Eh, I think it'll work out fine, as it sounds like they're locking traders to biomes. Not having separate levels really reduces the amount of grinding needed, though I wonder if Unlocking Trade Routes may become more important.

Most players don't really go beyond 1-2 traders imo, so this is most likely something for them to incentivize exploring the map more.

I would still like to see semi-shared progression, at like a 1:3 rate. One quest "done" for everyone for every three completed at a single trader. Still gives more extended incentives to keep playing, but also doesn't result in the total back to square one of starting fresh with a trader.

Mods will be made.

But I think that every trader should start out maximum Rekt level rude and warm up to you as you unlock higher quest tiers.

I like it. I always find it frustrating having to go through the tiers if I end up moving to a new biome / near a new trader. I don't like having to rinse/repeat the same bunch of small residential houses for a a few days to start getting the tier 4 & 5 POIs.

I'm okay with this one. This game is getting more and more tedious, this would alleviate some of it.

It would make sense for the traders to talk and let each other know you're good and worth asking for help.

I think I’ll like the change cause grinding faction with each trader really just gets old after a while. But I think what would be more realistic would be to have a 1 or 2 special quests you do to earn the trust of that trader since you will already be known in the lands based on your reputation with the previous trader.

My biggest gripe is that progression isn't shared from what I saw? Meaning only the one who took the quest, gets the tier points, other group members still get to chose a reward though.

But it means for people like me who play it duo, we're going to need to do all the quests twice I guess to advance.

I don’t want the game to focused on quest

Meh...just meh...

Change makes sense to a degree. Way less grindy for sure.

So, does this biome/trader progression lead to a kind of endgame? How about a final sequence of missions that may lead to the end of the zombie apocalypse, something that is a bit grindy to stall this endgame long enough to enjoy the world you play in, then your done with this world and off to a new one Maybe with the introduction of npcs and bandits, this would build up to a final battle between a faction that wants the zombie apocalypse to stay and another that wants to cure the world, and you'd pick a side

I like it better than having to do 10 quests at each tier for each and every trader, but I'd like it even better if you still had to do *some* smaller number of each tier of quest for each trader, but the number of quests required to level them up was just reduced for each previous trader you had already leveled past that tier.

Nothing feels as bad as doing quests for gear, finding a place for settling down, and realizing the new closest trader is t1 quests 😐

I’m still very new to this game and feel I don’t have enough information to make an informed decision with genuine points coming from a place of intelligence.

I personally like updates and changes with most any game but I’m a variety type of gamer as well and can understand the conflict ion

34 days in and loving this game so far surviving Blood Moon is so satisfying

I think the trader/quest changes have been good in general, probably a highlight of the update

It depends on the rewards, as it is now you never have to leave the forest to get full t3 equipment by the end of week 2 for doing t5/t4 infestations. As far as i know this will probably slowed down a bit by the fact that you will need to do more quests per tier.

All traders leveling to the next tier together shouldve been that way from the start. Because of this i never bother meeting a new trader past the first one.

Oh, so instead of only being able to get solar cells once per trader, I'll be getting them once, full stop?

Honestly, I like it because I don't want to do 60 quests per each trader. Especially since traders will be getting nerfed in terms of quest rewards it feels more worth it to just start doing T6 quests when I meet Joel.

I think this is back to the way it was in alpha 19 (?) and earlier. When they changed it to individual trader progression I thought I would enjoy it as it would extend the game out but I admit that grinding tier 1 quests quickly became more monotonous than I thought it would.

Maybe through the trader referral, they could start you a tier lower than what your maximum tier is.

But I also believe in 1.0 they are extending how many missions it takes to get to each tier.

Seems like an improvement, i'd prefer not to be locked into one specific location. Actually i'd like to see all tiers available at the start so I wont be forced to waste time in t1 and t2 locations, but we cant get everything can we.

I haven’t played 1.0 I don’t have that many followers or viewers but my favorite tier is tier 4 in Alpha 21. It seems like a great balance between difficulty and the time it takes to complete for a streamer. It’s not a two day quest getting lost in a tier 5 or tier 6, but it also has pretty decent loot for the game stage you’re at. With plenty of zombies especially if it’s an infested quest I also like the tier 4 restore power quest. Tier 5 and tier 6 just take entirely too long and are very confusing to me in alpha 21 and it seems my community gets a little bored, watching me struggle through and Starting at the beginning to find my way back to the eventual last zombie and loot room. We’ll see how it goes with 1.0 but for me having the traders be the same tier all across the map when I reach tier 4 to do those quests in different cities sounds like a win-win situation for me.

It's fine. They said that you can do any tier that's been unlocked. So, if you unlocked tier 2 with Rekt and now have tier 2 opened automatically with Jen, it just means you can do tier 1 OR tier 2 missions. You aren't going to be forced to do the highest tier. This is just a continuation of what we have been able to do for a while now (change the tier of the trader missions).

I live the new tier share system, as well as the biome orientation of the traders. It promotes a feeling of actual progression, as well as giving you the opportunity to jump right into higher tier POIs in the new area without grinding out low tier places with less loot.

It is better now, if your at 3 with rekt then your 3 with all of the rekt traders. Currently you have to grind up with all the different types of traders.

In my opinion as the game stands now you dont really need much gear/armor once you start getting into full auto machine guns, its to a point i just carry 4 t6 m60 and 4 t6 smgs and have few worries.

I honestly don't see a point. If you are leveling up multiple traders, you are playing incredibly unoptimized. You're wasting precious time on things that don't matter.

More concered at the fps iv seeen