Do Not Farm - Horizon: Zero Dawn
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2024
- DO NOT FARM - Why? I'll explain.
This week I saw a lot of videos about farming and easy ways to get unlimited shards and things like that.
I'm telling you why you shouldn't, you can take my advice or leave it. But don't say you thought the game was too easy when you finish the game.
The moment you realize you're level 43 with level 15 main quests to finish.
I am currently at the same scenario since I take on the side content first.
I finished the main story on level 51 cuz i just like murdering every machine i see
Thanks! Will follow your advice :)
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I’m lvl 59 doing lvl 20 main quest lmao
I would have to agree to a point. I really didn't farm, but I explored the whole map before really starting the main missions. Now I am lvl 38 and main missions are easy, but I did have fun exploring everything.
i finished the game at lvl 30
well all i can say is this is a great game and im still having fun with horizon zero dawn😀
It is great!
kyle libatique You finished the main story line at level 30*
Played my first run game on Ultra Hard Mode. Farming is required. Everything is crazy priced on Ultra Hard Mode while the machines hit for major damage and several have 1 hit kill attacks. Usually tail attacks from thunderjaw and stalkers and the slam attack of rock breakers.
@@bberghahn I finshed on very hard and didnt farm, didnt do side quests, and focused on the main story finishing the game at lvl 31. Farming is not required.
@@precursor3688 he played on *ULTRA hard.
I didnt farm and Im op halfway through the game
Exactly
yep there is no need you are op fast enough i already had Level 40+ and i even wasnt in Meridian i just did some Sidequests Hunter Trials/ Bandits etc before i continued the Story :/
Eric Violago I've heard rumors of a possible expansion coming and I hope they increase the level cap, add another level of perks to take, and I hope they make each level require huge amounts of XP
Story expansion is already confirmed . Yeah we need Higher Level Cap ,Super Bosses, more Corrupted Zones ( with 3 Thunderjaws at ones for example) 2-3 Banditcamps ( with hardcore Difficult level 50 etc ) just much more Endgame Stuff. The highest Bandit Camp Level 30 is way too low Level 34 corrupted Zone too
There needs to be like a challenge mode. Level 55 or 60 opponents to actually test your skill and gear
Played through the game without farming and I was too OP by the end of it.
A game is definitely too easy if in 50 hours play you die more from falling off things than you do by getting wrecked by a 50 foot tall metal Tyranosaur.
Nice video and all of what you said is spot on.
HAHAHA, that's really relatable!
Steve Crane did you set difficulty to hardest cuz i would love to see you playing at hardest and not dying :)
No, I played it at normal . I'm playing through again at the moment on the hardest setting and to be honest its not that much harder.
I wish I had played it through on hardest to start with, but my old man reflexes let me down nowadays(I've been playing video games for about 40 years) so I went with normal.
This game is epic, best open world game I've ever played and the only game to have wowed me this much since the original Elite on the BBC Micro
Hey im an old man too LOL but only 32 yrs of gaming :p yes this game is amazing it combines many things that i liked from many games over the years :) im at 63hrs gametime only level 42 and dont want to finish the main questline. :)
Steve Crane Yea there isn't much of a difference except for gathering medicine plants. It's definitely a very pretty game!
To be honest I even started on VERY HARD and never farmed. I just minimized my fast travel and did the sidequests. By the time I was at the last mission I was pretty much level 50.
The best aspect of this game is the EXPLORATION part. I agree with this guy. Don't spend too much time on the same spot killing the same robot a dozen of times for experience and loot. Its better to explore and discover the world.
Trust me the story and data text points you discover is really interesting.
Happy exploring
You can't be more right, that's exactly what I think the developers wanted us to do, explore and progress that way.
