Hoseph

Yggdrasil! Watch out for the lava fiend!

VERY early 90s!

Early 90s eh? I wasn't even born then! I went with Hoseph because it seemed like your typical villager name.

An improved set of options to expand things in the inventory seems like it would complement the current filter toggles. Right now Expand All seems to defeat its purpose by opening things in the inventory that don't really need to be opened. Additional options such as: Expand Categories Only Expand Stacks Only Expand Containers Only

From the late-evening under-thicket, a lone figure brushes away pine needles as he steps into the open. Gaunt and rugged at first glance in the half light, yet fastidiously maintained and tidy are the many catchments and restitchings of a beast long-dead. Deadly familiarity gleams itself upon his shoulder in the brandishing of a long polished blade Fo-crazed wildmen such as he are not known for acting without a purpose, and this one is little exception. However, they are also known to be quite resourceful. They also possess a flair for the dramatic Will you accept him into the fold?

Please consider emboldening the names of inventory categories. I would like to increase text size of categories too if possible.

"A foggy dark wood with a ranger wielding a sword and a lit torch fighting a giant hellish spider"

I appreciate the feedback. I suppose I went a little overboard with how it might work, so you're right that this iteration would have some issues with player agency, rewards, and sense of obligation. As I understand it, the issue is the lack of agency over how and when it should take effect, similar to why Sleep Bonus has a toggle. Which would probably help a lot here, but as you've pointed out the ways to affect it need work. Ideally the benefits of Comfort should go in tandem with the things that require it, and hopefully this would streamline it into something more sensible. As well, the direct buffs to rare rolls, creation chance, and skillgain would necessarily have to be left out for reasons as you've said; direct impact on core gameplay loops can make it feel obligatory. Reworked ways to lose Comfort: Reducing skill loss on death reduces comfort on player death Regaining skill lost on death reduces comfort when toggled on* *When recovering skill already lost to death, should it be a slow passive recovery as you "cash in" your Comfort points or should you train that skill specifically? As an alternative to re-training them using a different set of activities. If it recovers skill over time on its own, then it may be necessary to require active work on the player's part to maintain Comfort levels, rather than passively recover. The benefit here is that some skills lost that are a hassle to train would be supplemented with a different set of activities. That hopefully narrows its area of influence to those specific parts of the game. Though increasing Comfort might also need work, given that players will understandably look for efficiency in a given area of the game. As with losing Comfort, I will try to simplify how Comfort may be increased. A crude way to promote different activities would split them up between "Increasing" and "Preventing from Decreasing"; for example, once you're regained it to satisfactory levels you might have some options to keep it from decreasing while you use it. In my mind this may necessitate that regaining comfort should generally be an Effect Over Time, with retainment acting as a static buff over a duration like food affinities. Hopefully covering enough bases in regards to most common player activities; regaining Comfort might generally fall under: Consuming alcohol, baked goods, beverages(tea, fruit juice, hot cocoa) Variety of nutritious foods Meditating/Praying (Extra motivator for longer grinds?) Sleeping in a bed Retaining Comfort could involve stuff that's easy to bring around: Consuming alcohol, baked goods, beverages Wearing jewelry Standing by a fire Fair points that are most likely why I'm better off not getting into game development. It makes sense that making some activities drain Comfort without any real purpose behind it would feel like I'm being punished for not playing the "right" way. Especially when the benefits only involve player death; becoming a chore to maintain an appropriate level of Comfort just to remain prepared if something happens. Fair enough! Which brings to mind in regards to increasing comfort; what activities would be appropriate, if any? If they don't encompass enough areas then it can feel limiting and arbitrary. At the same time too many activities would be more work to balance and tweak. Should Comfort slowly recharge on its own as well? Would that be augmented in some way via the use of various items and activities? It's starting to look like a variant of the Favor system.

What are some examples of what the citizens of a deed might vote on?

