Testing 224 - Farming Earthyams and Bulb return ratio from harvest

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@redlegdaddy

Also everyone claims the release was forced, where has the team stated that they were forced to release?

Announcement: Boundless to be published by Square Enix Collective

We have some important news that we’d like to reveal to you before the announcement goes out to the press. It’s critical that you know first because it’s you – the Boundless players and community – that have supported us from the beginning and are the core of Boundless. The news is this: we’ve signed with a publisher – Square Enix Collective – who is investing into the development of the game, helping us get to 1.0 and also supporting with a range of publishing services, including QA, marketing…

You can see this:

"The main thing is that we will continue to work towards the 1.0 release – and on that front something I can also reveal is that we’re planning to release later in 2018. The exact timing is dependent on a few things, but I do want to take this opportunity to make it clear that it’s unlikely we will be able to give six months’ notice for this.

So the release date itself will be months, not years… and the announcement of the release date will be in weeks, not months. Sorry to be so cryptic, but there are a few moving parts.

Wait, release might be sooner than we think??

We do indeed expect it to be within six months, so on that basis, probably."

The plan that was communicated consistently by the Developers before this post was that we would have a wipe, then 6 months of final balance testing, then a wipe and release. This changed when that post came… There are probably more references that I cannot find via search.

As you can see the plan was to release later in 2018. We ended up releasing early because Sony would not let PS4 go near Christmas and wanted it sooner. So the team had to adjust plans and release in August. Plus in various discussions the Devs have shared that the release date was moved up. Even in private conversations I have had they stated this and it was common knowledge with the community. No one would argue this fact.

@redlegdaddy

Meteors are a direct response to when players found a way to make tons of mobs spawn, instead of banning said players and just removing the effect they worked it into a feature.

Are you talking about the Community Hunts that some of us started promoting and running on a regular basis? There were adjustments to creature spawning and drops but Meteors were not created for THIS reason from my recollection. It was an feature that was decided to be added to improve game play. But in that case “hunting” and “creature drops” changed simnifically and was a huge nerf for those solo hunters because they were forced to do meteors. We didn’t go back on that decision no matter the community outcry that happened. So we shouldn’t now or if we do then we should bring back other huge game play components that were removed.

@redlegdaddy

Some of the best content has come from the dev teams relationship with the players. Only good things can come from feedback and open conversation.

No one anywhere is arguing this point as wrong. But it does nothing to support why regen farming is a good choice to the game or should stay.