I guess this is kind of asking for direction, but also just airing out my grievances.

I have tried multiple times to play skyfactory 4 and have stopped every time. I just started a new skyfactory 3 and am starting to realize why I don’t like skyfactory 4. 4 feels very linear to me. Everything is centered on bonsai trees. Maybe later with huge mega farms mystical agriculture could take over but it’s way too far away and I lose interest far before then. 3 keeps helping you move forward because there are so many things to try even in early game that makes you want to push into new mods.

The second reason I stopped might just be preference, but i feel like 3 is easier to scale making the grind feel shorter. Things like extreme reactors and tinkers construct can start small and then grow with you as your production increases. I also do like that there are some mods that help a ton (some would say broken) that help move things if you know about them e.g. cloches in immersive engineering. I just feel like 4 has been optimized to draw out the grind in one mod at a time.

4 seems great and I want to love it, but I just run out of steam too early. The last time I even let myself move through some grind by using creative to fill in things once I had made a couple of something.

I am open to suggestions and people telling me I am wrong. I would just like to know how everyone addresses my issues.

Thank you all in advance!

  • SkipWapPallyPap@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 months ago

    Interesting that you had a similar experience. I commend you finishing it. That is super impressive to me along with that many achievements.

    Yeah, Draconic evolution is just such a fun high bar for an ending. You pointed out something else that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. That is that most of the mods feel standalone. Some do work together but it kind of feels like you move (generally) from one to the next without much interplay. In SF3 immersive engineering, extreme reactors, mystical agriculture, botania, and pretty much all others can grow and benefit from each other. I could takle a problem from 3 or 5 directions if I want.

    Thank you for that comment it helped me connect more pieces.