Not exploiting because that's what it is essentially. I also was level 50 a bit before the end, which in my opinion wasn't even that special. Thanks for sharing your opinion!
i see too many people commenting negatively on this opinion. I unlocked all achievements for this game. When i started i picked up everything i could see killed anything and everything on hard maxed my pouches by 19/20 .. did not bother doing the main quest line did some side missions , tutorials, cauldrons and hunters lodge challenges . BY the time i went to meridian i was rich and op. He makes a good point . After meridian it took me short while of side questing to hit 50. I ran all over the map and picked up everything.When finishing the main storyline i saw how much unless xp i got and laughed half the time as i was modded up and maxed out. This is not a grindy rpg like never-winter or black desert online. His point is valid that questing gets you value and most importantly your time is yours if you want to spend it grinding ..... just do not complain for choices made as the game is structured well to support questing vs grinding .SUBBED
THANE MITHRA I agree. I'm 22 and already crafted most of the pouches (I haven't unlocked all the weapons though) so I expected that I will be too op before reaching Meridian. Heck, I expect that I wouldn't need the ancient armor by the time I can by get it.
you will be OP on OP :)
I understand what you say about Farming. BUT not all players are equal. I am 72 years old. I came into this whole thing late. I was born into it as many of you are. In other words: I am a poor player. I cannot ever complete some of the hardest challenges in the game if I don't discover some advantage to do so. Therefore I don't consider it a cheat because most people are much better players than I. I do it because for me it is necessary. Thank you for your information.
I am gonna farm for my 50% damage coils anyways. You're not my dad XP
XD
wait seriously there's 50 percent dam coils????? Not I gotta farm that
If someone has proof that there is a 50% dmg coil let me know up this point i have only seen 48% myself and heard of 49% im pretty damn sure there is 50% its just extremely rare, also if you have found a 50 let me know what enemy it was from, i assume thunderjaw or stormbird.
The Chance i have a 50% damage coil
alright sweet iNovicee thanks for letting me know, do you remember what machine it was from, i'm trying to figure out of coils are totally random or if there is a better chance of getting higher % from certain machines.
Yea you definitely don't need to farm in this game. Unless it's crafting items.
Just playing the normal way will give you more high level rewards than you can handle
Exactly!
Julioti I may have followed the videos in my recommendations and tried the thunderjaw farm a few times to see if it worked, but after the 3rd kill or so I said to myself once I unlock the tinker skill this will have been pointless.
I played the game probably differently from most, I did every single side mission as soon as I got them, hunted every cauldron as soon as a quest took me close to them on the map, and did the hunting challenges for the lodge weapons as soon as i got the final power cell. Playing this way made me level 50 well before the final missions and even had all skills unlocked before reaching 50. By time I beat the game I unlocked at least 5 skill points I couldn't do anything with.
TL:DR..
farming xp and mods are totally unnecessary. If you're enjoying the game, just play it as you normally would. Chase an item if you like but everything else you need will come right to you over the normal course of the game.
Yup, that's very true!
true. the only thing i farmed was blaze from grazers at the nora hunting grounds, just one round and enough for me to get going with my fire arrows.
"Do Not Farm (if you haven't finished the story)" probably would have been a more suitable title.
I started the game already at Ultra Hard and farmed just enough to have the sockets I'd be using for the rest of my weapons.
Actually, I enjoyed how they made everything cost at least 10x more than the actual price in scraps, just like I enjoyed how everything two-shot you easily, even with good armor or sockets. It's like, you've got to use your big weapons to take down any foe before they take you down eventually, but using too many good ammo or resourses can quickly drain your scraps and leave you without means to buy better weapons during the game (or even a useful weapon at all).
The challenge goes from the beginning till the end, without being frustrating most of the time. It still require some nerves of steel, but you'll get the hang, eventually.
in my opinion farming is a must for ultra hard. specially if you are a perfectionist like myself where every piece of gear is a must in at least 1 set up with 2 for weapons. each adept gear is 8k a piece i think and so are the weapons. lets not forget the damn machine parts that rarely drop in ultra hard. yes i could of have overpowered in easy difficulty but first play thru was to do collectibles and missions as to avoid ruining ultra hard. now harvesting 1 heart out of either a thunder jaw or a storm bird takes at least 10-15 kills and do they take some time lol
I totally agree with you! I've played the game as it was meant to be played and still have fun to this day. I'm on my second playthrough on Very Hard difficulty and had more fun than my first time playing the game. Keep up the good work man! :D
Thanks, appreciate it!
