Worst Survival Game Ever? - Conan Exiles

[@Pow3r-Up]

It's an amazing game, I wish more people would give it a chance... Your stuff disappeared because if you are on a public server and stay logged off for 10 days it decays, it's kinda necessary or else they would be overbuilt like crazy.

[@angelotalee8818]

Good take.

[@kephryccephryc863]

played it from the start in early ;D kai is jsut bad

[@quitcappin4322]

Played Conan with a friend a year or two ago. Genuinely a great game, in my opinion better than Ark. wish they had polished it up a little more but was extremely happy with Conan

[@LadyCorvia]

Yeah if they didn't delete stuff from players who didn't play for a whole month the servers would be totally littered with random half built sandstone huts

[@Mikesman1000]

The game is a complete $#it now, everything is broken, it could be the best survival game but now... It's a paywall $#itty Chinese mobile game now.

[@hoochiwawa5151]

Online servers remove bases after about 10 days inactive, it has to ensure the maps aren't covered in the obsolete bases of players who no longer play. You could play offline co-op, or log in at least once a week online to ensure your base doesn't decay.

[@erjoh305]

Doesn't explain why he spawned into Black Keep and admin wipes wouldn't explain that either. I think he started in a PVP/PVEC server and someone killed him. There are times that you spawn at a dungeon start if you die.

[@eazysaenz7509]

​@erjoh305 or he logged off in said dungeon an just said he didn't know how he got there

[@lamarsmith3268]

Imo best survival game

[@neroxfrostbyte7461]

True, me and my friends didn't know what we were doing and all just chose a Public Online Server to play on for a few weeks/months, afterwards we took a few weeks break from the game to play other games and then all decided to log back only to find all of our stuff and base gone with finding out about Decay Timers(note sometimes decay timers won't fully reset even if you log in every couple of days do reset it, use a Hammer to view the decay timer if you are playing on a server with decay enabled), I then learned about Conan Exiles Dedicated Server Launcher, where you can host your own server free of charge. It takes a bit of work to get the Launcher installed and running but it's a million times better with reduced lag and latency as well as the option of adding mods from the Steam Workshop, I just use an old gaming laptop that I have to host it while I play the game on my main PC rig, so I can maximize performance, you also get full Admin Privileges so you can disable certain features like decay and stuff as well as Creative Mode like in Minecraft, so building big exotic bases without the need to grind for materials is an option if you wanted. Months of grinding and work that we put on our base that disappeared was recovered(mostly) in a few days of playing, best thing about it is that we can not play for a few weeks or even months and still hop back on whenever we want

[@strider8662]

@@erjoh305 players can drag offline players from what I remember, which means one maniac could have taken him there in that month.

[@Aci_yt]

It's actually a really good game, one of my favourite survival games. The building system is incredibly fun, the combat is engaging and there are some good gameplay loops. There's even an active modding community for all kinds of expanded content!

[@antonfowler6582]

Isnt there something in the news about fun com disabled mods

[@steezwts9093]

​@@antonfowler65821 mod because of copyright infringement

[@lemmyhead8578]

No, it's not a good game.

[@steven11101010]

Game is a buggy mess. Which wouldn't be all that bad if the bugs didn't stomp all over the time you invested.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

On PC and Xbox X/S it's great. On PS4/PS5, well the content is the same, but especially on official servers it has a lot of issues.

[@krsmovie1939]

The world in Conan is incredible! Its one of the best sandboxes I've ever played. Starting from a village house to a fortress in the heart of the desert. Struggling to kill a monster with 1 skull to face after world bosses with your new crafted weapons and cool armor. And you don't really need to play on any server. Just enjoy the whole content of the game in a solo mode as I do. Its 10 of 10 game!

[@zachlee1195]

Hey sorry to bug you. But I play a lot of ark and geting mad and some playing it lol. Snd wanting to try out something new . So my question is is there a still good bit of player on official sever and thst play the game

[@brodieshawn63]