Hello! In contrast to typical survival mechanics and rationale for balancing purposes, I believe Comfort may provide an appropriate alternative. Design philosophies: Avoid negative association Avoid sense of obligation Address long-standing issues of the game Create opportunities for role-play Create new demand for underutilized parts of the game What is it? Comfort is intended as a metric to fulfill various requirements through activities to reach various thresholds (and rewards). As thirst and hunger affect the regeneration of stamina along with other effects, Comfort would affect a character's ability to tolerate and recuperate from hardship. What are its benefits? Adequate amounts of Comfort may, in no particular order, and depending on how diligent one has been, grant the player the ability to: Recover skill lost on death Reduce skill lost on death Reduce the limitations of Fatigue Pending benefits: Slightly increase skill gain Slightly improve creation chance Slightly improve rare rolls How do you "lose" Comfort? By being uncomfortable, of course! Comfort may be reduced by certain things so long as the benefits of Comfort directly correlate, such as: Damage taken Time spent wounded Time spent without food or water Death Being without protection in seasons such as Winter and Summer, and weather such as rain and snow Traveling for long periods How do you increase your Comfort? In the same way that its benefits offer ways to deal with existing penalties and limitations, the ways that one would increase their Comfort may involve Comfortable activities, such as: Consuming alcohol, baked goods, beverages(tea, fruit juice, hot cocoa) Praying on favored tiles with adequate distance Maintaining variety of comforting activities Training a skill with an affinity Witnessing a Sermon Meditating How do you avoid losing Comfort? In the spirit of being casual enough that anyone can do it, while being just out-of-the-way that it doesn't simply get ignored, Comfort may be maintained by: Wearing clothing (other armors no effect) Wearing jewelry Being in pleasant environments (flowers, furniture, lawns, flowers, statues, etc) Standing near a fire during Winter while outdoors Staying indoors during inclement weather (tents count too!) Using polearms and bows during combat Maintaining one's needs such as thirst and hunger Why should this be added? A new Needs-based mechanic may be warranted for the added flexibility when providing incentives. Current metrics are inflexible for encompassing a wider area of the game; It can make use of aspects of the game that are ill-fitting for current needs-based mechanics as well as addressing long-standing gripes. Adding a new layer also disrupts current game balance the least if handled correctly. How might this affect the game? The parts of the game involved in increasing, diminishing, and maintaining Comfort will be affected. This is of course very important. So for your consideration here are ways that Comfort may impact how you play: Archery becomes a little more appealing for hunting Beverages and Baking become more distinguished skills and as a way to provide Comfort for others. As a necessary drawback, baked goods offer no nutrients. The Grind is broken up into soft breaks Death becomes more tolerable (good for PvP!) Clothing receives passive edge against armor Cosmetic objects provide a bonus beyond simple appreciation Skills such as Gardening, polearms, archery, enjoy greater purpose Prolonged combat reduces Comfort unless action is taken (big one, not sure how to address) Thank you for reading! What should be included? What should be taken out? What is wrong with this idea? I expect only the most scathing reviews!

Some glowing mushrooms too, perhaps?

I do see a lot of potential with more UI feedback and interaction elements being represented in the game rather than simple text or otherwise just on-screen. It would be a decent QoL change overall. Translucent wagons, and boats for that matter. Fighting sharks or fishing at the right spot is a hassle.

The spell is aptly named Refresh. I like to climb too, and it is very handy for scaling entire mountains (eventually). The downside is that it can be interrupted while in combat. Same with eating or drinking stamina foods. For those occasions I have the Path of Love's Refresh as a backup option. The Love Effect is also handy for avoiding cliff fights altogether, or disengaging when things go south. A higher skill in climbing would also help. People tell me that Body Stamina has a greater effect, but that takes a lot longer to train up of course. In the meantime, Climbing reduces your stamina drain while climbing by 1% for every 2 levels.

The ways to improve said economy have many forms, but I believe taking other games and models as examples can be a good way to move forward. Most MMOs have auction houses and virtual marketplaces to facilitate transactions. Mailboxes in Wurm are an example of faster and easier transactions. Without which the sale of tools, weapons, armor, etc, would be relegated to local markets, if at all. Wurm could provide something similar for bulk orders and services such as a bulletin in which you post your desired transaction and drop-off location. Screw the current system of "trusting" people to uphold their end of the bargain in an exchange; it will not scale well with the Steam release at all and the only reason it has gone relatively fine thus far is because of the smaller population of Wurm being easier to manage. I think I can agree that there needs to be some changes to encourage a more lively economy. Newer players need a way to participate and provide services with their fledgling skills that more established players are less motivated or able to do. This could be done by making the production of high quality goods intrinsic with that of lower quality materials. Take Albion Online for example: to craft the materials of a desired tier, you require 3 parts raw materials of that tier, and 1 part material of a lower tier. This format continues across the line so that even the lowest tier of material still retains some worth because it is tied with the production of higher quality materials. Of course, Albion is a very PvP-focused game where items have a chance to become destroyed upon player death. So the lack of consumption or decay of items is pretty high. Perhaps Wurm could take a similar approach; much like how priests forgo the ability to imp in favor of casting spells, so could players be incentivized to take on a lifestyle of higher consumption and decay of items in favor of some economic incentive. It could be free premium status in exchange for higher decay rate on using items, or a chance to lose items entirely on death. One could contextualize this ingame with Wurmians coming into contact with a wild and primordial energy that increases their vigor, with a side effect being a higher rate of entropy upon their surroundings; items decaying faster; animals aging quickly; food rotting before your eyes. Or something like that. At any rate, it is maybe a good alternative to making sweeping changes to the game by creating an alternative form of playing the game that does not directly impact everyone who does not wish to participate. Offering a system of incentives and reliance upon one another that naturally corrects itself. My 2c.

