Palworld

Two hotfixes released shortly after the big patch hit, one is for the egg incubator,

Steam version v0.2.1.0 has been released.

・Fixed an issue where eggs could not be placed in the egg incubator if you loaded save data from v0.1.5.x or earlier.

Thank you for your continued support of Palworld.

and the other is for server connection timeouts.

We have deployed a fix for the problem where a timeout occurred when connecting to a dedicated server built in some Windows environments.

There are no changes to the game version with this patch.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but if you were unable to connect, please try updating the server.
*Please note that unaffected servers do not need to be updated. Also, there are no client updates.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Good response time so people affected by these issues can play without interruptions.

Now that we're a month into Palworld, I was curious about where everyone is at and if you're still playing the game?

The lack of time has been rough for myself so I haven't been able to come anywhere near beating the game yet, but it has been an enjoyable experience when I do get a minute to play. I really feel the grind though. I've caught so many Pals and I've caught them each 10 times and I feel like I'm in a spot where the new Pals I need to catch are a bit out of reach with my current army since leveling them is taking a while.

I've got some solid automation setup though so I'm happy I no longer have to worry about creating Pal Spheres and I've got  what feels like infinite food and metal too. Some of the more later-stage resources I haven't setup dedicated stuff for yet, but I haven't needed ridiculous amounts of them which is good.

So, are you still playing? What are you hoping Palworld adds in their first big update?

It seems that patch v0.1.4.0 moved the Ultra Sphere to Sphere Assembly Line II, it is no longer possible to craft it via Line I, and the tooltip in tech tree says so as well.

I was crafting them on Line I just yesterday, so this has to be one of the things the patch did, but I did not see this mentioned in the patch notes. Just letting you know to watch out ;-]

From the Nexus Mods page:

Features
-Custom ToastedShoes Character with 'red and white' cap 
-Adds 'Jar' capture device that replaces Pal Spheres 
-Changes the Zoe and Grizzbolt boss fight to a 'surprise'

Pal mods
-Changes Lamball to 'Braided sheep'
-Changes Cattiva to 'Yellow rat'
-Changes Chikipi to 'Fat Cock'
-Changes Hoocrates to 'Educated Owl' 
-Changes Mamorest to 'Vegetative Turtle' 
-Changes to Pengullet 'Blue Penguin'
-Changes to Gumoss to 'Potted Onion'
-Changes Foxsparks to 'Fire fox'
-Changes Eikthyrdeer to 'Floral deer'
-Changes Dinossom tp 'Floral Raptor' 
-Changes Cremis to custom ToastedShoes pal 

I just about died laughing at the vegetative turtle. It's so great to see folks laughing at the Pokemon situation and how Nexus Mods banned Pokemon uploads (for very good reason). I love how moddable games are now thanks to almost everyone using Unity and Unreal. It just leads to such great moments.

Who is your favourite legally distinct pocket creature? 

Absolutely blown away by the growth this game has had - and on a Monday? These numbers just came in and it's still early Monday for the Americas and its solidly afternoon in Europe. I'd love to see the regional breakdown for the game but I have doubts that the devs will make those public.

I'll admit, I was initially only interested in Palworld because of the "Pokemon with Guns" memes and I didn't really look into it past the trailer. It being on Game Pass though made me check it out and wow, what a wonderful game.

Me and a couple of friends logged in together (it is a shame the dedicated server doesn't work on Xbox/PC yet) and immediately set out on an adventure. Catching Pals feels really smooth and the animations from that look great. The building needs a bit of work but feels right at home. The map also feels really big which, I hope is right because I've only seen a small amount of it so far and from what I've seen I'm impressed. Survival so far has been on the easier side (normal server difficulty) but I'm certainly not complaining.

I spent most of the time building up our base, though I caught a dozen or so unique Pals so I did get to do some adventuring.

The game has clear inspiration from Zelda, Pokemon, and even to a degree I'd say Ark. The popups you get each time you find a new teleport beacon feel so Breath of the Wild thanks to that chime that plays and the overlay graphics definitely also feel quite Zelda inspired. 

What are your initial thoughts on Palworld? Have you had any epic adventures yet?