Valheim - Forged in Valhalla by the hammer of Thor

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JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I'm just surprised (pleasantly so) that when me and my buddy logged out when on a boat trip, when we moved back in the boat was there and the only damage was from my momentarily clipping through the boat, damaging it and me (not enough to kill either fortunately). I'd been expecting worst tbh

The other viking I've been playing with had wanted to find plains for a while, we finally got a ship made and went assuming to find some. We finally did naturally it was on a long out jutting peninsula of the starting continent!

Love the chill vibe of this game, and the difficulty curve and the way it works. I saw a troll for the first time days after I'd started playing the game, from a distance, and when it saw me I actually felt panicked and ran. Now that i fight them the feeling of progression is just so... Fulfilling!

Now if they'd just quit killing my carrot crops

# ¿ Feb 3, 2022 22:08

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 22:40

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I mean, it's already a good deal for 20, I'm glad they are updating it and i don't feel conned.

If they were strategizing and wanted to make the maximum amount of money and maybe build a bigger corporation they could hire a bunch more people and maybe it would work great for them and maybe it wouldn't. I could see taking their current engine and making some great clone games i think they have a flair for content and balance so far.

I hope it stays a "labor of love" however which is the vibe i get so far, if they keep releasing such deep content and don't get distracted by making their next game to keep profits up, Valheim could be something really special.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2022 18:22

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

BrianRx posted:

I'm a little concerned that one of the devs is pretty committed to making it a hardcore survival game (or at least was) which is generally not what players seem to want. Most additional modded content is building related or adds more stuff in general, but I don't think anyone would prefer if hunger deteriorated more rapidly or you had to balance your diet or whatever else hardcore survival suggests

I hear you there i don't want this game to head down the road into "how long can YOU last!!!" type mechanics, at least so far the push pull between their interests has lead to a great building game where the parts have value (since sweat equity) and the build gets tested by varying types of attacks, but you still have time (and the need) to plant and check moods on bees and murder innocent forest dwellers pick berries etc etc

# ¿ Feb 6, 2022 20:54

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I found the merchant after weeks of playing, right after having given up and used the 42069lolwhatever seed. Oh well the fish are tasty and i found a queen bee on the cheat seed

# ¿ Feb 11, 2022 19:22

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

What do you bet that the most land mechanic is that you're walking on clouds that constantly move

Edit: mist

JosephSkunk fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Feb 11, 2022

# ¿ Feb 11, 2022 19:23

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

New guess for mistlands: you can build people catapults

# ¿ Mar 4, 2022 02:52

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Sand Monster posted:

The tediousness of fighting enough of them to max out a set of the root armor seems unthinkable.

The upgrades are cheap, but also if you're in the swamp much it'll just build up over time anyway. The resist to piercing from the harnesk is really useful, and having always on poison resist is almost a must in the swamp.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 17:17

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Scaramouche posted:

I've read up on tombstones disappearing, but it seems like an exclusively multiplayer thing, or potential bad interaction with mods, neither of which are possible in my particular case. Is it just gone?

I've e had things not save for sure, it's been a trend at some points and I'm still trying to get the right combination of steps to replicate it so i can know what not to do. Lately I've been trying to stay on the server at least until i see the next "world save" before i log off after making changes, and i think that's been helping. Did you log off or lose con right after?

# ¿ Apr 30, 2022 17:33

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

When you use an old seed, does it have newer features? For example if I used a seed from when it came out, will the mountains still potentially have caves?

# ¿ Oct 1, 2022 20:29

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Sweet! Has there been an appreciable improvement in map generation from newer seeds since the earlier releases? I'm playing an old seed and trying to decide whether to stick on it, it's from the early days of the game

# ¿ Oct 1, 2022 22:12

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Thanks! Yeah i was seeing some rough stitching and wondering if it would look better with a modern map. I'll try it out thanks

# ¿ Oct 2, 2022 07:18

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

There's a lot of different ways to fight him, and i think what people are saying is that you can make it boring if you want to do the arrows method, but he's made to be fought with blunt weapons and face to face.

I fought him solo for the first time last night, died once (thought the root armor would be enough poison protection it wasn't), using iron mace, banded shield, etc. Did give myself a little fighting room using the hoe since his shrine was in a particularly wet area of the swamps. Gotta use block and dodge, but completely do able.

This game is one of the greats, i keep coming back to it trying to chase the dragon, but it's killing me that I'll probably have to wait years for the finished product. Not sure I'll still care once it's done, despite previously defending their slow releases.

Trying to pace myself.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2022 18:08

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Eifert Posting posted:

Oh man y'all, All I can tell you is I hope you haven't been throwing away your trophies

# ¿ Nov 24, 2022 01:57

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I've been trying to live Frostner as much as what i hear on the forums but it didn't seem to be as useful as the sword, it just feels slow and ineffective. I really miss the atgeir at the silver level. Maybe it's because I'm mostly fighting wolves at this point and i need speed more.

Or maybe it's the shing sound,i think it's the shing sound the more i think about it.

Speaking of sounds, i love how they seem to have a choir (or at least one singing voice) singing during the storms, or something similar. It makes the storms seem so much more... Epic? Like the badass storms in old looney tunes.

Am i crazy or do you hear it too?