Screw the haters man, your advice is sound for this game!
I do agree with you but getting modifications with higher bonuses helps in hard or ultra hard difficulties,and to get highest possible stat modifications you do need to farm
Btw, Just a tip. You can disassemble your mods if you get shard salvager that way you could save room for better mods while getting shards from disassembled mods.
makes perfect sense with this game. ive been playing the same way, no farming needed. i still found myself at lvl 33 before going to Meridian the 1st time. even without farming you can easily out level the game.
How?
@@kobbyhitake6898 side quests
I was max lv way before I finished the game. Completed all Bandit camps, Quests, Hunter lodges, Corruption zones, got all Overdrives, etc. Only used the shield weaver armor on the very last mission against Hades Deathbringer.
So I agree, farming in Horizon will make it incredibly easy. However, farming/grinding has become a habit for a lot of us.
Whenever I finish the game and want to start over, I like a fresh new start. I sell almost everything I have, except for hunting trial weapons (because they're annoying to try and win again), almost all of my resources and potions except for 1 of each maybe, and certain coils and weaves that are HARD to aquire. Like Frozen wild ones.
And I get rid of most of my suits except for 1 or 2 silent ones. I've only kept my ancient armor a couple times. I don't even use it that much.
And right before a start a new game I always like to have the original Outcast outfit on with one of the basic bows and no blaze or fire arrows or meat so that I'll have to find all of those again.
Like you said its your personnal OPINION. But it can be applyed to all video games .Farming/cheating and even coop (Dark souls) can make the game easyer and ruin your experience. People doing that are the same people saying that games are too short and to easy. They will learn that it gets boring fast doing so. Im 65hrs in and level 42 and didnt even finish the game yet , i like to make pleasure last :p
Right!
Ozz Delongueuil farming isn't cheating
Ozz Delongueuil same here.... max level and only 50% done with the game. I don't want this game to end.
MrTomkat030 I'm 38 hours and level 50 O_o
shout out to my farmer friends
I farm so I don't have to worry about expending too much ammo, potions, etc. If it weren't for farming, I and many others would be much more conservative with our resources and as such would probably never expend it. I do see your point about farming making the game less fun, but farming gives players a safety net in terms of resources and let's them use whatever we want with peace of mind, which also factors into how fun the game is.
I played the whole game using the Nora Brave outfit. It looks way better in cut scenes, and I also agree that the Ancient Armor is way OP and its a good thing you can only obtain it late in the game. Only used it while battling the corrupted behemoths and rock breakers.
Part of this game is about working for and getting the various weapons & mods for those weapons... Farming makes that possible. There are even places in the game that are setup so you can easily farm all the shards you want. At the west end of the Nora lands there is a spot with 4 Scrappers and 2 Scrapper piles that will give you purple mods early in the game. In the far north there is a Behemoth site with 2 Behemoths and 2 Long Legs that will give your the best mods in the game. I don't know why you think that farming is undesirable, but most players want the various mods and weapons... all that takes shards and getting them easily means farming.
So if you want to play through without farming then do so, but don't say that farming shards and mods is a wrong way of playing. The game developers themselves setup farming as part of the game. My spear has two 30 point damage mods on it. Most of my weapons have 65 handling. You can't get those mods unless you farm, or unless you are very lucky.
So don't farm if you don't want to but farming isn't in itself a bad way of playing. It's a common attribute of most games that have a graduated reward system. It doesn't make the game easier. Farming takes patients and ability.
The great thing about HZD is that the structure of how the machines fight, where the are generated, the difference in their components is varied & interesting... so that farming is still exciting and demanding even when you have done a lot of it.
