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😄😄 So much better than my attempt!

@conanjaguar Native 6 is going to die a horrible painful death. How's that? 😁 (Oh but I hate being mean so 🤗🤗)

Be interesting to see how they have chosen to overhaul it.

For sure Raph, some people do "come out of the woodwork" simply to express angst. However, with such a *massive* change to a treasured game it is understandable people will be anxious, especially when full details are not known. The less detail the more concern and speculation. This is human nature, and basic change management if you want to look at it in a purely business manner. It doesn't necessarily mean we don't trust you. On my part I *do* trust you. However I would ask that you don't see expression of concern as a matter of mistrust because in most cases it isn't. That however shouldn't preclude understanding that with less information... ... comes increased anxiety and speculation. My loyalty and trust isn't in question, you need to see my first post in this thread (to which admin replied) to know exactly how much this game and Hinterland mean to me. And how excited I am about the "new" game. Expression of concern is not the same as expression of mistrust. Nor does it mean I am incapable of understanding something new I'm not convinced about may turn out to be just what I wanted. If you see my comments, yes I may have expressed concern, but I have also said that I will reserve judgement until I see the result. Because I do trust Hinterland and am incredibly grateful to you all for creating a game that helps keep me alive (again see my first post, this is not an exaggeration). I for one haven't just come out of the woodwork just to express angst. I may not have been on the forum long because of my dislike of "social media", but I have been playing since 2016. I have *wanted* to give you more money because what you have given us for the price is astonishing. You only have to look at my past posts to know I'm not a whining doomsayer. However it is healthy to question things in life. I will be more than happy to say I was wrong to worry later on. None of my expression of concern was an expression of distrust or ingratitude.

So I got reckless with a bear and panicked when I couldn't see my rifle on the floor... In the words of @jeffpeng ... "It's black magic, black magic I tell you!" 😄

@k0s0ff Your English is great! Thank you for describing in such wonderful detail your views. And I am sad for you, and others like you, who will lose some really long standing runs and characters. I completely understand the wrench this will be - all that time, blood, sweat, tears and fear. I hear what you're saying about the Trader, indeed it would be a goal, something to "do". I'm not completely opposed to the idea, just somewhat concerned that I don't end up playing "Fallout In The Snow". Providing the Trader and Transponder aren't intrusive, or we get a custom option to turn them off, then indeed they could be a good thing for some/many people as you rightly say. I don't think Hinterland would make such a radical departure from what most people love about the game without at least offering a custom option, or ensuring they aren't intrusive and do make sense. Or at least I hope so! Whilst I am excited for the new game, I am deeply anxious because of what it means to me and how beautiful it is as it stands. We will see!

Absolutely yes. The Trader is making me antsy, not because I thought it was a way of stealth microtransactons, which even before Raph's post I knew Hinterland wouldn't stoop to. For me the nervousness relates exactly to what you've said here, a major part of TLD'S majesty is the "Haunting Loneliness". I'm also nervous about the shortwave radio for the same reason. Having NPCs within the world just doesn't feel right to me. However I will reserve judgement until I see what the reality is. @Mistral mentioned the auto walk feature as an example ... personally I was and am incredibly grateful for this feature from an accessibility standpoint. Without it my play time would be reduced to about an hour at a time with many hours inbetween, because of nerve damage and pain.

I'd be grateful to know this too.

This is fair enough M 🙂 I can't blame you for wanting to keep them. I hope for your peace of mind you are able to "finish" Silent Fury, but if you can't? Well. Real life does rather come first (as do you, I don't want your head exploding trying to do it all 🧡)

Guess away Ghurcb, I didn't say you were wrong for doing so. Simply answering your question from my perspective.

This I *do* hope is included. It would really add variety and allow the player to further tailor their buffs according to situation.

I'm not even going to try and guess. I am just hoping they soon flesh out exactly what they are changing/adding etc. Until then it's like throwing reishi mushrooms in the air and seeing where they land. Who knows 🤷‍♀️ Ps I really hope it's not ziplines. It would feel like a mishmash of TLD, Tomb Raider and Far Cry. But that's just my feelings, I know a lot of people liked the idea. Just doesn't fit for me.

I really hope they give us a detailed custom option Ghurcb. There is a lot here which is a massive change to the game we love and that has to be handled extremely well not to alienate people who have been playing since the beginning or for many years. Not giving us the opportunity to fully customise our runs is a significant concern.

