I have been playing this game literally from day one on Playstation and I am a huge Conan fan but… Something is very very wrong with this game now. I have lost all desire to play and here are a few things below that I have noticed.
Playstation buttons
tapping L2 is to start things like cooking/tannery/blacksmithing/etc now having to hold L2 for this really sucks and just tapping L2 sends everything in your inventory over to said box or crafting station. It’s very frustrating when you are just trying to put something in the dismantling bench and “send all” your good items. Please revert back as this has taken away from the game. What you are essentially asking is for everyone to relearn how to play your game. L2 is also now for quick picking things up instead of Triangle. Not only is it confusing, especially for long-time players, but it’s too dependent on one button. Long clicks, short clicks, not needed when there are other options for buttons (which we used until you changed them for no reason)
Gnarled fangs
We do not get enough gnarled fangs from drops or prices are too high for each recipe. One werewolf per night and Werewolves at night only drop 1-4 fangs and the bosses drop 16-20. Since it costs 10 fangs just to summon one in, really you are only earning 6-10 per boss fight. With recipes that are 250 - 1000 fangs to buy and the hunt doesn’t even stay the entire time. This is frustrating as I am a completionist for this game and want to get everything but cannot. Maybe add a trade character that will exchange Gnarled Fangs for other items.
Unasked-for and unnecessary changes when there are legitimate bugs in the game
We have been playing Conan Exiles from literally day one and there have always been bugs - some game-breaking. There are long-standing issues with refresh rates, loading, and random freezing that have never been addressed. Why invest a programmer’s time into changing facets of the game such as the GUI or inputs when there are heaps of other projects that could keep them employed? Make your player-base content that you are addressing legitimate concerns and you will have a much happier player-base. Ignoring those concerns and instead implementing unasked-for and unnecessary changes makes your fans realize that their happiness doesn’t matter.
No content/nothing to strive for
This latest “chapter” has been very lackluster. There is no new content baring the unachievable “hunt” event. This is at most an event level of content that has been released, it certainly isn’t enough to warrant a chapter. Is that why you increase the number of updates per “age”? So that bare-minimum content could be released as a chapter update instead of as an event or patch. It truly feels like you are pushing aside your fan base to concentrate on your new project.
Siptah recipes
Please add Siptah recipes in Exiles. Without the option to transfer servers anymore, please add the Siptah recipes to Exiles so we as players can make all the items. At least give us the option either through events or headhunting or a specific, really hard-to-get thrall. SOMETHING! We are completionists, we want it all! We have been playing since the very first and have invested a great deal of time into acquiring all of the recipes and bazaar items. Please, give us something back if you are not planning on reintroducing server transfers promptly. It has already taken far too long.
Events
Add some interest to playing this game again. Your “hunt” event fell flat, didn’t last long enough for anyone to get any of the rewards, and basically punished players who were unable to play due to some pretty serious issues with the new patch - which I might add, took way to long to implement a fix for. Add bi-weekly events, make rewards something to strive for but seriously, not to the extent that you would have to literally kill a boss 100 times to get one of the high-end rewards.
No custom split option
R1 was our split button with the option of splitting not automatic. I don’t want to have to carry a whole stack of something with me because I need 200 of it. That’s ridiculous. Why would it have been removed in the first place?
Recipes
Put all recipes back in alphabetical order. It is frustrating that things are not in any order that makes sense when looking for them. Also, some switches of creation of said stuff requires you to use the construction hammer, and others, of the same type, use the artisan bench. Make it make sense.
Bazaar
You insist that you need to make money in order to keep Conan relevant and getting updated content, and we are happy to provide you the additional funds through useful and/or cosmetically pleasing additions to the bazaar but actual months have gone by without additional new items in the bazaar. It is your ticket to print money - all you have to do is provide a few new items. Maybe 1 new item a week. You will see, the fans will buy. Maybe, instead of using resources, again, to make unasked-for changes, dedicate those hours to something worth your time.
Dyes/Bench
The sheer size of this bench is ridiculous. The devs complained that the large size of player bases were bogging down the servers and then proceeded to release massive workstations for the thralls. Most of them look lovely but are unnecessarily large. But that dying bench? Why? It;s hideous and not useful at all. I realize you added functionality to it, but it really isn’t functional at all. I am not moving my items to the bench to dye something that I could have done on my character before. If you are going to make us use it for that, then at least give us options to dye other items like curtains and bedding and other placeables. Let us express some creativity and please, for the love of Crom, shrink that monstrosity down!
Thought I would throw in my two cents, hopefully someone will see this and act on it. I know I am not alone in these sentiments and a lot of people are quitting because of these ongoing issues.