Hello everyone! I’ve finally decided to make a community post on conan exiles. In this post, I’d like to point out some things within game (currently) that can potentially restore conan exiles back to its former population. I believe I am qualified to make this post because I’ve played all modes conan exiles for many hours (PSN: Beerus317) & host my own server (Love PvP). Btw, I’d love to get sponsored by Funcom or have my server posted at the top of the server lists. (we can all dream right???) Anyways, I will proceed to list what I percieve as “issues” & will then suggest a “solution” to each one.
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Free to Play- it has been proven over and over again that Free to Play (Free to pay lolz) has been the META in the marketplace at least on PSN for many years. You have games like fortnite,smite & others who out do conan mostly because they’re free to play. I know this because I got the game when it was free & had the most fun during that time because everyone else also got it because it was free. Servers were full & the game felt alive. No one is gonna pay $60 or even $15 for a game that they knew had game breaking exploits, balancing issues & bugs. Free to play with paid DLC is the best route for the game. People will be more willing to forgive errors because “hey it’s free; what should I expect?” More people will try it. Others will try it because their friends are trying it. Some will leave. Others will buy dlc. (Aka fund funcom or ten cent). The game feels like a ghost town now. Official servers will have 15-20 players online during raid time if you’re lucky. Trying to get funds for an unproven product is just not gonna cut the check anymore. Call of duty even went free to play & they’re on of the most money grubbing companies out right now. That should tell you something.
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oblisk/ dungeon camping- this is another thing that has been an issue for a very long time on conan. You use an intended feature in the game & get killed before you exit the loading screen. This is an issue in all game modes. Players as well as NPCs will attack players often killing them before they’re able to have any kind of control over their character. *10 seconds of damage immunity would be sufficient to give players time to load in without worry. Also please make it to where players cannot build around oblisks or brimstone lake. I know there are alternatives ways to get the stuff but all this does is lag the server & cause ppl to quit because they either dies at the loading screen & got looted or they got trapped in a base via teleportation.
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horses- the introduction of mounts is an amazing addition to conan exiles. I believe it adds a breath of fresh air to the game. However, it is severely unbalanced in pvp situations. There is no viable way to dismount a player off of a horse during non pvp hours. During pvp hours, players have to spam poison gas arrows all over the area & carry building pieces with them just to counter play a player (sounds a lot like fortnite, right?) on horse back. Now I hear talk of allowing players to have a thrall WITH a player on horse back. *allow all damage done to horses additionally deal a percentage of stun damage to the horse. The reason poison gas arrows are viable to horses are because they deal a fair amount of damage the horse’s stamina bar causing the player to dismount the animal when completely depleted. If a wider range of weapons could do the same with a mod like the blunted weapon fitting, it would allow players on foot to feel less like a deer when in presence of a mount. Also allow thralls/pets to engage in pvp 24/7 so players are not invincible on horse back during non pvp hours. Please do not misunderstand, Im not suggesting raids be 24/7. Only NPCs being able to engage in pvp 24/7 like the players are. Also, why can’t we ride a camel?
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Thrall Damage- every since the thrall leveling system, thralls have been all the rage (litterally). No one wants to be 1-2 hit by a NPC. Yet pve players dont want you to nerf thrall damage but instead balance pvp & pve servers differently. That’s extra work, I know, so how about this; *Reduce the Hp all of world bosses by 50% & reduce thrall damage out by 50%. This allows almost a 0% difference in the pve world and a world of a difference in pvp. Players will no longer feel like they have to depend on thralls for everything & pve players wont have any complaints about you catering to the pvp players all the time.
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Pets are useless- yes they are…even greaters. In all game modes. If you want to get stuff done, you’ll look at thralls before any kind of pet. Pet dps is good but they’re hp and armor value is really bad thus making them useless. (Unless you like seeing your pets die.)
- triple the hp and armor values of all pets across the board and they’ll at least be considered for being something other than a dung factory. Litterally triple. I’ve already done the math.
- All armors except for heavy is useless. There used to be a time when all armor was balanced. With the new roll system, light & medium armors are no longer viable in all game modes. The definitive properties of each armor was the roll speed and distance. Eliminating this difference makes all armor out side of heavy not the best option for combat scenarios. If you want to climbing somewhere, you take off your armor then climb. No one’s gonna be climbing in a pvp scenario because any damage will just make you fall off the wall.
- Return rolls back to the way they were but increase the duration of cripples by 2 seconds to counter the extra rolling distance. Add -1 second cripple debuff time to T2 encumbrance perk to balance out the roll system. The crippling effect has always been too short any way.
- Crafting costs- holy spit! Did this game get super grindy over the years! The cost of a lot of items in the game has increased significantly. Iron reinforcements have been added to the crafting cost of a lot of stuff, Spikes no longer cost branches (now cost shaped wood lol), trebuchet ammunition has increased ridiculously (now has no aoe too) & reduced the effectiveness of a lot of stuff. This makes it extremely difficult for solos the get ahead. I get it. Conan is team game. Clans dominate but what about the lone wolves?
- Speaking of lone wolves, a lot of players don’t want to join a clan. Why? Because the chances of getting insided is HUGE in this game. Entirely too much work is being put into thralls on the development end in my opinion. More work needs to be focused on the clan ranking system. *Rank 1 clan members shouldn’t be able to dismantle buildings pieces or break bonds with thralls. Rank 2 members should have this ability. Rank 3 is fine. Clan leader should be able to determine who has access to specific parts of a base. This way, you can decide whose trust worthy or not. I’ve been insided many times in the past as well as others. It is absolutely ridiculous how rampant it is. Especially on official pvp. Previously owned thralls and structures should be returned to anyone who is kicked from a clan.
- enable cross platform play. Why hasn’t this been a thing already? Instead of implementing a new map & adding sorcery, how about increasing server populations dramatically by enabling cross play between console & pc players? I’m sure they’re wont be any notable balancing issues unless bows are OP on PC. I doubt it though. I know people want more content. What good is it if you have no one to enjoy it with. I host my own 40 slot server. People bring people.
I can go on and on but I will stop here. I hope this post will be considered & a lot of these suggestions will actually become a reality. This game is great but the current state of the game is really bad. Long time players are quitting & the “alphas” of a pvp server are seriously lacking in any combat skills. They just ride on horse back all day or hide behind 1 - 2 hit to kill thralls, The cost of resources is ridiculous for small clans & trebuchets are useless for anything outside of raiding a “god bubble” pillar base. *seriously , an hr craft time? No splash damage? 150 stone per boulder? It only has 7k hp? (litterally 1 bomb will screw an hr + of work lol) Yeah no thanks.
Again, I thank you all for reading! It is a free country so any opinions won’t make me feel any type of way. I promise!