Great Game.
I need to farm I have literally no wires and I love tripcasters!!! The wires are a nightmare to get without farming...
I have an OCD mind so im glad you mentioned that because I am hoarder and was very close into investing my level points and resources into space, loot, and recycling before anything else, of course in the real world that is most valuable(except hoarding hehe)
I rushed the main quests until i had the last power cell to get the armor, then i farmed the 10K/30sec hunting spot to be lv50. Now i go and get all the items such as artifacts, statues, flowers etc... I have also done corrupted zones, long necks and hacking trials and will do side quests. When i'm done with this, i'll go finish the last few main quests.
I actually enjoy more the game with lvl max / max skills + op armor than in an other way.
But your vids are still cool man.
Yea and that's completely fine, because you like doing it. If something makes you enjoy a game more than by all means do it! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for answering and also for understanding. Yes i am not such a good player on console, more used to PC. So i like to be "overpowered" to discover the universe in a free way. I watched a couple of other vids you made on Horizon, very good content i subscribed. I hope your channel will grow because you have a different approach than other gaming channels and it's nice to watch ! Have a nice day man, see you soon.
I fully understand where you are coming from and that the game can be hard sometimes. Thanks for subscribing!
I farm thunderjaws
I don't care about loot, shards or coils.
I just like fighting thunderjaws
I'm having so much fun with the game I did almost all side missions before I completed the main missions to keep myself intrigued with the game. I' hear ancient armor too op so I rather near end mission before I obtain it.
Yea that's what I did too.
honeyhotsauce you dont have a choice anyway since you can only get the last powercell near the last mission :p
Ozz Delongueuil before any other side missions or errands you can run through main mission obtain last cell and go back finish up side missions. That will be op for those left over missions.
Good thing you did, thats an achievement
i finished the whole game with the frozen wilds on ultra hard i farmed a little tho becuz i was running low on wires so i spent 10000 shards for wires
I only need to farm for the legendary weapons and outfits. I have completed the game on normal. Not I am working on it on UH. I'm on the last main mission
Thank you all so much for watching and 100 subscribers (almost 700 now)! I know I keep thanking you all, but without you watching and commenting I wouldn't be doing this. (like that's never been said before) No, but seriously I really do, THANK YOU.
I agree completely. I played my first game on "hard" and am now playing on "very-hard". This is NOT a Dark Souls type game where your punished all the way through. Sure, there are hard parts - GOOD - otherwise it would be a cakewalk and none of us want that, but none are terrible and the feeling of accomplishment is way better if you just use what the game gives.
Thanks Julioti for keeping it real!
Phil Robertson first time playing was on very hard but now i get to go at it on easy as a reward lol. only difference is less auto aim ur not going to hit ur mark unless ur aim is true so good luck
Julioti I completely agree with u farm takes the fun out of the game
+Julioti I agree 💯 %
Julioti all I did was farm 3 damage coils before the last mission all of em are 40%+
I'm 50/50 on this. Well if I work my butt off to level up so I can get better upgrades, and not get my butt handed to me all the time, I actually didn't fight same spot over and over though. I actually went to all side quests, killed everything, only grinded certain spots a few times. Technically, yes it is an exploit as example I'm level 30 but the mission I'm on recommends me to be level 15! I'm eating everything alive! Yet, the developers allow this common practice. Without grinding also we couldn't make enough money for these awesome weapons! It would take just as long to get the weapons, just way later in the game. Im a completionist and didn't start playing like this til I got the assassin's Creed games. Wanted to own everything and be powerful. I get where you are coming from bro! I understand your point. You aren't pushing anything on anybody, appreciate the opinion!
Do whatever makes you happy and enjoy a game, it's good that you found a way you like in the AC series. And I have absolutely nothing against that. Thanks for commenting, it's always great to hear other opinions!