​​@@zachlee1195No, the games official servers are one step away from dead. There is only a small handful of full ones, while the rest are completely empty most days, or have a couple players. Also, the combat in the game isn't engaging at all, it is incredibly basic and tedious. The pve combat follows the same repetitive loop, enemy approaches you, spams combo, you dodge, small window in-between their next combo where you hit them, then repeat until the enemy is dead. Basically every enemy in Conan is like this, they are so basic and predictable, you can beat even the hardest world bosses with T1 stone daggers once you figure out their rhythm. Despite what OP says, you absolutely will hit a wall with this game. Once you have discovered the world, there isn't really anything to do in-game other than farm resources and build, unless by some miracle you are on a populated server. This game can be fun early-game and when you are new to it though on your own. Also, with discovering, be prepared for alot of repetitive landmarks. The Funcom studio isn't exactly the most creative team out there, so alot of landmarks in Conan are literally the exact same camp, just in a different spot, or ruins that look the exact same, regardless of location, or caves that are incredibly similar. Some landmarks have no purpose at all even and simply exist as a waymarker. Not to mention the games main-story line (which was added much later after the games release after Funcom was receiving so much criticism from players), is the most boring, lackluster storyline I've seen in a video game. The myth behind the story is decently interesting, but when completing the quest you aren't steeped in any of it, and it feels like nothing more than a fetch quest where you go somewhere, kill something, get object, then repeat, rather than a major event with major implications along the way. PVP basically doesn't exist in this game, with everyone running similar stats, people tend to just flee right before they are finished, with you most times unable to catch them. Funcom is also very lazy as well. They do not test patches and updates thoroughly before releasing them, and will even rush them in order to ensure cosmetics are added to their online store on time. Some bugs in the past resulted in players entire bases wiping, or players losing in-game currency. This doesn't even mention all the game-breaking exploits. Funcom has finally cracked down on much, only after 6 years, but some still exist. Players can build bases in the sky outside of render distance making their base almost impossible to locate, the ability to build bases under the maps mesh, etc. The only silver-linning to Conan is its building mechanics. You can build practically anywhere with practically no restriction, as well as all the building pieces conform quite well. Also, Conan is nowhere near as sweaty of a game as Ark, or Rust, so it is a good survival game if you want to just chill and relax. The game isn't very challenging though, and not much pvp either, so it will have its time in the sun for you. Conan still has some annoying bugs, but it is nowhere near the abysmal level of Ark Ascended. There are three main things Ark has over Conan; compelling story, much better and immersive environments (environments in Conan feel synthetic most times, animals do not move unless provoked or approached, horrible shading, envrionment placing that makes me fell I'm in an aquarium), and more to do late-game. Both games pvp mechanics are terrible, but neither was meant to focus on this aspect. Conan isn't great, but it's better than Ark, and offers a bit more to do, outside of just trying to tame every dinosaur like it's Pokemon. Also, raiding in Conan requires alot more strategy than Ark, so that was also a major appeal to me. Bases do not have toolcupboards, and their is no building piece restrcition, which allows players to build some incredibly diverse, and creative builds, resulting in much more challenging raiding.

[@bahadir7677]

A part of me died inside when they killed that named bowmaker.

[@DJantrocks]

same hahhahahahahahaha

[@douggang7067]

Do named npcs not respawn?

[@bahadir7677]

They have really low spawn rates.@@douggang7067

[@PeterDarkmoor]

@@douggang7067 they do but it's random when and where.

[@scejntjynahl]

@@douggang7067 They can respawn. But one of the mechanics of Conan is acquire thralls that can assist you in making weapons and armor. The named variety tend to have better bonuses and are sought after. So a veteran player watching a green horn kill a named npc makes them cringe.

[@JaykPuten]

I miss renting tapes from blockbuster, being clearly under 18(or well under even 13) and the cashier being like "eh... who cares, swords killing Schwarzenegger, maybe guns and an alien predator, or zombies and stuff, this kid can take it... plus I'm not paid enough to care" The good ol days

[@dumbwaystokai]

Truly the best years

[@JaykPuten]

@@dumbwaystokai yeah, nowadays kids just click they're over 18 and can view whatever they want Except in Utah... Utah is just weird

[@wicked_wizard]

Caught me in the act, good thing none of you saw my naked mole-rat collection

[@HerikBattleborn]

I love this game. My wife and I got into a feud with a couple other players further down noob river. It escalated to us building a trebuchet and blasting their sandstome home. Then a high level clan bombed us down to the ground, wiping a solid week's worth of work. Still tons of fun.

[@CrimsonEnvec]

This game's actually really good. You know it takes elements of like other survival games with the building aspect. You know that the food, water gathering resources, but the fact that you can like get thralls to work on your machines and stuff like that is really cool. But more importantly, it has this Skyrim element where it gives you something that all that building you've been doing has a payoff either with the purges coming to attack your building or with you going to dungeons to kill bosses

[@lemmyhead8578]

No, it's not.

[@davidpowers9178]

@@lemmyhead8578 yes, it is.

[@ZinhZinh324]

@@lemmyhead8578 nah, i enjoy it

[@sybald4592]

The thrall system is why i like this game better than others. makes the base/house you build feel lived in.

[@Darklighter75]

Funcom is terrible at dealing with bugs, and in game issues. Prepared to be frustrated, but entertained by a great game.

[@SagaciousNihilist]

They also dont let you run your own free servers on console like Ark does, its either pay for a private server or join one of their servers and deal with their decay timers.

[@codygrady1338]

thats not true. There is a Dedicated server launcher which you can set up to run on your computer OR on a home server box.@@SagaciousNihilist

[@surviplays]

9:00 it's not an issue, it's a feature) your buildings has abandonment timer when you are offline, so on the timer ended your base will be abandoned and any player could destroy it and gain your thralls, chests, items etc. this mechanic works on online servers pve or pvp, if you wanna play with a long pauses you can play offline local game, so timer would never end, also u can play with your friend on local server and start to play on online servers when you will be ready) ps timer depends on how big your base, how many elements it has etc. the game is awesome, I'm a fan of it with more than 1.5k hours played) Ps the timer resets each time you log in to the game

[@jake5773]

This game stole 2 years of my life from me, playing on offical pvp servers when it first came out.

