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@Gomez you should call it The Hunger Games and write some books about it

If I see a baby boom happening, I don't even try to play another life. I'll wait until it's over.

Condoms? Men don't have anything to do with this.

For real though, baby boom should mean the end of an arc. It just means there's not enough fertile women left, even if there's still two families.

Fire on stuff is so good

Ahh yes, don't mess with God.

Reminds me of the time I was walking around looking for big rocks and the stones started talking to me, and then a few turkeys spawned. P cool.

Recently people have been talking about jobs/roles a lot, especially concerning the new tool slots, but I personally don't really like the idea of that. I don't want the game to tell me what to do, nor do I want to be forced to do one thing my entire life.
It's true that objectives like that can be helpful for newer players if they don't really know what to do, but it's always fine to just ask another player. Ask one of the elders what needs to be done in town, ask a young adult to teach you how to do what they are doing. Some won't know or won't want to, but there's usually a few more around who can help. Your town should survive because someone realises an improved well needs to be built soon, not because the game tells you so. Are you the person who realises something like that, but you don't have time to do it? Tell others, especially babies! This stuff works both ways.

Objectives are cool, but the way it works now makes sure there's a challenge for the group (not just for yourself) AND it gives you the freedom to do what you want.

Depends on how many gates you want. Fence around entire town is just 1 straight branch, but for each gate you add 4 milkweed.

Assuming you already have a bow+1 arrow, you'd need 2 more arrows for the bear. 2 skewers, 4 milkweed, 2 goose feathers, 2 flint chips.
Assuming someone ran off with the bow and arrow and shot a bison with the one arrow then left the bow on the ground in the middle of nowhere, add 1 skewer, 6 milkweed, 1 goose feather, 1 flint chip, 1 yew branch

In theory, making 2 arrows is cheaper than 2 gates. If you need more than that, it isn't.
The thing is: fences/gates generally stick around much longer than the bow/arrows would cuz they keep getting lost, meaning in the end you're gonna make a loooot more bows/arrows for protection against bears.

I definitely prefer the fence, especially when well maintained (so it also keeps strangers out). I'm personally someone who likes to build walls around town, though, so people won't have to worry about the fences anymore (and cuz it looks pretty). Fences can be somewhat annoying, especially when people don't look after them or don't make them in a straight line (making it harder to maintain), but I think they give more of an advantage than disadvantage. Just make sure everyone has the gate, i.e., if you have a gate, say 'my family owns this' if you're passing through anyway. That way nobody should have to ask.

I think a lot of people dislike "RP'ers" because all they associate it with is people who go around killing others or destroying things and then call it RP. What I call RP is doing things in-character for that life, for example being a loving mother or taking up a job when someone tells you it's your destiny. IMO, RP isn't necessarily a drama-filled experience. It's creating an emotional bond with what is going on around you, whether that is positive or negative, eventful or not.

It's interesting that you say that to you 'roleplay is not so interesting', but also '[...] if I make a dramatic realistic story of it, it's epic and inspiring'. Do you mean you create that story after the fact? Because tbh that's exactly what RP is, you just live the story _while_ playing. If I chase a griefer, I do it because my character would. I don't (have to) turn that into a story afterwards, it's already there while it happens. Therefore the experience is as great as the story, since effectively they're the same thing.

Edit: I guess the difference is that to me, RP is a result from an existing scenario, instead of me creating the scenario myself. Obviously there's some decision making in how I want my character to act/react, but in general this happens automatically.

Apparently this is a hot take but I understand getting vengeance after being harshly abandoned by your mother. Carrying a baby outside and then closing the gate??? Jeez. It's definitely different than just your mother walking away because she's in the middle of nowhere or not picking you up cuz she's too busy working on something. This person went out of their way to make their baby die of starvation.

Whether or not you want to go out of your way after that, to treat them the way they treated you, is personal preference. It's not a 'killing rampage', it's part of their life. Would've been great if you understood their language so you could've said something like "YOUR BABY SAYS HI" before stabbing her.

Great story.

Also:

That's exactly what happened!

I assume you play with some mod where you can always see the players name (without hovering over)? Cuz otherwise I don't see why a mark would help, it already says "your daughter" next to the name when I hover over.

I don't like the idea of taking up a specific task/job for my entire life. More often than not I'll be like "This life I'll be a baker" and then notice there is like no compost so focus on that instead (since more people seem to know how to bake than how to make compost). This can definitely happen halfway through a life as well. If I would've taken that initial baker job, the opening would be gone but there'd still be no baker.
The tool slots make sure you think about what you want to do, but also allow for a bit more diversity in your life.

Plus, what if griefers just constantly take all the job openings but don't ever do anything? It'd mean putting effort into the jobs place and then nothing happens.

I've seen job slot boxes before, with pieces of paper w/ jobs on them. Half the jobs are already done (as the paper was made 3 generations ago), the other half are things barely anyone wants to do. Oh and there's usually one piece of paper about Korean men too. Nyeh.

For sure, RP makes me care about the other players a lot more, whether they're family or not. Having a visual marker for family would be an easy way to push RP a little bit more.

What about a little heart on their chest (that also shows over clothes)? Was gonna say a little floaty heart above their head, but /love exists so ye that'd just be confusing.

Agreed. I often go looking for food immediately if I notice I'm in a (new) place where food is scarce. Getting a basket, sharp stone and a few wild carrots can definitely take more time than the <60 seconds between me setting off and turning 4, especially if the food sources close to camp are already depleted. No way for me to rescue me mum of starvation in that case.

Even in a more developed town, if my mom gets stabbed I may not be able to find meds immediately, just because I haven't had the opportunity to look around yet (ty all moms who purposely or accidentally show me the town so I know where to find things and what's needed).

Allowing 1-2 mins of free play before being 'guilty' would be coo.