Do not forget the importance of breaks

[Cheipii]

Last weekend i had a few particularly enjoyable games of Chaos wastes with friends and i came to realise what sets it apart from other PvE roguelite games like Nightreign and mortis trials on DT.

Its the possibility to sit back and take a quick pissbreak/brew a coffee or make a sandwich!

Constant long strings of high energy gaming with no maintenance breaks make fatigue set in fast and gaming not enjoyable.

I made this advice because i am sure (ish you are working on darktide version of chaos wastes).

[zaygr]

In-mission pacing too, but the chase for “difficulty” has rendered that nonexistent.

[Badwin]

Breathing room like this is SO important. Has a huge effect on my gaming group.

It still bums me out that we don’t have airlocks that allow us to optionally chill for a second to take a bio break or whatever.

[Rvl]

I miss the times when characters actually had time for their longer dialogues and missions actually had ups and downs, rather than being non-stop high-octane action.

Nowadays they can’t finish a sentence, because you constantly use your ability and disablers don’t stop spawning. It’s still fun, but at times feels… shallow.

[IGN_Vera]

@Cheipii

Constant long strings of high energy gaming with no maintenance breaks make fatigue set in fast and gaming not enjoyable.

That’s ideally what mid-mission Boss fights, Auspex hacking events, and battery events should be - a break from the 24/7 conga line of Specialists, but due to the current nature of Elites and Specs not being a strong challenge against power crept players in smaller groups of Elites/Specs, there’s much more pressure to ramp up the spawn rate of these enemies to the point of instability - even during these events.

But, with the addition of Plasma Gunners and buffed Crushers, it appears as though Fatshark is moving towards making Elites more challenging opponents on an individual level, so there’s hope for better mission pacing in the future - missions with those high adrenaline difficulty spikes, but then “cooling” periods in between those spikes for character dialog, focusing on events, better boss fights (multi phase boss fights with more interesting mechanics that don’t rely on just a void shield).

[JanZamoysky]

I wonder how many gamers aren’t aware that excessive gaming can really imbalance your dopamine levels. If gaming stops being fun, and you feel irritation more often than enjoyment… stop gaming, go outside, touch some grass, relax, ̶p̶u̶n̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶e̶i̶g̶h̶b̶o̶u̶r̶.̶ ̶

[IGN_Vera]

Punching a tree and screaming into the void is also very therapeutic! Touching grass will always be top of the morning though

[MadMartigan]

Indeed. I suggested a vote to pause. But no one seemed to react.

Vote to pause

How possible would it be to implement a pause for all team members? I imagine they would have to do a quick in-mission vote, but it would be awesome having the chance to pause a mission whilst someone has to answer the door or go pee or (most commonly) reconnect from a crash. If it could be mapped to a key then player hits the ‘team pause’ button. Other team members receive ‘press Y to pause game’ If majority vote is successful the game is paused for all players. The game will unpause when 2…

I guess they are all servitors and don’t need to pee lol

[King_Ass_Ripper]

@Cheipii

I made this advice because i am sure (ish you are working on darktide version of chaos wastes).

lol

sorry to tell ya but thats mortis trials

[MeatShield01]

@MadMartigan

Indeed. I suggested a vote to pause. But no one seemed to react.

I thought I replied to that thread but guess I didn’t…

IDK about all the time, but adding a ‘pause’ feature to natural break points like elevators, air locks, ect would be nice.

[Index]

@Cheipii

pissbreak/brew a coffee or make a sandwich

inefficiency is heresy, eating is irrelevant when serving the emperor and my bladder is adamant

if i’d take a break I’d get out of the flow, rather push it for a few hours with some energy drinks and take care of biological necessities afterwards.

@MeatShield01

but adding a ‘pause’ feature

but why? except havoc matches take around 20 minutes give or take.

when i’m on my “zockzeit” I want to get in as many matches as possible, not drag a match to 40 minutes cause someone forgot to pee before clicking literally “ready”

often times I ignore that “pressure” and rather squeeze another match in, pun intended

[harlekein]

7 people agreed though. (Including myself) What’s more to discuss?

[MadMartigan]

If an idea is appreciated then posting a supportive comment to get the post seen by FS I guess.

I doubt FS would look at a post with zero replies and think it is something desired by the community.

[MadMartigan]

Sometimes you need to run to answer the door or an important phone call etc. In Havoc, taking your eye off the screen for seconds could be a team wipe. It requires an intense extended concentration (sometimes for over a solid hour) and the option for a quick pause could be very helpful.

[Index]

well, to be honest if in the past I was playing havoc I was neither.

when I decide to invest in this kind if commitment there is no phone or door bell, don’t bother me while I’m playing for dear life

so I don’t attempt havoc if I not positively made sure the next 4 hours are undisturbed

[Draconian]

I was writing a reply to this post, but i took a break and forgot what i was going to write.

[MeatShield01]

@Index

but why?

Because it’s a tiny QoL that most people can ignore and a handful of people can benefit from?

I don’t see it being used by most PUGs, but some of us run with pre made groups of IRL friends and we’re all totally cool with taking an unexpected 5 minute break to help bring in groceries.

[Index]

ok fair enough, but especially when playing with buddy pirx and being on discord, the “pisspause” is announced between matches.

and even if an auric maelstrom today allowed for getting to phone for a “NOT now”

but yeah I look at it from the random perspective and give them the opportunity, the smoke their weed in an airlock for half a hour

still remember these annoying mmo breaks “gotta smoke right quick”

when I sit down to play I usually stay in this position a couple hours

@MeatShield01

unexpected 5 minute break to help bring in groceries.

you had this example before, my answer stays the same.

who’s able to get them from the store home is strong enough to manage the stairs too

[MadMartigan]

It could have a maximum pause time per pause.

[Index]

well if everyone’s on board beforehand, sure why not.

personally if I interrupt a match I get out of my flow for a lack of better explanation.

so whenever I fire up with caffeine I get in as many matches back to back until I tilt, current meds don’t really help either in that regard.