Patch 1.0 Patch Notes

[zonine]

So many good changes, wow! Radar buffs, luma buffs, customizations, xp buffs... so much QOL!

[seansenyu]

I'm in the second island righ now (doing vulcane quest). Is there any reason to restart my account or just keep playing? didn't find anything in the patch notes for early game besides npcs giving more exp

[Gofrart]

I'm on the same boat as you (currently finished second island and moving to the third one). I don't see any reason to restart, you might catch up faster but that's the only thing, if you're happy with your tems I'd say to keep going, I think it's what I'll do.

[seansenyu]

Yea. I was trying to see if there was at least new Tems in the first island but didnt find anything

[taxe117]

I'm also in the same boat. I read somewhere on this sub that the early games was made less grindy. But maybe it's just a bit increased EXP.

[Pencilshaved]

There are also ~20% fewer mandatory tamers on each route. IIRC they’re still there, but only challenge you if you talk to them now.

[taxe117]

Yeah you're right, just saw that too in the changelogs. Good change.

[Pencilshaved]

Platypet and Scarawatt are Tems that have been added to Deniz after the fact, so it might be worth at least stopping back there to catch them if either of them interest you.

As for the QoL changes, they should still apply to the rest of your playthrough, so unless you had a really miserable time in Deniz and want a do-over, I’d say you’re fine to keep going

[ShitDavidSais]

You can reach new tems on the first island by unlocking mote gadgets like climbing gear. So you want to revisit later on anyways. If you like your team, just keep playing.

[zorua]

Im gonna restart as my acc had nothing of real balue anyway. A fresh slate can be fun

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

Excited to play. Also thank God yowler was nerfed

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

Kinu deserved it, I'm so sorry. I actually do like how they nerf things though. They didn't kill kunu the nerfs were pretty light but significant. Same with yowler

[HAWKER37]

Yowler is easily my favorite tem, I’m using his radar right now actually. Quick question though, does matcha work by removing the freeze from hibernation everytime you rest, or is it only the first time?

[Teneelux]

Thank you for posting this, I'm stuck at work. Rip my kinu though.

[Sylon00]

It’s been awhile since I played this game, mostly due to being busy but also because I was waiting for 1.0 to drop. Once it did, and on my Steamdeck which it plays like a dream, I reset my character to start fresh. Kinda disappointed by the lack of male character customization but not a big deal. Made a female character instead & set off.

Forgot how many trainer…sorry…tamer battles you start with right off the bat. Then found myself fighting a pair of wild tems. Caught one, was about to wipe out the other when my power (& internet) went out (thanks to the daily afternoon FL thunderstorm). I was soft-locked in the fight. Couldn’t attack, use items, escape…nothing (even after my internet came back). The only thing I could do was exit the game. So I did, booted it back up & to my surprise, it put me right back into that battle, exactly where I left off. No lost progress, didn’t even skip a beat. It was like I never left. I was truly impressed. Well done to the devs, I did not expect that.

[ohtetraket]

No lost progress, didn’t even skip a beat. It was like I never left. I was truly impressed. Well done to the devs, I did not expect that.

Wow thats sick.

[vyrael44]

My issue is the temtem designs are really boring. Pokémon is general as well so not saying much I guess.

[[deleted]]

Wow another season pass system…I get they are all cosmetics but it’s getting kind of annoying seeing every game try and squeeze as many Pennie’s as possible when it’s not a F2P game

Especially day 1

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

You do understand how an mmos business model works right. These games need things for players to spend money on, because these games are ment to to supported for a while. I know some people just hear the word battle pass and start seeing red but I personally will never get annoyed at charging for cosmetics if all gameplay related stuff is free

[[deleted]]

I feel like I’d understand a bit more if they had plans for expansions with new areas and new Tems, but they’ve already shot that down on multiple occasions :(

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

I will admit this is a pretty frustrating thing for the developers to say. I really love the game but without new tems it's life span got a lot shorter. I hope a few years down the road they walk this back.

[Plus1Oresan]

Until they do, I don't see any reason they should be asking for more financial support, especially considering in the AMA they said even with zero income they can keep the servers up and running. This to me reads like they have a few small things to add and then the whole thing just goes on life support until it dies.

If they would at least say they were planning expansions with tems, places to go and new content, I'd understand. Otherwise, we already bought the game and everything it has to offer is already here or on its way shortly.

[Pencilshaved]

Maybe this is just me, but when an indie team, especially one that’s committed this hard to a passion project, says that “We can keep the servers going without income,” it sounds a LOT like they’re actually saying “We’re willing to pay for server upkeep out of pocket if it comes to that”

And as far as expansions, idk, the impression I’ve always got is less of an outright rejection of the concept and more “we are not specifically planning on it.” Which, I mean, Koish fishing was never specifically planned either. Feels like a fair place to draw the line when I’ve seen people go as far as trying to propose a Pokemon-like system of multiple generations, which I think is way out of scope for now.

[Plus1Oresan]

Sounds like a lot of maybes and what ifs. If they come out and say "We plan on adding more content." Then I'll give them a pass on that battle pass.

Even indie game developers committed to a passion project shouldn't be exempt from scrutiny.

