Misery Mode. First look at the new difficulty mode in The Long Dark

Misery Mode is now live in The Long Dark. It boasts a challenge level such that players will struggle to survive for dozens of days, say nothing of hundreds. Fewer resources, stacking afflictions, worse weather and an overall brutal experience, let's see how it measures up.
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[@Litany_of_Fury]

Theres something about the apocalyspe that brings the best out of Jake

[@supersonictumbleweed]

It's the sads

[@Kevin_the_Caveman]

He grew up in 1990s Scotland so that's just a throwback to formative experiences to him

[@Yeoman_Kerosine]

DDRJake: "I want a mode with less loot" Also DDRJake: "Where the hell is the loot" lmao very entertaining

[@Jackthat1]

Classic double standards Jake 😂

[@fredbergman6623]

14:40 Heavy Hammer behind the burn barrel. Thought I saw that when I was watching on twitch.

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

I swear every time there's a cold apocalypse I somehow end up back here

[@Jackthat1]

The cold calls for Jake

[@briannaherrington949]

This quickly to KZbin? A blessing upon the plebians

[@Superwelder0]

Hypothetically, how much would it cost to commision Jake's ideal game for him to stream? That of course being a Long Dark x Nancy Drew crossover with rhythm elements.

[@meansbentnose6281]

The wolves started whimpering in the beginning? The bear sometimes shuffles around that farmhouse.

[@Lzaggy]

Love the stream man, first time tuning in and love the content

[@wyatt1828]

If I’m ever in a post apocalyptic situation. I want Jake as my leader.

[@TheGlenofKrokot]

Have you seen his Frostpunk shenanigans? Think twice

[@BelleRoose]

I'm afraid you'd be culled if you can't pull your weight. And i'd want it no other way

[@Jackthat1]

You would be the first to fix the furnace.

[@InfernalPume]

i liked when he played ring-around-the-rosie with winnie the pooh

[@DodoJacket]

I brought 30 metal scraps and 25+ coal to the forge at Spencer Homestead on Interloper. Then I died sleeping in the bed.

[@DDRJake]

Bummer, did you sleep too far away from the forge or had some ailment?

[@jeremygonzal8603]

One change they made that I deeply appreciate is that the scroll wheel works properly when scrolling through items now. Before, each scroll notch was page up/down.

[@jamesrivettcarnac]

11:00 i felt that second pair of socks. Been really, really cold, and holy hell, socks are so important

[@DDRJake]

Something I've come to love about living in a warm country is the lack of need to wear socks. There's just no need most of the year.

[@aurora4xabo665]

Finally actually getting a less than normal amont of matches isnetad of all 12 constantly and everywhere. And yea can see now why torches from fire disabled in ultraloper

[@SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet]

Shepherd complains about food almost as much as my cat.

[@StrifeA217]

cant wait to see the next one. Its hotter than the 9 hells here and watching tricks you into thinking its tolerable.

[@davidpereira5969]

9 hours and theres still a typo in the title, think of the children! Also that dance with the bear was impressive, i thought you were going to lose a bit more than your pants there

[@sebastiankaradi15]

There was a hammer in the pv barn house and I was like ITS THERE PLEASE PICK IT UP PLEASE!

[@DDRJake]

Yep, it was painful to notice on the re-watch, but not as painful as the matches in the shop.

[@CallOfGamer2012]

master of harsh environment back in his element

[@manbearpig342]

You actually spawn at draft doggers cabin it's just burnt down on misery.

[@roach951]

von dougals QoL mod is updated, you may like one of the new things they added

[@loedtree01]

Only guarabranted matchs there is in pleasent vally is at the store hasnt been. There has been guaranted matchs in farm house in a long time and can opener and fire wood are not guarantted either. Loot spawms where redone a while back

[@josephfusco7941]

Trimming the loot tables in a custom-made spawn isnt really what I would call a 'new difficulty'. But it is a start; perhaps they'll expand.

[@szczurek200001]

14:40 Did I spot a hammer behind a barrel in XL shed or was it made out of plastic(decoration/fake one)?

[@DDRJake]

Good grief it was! What a big ticket item to overlook, I didn't even know it could spawn there.

[@Pest789]

10:34 There haven't been matches there since the loot refresh a year and a half ago.

[@jondorf3315]

I recommend the book Night Without End by Alistair MacLean for anyone else that flocks to Jake for arctic torment. There's a nice audiobook of it on youtube that I was listening to before I saw this, and I think I might be coming to see a pattern in my viewing habits...

[@Fayreangel]

Raph said the start for misery is the same time and place to make an even playing field

[@Sef_Era]

I’d love to see a mod that makes it so all matchboxes, cardboard and wood, spawn with only a single match.

[@Pest789]

23:42 You should search with less desperation. The store you just left always has matches.

[@DDRJake]

That store had no matches. After comments about them, I loaded up the save and searched every inch of that shop, there were none. EDIT: Looks like I'm eating my words, there were indeed matches there.

[@Pest789]

Well it's definitely a skill issue then because I just fired up four misery runs in a row and went straight to them all four times. Hell, even Hadrian found them in his run, and he's completely clueless. Bashrobe has an excellent KZbin video on where to find guaranteed matches following the loot refresh in the first DLC drop. So far, from what I've seen, the match spawns in misery still perfectly align with them. You should check it out. Edit: A fifth run just now confirmed they still appear in all three possible positions. I found them twice next to the microwave, twice on the bottom shelf just left of the back room entrance, and once on the middle shelf to the right of the refrigerator at the front of the store.

[@roach951]

​@@Pest789man shut up

[@damianabregba7476]

When I first saw title i thought it was State of Decay mod

[@Blue-zw8er]

The coldest i have ever been out in is -21 degrees

[@silverseth7]

-45c, was two days while I was still in school a few years back. I live a dozen blocks from school and walked.

[@bounty112]

You should've checked out rural store even more thoroughly, as so far it was the only guaranteed matches in PV in loper. I felt you were a tad too quick there both times.

[@DDRJake]

I double checked the recording after the run because I too was unsure about it, but did not see matches. After reading this comment, I loaded up my say and using debug commands, flew back to the store and checked every inch of it with a lantern in hand and still saw no matches. It's possible I'm still overlooking them somehow, but I'm convinced the "guaranteed" matches just did not spawn for me. EDIT: I'm eating my words over this one, those matches were in a nasty spot, but they were indeed there, and I overlooked them on three separate occasions!

[@bounty112]

@@DDRJake If not, then it is definitely a loot change. It was guaranteed to be there at one of 3 places in the rural store.

[@spectre8687]

@@DDRJake So, I was watching the last VOD on twitch, and the matches were there in the store, sitting on the bottom shelf of the shelves next to the entrance to the back room, to be fair, they were in the corner of the shelf, so they were hard to spot

[@KlrKurt64]

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