What’s WRONG with Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Star Path?

[@kacelove]

clicked this instantly bc this star path burned me out on the game itself. i finished it and I wasn’t even happy that i got the house, i was just exhausted and grumpy 😭

[@Gamez_of_CoffeeSwirlz]

Same here, I finished the star path and stopped playing. The star path really took the fun and enjoyment out of it for me. Even with the dream snaps I can’t find myself wanting to play it.

[@rachelkerns86]

@@kacelove saaaaame

[@countryqueensxoxo1987]

Same✨ literally just finished my star path like 40 seconds ago ….I want to work on my castle but have house work and work to get done…then my kids will be home after school…maybe tonight after everyone’s in bed lol…. ✨✨

[@MichelleBall]

Same! I was so annoyed by the end of this star path I haven’t logged in since I finished it

[@ImNotDeadJett]

Yesss! The Star Path should be fun, but it truly feels like WORK. I miss logging on to DDV with excitement. Now it’s like clocking in at a job in order to get the day’s tasks done.

[@RoyalMasterpiece]

Facts!

[@MariTube408]

Yessss!!!!

[@ellegalaxies]

They've got to take Daisy off her personal 24 hour reset cycle if they're gonna keep her quests in. That alone is maddening.

[@samanthawhat]

I enjoy a game that has fairly grindy tasks honestly, because I just pop on some headphones and listen to an audiobook/stream/podcast, but even this star path was too much for me. The hyper specificity, the annoying RNG, and time gating (Daisy's boutique... ugh) made it SUCH a drag. This starpath made me realize I'm barely even using the decor items besides for dreamsnap submissions because once I finish the repetitive, every other month new starpath grind/1-2 new character quest cycle I'm burned out and only hop on the game to do dreamsnaps... to make moonstones for more items to only use in dreamsnaps. Another point- my friend picked up the game to play with his niece almost a year ago. He got the starpath but they had to then hurry and unlock characters specifically for the tasks. So there was just this tangle of quests that they had to do in order to even complete starpath tasks. They should definitely keep new players in mind because it burned him out very quickly and he never picked it up again. :/

[@TabbyInGameland]

My issue with the star path is, it is not new player friendly. I bought this for my sister for her birthday in Dec. She has a job, 3 kids, and other hobbies. There is no way she will finish it in time. I have a lot of free time on my hands, and this time around the star path makes me feel burnt out, not fun. I hope they do something to fix this.

[@phoebeshea90]

I was pretty happy that I hyper focused on this star path before I got my PS5 and started Infinity Nikki….because even when I was riding the Storybook Vale high and playing DDV regardless, this was the first star path I did where I felt no joy playing it. It almost feels like we’re misbehaving toddlers and Gameloft is trying to punish us with each new star path being more frustrating than the last. Them region locking our fishing tasks was SO unnecessary. But the worst thing for me was the MILLION Daisy boutique challenge tasks…like I’d finish a 3 day one and be so happy, and then they’d give me a 4 day one and I’d want to scream. We weren’t using Daisy’s boutique enough, so Gameloft is FORCING us to do her stupid challenges. It’s such a waste of time and ticks me off everytime I have to do one. I might just be done with DDV. Nikki pulled me away and I don’t want to go back. I’m even playing AC again instead of DDV 😂 like I’m so over it lol

[@NARoze99]

What made me mad was the bonus being locked… I hated having to finish the whole page before I could move on… all I wanted from the bonus was getting the house but no. I had to get everything because the house was on the last page..

[@jamies3205]

@@NARoze99 yes, that was maddening!

[@haley6474]

this all really needed to be said. there’s no enjoyment completing these when it feels like a chore and only necessary so I didn’t waste my moonstones on the star path. an XP based system that just rewards you for playing would be much more enjoyable - and if people think there’s not enough to do to earn XP then that’s on GameLoft to make it more engaging. they NEED to get rid of the RNG tasks… finding the crabs was next to impossible and frustrating both times they included it in the star path.

[@stephaniemcgee2375]

100% agree with all of this. The last star path was so tedious.

[@BeccaJoL]

the star path used to be one of my favorite things but as time went on they just got more and more specific and became so much of a chore and i never realized how much it really was completely separating me from the game, you truly aren’t doing any of those tasks just playing the game as you normally would

[@florry_gaming]

DDV lost me months ago. Mainly because as a switch player the game crashes a lot and is harder to decorate but it also became so repetitive and I wasn’t “playing” the game. I don’t want to be running errands for characters back and forth and I felt that was all I was doing.

[@_HanaPanda]

Which is interesting because that was the complaint of the forgotten as well 😅 (I haven’t finished all the quest story yet but that’s where I’ve gotten to ❤)

[@mistaye.]

