Island Reflections

[Deveryn]

this is really disappointing. A minigame to catch the animals, as we have in Black Desert, or something simple, like "aiming" a pokeball at a pokemon (in pokemon go), would already make things less RNG and more interesting. It's a little boring to click on the animal and hope the RNG works in your favor.

A minigame for fishing, they made such a good one for spearfishing, they have the ability to do something for fishing, too. That would be another interesting activity.

I don't know how to make resource gathering more exciting than just clicking, but what if we had rare items on the island that we could put on display? Extremely hard-to-find items that could be found all over your island at any time, so we didn't have websites telling you where they spawn and when they spawn. This would make exploration a little more exciting, as collectors would have the chance to find something rare.

I believe that if we could also have the visit of the Sions, who randomly appear on the island, doing silly things around, it would also be an interesting addition.

The XIV aiming minigame has popped up now and again and it's either a pain or too easy.

Fishing doesn't need more minigames. We can already get that experience outside. This is where the simple one click nodes are the most welcome.

Looking for something rare to find brings us back to the rare spawns people are complaining about and queueing up for. I actually found a few of them on my own before any info came out. I even captured one of them. I don't know why people are going through so many restraints. Maybe they should think about waiting a few seconds between hits. I never hit double digits on my fails. I wouldn't care for any more RNG in this minigame as far as rare harvests and such. It's more relaxing not thinking about triggering rare loots on every harvest.

No to the Scions. Nothing against them, but no.


The overall game has so much going on. That this is so simple is quite refreshing. So little thought is required. If it's not your thing, it's not your thing, but maybe give it a chance without overthinking what it could be.

[Adamantini]

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Look, I'm paying for the game, so I'll think if what I'm getting is valid or not. It doesn't matter if it's supposed to be relaxing, point and click is boring, that's all.

But you asked what I expected:

I don't know what depth were you hoping for with something that didn't require your gathering skills.

And now you say "don't think about what could have been". Well, I wasn't going to say anything, but since you asked, here's my answer.

You don't need to be angry. Your click island is safe and will stay that way for the next few months. And if you're not ready for an answer, don't ask.

[Jojoya]

AND PLEASE LET ME BUILD A COVE FOR THOSE ROBOTS im sick of having them all around me....

I'd rather have a hole in the ground about 500 yalms deep, 200 gallons of water and a pile of dirt big enough to fill the hole - after I've dumped the mammets in and poured all the water on top. (water is necessary to rust them before they can dig their way back out).

Look, I'm paying for the game, so I'll think if what I'm getting is valid or not. It doesn't matter if it's supposed to be relaxing, point and click is boring, that's all.

Then don't do it. It's a theme park MMO and Island Sanctuary is only one of several "rides" you get to choose from. Spend your time on the rides you're enjoying.

[Adamantini]

Then don't do it. It's a theme park MMO and Island Sanctuary is only one of several "rides" you get to choose from. Spend your time on the rides you're enjoying.

I have to play It to know If I will enjoy it or not.

[TwistedTea]

If you don't enjoy the workshop mini-game, don't play it. That simple. If you don't like any of the other activities on the Island, don't do those either. It's dumb to make yourself miserable over a few virtual pixel vanity rewards that aren't required to play the rest of the game.

In this context, sure players are partly to blame.

However, the greater responsibility lies with SE and their design choices for what is supposed to be a casual/relaxing experience in SE's own words.

Off-hand examples of questionable design choices:
1. 17k Blue Crowries in one week achievement/title
2. 500k Blue Crowries achievement - this would take about 6 months of earning at least 20k a week

SE could have chosen to design Blue Crowrie income around the passive stuff like the crops/ pasture/granary.

But SE chose to make the greatest source of Blue Crowrie income the workshop.

[Deveryn]

Look, I'm paying for the game, so I'll think if what I'm getting is valid or not. It doesn't matter if it's supposed to be relaxing, point and click is boring, that's all.

But you asked what I expected:



And now you say "don't think about what could have been". Well, I wasn't going to say anything, but since you asked, here's my answer.

You don't need to be angry. Your click island is safe and will stay that way for the next few months. And if you're not ready for an answer, don't ask.

I'm not the one who's angry here. I'm writing things very plainly. I've clearly struck a nerve. You're the one who wasn't ready for an answer. I didn't even ask anything. I made a statement. I didn't express any concern or desire about what it is you wanted because it's not going to happen anyway.

If you have to play to know, then just do it, but you've already psyched yourself up for disappointment, so go be disappointed. I don't care either way. Nobody does.

[Xavier_Firbold]

I'm not the one who's angry here. I'm writing things very plainly. I've clearly struck a nerve. You're the one who wasn't ready for an answer.

If you have to play to know, then just do it, but you've already psyched yourself up for disappointment, so go be disappointed. I don't care either way. Nobody does.

You really are a scourge to this forum.

[Rufalus]

Finally reached rank 10 and unlocked flying. I like it a little better now that I'm less restricted. I feel they should add some more methods to gain exp and cowries that you can access from the start, because progress through those middle ranks feels demotivating. A friend quit doing her island because the progress to unlock stuff felt too slow. I can imagine a lot of casual people dropping out like that, because it's just not fun enough from the beginning. The worst part is doing a bunch of tedious gathering manually to have enough resources to get things going. Regarding the whole industrial feel, the easiest solution would be to offer some new building glam options that make the workshops look like something other than workshops, and toggle hiding display of most of the mammets island-wide.

[Iscah]

I feel like the challenge logs need to include EXP to make the slow route feel more viable. The middle ranks have very little scope for EXP gain besides the factory, because you don't have half your plant/animal keeping slots open yet.

At very least, expanding those should be uncoupled from rank progress, because right now it feels like it's only good for gaining EXP once you're nearly at the end of needing EXP.

[Ayche]

I can't say that getting exp has felt slow.
I have managed to get to rank 7 by just building all my empty lots up with facilities, renovating them, having a few animals to caretake, full farming plots and putting some basic things up for works in the workshops. Just basic potion to firesand to potion stuff.