Once Human - Update Review

[@CodeMeep]

As someone who hated the idea of wipes I wasnt too disappointed with this wipe. all my quest progression saved, so I just had to talk to NPC's to get the rewards, it allowed ME to upgrade my blueprints a lot and you get the levels back extremely quick as the quest progression saves. I didnt lose anything of true value as I wsas able to transfer all my important stuff from the last season to the new one including all my favorite deviants. I understand from a prespective as someone who doesnt play the game much why it sounds bad but as somebody who plays the game a good bit the wipe is a super good experience, its a nice fresh change, i wouldnt even say a fresh start as I really didnt lose anything that important

[@AJR99]

Agree with this. I was really leery about the switch to a new scenario, but it's been surprisingly fun and smooth. My friend group went from the novice to a normal server, and just recrafted our set stuff at rank 1 to start out. Enemies are smarter and harder (and holy crap, those void snipers can one-shot me when they're 8 levels lower than I am, lol!), mob density seems higher, and we have a chance to take what we learned in the last scenario and do it better in this one. The Eternaland depot is there to pull items for logistic points as the need arises; you don't have to transfer everything all at once. We're several days into the new scenario and have been really pleased so far and have been having a great time!

[@leoleo1035]

Glad it worked out for you, but for people like me this is a huge no. Playing the game gives me anxiety, because I feel like I don't have enough time to do stuff, and I can only play for a bit every day (IF playing, because it is not the only game I play). Until there is a NO WIPE server, or allow people to create their own, I'm just gonna ignore this game's existence.

[@atomikronin8062]

@@CodeMeep I really wish they expressed the quest progression saves more strongly. On my character, I completed about 70% of the side quests. Had they told us early on that all you had to do is talk to the NPC to complete, I think more people would have spent more time doing them. But I am glad this is a thing moving forward.

[@Tylran]

I switched to hard server. I am easily able to survive on the hard mode because I have my 3-star blueprints and I can now farm much more Starchrom to quickly get blueprint fragments to upgrade my stuff even more. I was able to bring all my useful deviants, gathering tools and useful items, so rebuilding a base is much easier when you have a fully automated resource farming operation from the get-go. Simplified quest means I don't have to talk to NPCs and do all the busy work, I just go to a place and interact with my own shadow to get the rewards. Exploration is still there, so if you didn't hunt down every weapon accessory or puzzle, those are still there. All in all I'm liking the soft reset system a lot more than I hoped, and it's not nearly as repetitive as I feared.

[@suparosc02]

Strongly disagree, I have played another 3 days including from work to get back to level 30... I want to play, not having a second unpaid job! Recrafting everything is a pain!

[@ironarcana970]

The awesome design of an airplane that has mutated into a dragon-plane definitely is wasted on a balloon popping minigame.

[@Tonypollyoly]

and your bullets dont even fly straight. Genuinely one of the worst minigames in any game iv ever played. Cant imagine ever running it again

[@simhwui]

@@Tonypollyoly cus both you and the ballons are moving in space I do want a better trial that takes advantage of plane dragons, maybe with smaller fighter jets/bombers and we have to shoot bombs that are dropping on a defense point or something

[@LordCommanderVex]

@@Tonypollyoly that's how physics work.....

[@jh_box]

They prob will use that mutated airplane, The Ancient One, again for other content. All devs do this

[@Tonypollyoly]

@@LordCommanderVex bro I understand that. But it was a developer choice to add a target practice to a flying mini game and not manipulate how your bullets work during the mini game. If you think it’s fun aiming while countering the physics in the game by all means run that horrendous shit lol

[@joule7256]

As a old gamer that grew up testing games as a hobby im loving what um seeing with the dev team. Havnt seen cooperation and effort on a MMO like this in a really long time.

[@Tonypollyoly]

@@joule7256 same. Amazed at how many warbands managed to make alliances with their alt accounts

[@nak3dxsnake]

Conan Exiles, Atlas, Ark and any other popular survival game do the same thing. This team has just found some new ways to keep it fresh and to streamline the experience in a way that typically makes sense. I really like the AI helper tool built into the game too once I quit closing it when I didn't know why it was popping up due to it not being very clear until you click on it what it even is. Their menus need work. Their icons are really pretty good. Collision is a bit sticky. Gameplay is very good except when there is stutter and lag. If they can optimize and get rid of the awful laggy hits it will influence survivor games like this for years I think.

[@felipesozza]

@@nak3dxsnake I think MMO is the key here, none of these games you mentioned are a MMO, and that's the cool part about Once Human, the fact that you can bump into players mid game to coop with each other in a massive open world game is really fun, not to mention that this is probably the only one I can think of that is a third person shooter, I think the only game we had close to this in the past was Defiance, but it's long gone now, so Once Human, it's probably my top 1 game for now, it has pretty much everything I like, just add some more vehicles like boats and helicopters and let me use those captured animals like if they were companions to fight with me, and this game would be probably my favorite game of all time.

[@KatsCorner]

this is the first MMO servival game and i because i love building it is really addictive for me.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

​@@felipesozzaMMO is a very strong word for this game.

[@LionHeartV2]

The 4weeks settlement phase is so that players who started on earlier servers, and hence reach the end of the scenario first, can still have something to do while waiting for their friends, who started on later servers, to reach the end of their scenario. My friends and I are already in the settlement phase but another group whom we intend to play the new scenario with are still in phase 3 in their server, so we just mess around in Manibus for about 3weeks until they get their new scenario sign-up option.

[@dogpackgaming73]

I am wating for a group of friends that started after me so I love that I can hang out in the settlement phase and wait for their season to finish up.

[@jaredh923]

No, the settlement phase is so you can level up your character. You're not supposed to be able to do it in 1 week, PVP is supposed to be forced after level 10 and other players are to slow down your leveling process but the chinese government put Article 17 into place and prohibited them from forcing pvp in games. You're not supposed to plow through all of the content by the middle to the end of the third week. The chinese law is a new thing that happened right before launch.

[@TheZanzou]

@@jaredh923 Level up? you're already max level by that time by a long shot. Even only playing a little bit each day you'll be near max level by the end of week 2, absolutely max level by the end of week 3 and settlement phase atm doesn't start until about week 6 of a server. Even the way the content drops for it each week it's designed to be that way, first phase is 1-30 content, next phase is 30-45 content, and 3rd phase onwards is level 50 content being unlocked (max level.) It's a partly what they said, it's a holdover period until the season ends and it also gives you time to clean up all of the exploration stuff that you missed like getting mystical crates for blueprints, puzzles for attachments, and getting all of the teleporters unlocked.

[@ToastedBagel5G]

The rumor of spyware definitely affected this game, and i'm glad they did this interview and thank you for clearing up the rumor

[@jasonstrange4196]

All online games are spyware

[@Swagmaster65]

That season system works exactly like the one in No Man's Sky. They drop you fresh into the scenario, you play through it across the 5 week period, you have the option to send over a small volume of items you found, and the rest as well as that progress is converted to currency.

[@introvertedrobot3681]

This is exactly what I was thinking.

[@asmosisyup2557]

that is a pretty accurate way of describing going into a new scenario, except that when you leave the scenario all your stuff gets stuck in limbo land whereas in NMS it gets added to your permanent base game run.

[@ThreeGoddesses]

So to clarify about what you can and cant transfer a bit based on the vagueness of the wording: Some things might not be allowed into a new scenario because of the scenarios themes, for example you might not be able to take a pvp scenario deviant into a pve scenario deviant because its not on the list. Other than that, within the specifics of the new scenario your trying to join, you get 20 000 points to spend on bringing forward new items, and items have different point costs attached to them. For example, weapons and armor are 9000 points per piece, which isnt a good use of points considering that weapons have minimum level requirements, require high level mats to repair, and can be made in game once you have the base level materials, but deviants are 800 points and the advanced chainsaw and drill cost 2500 points (and arent level restricted). Almost everything that gets transferred into Eternaland can be brought into a new season/scenario so long as you can afford the cost. So really, the only thing that gets wiped is player level and all the relevant scenario progression perks, and all the memetic crafting unlocks and specializations. Thats practically nothing, getting resituated with what's left over will be super easy. BUT it offers a fresh start, and helps bring everyone onto the same page relatively speaking. Even story progression is preserved, but you don't lose out on any rewards. I think its an elegant solution, and they ARE adding longer term scenarios in the future. Something I also want to make a note on is that while the first scenarios were intended to be roughly 6 weeks long, they were more like 5 weeks of content. Now if only we could repair looted gear.

