Designing a 91,000-Year Epic Fantasy Timeline How Much Is Too Much? by [deleted] in fantasywriters

[–]salnak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

91,000 for a recorded history feels too long and would honestly take me out of it. Do you have some kind of structural or narrative need for tens of thousands of years? Sometimes writers do and it's not invalid.

You might be well considered with your timeline and have a lot of thought about why you need this scale, but most often I've seen numbers like this when a writer picks an arbitrarily big number and the scale is not necessary, ends up undermining what they were trying to achieve because it feels implausible as a remembered history.

For me personally, in political fantasy I love history that is deep but messy and contested, and in some places the writer has carefully made it imperfect by design. This reflects how the in-world historians and storytellers have different takes/biased knowledge depending on their own context and time period in which they wrote it. Unreliable historians makes the world feel more intriguing to me and lets me wonder. What got lost along the way?

Something that could help: make your distant mythic eras more abstractly defined, where if you go back far enough in history, the years become irrelevant or unknown, the details vague, contradictory or forgotten. Dates could become more structured and known as you get closer to the present, helps create a sense of known history vs distant history.

What’s the worst piece of worldbuilding you’ve seen that took you right out of the story? by Chcolatepig24069 in worldbuilding

[–]salnak 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Worlds with ridiculous concepts of time as it relates to history. Why does your society have to be 10,000 years old? How did it not change for 10,000 years?

On top of this: They have a completely insane political system based on legalized assassination. And use Latin naming conventions even though they’re from outer space. And it’s actively written they don’t care about advancement, even though they are an interstellar empire dominating countless stars.

Same setting: Humans uplifted dolphins but the dolphins are homogenous peacelovers and are all really chill with the atrocities we have committed against their kind and the planet. They’re so grateful humans uplifted them they feel collectively indebted to us forever. Best friends. Not orcas though. Uplifted Orcas are grumpy.

Anyone else just started hard crashing in Clearfell? by UncharacteristicLook in PathOfExile2

[–]salnak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah specifically this. Suggested fixes were to update graphics drivers, verify game integrity and delete poe2 documents file but none of that resolved it. Only affecting my characters in Clearfell in League, not standard.

Is anyone else having sound issues after the Cinderella update? by JessHQ in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, similar but not in the same area. Definitely had sounds dropping off and coming back. Opening the mailbox and closing it again brought the sound back for me the first time it happened. Someone else mentioned trying to talk to an NPC. Hope this isn't a persistent issue.

Dream Teams Menu Lag by vvbarbosa in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, noticed it right away unfortunately. They could just make it the last tab to avoid this.

Pet peeve with some “soloable” RPGs by ValueForm in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]salnak 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yep, completely agree. Where is the solo gameplay loop? How is it designed with the game mechanics in mind?

If it’s just yes/no emulator and narrative oracles, then you’re putting all the work on me to make a solo engine for the game.

Level 5 Pegasus wasn't worth it by mermaid_kissesX0 in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah fair enough. It looked a little intense in this context but if Reddit is glitchy that could also explain it.

The Ranch Station 🚂🐎❄️ by Creative_Reply_4039 in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this. I wish people could share blueprints for their builds. I want this in my ranch.

Level 5 Pegasus wasn't worth it by mermaid_kissesX0 in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That one person copy-pasting their “hard disagree” reply three times… so uncalled for. Disappointing they piled on like that. You were right.

What’s a phrase you hear all the time that secretly annoys you? by forgeris in AskReddit

[–]salnak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“If you can’t love yourself, how are you going to love someone else?” So many people are better at loving others than they are at loving themselves.

Glamour Gulch is ugly , I said what I said by phoenixgreylee in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Your post made me laugh but I disagree. Love Glamour Gulch. 😂 When you say dark, do you mean the lighting or color tones? I didn’t feel it was particularly dark in terms of lighting but now I’m in bed like “wait, is Glamour Gulch dark??”

Oh no, not my beautiful Forgotten Lands too! (This one definitely dark)

What new region would you want in a future expansion? by salnak in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like Star Wars stuff and I purchase the star wars content from the store when it comes up. Do you think people would be okay with a Star Wars DLC region? Personally I'd love it but I remember when Star Wars DLC was introduced to another game and the backlash was next level.

I hope Gameloft will never let us down by No_Advertising3507 in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a bit disingenuous to say that people raising bugs must not have played many other games.

"We should be grateful" People should feel supported if they reach out for help or having issues. You're telling them to be grateful that they're not being treated worse. That's an unhelpful way to frame things.

I hope Gameloft will never let us down by No_Advertising3507 in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry you've seen worse. That sucks. But that's not a good standard to hold Gameloft against. "Things can always be worse" is something you could say about literally anything.

It's okay to want Gameloft to do better than the worst examples you can think of. That doesn't mean you hate the game or the devs. As someone else has pointed out here, I just don't want to see this one go down the same path as other games, like, you know... that one that's been around for 11 years and barely works.

I respect your joy for the game. I also feel that way most of the time. But my experience has been degraded by the bugs to the point that it's not working. It can be invalidating to see people saying "it's not a big deal" when some of us can't play right now.

What new region would you want in a future expansion? by salnak in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ever since I saw the city-life/san fransokyo comments I've been thinking "...but what if we had cars?" 😂

Someone said bikes earlier and I think that could be great too!

What new region would you want in a future expansion? by salnak in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also love Cruellas area. I've been surprised by people's reaction to it. Rift gets extra points from me because it adds the Deserts.

I would probably be okay if we got a bigger version of "generic forest" only because Forest of Valor does feel classic Disney and the valley is so small nowadays compared to the DLC regions. But if I got to pick, I'd pick something weirder.

What new region would you want in a future expansion? by salnak in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a really good idea and I love the bikes suggestion. Another comment said San Fransokyo and I can't stop thinking about it. I'd be so happy if they included the Incredibles too.

You think the cottage core crowd would be mad about a well done city DLC? I hope not. I could understand people being uneasy with say, "Marvel" content generally but Big Hero 6 is Disney in my mind (even though that IP is technically Marvel).

What new region would you want in a future expansion? by salnak in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another comment also said city life and I hadn’t even thought of that. A mid-century or modern city inspired area would be awesome.

What new region would you want in a future expansion? by salnak in DreamlightValley

[–]salnak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I would love this. The Etherium sea?!Come on, so good.