[@OldSchoolFilm1930]

Fun(com) fact: While "Elden Ring" was praised to a level of complete stupidity, everyone overlocked that Conan Exiles did everything "Elden Ring" was praised for 5 years prior. Another Funcom fact: Back in 2006, when Funcon officially got the rights to the Robert E.Howard assets, they promised to go easy on the lizensing and not disgrace REHs stories. Their aim was not to control the characters of the Texan writer but to keep them alive. And they stood true to their words.

[@sesimie]

This is the game i consider myself to have mastery over. Thousands of hours and i don't craft and play permadeath. The base game is a good survival experience. When you start capturing followers is when the game opens up to more than a survival game. You should at least capture thralls next time for the main selling point of the game!! good video!!

[@steven11101010]

You mean the followers that constantly get stuck and disappear for 30 mins while they "scout" back to home? Yeah, that's a great system.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@steven11101010 PS4/PS5 player? I can relate...

[@steven11101010]

@@TheStraightestWhitest PC. Sadly their buggy mess is also cross-platform.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@steven11101010 Huh. PC is already a LOT smoother than the PS version.

[@7PlayingWithFire7]

​@steven11101010 pretty sure the scouting thing is a system where if you lose your thrall, they'll start a countdown to return to the original spot/your base. There's bugs in the game, but that's hardly a major one

[@MadMage86]

This is easily the best survival game out there right now, hands down and it makes me sad to see people still bothering with Rust and Ark instead. Between the FAR cleaner menu system and combat mechanics, I cannot see how anyone could even TOUCH the other survival games while this one exists.

[@gazz3867]

Definitely a good game. (after launching in an unbelievably bad condition) Overall content is probably on par with Ark but it's a lot less messy/glitchy.

[@RailedRobin]

I love this game. Too bad it just goes to a blank screen on my pc (that can run it), and thus making it impossible to play. Wanted to switch from ps4 to pc, to reduce all the stutter.

[@alizahakhizir]

@@RailedRobinif you haven’t already make sure to disable the journey steps in the settings. This makes a HUGE difference in performance on both pc and console

[@mythicwolfie2774]

Ark n rust still on top

[@ScarryHarry93]

The thing I've liked about Conan, is that, not only does it take a lot of fun survival ideas and used them in most of the gameplay, but it also works well with both PvP AND PvE. I used to paly rust and other games but HATED always losing progress jsut because I had to eventually log off, or do real life things like school or work. I very much like being able to play a singleplayer/co-op or even just private friends' server while still having some challenging PvE fights and things to do/explore. All the better knowing that I can log off for any amount of time and come back to find my base and supplies in one piece.

[@slaudwn6110]

It's a really well-made game... but people rate it negatively for its trivial and peripheral aspects. It's a very stupid standard.

[@CastTerror5]

I hate the word "Conan" honestly When I was a kid , I couldn't tell if it was an actor's name .... a show .... a movie , they spammed the word "CONAN" for literally everything And now we even have a game about it...

[@The_Innocuous]

I've been a long time player of Conan Exiles I started playing the game back in 2018 or 2019. With over 700+ hours, I would probably recommend it. Just play on community servers, official is disgusting.

[@Korupshn]

It took you 4-5 years to get only 700 hours in the game? Those are rookie numbers my boy

[@Conzo-id7wu]

I’m a different conzo from the first and I also enjoy this video, amazing job Kai!

[@ese1588]

2018-2019 was peak conan exiles

[@andrewmitchell1829]

This is so far the best survival game I’ve played personally. I’ve played many.

[@LikaLaruku]

New subscriber from your Josh Stryfe Hayes crossover.

[@crustyandcruel]

Game is shit my dude. I have 4k hours and I can tell you with confidence the idea is cool but the devs are bad at their jobs.

[@chicken31947]

Why would you spend 4k hours on something shit

[@BookmansBlues]

