PC Steel unlocks too late / in the wrong order

I've got to say the amount of negative comments regarding 'alternative' playstyles to constant exploration in this thread are a bit depressing.

If you want to get all your thrills from shooting zombies in the head, feel free. I'm going to be running around on my jack jones demolishing buildings and digging through mountains.

Being forced to go out exploring big areas just to find a gated item or falling foul of the RNG faerie spoils the game a tad for me. I'm looking at you Mr Wrench and Mrs Beaker...

You are forcing me to do things I don't want to do. That is not good in terms of player satisfaction and retention.

On that note - why do the shadows of demolished buildings still show up in the distance when the building is gone? lol

I get most of my XP from rocks and trees and will never play multi-player. Why all the hate?

I bet you'll be really angry when I tell you I've played Eve Online for many years - SOLO :smile-new:

 
I've got to say the amount of negative comments regarding 'alternative' playstyles to constant exploration in this thread are a bit depressing.
If you want to get all your thrills from shooting zombies in the head, feel free. I'm going to be running around on my jack jones demolishing buildings and digging through mountains.

Being forced to go out exploring big areas just to find a gated item or falling foul of the RNG faerie spoils the game a tad for me. I'm looking at you Mr Wrench and Mrs Beaker...

You are forcing me to do things I don't want to do. That is not good in terms of player satisfaction and retention.

On that note - why do the shadows of demolished buildings still show up in the distance when the building is gone? lol

I get most of my XP from rocks and trees and will never play multi-player. Why all the hate?

I bet you'll be really angry when I tell you I've played Eve Online for many years - SOLO :smile-new:
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I don't think you're gonna like where this game is headed.

When they took out the need find a bunch of stuff, a lot of people missed that.

In A18, half of the new content will be having to seek it out.

Not to stomp our gameplay style, but I think it might be best to try to remember that this is a survival game. Having to do things you do not want to do is a big part of that. If there exists some survival game you adore and every little task is really enjoyable no matter what please share. I own about 20 survival games and each one of them has at least one thing it forces me to do to progress... most of them are relentless at it.

 
The new A18 skill system, nothing is level gated, so this is pretty irrelevant isn't it?
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That's how it's been said so far. However, there was also a version without levelgates in the Alpha 17 Experimental, and still the stable version got levelgates in the Intellect branch. The fact that there are no levelgates in this pre Alpha 18 version says nothing about whether the Alpha 18 in the stable version also comes without levelgates.

 
tbh, the devs is allowed to do this imo due to you can be lucky and get alot of cash early investing or you know, somehow u rng a good amount of items early. but sure i think its way to late lvl 45-60 be a range. maby alot faster pace more fun faster action who knows.

 
Repair Kits will fix anything from wooden bows, through iron and even steel items. Repair kits are easy to make, so all you need is find a steel tool. I just wish we could find Crucibles more easily or at least get the schematics for them. Finding Steel Tool Schematics more easily would also be great.

 
You are forcing me to do things I don't want to do. That is not good in terms of player satisfaction and retention.
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Playstyles are not about skipping parts of the game, they are about dealing with them in different ways. If everyone was able to progress by skipping anything they would like, that can only mean there would be nothing that you actually *had* to do in the game. Much like playing in the sandbox mode.

 
Repair Kits will fix anything from wooden bows, through iron and even steel items. Repair kits are easy to make, so all you need is find a steel tool. I just wish we could find Crucibles more easily or at least get the schematics for them. Finding Steel Tool Schematics more easily would also be great.
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Playstyles are not about skipping parts of the game, they are about dealing with them in different ways. If everyone was able to progress by skipping anything they would like, that can only mean there would be nothing that you actually *had* to do in the game. Much like playing in the sandbox mode.
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You know that you both replied to an old thread that was started back in Alpha 17 ?

Steel is no longer locked behind a level in Alpha 18. As soon as you find a crucible or the schematic for it you can craft steel.

Kage848 for example found the schematic for the crucible on the first day in the current season of his 7 Days series. So he can now craft steel if he want to.

 
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