gear, get the cool items! in fact, have a raid that requires you to attain a certain material, that you need to advance, so you can build that helicopter or a rifle.. 3. I've been playing Pixark for the past few months, and while its a fun game, it got stale quickly because a lack of purpose.. after taming and building there's nothing really left to do, i dont want Ylands to go down this road, I believe there will be quests? but make them mean something, not just go collect that, or kill this. 4. Space race? what if we could build up and travel to space and find new planets to explore and build on, with all new techs and armors.. These are just a few of the things I thought of, I see so much potential in this game, just don't want to see it go to waste, and reading a few of the steam reviews, things are not looking very good. I can see the devs are passionate about this, so here's to hoping we get the full potential from this awesome game.

So this has happened a few times, after we finish playing, i carry on exploring and build a propeller pack, then when my friend tried to join the next evening, the game kicks me off my whole internet and my friend cant join and we have to start a new game. I am not sure if its because of the propeller pack or because i explore new lands without him and the game glitches

To me building a space shuttle and going to space to explore other planets would be the ultimate exploration mode, hope to see this happen.

In my opinon having resources respawn wouldnt be so great, it would take away the need to explore to other islands, it also makes you think about using your resources carefully. If you want a solid multiplayer experience, the best way to go is to play with a few other friends, that way you dont have to worry about all the stuff you just mentioned.

Nice just noticed one problem, my mouse movement is inverted and i cant seem to change it

Just wondering will add creater cube still remain in multiplayer games in the future? I feel it will take away alot of the adventure in exploration mode if people are allowed to use it

Sure can do that, where would I find the log?

Thats awesome man, well done!

The idea of pirates are great, there's so many possibilites you could do with this, for instance they could have a strong hold on the island where you and your friends would need to gear up and raid it, and in return for completing the raid get amazing loot! Man its exciting thinking about it!

What I mean by when the game kicks me off the internet, i mean literally lol, my web pages wont load, my steam goes offline and all my other online apps stop working such as mumble and all the rest of it, until I quit the current game and go back into main menu (game is fine until friend tries to join then all this happens) then everything starts working again, its the strangest thing. I can feel when my friend tries to join it has a major lag spike or frame rate drop. So we play most nights, and most nights we start new games, I go into main menu, multiplayer, host game, put a password then he joins, and other then the frame rate drop as soon as he joins the game runs fine. As i mentioned the one time he was still in game and i made a propeller pack he started lagging immensely he said, we didnt think of it at the time, then a few times after i explored without him and made propeller packs while he wasnt there and when he tried to join it was doing the same thing, so i suspect it could have something to do with the propeller packs, or the exploring to new islands. Generally the game will work fine if i dont play much without him and we continue that same game.

Those are great ideas! Even building robots like Terminator like robots would be awesome!

Awesome! Can't wait for the update, will there be any more clothing (racing car helmets etc) and new craftables other than engines?

I am just waiting for some info on the next patch

Hey Ales, on a bit of a different note, I hope the planned update for the end of the month will have some new items and crafting (other then the cars and engines) in exploration to mess around with, been holding off playing so I dont get everything done at once

Guys i am sorry i understand where you guys are coming from, I really do, but i don't think going this route is the best for the game, i mean part of the charm of the game is creating your items from materials found in the world. It takes away that feeling of hard work and fun factor of finding stuff if you can just actually buy items. The game is amazing, it has such charm.. and this is coming from a guy thats played everything from Quake, Dota, Starcraft, Diablo, gaming for 28 years, and i can tell you now this game is special! Just hope buying items doesn't become apart of what this game is meant to be.

Nice idea, also dont forget there's already guns and dynamite that you can blow your friends up with already, so i think adding a few more weapons wont be a problem, as its more of a cartoony feel to it then realistic.

So I was wondering what the current discussion is on propellar packs? It seems once you get this you wont need ships and boats to explore.. which i believe can dampen the experience as i think the boats/ships system is awesome. Are there maybe plans for the ylandium to run out when flying or other measures to limit/consumption propellar packs?

Yes, it takes a some of the social aspect out of the game, dont get me wrong, i love my propeller pack, especially while playing alone, but in multiplayer it should be limited somewhat, or else everyone just constantly using their packs, all i am saying is have a heavy fuel charge on them thats all

Thats true yes, I was just meaning the exploration side of things, its sort of the "easy way" out if you will method of flying over the ocean.

Hey guys, so thought I'd share one of the funny moments a friend and myself were having last night, my friend wanted us to dig and find a cave or something, so thought I'd give him a swing of the ol sword. I apologise for my friends swearing, thought it was quite funny to watch though https://youtu.be/SNmJ95do5b8

I love hearing this, to be honest my friend and I are not fully crafting everything in a hurry because we are having so much fun, don't really want to explore everything at once, there is so much you devs can do for the exploration its incredible to even think about it.

Again, maybe for creative mode but not for exploration.

" Allowing us to edit the exploration mode is a massive thing for me personally. For example in creative you can edit the number of POI's on islands, island size etc. I don't really agree with that, thats what exploration is all about, you have to make due with what you are given and survive on that, i wouldn't like the idea of editing and changing what we can and cant do in exploration.

The game is a gem, i can't remember having this much fun playing an early alpha game.