I play this game regularly with friend's, while I like the game, I have a number of issues with it. 1) Map is too small, yeah, for the time it was released, it was about as big as you can make a map in UE4 (which I also use regularly) but with UE5, you can make much larger maps. Also Conan does not make full use of the size of the map, plenty of areas are blocked off, and you cannot get to them. 2) The Purge, this includes the new system just release, is a mess. I like the core of idea of the purge, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Fundamentally, the Purge was meant to be a threat that you had to constantly be aware, and guard yourself against. Which is a good idea, one that should be expanded on, now it is something you trigger on your own, and choose the time and place of the purge, however, the system does not understand how to attack a real structure, so you have to custom build a special base just for it, tweaking it until you have it set just the way you want it. Make it too big or complex, and it will fail to trigger the purge. What is needed is a far more complex system that includes the various factions within the game, and a reputation system, combined with a trade system, so that players can have more substantial relationships with the those factions which can fall apart and lead to war that expands across the whole map. Trade routs, would give players a need to build multiple bases, and various targets for the purge to attack, so it was not an all or nothing affair, and to support all this make Thralls more independent, and not just weak auto turrets. So Thralls could be your traders, and move resources from one location to another, additionally, each base, town etc, would have upkeep, so there would be a constant need for said resources. This leads me into PvP. 3) PvP. It has no purpose, other than to facilitate narcissism. We play on a PvP server, we play other PvP games, we like PvP, just not in Conan, because, the only reason at this point, to build a large base, is to keep thieves out. Thieves, who would be better off just farming resources on their own, because it is easier to farm and manufacture their own stuff, rather than to steal it. PvP is basically a check box feature, they have it, but have no real plan to make it worth it's while. There is nothing to win, no points awarded, no ranking system, all it does is ruin someone else's game when you wreck their base and steal their stuff. There is no advantage to it, there is no winning on the server, it is just a might makes right situation. On our server, we were the 2nd biggest clan, and we allied with the largest simply to keep base raiding down. Last week a 2man clan decided to hit everyone's smaller outposts, and were perplexed when we trashed their main base in response, and scattered all their assets to everyone else on the server. A week before that, a three man clan appeared on the server and tried to loot our base, but we were online, and just shot them over and over again as they tried to climb our walls, they promptly quit the server, having died at least 12 times each to us taking no losses. it was funny for us, but utterly pointless, the only good thing that came out of it, was that I was able to use the event to convince my friend's to put more effort into anti-climb. of course, that all means nothing if people just want to use explosives, or trebuchets, which is more expensive, but the safest way to attack, and again costs more than just farming resources. If PvP had purpose, such as doing things like attacking trade routs, easy resources, but not devastate your opponents in one go, allowing players to engage on the front without having to worry about being drawn into an all out war when they have to maintain a day job, then it would make sense, be fun for everyone, still have a cost benefit analysis, and still allow for factions to go to war with whole factions, and have some really epic stuff happening in the game.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

So, you play on a PvP server but you don't want anyone to attack you or your base and no one should be allowed to take the stuff that you grinded for. I'm sorry, that sounds like PvE to me. Are you sure that you enjoy PvP?

[@BookmansBlues]

@@perceivedvelocity9914 I didn't say that no one could PvP, only that the mechanism available to them is not particularly good, the fact that the server (official) has to rely on a time based switch to enable when you can and cannot hit a base means that the system is not robust enough to rely on it self, it has to have an artificial mechanism to attempt to keep it from being completely broken. As for letting people PvP on that specific server, we are not blocking PvP, anyone is free to PvP, they just have to understand that the two biggest clans will wipe them out if they attack people bases, the clan in question litteraly hit everyone on the server, including new players just starting out. Also if someone wanted to fight other players, they could build an Arena and have gladiatorial matches, and fight for prizes etc. Ironically, the clan who hit everyone, before taking a week off, came back and acted indignant that they had been hit. Basically he F'd around and found out. If a game is going to have PvP, that PvP cannot be game breaking. And with Conan Exiles, it is. Each server is going to come up with it's own culture. which is fine, on ours this is the one that built up because the game is as broken as it is.

[@jonathanstorms4530]

Just knowing that there is a series was an instant subscription for me. Can't wait to see what comes next.

[@thechakkim7993]

Funcom did not delete your base. It decayed. It has a two week timer, and you were gone for a month.

[@ricoooooooo]

That is such a cool game mechanic lmao

[@tyliamtsinger]

Well...this video surprised me. Not a rant but a compliment to Conan Exiels! Good for you! This is the best game I have ever played! I have played many other survival games but this game has really spoiled me. I just can't put it down! It is even better when you play with your other gaming friends weather it be pvp or pve it is such a great game even with all it's faults but what game is truly perfect? Plus I am always on the look out for others to play and share in the great times! ;) Thank you for your video! LOL It was great!

[@Mal_3D]

It's important to note the reason his base was removed was because of the degradation feature in the game to prevent official servers from being cluttered with abandoned player houses. On official servers this feature is always on, on your own server you can turn it off and on single player i think its off by default. Pretty much its a timer that removes your base if you dont enter it within the allotted time. It takes forever to happen if you're playing regularly but he was gone a month so yeah. If you play single player or on a private server with a friend and have this feature turned off, this will not happen to you.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Depending on the server settings, when you log off the game your body is still visible to people, and they might be able to loot your items, so thats probably what happened to you

[@arcticblue248]

Having sinked over 3000 hours of gameplay into this game I must say its one hell of a good game, but it can also be very frustrating one. I began when they released it, I still play at this private server a friend of mine is running ... I began playing at a private server when I started, I did not really like the official servers and this game is not a game for PvE guys on a PvP server !!! but there I was ! 🙂 I remember I played on this server where 2 bigger clans used to battle out, and both sides had some great players !!! I became friends eventually with one side and the other side usually did let me go atleast some of their better PvP'ers. But the core of this game is the clan fights !!! to build your forces, raid others on the map ... I did not like raiding because I was more a builder and I knew how much time spent in building a good castle only to have it blown up shortly after hehe. Also as I for the most was a solo player it could be hard trying to defend your castle from the random clan trying to get some easy stuff, I became pretty good hiding stuff eventually, even bases. I remember at one point I was raided twice a day, this server had a high XP so it did not take long to get back what you had lost, and I usually had double of everything so it was no problem. Today I play at Empire's PvE server and they are a great group that run a couple of modded servers, either you want PvP or PvE and you can even experience PvP at this PvE server as they can set up areas where it is pvp... and at their PvE server they don't wipe server unless something have to be so it can be years between, and you can keep your cool building there, their modded servers are fantastic so there are some really nice mods to the game now that improve it well too...

