DocRock

I have a couple hundred play hours in this game with family/friends and this game is a lot of fun but there are some issues that definitely need resolved. Sadly, most of the stuff i see being addressed are minor issues that seem random and not common among a lot of players or not major enough to cause players to shy away from buying and playing the game. Just my two cents worth..but i feel major bugs/glitches should be the focus. That being said, I can mention a few based on what we have experienced. Some have actually caused friends to stop playing altogether: 1. multiplayer login - doesn't happen often and seems to be random. I agree with the game devs that this is either related to the steam network or the players network signal strength since it seems to resolve itself. 2. 3rd person aiming needs a lot of work. I have tested this thoroughly. While first person seems to work extremely well, the third person aim is a mess. most of the time, the player picks up items/hits targets way off from the cursor (even behind the player and out of their line of sight) instead of what they are aiming for. It is very frustrating and a major deterrent for people when deciding whether they want to buy the game. 3. Gamepad users often get frozen/stuck to the ground momentarily when moving across the ylands. It looks like and feels like lag but its not - easily mistaken for game performance issues. (you can check my specs below to confirm). Your character will run a few steps..then slowly walk/slide like you're stuck in mud. A patience killer However, it only happens when using the gamepad controller and not the keyboard for movement. Its constant, not just once in a while. With talk of releasing this game on console as well, it definitely needs to be checked out first. 4. Another gamepad controller issue is how the cursor seems to scroll batsh*t crazy most of the time when you open your inventory screen. A quick bump of the right control stick seems to resolve it until you exit out and open it again. More of a nuisance than anything. I have tested it on 3 different controllers (1 brand new) and it does it on all of them. A few friends have also confirmed it. 5. Great to see the sharks no longer fly in the air or across our ylands. however, now they just charge up to the shore's edge and get stuck on shallow land where they sit until a player mercilessly kills them. Kinda game-breaking. Not to mention, the other animals still randomly get frozen in place at times. eventually they get refreshed/released though, unlike sharks. 6. Re-balancing - Since its still in Alpha stage, I'd like to cast my vote for some heavy re-balancing in this game to make it a bit more interesting and challenging (or add difficulty settings to give the option). Even in multiplayer, the amount of resources available compared to the amount used is insane. I can dig up 3-500 iron ore in a minute or two which is plenty for most all my needs for much of the game and this is just one example. Not sure whether decreasing resource availability or adding/increasing crafting recipes is the better solution, but since this is a survival game i'd definitely like to see some challenge added in the future. 7. This is more of a suggestion to address game performance issues as i have seen other games run into similar problems. As for implementation, I leave that to the professionals --- Since the game has 1000s of items and resources that it has to manage at any given time which seems to increase the strain on the engine/cpu coupled with the terra-forming being tracked the game could definitely benefit from some type of auto-clean system where items disappear (or things like plants, shells, other resources, etc randomly respawn) at some point. Maybe work it in as part of a new day or week cycle so that items are removed or replaced at some point. While its not as realistic, let's admit...ylands is about the adventure and realism is not the focus here. Also, people talk about game performance as being an issue. My system runs on the higher end of the spectrum and it runs smoothly for me. So the game devs are getting closer to making it playable for everyone. Be patient fishies, be patient. PC Specs: i7700k 5.0 GHz (OC'd) nVidia GTX 1080 MSI Gaming 64gb DDR4 RAM XBox 360 Gamepad Controller Internet Service Provider - Google 1 Gig Wi-Fi