Cantr II Discussion Forum

Wanna bitch, do it here. We don't need your mess when trying to actually do somthing productive.
And stop refering to me as a Darwanist... What you don't believe in evolution? Then you must be one of those freaks who thionk we're an alien experiment. Or are you a religious person (which in my opinion makes less sense and less probable than even aliens building the pyramids).

The game is no longer any fun for a solitary newspawn. Everyone begins as a newspawn. All newspawns start out as solitaries. There is nothing a newspawn can do in a big city to survive on his own. Do you see the problem yet. This is a major, fatal game design mistake.
How else can I put it. You are a character, you are like everyone else, you want to do stuff. You learn the game's interface, but no matter what you try, you can't collect any resources that you need to make stuff or trade. You have no idea what's going on, so you get bored and quit ten minutes later. The end.

The roleplay aspects concern only my particular characters and may not mean anything in the larger scheme of things. Although, if anyone has thought of an in-character way to explain the meaning of the new resource caps, do let me know.

No, it's no longer fun for YOU.

By the way there is no "fatal game design mistake". Just because someone doesn't like it, doesn't make it a mistake. If that was the way the world spun you'd be a mistake as well... Well that is right so I actually don't have an example sorry. There is no mistake. Get over yourself

Are you the one who created it? Do you do any work on this game at all? Do you do anything but play it?

No.

The IC way to explain this would obviously be because there is no room to work.

The reason you're pissed is because you can't go on being a loner IG and still live. Well now you have to talk to people. And I HOPE you refuse to play properly cuz that means bye bye for little mr. thesaurus.

There is nothing a newspawn can do in a big city to survive on his own.

Neither can a newborn child do anything but scream for help, they don't even have words. So no need to whine, it could be worse. At least most newspawns can talk and are able to work if given a chance. Also they survive up to 20 days with no food, they feel no cold though wearing nothing worth mentioning...

I don't think you should be the one trying to tell people where to bitch, Snake-Byte.

Not that I don't appreciate the effort.

There are a vast number of differences in the places in Cantr where a newspawn might spawn. Every big city is different. Some are very nurturing and supportive of newspawns (at least the ones who don't act like annoying idiots) while some cities are totally indifferent. Within each city there are most likely people who like to help newspawns and those who enjoy locking them up and starving them to death.

There is nothing a newspawn can do in a big city to survive on his own.

This may be what you have experienced with a newspawn or what you've seen happen but I've seen plenty of newspawns doing just fine. It's true some may not be able to find a way to survive. This is part of the game. It is a reality of life in a cruel world. Parts of Cantr can be extremely harsh on chars.

I like the gathering restrictions. I think they add an interesting dimension to the game play. People who don't have the innate patience and perseverence to keep trying, even if their newspawn can't do much, are not people who would stick with Cantr anyway.