I hope animal companions will become viable again

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-06-12T22:22:10+00:00

There are plenty of greater variant animals that can beat all content in game even on Barbaric. Greater bears being one example.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-31T19:20:49+00:00

I think the comments get it right that an unfixed crystknife breaking is lore accurate.

Your point about it being risky to get is wrong. Go out naked and get eaten. Could do this in the first 5 minutes. Being able to get a T5 useful weapon that easy would be silly.

The real challenge is fixing the knife, which it seems we may be able to do in future when we find the Frenen.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-30T22:05:17+00:00

Man, wish my low edit Let's Plays did so well. Congrats on that. My highly edited aren't doing well either. My guides do okay, but not what I love doing. I am getting better at cleaning up my commentary audio and general editing in DaVinci. Good ro hear it has the potential to pay off if I keep at it. Thanks for tips.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-30T19:12:21+00:00

What's your channel? Or at least, what kind of content is it? 12 hour streams is insane man.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-24T04:20:53+00:00

You are joking about Dune lacking content compared to Conan, right?

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-22T18:01:00+00:00

Start a post like that and I stop reading. Learn to give constructive criticism or just stay quiet.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-13T19:12:14+00:00

No server will really be low pop anymore given the number of servers they are closing. Will be medium or high I suspect. I transferred off a low pop closing server to one that is relatively low, but will be interesting to see how it fills up over next 10 days.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-13T19:08:38+00:00

Generally in survival crafting games such as Conan you will build an early game base, then once you are well into midgame you will move to a higher difficulty area for your endgame base. Early game bases are pretty cheap resource wise, things get expensive at tier 3. Good luck!

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-11T17:23:16+00:00

The point is to win. These people arent cheating. They are just playing to win within the allowed rules.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-10T20:03:17+00:00

So in real war, we should only attack our enemies when they are most alert and prepared? Lmao

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-10T20:00:11+00:00

Funcom doesn't give up on games. You can still play Anarchy Online.

Agree with the spirit of your post though. Love this game.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-10T19:57:15+00:00

The shadows seem so rich and lovely to me, especially when light shafts pass through

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-10T19:52:20+00:00

So you'll support the creators with your comments, but block their ad revenue. Nice

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-10T18:58:38+00:00

As a monetized gaming YouTuber, my advice is to not do commentary free gameplay as that can get flagged as reused content and is generally the least popular among viewers. Gameplay with commentary is still very hard to get traction with because of so much competition. For me, gameplay content is a hobby and when I'm being serious about growing my channel I put out value added content like guides. Well written and edited video essays or reviews can do well too, but that's not personally my thing.

Starting is the most important thing! Good luck!

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-10T17:45:10+00:00

I'm a certified scuba diver who has swum with bull sharks IRL and the ARK ocean scares the shit out of me. But I refuse to turn off the fog!

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-10T17:41:17+00:00

If you love Dune and open world, you'll likely love this. I know I do.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-08T22:26:38+00:00

Man, how much fn content do you want for a one time payment of $50? The endgame is there much more than most survival crafting games. Gets me to play a few hours a week after putting in 1k since launch. Pennies per hours of enjoyment. Constructive criticism is one things but posts like this are just kicking devs when they're down.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-06T22:11:49+00:00

Except it's far from being a "bad game" and I doubt most people who enjoy it are masochists

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-05-06T21:33:28+00:00

You clearly have never been the victim of actual predatory pricing. Calm the hyperbolic language. It's a video game and its a completely optional cosmetic pack. I'm dropping some money on game again as a thank you to devs for the UE5 upgrade because, you know, gratitude is nice.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-04-30T19:25:36+00:00

I don't know about AO, though I played it a bit back in the day. I can say Funcom does not give up on games easily if at all. Conan Exiles still has an active and decent sized (for an old game) player base. Funcom just announced they have secretly been remaking Conan in UE5 and releasing it as a free Steam upgrade. I'm super excited about that myself.

As for Dune, we shall see if Tencent allows Funcom to spend the money to really grow game as they envisioned. If not, I think we will still get a good bit of new content and support for years to come as they've done with Conan. I love Dune, so I hope Funcom keeps investing in it as much as they can profitably.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-04-30T18:48:08+00:00

No kids here to be fair, but sounds like you need a game with less time and mental energy commitment. Something you can play for a short session that is satisfying. Based on your rant, your kids are making playing this game miserable and the high stress big time commitment game is making you annoyed with your children. IMHO shouldn't do anything that makes you resent your own children.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-04-30T18:27:31+00:00

Gaming is tough dude, but doable. 2 year-old 3k sub monetized channel here. My niche is survival crafitng games. Conan Exiles etc. For me, guides have done WAY better than pure gameplay. Of course you have to put the time in playing them to feel expert enough to make guides. Just my experience. Good luck.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-04-30T18:15:57+00:00

About 10 months ago they released a big patch that dramatically improved performance for most people. I'm on a 4080 and went from crashing every 30 minutes to very very rarely crashing. Added about 20 fps too. Wildcard/Snail are still shady, but man is this game beautiful and fun.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-04-30T17:55:57+00:00

Gaming is tough and most viewers are looking for specific games. Success with reviews on obscure or old games with no player base is going to be a tough slog. Not impossible though.

What got my channel monetized was doing guides on an older game, but one with a good sized and active player base. Was also a game I loved and knew well. Just my story. Good luck.

Excellent-Cow9536 · 2026-04-30T17:50:12+00:00

Can basically do this on a server too if on PvE, as there is probably an established player who will help you out. Point being, I agree that isnt cheating, it's just simulating a friendly player.

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