This! As a fellow switch player, even going into your clothes and accessories it's so laggy. Everything lags, and it's genuinely not enjoyable. I dealt with it when DDLV first came out 'cause I was so stunned by the game and super into it, but I barely play anymore due to these reasons. :/

[@RoyalMasterpiece]

I can't stand going into the store and out of the store, especially. Listen!!!!! You can do house chores or make dinner there is so much lag. Lol

[@suvideiann9227]

The grind is real. What I don't understand is why I got Sulley and Sally specific duties in the Star Path when I haven't gotten them in my village yet. 😮

[@lavonosa]

That’s the point unfortunately it forces you to unlock them during the star path, another thing I don’t like.

[@suvideiann9227]

@lavonosa Oh no, that's just not cool, especially for the newer players! ☹️ I usually pause everything else in DDV when I'm working through the Star Path. And I don't play every day. I got the main part of the Path done but don't know if I have the will to grind for bonus rewards with the end of the Star Path so near. 😮‍💨

[@lavonosa]

@@suvideiann9227 it’s all I login for this days (the star path) 😞 took the fun out of the game for me. I have to pre check the duties so I know who I have to unlock. Yeah it’s definitely not new player friendly seen a few comments complaining about this, there definitely needs to be an alternative characters.

[@MythkasMonsters]

I made good progress on this current star path, till I hit the "give 15 favorite gifts to villagers from Halloween Town". A 3 day wait on 1 star path duty was just too much. I also hate the specific nature of things like fishing. I would not be heartbroken if they removed fishing all together. I shouldn't see a duty on the path and feel like logging out rather than enjoying the game lol

[@sarahostos]

I haven’t really minded any of the tasks. But yes Halloween town task, was so absolutely frustrating

[@PCBrian]

I used to love the starpaths but they have started to get more grindy. I do like a good grind every once in a while but not to the extent of the starpath.

[@lisabethgaming]

Great point about the specific tasks. The Infinity Nikki Mira Journey/Distant Anthem is great. There are a few specific things but overwhelming majority I just complete them through playing the game. There are times where I was just playing for a few hours and after a while I checked my Mira Journey and I went from a level 1 to a level 10, for example. Also one of my big issues with the Starpath is that we should NOT have to ever use Dreamlight to complete a Starpath. They give us so many Dreamlight duties throughout the path and it’s so grindy, we should be rewarded with the Dreamlight we earned through those tasks. But by having us craft multiple manuals or potions, they cancel out any Dreamlight we earned and sometimes have to use up Dreamlight we earned on our own. If we are putting up moonstones for the Starpath, we should not need to sacrifice anything else.

[@darkwaterentertianme]

Nikkis starpath is sooo good you dont even notice your doing it, your just play the game how you like and it unlocks as you go as a good starpath would.

[@nataliem1288]

I've loved the star path in the past but I'll admit, this one was rough. Sooo many time locked tasks and crazy long. I love the rewards but it felt like a lot this time.

[@tiffanytorgerson5703]

I really enjoyed how long this star path was with the bonus rewards. Controversial I know. But I enjoy completing a checklist like this

[@TheDaligrrrl]

Agreed! I know there are more of us out there ! ❤️

[@biancola8]

I just will never understand why gameloft wants this game to be so grindy. It’s just too much.

[@randomexploring541]

Not to mention the Inauguration ribbon in the Scrooge Store that is apparently equivalent to an uber mythic unique item which has the worst RNG in the entire game; and it being locked is most of the problem! Why won't Gameloft unlock the item?! They're forcing players to skip the item, or stop progressing in the storyline with Tiana and other villagers and every other aspect of the game! THE REAL TRUE UNDERLYING PROBLEM AND CORE MECHANIC in the game is THEM AKA GAMELOFT LOCKING ITEMS which is WHAT REALLY CAUSES ALL THE OTHER ISSUES!

[@boiii508]

we need gameloft to see this video. I'm so burnt out from starpath and i haven't even completed it yet

[@OscarsCosyCorner]

I think you're spot on with everything you've said here, Caito. They've really doubled down on incredibly niche Star Path tasks this time aorund which has made it feel incredibly grindy, for better or worse. I totally get wanting to slow the player base down (because as we know, the desire for content is often a bottomless pit and there will be vocal players who speedrun *and* want additional content. Having said that, I do love the new bonus content and concept, but it got eeeeven grindier trying to unlock those. But I LOVE your suggestions for improving this process. I'd really love to see additional player levels AND character levels. It feelsl like an easy way to introduce new (and different) content through quests and friendship rewards, separate from the Star Path. I love Dreamlight Valley, but their content output is really lagging behind in comparison to equitable games.

[@bunbunusagi]

In addition to what you said, I feel punished for having the DLC because in cooking quest where I need to feed villagers, I may need to go to DLC areas and go fishing or get ingredients from those areas to cook the special DLC meals for them. I wish it only requested main game recipes.

[@missghoulina]

I just started playing about a week ago and I agree. I was disappointed that the star paths are tied to certain characters because I do not have every character unlocked yet so I can not progress through the paths :( I feel like it should take into account what biomes and characters you have unlocked and make quests around that.

