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I've played mostly single player for about 6 years. I have tried multi player with limited success but I see great potential. There are 2 issues I seem to have : either the rest of the server moves too fast and my items become obsolete and no one buys them or I make plans to work with a small group and some one stops playing and we lack a resource. I play about 1-2 hours ( sometimes more) per day and would like to find a fun, organized server willing to nurture some one new to multiplayer with the standard Qol mods ( easy mining, logging, extended ranges, etc). I'd prefer to start close day 1 but am not opposed to a later start if there is a specific need I can fill.

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9 months ago - /u/SLG-Dennis - Direct link

Originally posted by Squigs44

You had me interested until the mods. I've found those "quality of life" mods are actually a big catalyst of what makes servers rush through tech. Or maybe the same people who are attracted to mods that make the game easier and more efficient also like to rush to in game tech that makes things easier and more efficient.

In general feedback we tend to hear that players select such servers, but at the same time aren't happy about how fast the game experience ends, specifically due to those mods. It's a bit of a paradoxon.

The game is made with collaboration being necessary in mind, progress being achieved through the whole community coming together for that. Making all tasks easy to achieve for individual people just makes the game end quicker. That doesn't affect all of those modifications, but many of them.

9 months ago - /u/SLG-Dennis - Direct link

Originally posted by Gnawlydog

Dadspeed is the most popular server on Eco. Its a long term server that lasts for months. What sets it apart of the super skill system. You can't have more than 2 skills and they can't work together. Like you can be miner and hunter but not miner and smelter. Dadspeed is named because you can play as much or as little as you want and still be relevant. You can join months into the season and find a place.

Dadspeed is a great server and offers a truly unique experience, but I wouldn't call it the most popular server - the severe restrictions on the skill system is something the vast majority of our audience actually doesn't like. It certainly is one of my immediate candidates for the upcoming recommended server list, though, and I have been recommending them personally on several occasions.

We do hope that our improvements to the exhaustion system will allow servers that offer a similar experience without being as limited in the future, which can cater more towards players that have limited time available to play, but don't want to be limited to a very small selection of skills. We'll see soon enough, Update 10.2 is going into playtest soon.

9 months ago - /u/SLG-Dennis - Direct link

Originally posted by pokeyy

If you know of a server with 14h or unlimited exhaustion during the weekend and 3h during the week, let me know!

That will be possible only with Update 10.2 when limits for exhaustion per specific day are possible. (Aside of a few modded servers that already have that, of course) I'm not sure how many servers will take a limited time during the week and unlimited on the weekend approach, though. Our official server with exhaustion will aim for 3 hours per week day and about 6 hours on weekends, time not used during the week days being able to be played on weekends.