[@YoJaYmaNz]

I honestly thought the game was better in 2020 than how it is now, I loved the primitive aspect of raiding. Bases were alot harder to raid than other games in the survival genre. Also the pvp was a bit choppy but still skill to it. I absolutely fell in love with this game and sunk way too many hours into it, and like you said I made so many cool friends and had a bunch of ups and downs all throughout the experience of playing the game. I've played recently since the last updates and the additions, nerfs, and metas made the game unbearable. I wish they would've just made a new map instead of revamping the entire game. Funcom are great developers but they have a very hard time listening to their player base even though they have a forum of people who constantly tell them what they want, yet they don't listen. I miss the old days of Conan 😢

[@arcticblue248]

@@YoJaYmaNz Yeah in many ways it was better in the beginning... sure there where glitches like when these chinese came to our server they glitched into the mountains making bases impossible to raid. Is playing on a modded server and to be honest I like alot of the mods that are there, they can pick areas to make them as PvP zones, so your castle is safe but other places can be pvp. that is one of the additions atleast.

[@YoJaYmaNz]

@@arcticblue248 I play on old gen PS4, and since the isle of siptah update the game is almost unplayable, even on the exile lands. It's probably due to the performance of the console, but it's honestly just sloppy coding in my opinion. When the game first came out the PS5 wasn't even out yet. I feel like they sold out since a Chinese company bought them out, that's when they implemented the battle pass and all the other PTW bs. Before it was only cosmetic dlcs, but now you can get shit that people who don't pay for the battle pass. It was mainly cosmetic at first but now some weapons and other things deal a significant amount more damage than some of the meta weapons you can obtain in game.

[@darthtaiter]

There's an extra dimension to that opening statement. "Arnold Schwarzenegger with a Massive Sword." A Massive Sword that looks kinda small in his Massive HANDS. lol XD

[@TheChrisLouis]

My man tried killing enemies with a pickaxe and a skinning knife. This aint fortnite fam. 😅 And funcom didn't delete your house. There are decay timers on builds to prevent severs being cluttered with people who play and quit. You were gone FOR A MONTH. Your stuff decayed my man.

[@yiany]

I just realized that Conan Exiles might actually have more players than Diablo 4 as of October 2023.

[@tegamingother]

I think that's just sad but not the CE community hehe.

[@21bywater]

My dude, you didn’t scratch the surface, you barely even ran your fingers along it. I’ve put 200 hours into this game and I’ve barely scratched the surface. Servers state that your buildings will be demolished after some time, it’s not for no reason. The main criticisms people have with this game after playing some time are the lag, the unbalanced nature of raiding other players, the difficulty of getting star metal, and probably the issues with ranged as well as general issues with combat and using thralls effectively. Sorcery is a somewhat controversial thing as well because it can be very powerful but annoying to use and it’s not very Conan. This game deserved better. There is no other game that has a building system that is quite as good in terms of fun and beauty in the structures you can make.

[@Ming1975]

Conan: exile is my go to "eye candy game". There is utterly no survival challenge elements, character creation needs a waist slider. Easy to survive games are just pvp games because the devs has zero creativity in Ai writing.

[@covenant8593]

It's a great game, just takes some effort and if you're lazy or unwilling to push your limits, you won't make it past noob river.

[@Nezarec123]

Meanwhile you got a network of portals all over the map

[@rumble108]

Started out Noob River Now I got a Base Near the Volcano

[@jaykarimi7123]

I personally love this game & recommend it wholeheartedly so...to each their own.

[@Quick-Silver206]

Hail from Josh Strife Hayes. I'm glad to have found your channel.

[@badjer4328]

Dude never went beyond lvl 10

[@feralzgames]

A BATTLEPASS?!?!?! LMAOOO insane, also the building isn't too different to Ark! Good video tho dude!

[@JoeMartinez18]

Yeah... The system is so good, Ark copied It.

[@feralzgames]

@@JoeMartinez18 OOOO, Makes sense! It's a good system they would be silly to not copy / Be inspired by it!

[@lordundeadrat]

It comes off as pretty damn funny to hear you praise the new player experience. If you had started a year ago, you'd be singing a very very different tune. That Journey system is a newer addition. Before that. You just got dropped in the waist lands with a general direction and a good luck kid. When I picked the game up. I found the new player experience to be easily the worst part of the the game. The addition of the Journey system was game changing for Exiles. Unfortunately it came likely a couple years too late to have any positive impact. They're not going to see a swell of new players any time soon. Conan Exiles is a weird, janky and confusing mess sometimes. It's had a few overhauls since it's launch. This means the Wiki's are a total mess from information going out of date. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I wasn't getting thralls to work the way I'd read about. Only to find out they hadn't worked that way for a year. For some reason I've keep playing it though. I couldn't narrow down what the draw really is.

[@Orionthefree]

Ha! You can't fool me! This is just Wiz sitting a little further away from the mic!! I jest. Fantastic video. 👌🌟

[@Wargulf2838]

"get your mind out of the gutter people" meanwhile the character has enough mammaries to make me lactose tolerant.

