New v rising update is out. Invaders of Oakveil.

New biome, new weapons, new bosses.

Is anyone playing?

So no one is playing?

I have it downloaded but havent played it yet (I mean the game at all)

>>1727847 (OP)
Followed the game a bit but never played it. Is it any good if I don't care about the PvP? I actually like conflict with other players but I've never had a good time in any game where my shit can get wrecked when I'm not even online.

New update is super uninspired. The new enemy faction is super boring. Theyre basically just reskinned bandits.

Is there a 4chan server

>>1728177
If someone makes a 4channel server and spoonfeeds me on how to play the game I can join in, I tried playing long ago but seemed convoluted and lonely on an official server

I will play it.

Favorite boss?

>>1727982
>Is it any good if I don't care about the PvP?
Yes, it's honestly best played either solo or co-op. To disable PvP.

You can change a lot of settings when you create your "world" and I would suggest to speed up all the settings for things which can involve too much waiting/grinding by a decent amount (more material drops, production time is faster, less punishing if you die, etc).

>>1728089
>New update is super uninspired. The new enemy faction is super boring. Theyre basically just reskinned bandits.

It's most likely to keep interest up while they work on their next game.

Is this game any good? What’s it like?

>>1728972
It's ok to play through once either solo or co-op with friends. The combat is interesting and the boss fights are fun. Contrary to what the other poster said, I'd ramp up the difficulty otherwise it's too easy. Gear gives too big of an advantage for what is otherwise fun PvP and raiding is the worst I've ever seen in a survivalslop game, so not really worth playing on a PvP server imo.

The new area is boring as fuck. We need a new desert area with a mummy faction. We already have vampires, undead, werewolves, witches and Frankenstein. We need mummies.

>>1728986
The obvious expansion is playable humans and human vs vampire servers.

>>1728993
I would like to see thralls being overhauled to make them interesting.

Is there a vm/vg server?

>>1729396
lol no

What server should I join

>>1729471
Your own

sell me on this
is this worth my time?
can i play alone or better yet, engage in jolly co-op quiet easily and readily?

>>1729812
It was designed for multiplayer but honestly the multiplayer is way worse than single player. Just adjust down the resource usage for building to make it less grindy and it's very fun.

>>1729816
Do this but also play on brutal difficulty

>>1729816
Don't do this playing solo ruins the game

>>1729945
Brutal is way too hard and bosses and enemies have too much health.

>>1730149
Zoomzoom

>>1730176
Kill yourself faggot

>>1730965
Zoomie gonna cry?

>>1730141
yeah but pvp kinda sucks because it's just a race to endgame gear and gatekeeping other players/clans from getting theirs since whoever gets it first is basically immortal. it's gay because in early access it wasn't like this and if you were good you could beat someone with better gear. 1.1 just made it even worse.

>>1729812
>can i play alone or better yet, engage in jolly co-op quiet easily and readily?
Yes.

Might throw a /vm/ server up.
>Brutal
>PvP (no raids)
>full loot (no bloodbound bullshit)
>1x harvest/0.5x structure cost/2x refinement speed

>>1733845
I'd play on it. I am not great at the game and havent played it much but it sounds fun.

>>1733845
Ok it's up
/vm/ Rising
216.39.241.157:27116
>Brutal without the HP increase for V Bloods
>Solo PvP (no raids, for now at least)
>full loot (no bloodbound gear)
>1x harvest/0.5x structure cost/2x refinement speed
>plentiful soul shards
>teleport and batbound items enabled
No rules except don't be a dick and spam kill/loot players much lower level than you.
I doubt this server will have many players, but these settings make for a fun and challenging solo experience so at least there's that.
On the off chance there's a decent number of players then we'll see about doing a raid weekend. Solo raiding is kinda dogshit though.
On the off off chance that there's still a decent number of players a month from now then we'll start taking votes on whether to wipe or not.
Have fun.

>>1734170
basado

>>1734170
holy based installing as we speak

>>1734170
nice server works well!

>>1731150
Y-yea...

Imagine playing survival slop in 2025.

