A bell rang

forestglade · 2018-06-22 20:42:33

And I spent 20 mins looking for it, following the arrow. Until I got killed by a rattlesnake. I went thru so many biomes.

In general, how far does the bell go?

denriguez · 2018-06-22 20:45:15

It goes forever, or so I understand. That's the risk. If a bell rings, there's no telling how far away it is. It could be a multi-generational journey.

TheRedBug · 2018-06-22 21:07:21

It could be very far or very close. I once was born into a shitty camp with so many babies, and almost no one farming. I expected a famine comming in the near 5 minutes. I followed the bell after grabbing a basket, foraged for a bit and after like 20 years i arrived in said village, where i had time to lay some babies. I was glad i followed he bell c:

forestglade · 2018-06-22 21:11:54

Oh. I was reborn and kept hearing the bell. So one of them the arrow was straight left. I left and found it in like 5-10 mins. Then stole a horse and cart and brought be back to the old town, some asshat who was pretending to be a doctor killed me.

But it was my first time traveling towards the bell!

Trick · 2018-06-22 21:21:41

I personally think the bell thing should be fixed, such that it cannot be heard beyond a certain radius. It's enormously frustrating to hear a bell and never be able to reach it. The 'run across biomes for an hour' game isn't fun, IMO.

ThatGirlOverThere · 2018-06-22 23:52:04

do bells ring in server one? or custom servers?

Realcooldude · 2018-06-23 02:08:49

The bell was from storm town. Cafe town is two bioms to the right of it. I made it to cafe town before dieing of old age. Never made it back home that life, but i was close. Keep the bell ringing!

Neo · 2018-06-23 02:27:09

Belltowers are risky

Realcooldude · 2018-06-23 02:29:01

Yes they are but if we keep expanding around storm town then there will be something to find.

pein · 2018-06-23 05:09:04

generally run 45 degree different direction, if says NE run N or E if it doesnt change after 200 tiles is too far

Strilar · 2018-06-24 02:17:37

Trick wrote:

I personally think the bell thing should be fixed, such that it cannot be heard beyond a certain radius. It's enormously frustrating to hear a bell and never be able to reach it. The 'run across biomes for an hour' game isn't fun, IMO.

I've got into the game a month ago, and been loving it whenever i have some free time to play it. According to my notes lived at least 181 lives so far.

But i'm sad this will be my first post filled with sadness and frustration. I've just spent 22 minutes running NW towards my "home marker" (BELL!) dodging tons of snakes, boars and wolves, just to die of old age. There's absolutely nothing fun about this, even if i had been able to reach the bell, i would be too old to be able to do anything.

So here's my story for tonight:
http://lineage.onehouronelife.com/serve … &id=387948

I was Eli, born in a decent village where people worked hard to help each other, i was still a baby when i was asked to make ten plates, something i didn't know how to do, still i learned and succeeded. Then i was asked to get baskets, that was an easy one, then to make rabbit pies since there were tons of skinned rabbits around, which i also learned and and accomplished. I was feeling pretty happy about a successful life helping others.
Finally my little sister Frieda asked for milkweed which is very rare these days, and she just got a baby, so i volunteered to search. I asked for her backpack and she filled it with pie and carrots for my journey, i promised to return with milkweed seeds so we could plant them.
After a long search, i finally found two milkweed plants, made thread and got two milkweed seeds in my basket. Great success... or not!

I was following my Home arrow until i was crossing a different biome, and in despair i finally realized what happened.
I wasn't going home, for some reason i didn't had my mom's home marker, and i was following a BELL instead...lost from home with no chance of finding my way back, i realized i failed my mission. The only thing left to do was to try to find civilization, maybe i could find and help some other village with my thread and milkweed instead. I never tried to follow a bell so i had no idea how far it would be, but i had no other option... i kept running in a straight line towards the arrow, dodged so many deadly animals and kept running only making short stops to forage some more food for the way, only to die at age 60. 22 minutes of gameplay just running alone through biomes is not cool and not fun... and all because a cursed bell ruined my day and Eli's life. I'll be going to bed with a really sour feeling.