[@hichemboulazreg3223]

Great vid subscribed ! Wish you the best !

[@dumbwaystokai]

Thanks for the sub!

[@99midnightgamer]

Ive been playing this since it came out on steam off and on. Defeated this game 3 times. Still playing because I like the building and collecting. Plus it fun to hop on and see the changes.

[@KerboOnYT]

Thumbs up for the Blockbuster reference

[@ConzoProject]

A really cool video!! Keep posting

[@SonofSkyrim01]

Conan Exiles is one of the best survival game ever for sure.

[@zachlee1195]

Question Hey sorry to bug you. But I play a lot of ark and geting mad and some playing it lol. Snd wanting to try out something new . So my question is is there a still good bit of player on official sever and thst play the game

[@foff3804]

You waited 35 years? My bros and and I we're fighting for gold and glory in Conan's world back in the 80s. TTRPG FTW.

[@grass_master509]

The wizard wasnt lying this really was a good video

[@dumbwaystokai]

Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@pseudolullus]

"dreams of sword-swinging with a massive austrian man" ou yeah

[@marty0077]

great game. lots of modded servers. always something new to find.

[@Iroh_B0T]

killing it with the views bro

[@DOOM00420]

Clearly this dude did not have Set granting him cunning 😅

[@CourageousRetreat]

"expansive DLCs" xD

[@Hagosha]

Love me a good Conan Exiles video. This game has given me over 1000 hours of fun alone and with the boys and only seems to be improving with time and built-in workshop mod support. Update now that ive finished the video: BG3 brainrot is real and solo is always a better experience than official servers

[@dumbwaystokai]

it was great fun to play, definitely going to keep playing and see where it takes me

[@lockokentucko]

Great video brother couldn’t belive you had 2k subs and not 2mil lmao I thought I was tripping. Keep Up the grind and it will pay off brother trust me I see it already🔥🔥

[@lockokentucko]

Even tho I don’t agree with ur takes

[@dumbwaystokai]

Super appreciate the comment dude! Yeahh I get not a lot of people are gonna agree with me, especially hardcore players of the games, but I’m coming at these from a complete new player experience perspective. Im glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@gudmundursteinar]

Conan has a decay system where you base will decay if you are not online for 14 days. If you were away for a month all your stuff decayed. Now, how you ended up in the black keep that is strange. There is a feature where if you dye in a dungeon you have an option to respawn at the start of the dungeon. However there is no way for some other player to drag you do that dungeon. I'm guessing somebody else playe your account and died in the black keep and then just quit.

[@madsante]

It's a bug that happened to a friend of mine when he died in the dregs and tried to respawn in dungeon. How and why it happened in this case: no clue. Just seems like the game can decide to respawn you there when it feels like it

[@LocustaVampa]

Yeah the decay system is awful for people who also do other things with their lives. It's still a fun game but not great due to this and many other little problems.

[@Ari0och]

guy trying to kill the npc with a leather extraction tool: "the game sucks" good job mate

[@dumbwaystokai]

Not sure where you got that impression, I think Conan exiles is a great game and say as much throughout the video, I never said I was good at it 😂

[@AnoAno94]

Main *problem* is how they handle reports of *exploiters, hackers and harassers.* If your base blocks a single NPC spawn, then it can be reported for blocking resources. Even if it is a basic NPC spawn. Going into single player with the name of the player you want to frame. You can say racist stuff, screenshot, and claim it was them on the server you played on. They don't always check the chat logs. It's also a problem that some hackers proudly claim they have several alternate accounts that allows them to continue to play and hack/harass. There is also the issue of bugs reappearing, and giving advantages to those buying the DLCs. An issue of being owned by the big Ten-cent empire.

[@leshasta9652]

I love Conan. So glad you tried it. I play private modded pve servers. The modding community is amazing. And funcom is now working with them giving them the new dev kits before the big updates happen. Please I would love to see you play more of this game and maybe get into the games story and lore. My suggestions for games for you to try Heat, Subsistence, Outlaws of the Old West, Pixark, Icarus, Citadel forged with fire, Hold your Own, Myth of Empires, Craftopia, Ylands, and Novus Inceptio. Of course I own all of these 😅 some are ok some are 😢. And one that is truly close to my heart but was abandoned is Dark and Light. I go back to that game yearly and so desperately wish they would do anything with this game. The potential is huge. Thanks for the great content. Love your videos.

[@dumbwaystokai]

Thanks for the suggestions, i'll definitely check them out :D

[@leshasta9652]

@@dumbwaystokai one more suggestion is Vintage Story. This is a game that often gets labeled as "oh it's Minecraft" it's nothing like Minecraft and you will see if you try. Actual survival game hunger, body temp and way more. True survival. It does have a steep learning curve but has in game handbook so give it a try please. Would love to know what you think about it

[@Rellikein]

Conan with all its issues is still the best survival game I’ve played to this day. PC Mods also play a huge part in this.