[@ellegalaxies]

I'm here for the 18 minutes of Fullscreen Caito rant vibes! Though this was not ranty at all and very well thought out constructive criticism!!!

[@cloudtune.]

Thank you for this video! This is a huge reason why I quit playing Dreamlight Valley. It felt like the biggest chore ever to progress through the starpath. It was simply not worth my time. Unlike the battlepass system in other games where I'm rewarded for just playing the game normally and actually having fun while doing so.

[@AllStephnGames]

Literally everything single statement resonated with me so much! I was so excited to get back into ddv after storybook vale and I think completing this star path broke me! I didn’t even get to really enjoy the new DLC as much as I would have liked because I spent WEEKS completing a star path. It shouldn’t feel like a job! I LOVE the constructive criticism.

[@studiouslycozyniche]

So glad you did this video. This recent star path has me completely regretting getting it and i will think long and hard before getting the next one. I absolutely hate this starpath... 3 boutique chalenges, a number of dreamsnaps so if you dont get them together you have to wait a week, the 15 favorite gift for 2 people, and the extreme amount of fishing and mining is absolutely ridiculous. The time locks are to extreme and infuriating. Im a single mom, in school and work, this was my little break/ escape, but now its miserable, i keep going because i want to get moonstones, to make up for what i spent. I also dont like that you have to buy every bonus item before you get to the extra moonstone purchase!!! This starpath is taking way to long for me and its just miserable!!

[@071alec]

they kinda give moonstones for logging daily but the chests are so annoying to find

[@mightyowl1800]

As a player who does not have any DLC's, I was INCENSED at needing to give Sally gifts and only having 2 of her favorite gifts available to me. The third was a literal question mark. Apparently one of Sally's favorite gifts is permanently something only found in the DLC's. The game does not explain this to you and it's nuts it doesn't just pick one of the many many resources as her third gift. Feels like I'm being punished for not shelling out for the DLC's

[@jesicaLD]

What?? That's ridiculous of them!!

[@mightyowl1800]

@@jesicaLD I get Gameloft wants $$$ to fund the game but there are sooo many little things like this in the game that read as "let's give the player FOMO or worsen their experience so they'll buy more stuff" (the collections tab changes!!) It makes for an overall worse experience. And that's freemium mobile game tactics, y'all already got my money!! 😤 Ty for sympathizing with me tho, appreciate it 🤝

[@skittykay]

I think this is a bug? This happened when Eternity Isle came out and they made it clear then that villagers should not ask for items in a DLC yout don't own. At least, that's how I remember it

[@mightyowl1800]

@@skittykay That would make sense! Today Sally was in the resturant and didn't have what she wanted floating above her head. But it def won't be fixed before the star path is over 😞

[@skittykay]

@mightyowl1800 yeah true :( really dissapointing. I think its a compounded issue that Sally only has like 8 or so favorite items? It seems she only asks for black and orange flowers and gems, in my experience, most of those are DLC items. So maybe without those DLC items she just wouldn't have enough stuff to ask for. Which sucks.

[@Genre_sadgirl]

Preach! Everything you said is spot on. I do want the house in bonus rewards but it's so exhausting.

[@rachelblack8894]

I actually loved the star path this time. I’m not a decorator, and I’m pretty caught up on questing, so the star path gave me a reason to play. That being said, I would love some changes to the max XP, for both us and the villagers. If we could get some additional friendship rewards with higher friendship levels, that could also help offset some of the grind of the star path where we have to talk to or gift villagers.

[@reddwarf9422]

I don't mind it at all. I log in, do daily things and can complete the star path and bonus well within the timeline. And I love that you can get extra moonstones after you are done.

[@LadyGurney]

It's hard because they have to strike a balance between the tasks they ask of us but also the items being offered. This was the first path to give us a normally 3,000 Moonstone house skin essentially FOR FREE. Plus the Fairy Godmother outfit skin (2,500 Moonstones), and many furniture and clothing items (several thousand more Moonstones) all for a grand total of 400 Moonstones if you bought the highest cost Path *and* complete everything. It also lasted for 9 full weeks, 63 days and was 110 tasks, meaning completing only 2 per day would have you finish in time. However, not everyone is a daily player and they should respect that too. I generally don't have a problem with the "fish a specific fish" tasks (if it's like, 5 of that fish) but I NEVERRRRRR want to see those locked to specific fish, specific biome. Let players choose where they want to fish! And that goes for the DLCs too, I'd like to see those implemented more. Not in asking for stuff like "Chat with Rapunzel", they obviously couldn't do that, but if there was a task that was, say, "Chat with a Villainous Villager" and it was 5 of them, people who only own the base game would be time gated but people who *paid Gameloft more money* for the DLCs would be able to do that in five minutes as there's only 3 base game villain villagers but currently 6 if you own both DLCs. Fishing and Mining tasks should PREFERABLY always be generic though, because I have plenty of resources from the main valley but I would like to stock up more on EI and especially SBV resources but you're making me mine for more peridot? GTFOutta here. They also really do need to raise the player level, even if they don't want to make more furniture items for each level up, give us resources, coins, motifs (those are just textures that can't be too difficult to make) and if they're really generous like 300 Moonstones every 10 levels. It would give players something to work towards and if they want this to be a live service game that lasts YEARS you can't cap player level at only 40, especially when you'll likely reach that in 2-3 months. I am looking forward to the next Star Path though but it would be fine if they ditch the house skin and just go back to the standard 80 tasks.