Bells really need to have a limited range. What's the point of it ringing if people can't reach it?
The arrow guiding you should say "home" or "bell" depending on what it points to (how can a distant village be your "home" if you never seen it?) And home markers should work properly, sometimes i get it from my mom, sometimes i don't and i won't even notice it until i leave the village after growing to kid and helping farm for 15 minutes. It makes sense for an Eve to make one, but every kid born in a huge city shouldn't need to worry about knowing where "home" is. Finally, it would be nice if your arrow saying home/bell would also tell you the distance to your destination, so you'll know if you can make it or not.

As i said in the beginning i'm loving this game above all others (and i played a lot of Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together), and am feeling really down that my first feedback here is a negative one. :-( *sad face*

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YAHG · 2018-06-24 02:26:57

Yeah fuck bells. I have never had them help me.

forestglade · 2018-06-24 05:59:33

Yeah, there need to be a distance limit that makes sense. Like 15-20 biomes.

Neo · 2018-06-24 06:39:43

YAHG wrote:

Yeah fuck bells. I have never had them help me.

The only real use for them is for a last ditch effort to save a dying town. Like if you ran out of girls you could ring it and possibly attract someone to repopulate.

Problem is that most of the time it's way too far. Imo it should have limited range, What's the point of getting a town location if you can't make it there even if you ran for 50 years straight to it.

pein · 2018-06-24 18:23:25

forestglade wrote:

Yeah, there need to be a distance limit that makes sense. Like 15-20 biomes.

That's not much but ye 60 Min run maybe. Transgenerational? Boys get lost and girls get a life of run, no fun.

sanchez · 2018-06-25 00:18:36

I ve followed bell 2 times today one on foot one on horse as soon as i was able to no luck reaching that place.

YAHG · 2018-06-25 02:17:07

Neo I get ya, I just have never seen it actually work is all.

Acozi · 2018-06-25 04:17:45

The whole point is it's a gamble. If the distance was known everyone would go there.

YAHG · 2018-06-25 04:53:46

Has anyone in here either reached the bell themselves or had someone come to their town after ringing it though?

forestglade · 2018-06-25 06:24:48

I did on my second or third try to Stormcity. I noticed the arrow was straight left and I was at cafe town. Which was really close.

But most other times I didn’t find it. Also I think if the arrow is diagonal, or doesn’t change quickly, it’s a far less promising sign.

Lum · 2018-06-25 07:18:06

If we all collectively decided that upon hearing a bell, we should all always follow it, then maybe towns would get bigger, people would meet, etc...

pein · 2018-06-25 19:42:34

i did like three times and once my daughter when i was late with bowl making, i seen her granddaughter kill someone in other village
all she had a basket

once i ran like 20 min, just to arrive to a camp where a bitch told me that "wild eves eat their food"
i just ran 25 min losing 2 kids and she is 14 with a shitty carrot farm on an outpost bell tower
my son told that we should kill them and so i did kill 2 with bow but then i got by the guard who was full gear and see that i make arrow

once after like 40 min and was already old

and dont remember the rest but i had failed attempts, once my kids were 5+ old they starved cause they lost their sharp stone and me, and couldnt follow me properly

has its suspense once or twice but when you got no chance to reach nor your kids, then its a waste of time and everything looks the same

then i did the 45% run and if i dont see arrow change soon i stop following
going diagonal trough monolits also might work cause map generation bugs out around monolith resulting better map

but if you got a basic camp with tools going into a decayed bell tower is stupid decision

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Turnipseed · 2018-06-25 20:07:48

I once followed a bell and raised every kid on the way. I gave most a reed skirt, and all of them baskets full of food. I told them all to raise their kids, and follow the bell... the third generation died out... i died of old age...

I dont think a multi generation run to the bell is very feasible. Unless you get lucky with pro nomads

jasonrohrer · 2018-06-26 17:50:42

forestglade wrote:

brought ,e back to the old town, some asshat who was pretending to be a doctor killed me.

How do you know that he was pretending?

Did you ask to see his certificates? Were the forged?

"Are you a real doctor?"

"No, but I play one on TV."

Christoffer · 2018-06-26 19:45:35

jasonrohrer wrote:

forestglade wrote:
brought ,e back to the old town, some asshat who was pretending to be a doctor killed me.
How do you know that he was pretending?
Did you ask to see his certificates? Were the forged?
"Are you a real doctor?"
"No, but I play one on TV."

Lol. Made me laugh.

Maybe he wasn’t pretending, but just wasn’t very good at his job?

What’s the tech path to make a certificate, Jason? I see an opportunity here...

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