Well, that's news to me - and I'm embarrassed to call myself a priest! I appreciate the clarification. I feel like I understand the changes more clearly now, and I am happy to hear this too. Regarding the idea of all-inclusive server-wide benefits: it would appear that Holy Crop has a rather minor bonus compared to Vynora's fast boats and Magranon's shiny new meteorites. I can't say that I really mind that much, it just seems like a discrepancy. I understand now, thank you. It's true that writing is pretty lackluster. I would enjoy an expansion on player-written books but that seems like it would have superficial returns on development time and beyond the scope of current development at any rate. I was going to propose better quality when writing Almanac and Archaeology Reports, but as you've already pointed out it would maybe go beyond the need for theme and flavor. Thanks for your time

Overall I'm pleased with the changes at best, and merely puzzled with some parts at worst. I can appreciate the intent to make the early-game less tedious, as well as the more diverse and interesting benefits to make Vynora not the default follower's choice. I am still concerned about the way Rites are cast, even if they've been changed considerably. It is still a crap-shoot finding the opportunity to cast or link to a rite in the first place, and so the significant +5 spell power perk upon completing that journal is limited to a small income of fortunate players. I would see the democratization of Rites into a public scheduled event, much like that of Rifts. Where said Rite would complete at a set time, provided certain requirements are met. I understand this is not within the scope of recent or future changes pending the Steam Release, but since we're on the subject of Quality of Life it seems appropriate to mention. As I continue on to the follower changes, I feel an increasing need for clarification as to whether follower benefits are exclusively found while within the domain of your chosen deity, and whether the domain mechanic should be made more flexible somehow. Priest benefits appear to be much more mobile; and some Rite benefits manifest within the relevant domain, which seems fair. I suppose with all these exciting new perks and changes, it seems deflating and restrictive that one would need to stay within a boundary to make full use - especially so for Mag's combat-related skillgain bonuses in an activity that typically requires plenty of traveling. The main way to circumvent that is by building an altar on site, but that is not terribly practical. Sacrificial Knives could see more use somehow with this in mind. This is a subtle but welcome change; it makes the benefit more tangible as making food is not a particularly challenging affair. As a priest of Fo, I approve. As others have posted, I find myself struggling to see much benefit. They make sense lore-wise, but in terms of gameplay they seem to have a fleeting impact. Off the top of my head (with a little thinking, I promise!) are a few alternate benefits with similar spirit that would hopefully have lasting impact for followers: QL bonus when building walls and fences max slope bonus for roads, fences, and walls Plan taller buildings +1 tile "reach" when building And, for a little bit of fun, Text limit bonus when writing on paper (since Vynora's all about that knaaawledge). But if any of these are too much to ask for, perhaps they could at least be framed/reworked so their benefit is easier to realize at a glance, such as: One less second per action when building, repairing, or paving I appreciate the concept, but I feel that followers need a more immediate incentive to continue praying after they are no longer receiving Faith. Rites simply do not happen often enough, and some simply do not care enough, to justify that kind of diligence. Perhaps the cap to Faith could be moved to 50, so that one who does not plan on becoming a priest right-this-moment can do so later on without worrying about missing out on Faith gains. Or perhaps the effective domain range could be increased for that particular follower, provided they meet a minimum number of praying per day. At the very least, some feedback for the individual follower on the status of the Rite's charge level would be appreciated. So they can better know the extent of their dedication rather than hoping and praying (heh) that it pays off at some point later on. That is all for now. I hope this was helpful feedback.

Finally I can wear a shimmering rainbow

I agree that PvE could be made more interesting with mobs having different tactics and effects. Targeting a mob and positioning onto higher ground is about all it takes. So dull.

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I used to enjoy Masonry, then Farming, and have not found a new one to obsess over yet.

My god, it's full of stars trees. I am for this.

Well, you got me there. The whole time I've been playing I've been doing it by shift-clicking to select the entire group! Alright, bad example. But I hope it at least got the... point... across. By making actions easier to repeat, would it not discourage the need for macros and bots? It does not seem like a bigger deal than using the crafting menu to queue up 3+ actions at once, at the very least.

+1 I don't see why not. The models are all there, and I've tired of studded leather getting all the glory.

I'm a Fo priest and I take ownership of any bias here. Cleanse: I love spreading grass quickly, and maybe it could also spread the biome of the tile it's used on at higher channeling. Useful for terraforming projects or spreading rare or otherwise difficult-to-spread biomes like tundra. Ward: Apply to normal monsters in PvE. And/or a temporary spell AoE damage reduction. Potentially useful in PvP and rifts. Quality of Life changes: Lawns could work like pavement, with the same ability to place on corners and make diagonal paths, as well as conferring the same speed benefits of gravel, and allowing one to make more natural-looking paths that even a priest of Fo can make. A timer when snuffing a fire. With the fishing update, we have seen interesting new details like the tacklebox automatically sorting items into its sub-containers, and fishing lines connecting the bobber to the rod. One could also apply these to things like leading animals and Bulk Container Units. Right-click someone to heal them normally using bandages. This is really nice to have with healing spells, but I feel it was not fully implemented where non-priests are concerned. A standardized way to repeat your last action. Whether it's firing a bow, using a ram, or healing a stubborn bruise, some actions just need an easier way to do again without having to set a keybind or queue in advance all the time. I don't know what else to call it, but clicking on the "meta-item" of a group as seen here: could highlight all the items in that group for easy combining. No need to scroll and shift-click!