# ¿ Dec 11, 2022 21:16

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I had to migrate away from my root suit when it was time to explore caves, cultists and fire were a problem, but the rest of the time i really love it.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2022 15:18

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I learned to love the swamp after living in it a bit, the unbreakable trees make for a great home after a bit of work.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2022 20:56

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I like to follow the lines of the trees and make something organic and swampy looking

# ¿ Dec 20, 2022 21:17

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

That works really well with docks too

# ¿ Dec 27, 2022 20:44

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Agreed but don't tell me it isn't fun watching them fling themselves all over the place

# ¿ Dec 27, 2022 20:47

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

A MIRACLE posted:

The worst is getting drive by murked by a deathsquito when you sail a little too close to the plains with a boat full of ore

That sucks so much, I got jacked the other day with a boat load of iron, middle of the day, a ghost popped out from under a half submerged hutch on s swamp coast and killed my boat. I had no arrows but ice on me.

That was when i learned that boat inventory is recoverable at least. This map has almost no iron, the swamps are too narrow.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2023 22:12

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Swamp is my favorite because it's a manageable challenge, and the unbreakable trees provide security in a way. I like to build weird yoda-meets-ewoks style tree huts.

Black forest second since you have access to all the basics, but it needs to be near a mountain so i can tame wolves.

Meadow so i can farm pork (to feed the wolves) and grind feathers

Then plains for a farm

eventually i get all the black metal I need just with occasional forays from that

# ¿ Jan 20, 2023 04:04

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Mistlands makes a great home once you're in padded+good weapons, porcupine etc. The dverger towers make a great home, especially if you find one with a big basement. There's enough that you can make a network of them with portals in each. The giant weapons and armor make it really easy.

I added the Tar Valley Chicken Hut out at Tar Valley farms (Taste the Tar difference!) And along with seeker steak and bread living in the Mistlands is becoming really do able.

Now i just need to find more black marble

# ¿ Jan 21, 2023 22:22

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

If you're at all elevated above the water, then you can use the hoe to raise the land around your place and make the walls more sheer so they'll stop your enemies without you needing to build walls. If that helps in your scenario vOv

# ¿ Jan 22, 2023 09:04

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

The darkness gets real bad right after nightfall and just before the dawn, but the rest of the time i feel that it's mitigated by the glow of the big tree. I do like how things are hidden in the shadows though.

I don't get the complaints about building in the mistlands though, black marble and window grills make for a pretty cool building, and seekers coming in though the roof hatch give it spice. It's pretty defensible still while still leaving challenges for defense.

Can't wait till they fix ballistae, though I'm not convinced they are very useful even when they work right. Anytime firing from the top of a tower has a hard time hitting a gjall's weak spot. It mostly seems to just knock them around.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2023 16:07

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Good because the first thing that seems to die when we take over a tower is the dverger door

# ¿ Jan 26, 2023 16:37

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Yeah one of the seeker attacks just sends you flying from the knockback, I fear getting caught by that on a high rock over the water will be a fast way to drown

# ¿ Jan 31, 2023 19:12

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I guess I should have expected that the floor would be lava

# ¿ Feb 1, 2023 23:15

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

The weakness of the mage makes it fun still even in the earlier biomes

# ¿ Feb 4, 2023 03:09

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

rjmccall posted:

Alright, well, day two of Moder somehow went even worse, and now both my main and backup armor are on a mountain in the middle of plains being camped by a dragon who has destroyed my base.

Been there, fwiw. My multi day solo fight with Moder had me making multiple portals all around the mountain peak so i could come back after he destroyed the others. Went through a bunch of armor but was able to keep retrieving it and trading off between the sets.

Go home and go to bed every nightfall, then come back and resume the fight every morning. He'll regenerate but not as much as will make it a bad idea. Those nightly adds are not worth it.

Besides that, keep kiting and arrowing, alternate fire and stinger arrows. You'll get her eventually

# ¿ Feb 4, 2023 19:04

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

rjmccall posted:

Is there a way to go back and get a list of everything that just unlocked?

Hit your "inventory" button, click on the bird icon under your name, then hit "message log"

# ¿ Feb 7, 2023 20:18

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Any tips on soloing Yagluth? I fought him with a group but never solo and some of the comments don't sound too promising. Now that i know i should have used a spear on Moder

# ¿ Feb 7, 2023 20:21

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I mean if you're not using fireballs to kill the wabbits...

Edit: my biggest problem with the arbalest is that i have to start over cranking every time i jump

# ¿ Mar 1, 2023 07:14

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Washin Tong posted:

I refuse to use the Draugr fang.
It looks loving stupid.

Wait the Draugr Fang looks stupid, so you use the double ended feather duster?

# ¿ Mar 1, 2023 21:22

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Once your agriculture game is scaled up, salads and omelettes are the easy choice. Tar Valley Chicken Hut can feed both my wolves and me, i just use my old barley farm. Bonus is that i don't have to feed the chickens separately, the harvest does the work.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2023 01:03

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Ravenfood posted:

I just think the eggs should be something like the middle-ground equivalent like jerky

I think that's a cool idea

# ¿ Mar 4, 2023 07:27

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I enjoy the tower defense game of defending your supply lines, that part sometimes keeps me up at night and i find setting up the most efficient paths really rewarding.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2023 06:18

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

Trivia posted:

increase danger and drop rates for everything the farther away you are from world origin.

I was thinking maybe drop more for higher woodcutter skill, but i like this better

# ¿ Apr 26, 2023 06:22

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

It looks like Hildir's Request is up

# ¿ Aug 22, 2023 16:14

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I like my little Dvergrgrghr buddies so I never kill them however early on in the mist they make great friends to run to if you're in a pickle, and if you just stand by the extractor crate while there...

# ¿ Sep 30, 2023 00:05

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 22:40

JosephSkunk: Dec 16, 2003; Yes, evidently you had misperceived it as rain.

I had luck with the lox but i had a lot of little groups spread out all over the nearby plains, so groups would agro on him regularly as the fight migrated. Provided frequent breathers.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2023 07:52

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