[@bobcarn]

You supposedly only have to buy the battlepass once. Supposedly working through the challenges earns you more in-game coins that you use to activate the next season's battlepass. The items you earn from the battlepass aren't game-changing but do add a lot of flair. Also, if you're on the public server, logging off leaves your character in the world. You're at risk of being killed if it's a PVP or PVE-C server and your base gets removed after a week for inactivity. Options are private servers (I've hosted one for ages) or solo-play (which can be lonely but lets you at least experience the content at your own pace).

[@Ocrilat]

It's true. Working through the missions of the battlepass will earn you enough in-game credits to buy the next season's battlepass, plus earn you a lot a extras. And it is simple to work though it in the time allotted.

[@spacequack5470]

It's just math. All you have to do is count the coins gained from the bp then look at the coin price for the bp. Not remotely complicated...

[@HavartiCamembert]

A tactic to keep in mind for the battle pass is to not spend your Crom Coins on the new pass until you have completed through Battle Pass level 58. This ensures you have the coins for the next pass before the next new chapter hits. There are some really nifty items that you can get from these passes. My favorite so far has been the specific resource storage containers.

[@MalekitGJ]

basically an Scheme to keep player numbers high. Got it.

[@Ocrilat]

@@MalekitGJ So you're complaining over devs that give high value to players, and entices them to play by offering a good game and constantly being expanded. Yeah that's terrible.

[@OwDoGaming-kx9jo]

Personally I prefer to play on single player so I can activate co-op for friends. Never been a fan of PvP on any sort of game like this, too many bawbags about

[@nicolapellegrino1072]

I've spent thousands of hours on this game... i love that.

[@poppadave3710]

Dude this game is great, the hardest part is finding a good server.

[@johndaltrocanto]

Conan exiles gave me one the best times I’ve ever had with a group of guys I met on the internet, I had so much fun and I always remember fondly all the crazy shenanigans we were up to.

[@LadyCorvia]

The journey systen is pretty cool, just avoid the soldier journey, that one has the habit of accidentally setting your level to 61 (60 is the max so wtf) and generally fucking up your progression

[@UNGGodYT]

Nice video, but a single deducted point for not showing the best bound limit design. TBH i only watched the family friend cartoon, and i loved it.

[@vepristhorn8278]

So we saved them from bankruptcy and they still haven't finished the map

[@rasmusazu]

Did you just lift Josh Strife Hayes' intro and switch the genre? 😅 well, no matter if you bring the same quality as he does then i'll sub

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

You made a female character, I'm not surprised

[@SemiramisAudron]

While we weren't happy about the battle pass, it's definitely better than on other games I played. you basically pay real life money once for the coins, unlock the battle pass and then make the money back if you play through the whole pass... And those coins you got back, fully pay the next pass. So if you don't let yourself be tempted to spend the coins on the other cosmetics, you pay once for one pass and then can get the stuff from every future pass for free. And playing through the pass is easy and perfectly doable in the time it lasts, cause single player and online go into the same EXP, so even if you are worried that you have like only a week left you can actually use admin console to spawn enemies and grind them for the challenges while invincible. You get challenge bonuses each day, I would recommend only doing the challenges that get have high exp and bonus and rerolling if they aren't high and then leaving the bonus of the like low challenges to stack up to use on high challenges the next day.

[@fstarf1]

Yeah, I started playing about four months ago. I can't seem to put it down and I feel like I still have barely scratched the surface of what this game has to offer. Also, that was not a glitch. Your structures have a Decay time. Pretty similar to Rust.

[@snackyrebel]

I have been playing CE off and on since early Access. I can say its it a good game that had great potential. Sadly it gets dragged down by poor management. The love/hate relationship CE players have with Funcom is abusive for both sides. After that you deal with the usual survival game players. That factor can make or break a player experience as well.

[@cavendishbandana8706]

Before I watch this video; I have about 800 hours of playtime on Conan Exiles and I have never seen or become a god in the game. I'm always just doing something else. It never seemed that important of a task. Also, playing by myself probably slows that down to a crawl. Can't defend a giant base with a glowing altar by myself. Edit: 7:30 Oh holy shit my first time looking for coal or iron was the worst. I had no idea what I was looking for. Also, iron is a rare drop from some stone nodes so I assumed I just had to farm more in order to get enough iron to make an iron pick which would then increase the drop rate. I was wrong. Edit Edit: I don't think Kai looked through those DLCs. Those are almost all cosmetics. One, Isle of Siptah, is a new map. Otherwise, the updates to the game have all been free. Horses were a huge thing when they added them. Just wow. The speed difference of riding across the map vs having to run everywhere is staggering. I kinda stopped before the magic update. Never messed with it. Might have to get back into the game soon.

[@MildarValsik]

The last few months they been screwing up this great game with developers mistakes on the holidays with new features. These mistakes started before holidays and get fixed after them. In some cases making it completely messing up you 100 hours of work. I love the games ability. It could be super lovely if it didn't really kills your mood for playing on when the developers make a mistake that might prevent you for playing for a week when the decay kicks in. Instead of the decay of about 10 days. Everything is gone. After that if you start again their belief you are gone. They will delete things a day or two you try to rebuild. That kills a mood.

