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You're right, I should have read that. That would have saved me some grief in the short term, but it still wouldn't change where we are now. If I had seen that and still purchased the game, I would be in the same scenario I am now, waiting endlessly for an episode that keeps being delayed. The best analogy I can give you is imagine you order a 5 course meal for your wedding. An hour into the reception, the first 2 courses of appetizers are brought out. While you found them tolerable, some people thought they were too salty. Instead of writing it off and moving on to the entree's, the cooks decide they want to redeem themselves, and so they announce that they will be remaking appetizers for everyone. In the meantime, they update the salad bar a few times. After 2 more hours, they bring out new appetizers for everyone. They're better than before to be sure, but it's now 3 hours into the reception, and no one wants to wait around any longer for their entree's or desert. You could argue "the cook's never guaranteed a delivery time for each meal. it's their choice to take their time and put out a product they're proud of", which might technically be true, but the guests still feel cheated at this point. They've paid for a 5 course meal, and after waiting for a more than reasonable amount of time they've only been served appetizers, Redux appetizers, and some salad bar updates that they didn't even care about.

Yes, I was. I wasn't feeling philanthropic, looking to support some developers dream. I was browsing steam for a game to play, and The Long Dark was right there on the front page. I skimmed through the page, purchased it, and only after finishing episode 2 did I realize it wasn't even a full game. Looking back at the steam page, the fact that the game isn't complete isn't even mentioned unless you hit "Read more" and fully expand the page. I suppose i'm still stuck in the past, where people advertising a story driven game actually give you a full story in a reasonable timeframe. Honestly it just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, similar to GRRM and the Winds of Winter. Will he finish the series and release the books before he dies? Probably not. Will Hinterland fulfill their commitment to my purchase before the graphics on this game are 10-15 years out of date and I have zero desire to play it anymore? Also probably not, but one can hope.

I never understood this argument. You paid full price for a game, and you received 2/5ths of a game after years of waiting. Sure, they updated that 2/5th of a game a few times, but it's still only 2/5th of what we paid for and expect. It doesn't matter how many times it's remastered, expecting people to be satisfied with 2/5th of what they paid for is silly.

Something I noticed that's very helpful for Deadman is the frequency that bears respawn. I was setting up shop at trappers in my run after forging, and it was truly a bear meat paradise. I would kill the bear, begin harvesting and cooking him, and before I could even cook all of the meat he would respawn. If you quarter him and cut/cook him in small pieces indoors, you can easily get level 5 cooking within a few days, and live comfortably on bear meat. At that point if you get bored and want to go travelling(maybe hit the summit or forge again), you can set up little outposts along the way, leaving behind water and wolf meat for the return trip.

i think you've missed that different tools are better in different situations. for instance, a hacksaw is the fastest for harvesting meat if the carcass is frozen, while knife is faster if the carcass is still fresh. edit: just saw what you said about level 5 harvesting. i think that does mess things up.

i think he's talking about which clothing slot is the outer layer. for pants and coat, the slot furthest away from your body is the "outer layer". but for hats, the slot closest to your body is the outer layer for some reason. like u said it messes with the wind protection, and also protection and waterproof bonus.

as of the hotfix tonight this doesn't seem to be true anymore. just got cabin fever risk on my 55 day deadman for the first time

Well that depends on what you classify as a "normal bed". Is the bear bedroll just as good as camp office, jackrabbit, misanthrope? Yep. Is the bear bedroll as good as a trailer, ryken, hibernia, trappers? Nope.

Interesting results, but I'm not sure if I can get behind the conclusion. In the exhausted state you seemed to experience quite a few short(<10%condition lost) struggles, which seem to heavily influence the average. I'm also inclined to think hatchet may not be the best choice for a test like this, given that shorter duration struggles would be more prone to variance influencing the conclusion. On the other hand, it's also possible given the stalker vs interloper results that stalker is simply more forgiving. Do you expect the results of Normal vs Exhausted in interloper would show the same trend? Nice work once again though!