Julioti Thanks! This game is awesome, and I happened to come across your video. I agree with you! I understand completely where you are coming from. I read some comments and it's kinda funny that some took it a different way. Definitely would make this game fair and probably more of a challenge. I don't come across videos like this and it actually reminded me of how I used to play games. I used to not play like I do today. Some games in recent years seems to have gotten harder and I got used to grinding to help make it easier. Example, Fallout 3 and 4, Dark souls trilogy, Bloodborne, many others. I rarely play games like I used to and got very rusty, my edge was to exploit to make myself tougher. Like the videos! Appreciate the response!
It didn't even occur to me to farm anything. With all the junk and duplicate mods you always have to sell, you get a healthy stock of shards pretty quickly.The only thing I needed to keep an eye on was the resources required to keep my ammunition well-stocked, plus any crafting ingredients I required .
I played this game recently and I’m proud to say that I didn’t farm. I didn’t know that this is possible. I just do all quests from main up to tutorials. I was level 36 when I tried the DLC pack. The DLC missions are hard when I tried it while using only carja mighty bow, shadow carja sharpshot bow, tripcaster, ropecaster, and tearblaster (During this time I haven’t completed the hunting grounds to have the lodge weapons). It’s freaking hard so I did the hunting grounds trials so that I can manage to beat the monsters in the DLC pack and I managed to get through and man it was a lot of fun. I’m currently level 52 and I just got the master override and the ancient armor because I did all of the quests before doing the main ones including the DLC pack missions. As of now I’m on the road to finish the game without buying the Banuk weapons in the DLC pack to see how I manage to get through these missions.
Oh for sure on your first play-through, no need to grind. But if you're doing an Ultra-Hard NG+, it's very demanding on your resource stockpiles. A single demonic fireclaw takes hundreds of arrows to take down, you're constantly running low on wire for ropecaster ammo, prescision arrows, and tripwires.
I totally agree with you man. I have 40 hours on my save file and barely level 33. I can't imagine all the fun I'd lose out on if I were to be maxed out from the beginning. Really does make the game or any other game too easy.
when you complete the story at least one, its ok to farm. i didnt really farm at all, just got distracted by enemies to kill and did all the sides getting to lvl 50 before the end of the story.
You're absolutely right, thanks for that important TIP I appreciate it.
Totally agree with this. I personally think unless you're playing on the hardest difficulty, modifications can be ignored if you don't want to sort through them, and you'll be fine. Also I think the developers did a pretty good job where if I fight a thunderjaw at level 20, then again at level 40, he's still going to be a tough enemy. Like levelling up and mods don't make you able to 3 shot a thunderjaw, which I really like. The game is a challenge no matter your level (excluding the Shield Weaver outfit, that kind of breaks the game) but the developers created a pace to the game to allow you progress as the game progresses. May as well stick to the pace
You get it!
Sadly it is not just farming in the sense of looking for the best mods that leads to this problem. I've been playing on hard so far and I just did everything that I came across on my way (barely fast traveling) and I was already level 50 before I've even finished the Merdian story line. The main problem for me was that fighting machines brings a lot of exp but it is also so much fun to do (at least for me). Once I'm finished, I'll probably replay on very hard, hoping that the game will be more challenging.
Easy way to improve your game experience with frozen wilds. After completing mainstory to the moment you can get mount, screw everything and travel to frozen wilds area, get blueglem map then farm those like crazy and get your Banuk Striker Bow place your damage, handling, fire mods in and enjoy your lvl 7 experience with thunder jaws. And if this is not enough and you still for some reason do have problems with the game, get some balls and stay in banuk area. Weakest machines there do provide behamoth ammount of experience, so you can get lvl 60 really fast. Thank you, I hope i made this game even more interesting.
I bought the frozen wilds on release, I just never played it. Maybe I will one day. Thanks for the heads up though.
I agree with you. I got the shield armor late game and just wore it to see how it looks and went back to my heavy silent armor. I also notice my inventory getting full just by exploring and running around the map and shards never became a problem.
I feel the same way.
