Island Reflections

[Gullis]

I like it, as busywork when im not doing anything else. Doesn't really feel like my own relaxing Island paradise tho. Feels more like a slave Labour camp for the primal Tataru Taru. A toggle for the mammets would be nice.

Also the rewards doesnt go away people. Not sure how its possible to be "left behind". Just go at your own pace ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Jojoya]

The landmarks could be a place to RP. I personally love the tree house and it could be a nice dating spot with my partner.
But then you have the mammets...

This comment explained a lot for me. SE obviously wants to discourage ERP in the Hideaway.

I sincerely hope in the next update to IS that we can build a place that will be an actual home for the WoL (even if it can't be decorated housing style) and mammets will be prohibited.

I also wonder how the JP player base is getting along with the plethora of mammets. It will help if many of them have the same complaint.

[LianaThorne]

This comment explained a lot for me. SE obviously wants to discourage ERP in the Hideaway.

I sincerely hope in the next update to IS that we can build a place that will be an actual home for the WoL (even if it can't be decorated housing style) and mammets will be prohibited.

I also wonder how the JP player base is getting along with the plethora of mammets. It will help if many of them have the same complaint.

If you think an audience/being watched will stop people from ERPing...lmao. Highly encourage you to do some research on the term Exhibitionist in the fetish sense.

[Deo14]

I also wonder how the JP player base is getting along with the plethora of mammets. It will help if many of them have the same complaint.

This is just from quick lurking on JP forums from highly upvoted comments using translator, take it with grain of salt:

Seems like JP is onboard with too much mammets, no feeling of inhabited island and lack of customization. They also expected more casual and relaxed atmosphere instead of factory/management simulator, even though many like the management simulator.

There are also suggestions for:
- more active minigames like fishing or cooking (fishing specifically is mentioned frequently)
- possibly some RNG elements when gathering
- weather forecaster
- color coded node marks and other small QoL changes
- more uses of green cowries, including conversion of cowries
- customization in general (dyes, rotate buildings, stairs for windmills)
- personal house dedicated to player, not just weird shop with bed
- change orchestrion on the move
- sprint on/off
- gather materials when you're on friend's island
- retainer bell
- improvements for controllers

They seem to also talk about caves under island, which would be logical new expansion to the island. Some would prefer if areas of the island could be unlocked later, instead of being able to go anywhere from the start (with few areas that you can reach only with flight).

[TofuPenguin]

It's exactly how I expected it to be. I've only done a little in there but already figured out that it wasn't going to be as customizable as people were hoping. So I'm playing the content as intended: very slowly and as filler when I have nothing better to do.

[TheSuperior]

there's only a grind if your one of those people who wanted to max it within the first week. all the rewards are shown on the vendor from the start (with one exception unlocked at rank 10), there is nothing you need a guide for except the rare animals (which don't offer anything different than regular ones, just aesthetics)

I've been picking at this every several days, and I still have to gather from one. node. at. a. time.

That's a grind no matter what angle you come at it with.

[Deveryn]

I've been picking at this every several days, and I still have to gather from one. node. at. a. time.

That's a grind no matter what angle you come at it with.

So is everything else in an MMO.
You can let it bother you or you can accept reality. ^_^

[dspguy]

DEVs: "Don't expect Animal Crossing".

Players: "Why isn't this Animal Crossing?"



It's like a skit. I swear.

Reminds me of housing:

Devs: Lottery won't solve housing supply.
Players: Why doesn't lottery solve housing supply!?

[TwistedTea]

It's not even about difficulty. It's that it is gameplay that I find unappealing, and everything on "my" island points to it whether I want it to or not.

My house is full of mammets. My private treehouse and bathhouse are full of mammets.

Every building on my island revolves around the business of constructing goods, fetching materials at an industrial scale, or keeping the workers happy. The courtyard is full of clanking noises from the machinery.

All I needed was a private island with a building all to myself and some basic "A or B" choices about my decor, and instead I have an industrial complex.

Huuh? But this is the island of your dreams! You don't want to build stables or any sort of shelter for yourself or animals. It's your dream island, you obviously want buildings for mammets and to go absolute Dead Ends with deforestation and improvements for Tataru's business.

Yeah, SE totally missed the goal of Island Sanctuary being a casual,relaxing experience.

[Deveryn]

Yeah, SE totally missed the goal of Island Sanctuary being a casual,relaxing experience.

No. The players did. They don't know how to relax. This can all be enjoyed without spreadsheets, weather forecasts or movement macros.