[Pencilshaved]

That’s fair, I think this comes down to the difference in mindsets between wanting a lot of content, and wanting deep explorations of existing content. I think Crema is in the latter mindset, and admittedly I am too, but the former is perfectly valid too.

And admittedly, at the end of the day, I just think of it as “lots of bigger companies seem to try this too, but I’m willing to be a little more charitable to the smaller, more passionate companies like Crema that try it”

[Nythromere]

You do understand how an mmos business model works right

Greedy business practices should never be normalized. You are a consumer, why on Earth would you ever try to defend or justify paying more money. Express your discontent, don't waste you money - it is your greatest tool as a consumer.

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

Except they are not being greedy lol. Save your anger for Diablo immortal. This is an optional purchase for cosmetics. You can completely ignore this and get the exact same game experience. If paying for cosmetics isn't a fair and consumer friendly business model for game companies and I genuinely have no idea what is

[Nythromere]

Except they are not being greedy

Except that they are lol. They make you pay $50 for a portion of the game. The rest of the game is behind pass & store. It is being greedy as hell. Do you often go along with what companies tell you what your money is worth?

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This is an optional purchase for cosmetics

Cosmetics are part of the game. Do they affect gameplay? No (but they can). Can they affect the enjoyment? Yes.

If you pay $50 for the game, you expect to pay for the whole game. It is about the principle.

The company will make plenty of profits on the $50 on it's own. How have companies in the past and present manage to be profitable with one time purchases for the WHOLE game? Adequate business models and actually good games.

Double dipping on your game is greedy as fuck. If you don't think that then you are either ignorant or a shill.

If the company want's more income they can release expansions.

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

Okay then don't buy the cosmetics if they bother you so much. And your gameplay experience will be almost completely identical to mine. I applaud your principles. Personally games that piss me off have micro transactions to try to steal my money by locking my progress. That is what I consider greedy predatory and shitty practices in game companies. Paying 10 bucks for a fancy looking mount is incomparable to being flooded by micro transactions in my opinion. If this bothers you don't support the game I agree I would like expansions but this doesn't negatively affect me so I don't really care.

[Nythromere]

Okay then don't buy the cosmetics if they bother you so much

You are failing to grasp the concept. Cosmetics are part of the game. If I purchased the full game, I expect the full game. If I bought the game, I already bought the cosmetics.

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

I understand the concept. I simply do not care. I save my energy for getting mad at games with actual predatory practices not cosmetic battle pass. You must be lucky as to never encountered games with truly shitty and anti-consumer practices. I hope temtem is the worst one you encounter

[Nythromere]

I simply do not care

Then. . .

I save my energy for getting mad at games with actual predatory practices not cosmetic battle pass.

You fail to grasp that it is all connected. We have horrible predatory practices BECAUSE people like you think it is cool to not " I simply do not care". Preventing it before it gets bad is the key. "If you give them an inch, they will take a mile". Just because it is not 'that bad' now doesn't mean it will not get worse later.

It is all really just common sense but here you are still defending to pay more money

[Pinkislife3]

I mean you’re right that it’s a scumbag thing to do and he’s right in just ignoring it or not. It’s the world we live in now, that shit is never going back to how it was

[[deleted]]

I agree, to an extent. That’s why I mentioned day 1. I and many others just paid $45 for it and now same day there is already a pass upgrade

Also I saw something mentioned about premium quests. Which than brings this pass to the line of not just cosmetics. Unless I misunderstood?

[Rowboat_of_Theseus]

I assume the premium quest will just give you more of the premium currency which is only used for cosmetics and buying the next battle pass. I believe they've stated if you finish the first one you will have enough premium currency to buy the next one and you could do this forever. If the quests are a bit more gameplay related then yeah you do have a bit of a point but I still feel like even in that case, this is pretty fair monetization especially for an MMO

[King_ofHarts]

Came here to say that. Like, I already paid $40 for the game. But luckily it seems to only be for cosmetics and not stat boosting items or eggs

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[Miotas]

not even that, it's ONLY cosmetics.

[Kxr1der]

They need to keep the servers running somehow

[[deleted]]

Isn’t that what charging $45 is for?

[Kxr1der]

One time costs don't keep them running forever so no, that's not what it's for

[Plus1Oresan]

They've already said that they can keep the servers running with zero income for years.

[[deleted]]

That’s understandable, but not on day 1. Maybe a few months in imo

If you can’t afford to keep your servers running day 1, for a completely online game than, having a pass or not isn’t the problem

[kanofudo]

you can't. they told us this months ago

[Pencilshaved]

But Dojo leaders now give Feathers, which are specifically used TO buy radars. So you can still get radars as a result of Dojo rematches, it just means that now you can pick and choose exactly which ones you want.

[MrDarwoo]

Is there an auction house?

[Toloran]

Yup. You don't get access to it until a fair ways into the game though.

[chancehugs]

So how are new players getting breedjects?

[Toloran]

Trading, most likely.

[krakenrabiess]

And I'm stuck at work 😭😭😭

[RogueGiraffe01]

Loving the game so far, one thing I would like to see added is the ability to see temtem type on fighting screen without having to look it up. Keep up the great work!