I bought this in the mood for something similar and hated it at first. There’s no enemy lock-on mechanic and consistent with that, the game isn’t designed around deeper 1:1 encounters akin to Soulsborne; it’s busier mob combat, rather.
For headspace, know that just getting somewhere on the map and returning can be your 2-3h gaming session. Find need and purpose in both journey and destination or you'll find only frustration, IMO.
No. You can earn wake stones in game fairly easily, and port crystals are also around. The micro transaction bullshit is just for people who want shit handed to them.
Kill things.
I'm in he 30's and have been schooled by every dragon I've encountered. I also suck.
Good to know. I thought they had monetized fast travel from a few things I’d read.
I’ve heard this too but haven’t seen anything like that myself nor is it promoted anywhere that a player sees just by virtue of playing.
You can also make lantern oil if you have rotten food.
I just loathe how heavy the camping gear is; reckon the lightest kit comes in at 7 units. On some of the longer treks to new cities for example, you really best suffer one though – or two, like you advise. I’ve had terrible luck travelling by ox cart with our being ambushed by griffins and then cartless after destruction. FML. Camping is the way.
Lightest is the adventurers pack at I think 5.7 units.
If you go to the Checkpoint town there's a quest that gives you one that weighs 4. Some guy with a backpack is standing in front of town and asks you to find an orb for him.
I made a Beastren after my first cat - a huge orange dude.
