GROUNDED Have Made Combat Easier With These Mutation Changes! Holiday Treat Update 1.1

[@geistknight768]

These updates are really helpful. I don’t know if these changes are necessarily meant to make it easier, but to make the experience better. The mutations are no longer just random chance, but guve a purpose to using the mutations with your chosen weapons

[@FoNgThOnG]

I'm ready for these to go live for everyone. The zipline alone makes things a lot more fun.

[@theodoric4270]

I think it's not about making combat easier; it's about making different playstyles worth considering. Metagamers might notice that the potential of one weapon is much better than another that fills the same niche. For instance, one could ask why someone would use a mint staff over a mint mace. The only reason used to be preference--which is a very acceptable reason--but now players who want to use certain weapons for their playstyle can expect to find success. It's also about making playstyles more distinct. Someone who uses a spear will be more inclined to throw it every once in a while; those with clubs will want to keep swinging instead of blocking; people with daggers will circle behind a group of bugs hitting each one once, dealing worthwhile damage without drawing agro; and bows can stay mobile, putting out damage from a distance and kiting some of the bugs to take some heat off the tank.

[@Tri_The_Force]

Just wanted to say I found you today, and I just got into Grounded last night. You've got fantastic coverage and have been a massive source of knowledge for me. Thanks for the content, and keep having fun with it, my guy 🤘🤘🤘

[@JadePGC]

appreciated ty

[@Tri_The_Force]

@@JadePGC you're very welcome. I'll be binging all of your content. It's very well explained, so I appreciate ya, buddy!

[@1UPxYoshi]

Yesssss!!! I'm super excited about this update and can't wait for it to go live for everyone. Some amazing changes coming in this one.

[@hairyscuba]

Seem to be some pretty good changes for those mutations, I like the idea of having the benefits of sticking to the one style of combat if that's what you like

[@FrozenxKinglyGames]

Really love seeing the changes went from being a survival game with some rpg elements to a full rpg survival game I can finally fell like me and the weapons I choose mean something more.

[@gulox8241]

I think that if you have shield+ spear while defending you should point spear forward next to shield where if any bug rush attacks you it stabs itself on it for given % of dmg (depends on bug speed) Oh and another one you could reload cancel on a bow/crossbow where your character doesnt load next arrow on and you can block after shooting not needing to wait for reload to end.

[@merku2day]

The milk molar upgrades also increase how much you heal from from all sources

[@Geckoreo]

as someone who has ladybug armor and level 3 barbarian i see this as great upgrade for barbarian mutation

[@drrickoftenzombies8959]

Cheers for the vid man, not touched ptb but excited to play the update when live for everyone. ✌🏻❤️

[@possumwithacowboyhat5140]

Dude, if not for these buffs, my friend and I literally never would have beaten the Asst. Manager as fast as we did yesterday

[@thezpmc9859]

It seems it is catering towards fresh playthroughs as opposed to long term saves, which is not a bad thing. I'll check the ptb later maybe whoa difficulty is less hardcore

[@merku2day]

I find black ant eggs all the time just have to kill a lot of the black soldier ants first

[@shatteredfate7114]

Yes! My hope gave been answered, at least If you cab also block with crossbows

[@ATE0009]

They should make golden mutations, like how they have gold cards, or something along those lines so you have a reason to get the highest tier on the mutations, even for the sucky ones

[@LostEchoGamer]

I absolutely loved this game. One of the best games I've ever played, I'd compare it to Ark/Minecraft. Casually worked through the game, built a massive base, completed the story in around 120 in game days, as explored and built a lot too. This took me around a month in real time. After beating the game, I reloaded the last save again, to carry on .. and literally I stood in my base and just had no desire to go milk molar hunting or fully upgrade all level 3 weapons as.. there just wasn't any point anymore. I was so addicted and enjoying the game beforehand but, now think I'm done. I play solo, maybe its better fun playing with others post completion. I might now try dayZ.

[@myholidaypicks297]

Well done 👏👏👍

[@johnathanmanuel780]

Now if spears beehived like arrows that being the auto collect. Would be very apreciated

[@cloudson0096]

Cade is very happy about this

[@mamaluigigamer99]

I can’t wait to become Mike Tyson in grounded!

[@matty9336]

Just dont bite the aphids antennae off 🤣🤣

[@kevinsims5791]

So you can do a charged spearthrow? I thought you can do a charged melee attack with spears?

[@TBNAfrangsYT]

Have they updated the Crit stuff?

