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Yeah, I can support this idea. Besides, I like the idea of elders having specific things only they can do.

Also amused me to hear someone lament the end of a "perfectly good war" while not having villainous intent.

That last part is the big sticking point, to me. If he is trying to make a pvp game then, of course, he should be working on providing refined pvp mechanics. I don't believe this is what Jason is going for, and I thought he wanted to keep this game from revolving around fighting. So is your problem that you feel like the game has become too pvp focused? If that wasn't the case, then by your first point, a shitty combat system wouldn't be a problem.

As far as defensive options, I'm fairly certain he has stated he wont be adding any because they could be used as a tool be griefers, which makes sense. As far as I know, everything was supposed to boil down to numbers being the most important factor. Which makes me wonder why you're allowed to unilaterally murder in the first place. In that regard, I feel like my idea about how killing should work in this game makes more sense.

But with all that being said, you do raise good points about swords and fences. Does he really want the only answer to, what you claim to be the late game state of OHOL, be that you either equip everyone in town with a sword, or have a massive pain in the ass fence around your village? It does seem like some conflicting mechanics and possible game design oversights.

Partially a bump.

@ollj

I know how all of that stuff works. I know how to make them and change the frequencies, but I'm asking what makes the frequencies different. I've never been able to test stuff like their range, so I was wondering if anyone else had. I guess that's kind of my fault for accidentally making myself sound more ignorant than I really am; but I appreciate the effort you put into your response.

Yeah, Jason, that is true about the UI.

But if you think about it even further, there is still a max-hours-played leader-board through the user posted reviews. And I think steam might have one, but I'm not too sure.

I understand not wanting the alternative, encouraging people to keep playing at a detriment. That is a very good point, even if I also believe this ultimately comes down to personal responsibility. People could "destroy" themselves with anything, though. "Too much of a good thing" and all that. If you make a really fun product, does it make you a bad guy if someone spends a lot of time on your really fun thing. It ultimately falls on them, if you turn them away from your product, they can easily turn to something else; quite possibly even something more destructive.

I guess it could just boil down to a matter of philosophy. I just think it might be bad design for someone to want to play a game, and it tells them to find some other way to entertain themselves. Maybe that's taking the moral high ground? But what if your game helps them cope with a gambling addiction or something else that's more detrimental than playing games all day.

Eh, maybe I'm just rambling at this point, probably the lack of sleep. You'll have to forgive me, but I love this kind of stuff.

On that last point, it is kind of crazy to imagine what could've been built with all those man-hours. Although, to be fair, it's not like many of us would've wrote the anthem of a generation or cured cancer with that time. Also, I don't think I'd enjoy digging a canal more than playing this game; maybe one of these days, though

So just to be clear, new players aren't getting a buffer anymore? Hmmm, that's a shame, I liked your proposal of getting rid of the life system for new players. I feel like a low barrier for entry would be really good for expanding the player base.

Also, RIP my thirty minute idea. You'll be missed.

Yeah, I was thinking that you should probably counter the whole "the best thing to get more lives, is to not play" mechanic. I personally like the idea of still earning one token for every hour not playing, but have them get one every 30 minutes of play time. I also prefer a max limit of 6, but it's probably too soon for that.

I also think that new players (maybe those with less than 20 or 30 hours played) should probably have unlimited lives.

Awww, just missed the cut off lol.

I've been playing since april of 2018, I don't know if that makes me old; but I still play when I can. I took a long break about the time when donkey town was added, (personal IRL reasons), but came back a few months ago. Haven't played much recently though, just not enough hours in the day, unfortunately

Yeah, I miss Jorium's antics. Fuck aurora, though. Only person I ever muted on the discord lol.

Wow, so you can! Thanks for sharing. It's amazing how many little things there are in this game like that. I guess I never saw it because I was focusing on tilled rows and kind of left hardened rows out of mind. Kind of funny considering I specifically said "cleaning hardened rows", which isn't what I meant to say.

This is like the time someone showed me that you can plant wheat seeds straight from a bowl of wheat. Mind blown lol.

@Spoonwood

No, this would be for my own mod.

@Sukallinen

I am fully aware that it is a suggestion. I have no intention of Jason adding this in in the first place. If by some chance he actually did, that'd be great (I'd probably also go out and buy a lottery ticket at that point). This is not trying to fix any problem in particular, aside from how annoying milkweed currently is. If you could, keep the discussion relevant to the changes I proposed.

Thank you.

I suppose even a broken clock is right twice a day. Thank you for this post. Really made me appreciate being a woman more (normally I just /die until I'm male). I supposed I'll live out my girl lives if I'm in the mood to teach people. Just to put this out there, when I do play as a woman, I'm the mom that always takes my children on a tour of the village and make sure they know where everything is; but I stopped asking if anyone was new because they'd always say no (even when I found them later trying to use bowls on the berry bushes or similar things). Now if anyone does say yes, I'll dedicate my life to educating them.

Also, great additions to my list of things I'll put in my version of OHOL. I'd appreciate more insightful posts like this from you in the future.