V Rising is currently celebrating great success and has been received positively so far. However, there is a feature that is bothering some fans: the base building and its maintenance.
What is the problem for the fans? In V Rising, you awaken as a weak vampire and must survive in a world full of dangers. Enemies, the sun, and potential PvP players want to stop you.
A base that you can upgrade to a castle with thick walls is meant to help you withstand the dangers. But that’s exactly where the problem lies, as the base does not last forever. Players must feed it with so-called blood essences, otherwise the cozy home will decay, and you will have to rebuild it.
Building your outpost consumes a lot of resources, and it is naturally very frustrating when it decays because you can’t or don’t want to play.
How long does the base last? When you put 100 blood essences into the heart of the castle, it lasts about 12 real hours before it disappears. Thus, you are forced to constantly farm blood essences and place them in the castle heart if you don’t want to lose your progress – annoying, say the players.
More information about the game can be found in our video:
No breaks in V Rising, because the castle heart demands it?
If you want to go on vacation for a week, take a short break, or simply don’t have time to collect blood essences and put them in the heart, you will be punished by the game.
What do the players say about it? On Steam, there are some reviews that express their displeasure. Not only can PvP players destroy the outpost, but also the game itself; this is not suitable for casual players.
Statements from the reviews that summarize the criticism well:
- “I don’t understand the praise. (…) What bothers me the most (as a solo player) is that your castle and everything you create after 3-4 hours is completely gone if you log out overnight. You can protect your castle heart for maybe 4-5 hours, but once the protection is gone, everything decays and simply disappears. You yourself are dead and have lost everything you can collect. So if you can only play “just” 1-2 hours a day – it’s pointless. You start anew every day. In co-op, it’s certainly nice – if you play a lot. For casual players, it’s trash (via Steam).”
- “You lose all your progress if you don’t have enough blood essences for your heart, even if you log out and go to sleep. People say blood essences are easy to farm. Maybe, but at the beginning, I only had enough for 2 hours after playing for an hour. Not my kind of game, where you lose progress if you take a break (via Steam).”
Furthermore, some point out that the game is rather designed to be played in a group. This way, the farming and the aspect with the blood essences are less of an obstacle. As a casual and solo player, however, you have bad cards.
What do you think about this? Have you also encountered this obstacle in V Rising or do you have tips to effectively farm blood essences in singleplayer? Let us know in the comments.
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