[@jamesworcester5345]

Do you know how to adjust the depth of field that should be new? I can't find the setting, I'm on Xbox and I have the latest update and the public test branch from Xbox insider

[@JadePGC]

shoudl be in options display

[@merku2day]

I'm on Xbox as well and there's no option for it also my game keeps crashing

[@jamesworcester5345]

@@merku2day Yea, same here, my game is fine but my girlfriends keeps crashing

[@jamesworcester5345]

@@JadePGC Just isn't there for me, all of my options are, Gamma, Motion Blur, Chromatic Aberration, and Field Of View 🤷🏻‍♂ not sure why it isn't there lol

[@ironside9803]

Is the scyth of blossoms considered an axe?

[@WarLoard2013]

This is nice but what about the crits I feel like that could use a rework as well

[@shytzndgigglez]

When's the update release on Xbox?

[@LostEchoGamer]

Inventory expansion personally is the best change

[@seasquirrel5923]

If you need a lot of kills fast for a mutation the red ant will has about 40-50 ants at one time 👍

[@gerthebear1232123]

I didn't know Quarkwy plays Grounded !

[@RamboRobby]

Wish there was time mark in the video, but great video overall!

[@JadePGC]

you can always add them super fan!

[@idkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.]

They should add a jumping spider

[@sunlessmortal3559]

Ive only been play for a couple of weeks after work when i get a chance, Iam playing on mild. And can't say it's too difficult. Killed the maint first go. First black widow took 2 trys. But in the first week of playing i died alottt. Lol

[@dacyhxsjhi5996]

You can't really flex when you're playing on mild... the difference between difficulties is massive. And I mean MASSIVE.

[@sunlessmortal3559]

@@dacyhxsjhi5996 was not ment to be a felx. Thats why I said i was on mild.

[@frankauc6023]

Yeah mild is a cake walk...on normal black widows 3 shot you with upgraded armor

[@catfood4142]

for staff and bow its a nerf actually. the staff and bow there is a hidden mechanic in the live game, nobody mentions.. if you right click/block right after an attack, your next attack goes faster, in otther words this mechanic lowers ur redraw or reload timer, because the spicy staff leaves an oil on the ground further damage will trigger it and explode more dmg, performing that allows you to stack up multiple explosions in a very short and burst of time. they removed it this patch, without buffing the staff a lot in order to compensate

[@Gwyn23]

You couldn’t recovery cancel with bows cause you couldn’t block. Now you can

[@dragonix8527]

That doesn't sound like a nerf, that sounds like now you can't use a single exploit with one weapon that wasn't even intended in the first place. And how is it a nerf for bows when you couldn't block with them at all before?

[@JadePGC]

its not nerf? you were doing something unintended by game and majority of players never did? its nota nerf to correct a glitch or cheese, an increase in stamina usage is an increase, these are facts. sure it might seem worse but it was never inteded that way

[@kevinsims5791]

Staclves before was just a chance fo apply the elemental effects and now its 100%chance and the mastery helps your stamina usage with staves tremendously since they eat your stamina up a ton.

[@houstonSolo]

Does anyone know if I stack barbarian with parry master if it will negate the inability to perfect block?

[@Lanz7183]

So is the 1.1 Update Live Already? I thought it was just the public test?

[@matty9336]

Not yet its still being tested

[@Windguy5691]

These buffs are showing they have something more planned. I play mild, because I am hopeless and the game was bloody difficult until I started getting tier 3 weaponry. Basis that, even people playing whoa are probably not that challenged when in the last stages of the game. So my guess is, they have more planned for ground, not sure of tier 4, but definitely some harder bugs and/or areas. It’ll be interesting. Hopefully not too long away.

[@milkismilky5969]

Same

[@dacyhxsjhi5996]

Whoa mode is a hell of a lot harder than you think...

[@Windguy5691]

@@dacyhxsjhi5996 of course. But the benefits of tier 3, + milk molars, smoothies, armour, mutations etc.. you stop dying every 100cm from every second bug and only get challenged with the bosses. So it becomes a free for all big massacre. Just takes a while to get to that stage.

[@DarkXelNaga]

Axe is a great change, everything else is either meh to pointless. (looking at you sharpshooter).

[@Leroy821000]

Unarmed is too strong with the power drop. With whittle wizard and blade master you essentially never have to worry about stamina. In some case you don’t even need blade master though the 30% damage reduction is a god send.

[@kevinsims5791]

I wonder if you have to use the weapon to get the weapon mastery perk. Like if you just have the axe mutation on but use a spear, do you still get the axe mastery benefit?

[@MyHeartStitched]

No, its only for the respective weapon type

[@Inconsistencyexe]

lil fist with the fungal mutation

[@linguotgr]

Just to confirm, bow = crossbow as well, yes?

[@JadePGC]

yup yup

[@stevenpatterson8166]

So what mutations/weapons should i grind for early game?

[@markos50100]

Just use what you like. You'll get mutations while using the weapons you like and by how you play.

