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Hello there!

I have been thinking about buying this game some time in the future, and wanted to know a few things that usually aren't mentioned. So here are the questions:

  1. How much time do I need to spend to keep up with the others? I think I can play for a fev hours every day with some ocasional brakes. Is it enought? What's generally the best amound of hours played per day?
  2. After checking the steam page it appers that the recent reviews have gone down to mixed. I have read that there might be some bugs, but how bad is it actually right now? Do I need to worry about them? Can I expect the issues to be fixed soon?
  3. In case I do decide to buy it (most likely not too long before the 28th of January) can you recomend some mostly calm and friendly servers, and begginer friendly proffesions. Generally I want to avoid a toxic comunity, and not be left behind by players rushing throught the technology (of course I know that I need to spend a few hours daily). I would love to be a calm carpenter/mason/smith (as they interst me the most) that will get somewhat involved in politics, but do you know which one of these three profesions is the best, and any tips on how to play as them?
  4. Do you know anything that I might have overlooked, and would you recomend this game to me? I do have quite a bit of time, and the economy aspects look very interesting to me.
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5 months ago - /u/SLG-Dennis - Direct link

The reviews are mostly down due to the auth server outages we had during the holidays, some of which due to malicious attacks we have no experience with and no expertise was available when everyone is taking off time. We're working on getting that rectified once and for all.

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

Originally posted by Kumik102

That's good to know. It now does make sense that a lot of people were complaining about the reliance on servers

That is unfortunately necessary, Eco is first and foremost a multiplayer game and the game checks not only if you own the game but also which user tier, what objects you have access to, what drops, user icon and special features you have when you join a server so that data is available and updated if some of it changes, like you upgrading to Developer Tier, getting a new icon or new drops, plus anything that may be introduced in the future. It also needs to confirm you are actually you when you are voting, otherwise you could find ways to vote as often as you like.

Singleplayer in Eco is a local dedicated server, the exact same as if an admin hosted a multiplayer one. It hence works the same.