@Nekrage said
Ohh wow. Thank you so much @PeachMcD I really REALLY appreciate your continued support.
LOL don't thank me yet, bro.- Gotta wait until the $$storagefacility reopens after the holiday weekend. 
Then I gotta find out why the microtransaction they use to confirm my credentials didn't show up in time to enter the necessary info to complete the transaction. I am, however, at this point DETERMINED TO SUCCEED
#yeesh
I was today years old when I found out that 'up' on the mini-map isn't actually North Thank you!
The thing I really want is the ability to 'tag' a non-infinite number of spots on my map for personal reference. Hoping that's one of the 'eventually' QoL things. 
Thanks so much for taking the time to explore all these possibilities AND articulate your experiences regarding them. Huge service to the devs and the community. KUDOS @maze
Nominating you for the @Nekrage constructive contribution award.
Hey hey @Nekrage great stuff! Thanks so much for doing these. I always learn a lot. This time, the demo on PvP gave me a little more encouragement that maybe I wouldn't just fall over dead right away 
I'm rewarding you by using yr ref-link to upgrade (at last) to get my own alpha key at last.
@Specter's Win-A-Key thread will miss me, I know!
Probably shouldn't spend the $$ but wtf is a stimulus check for if it all goes to pay the rent and buy groceries? 
UPDATE: The confirmation system used by Xsola glitched on me so I'll have to try this transaction again later. 
@Prometheus
I get this problem pretty much every test at some point, esp when the servers are busy - the first day I often just skip.
It often happens that the world will load and then drop almost immediately back to the character screen with an error msg that the IoS server didn't like me for some reason. I have an old 'ThinkCentre' PC running Windows 10 with a factory GPU.
Things improved a lot after the first alpha, but the 'Loading World' problem still happens occasionally.
@Buc My workaround has been to start loading the world and go get a beverage or snack. If the world doesn't load by the time I get back, I try again. After 3 tries I go do something else and try again the next day or in the evening. I usually get in one one of the tries tho.
I play in Tacoma WA (Pacific Coast US). I hope to upgrade my GPU before the game launches for real, but a new PC isn't a realistic possibility.
@Cellticlink KUDOS for a great idea! 
Definitely a 'cosmetic' and not a tactical advantage, so right in line with the dev's vision for the game, and I'd definitely pay for that.
As @FibS said, it may not happen for a while, but it's a great thing to have in our back pocket! I'd agree w FibS that battles should either have a common theme or nothing but the battle sfx to avoid distraction/advantage.
Thanks @Trug! As Missendei used to say on Game of Thrones, "it is known"
Hoping this, and the ability to mute/ignore in the global chat, will be among the first of the QoL fixes once the devs can find the time. Probably the two most requested things that can and must actually happen eventually.
I know, unloading a wagon IS work, and it's meant to be realistic, but the way it's set up now is just silly. @Kralith had a thread about this in the last full-length alpha.
@Laveilath - excellent question! Glad to see this posted where others can find out the answer. Thanks to @GamerSeuss @Ostaff for sharing their information where it can help everyone.
WOW! Lotsa winners! Thanks @Specter 
GRATZ to all
@Kralith said in January 2021 Open Weekend:
@Ostaff @Gothix When a Carebear is escalating
Ok then, it's me and Kralith taking y'all DOWN. Come and get it, @Nekrage!
So glad to finally have some company in this thread! But hoping the devs will reward my long-term persistence 
@MrBd well done! You found a bug, reported it, and it got fixed. That's EXACTLY how it's supposed to work. HUZZAH 
With all the crazy 
going on in the world, I just wanted to say that about SOMETHING.
Happy New Year! Hope to run into you again in-game
@Brueson said in No Hunger & Rest Depletion In Towns.:
There are many reasons to keep hunger going at a normal pace no matter what.
- It is one less thing to code
- Towns will be sieged and food usage could matter
- Not all towns will have easy access to food, and as such will be encouraged to trade with a farming town
- If you want to semi afk chat with your friends, do so in a tavern/bar and make an evening of it, eating and drinking in game too
- Resource sinks can be very healthy for the game
- It is currently very easy to stockpile food, and if you are in town, you won't be far from a chest full of it
- If food spoils in future iterations of the game, then it could be more bothersome, but probably wouldn't be that bad
- If you are afk, you won't be needing to move around and can quickly eat something to jump into any random pvp
- It is one less thing to code, break, and be exploited
Lots of smart stuff said here that I hadn't considered. Glad I voted no!
@Zards said
01 ) Enable an option for the character to sit / lie down to passively recover stamina.
Cooking Tasty foods, which would increase the time of resistance drop and hunger.
Lots of thoughtful and constructive feedback here, even if you might've missed the part about the PvE planet-to-be. Thanks for taking time to put your thoughts in writing!
I really like the idea of being able to sit/lie down and recover endurance points a bit more quickly than just walking around but not as quickly as at a campfire. It would definitely be more realistic.
Carrying around the makings of a campfire is how I've been rolling, but 10 stones are some real weight. If players could choose btw a campfire that instantly returns endurance OR a nap under a tree while they go pee, that would be awesome. HOWEVER: a napping person who is afk would need to know they are vulnerable to attack, unlike the campfire sleeper who logs out to stay safe.
RE creatively prepared foods: the devs have told us there are plans for this. It's going to be way fun, I think! You can already boost the satiety % of several gathered foods by cooking them. One pumpkin, cooked = 4 wolf steaks. NOM
@Laveilath - how rude of them to leave a wagon in your home. 
As long as a person can limit/select accessibility for hearth, crafting stations & chests, I wouldn't have thought a door lock necessary... but a wagon in the living room, ffs? really? yeesh. Kids these days!
It seems realistic to be able to lock/bar the door of a private dwelling, if one so chooses; but I notice that the first move @Zards makes is pondering how to pick that lock or any barriers a homeowner might want to erect to secure their abode. <deep sigh>
This looks great but I think I'd go with the Ice AOE spell instead of the Shockwave. Maybe try both and see which works better, but I love to ice gangs of wolves. They go right down.
@Haplomaniac said in [Parcel Contest] Tower Defense:
@Kralith Low FPS is due to my outdated graphics card. Send pixels, please.
I feel you, m8! My fps looks like yours. Planning a new card for the New Year! Not sure what my best options are for this old PC...
@Trug said
- Mostly my bad for not reading enough ahead of time, but I had no idea that the talents existed until Saturday. Might be good to include the talents in the tutorial the same way it already walks you through skills.
- Targeting mobs is messy. I did finally figure out that I could right click to just swing away without accidentally looting things mid-fight, but it's still hard to pick any one combatant out in a melee.
for these, and thanks @Trug!
In just a few game-hours, I think I talked 3 or 4 new players through the 'how to add a talent preset and memorize it' procedure. That's a clue the devs should be hearing. That said, the tutorial is way basic at this point. It doesn't tell a new player HOW to do much, it just instructs them to try to do things - not even rewards for figuring the things out and doing them. Not sure whether that's the plan for the long run, but I'd be all the way down with working on a real tutorial w/other players tired of answering basic Qs in chat.
The melee mess is definitely a 'it is known' sort of thing. Complicated at the moment by the fact that close-range/unarmed mechanic is so buggy. Hoping they've have this straightened out for the next test.
As far as being able to rebind hot keys goes, I wouldn't hold my breath. Devs have resisted every suggestion of that sort so far. I'm not an experienced MMO sandbox player, so I don't know why the WASD movement thing feels so important to so many people. I just roll with the game as it is. 
Thanks again for thoughtful & constructive feedback. Hope to see you in-game!
I love this! Evil wizard gets what's coming to him! 