>>1734992
>NOOOO YOU CANT HAVE FUN IN WAYS I DISAPPROVE OF AAAAA

>>1734992
>moooom strangers on the internet are enjoying games I don't like again

>>1734992
Imagine not playing survival slop in 2025

>>1734992
>>1735090
>>1735612
>>1735841
samefag

>>1728972
I wouldn't really recommend it, the bosses turn into bullet hell shit which isn't something I look for in an open world survival crafting game. Progression is really rigid too, limited by what bosses you've defeated. Also the top-down perspective was a weird choice, you can only look at a tiny part of the castle you're building at a time instead of ever taking in the whole thing from a distance so building something grandiose kind of loses the appeal.

>>1737624
>the bosses turn into bullet hell shit
By the time I beat the last boss I was so fucking tired of the game specifically because of this. A few of the later bosses aren't so bad but most are actually cancerous to fight because of aoe projectile spam.

damn the devs are gay as hell.

>>1738843
what'd they do

>>1738977
nothing that I know of, I was just venting because I am bad at the game.

>>1738977
body type 1/2
one of the bosses has they/them pronouns, but it's the literal pig so unsure if it's based or not

>>1739144
if you're on the /vm/ server don't feel too bad. brutal difficulty is legitimately hard.

>>1739144
>>1739150
i see, seems like mostly a non-issue. i pirated the game because i'm poor and wanted to try something new, and ended up actually loving the game, so i plan on buying it when i get paid later this week to play online.

idk i tried the server but brutal difficulty isnt for me. im too angry of a person to have something this hard. i cant even kill the wolf boss. can only imagine what the other bosses down the line will be like.

ill probaly keep trying but FUCK its hard.

>>1739537
yeah on brutal I got to about here but I am kind of stuck, I can't improve my gear any more without defeating that library chick and she is complete bullshit.

>>1739602
okay I cheesed the fight, this is super gay.

>>1739537
If I thought the server would actually have a decent population I wouldn't have gone with brutal, since the real challenge would be contesting spawns with other players. I decided to just make a server the way I'd want to play if it were single player and any anons who join in are just a bonus. I totally get if it isn't for you.

She has returned.

>>1739664
I liked her BLC design better with the hat, staff, and poofy pants. Actually I liked all the BLC designs a lot better, they really fucked my boy Inhibitor in the ass.

I really hope they do one more expansion. There’s a sixth frost shardbearer that still needs to be added. I really hope the next expansion is mummy themed. I also hope they add NPC raids as well.

>>1739660
It's nice though you might restart the server ever couple of days noticed a bit of stutter on the server earlier. How far have you gotten so far?

>>1740929
I'll setup an automatic daily restart. Not very far at all; haven't really had much time to play.

My god I just spend a whole hour trying to beat Nicholaus on brutal. Fuck that gay ass necromancer. I swear to fucking god I almost broke my keyboard.

He wasn't as bad as I expected.

Whenever I finish up my run with friends, I'll probably join the server.
Brutal doesn't bother me, we are actually playing with settings harder than default Brutal.

I really really don't like that a lot of abilities still track you while you are invisible

I legit almost ragequit fighting Quincey

>>1741681
I don't like a lot of stuff about this game. But it also has that overall feeling of controlling your character that just hits

>>1743448
Did you beat him? Want me to come help (if you are on the server?

Does toad form not work properly on the server?doesn't seem to let me hop up a level

>>1746727
you can't hop a full level. there needs to be a ledge you can hop onto first

im fuckin BACK, cheesed the wolf with a bonemass.

>>1746897
Nice job!
>>1746733
aww that seems pretty niche/useless then

it felt like they changed every boss from what I remebered them being on brutal
solarus took me like 14 attempts, but really only 2 to p3
adam normally gives me trouble but was only like 8
most of the new bosses weren't that good, esp the blacksmith earthquake guy
megara is ok but too easy, like 20 pulls total blind
ultimately the game is still held back by the grind/base management too
crafting from chests was a big improvement, but you still have to track down shit to put it in benches so it really only covers like 1/3rd of the inventory management
the weapon/gem reforging is good
but they removed buying the stygian abilities you want and made it a gacha, bad
gacha spamming hoping for legendaries still annoying, though if the purple you buy has a maxed out stat it is at least useful for something

Gaius was such a stupid boss fight. Fuck him.