[@sus-rai-69gamingchannel70]

Now i feel stupid with forgetting to get my solar drills

[@asmosisyup2557]

Slight correction, max level, max calibration weapon is 12k points. I think armor was 3k per piece, at any rate both are too expensive to be practical.

[@janninesanchez1091]

I have spent over 300 hours in the game. Wipes are good, because: -Acquiring resources IS EASY. I'm sitting on so many resources I was never be able to consume at all, I wasn't hoarding. The resources are just really easy to get. -Blueprints are kept. Amazing! this means next season, I'll be able to craft all my legendaries I earned from last season onto next season, allowing me to increase their level... which is going to make me stronger. -More PvP events are going to be available which makes it a fair ground field for new players. -Allows us to transfer from previous seasons all the tedious items, such as chainsaw/drill, which speeds all the tedious tasks... BY A LOT. -We can also transfer all the seeds, some of them are really annoying/hard to get. -We can transfer our lovely deviants. Being able to transfer that 5/5 deviant u farmed for, forever... amazing. I love my pets :D. The game is very casual, I'm speaking from a PvP player perspective in a PvP server. As it is now, the game does need more content... we need more events open world. Chaos zones in cities with events, rewards. Just need more to do. Love the game, the hate people give to the game due small things is very unfair. Considering this game is a breath of fresh air in the survival genre. It's not your stalker game, but it is a sandboxy stalker game. It's not your Rust game, but you have base building. It's not Tom Clancys, but it is a looter shooter. It's not your Day Z survival game, but it has most elements revolving around it and they're adding more survival elements. It's not Ark, but we can tame animals. The game just came out, they're still polishing it. Games take time to be polished and they're doing it with OUR FEEDBACK. Which they do listen to and accept constructive criticism. When have you heard devs doing this before recently? Just my 2 cents.

[@FethrPersonal]

200hrs PvP, 200hrs PvE (446hrs on steam atm), I can agree with practically all of this. I'd also like to reiterate that resources, AND LEVELS, are EASY. The experience from the story and a handful of side quests along the way from Phase 1 - Phase 2, will 100% get you to max level. Completing all the Story + Sideline story quests in Phase 1 alone gives you ~ 30-32 levels. I don't recommend doing so, but you can 100% reach max level week 1 through a ton of grinding. (It was a tedious, like I did 3 24hr streams between normal streams tedious, there's no good massive xp farm in Phase 1) In my group we have someone who only plays once, maybe twice a week for a few hours. It's currently Phase 3, and they're having a blast at ~level 45. Sure, they have a bit of a net with us to help push them through content. But, (In my experience on PvE Servers, sadly much less on PvP) there's a TON of helpful people if you just ask in general chat to help with content. Are they going to max out their Starchrom or other major resources? Probably not. But, they're able to roll with us and not feel like they're holding us back. I can also agree with the Content for the more enthusiastic players might be lacking. PvP wasn't our forte, so we dipped to PvE, but the World Events / Public Events definitely feel like they could use more love on both servers. Jannine's explanation of what the game is really spot on. It's a little bit of a lot of these games, that they're taking our feedback to improve and mold to our wants and needs. And yeah, the Devs have done a phenomenal job of communication. I hope other game studios can, where applicable, give similar feedback to their communities. Other things of note: "Fix the Lag!" - The only time(s), which I've reported (and others should as well) is during Prime Wars with Burn Weapons, Mass Fences / Buildings, and a weird Mass Frost Vortex team once. Specifically Burn Weapons seem to really hurt the 'lag' on Prime War Bosses probably due to the DoT, and fences when they all take damage at once can cause spikes. Not sure what the Vortex team did, but pretty sure they just despawned the boss and insta-won it for us.

[@syro2412]

these are exactly my sentiments on the game

[@magus1017]

TLDR Wipe not that bad, game is good.

[@Thundersgaming]

So wipes are good because there's no content. You can wait till 4th week and catch up in a couple days. Then get wiped. Time gated by devs not time consumed by content

[@WrenKainIV]

They should just fix the janky server lag and stop pay walling literally everything that looks good, and I'm back. In the current state it's just frustrating to play

[@Neopopulas]

It really does have early warframe vibes. They don't have space mom, but not everyone can have space mom.

[@DeadPoolyInDaHouse]

@Neopopulas There's definitely a Space Mom. She's just a lot less confident, and her name is Mitsuko 😝

[@er9875]

Warframe taught me that deep down, I'm really just a little girl

[@gabadaba5436]

It seems to me that one of their core goals is to make the game accessible for new players. A lot of MMORPG games can feel impossible to get into late because of how far ahead everyone is and how much content there is to get through to just be caught up. This gets even worse when devs design new content with those long time players in mind. I feel like people are looking at this from the perspective of other games with very different gameplay from Once Human, and then they're getting confused or annoyed by Once Human not doing what those other games have done, which doesn't make sense. It's rewarding to build a character and/or guild over the course of years, gradually getting stronger and stronger items, but every single game doesn't have to be like that. I really like the fact that I can get on, play for a season, drop the game for a year, come back, and I'm not at a significant disadvantage compared to people that stuck with it the whole time. There are ways to reward long term players without granting them a massive advantage, and I think the wipe structure they're going with is at least a decent way of dealing with the issue.

[@SweaggerRexxar]

New World tried that to... and they are STILL trying it... and they failed.

[@Tonypollyoly]

You’re at an immense disadvantage to anyone who’s played multiple seasons. Upgrading your gear requires a lot of investment from blueprints and it’s something you can only do over the course of multiple seasons. Players returning from previous seasons also start off with immense advantages, they don’t have to complete quests entirely, u get to begin week 1 with an electric drill and an advanced chainsaw, you take deviations with you, you stack controllers and mods from previous seasons, and start off with all your blueprints. Particularly for PvP this game will grow to a point where new players simply can’t join because it would take them multiple seasons to catch up to other people in the server which is impossible. The only thing they’ve done is cap the amount of progress you can make during the week and during the season because they don’t have enough content or rewards overall

[@SToad]

This is a good perspective actually. For example I recently started new world and it was impossible to find people for arenas for a quest, since everybody is level 60+ and there was just no matchmaking, not only that but the pressure that everybody is always carrying me in dungeons because I rarely find low level players like me.

[@ZekeyT90]

​@@SToadwell for starters the max level is 50... Ive been playing solo and I've solod everything upto level 45 with no troubles at all so far. My tier 5 sniper can one shot most level 50 mobs. No one will be in the group finder for dungeons because they're easily doable solo. I just hate having to wait for the next phase because I get everything done with about 2 days to spare.

[@pulatelephonics]

@@Tonypollyoly no? at the end of the day there is a set skill tree and set things you can unlock. that does not change between seasons. you can max out your blueprints in one season too. you're just yapping

[@MalakkarVohryzek]

One response I love is that they changed the message activation key from the use activation key, which was making looting and even quest progression nearly impossible due to stupid players spamming the quest spot with messages... so thankful!

[@memph1ston]

The progression is very fast in Once Human, which I think is something that mitigates their frequent wiping and fits the "Mayfly" theme. Agreed on the seasonal system it's confusing as hell. Some things are very confusing too (they should tell you how rare starchrom is!) I imagine the eternaland stuff is 100% tied to your weapons and are level gated. It makes sense because upgrading blueprints, which is one of the strongest things in the game, takes an insane amount of resources. I'm so glad they don't wipe that progress

[@campd73]

Almost annoyingly so. You get to the end of the section and have to wait actual days in order to advance further. Anyone worried about leveling shouldn't be. It's insanely fast and there aren't a ton of things that are critical to leveling anyway. You can't mine materials that don't appear in the zones that are unlocked.

