In Arknights: Endfield, about half of the gameplay revolves around building factories and production lines, but this system is now facing criticism from players.
What kind of system is this? Arknights: Endfield aims to distinguish itself from the typical genre of gacha open-world games by focusing about half of its content on the system surrounding factories and outposts. Instead of just being in the open world, players build production chains, machines, and gondolas to access resources more efficiently.
However, this factory gameplay is now frustrating players, who are complaining about one resource.
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Sandleaves annoy the Endfielders
Why is there trouble? Many endgame recipes require the resource “Sandleaf,” which can be found from the end of Act 1 in Arknights: Endfield. To reproduce it, like all other plants, requires 3 large machines.
However, because the resource is so frequently needed, players sometimes build 3 or 4 such facilities to meet the material demand. Here, the space issue comes into play. The plants must either be transported out of the base or from a depot bus.
There is still a storage unit available, allowing players to store the produced material using drones. However, this is not enough for the players. They are complaining on Reddit.
What are the complaints? Primarily, the lack of space combined with conveyor belts and depot exits frustrates the players. They are strongly complaining on Reddit about the limits that they believe take away from the enjoyment of a factory builder game.
- majestic_sheepz: “I don’t like Sandleaf. It’s coarse, rough, irritating, and it gets everywhere.”
- ReQ4T: “Endgame factory is terrible“
- Few-Necessary394: “Who controls the Sandleaf controls the valley.”
- zlol365: “I have nothing but my Sandleaf … and I do not want more. It has always been loyal to me. Why should I complain, since it stood by me in the hours when my soul was crushed in the depths of my heart?”
- Ionkkll: “Seriously, I love what Sandleaf represents for the game. You start with simple production chains and smooth relations, and then this central ingredient with crooked rates comes into play. It’s ultimately not complicated, but newcomers will have a Eureka moment when they master the distribution of Sandleaf powder and the logistical chaos on the conveyor belts. It’s exactly these simple things that make you feel smart that are addictive.”
However, there are also possible solutions to the problem. Players suggest dedicating a base solely to Sandleaf production and then only connecting the finished Sandleaf resources to another base.
This way, players would save a lot of space in each base for the cumbersome production of the resource.
The Sandleaf resource is the first major hurdle in building production chains in Arknights: Endfield. In the future, they are likely to become much more complex, as the influx of players promises a bright future: With Arknights: Endfield, the biggest competitor to Genshin Impact in years launches today, but it has a special feature
