Hello Devs!
I am an old fan of the game who returned after 6 months, and I love the tropes of free building, role-playing, and fighting, and exploration. I was the one who suggested having animal shacks for one animal only and participated in other discussions.
I would like to give you one special piece of feedback:
Please enable the Siptah Sky-Kraken-Thunder-Thrall-Summoning minigame again!
It is the one single rewarding game loop that made Siptah different from all other maps.
Running into NPC camps or Dungeons does not feel remotely as rewarding to me.
I know its less immersive than permanent camps, but I believe it is a great offer to players to go hunting,
to actually have in-game events across the map (not just the very limited sandstorm) that
call the player to arms “go and play this game!” and also create sandbox situations where you meet other players.
I understand that some none-PVP players might have disliked meeting other players but
- I am on an official PVE server, there is no PVP, so it’s really not an issue.
- you can also avoid meeting others if you go for slavers and cages or attack NPC camps
- if you are NOT on a PVE but a PVP server, you want to meet other players anyways. That’s why you play it online!
So essentially I don’t see disadvantages in enabling the thrall spawns again, and what’s more important
I see visually triggering players and adding a core game loop back in, a temporary visual incentive for players.
Honestly, my baseline is, this is what the game needs, and even much more of that type of mechanics;
which can be a very baseline sandbox but allow new situations and gameplay.
It’s randomly generated content. It should definitely not be cut.
Also, people can deactivate it on their own servers, but it really should be turned ON on OFFICIAL SERVERS.
And if you disagree, please let me understand why it shouldn’t be part of the game anymore.
Honestly, stuff like this or the purges or other ideas you had earlier like NPC raids on players would make the whole game more interactive and your actions more relevant, cause the game actually reacts.
Therefore, if I want to enjoy the world of Conan Exiles, I want this world to DO something and react on me, and I want to see results and say “yep, that was me” - which is what satisfies me, be it battles, loot, thralls, craftings or building structures. It just allows me to immerse myself and have my custom experience and use my brain
Cheers, i love Conan:Exiles, Long Live C:E !