[@MrBlackmesa17]

@@campd73 That's kinda the point. It gives more casual players time to complete everything before the next bit of content. Instead of 2% no lifers maxing out instantly there's a larger community progressing together. Which is important since the endgame so far has required LOTS of people with LOTS of hard to make items to complete.

[@Vittrich]

@@MrBlackmesa17 yeah that system is actually awesome while in other games you stay useless until the reset. no matter if you play 10h a day or 10h a week, everyone is around the same state and until you keep minmaxing every bit of mod etc, it is easy to keep friends going that were "behind". a friend who joined in the midst of stage 3 is breezing through pro silos with us like he was there from day 1. only thing thats @$$ is he missed a good amount of starchrom.

[@campd73]

@@MrBlackmesa17 I totally get it and I like the choice to be fair. Just trying to add on to OP's statement

[@ringo3650]

its the contrary, because they dont wipe bp progress they are making it hard to upgrade the bp

[@netrodenick4362]

There is MASSIVE server lag in some situations. Mainly during Prime War PVE events or when alot of people are in the same area shooting and doing stuff.

[@lucnederhof2107]

report it :)) I'm sure they're doing their best to fix it.

[@horizon2896]

@@lucnederhof2107 It depends. If everyone is already in the shared area when the prime war starts, and no one uses fire / status effects on the bosses, its really not too bad, but it takes a lot of co-ordination to achieve a somewhat lag-free prime war.

[@CapucineNighly]

Ever since the last lootbox update, if anyone teleports mid PW, it becomes a lag fest and instead defeat for our end. :/ They fixed that issue like at July, now it's back again. =A=........ Not gonna look forward to Nightmare PW.

[@richardmoo9066]

@@horizon2896 its already been addressed that the 2 main causes of the lag are 1. the amount of people in the same instance, and 2. the amount of explosions from cannons, buildings, DEVIATIONS being used. 3. ANY weapon that creates a status effect...INCLUDING explosive tactical and weapons. fire being a main cause of lag is a MYTH as it has been tested independently by SEVERAL gaming groups with MINIMAL people on the pw USING fire....0 noticeable lag. way to believe some non developer wannabe on twitter who makes their money regardless of how true their content is. even the DEVELOPERS have said that fire is not the main cause on lag and even BOOSTED burn damage in the second season...why would they BUFF a damage type that is 'causing lag' on their servers during a server event?

[@richardmoo9066]

@@CapucineNighly never ONCE Saw that on my server and im going into my third season. fake news.

[@Kukyodragonfly]

I hated the idea at first, but after someone made the perfect analogy, I feel it seems like an interesting mechanic. Someone in chat said it's like Eternaland is the real world, and you jump into the scenarios like movies, or games. The first thing that came to mind was something along the lines of ReBoot (the old TV Show). I'm still waiting for the second week to jump ship into a new Manibus server, but for now seems interesting enough to try.

[@tman57vt]

Someone compared it to getting isekai'd each season which I feel suits the system the best

[@Zagriel.]

@@tman57vt that would be true if the said scenarios were different from each other(not PvP/PvE different).

[@JayPlaysEverything]

The time gated phases mean low tier items aren't useless. The level reset means power creep is controlled. The system is brilliant

[@SamFishback]

Who does the editing on these thumbnails cuz this has to be the best one yet!

[@usseg]

Thor does them all himself.

[@cksdnreocksdud]

Honestly, as someone who was noob enough to repeatedly make mistakes throughout the first season, I’m glad that there is a transitioning phase to the next season to have a chance to start over and correct the silly mistakes I had made on like buying blueprints on the wish machine that did not match my build and selecting useless specialties (i forget what it’s called) when I could have picked gold smelting for the easy energy links.

[@Tonypollyoly]

You still have those blueprints, still made those mistakes, and still wasted your time. They could’ve done a lot to make specializations better and given us new ways to earn starchrom, controllers, and memetic resets without having to repeat the same content over again, gate locked by weekly phases

[@watermalin]

That's the only reason why i'm totally okay with going to a hard server instead of a new scenario right away! i still want to play around with builds and learn from my mistakes and i have time to do so! i have hundreds of hours already and felt like i didn't do everything i could, and there were others in my warband that are like a week behind. so it gives us all time to adjust.

[@LoucheWoman]

Heck, I got to level 40 and then restarted on a new character on a different server just to play with my better experience. Silly of me to just not wait but meh. At any rate, obviously not a problem for someone like me.

[@SToad]

lol same, I played since launch but my hours in game do not match my knowledge, left for other games after being dubious with the reset, then came back late by the time the new season was starting and I didn’t even get to finish the giant. But now it’s day 2 on my server and I’m already afk producing oil 😁

[@Tonypollyoly]

@@SToad you don’t have access to oil fields till phase 2? How are you pumping oil on day 2 lol

[@ericman2323]

I'm new to your channel and genuinely appreciate your thoughtful perspective. It's refreshing to see someone patiently take the time to break down some of the more complex topics and dispel harmful preconceptions. I look forward to more of your videos. Thank you, Sir!

[@user-uk1nw4lh6y]

As a Once Human player who has 200 hrs, the “wipe” that everyone is worrying about is really just your Level and the story itself. Once you are in the new scenario you can transfer items from eternal land to your backpack in the new scenario. There’s no limit to the level or tier of the item you want to bring but it is very very expensive and not worth it, for example; you get 20,000 of this currency and each item you bring takes from the currency, some are small like 40-200 per while others like a Tier 5 maxed out weapon will take 18,000. The high end items are the most expensive and you’ll only be able to really take like one or 2 depending on what it is, but with everything else being relatively cheap you can take a nice portion with you. In the next scenario you can take all the stuff from the previous scenario and the scenario you just finished with you, it stays there forever. As soon as the scenario started I already built my set which is all legendary gear within like 20 minutes, sure it was tier 1 but I had my exact build and for the content I’m doing I’m still doing the most damage.

[@blinkx1070]

I still don't want to replay the same content every month. Especially when that content is as boring and unengaging as it was.

[@Shadowsnail55]

I feel like the pve side might get boring but my PvP server was sweaty as hell

[@Zagriel.]

@@blinkx1070 it's their attempt at replayability. Instead of making an engaging and fun experience they just wipe the progress. As you can see a lot of people are eating it happily.

[@jesza4183]

The wipe on the new server actually went really fast. Everyone brought their advanced chainsaws and drills. You go through it fast without the early grind. It's better to bring a calibrated blueprint for 1k each than the maxed gun since you can make guns easily but won't find any calibrations or anyone willing to give them away early on. The biggest issue is your old server community merging with other new ones. It went from helping each other out to WoW's Barrens chat. It's an issue because you no longer know if you can trust people with perms to put down benches in trades for the first couple phases until reputation and relations are built.

[@simonmcneilly55]

The wipe is totally pointless because you keep everything, but if you say it’s a shit mechanic, the dick riders get mad…..

[@Liamallen125]

I finally understand the wipes fully. Obviously lots of things carry over even when starting a new scenario now, but they seem to be going in the direction that each scenario is like starting the sequel to that game (or provides a unique enough experience for the player to be able to handle losing some progression for. For example, starting over in a world with PvP fully enabled and you can loot anyone at any time is only fun if everyone got wiped.

[@Omen9tactical]

I think separating Character Level from Season Level could be an interesting direction to go. Have certain things based on the character's overall level and a separate Season Level to put everyone on a similar playing field. You can always display the Character Level alongside the Season Level, this way people never lose their high level. At the very least, leaning towards this approach of an overall level may help people feel better about losing levels.

[@MrBlackmesa17]

You do get the glowy butterfly thing for completing most of the seasonal stuff so that's kinda like a "prestige" item... kinda

[@nintendbro3275]

The last stand Aftermath had a pretty good system in that spirit.