[@lydiarose249]

I've been playing for several months, going along at my own pace. This is the first star path I've decided to put effort into, and it's stressing me out! I was just considering giving that part of the game up when I saw your video. I'm glad it's not just me. I play to have fun, and the star path seems to burn people out. I'm gonna let it go.

[@AMG_Creates]

Right now I have the perch in a forest task...can I catch ANY perch? nope. Have I been at it for a half hour? yes. I know that one of the previous star paths DDV switched it to where the lowest tasks were first, and they quickly changed it. This one I saw there were bonus rewards that, for us slower players, won't get to. I feel like I'm missing out because I have more things to do outside of gaming. I think they were trying to have their own take on Battle Pass without trying to look like the others and falling a little short.

[@TheCFKane1982]

Honestly, I haven't had any problems with the star path. Even though the tasks have been specific I was able to get all of the basic level stuff unlocked, and had no problem completing the quests just going about my day to day business in the game. Plus, I'm new. I picked up the game during Black Friday sales. I've been playing it exactly like I played Animal Crossing. I hop on everyday, talk to villagers, fish, mine, etc. I don't have any of the dlcs, just the base game. I've topped out at level 40, but this game didn't really need a Leveling system at all. I feel like that's there just to make it distinct enough from Animal Crossing.

[@tulip7903]

100% accurate diagnosis imo. i stopped playing, but i would seriously consider picking it up again if the star path was more logical like you suggested.

[@kokiri_krossing445]

This star path was horrible! I didn’t mind the bonus items and I really don’t mind that the tasks were longer to get the bonus items BUT I think it was cruddy the way they locked the extra moonstones behind the bonus items. That didn’t make the bonus items optional. I HAD to complete them to get the extra moonstones at the end. They need to put them back at the end of the regular star path. But yeah! Why do the fish, etc. disappear when the task pops up?!?! That’s what makes the specific tasks so terrible. I get so burnt out after star paths and won’t touch the game until the next update.

[@verodg2820]

THIS. This was my main frustration. The moonstones being at the end of the bonus rewards made no sense to me and made the « bonus » tasks not so bonus at all.

[@verodg2820]

I’m the one that always find that people are being too harsh on DDV but I have to agree. I did not have a great time completing this starpath. And I love a good grind! But this was too much. The amount of time gating and RNG was just so frustrating. And I hate the fact that I have to essentially stop playing the actual game for many many days to complete the starpath. Also, it has been mentioned, but one of my main gripe with this starpath is that they put the extra moonstones at the end of the bonus rewards instead of at the end of the regular starpath. Doing so makes it so that the bonus tasks are not really bonus, you have to complete them if you want to recoup your moonstones.

[@TacoExistential]

Although I finished it pretty quickly, I am an outlier and I totally understand the frustration. Especially when it is holiday/winter themed content that some won’t get until way past the holidays. If they would have timed it differently, ending around Christmas, maybe but yes it’s tough for a lot of folks.

[@AwokenArtist]

I enjoy dreamlight valley very much and I fully agree on the whole starpath issue. Plus you mentioning fornite and infinity nikki's battle passes they have is better is tbh needed to be pointed out because they could of done so much better with the star path than what we have now. I enjoy the rewards and ive been stuck at the max level im at right now since around the year the game just came out. tbh would love to see them pull you restart your EXP level per starpath/battle pass time and the rewards you get for leveling up your exp can be much more special items involving whatever theme or such the starpath you restarted on for is at thats not in there. maybe can be a bit encouraging, and yeah they need to not make specific starpath requests cause it gets very insane and difficult....like getting specific fish and gems like- come on let me mine and fish in general do i have to get 10 lobsters???? 10-15 specific gemstones thats harder to get your hands on? especially in specific areas that OTHER gemstones also appear in as said in the collection??? hopefully they get word about this somehow and take into consideration of making it fun and easier for folks for the next future starpaths at least.

[@lilliam2532]

I understand you have tons of things to do like working, you play other games, you have your own family to take care, I only have this game and i enjoy playing the start path and I finish on time since DDV is the only game I own beside Animal Crossing. But I understand how you feel about this game.

[@jacintatate]

Agreed, this star-path was brutal. I completed the main path however I couldn't finish the bonus tasks because I felt so burnt out and couldn't spend anymore time catching fish, boutique challenges and giving gifts just to get some extras. It took away from actually playing and enjoying the game.