>>1750020
He annoyed me but the hammer makes him easy enough just knock him out of the arena

bought this game on release for the pvp, once i found out that server pop drops 80% after a few days i quit

>>1750151
pvp in these kind of survival, gathering, base buildings games is usually so short lived and sadly the combat in this game isn't well suited for it either.

>>1750151
there are only 2 types of people that like pvp
one plays on duel servers so you will never see them
the other rush as much as possible to get the shards and camp people 10 levels+ under them
if they don't get the shards they quit the server and try on another one
eventually the guy that does get the shards runs out of people to bully because they all left, so they left
the cycle repeats endlessly

>>1750171
>>1750315
this game would do better in an MMO format tbqh

>>1732335
i'm pretty sure any battlerite/bloodline champions diamond+ player would 1v5 here.

>>1750837
How is this game not a MMO?

>>1751206
how is it a mmo
the highest you can get on a server is like 200
is dayz a fucking mmo?
is rust a mmo?

>>1751206
we can be pedantic about the term massively multiplayer online, but traditionally it's used to describe games like tera, runescape, everquest, world of warcraft, final fantasy xi, etc, etc.

>>1728177
>>1728190
>>1727847 (OP)
i have been making posts in /v/ since the new patch dropped. the /v/ server is Stonemaul. we are newbie friendly. i will protect you.
>am i going to get ganked by a sweatlord and die?
no. ganking lower levels is strictly against the rules
>why would i play brutal?
you aren't a filthy casual, are you? bosses also receive extra abilities. it is difficulty done well.
>/v/ server (PvPvE Brutal, raids Sat/Sun 8pm-10pm EST)
>Stonemaul
>simply go to online play, show all servers, and type in Stonemaul

The blood drain rate is really noticeable in Brutal so having good blood % is more important than ever, especially in 1.1 where you can now custom mix bloods you prefer. As soon as you can, always full send your slaves to fish. There are three fishing spots you can send them to:
>Mosswick Village
>Fishing Lake
>Brighthaven Docks
You won't be sending out someone to Brighthaven early to mid game so the first ones you get to as soon as you can is the first two. Also, send someone out to the Quartz Quarry passively for a steady supply of glass bottles.

Come mid to late game you'll be needing as many grapes as you can for Blood Merlot (more efficient blood potion). As soon as you can handle Brighthaven, immediately try to see if the Herb Vendor sells grape seeds. Vineyards occasionally drop them but farming them mid game with mid tier gear is chaotic. Try to sneak steals from containers for 100+ grapes as much as you can. Having a personal garden for herbs is actually useful in this game, even more so for grapes so cultivate a grape farm of your own as soon as you can.

Quick tip once you unlock the Blood Homogenizer and can finally custom mix bloods: Brute blood is a lifesaver. You can try to be a god gamer and full send a dps build with warrior/rogue or draculin/scholar but having an additional chunk of hp from brute's tier 3 saves a massive amount of time from not dying from silly mobs or bosses one-shotting you out of nowhere. I promise you a steady supply of good blood % is useful as fuck and makes a world of difference in experiencing Brutal.

>>1753994
Additional tip not related to blood: That castle spot above the iron mines in the middle of dunley is a very good spot to build your first castle. It has a steady supply of horses above it, useful if you haven't unlocked Dominate Mount yet. Also, haunted iron mines is one of the most chaotic places in game and getting iron weapons is going to a bitch because of it so it's better if you're close to it, saves a lot of time. Once you can handle Brighthaven, you can relocate your castle to that spot on the left of the Silver Mines for the same easier time with silver ores. It being close to the city is a ton of help too if you want to farm gold jewelry and schematics.

>>1727847 (OP)
Restarting every new patch sucks.