[@D3bugMod3]

Hi, This being the internet i want to be clear. Game devs do not walk on water. They can be as wrong as anyone. And i'm just not into parasocial relationships. That said really glad i found your channel. Gaming discourse is being reduced to an us vs them mentality. Which ignores nuance, technical considerations & limitations. IDK how gaming improves by doing that? I've really come to prefer getting gaming info from developer channels. Because you are and can be really critical of the industry. While still acknowledging the complex nature of modern gaming. Aspects that are minimalized or ignored by too many gaming content creators. Take care & thanks for taking the time to do this🫡

[@MrEShive]

Agreed! I work in the IT Field and ive gotten frustrated about valve and csgo in the past…everytime ive gone in and been like WTF is the problem…and then i see their answer and understand

[@SaltedCoffee400]

This wont do, the thumbnails are too good now

[@sumSOTY]

For real, that thumbnail was solid

[@Joetoep]

As a player who has 300+ hours in this game, hear me out: CONTROLLERS: This is an item you really need to use to get Mods, Parts, Stardust Source etc. No controllers means no loot. You will say: "well play less or do something else ?" No this is not about it. You need to run Silos, Silos and silos to get the great mods for your weapons and your gear. Everyone needs them. But you need to run them 150 times until you get the best one. The only problem is you only get 250 controllers and you get 20 controllers weekly. There's no other way to earn controllers. You want to help other gamers with their runs too but if you have no controllers, you get no loot from the bosses. Which is annoying. No reward for helping. Also your gear and weapons' durability goes down so rapidly, that you need expensive materials to repair them. Guess what you need to gain these materials ? Thats right: Controllers. As an alternative, you can farm these materials but it takes ages to get these materials just to do a few runs, repair your stuff and do this all over again. I will say one thing: If they don't fix this problem, this game is dead in 4 months.

[@TheXTruthAbout]

The most important part of the wipes are the *Memetic Specializations*. Every scenario will give players *random* Memetic Specializations. This means that each scenario will see your role in the Hive/Warband changing. It stops players from locking down a market on Solar Drills or special foods. It stops people from over-farming materials and crashing the market. So, while you might be the one one the team making all of the explosives due to your unique specializations this time, during the next scenario you'll be offered a new assortment of specializations that will change your play experience. I'm excited for it.

[@brilyman]

i actually really like this side of it too, i got sulphur chemist and so i become a sulphur miner for like an hour followed by filling 40 advanced synthesis benches in 2 bases with sulphur a day just so we could pump acid out for people to buy/trade. i really dont wanna be stuck doing that daily LMAO

[@GuildCarver]

It's actually really nice because my first season I got a lot base focused specializations. This season I've gotten my hands on a few different specs that let me make items I see other people constantly asking for in world chat. So now I'm able to go out and just help my fellow meta with gear they need. It's so nice being able to make something and drop it for someone than just be like "Oh well I can make slightly tougher sandbags for you" lol

[@devinbrandt7662]

Just found your channel and immediately subbed. Someone who knows what they are talking about! This idea of wiping works great. A server for Empyrion called HWS has been doing it for years.

[@ChrisRedheart]

Lag isn't just on our side. Playing on the Hard PVE server that is currently capped with full players, we do experience lag in game.

[@BradleyCTurner]

after playing a bit more than i should, the wipe or seasonal reset, is just a bandaid for lack of proper end game content, they didnt have a new scenario lines up, and were just replaying manibus scenario again (at least they gave us a hard variation) but there really isnt much to do at end game after phase 3, and with the limit on controllers and starcrom its even more apparent. they could have made the game where each new scenario just unlocks new parts of the map, adds a new max level, new tier items (current max tier is 5, they could increase it by 3 each scenario) but overall this is just their way of addressing end game content issues for people who play more.

[@rusty_nl]

Leaving the calling out and banning of racists in chat, in the vod upload, is so unbelievably based, I love to see it. So tired of all of the "Chinese = guaranteed malicious and bad without exception" shit that people try to push

[@nintendbro3275]

The irony of it is, that stereotype in America is a direct result of malicious US companies spec'ing to be just that, and going for the cheapest suppliers/manufacturers who are more likely to cut corners, like every single American company 😂 some people are just so absolutely thoughtless about their thoughts..

[@TheXTruthAbout]

While I believe stereotypes exist for a reason, I love a redemption arch. For me, this is my first real interaction with a Chinese publisher and I am just stunned at how amazing they are being with their community. There are always gonna be issues in the game and, for some, it will be the last straw. But, this team seems to be really engaged with the community.

[@spnked9516]

It's a fairly reasonable position to take though due to how Chinese corporations and the Chinese government commingle. China is, nominally, communist (in reality their system more closely resembles Fascism - though it's sort splitting hairs since both branch from socialism at the end of the day), and after all, the CCP is quite malicious, both domestically and internationally. All that being said, it's pretty shortsighted and willfully ignorant not to acknowledge that the US government does a lot of the same things, given all the information sharing agreements they have with basically every major tech company, and all the shenanigans their alphabet agencies get up to. Point being - don't hate the broader population, hate the people in the government. And if you're going to do that, at least be consistent with the condemnation.

[@eechee2979]

@@nintendbro3275 "every single American company" Speaking of thoughtless... More ignorance doesn't solve ignorance.

[@extbr3akz]

Excellent Summary. Thanks Mate

[@ConcreteLobotomy]

This feels like a lot of the things everyone is missing are just called something else. Your devotion that you feel for your character is now supposed to be devotion to your account and characters are more like weapons; something transient that you use for as long as it's appropriate, in this case for a season.

[@Thundersgaming]

If it's all transient and someone else gets to determine the appropriate time alotted. Why tf would anyone rot there brain on a game where the devs get to say only play this far. Now you can play a little further. Alright that's enough time on your work restart. I don't want to be governed by them

[@ConcreteLobotomy]

@@Thundersgaming Your entire concept of enjoying video games has been 100% dependent on the dev determining the end of development. "Why tf would anyone rot their* brain on a game where the devs get to say you only play this far" that is every game you've ever enjoyed ever, so: literally you would, and so would everyone who's ever played games. A complete product that can solely be run without upkeep is the end result of the developer saying "The development on this experience is over at this point." The lifetime of any experience that relies on constant developmental upkeep is determined by how long the product remains profitable. If the ways that they are developing the game are grossly unpopular and they refuse to change them, then it will not be profitable. If you want to play a game that is developed forever, in exactly the way you want the parameters of the game developed, you better get started on creating your own favorite game. Also, you're misrepresenting what is and isn't transient about the progress between seasons in this game.

[@WrenKainIV]

​@@Thundersgaming eh so which game exactly is different when you boil it down like this?

[@MrTehNoms]

@@Thundersgaming Then go play Warframe? Not to say, "if you don't like it, leave"... but... If you don't like, leave. This isn't defending the devs, but you seriously can't get so worked up over something you aren't forced to spend your time on. Go play the Division instead.

[@TheCueJunior]

I think i really appreciate the risks being taken and because of the communication am more willing to deal with the negatives. Ive had so much fun just with building which i never usually get into i like the way decorations are unlocked.

[@fatfurie]

man.. thor you are SO good at calling out "bad" takes in your chat and correcting/explaining a better one. i get why your youtube shorts do so well.. your streams are just filled with so many informative stories/scenarios that tie back to your life and work experience... everything is so concise and straight to the point..thanks for you what do

[@fatfurie]

you even called out a racist comment right after i posted this comment.. goated

[@pokiis3of10]

Its called having brain LUL

[@fatfurie]

@@pokiis3of10 i wish that were true..clearly you lack what he does cause this response suuucckkks

[@GeorgeJung19856]

I have to say ... i had never before so much fun with a game :D Normally i was just abt graphics ...wasnt the grahics on top ... i didnt want to play it. I played ...cyberpunk, rdr2, AC valhalla, ...this type of games .... but the main fun for me was that it looks awesome ... I never loged in to have just fun with the mechanics , ... This changed with Once Human. the graphics are not that good ...but i just enjoy everything u can do in this game. the base building is super cool, the interaction with other people are super cool, figuring ou the Weapons with the mods , and the clothes sets makes lots of fun. The Events u do together with ur server are fun ...The "Dungeons" make fun .... I also feel rewarded for my invested time .... cuz u really get lots of that "starchrom" which is the main currency .... it just feels like they took everything i like abt gaming ...and put it together in ONE game :D I really like this game....and i hope they wont destroy it with future updates :)

[@SaltBucketBeckett2597]

Thor: "you're doing a racism. Stop it."