[@LollyPopKrush]

I’ve played hundreds+ hours in all three games mentioned in this video. I can understand your frustration about DDV starpath but hear me out. Once you’ve completed the quests there is only decorating. Dreamsnaps is basically just decorating then snapping a pic. That being said. If the starpath was easier or passive like Nikki & Fortnite then the game is back to being just decorating. Nikki has so much to keep a player occupied that has nothing to do with the Mira journey so they don’t need it to be a core part of game play. I was an OG player on Fortnite and I remember needing to playing ten times the amount of hours compared to DDV to attain all the skins. I don’t think I would like it to be that way for DDV unless I was unlocking the starpath items by decorating. So the starpath for me is a good system. I would agree it is too specific recently but It just gives me more to do in a game I like to play. Any game we play is going to have things we don’t like and that’s ok. I would recommend to anyone that doesn’t like the starpath just ignore it and play the game how it’s fun for you. If you want to decorate then decorate. If you want to quest then quest. We have so many items in the game now that an extra ten you get from the starpath isn’t worth the frustration it might bring you. By ignoring the starpath you might just fall in love with the game again❤

[@claudiakayokai5682]

AGREED BABE! Amazing video Caito! So thorough and well thought out!! ❤

[@xanderreyno]

Ive just started playing this month, and I reallllyyy appreciate you articulating these issues and suggesting such well thought out changes, that would make things so much better!

[@afmullins592]

I absolutely agree. The time-gated tasks are the most frustrating for me. Over the past year, I have been able to complete less star paths because of personal reasons. I can’t always log in everyday to play this game and I get really bummed when I miss out on special star path items. 🤦🏼‍♀️ It’s absolutely a grind at this point and I’m tired. 😅

[@serenav8029]

i just find the star path as it is to be fine its just relaxing imo any way.

[@Asis4God]

4:11 Has anyone else noticed that when you check the question to see what is next, you can not find the characters that it wants you to find on the map!

[@mommatron7722]

Or, it shows that character in their house, but when you go, they aren’t there.

[@Asis4God]

@ I’ve had this one too!

[@ThunderAxeman]

I really do love all of your suggestions to them , and yeah it would be a lot better to dumb it down for us all instead of being way too specific. But also changing Scrooge’s Store completely , like allowing us players to fill it up like straight from our own Crafting Stations. And also adding in a newer building and making it to be a way to get for more on the Moonstones. And also adding in a way to get a lot more of the Dreamshards. Plus also finding a use out of the Nightshards. But also getting this game to recognize us all and to welcome us back. Also getting the Disney characters to be saying something that’s way more newer. Also giving us a larger amounts of Dreamlight and for the Mist too , like from in the duties that we have to perform if we want to or not to. Also allowing us to do things on our own , instead of being bombarding us from straight out of the blue.

[@shygirl6238]

Thank you my thoughts exactly! I was telling my friends today about the issues with the rng and I just came across this video. The rng is so annoying for specific fish and specific gems and shiny gems. Especially fish that are caught in blue ripples. Blue ripples are so hard to come across I find orange ripples easier than the blue ones! The specific gems is just as bad, it's all draining me so much.

[@rosyglowgaming]

DDV lost me to Infinity Nikki 😅

[@venisee]

Same!! Which makes me kind of sad, because DDV is the game I invested most money in 🥲

[@boyfriendkisser]

I can't imagine Gameloft removing time limits on these things but it'd be nice to see more games adopt the Helldivers 2 approach to battle passes, in that game they're not time limited so you can jump back into the game and unlock any you missed at any time.

[@gogirl709]

The memories were the worst. I literally had 9 after 5 days and finished a different task and ANOTHER get 10 memories popped up. I don't even know if I'll get the starpath finished now because I have no control when memories pop up.

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

just make a billion crackers. Planting and harvesting the wheat + making those crackers will make a bunch of memories.

[@EmChauntastic]

To play opposites, could you choose to not purchase and participate in the Star Path?

[@Nyxx.88]

After every starpath im so burned out. After i finish i dont want to play anymore for a while and switch to other games, but then my valley has many half done area's because of this. Then a new starpath comes, and the cycle starts again😅

[@amelias7441]

I respectfully disagree. A little rant: As someone who has done every quest, normal gameplay for me consists of nothing more than a hunt for my chests, doing dreamsnaps, and decorating my valley. So the star path duties make me go back to the basics. And I get the items as a reward. And I hate to burst any bubbles, but there is not much else to do in DDV than those basics. I never talk to villagers just because, I only grind for resources if I need them for crafting, I never go fishing. All I do is make a build. Tear some down. Repeat. So having tasks completing naturally, just by playing, is highly unlikely. Do I get your point about the timegating? Yes! It can be a pain when those are the only ones left and you can’t move forward. But do I think they HAVE to change it? No, not really. Perhaps they could limit the amount of time gated tasks, to allow more casual players to complete. But is a star path aimed at casual players? I don’t believe so. The RNG gives us a level of excitement, albeit small, a bit like gambling. I do not like fishing. But man, when I catch a crab I am whoop whooping. Catch 10 fish would have me mindlessly fishing in the smallest pond of the meadow while watching tv. To me, that would make it FEEL more tedious. So I just go fishing in the area whenever I pass by (on the hunt for my chests) and I have always finished a star path ahead of time. So it can be done, a bit at a time. Just my feelings …. One thing I hate tho is a task telling me of some specific item I have to craft 5 of. I hate balloons. I don’t want 5 arches of them. Have me craft something using this or that resource. Then at least I pick the item.

