kimbuck 746 Posted December 11, 2019 The new game play has dampened even more my enthusiasm No longer do you need to be creative and make a impressive base...because after a day or two the server falls over - overloaded with bodies and depleted of resources You have to waste time to make your base griefer proof .( they steal plants and kill horses etc..) If you are not the first on at the start of a new game/map .. you may as well give up as previous players have already taken everything you need to advance from the starter island ... stones, flint sticks food items ..If you are lucky and can get off spawn ... don't bother with a base .. the game in its present state will be dead and crashing in a day or so . so what to do ? build a boat ...put all the basic workstations on it ie smelter forge stove spinning weaving and tanning ...thats all you need to make survival items ( swords weapons armor fishing stuff etc) Find a remote island with a near vertical cliff...put your pb there...and each time you want to leave the game, return there to log out. Put a stone or wooden fence around your ship to stop others taking it ( they cannot remove the walls etc) and when you come back to the game ( if it has not crashed,,,) use a demolition hammer to make an exit..... and expect to start all over again in another day ... and if that frustrates you ( it soon will! ) ...look through steam for something else to do 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZhakyDK 0 Posted December 11, 2019 Why not go for a shared game with people you can trust then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimbuck 746 Posted December 11, 2019 ZhakyDK ...We have tried that ... we had a Pvte run pw protected server ..and it fell over after a day. All the work and construction went out the window. And thats not the first time its happened. Multiplayer game seems to have some functionality flaws ... we get game freezes , other recurring bugs .. and when you get kicked offline by some form of crash, theres no guarantee you can get back to where you were..or to the same game. Griefers are only part of the problem - the main one seems to be the stability of the multiplayer game ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Snellgrove 1451 Posted December 11, 2019 1 hour ago, kimbuck said: ZhakyDK ...We have tried that ... we had a Pvte run pw protected server ..and it fell over after a day. All the work and construction went out the window. And thats not the first time its happened. Multiplayer game seems to have some functionality flaws ... we get game freezes , other recurring bugs .. and when you get kicked offline by some form of crash, theres no guarantee you can get back to where you were..or to the same game. Griefers are only part of the problem - the main one seems to be the stability of the multiplayer game ... The sharegames and servers should be much better now in smaller numbers. I'd recommend getting a password protected Sharegame or Server, where others can't bother you and not to overdo it with scripts and then it should last quite some time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antimidation 21 Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) On 12/11/2019 at 12:19 AM, kimbuck said: ZhakyDK ...We have tried that ... we had a Pvte run pw protected server ..and it fell over after a day. All the work and construction went out the window. And thats not the first time its happened. Multiplayer game seems to have some functionality flaws ... we get game freezes , other recurring bugs .. and when you get kicked offline by some form of crash, theres no guarantee you can get back to where you were..or to the same game. Griefers are only part of the problem - the main one seems to be the stability of the multiplayer game ... Fell over? You mean there was too much to handle after you and your friends built on it? I've never seen a server crash before, to be honest. I think there is an even greater reason to build now, not just for creativity, but also for literal survival and protection. Instead of just creatures at night I would love to see raiding individuals or small groups or raiders attack every now and then. Building a guard tower would have a purpose and be fun! *shrugs* I didn't really like the changes at first either but it was just because I hadn't adjusted to the new elements yet. I play on a share game and it's still loads of fun with friends. I still have suggestions though....these maps and islands need to be larger and more far apart so sailing/adventuring comes into play completely. Edited December 17, 2019 by Antimidation 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Igor Q. 519 Posted December 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Antimidation said: Fell over? You mean there was too much to handle after you and your friends built on it? I've never seen a server crash before, to be honest. I think there is an even greater reason to build now, not just for creativity, but also for literal survival and protection. Instead of just creatures at night I would love to see raiding individuals or small groups or raiders attack every now and then. Building a guard tower would have a purpose and be fun! *shrugs* I didn't really like the changes at first either but it was just because I hadn't adjusted to the new elements yet. I play on a share game and it's still loads of fun with friends. I still have suggestions though....these maps and islands need to be larger and more far apart so sailing/adventuring comes into play completely. Something really interesting that you made me think about, is that it's possible to set up teams on a server and then spawn hostile NPC humans with weapons with the same team that will fight off other enemies.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kimbuck 746 Posted December 17, 2019 Fell over as in crash and not because as you put it "too much to handle after you and your friends built on it" servers do crash --- i have heard of it before ..its happens a lot and not just for Ylands. its a fact of the internet. As far as "too much to handle" ... if you are insinuating we made elaborate mega buildings allover the place... then you assume wrong.. especially as there's not enough available resources to do so when starting out. A time line : 1) players arrive, grab basics and scatter a out around the map ..( building on spawn is a waste as theres not enough there ..) 2) players start to find some resources and manage to start on a base and some form of sea transport. From the very arrival / start, there's reports of game freezes, 3) after about a few hours the the game suddenly just dumps everyone out. . no warning. Most have only just got past the basic construction of the start of a base. 4) Try to rejoin ..... find the game in MP lobby and click to join ... instead end up on some public server full of lag with lots of lifeless abandoned avatars ..and with nothing in your inventory ... 5) Game creator/manager comes in and finds the same ...tries to resurrect the old fame ..its gone !! poof! after a while of hunting, gives up and starts a new game. 6) go back to 1) and repeat the process 4 times in 24 hours. So knowing that the game will not last long, best to immediately build a boat, put / guild your stuff on it and cruise around to explore, Find a place where you can park it when offline with a protection barrier covering it If you can blueprint your ship, that would be better. The game is not the same now as it was originally touted, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedEagle_P1. 905 Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) On 12/11/2019 at 4:14 AM, Adam Snellgrove said: The sharegames and servers should be much better now in smaller numbers. I'd recommend getting a password protected Sharegame or Server, where others can't bother you and not to overdo it with scripts and then it should last quite some time. They are actually worse than ever since EA release. Idk what happened but its getting worse as time goes by in this patch. We did a 3 hour stream and the map started fresh got reset and got wiped within those three hours. Starting yesterday players are being sent to a stock explore map (a different one) when joining our servers. Edited December 17, 2019 by RedEagle_P1. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