[@Tipsterspainting]

20:30, @pirate; This is how WoW Ascension Works, They move all content from the Seasonal Server to a "static" server, and refresh the overhead seasonal, You lose nothing, keep all progress etc. But it's merged with Past and Present on an existing server.

[@DtWolfwood]

The rush for the best property keeps it a bit fresh season to season

[@Joetoep]

Someone gets it :)

[@Zhivr]

Literally gold rush, in this case, black gold

[@amj2048]

Great video. I'm really having a lot of fun with Once Human so far. Can't wait to see what happens with it going forward.

[@MrSamman]

One thing they could do if they are going through with this "Seasonal Renew" and I'm only 15 minutes into your video is to implement a "Player Level" as well as a "Scenario Level" so players feel like their progression matters. Or they should do what DRG does and allow people to play previous scenarios. I guess I'm just a little confused cause it's a whole lot of "marketing talk" and not a whole explanation.

[@clipertun]

Prestige badges!

[@yurihuffles]

There is this... if someone's done a decent amount in the final stages of the scenario... they currently get a butterfly. If you view the player card of someone that's done this you'll see the butterfly mark and the number 1 (as 1 is the highest earnable rank right now), however doing more scenarios on the same character can upgrade the level of that butterfly to rank 4 which is the max at present. So, in short - there is a "character level" between scenarios... it's the "butterfly level".

[@KeepCalmEden]

This channel has to be the most reliable source for once human infortmation

[@IXxJordan]

17:45 What if the new season does not start during the grace period? - Like grace period is just a few weeks of no real updates or scenarios / changes to the game.

[@logitechman5]

@@IXxJordan then you hangout in eternal land which is your own instanced island. Same spot it puts all your stuff after the world ends or you transfer.

[@Maxpain666777]

Yeah level isn't really a problem because it feels so quick. Almost like repeating a game of LoL. Except all my current equipment i got on my previous game I keep, and I can enhance them beyond their original strength because Im getting Fragments to level them up. It took me less than a day to get to 40 when 50 is the max and the level content cap is 30 for the first week. Not to mention getting StarChrom and collecting more Furniture Blueprints and the like.

[@AlterRaigo]

Now that I am playing the first seasonal "wipe", I think their reasoning for it sounds more like an excuse. This whole wipe is only done because the PvE content is so bare bones and shallow. If it wasn't time gated, people would be done with a season in less than 3 days. So the wipe serves just one purpose, keep people doing the same exact, time gated shit in the hopes they don't get bored (which we are regardless) and/or stop spending money in their cash shop. In regards to inherited seasonal items, you get 20k of some "transfer" currency but a full stack of let's say Tungsten (1k units) costs over 10k of those points. Your Tier V fully calibrated and min/maxed guns and armor are about that much as well, per piece! All you can realistically bring is some of your Deviants and some other basic garbage like food and some recipes, everything else is prohibitively expensive. Now, the whole "level playing field" is a bunch of BS, people with Gold recipes and gold weapons can make them already at Tier 1 so we got a clear advantage over newbies. I have a newbie friend who just joined us and he was about to quit because everything was so difficult in this new "normal level" server. Add to this that we cannot help newbies because we cannot trade Weapons and armor unless we do the whole "naked PvP" trick. Yes we can give them food and resources, but they can't beat Bosses by tossing cans of beans and Ore at them (which would be awesome by the way) but they can't. So they have to endure being dragged around and not having fun at all through the leveling process.

[@richardmoo9066]

sounds like someone is butthurt they don't get to be alpha make wolf millennial anymore and every one is equal. boo hoo hoo...you wanna be alpha wolf all the time..go back to COD I have a newbie friend who just joined us and he was about to quit because everything was so difficult in this new "normal level" server

[@willajean1]

It is so easy to level in Once Human, and this settlement time (first season "wipe") before the next scenario will be a good chance to re play it and build up those Blueprints we earned previously. I was not cool with this in the begining, but now that I have played the full first season, I am here for this settlement phase.

[@PainKiller100500]

They should just make additional servers without wipes/resets and everyone will be happy

[@ygnizemcenia6059]

it's one of their plan and also a server than has longer season before resetting.

[@iliketurtles667]

Then you meet the server kings who don’t allow mining in the iron river but will let you for a small fee per swing. 😂

[@ameteuraspirant]

like path of exile.

[@chetmcgovern9985]

They do have this in the form of "Eternaland". A lot of the stuff they are talking about is going from a server to eternaland and back but there is nothing really stopping people from just staying there. As of right now, they don't seem to have plans to change that.

[@clipertun]

That’s what they’re doing, they’re going to release year long servers!

[@ProfessorMonstru]

I think your criticisms are very fair and made in good faith with your experience on both sides of the video gaming industry. I do think that it's important to point out how easy leveling in this game is compared to what most of us think of as the standard for MMOs, like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV. Compared to even the fastest possible version of WoW leveling, this game is about 5x as fast. Instead of hitting cap while grinding dungeons in WoW and taking about a week, you can easily hit level cap in this game in 2 days just by doing content and crafting. Almost everything you do awards experience points, and if you played a previous season, you have blueprints you can use to craft really good gear and blow through the earlier levels with ease. It's kind of like sharing BoEs across characters in WoW, but it's all on one character in this case. People have a variety of passive and active leveling concepts, like living near an ocean to collect sea water and turn it into salt, doing a lot of early cooking, metal smelting, etc. As much as people probably think a level reset every 6-8 weeks is harsh, I assure you, it's really barely a hiccup. Less than 2 days into the current season, I was level cap and right back where I started, minus a few upgrades on my weapon that took me an additional day or two to gather materials for. I think this seasonal concept is really good at clearing unnecessary item bulk, and as we can keep sentimental stuff in Eternaland, I see that as a win/win.

[@tyggna]

at 8:03 as someone who dove deep into it--the requirements is a time gated mechanic. You have a unique currency you get 20/day of and that currency is needed to pull items out of eternaland and back into the scenario. It's more or less useless right now in the first season, but it's laid out pretty clearly in the menus. My guess is that item rarity will influence the costs of pulling it out of eternaland and they intend for this to be a kind of control so that new players at the start of the season don't get immediately steam-rolled. Also, PvP is available in Eternaland if you want it. If they made it so you could summon or repeat interesting boss encounters in Eternaland, I think they'd probably have what they're after with that sub-section of the game. The character level has so little impact on your overall combat capability that I'm just not concerned about it. Honestly, a lvl 5 can go toe-to-toe with a level 30, and higher skilled player will usually win despite the level 30 advantage. If they locked the level progress based on the seasonal stage they'd probably get closer to what they're after. I'm interested to see how this plays out because I've only seen one good MMO system that fostered collaboration with newer players and that was Guild Wars 2's zone-based dynamic leveling. Rewards were based on your actual character level, and your combat character level was capped based on the zone you were in. It worked for a bit, but timewalking didn't do a whole lot for WoW on this respect and I found myself spending months playing solo while my geared raiding friends waited for me when I first started.

[@BACON2369]

To put it in another way, Level has nothing to do with your skill or strength. Level unlocks area's and allows you to "Tier Up" your gear.

[@Tonypollyoly]

Bro you’re tapped and playing a different game. Are you fr still rocking tier one gear at lvl 30? And if you think someone in tier one gear could kill you wearing tier 4 your either some holy dogshit or playing a different game lol. Maybe not as big a deal between 40 and 50 as you have all tier 5 at that point.

[@Tonypollyoly]

Btw at tier 1 before adding multiplicative mods and cradles you’d actually have around 1/4 the dps and health then you would at tier 4. I genuinely think you play different games like pirate software does and then are just commenting with confusion lol

[@DrRippenShitten]

as someone playing the game and having just experienced the "wipe" it didnt feel like a wipe at all. Levels and skills got reset, but i have all my mod pieces, all my blueprints, all my furniture items and i was able to bring my core resources OVER to the new season like the best tools, S rank animals, my best deviants i caught last season, the requirements are a "cost" out of a total of 20,000 that youre given at the start of the new season. All of the things i ACTUALLY worked HARD to get have come through, the things i dont have like basic resources, i have almost entirely restocked within like a day thanks to being able to bring my tools over. I also have my bases as Blueprints from last season so i just plop a starter square down, get the resources and boom my old house is back. Compare this to games that actually "WIPE" like Rust, and it is truly a night and day experience. Rust feels like starting from square one every few weeks, this game is like starting three fifths down the track.

