[Chiara]

Grid

So far I’ve enjoyed what the grid offers in terms of space, but I do find myself missing the unique shape of the old grid. I’m hopeful that as players continue to settle in there will be more and more locations to hang around in.

Lookfor

I’ve been a little disappointed in trying to use the Lookfor system. I think it’s mechanically proper and I don’t have a problem with the way it works, but I just haven’t managed to get any interaction on it on a personal level using the support mode. I can’t say if this is or isn’t related to the way it works as opposed to prior patrol systems, but this has just been my experience with it.

LLM

I haven’t had any opportunities to interact with LLMs at all. Frankly I wouldn’t even know they were involved if it weren’t for the occasional newbie chat talking about them. I’ll use this to segue into my minor gripe, though, which is that I find starting out factionless and non-supernatural to be a pretty isolating experience in Haven 7.

The society recruitment mechanisms seem to be all player-run and I’ve found it a challenge to create any IC discussion on that topic since most aren’t starving for members; tells now being hit or miss makes it even more difficult to break past this barrier. Living without a faction/society/etc, Haven 7 is a rather quiet game where there seems to be little going on outside of calendar events and drinks at a bar. I do hope this changes as we get past the game’s first weeks and months and the options for societies diversify, but this has just been my personal experience I wanted to share.

Etc

Some other mechanics like cdrives, opportunities, and incitements haven’t really come into play for me yet and I have a bit of a hard time conceptualizing how they would. Acedia, invitation, and favor have also been beyond my grasp and so I suppose I’m still waiting to see the new features Haven 7 has to offer.

One thing I am enjoying quite a bit is the way Peak Hours work, I feel like they really stimulate roleplay for those locations.

[Chiara]

Thank you, Thomas!

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