I left the world of Conan Exiles, shortly after they announced the new Siptah version of the game. They called it an expansion, but as of yet, it is really it’s own game - just build on the same platform as the original. The good news is it really is becoming an expansion of the game, with the future 2.4 release, which will allow travel between Siptah and Exiled Lands.
After 3 weeks of exploring Siptah, in the 2.3 patch from TestLive, (no spoilers), I just want to say that the new recipes for crafting are generally outstanding! The variety is amazing. For the world of weapons, it is about equivalent to how the DLCs gave us a ton of armor variety, but rather than $10 each, spanning 2 years of DLCs, we get them all in one Siptah DLC. You have to discover them (or admin cheat), but they are pretty fantastic.
It isn’t just weapons either. Amazing new armors and a ton of other useful crafts/decorations.
The map isn’t my favorite, but it is a place where I can learn new things AND there are really some beautiful locations that I enjoy as much or more than the Exiled lands, but overall, EL map is superior. Stay tuned for a big map expansion though and after that, I may decide Siptah is even better.
Just my 2 cents, but I’m extremely satisfied with my purchase of Siptah and am really looking forward to the 2.4 release, where I can enjoy all the craft benefits on both maps.
Funcom spent a lot of time running 2.3 on Testlive, so hopefully we discovered most of the biggest issues and it can be a much smoother than typical release. 2.3 should be available to all shortly, so go check it out and enjoy!