[@phoenix-lq9pd]

Heya i bern playing this game for awhile already i love the points you make about this game so i subbed 😊

[@ianoag]

Re The in-game battle pass: If you're playing on PC, you can press the 'N' key and a list of mini missions is available. If you complete enough of these, (and yes, there are a hell of a lot) you'll eventually earn enough Crom Coins to but a Battle Pass without actually having to spend any real money. It's a nice way of keeping players playing. Glad you liked the game!

[@spacequack5470]

Still have to buy it once. But yes, it's worth the $10

[@amdinga561]

conan exiles is basically valheim but instead of boats you have uh... thralls. We'll call them thralls. It's a really really good game though. It's the one that got me into survival games and now that I'm revisiting it again after 4 years (and many other survival games later) I can say with confidence that conan exiles goes toe to toe against the very best. It's wild that more people don't know about it but as you noted w/ the player stats-- those who do know about it are still playing it years after release. So much fun.

[@JheredStern]

I have been playing this game since early access, access...and I have never gotten bored with it. Public servers only offer the bare bones of the game. Private servers, with that massive modding community behind them are excellant. With player made maps, magic, thousands of weapon mods, whole revamps of the entire game and even intimate adult content. No game offers that kind of fixability and player made content. Anyone who does not like this game simply does not play it.

[@chrisdasilva7313]

I love this game and am looking to come back BUT the official servers were SO TOXIC. Hopefully the god bubble going away changes this

[@conzo03]

Another cool video from Kai, the man can’t miss

[@jamiejohn1382]

Yeahhh, I’m not a “gamer” per say, but Conan exiles is the first survival game that I would get lost in for hours without realizing

[@isocity-info]

Killing a Bowmaster with a stone pick is like laughing into chuck norris' face. What a blasphemous act.

[@Michael1988H]

For these who do not know, you can lock on your target, while in combat, by key q, use, and unuse it in one battle, several times, 'cause when you use q you're character looks on target and you move in cycle, centered on target. Practice thus clinking q several time. Sometimes you, do need to get back a bit,when you astray.

[@devindeel5830]

On a windy full moon night you can still hear wiz standing on stuff that should not be stood upon.

[@edreenpasang7537]

the only bad about the game is the Bug . Funcom almost never bother to fix them .

[@Baltazar921]

For me that online survival game dont hawe many bugs like anodther survival games

[@gmanhero]

I've watched countless "100 Players Simulate Civilization" videos, people doing it on minecraft, rust, ark and I'm so damn confused and a bit annoyed that there hasn't been a single one done for *Conan Exiles.* It would be 200x better than any other civilization simulation video ever made. It's a more realistic version of all them combined. Has mods for specific plugins, it has fist person or third-person, survival like ark and rust without the unrealistic guns. Tameable animals, customizable maps for scenarios, weather control and Huge playable area and Honestly I have no idea why no one has made a video on it yet. The game is usually on sale making it cost as much as rust or ark and mods are FREE.

[@powerblazing3603]

yeahp, totally underated and not even close to being the worst survival game ever. It's actually pretty good and fun but idk about multiplayer and online, I only played singleplayer and I remember having a great time with this one. I was about to install it again (I usually re-play games after a long time to see if anything new was added)

[@darksoul2601]

Cool series only just found it. Make sure you play green hell as that will be a top contender for worst game :)

[@bigtemarifan]

I’ve followed JSH worst mmo series for years and I’m really glad to see somebody take on the mantle with another genre. Survival games was a great idea, it’s a super saturated market with a lot of interesting ideas contrasted with a lot of tired tropes of the genre.

[@unholyfrijole2009]

Love this video. I love conan exiles tbh- been doing a run through every few months just for kicks. Have you done life is fedual? now that one makes conan look like perfection.

[@dumbwaystokai]

I haven't played life is feudal yet but i hear its terrible

[@googanmcboogie9307]

Its equal parts adventure, building, crafting, and survival. Best enjoyed with friends.

[@Landford177]

Having played video games from several genres over the last 11 years, I can say with confidence that my best and longest-lasting memories, as well as my greatest online friendship experiences, have come from Conan exiles. The game has definitely fallen off a lot from what it once was, but I played it from pre-beta as one of the first 100 players of the game until about a year ago when I stopped playing video games altogether due to changes in life circumstances. The vast lore and PVE elements offer a lot to the single-player and PVE crowd, and at one time, the PVP element on dedicated PVP private servers was unbelievably fun and competitive. I never played official servers too much, as there was and likely still is an abundance of hacking and griefing, which does reflect negatively on the game as a whole and on the new player experience. But given time, friends, understanding, and a good server, this game has a certain magic that I never found anywhere else.

[@Boss-361]

"Maybe one Day I'll come back to this..." NOPE, no you won't Brother.... I knew it since the first letter of "MaYbE" hahahaha

[@dumbwaystokai]

Don’t call me out like this 😂😂

[@filozica867]

I love that you have the doctor in your video ❤️ love this video and i love the game.. i have played it way to much tho

[@g4m3life86]

8:53 yeah they need to retain folks' stuff for like a month, a long time. 2 weeks isn't a significant enough amount of time. people may quit and change to other games if they log in & find their base gone after a short amount of time

[@Modverse]

I love conan exiles! I played from 2017 to 2021, great mods. Might jump back in soon..