I never really stayed in one map for too long but now that you've mentioned it I do recall thinking things were taking too long to respawn during some specific mon grinding.

Z-A has definitely fixed this with more intuitive respawn mechanics, but it's got much more of a focus on battling and less on collecting this time around, so it isn't for everyone. Much more fun than the main series has been in a while though!

Ayy stumbled across another stuck in the fog!

I'm honestly surprised Bhvr has managed to keep up the good will for this long but I'm not complaining.

I've also been waiting to start this series for a long time, when this announced I was blown away by how it looked and knew I had to give it a go.

I've sunk hours into the demo (which went on for way longer than I thought it would have!) and had a lot of fun, so I'm super excited to start my slow but steady playthough!

Man I haven't been on Hypixel Skyblock in ages! It was really fun being there for all the community moments back when Technoblade was rocking the server.

Unfortunately the grind got too much so I ended up stopping playing and instead spending time helping out on Skyblock Addons. But once new content was locked behind skills rather than items it became impossible to work on new features, so that was my sign to leave.

Thank you for taking the time to share your insight, it's definitely worth doing things right rather than rushed. I guess I'm a bit panicked by how fast things went downhill across the pond, but that's probably just social media's American bias shoving it in my face so much.

If this is done properly it could very well be what we need. I'll hold on to hope.

Oh my god I had completely forgotten about that game!! I vaguely recall being taught some exploit that trivialised it but it was so fun to come back to every now and again.

Of course nothing should be inflexible, but I'm just saying there's no reason for every campaign to be derailed completely. If your players are actively going against the scenario something's gone wrong. And yeah, if you give them the opportunity to do something, be prepared for it to happen and roll with the consequences.

Unless you play low level John Does every time, characters should know stuff about the world they've lived in their whole lives. And if none of that ties into the scenario are you playing a campaign or in a sandbox?

I can still hear the Stevegulls... Scene partner was a mistake!

They have been for the longest time, and it's as ridiculous as it sounds.

I don't imagine the average user has a bunch of enderpearls suspended around their world.

The real performance changes we should be keeping an eye on are the redstone ones. We'll see how good those end up being and how many contraptions they break.

Don't forget about moderation. It's all fun and games until someone starts posting hate speech, copyrighted material, porn (legal or otherwise) or worse...

The guy wasn't talking about vaping though, but smoking. The one we know for sure gives you a ton of issues and health problems.

Whilst I agree it's not a great analogy for right wing beliefs, I'd say it works as a good analogy for incel behaviour. I knew a guy who had fallen into that trap but managed to find his way out. When I asked him about it, he said it helped him cope, that it was easier to believe that it wasn't his fault things were so shitty.

I really respect how he was able to realise that the things he and the people around him were saying was bullshit, and it made me realise that a lot of these people are being taken advantage of by "influencers" spewing this harmful rhetoric.