I stopped following the story missions when I had to find Olin. I took the time to max my pouches and hunter trials, bandits, allies, cauldrons and collectibles. By the time I came to the corrupted zones and story again, I was lv45. So I agree, you don't need to farm in this game.
I'm just a LITTLE late, but lemme say this real quick. I grinded HARD on my first playthrough not because I thought it's necessary, but because I enjoyed the game so much that I just did it. If a game can get me to farm/do all the optional stuff because it's so damn good thats a good thing. (But yeah, I rushed through those lvl 15 main quests at lvl 54, still enjoyed though)
What about farming Grazers for Blaze? I always go through Blaze rather quickly and Grazers are an easy way to get it. Also, what about getting a Stormbird heart? The drop rate for them is really low.
I agree, farming isn't necessary. I tend to use a lot of the explosives and incendiary weapons, so I need a lot of Blaze, but honestly between the unending number of random encounters there are while traveling just between campsites, and buying what I need from merchants - once you become a Seeker and reach Meridian for the first time, you basically have an abundant amount of Shards for the rest of the game - I really don't have to go out of my way to fill on up on Blaze via farming methods.
Remember, folks, you don't have to kill everything yourself. Between the corruption arrows, and converting robots to your side, you can often get the robots to kill each other, which is less resource intensive on your stock and yields rare drops at only a slightly lower percentage. If you want to bring that percentage up, just finish off your target with a regular arrow, the least expensive weapon to replenish.
Peter Elfman Exactly and that's the most fun as well in my opinion. Just walking and killing robots on the go.
I enjoy farming mods and resources in this game, but I had to stop myself from doing it until I hit level 50. Just doing the side quests got me there halfway through the game. I think setting it to very hard should 1/2 or even 1/3 your xp to help keep your level down.
Zac Childs I don't think it effects it that much, and even if it does, doing hunter's quests will give you a lot of XP.
I think I killed the Thunderjaw about 10 times to get some decent mods, but other than that, I actually avoid most fights anymore with stealth. I am 77% finished with the game, level 49, collecting the flowers/statues/relics/etc., never felt like I really HAD to stop and farm.
Me neither and I also like killing stealthy.
Jonathan Lewis you really didn't have to, I was 50 well before the final missions, but maybe that was cause I tried to compete all available side quests before moving to the next story mission
I've done all side quests and extras up until you leave the sacred lands at which point I was lvl 19 when the recommended levels were 12 for the main storyline. I just play on the highest difficulty to keep the challenge there
Julioti I agree but the shield Weaver has been nerfed, and it is crazy to play on very hard with it. I mean just killing a thunder jaw was far more challenging than before when I played on normal. To me, i think it is impossible to kill 2 thunder jaws on the same site without shield Weaver on very hard because one tail hit and you're dead. The games won't be fun if you die every 1-2 minutes. There is also a disadvantage with farming; eventually, you run out of materials to craft the arrows, or you run out of blase for bombs. So you could only farm for that long before spending almost half the shard you just collected on wood, string and blase (my English sucks so half of what I am writing doesn't make sense so if you are reading this please just try to make sense of what I am saying)
Yea I know, it will hurt you in the long run though. Your English doesn't suck!
I've gotten to where I don't like too much easy-ness on HZD because of how many times I have played it, so I farm as much as I can and then when I get to the end, before I restart it, I sell or drop A BUNCH of my items except for the very important ones- like the Frozen wild coil and weave combos. And I put myself in my outcast suit so that the game restarts looking normal.
One time I even dropped the Ancient Armor but I didn't like that cause I was going from very hard to ultra. And I NEVER drop or sell my Lodge/hunting ground weapons cause those are annoying to get back.
I also don't drop the original bow that the game starts with.
But I drop the forgefire and other Frozen Wilds weapons because they're so easy to aquire.
Can we just talk about the fact that the quest to obtain the Lodge-Weapons is rated Level 15 and for every Sun (how are those awards called in english?) you get about 12,5-17,5K Exp. That is way too much. I'm Lv 43 and just got past the 50% mark of the game.