I agree with you and @Leeanda Rudolf. Don't get me wrong, I am excited for sure. There are definitely things here which are much needed. However I'm concerned that adding side missions as part of the survival game will completely break the immersion. Will they be showing up on the HUD and making you remember you're playing a game instead of truly being part of the world? And a trader and radio? The isolation of TLD is part of its beauty. I don't want to end up playing Fallout in the snow. I am just keeping my fingers crossed that Hinterland manage to integrate all these new things and make Great Bear a more wondrous world, rather than overburdening it and putting a barrier between the player and full immersion.

Wellll... yup! It's a good excuse to elbow inconsiderate real life out of the way 😁😉

It's going to take a while to absorb all this. It certainly looks like it will be worth the wait. I for one don't mind losing old saves when a whole new world awaits. The amount of hours I play and what this game means to someone with an extremely isolated life, well, even the full annual price is worth every single penny. However I do agree with @jeffpeng and his usual fair and perceptive comments regarding Wintermute. Even though I never personally got past episode one, just not my bag, the criticisms are well justified. None of this can take away from the intense excitement though. This from @Nervous Pete echoes much of what excites me about the new game and why. "Safehouse customisation. This is the big thing for me. The Long Dark has been a welcome haven for my mental health ... To have a place that I could call my own, tidy slowly decorate in a spartan fashion... I'm not talking No Man Sky levels of customisation, just the stuff you do slowly claiming as a home what was originally an emergency retreat" As someone who has PTSD and severe chronic nerve pain, plus an injury to my left arm that now prevents me playing most games of interest, TLD plays a huge part in keeping me alive. To those who raise your eyebrows at such a bold assertion, it is entirely accurate. I've lost the vast majority of who I was and what I could do; the TLD world helps soften the blow of all the empty hours and real life loneliness. As much as I appreciate the mods and modders, I never wanted to use them. However the glaring gaps in the offerings for space customisation (and other areas like cooking and crafting) are hopefully going to be addressed by the new game. If this means I can go unmodded then I'll be delighted. (I hope the modders aren't offended by this; I know the amount of work you have put in and greatly appreciate it. I've just never liked modding my games if I can help it) Thank you Hinterland for what is pretty much my most beloved game of the 35 years I've been gaming.

Oh I do Jeff. It's why I don't touch any social media at all and why it took me all these years to join this forum. It never fails to astound me how appalling people can be. Fortunately Hinterland are decent people, I've already had a couple of unpleasant issues here on this forum and they have been swiftly, decisively dealt with.

@jeffpeng Good point. I forget not everyone has the same ethics as me. Oh well. I'll just have to make a post instead even though it won't be of any interest to anyone apart from the person I was having a conversation with 🤷‍♀️ Thanks for answering

Nicely worked out Javi. Seems like a lot of work to me, but as long as you are happy with it then that's all that matters 🙂

I'm all for partaking in watching someone else be really cruel to themselves! (well I'm really not like that, but you worded it that way Jeff 🙂) I shall make sure to go and have a good read through... it sounds utterly bonkers. I'm all for bonkers.

Does anybody know how to insert a picture into a DM? It seems different to a thread which is pretty easy to work out. It doesn't appear to have the same option in a DM. I've tried drag and drop, and uploading to my cloud account and copying the url (with open access). Nothing seems to work. There's a couple of images I wanted to send in relation to a particular discussion and they don't need to be on the forum. If anyone can assist I'd be grateful, this is driving me mad. Thanks in advance guys 💛

Day 4 still alive! 👍 Forgetting about the disturbing bunny neck breaking graphics, which I can't cope with, I cannot master the stone throwing. Mind you the fact I'm hugely impatient doesn't help. I just end up lobbing stones in frustration. Keep going! We want to see that magic seven days!

When I saw you had posted in the German section Jeff I was shocked. Your written English is *impeccable*. Far better than many with it as their first language. Your command of nuance and tone is seriously impressive, that's far more difficult than being able to write the correct words. My German is limited to being able to count to twenty! I dont think anyone who plays Loper can be described as having limited gaming ability!

This is the FM "Keg" Stand link; indeed Drifterman is credited as inspiration Forlorn Muskeg Snowball - "Keg" Stand

Well that is interesting. I guess harvesting leather from made clothes negates the need, plus the specific crafted hide clothing.