[@sentinell4873]

I think Thor need to play the game at this point because a lot of the hardcore player anyway are going to level up as fast as possible and reach the "endgame" level in the second or first week. The progression isn't really tied to one specific path where you just level up to get what you want. Yes you have to do similar stuff again but you are doing that anyways in the same form like dungeons. What you lose actually aren't gears and materials you've collected, it's the specific type of quest items that aren't carried over or had to be activated in later stages, the other items are "stored" in your "server" and you have the option to select few to bring in the next "server" where new things unfold. I thinks this is a unique way to bring people in and I think its going to work because the need to be lvl 50 all the time isn't going to make the game more fun. In fact there might be some rotating events that happens that makes the game not be bloated, like some people who say they want to keep old raid bosses or maps and never do them after a week.

[@Shadowsnail55]

Max level already in 2 days

[@ohboi8854]

The thumbnails are always worth waiting for this one did not disappoint

[@XeromusPrime]

As someone who's put 60+ hours in this game thus far, the things that actually reset are honestly minor, all things considered. As long as I get to keep my blueprints, weapons, mods, deviations, materials and resources I'm okay resetting to 1 so that we can experience the scenarios how the devs intend them to be and alongside new players without worry. It allows everyone to experience the new scenarios no matter when they got into the game. Character progress that matters (blueprint levels, mod enhancements etc.) carry forward with you, so that's the biggest deal. I feel like it's not going to be a big problem, but I won't truly know until we experience it. But, for now I'm not too worried about it.

[@XeromusPrime]

Then again, I was a Tarkov player, so a wipe of that magnitude is something I'm used to. This is tame in comparison.

[@CapucineNighly]

Wait until you have 300+ hrs and then you'll get over your honeymoon period to see how a buggy mess the game is. And how utterly boring it gets with your 2nd re-run at the nub season 1. Especially during week 3.

[@Haz-Zzz]

Thor something to remember about Seasons.. PoE and Diablo does it, and its super fun.. Its not something new.. Untrue story, but likely story: This developer has asked AI what are the most fun and appreciated features of the best games past 10 years. And AI said and devs said "there we go, lets make it" and they did. They have a shitton of features from tons of games i've played. Seasons is one popular feature which keeps players active. The game has a lot to polish ofc, but its a great game already Also amazing content gg man keep it up, sponsored or not..

[@Desmond-Dark]

Thor I'm not Asian but I'm also not white. I'm glad you spoke out DIRECTLY against anti China racism.

[@nintendbro3275]

Idk man, that was really close to the "I'm not racist butt" 😂 like I'm not Asian, but I'm not white either, so its clear that I care about this, unlike if I were white" 🤣 like that's still a race-based criticism. Ironically, the thing people fail to see is that there are perfectly appropriate things to make generalizations on based on legitimate, correlated patterns, such as geopolitical sentiment, culture, ideology, etc. But it's much more effective for the elites to make people think in terms of racism and sexism instead of "what's in service of humanity and what isn't". So to correct your comment, you shoulda said "I'm not an idiot, so I'm glad that you aren't either and spoke to the false correlation being drawn based on the dev teams' home country"

[@LoveToSpootch]

How is it racist to spread misinformation about 1 chinese game while liking 10 other chinese games? If there are 10 black people and you like everyone except 1, chances are that 1 person is just an asshole. Nothing to do with race.

[@CapucineNighly]

Boyo... the steam discussion page is riddled with people like that. And in Asia we usually have really thick skin, but daaaang... The racist posts I would see is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo BAD. Like blatantly bad.

[@ThunderChanter]

I do recall my time in Ark, where because there was no wipes(dont know if this has changed) you'd get huge mega tribes on each server, with newer players only ever living in 2x2 maybe 3x3 bases before the Megas just rolled up and destroyer it, to make sure it wasnt a FOB full of gear for a potential raid. It just, stopped being fun. You couldnt tame good dinos, you couldnt run the boss, all cuz the Mega tribe said "No". And with how stockpiled they were for defense, attacking them became a server wide alliance against them which was hard to pull off. I get where they're coming from, just not sure this will do what they expect it to

[@hamsterdmg]

you get 20,000 points to the depot, 1 single weapon cost 17,000 of those points which REALLY pissed me off further

[@Kyle-jo4kv]

It makes so much sense If you have played the game. Weapons have unique features and they require a blueprint to make a craftable version of the item. This is important as found items that you didn't craft cannot be repaired and will break over time. So progression goes like this. 1.earn fragments to craft lvl1 version of blueprint. 2. Use blueprint to craft the weapon in tier 1-5 (copper-tungsten) this means you can use it at any stage in the game and a weapon made of copper(early game) will do significantly less damage than a weapon made of tungsten(end game) 3. As time goes on you get blueprints you don't need, you can use them to level up your blueprint. An example would be, at the end of the season I have a T5 legendary shotgun made from a lvl 3 blueprint. In the next season I'll still have the lvl 3 blueprint but no shotgun, forcing my new character to remake the shotgun using T1 mats and get it back up... During this season I may get my blueprint to lvl5. A T5 shotgun made from lvl1BP will be weaker and less effective than T5 shotgun made from lvl3BP. You lose the crafted items between season, but not the ability to craft them

[@seanprater6040]

Is background playback disabled for this video? It keeps pausing when I lock my phone even with premium

[@PirateSoftware]

Not handled on my end so not sure!

[@SaltedCoffee400]

Thats just your phone being angry at you. Some apps do it more then others. Twitch is particularly mad at me. Well thats just a theory a came to me in a dream theory. Jokes aside I run background stuff often 10h a day other apps can butt in too. I had an app that pauses or permanently lowers the system volume. They took a years and about 150 reports to fix.

[@tablebasse1299]

Similar thing happened to me yesterday, go into settings > subscription or however the youtube premium payment is handled, and like that's all I did I didn't even click anything, and it updated back to being youtube premium (no idea why it lost it in the first place)

[@nizzymo]

If you click on a video through shorts or a notification video without closing the short, it'll refuse to let you watch the video In picture in picture, I'm guessing it's the same for background playback. (Assuming you're on mobile)

[@anthonydavis5288]

^ There are a few bugs when you have a "Shorts video" open and try to watch a "longer form video". To avoid that try to close the shorts video.

[@spillz_0o0]

Thank you for keeping an eye on this game and giving us your take on the game... I have sunk over 100 hours in so far and love it... Can't wait to start the new wipe.. love how well they keep in contact with the players too!

[@nabulalke]

it had no audio but i just had to refresh sorry

[@rossharper1983]

Started playing it 2/3 weeks ago and absolutely loved the leveling up. The world, the creatures, the bosses, the puzzles, the horror aspects, really makes it one of the best games I've played in a while. I've hit phase 4 and am on end game content now and its practically dead in my server, loads of people around but no one who wants to team up for raids

[@heritortheory6201]

rather than having my progress stripped away, I would much rather be forced to choose which select number of perks and abilities the 'level cap' of the scenario or season or whatever limited me down to. So rather than removing something I'd already accomplished it would become a strategic choice with points I already have but redistributed to suit that 'wipe'.

[@OhItsNoctu]

You realistically don't get anything removed that you "accomplished". You lose materials which are not hard to get. Not even quest progression gets reset. Half of the people crying have no idea what actually gets reset, instead of reading/watching a video and understanding it's not a wipe. Nowhere near a wipe actually.