[@lonestoner8297]

Does barbarian rage still work with the morning star? I've noticed since the full release the morning star would trigger rage but I don't remember ever seeing it happen before full release. If you know that let me know please. I mean I could just wait until the update goes live. Lol

[@JadePGC]

yup should be as its technically a hammer

[@randomlemur3592]

Black ant armour set bonus gives thorns

[@kevinsims5791]

Yes. I thought the same to master the spear then use that armor set but that armor set is tier 2 which means less protection. You need to take damage to get that thorns damage, i assume. Im not sure if blocking or perfect blocking still procs the thorns or since normal blocking reduces the damage you take so the thorns damage becomes less. Figuring that out is a process and also figuring out being able to survive without blocking is hard as well.

[@skort94]

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't bummed about the club mutation being impossible to perfect block. Though i'm very curious how it would pair with parry master 🤔. I'm absolutely psyched for the changes to the bow! The bow is my weapon of preference and I can finally use it more with the ability to block! I have all but the spear, hammer, and staff mutations fully leveled, so I feel like i'm gonna have some fun with this update lol

[@MyHeartStitched]

Parry Master only gives stamina for a perfect block for 5/10/15 for each respective tier

[@skort94]

@@MyHeartStitched did they change it or have I misunderstood this mutation the whole time?

[@MyHeartStitched]

@@skort94 Straight from the wiki "Gives perfect blocks a 100% chance to refund a certain amount of stamina. (5/10/15)" as long as i know it has never changed

[@skort94]

@@MyHeartStitched wow... this is kind of a useless mutation then lol. I've totally misunderstood it the whole time

[@MyHeartStitched]

@@skort94 Yep, i realised that not too long ago, never really bothered with it anyways except for early game where you done have much stamina

[@matthewmartinez3550]

This makes me want to retsart my unarmed build. As someone who often forgets I have a shield, spear and club mutations might be super strong for my typical dps race approach to unarmed combat. Hammer and sword may make a good debuff combo. I just hope the mastery effect applies to power droplet (all but clubs specify hits with the weapon type, but I'm sure I'm just overthinking the wording)

[@HollowDog5899]

Me with power droplet *heavy breathing*

[@codycross8736]

It’s a survival game it shouldn’t be easy, they should make the game hard to survive not keep buffing things

[@dacyhxsjhi5996]

It is pretty bloody hard on whoa mode... almost impossible for some things.

[@inthirabielz3335]

Everybody was complaining about the game being so hard and now yall complaining about it being to easy?

[@Shadow-Reaper]

Its a survival game but it isn't dark souls. This isn't valid. Things needed buffing to make the game more entertaining and understandably easier. It isn't a matter of "git gud" it's a matter of catering to all of your playerbase and opening up a variety of playstyles.

[@heavyo6146]

Still no percentages and everything is pseudo hidden behind useless walls of text. Embarrassing game design

[@samay5902]

this is true and I hate this thing about the game, why can't they just give stats

[@nickomartinez7384]

Is this on Xbox bruh

[@pierrepellerin249]

So this update is all about mutation changes? all right, back to sleep, nothing to see here.

[@SkinnyItUp]

I'm a fan for buffing some of the underpowered stuff but buffing everything in the game and making everything OP just seems really dumb. They went from nerfing everything that was even kind of strong to just making everything in the game overpowered even fists.

[@CaramelTheCat2]

You Milton fans can never be satisfied omg

[@JadePGC]

well lets see how it pans out, alot of other stuff has been changed so i think creatures still hold challenge but clearly stats dont lie they msut have seen alot of players struggling

[@SkinnyItUp]

@@JadePGC The reason I find it dumb is because of how harshly they nerfed anything that got close to being strong before. It is still just the public test server though

[@SkinnyItUp]

@@CaramelTheCat2 Lol. I understand I didn't say the game is absolutely perfect and worship the developers so I must be a Milton fan.

[@the_regular_dinosaurus_rex]

@@CaramelTheCat2 lol... im nit a milton fan, but i find it funny that whenever he cheeses some bug, you guys respond with "just get good" but when someone says combat is too easy he must be a milton fan? dude just pull your head out of groundeds wet a-hole, you sound like a pathetic little fan boy

[@Kethra430]

Cool

[@mrbread9496]

how can i get the update?

[@randomlemur3592]

It’s public test atm, will go live in a week or so

[@A2B_Music]

Xbox Insiders app

[@alexstauffer3359]

To access the public test, you need to opt in to the Insider Program if you're playing via Xbox. On Steam you need to go to the game options and opt in to the beta. Otherwise, just wait a few weeks for the update to get pushed to all users. I'd guess that'll be mid to late December.