Well it’s funny you mention ttrpg, because most of these work through a strong interaction between all players, GM included. Thus, what matters is what is considered fun by everyone at the table, and if one person having a weighted dice somehow makes sense, the right table will allow it.

Anyway, this is secondary, the point is that the pros and con balance in this is not in the favour of arrowhead here, they “outlawed” about everything from the get go, through the questionable change of anti cheat. I definitely agree with your example of the collect mission that got cheated through, but they could have used inspiration from other titles, from lobby browser allowing mods or not, even excluding those with flagged mod from interacting in the global campaign. They could have reached the modders of the most endorsed mods, worked with them somehow. They could even have made the mod support official and integrated, thus having stronger overview of who plays with what, with strong filtering. I’m thinking of Deep Rock Galactic here for example.

I’m just saying than in a normal PvE, apart from the economic side, you can’t really “cheat”, as in you are not impacting others. Cooperative PvE games only have to handle how players are able to team up or not regarding their preferences (kind of like finding the tight table for a ttrpg), and there are many ways of doing so, that arrowhead has not yet shown interest towards

Dude it’s a PvE game, and there are quality of life issues blaring since it first launched that were fixed in weeks by solo modders, don’t blame people for wanting a game working as intended Cheating is very clearly far far down on the list of reasons people mod the game

I mean, you’re very within your right to dislike it, but how do people customizing the experience to their taste mainly in solo and private lobbies affect you in a PvE game ? I must admit I’m skeptical about arrowhead on this one, even though I play vanilla, a lot if my friends with more playtime had made the jump to UI and quality of life mods, sometimes custom difficulties too…

But of course, here’s the understatement by the state media, already including several mutilation to skull, eyes, hands, and only regarding the protest of last Saturday ! https://www.franceinfo.fr/societe/mobilisation-du-17-octobre/une-adolescente-eborgnee-un-mineur-a-la-main-arrachee-ce-que-l-on-sait-des-quatre-enquetes-ouvertes-par-l-igpn-apres-les-violences-du-17-octobre_8245324.html

Several minors including one that wasn’t even in the protest were maimed in the days before too

Yeah you see this is why we’re calling tip culture toxic, if it makes you unable to appreciate someone doing you a favour, no matter how small, you are the problem, not the others with their weird “minimal wage actually sufficient to live” society. Most often, we tip 1 or 2 euros to our waiter if we enjoyed our meal, as a small thank you, and because we know they can otherwise get paid a true living wage just from the price we paid in the first place.

Merci pour le partage ! Total soutien à nos lycéens, je vais rejoindre le cortège principal à Paris cet aprem :)

actually we do both, and they are both necessary. Reforming or revolutionizing the system is the root of it all, and in the meanwhile, calling out and demonizing people consciously using the most wasteful and unethical tools available is also good and important. People that keep using these generative AI tools while aware of their impacts deserve being made fun of and cast out of a society which they clearly don’t care much about

Just because you had the chance to avoid it (or so you think at least) doesn’t mean it’s okay in any way, and society for for everyone is being durably impacted by all this fir the worst, demonstrably so. So yes, we’ll keep complaining and denouncing it, sorry for your terrible inconvenience

Ah yes, the famously human and ethical devs of f2p games, so ethical in fact that some were found in violation of the law in several countries due to their horrendous monetisation schemes, abusing neurological biases to exploit vulnerable individuals, and being all around predatory…

A bit afraid, it looks mostly good but I worry about power creep, the passive seems insanely strong, and the weapons seem at least good. I guess we’ll see ! I hope this isn’t a Democratic detonation 2 situation, where it becomes almost indispensible to have for any good loadouts (and I say this as an eruptor enjoyer)

Thank you for taking the time to express your thoughts more in depth, it makes a lot of sense, and I now think I was a bit too certain while writing my initial answer. Of course, different people care for different experiences, and that’s absolutely fine :)

It’s true that I took a bit of a shortcut in my previous statement, I shouldn’t have been so absolute.

And as a sidenote, I believe that I read somewhere that the intent of having sleep not activated by default in MP was also somewhat of a counter to not having timeskip, allowing players to “use” all of their available time (though as you said, you’re still just waiting so I’m not entirely convinced by the argument)

I couldn’t disagree more, I love the game and think it’s first and foremost a solo experience. I have around 500 hours in, and about 400 are exclusively solo, in various games since build 38. It’s in single player where the truth of the apocalypse hits you, the dread of being alone against the world knowing you will fail but not knowing how and when… Even the sleep mechanic is exclusive to single player and drastically changes how you can approach the game, sticking closer to the gritty realism themes. Multiplayer, even in really harsh settings, often ends up with a somewhat trivialised survival, and sort of a devaluation of defeat. Unless you want to play it hardcore and reset if anyone dies (which can be understandably upsetting to some), you’ll just respawn a character, get your stuff back, and you’ll only have lost some xp and time which your mates can help you power through, instead of a entire “life” you really cared about.

Don’t get me wrong, multiplayer can be heaps of fun, but I truly don’t think it’s the core of the game, and I’d really encourage you to try your hand at some solo play if you can be convinced :)

Perhaps a 1 user bump to their online user count, so really nothing of importance, like to other said, enjoy yourself with what you already payed for, and rub in that publisher’s face that they didn’t make anything good since ;)

Really good summary ! I’ve been a fan of MH since the very first game, only missing out on the wii and 3ds games, and my most played is MH Freedom Unite on the PSP with several thousand hours…

However today, I find myself more inclined to appreciate MH World as my go to, there is so much quality of life going on, while (in my humble opinion) avoiding too much casualisation like in Wilds. Perhaps it’s just aging and all, but I find myself less and less attracted to games not respecting players or their time, while of course acknowledging that this is only a matter of personal taste.

Anyways, play Monster Hunter ! Try several, and find out which one you vibe more with, there’s bound to be an MH experience tailored for your preferences out there :)

Je pensais que mon sarcasme était suffisamment prononcé pour ne pas plus l’expliciter, mon mauvais là dessus ! Évidemment, l’arrêt des enquêtes automatiques et la relégation de la charge de la preuve aux victimes est une aberration bien utile à un état policier

Fort heureusement, les éléments de preuves en question seront immédiatement identifiés grâce aux enquêtes automatiques qui découlent de l’usage des armes par les forces de l’ordre, n’est ce pas ? 🙃

Ah yes, the “near meaningless term” being only the centerpoint of this community, what a great analysis you’ve provided

Hi ! I don’t need any of these, but I still wanted to thank you for this initiative :)

Looks good ! Are you involved in the game ?