[@jgalvan09]

Just say you haven’t played the game

[@heritortheory6201]

@@OhItsNoctu 7:55 In plain text Character level exp NO : above that. You can NOT take the following content from their associated scenario to a new scenario. If you don't know what you are talking about. DO NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

[@scarecrow274]

I just started this game 4 days ago and it feels like a change of pace I didn’t know I needed. It’s my first survival game so I didn’t expect to make it much beyond the tutorial but being a F2P game I figured I’d give it a chance and so far I’m glad I did. Enjoying the monster models and building elements. Really like seeing the cash shop and paid battlepass is cosmetics only. Hopefully they continue to improve upon all of the systems and valid criticisms players are having and keep the game going.

[@gdrad]

This video actually got me to try out once human. Skimming through it again now that I've put about a week into the game. Easier to follow along what's going on now. One specific note: Cannot take Special Specialization items crafted using memetic specialization: I'm okay with this. This is actually fine. The reason it's fine is those crafting recipes are actually really cheap to produce. I have the harvesting sickle which costs 10 copper ore, 3 rawhide, and 10 log. That's so dirt cheap. Since it's locked to specialization there's room to trade it for other spec items with other players. It also has a IIRC 10d lifespan. If it was allowed past scenario transition there'd be weird optimizations happening.

[@songsong9558]

I cannot get over the number of times Thor said they're being very human in their engagement for the game called ONCE HUMAN

[@xxEx1l3Dxx]

Thor, this video is what I needed on deciding about playing this game. All the reason's on the soft wipe are why I was worried about starting. However, after doing some personal digging the parent company of Starry Studios is Netease which also work on Naraka Bladepoint & Marvel Rivals. The risk to reward is what they did on Naraka and every out cry via the community since 2021 has been about heard at this point so as long as Starry stays on the same path as their parent all the risks are going to be pay off's. I've come to the conclusion after playing Naraka for as many years as I have that Netease does listen to their audience's especially their western audience. However, seeing many friends play and the designs of environments & enemies plus this review has defiantly pushed me into at least trying it. side note...thanks for mentioning the TOS cause I think people in the west (US mostly) do not understand other regions video game laws.

[@LadyAtarah]

There was definitely an advantage to already being able to build my fave weapons/gear at a lower level when starting over on the new server. Especially helpful on a Hard Mode server. Having the "simplified" version of quests I'd already done on the Novice server has been very nice. The main thing I didn't enjoy about the process of starting over/moving was having a sort of point-buy system for transferring items back to the new server from Eternaland. I didn't have enough points! 😆But it also forced me to think carefully about what would be the most useful starting out, which I see as a positive. I am somewhat used to starting over fresh a lot, because of how I play Minecraft, ("Ooh, big update-- time to make a new world again!") so, maybe that's made my experience different from most people and less personally harsh. Over all, I am still having a great time. For a free game, it's pretty great, and I am enjoying watching the devs learn what works long-term. They have done a good job listening to players, imo.

[@Omar-Mc-YT]

best kind of interview is just hope on a live stream and have people ask in the chat, and answer their questions for 1 or 2h

[@threscik]

Good job, this thumbnail is turbo cursed. Keep it up.

[@yurihuffles]

I really like the settlement / grace period at the end btw. Since you can still work on personal "goals" from previous phases, then it's nice to have that grace period to finish goals / archivements you are really close to completing. Also, knowing that it's over and you can pull the rip cord any moment to move to another server also means you can try things that you wouldn't normally do due to worried about the impact. I'm always done purification is a very careful way. For my final purification in the last week, I loaded max amount of max level stones in, and let it go. Sure enough, I lost about half my base... but was a lot of fun - but not something I was willing to try when my base was still super important to me.

[@rhettdawson4573]

Having put in over 130 hours so far I don't mind the level wipe at the start of the new season. Leveling in the game is not hard as I have run multiple friends from lv1 to lv40 in only a couple of hours and lv 40 is when you gain access to 5th tier weapons and armor to me it seems to be a mechanic to keep people from getting bored of a new season within a week as you would be so overpowered for the world around you that the new content would become trivial. As long as I keep my blueprints that I spent hours grinding for and deviations I I'm happy.

[@Azkael777]

They need to fix prime war lag so badly tho..... The amount of foundations and walls.. the fact players cant use Molotov's cause that causes massive amounts of lag, its all to do with plenty of things you've mentioned it could be and more. That's what most of us mean when we say fix the lag, it all happens when in events... When we actually gather as a server for an event, WE LAG. Damage and bullets doesn't even register..

[@Hayatehiroyuki25]

It's good the devs are so open to conversation and criticism with this game. So many of the concepts are good and new to me. I will be interested to see where this game and how public opinion will change in like season 10.

[@sh3was16]

wasnt a fan of wipe thing at first, but a couple of days ago my server went into next scenario and you know what - its not bad at all, i see their idea now

[@xGALMxRKx]

as someone that at first didn't want to play the game after hearing the concept of wipe and starting over and now learning what they want to do and what you keep. First, leveling is easy nothing hard to do, follow the story and you'll end up underneath or at cap depending on your take on side quests, second materials is easy to gain, nothing in this game takes so much time to either catch up to someone or be at pace with someone, also each phase is time locked (1 week) so if your friend spent the first two days grinding now they have to wait and you have a week to catch up also 10 weeks (6weeks main and 4 week settlement) is enough time to finish the main story of the game and move on to the next to either (same story) hard mode like new game plus or a brand new story in which a new scenario,

[@DurhamCurse]

As someone who has been playing the pve side of things since launch, I am loving the game. The server reset/wipe (whatever you/they wanna call it) was a major worry and point of contention, but this first transition seems to have been rather painless. For me, I see the reset as a way to mitigate stagnation once you hit max level, because there isn't a ton of endgame content, beyond minmaxing mods. It also gives a bit of breathing room on changes, nerfs, etc., since you can naturally build around them as you level. I would also imagine that the server resets and progression restrictions from phases helps curb veterans from steamrolling newer players (although prevents that entirely is impossible).

[@DurhamCurse]

Also, I just want to take a moment to thank you for defending the game and the dev team against this wave of china=bad hate. Nice to see someone call that out for what it is!

[@SammichLS]

I can understand that you would be concerned a out the character level wipe, but its also important to note that not much is locked behind the level. If you progress the scenarios normally, you wont really have any issues, especially with the streamlined quests. The only thing you really get from leveling up are ciphers which are used for the in game “skill tree”. Everything else that uses character level is mainly just a reccomendation based on your level.

[@DeadPoolyInDaHouse]

That psychedelic outfit is awesome because your character's idle animation changes to you glitching and vision glitching, slightly blurring your surroundings. And the visuals around your clothes while walking is constant glitching FX

[@adidas2684]

I look at these seasons like expansions in WoW. Each new expansion, you have to level up to max level again. What is really the difference between redoing 1-50 vs going 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, etc.. Those first 50 levels basically go just as fast as the last 10 levels of the new expansions. You carry over your end game gear to the new expac in WoW. OH is allowing you to carry over your past gear into the new scenario and the blueprints to build them all over again. Same goes for resources. You can farm a ton of resources in vanilla WoW, but you have to farm all new resources for BC, and then Wrath, and so on. Your old resources are basically useless in the new content. In OH, it's the "same" resource that you had before and you just have to farm again, but the action is still the same. You're still farming more resources. Ultimately, it's not all that different than what we currently do in MMO's like WoW expansions. There are some things very different, but the bulk of it is basically the same. They're just not reskinning the resources as something new or reskinning gear as something new. At the end of the day, that's all WoW expansions are. They're just reskinning the same game play loop. OH just removes the reskin.

[@Suppyyy]

That made me chuckle, 'Fix the lag' 'That's on your end bud' xD

[@misteryee]

I applaud their effort to try something different. So far they have generated enough goodwill from my perspective and has kept my attention (as a casual+ player).