[@consolecaito]

I feel like this is up to GameLoft to provide more content of substance. I don’t think the star path should be providing that substance personally. They should also be adding to the story itself so players who are finished have things they can continue to do.

[@ellegalaxies]

See, I'm with you on having completed every quest (aside from the most recent DLC because I decided to take it slower) and the star path used to be my favorite part. But now when I have a star path to work on, I'm NOT decorating or anything else either. Maybe it's because I split my time between other games too, but the star path actually killed my desire to decorate because I don't find time for both. When I finish the star path, I take a long break because I'm exhausted from the upkeep, and by then there's a new update looming on the horizon lol.

[@lavonosa]

@@ellegalaxiesyeah back then there was enough breaks in between to get the spark back after burnout of star path but this days it’s almost every month.

[@deuceh]

I was able to complete the star path early from learning the new tasks and leaving memory orbs alone when the last “Star Path” was done. The worst part of the “Star Path” or “Battle Pass” is you can fully complete it (if you have loose change) to purchase “Moon Stones” to convert them to event currency and then complete tasks to recover your money to limited bonus “Moon Stones” money conversion. Other developers are just as greedy. I’m an old gamer before all the “Passes” started. What all the “Battle Passes” or whatever terms are used by developers are used are bottom barrel scraping to take physical money. That’s like buying DLC and having to pay more to move to 100% completions you can’t make.

[@IronSeagull]

Yeah the amount of specific gem and fishing tasks are too much. I also don’t like the bonus track they added this time. The “bonus” rewards should just be things you can already get normally like star coins, potions, and harvestables. Splatoon 3 does that and it makes more sense. Marvel Rivals has a great battle pass system…the battle pass doesn’t even expire after you buy it! Who would’ve thought, right?!!

[@janey6479]

I hatedddd that I was forced to unlock characters I haven’t wanted to unlock yet. I felt forced to rush through their quests when I wanted to work on the many quests I already have to do.

[@MariTube408]

I 100% agree! As a semi-new player to Dreamlight Valley, the star path burned me out. I could only finish the original star path because of how busy I am. I'm so burned out that I don't even care about the bonus star path, which makes me sad because I know I'm missing out on that cute house. I'm sometimes discouraged from playing the game because all I'm doing is duties. Also, they put the cool items at the end of the star path which is another reason why it is discouraging because I might not get to the end so why bother.

[@XeniaGrae]

They've made this star path feel so stressful. I started the tasks for the new additional star path items with 14 days left, and I'm still worried I won't have time to finish. This isn't fun and I've spent so many hours and so many days across weeks on this one star path without being able to do any of the actual game because I've been too worried about not having time to finish the star path. Like, you being that far behind on the DDV star path right now with 10 days left was already stressful to see. You haven't even come across the brand new even more ridiculously time-locked tasks! D: This past Friday and Saturday I had hours each day set aside to work on the star path. But after maybe an hour each day I was time locked out of progressing in all six slots. They're punishing people for not playing every single day for weeks at a time. It's frustrating. This star path has already taken me four times as long as normal (without being finished yet) and I'm lucky that I had the time to start so early this time. I usually don't. >.

[@noxid_]

Any other thing be nice if star path didn’t expire once you bought it like marvel rivals.

[@shelbys1734]

OMFG YES. I watched this last night and was already in full agreeance but since then I have yet to be able to complete multiple "fish for this stupid fish that you dont need FOR ANY other purpose and it only appears in THESE bubbles but so do 3 other fish" type task and i am slowly losing my mind

[@lorelei23]

Omg, thank you for this. I thought I was going crazy. I gave up on this star path, it's just too exhausting. And now I feel like I wasted moonstones cause I bought the premium path. 🙃 I don't even want to play the game anymore

[@lavonosa]

You are not alone 🫂😢 wasted my moonstones. This was worst one yet.

[@jloha3882]

Preach! I was just thinking about how I progress with Mira journey without checking specific tasks. It’s through enjoyable gameplay!

[@AMG_Creates]

I still have a TON of quests to do, I have two characters I haven't even unlocked. Giving me XP toward the star path rewards would be so much better than "give this ONE PERSON gifts" I don't feel like progressing in my quests because of the Star Path and the week we have off in between I don't play because I'm burnt out.

