Zanril
Refugee
When I started my random gen v2.0+ world I established my main base outside Trader Rekt's like my v1.0+ and other previous worlds. My goal was to rush through through the tiers, and base build along the way.
After turning in the opening trade routes mission to complete tier 1 missions and move onto tier 2, I never visited the burnt forest or took quests from trader Jen at all. Why? Not only have I spend time and resources into establishing myself next to trader Rekt up to that point, but in order to advance to the next tier, I don't need to fulfill any quests from Jen because Rekt can offer the quests for the tier that I'm currently on, and, despite their small size, tier 2-4 POIs are not far away enough from the small, randomly generated towns where I am to justify having to move my entire base to a more convenient location or make an outpost.
It feels overpowered to be able to keep tiering up when I'm still in the forest biome but at the same time I need a permanent place to store my items, keep my workstations running, and defend against the blood moon horde. Visiting another trader, and a whole different biome should be exciting but its not. I believe you should be questing for that trader to advance to the next tier. It doesn't seem right that I can go back to the safety of the forest biome, and my main base all the way to tier 6.
That's when I came up with this idea.
A new tier completion quest will be added before opening trade routes. Survive a horde night in a POI of the teir you are in. So if I was in the burnt forest working for Jen (tier 2), I'd have to hold off a blood moon horde in a Tier 2, burnt forest POI of my choice before moving on to trader Bob. The only reason why I don't like this idea is the case of dying during the mission or some other case where you are outside the POI bounds by the time the blood moon starts. You're stuck on this final step to complete the tier you are on but have to wait another 7 days for another chance to advance to the next tier (that is, if you are running with the default settings). You can't make progress until then besides personal leveling, and resource gathering. Its a waste of time if you care about progressing to the next tier.
There is another issue also. Unless you know beforehand that the final mission of a tier is to defend a blood moon horde in a POI of your tier, you are going to be starting from scratch with claiming and fortifying it. Its almost like, another mission should be added so that you clear, and claim a POI with a land claim block right after the opening trade routes mission is done to set up a POI blood moon horde defense later while you are completing the tier.
If this seems too much to be part of tier progression maybe it could be a part of the biome challenge line?
I feel like I'm onto something with solving my problem but am thinking inside the box too much.
After turning in the opening trade routes mission to complete tier 1 missions and move onto tier 2, I never visited the burnt forest or took quests from trader Jen at all. Why? Not only have I spend time and resources into establishing myself next to trader Rekt up to that point, but in order to advance to the next tier, I don't need to fulfill any quests from Jen because Rekt can offer the quests for the tier that I'm currently on, and, despite their small size, tier 2-4 POIs are not far away enough from the small, randomly generated towns where I am to justify having to move my entire base to a more convenient location or make an outpost.
It feels overpowered to be able to keep tiering up when I'm still in the forest biome but at the same time I need a permanent place to store my items, keep my workstations running, and defend against the blood moon horde. Visiting another trader, and a whole different biome should be exciting but its not. I believe you should be questing for that trader to advance to the next tier. It doesn't seem right that I can go back to the safety of the forest biome, and my main base all the way to tier 6.
That's when I came up with this idea.
A new tier completion quest will be added before opening trade routes. Survive a horde night in a POI of the teir you are in. So if I was in the burnt forest working for Jen (tier 2), I'd have to hold off a blood moon horde in a Tier 2, burnt forest POI of my choice before moving on to trader Bob. The only reason why I don't like this idea is the case of dying during the mission or some other case where you are outside the POI bounds by the time the blood moon starts. You're stuck on this final step to complete the tier you are on but have to wait another 7 days for another chance to advance to the next tier (that is, if you are running with the default settings). You can't make progress until then besides personal leveling, and resource gathering. Its a waste of time if you care about progressing to the next tier.
There is another issue also. Unless you know beforehand that the final mission of a tier is to defend a blood moon horde in a POI of your tier, you are going to be starting from scratch with claiming and fortifying it. Its almost like, another mission should be added so that you clear, and claim a POI with a land claim block right after the opening trade routes mission is done to set up a POI blood moon horde defense later while you are completing the tier.
If this seems too much to be part of tier progression maybe it could be a part of the biome challenge line?
I feel like I'm onto something with solving my problem but am thinking inside the box too much.
