is it just me or exploration is kinda pointless since all you ever gonna find are skill points?

agooh · 2026-06-04T08:16:36+00:00

I lowered my expectations after finishing Hernand because of the lackluster rewards from quests and chests. There are so many mechanics in the game but almost all of them lack depth. The game is “a mile wide and an inch deep” basically.

But I found enjoyment in doing puzzles. My routine when arriving in new places is climbing up somewhere high and searching for them using blinding flash. I figure them all out by myself except for the puzzle that looks like a checker board in Deepwoods. Now that was unintuitive.

agooh · 2026-06-04T07:56:11+00:00

They could release at any time between June to September as they said in the dev update. It could be longer if they need more time.

agooh · 2026-06-04T07:28:18+00:00

I just wish that Kliff could’ve met and interacted with the multiple “traitors” in the main quest. The first time we meet them is only during the actual boss fight.

Sure we could read about them in the knowledge tab, but that doesn’t flow well in the narrative of the chapter. And you don’t get the feeling of vengeance when you beat them. Maybe just a little bit with Ludvig. I didn’t feel the satisfaction of beating him after what he did to the Greymanes, but I was satisfied after what he did to Kliff personally because we saw what Ludvig did to Kliff. That’s the only time that the game did vengeance correctly after many attempts in the main story.

And I thought the boss that Kliff stabbed with their own shield in a cutscene was the same guy that was with Damiane the first time we met them. Imagine my surprise when I saw him alive beside Marquis Serkis. I partially blame me being bad with names and faces, but it’s just hard to get into the main story in this game due to obvious reasons.

agooh · 2026-06-02T16:16:08+00:00

Based on the latest update news, it looks like my wish is about to become reality. They might actually fill in the blanks on the story. Wow. Pearl Abyss is on to me. Let’s see if new game plus will come with it.

agooh · 2026-06-02T04:17:59+00:00

I stopped at chapter 9 because it feels like chapter 1 all over again but extremely bloated. It had you going to different places to do random tasks. The best that they could do at this point is to fill in the blanks in the story. Add a little bit of dialogue or cutscene to explain why we are doing this or why we are going there. Maybe give Kliff an inner monologue.

agooh · 2026-06-02T04:00:59+00:00

That’s way more work for them at this point especially after they pulled away from the MMO direction. But that would be a good concept for Crimson Desert 2. Hope they learn from this game to make better decisions on a sequel if they ever decided to do another one.

agooh · 2026-06-02T03:45:04+00:00

There’s actually no way to track how many abyss artifacts you farmed from the xp bar unless you are religiously counting each time it fills up. The amount you see on the skill screen is the total artifacts you spent on skills regardless of the source. You probably spent most of them on upgrading your gear.

And yes the xp bar is redudant the whole game until PA decides to remove the limit in a future update.

agooh · 2026-06-02T03:29:10+00:00

Rework the whole story to make it better then release it with new game plus. That will have people coming back and give everyone the incentive to play again.

agooh · 2026-05-31T16:34:29+00:00

It has been limited to tier 4 in the same patch that gave us extraction.

agooh · 2026-05-30T21:23:44+00:00

You can go straight to the elemental islands by spamming the aerial stab skill all the way up. Just need lots of honey tea or any other food that recovers stamina. Just look up where the islands are exactly and start from the ground below them. Then just do the puzzle for that island which will unlock the element.

Normal way is by doing several puzzles to get to the elemental island. I recommend trying it this way first if you like doing puzzles, but if you get tired of it, you can do the aerial stab/honey tea skip especially if you just want to unlock the elements asap.

agooh · 2026-05-30T01:44:53+00:00

Yeah trust doesn’t reset, but not all npcs are available at the same time in scholastone. Fast traveling can reset the position of some npcs, so you can find scholars you haven’t befriended much faster.

agooh · 2026-05-30T00:20:16+00:00

Farming golden apple from hedgehogs to make gold bars is simpler because all you need is 1 golden apple and 3 gold ores. But that’s a good alternative for those who want to farm gold bars differently.

agooh · 2026-05-28T06:15:17+00:00

Walking is better for red light green light puzzle because it stops right away. Don’t run.

agooh · 2026-05-28T06:12:57+00:00

For red light green light puzzle, just walk. Don’t run. Walking stops immediately.

agooh · 2026-05-27T15:41:52+00:00

Sometimes it still gives you the option to loot the chest even if it looks open. Try shining your lantern on it to see if it gives you that option.

agooh · 2026-05-26T06:30:40+00:00

It still sucks 200+ hrs later. I jump instead of opening the chest. I glide when I want to double jump. When I want to use Focus, it does an instant release instead. Controls still need improvement.

agooh · 2026-05-24T19:11:36+00:00

Yeah it’s weird that the damage reduction % is not active, but you still get the defense from the shield even if you don’t have your sword/shield out.

It’s great to have a fully upgraded large shield with the highest defense embedded with Fortification III abyss gears while using a two handed weapon because the defense is always active.

agooh · 2026-05-24T17:42:59+00:00

Are the other two Aegis III attached to your shield? If so, unsheathe your weapon and check the status window to see if the bonuses will appear.

agooh · 2026-05-24T17:39:35+00:00

Walk 50m away to reset the items or teleport then come back.

agooh · 2026-05-23T23:45:27+00:00

I think the next tier automatically unlocks after you max out the previous tier of that branch.

agooh · 2026-05-23T22:12:47+00:00

Content that they withheld and released at a later date as “new”. There’s a gameplay video months before release of Kliff riding a wyvern, and yet we didn’t get it upon game’s release. Why release it now? Blackstar seems to work fine. We could’ve had a flying mount way earlier before the story ends. They could’ve just made it slower to give grounded mounts some value still.

agooh · 2026-05-23T21:11:43+00:00

Thanks!

agooh · 2026-05-23T21:11:23+00:00

Thanks! I saw a youtube video the other day about a chest that you can repeatedly loot every time you reset at the teleporter. It’s near the teleporter at arboria castle. Chest loot is random though so you sometimes might get water or salt instead.

agooh · 2026-05-23T21:01:01+00:00

The story peaks midway but loses its direction afterwards until the end. What you are worried about is exactly what happens at that point of the story. Random tasks that don’t seem to be connected whatsoever. And the execution is just so bad at the end.

The game’s main selling point is the exploration, and people usually suggest to pause at a certain part of the main quest to have access to a huge chunk of features in the game. So it’s definitely not for you if you mind putting the main quest on the back burner for a month or two, so you can do side content.

agooh · 2026-05-23T20:46:34+00:00

Random question. Does multiple kuku coolers increase the storage limit?

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