[@oldmomyellscloud3950]

After this Frost & Fairies starpath I don’t know if I’ll do anymore, tbh. I skipped the rock n’roll one and the world didn’t end, but DANG F&F was a slog. I don’t know what’s going on, the Mulan and Tiana SPs were great. Also the memory tasks? Are you kidding me?? Ugh.

[@tiffanytorgerson5703]

If you progress further this star path broadens out more like talk to characters from the little mermaid and so forth

[@Mal3v3]

I have to disagree on the star path being ‘grindy’. I think DDV gives us enough time to complete the star path even if you are a casual player. If anything, if many players feel this way, my suggestion to gameloft would be to keep the star path tasks as is and instead have all the star path pages open so a player can decide whatever item they want to unlock without having to wait to claim 3 items from the previous page.

[@Mandatee]

I agree that the star path situation is not great. I did not like that of the more difficult or time consuming tasks yield lower “payments” than some easier ones. I also don’t like that some tasks take multiple days to complete because of the time gaiting. Since they’ve added additional rewards in the star path I’m now wondering if the tasks they offer will be enough to get all of the rewards or if you’ll be forced to make a “real money” purchase to get all of the rewards. I haven’t really gotten that far. It does take away from playing the story lines as well, which is kind of bothersome. I still haven’t gotten Sally yet. I haven’t gotten any of the newer characters leveled up because the star path takes up so much of my play time. Anyway, there is a lot of positive change that could be made. I guess we’ll have to see where that goes in the future.

[@tashie2033]

It is terrible if you are a new player because it still requires the same villagers for the tasks even if you have not unlocked them. So, unless you plan to grind, you won't be able to get through every duty. There definitely needs to be flexibility.

[@JessicaNicole.]

Yep agree!! This was one of the worst grinding star paths ever! I used to love doing them but when they make you find a specific thing and then you fish 100 times and don’t get that fish it’s SOOOOO ANNOYING!! like I get they are trying to get us to do those things we prob don’t normally do anymore but dang at least if I am doing the task give me credit, not every so many you MIGHT get it!

[@panamianwen]

My issue is that I restarted so a lot of the star paths tasks. I don’t even have open yet. I mean, I could go back to my original character, but I restarted because I wanted to reexperience the stories.

[@mahoganylit4681]

Where is Game Loft? They need to watch this video, STAT!! I totally agree with you. Once I start the star Path, I’m always moaning and groaning because it pulls me away from playing. I’ve been playing slowly and still have so many quests to complete, decorating to do, etc. Is there a way I can skip the star path all together? For example, I didn’t do this last one we are doing. I figure it’s not really giving me any moonstones worth me doing it anyway. And eventually the items will be available, right?

[@deborahsteele4349]

I really want to be doing my other quests. This is definitely using all my time 😢

[@mckenziestar23]

We need the ability to shuffle or ignore certain star path tasks and be able to progress through how we want. If I could of had the ability to have all daisy quests at once or all restaurant tasks at once it would seem less grindy and time gated

[@BarbsCozyCorner]

Agreed, the star path time gating needs to go. I can't motivate myself on this one.

[@serena7710]

Something I've never heard mentioned about the star path- why doesn't having your friends following you around add to the counter for items you get?? They're actively adding to your inventory so why can't it count towards the quests? Goofy picking up fish should add to the total number of fish I've gotten. Also blue bubbles are so hard to get you can really only guarantee orange and white bubbles, white because they're the standard, and orange because of the potions. So many of the fish in the star paths are just blue bubble fish and literally I'm scrambling to finish this star path because of how many there were. Good lord. I also don't understand why our player level is STILL capped at 40. It's been two years, why has this not gone up? Is it because everything they've added to the game you've had to pay for and those who aren't buying the expansion packs won't be able to? Then the devs should cater more towards those who get the game for free for a bit. I understand it's a complicated balance but they have a dedicated fanbase who is willing to PAY lots of money so I think they should take care of those who can't to get even more people into the game.

[@cassandrasullivan1737]

Thank you for saying what most of us are feeling. I stopped playing DDV and tried to again with the new DLC and star path. The star path did me in for good. I cannot dedicate the time that is needed for all the time locked tasks and the grind. It just got boring and I decided not to spend any more of my time when there are so many other games to play.

[@dai2839]

I don’t like the tasks at all and also I just wish the rewards were a little better. I was disappointed to see the bonus rewards were just green recolors of the originals and another house skin

[@Shinthaw]

I agree with everything you have said. I genuinely don't enjoy the Star Path anymore. The tasks are ridiculous tedious and repetitive. Other games definitely do the season pass so much better. Raising the player level cap would be a massive improvement in DDV as well. I hope the devs see this video.

[@messanay93]

I hope gameloft sees this. This star path really felt like a grind and not in a fun way 😢

[@arielmyers4028]

you are so so spot on Caito!