[@ButtonPressGraphics]

My eldest (24) is following in your footsteps, Thor! He has currently just passed his exams at Uni & he told me the exact same thing - Telling devs there IS a problem is not helpful. You need to say what the problem is, WHEN it occurred, WHAT you were doing at the time & more. To help devs, according to my son, you need to give enough information that the devs can replicate the issue for themselves so they can fix it. Just saying "There is a problem there" only tells them about the problem, nbot how to fix it. A devs job is hard to do well

[@MarkusBolero]

IMO this guy has some valid analysis and interesting takes, voices valid concerns etc. Though i get the feeling that he doesn't play the game enough to be familiar with some of the gameplay aspects he's talking about. Maybe that's just me, but i feel like new scenarios and settlement phases is a chance to play through the content again with some changes + streamlining of quests, and then a window of time to stay in the end game and finish the progression as u want. I do understand if that makes him feel like he loses progress, but all the essential progress like blueprints + stars, base building and currency used to power up is saved

[@CrackyTheWizard]

TY for this going to give it a try

[@aaronl1998]

Honestly in todays gaming climate, a responsive and thoughtful studio takes care of half of the convincing I need to try something. I love hearing this, especially when it's games that I looked at when they initially launched saying "Well, I'm not interested in it now, but who knows, maybe in a few months it'll be a good game" and the only way studios get there is by listening to the fans that jump in when they launch. Kudos to them for seeking out professional opinions, kudos to them for taking proper action with said information. The game is currently downloading.

[@macmartin86]

A good way to differentiate between items you keep vs the ones you don't after a season ends, would be to make a border around an item telling you it's seasonal, eternal (for eternaland) or if its a persistent item you can bring to the next season after a "wipe".

[@MrEccentricities]

I've yet to see a single comment talk about how cool it is that despite this lady not speaking English very well she still is allowed such an opportunity in how cool that is

[@gregturner5540]

Why would she not be allowed ? “Being allowed” is a weird view of the interview.

[@MrEccentricities]

@@gregturner5540 its not something I see alot they always make sure they have clear english

[@Touhitsu]

As I said on a comment: I just wish the season was longer. I could never beat the game in 6 weeks in my playstyle. Even if I rush in the best way i can do, sacrificing my own enjoyment of the game in exchange of speed, i wouldn't be able to beat the game (yes, I'm that bad). But I maybe the progress I retain will be enough to do it, I really can't say before testing, maybe it's really ok. I'm loving the way the devs are paying attention, and also, thanks a lot for a BR server for a shooter, can't play otherwise.

[@alexhuettl1716]

Thank you so much for being so diligent in calling out the racism behind the "China spyware" arguments. Because I've read some ToS that are sketchy at best. But people getting so up in arms over a very standard ToS that they would have ignored from anyone else has been insanely frustrating. I really appreciate you breaking it all down so clearly!

[@Fenum]

One thing that really drawn me to the game and break away from First Descendant was the fact it was giving me a lot of Secret World vibes. And the whole soft-wipe makes me feel more like some sort of long term rogue lite.

[@Arjay404]

17:07 I see this as a player beating the game, but wanting to go and complete all the sidequests before going and playing the next game. I think it's actually a good idea, some players just care about beating the final boss, whereas others want to experience the whole game and don't consider having finished the game until they get 100% and then there are people in the middle, who might not care about getting 100% but might care about having visited every city or defeated every miniboss and killing the final boss and consider that is beating the game. Doing this allows for all those types of players to finish the game in whatever way they like.

[@Pierogi_Trash]

43:12 I invited 3 friends to my server recently, brought them to my world on the server, and they moved their day 1 base effortlessly to by me. Honestly, it works amazingly well. I was genuinely surprised how simple and easy it was.

[@SammichLS]

The grace period for the servers is really nice. Im using it to get a little more out of my server, and to get friends signed up for a server that releases a little later, that way ill still end up on a brand new server.

[@rodrigoserafim8834]

I've been playing a lot of Once Human last 2 weeks and it feels a really good game so far. Especially taking into account its a free game. The seasonal servers are a very interesting new take. It allowed me to join a server that started on day 1 of the content, instead of dropping me into a server full of pre-release try-hards that would make my character feel like 100 miles behind. Its a really good idea, but it does come with some downsides, namely the player population gets very fractured. I'm not sure how I will feels about the wipe, but even if all resources would be gone, that is a tiny part of the game. The game is not too much about resource gathering, and is instead about storyline/quest/challenge progression that unlocks more stuff as you progress. And those unlocks we seem to keep. The Eternaland is not the same map as the scenario you play. Its a standalone island where you can sandbox your builds. I think that is going to be a detriment in comparison with Diablo or PoE takes on seasonal content persistence. But we will see. To be fair, I never played with my persisted PoE characters ever again after the seasons closed, so maybe its more an emotional thing for players than actual loss. I feel they are trying to copy Tarkov model way too much though. The game does sorely lack a marketplace atm. Its has this randomized specialization tree that forces one some players to be able to build certain "efficient" items. Its nigh impossible to trade things with other people or to know the right pricing for things. PoE kinda solved that issue with out of game tools and sites. Not the best approach imho. Its overall a fun game, with many boss mechanics, "dungeons", great monster design, average storyline (I feel they really tried but its just falls flat), and characters that you can "build" in many styles of gunplay. The "survival like" resource gathering seems a bit tacked on, but gives players a good reason to distract from back to back grinding the same dungeon.

[@KadeOh]

When my grandfather died suddenly July this year I found myself buying a gaming PC to deal with grief and this was my first game on it I now have 200hrs and have done everything solo I love that this game isn’t too too hard but is also challenging. I love that farming materials doesn’t take much time like wood and ores. For me this game has been my favourite game all year and I had no idea about it until 5 days after it officially released. The story isn’t the best but it’s enough for me to not skip the cutscenes and there’s characters I actually remember the names of and aren’t forgettable due to their character designs. Lowe mitsuko and Mary and hot dog are awesome The games not perfect but I’ve found myself really enjoying how it has lots of random interesting interactions like fallout and ES and BG3 does such as the talking fridge that made me go get 150 plastic bottles. My first morphic chest. The digby boy whose house is going into the oil the cultist town. And that the enemies are actually cool and unique except for siren head but he fits in so well you forget about him I didn’t like palworld the way I like this. This game is so cooked in a good way I can’t stop playing and now when I want to play a different game I’m finding myself going back on it due to it being a type of game I’ve wanted for a long time now there’s things I don’t like but this game has helped me take my mind off losing my father figure I just hope they continue to add awesome random encounter stuff and hopefully remove having to get a tier 3 chest in prime wars just to get a specific card be able to do hard and etc what actually made me download this game was seeing luke Stephen’s hate on it and I was like dude this actually looks fun and it’s free ?? No ptw ? Bought BP to support the devs already completed it it was fun :)

[@TheClawTV]

You're missing the key mechanism that keeps players playing and that is Starchrom. People need to gacha in order to enhance end game weapon and gear blueprints. You keep any Starchrom you earned AND, you play the scenario over to earn that Starchrom again. The chase in this game, is to get fully enhanced blueprints of your favorite builds. In something like Diablo, you get those uber drops from beating a certain enemy. Here, you make your own uber drop from doing Starchrom activities and rolling in the wish machine. In that context, new scenarios aren't a big deal. In fact, they are a necessity.

[@vedarovski4110]

Most of the games have speed servers where progress is much faster and you lose your progress because after a small duration(sometimes hours) server ends. However, those games have normal/regular servers. This game is going to be the first one to have seasonal servers only.

[@marisasob]

I tried to watch the dev stream before but closed it because it was hard to watch. Having Thor comment on it makes it way more watchable 😂 I'm 150 hours in once human and i love it. There are bugs and lag is happening, especially in warband(clan) pvp battles.

[@ethanlimberger3886]

Blueprints and Mods are the best thing to carry over, its the hardest thing to grind and it what makes your character build. This is the most important to me. I dont mind gridning for the rest again,

[@rekindledphoenix]

While I play on a PVE server, reset mechanics is also important for PVP so there's a level playing field. They could've introduced something similar to Guild Wars 2's dynamic level-scaling (that Warcraft introduced to some areas) for high and low level players to have a balanced EXP gain.

[@LeoWolfish]

I'm downloading this game for the first time as I watch this. It will be interesting to see how this evolves. I have noticed a fair few people wanting the Leopards to be tameable. My only hope as a new player is that they will make it possible for newer players in the future will be able to try the old bosses. Just for the sake of challenging them.