>use the same setup as the last 5 runs
>feel bad about not exploring all the options
>switch 1 spell based on boss
>fight becomes easier and it feels like cheating
THIS TIME I will do something different
I'm going to lock myself to unholy and play a smug afk necromancer all the way through

>>1755401
hey thats literally me.

come join our server /vm/

>>1755406
I'm sorry amerifriend, your server is too far away. Even as a skeleton manager playing on high latency would make me want to kms myself
And open world pvp is the second worst kind of pvp after korean p2w mmos so I will never ever ever play on a pvp server

>>1751237
those are BMOs
big multiplayer online

How do I beat the giant frog boss?

>>1755515
You skip him until you see that spot on your transformations isn't filled in and then go back and one bang him when you're gear score 80

To anyone playing on Official 5030, Ponygon is a character from the anime 'Zatch Bell' who only speaks by saying 'Meru'.

The amount of anger/praise generated from playing this character has made the entire effort worth it.

>>1755401
i wish there was both better balance in skills/weapons
and there was something that made it worth it to use/explore other options
like if there was a kinda roguelite element that gave you a bonus to a random spell/weapon that gave like +50% damage to it
so even if you don't like ice lance or whatever in that run it becomes viable
i forced myself to try other skills/weapons
but all of the new weapons are way too high level so you can't use them for 80% of the game
i finally unlocked daggers and was using them for like 1 tier and the I dropped a purple pistol and then basically never went back

>>1755674
no one cares retard

if i cant get knotted in this game by a werewolf then i honestly dont know if its worth playing.

>>1756179
Cared enough to reply you charlatan.

>>1727847 (OP)
Playing on a new solo world (again). Can't seem to help restarting when I get back to this game after breaks.
This time my excuse is that the newest update changed things enough to start fresh.

I'm not looking forward to deciding on a main base location. Currently holed up in one of the leftmost plots in Farbane.

>>1739537
>i cant even kill the wolf boss
You can kill the wolf boss by holding down M1 and circle strafing, dude

>>1755515
honestly some of the bosses are so hard that i can't tell if it's good design or if they're actually just cheap and overpowered and I'm not using le right builg or just gear checking them.

>>1755515
Stick to his side, he turn slowly.

>>1757915
people have done every boss -10 levels no hit or even harder challenges
the only ones I think are poorly designed are the roamers where you have to spend forever waiting for them to walk to a reasonable place to fight them and you can clear the area of the roaming enemies that fight you and it aligns with the day/night cycle

>>1755515
distract him with skell summons and use the scythe to hit him with that spinning aoe. Also exploit the terrain around there.

>>1757915
Pretty much every challenging boss has a setup that trivializes their most threatening attacks and once you figure that out and accept that you will not in fact beat the game because you had to switch spells instead of getting good it becomes 10 times easier
For example any multi hit combo gets punished by barriers with frost barrier being the simplest one to use. Instead of running, dodging and panicking when the boss swings or fires 8 times in 2 seconds you pop the barrier and watch him get punished for it
There is even a boss who gets completely ruined once you realize you can have 2 barriers and block every combo he does

How’s the enemy variety in this game?

>>1760326
Each zone has its own faction.

Farbane woods = bandits.
Dunley = militia.
Gloomrot = transcendum.
Silverlight = church of luminance.
Cursed woods= undead.
Mortium= draculin.
Oakveil= venomblades.

Is there a way to transfer my character from the vm server to single player?

How many people are playing on the server? I'm brand new to the game and wanna try it out.

>>1727847 (OP)
>reasonably priced game
>furniture packs for 10-20 a pop
Eat shit

>>1764598
who are you quoting?

>>1764598
What do furniture packs have to do with the video game, anon? They are literally three dimensional jpegs
You realize you don't have to buy them, r-right? The 35 eurocuck bucks or your regional equivalent for the game are all you need
Just remember to never ever ever buy from key resellers no matter how low their prices are - that money goes directly into the pockets of scammers stealing old boomer americans' pensions

>>1764548
I have never seen anyone else on it, I don't think it'll last so hoping I can get my character off of it as I am not doing all this shit on brutal again.

>>1764991
what time do you play?

>>1765196
europoor hours in the evening

the latency is makes bosses very annoying
>dodge through attack
>get teleported back to original position and hit
very fun

>>1765212
My friend and I are gonna start playing at that time tomorrow

>>1765337
Nice I'll try and hop on around that time.