[@Inna-sa]

I completely forgot we even had levels 😱 These are all super valid points! This is exactly how i feel and you've finally explained why i feel so meh about star paths

[@RachaelMartin]

I hate that they keep reusing the same duties. Fishing drives me crazy! And I hate finding memories, which I think I new and needs to go away. Way too grindy. I'm rushing to finish now before it is over...

[@dai2839]

I’m seated

[@lavonosa]

When you said reset I was getting worried what you mean then I realized all my gacha games are like that lol 😅 (love that infinity Nikki and HSR has weekly instead of daily, you can also pick and choose what you want to complete and get everything still). Yeah I just might drop Dreamlight valley after this BP this is the worst yet. I don’t know how they can make it worse and worse and the fact that this is a paid game🤦🏾‍♀️ how do you have multi transaction, a battle pass, DLC and you are not even FREE 🤣💀 it’s just not worth it (and I have bought this game 3 times 😤). The first BP was how you suggested , it was just catch x amount of fish no specific fish in a specific location. Also the gift giving had only 3 with can be done in one day. This current BP has 10 gifts for toy story characters for example, so that’s 5 each 🫠 They are just creating burnout at this point way too grindy.

[@KellsBellz]

Great analysis and suggestions. This star path is just too much of a grind. I have 5 rewards left to get, and I shouldn’t be concerned about being able to get them with 9 whole days left, but I am concerned because of the time-gating and specificity and length of tasks.

[@beny988]

I only dislike fishing grind. I don't mind the rest.

[@Amairem200l]

Is it just me or i hope that they no longer make us talk to one specific character, but to talk to other characters like they can put have a conversation 5 times meaning 5 different characters instead of waiting the next day to talk to that specific character

[@kittygirl2010]

For the first time ever, I used some of my hard earned moonstones to finish the star path with tokens. I was so burned out which almost never happens to me with this game. They used to be so fun, but now feel like such a chore and super grindy. I also don't play every day and sometimes would rather play other games instead.

[@Moxxiemorgan]

I get so mad when it forces me to cram out characters i don’t have unlocked just to finish the stupid star path. It’s so miserable it makes me want to put the game away and not come back.

[@crossingponies9434]

As someone who had a good chuck of gameplay lost after a miss save, I think this game doesn’t suit new players, there’s so many people in my life I want to have play with me but there’s no point in getting them into it’s so hard to start over, fun the first time when it was new but I’m still 10 characters (if not more) behind the added characters I’ve to dedicate a full 4 (double) page spreads to keeping track of which levels my characters are on… need to do the EI part two still but by the time I’m ready to do it SBV part two will likely be released there’s not enough hours in the day to get through everything. Hate to say but they need o SLOW down the content imo so that players who need to catch up can and if it’s too slow for others fair enough but with this game it feels like if you take even a WEEK break from playing you’ll be behind

[@BeachcomberD]

I agree. The tasks are sooooo tedious. I really dislike the Daisy boutique challenges there way too many of them. Don’t even get me started on the crab one. OMG I am still trying to collect them and I keep getting just one a day. I don’t think I am going to be able to finish the star path.

[@cicidoesgames]

The Star Path has become a huge grind. It used to be fun but not anymore. You pinpointed the main reasons why between the RNG and the time-gating. I’m not “playing the game” when I log in. I’m grinding away at mining and fishing instead of questing and decorating like I’d rather be doing.

[@kayeffie]

i agree with you 100%! no game function should be THIS much of a chore

[@julie2452]

I agree with this take. This particular star path had so much grind that I burnt out and haven’t logged in since I finished it. Every other game I play has a system that you described, you will just complete it automatically just by playing the game.

[@TeamTNT69]

I finished it but struggled at the end with only daisy's challenges

[@meuyi469]

I had problems with finding memories. I have only 1 task left: find 15 memories and i have found only 5. I don't play every day, but when i play ot is for at least 3 hours. And how many i find: only 1. I already got my items so i think i will not finish this star path.

[@TLives1]

I recommend maybe just cooking spree of maybe foods you need for energy or using the dig feature of the rift in time garden robots for some quick memories. You can dig many holes in little time and end up with a faster memory output. For me sometimes when I harvest lots of pumpkins for instance for star coins I also end up with lots of memories too in the game.

[@TLives1]

I then cook those pumpkins manually for mixed veggies (3 pumpkins) to almost triple my star coins when I sell at Goofy's stall. Which also helps get more memories too in a relatively short amount of time.

[@TLives1]

Also just leaving your memories just everywhere whenever it does show up unexpectedly helps me too lately. In previous star paths before it got grindy I used to pick them up and open them right away but knowing I need them for star paths now I only pick/open them when a star path quest item requires it to save me time.

[@emj575]

For me, the star path I feel is supposed to be fun but I find myself so busy that I don't have the time to play this game as much as others but for me the moonstone focus and pay walls are what ruined this game for me entirely. I got tired of being excited got new items because literally everything cost moonstone. The bundles are stupid and cost over 3,000 moonstones. Ridiculous