Yup way too much for the difficulty!
That's exactly what I thought, hence why I stumbled upon your video, I was searching for shard farm but no exp increase, but seems no one like this idea.
I just realized I am getting some exp I don't want to in search for shards because I am on ultra hard, and just a armor is around 4k.
My most logic choice was taming machines and let them kill the enemy and just loot what it kills, besides farming flowers, creating potions and selling the potions (since selling the flowers yields half profit)
Any better ideas?
lol i agree you dont need to farm especially if your like me and went for platinum before finishing and ended up being level 50 1/2 way through game. funny thing is i forgot to put upper level mods in equipment, when i finished they had blues in them but my inv was filled with only purples
Thanks for your opinion and this video. I agree that it can make you OP really early on. I'm level 42 and about to do the final quest to get the last Power Cell for the Ancient Armor. I haven't done most of the side quests because yes I saw videos on youtube explaining how to get this armor. The thing they didn't tell you was that it's a part of the close to last missions so you don't get it early on. I'm still going for it while leaving almost half of the map undiscovered. I'm honestly looking forward to the armor because I'm having fun with the game right now. I'm definately going to have fun after I get the armor.
I see your point though, but some people just play to have fun with the game. I also like walking around a lot and there's some enemies I can take on no problem but some that I still stealth through because even though I've beaten them before I'm not up for the fight right now, like the Rockbreakers. With the armor I'll be able to look down on them while they squirm.
Ask me any question, if you have any.
Julioti good video I like your opinion and I don't gonna farm more in this game 👍
Thanks man, believe me, you'll thank me later! Thanks for watching!
Not a question. I just want to say that you have done the incredible. Created a short, precise video stating a very important fact and sticking with it consistently from the start of the video to the finish. You are amazing.
I get the whole spiel about the over-offensive opinions. Some people aren't meant to handle it. Very considerate of you to address such matters. Still, people are going to be thin-skinned about it. Don't be hard on yourself about it though. Quality content you have there. Love it!
I absolutely agree that this is a game that most definitely does not require farming. It's very easy just progressing normally without farming and gives you everything you'll ever need just by standard progression. Still, some ppl enjoy farming so if that's what you like, then more power to ya.
I agree, this was a different RPG in the end.
you basically don't need to farm because if you follow only the main quest line you'll end having the main mods.
other option is to do all the side quests after the main and notice that while doing it you'll get all you need.
maybe its a downside of the game (limited inventory) but eventually you won't do dickbutt with all the stuff
We need a shop in HZD2 where we cann sell all those stupids mods we don't need. Then we can start lending shards for interest and conquer the world by becoming the first bankster in HZD. ;)
You have a point
Playing this game for me without any advantages makes it hard for me and really challenging to defeat big enemies, I fund it interesting to play it that way
I agree but farming wasn’t necessary until frozen wilds with hunting grounds. You do things and run out of materials so quick the only way to do things is to farm
Absolutely agree with this. I'm level 50 and have Paltinumed the game. I never once felt I needed to farm for anything. The game is exceptionally well balanced and is most enjoyed "just playing it". Farm after the main story if you feel you must, beforehand only lessens the fun.
Thanks for doing this video. The times I farm is just for fun, but I can see how it can take over the game if you go crazy with it.
Im level 25 so far with 1600+ metal shards and 1800+ wood and a ton of resources for crafting and I have not farmed once in my experience of the game . I have seen videos of how to get the best armor in the game but I feel like getting the best armor should be an endgame or 100% completion reward. I agree with your points playing the game the LEGIT way is way more fun and enjoyable than farming or exploiting .
The armor you get pretty late in the game because of mission restrictions. Guerrilla Games did a great job not giving people the OP armor very early. But yea there's absolutely no reason to farm in this game.
they failed by not giving us a new game plus, so there's no item based reward for 100% completion.
Goku Black I ran out of Wire. How do i easliy get more
The JalaPeña Buy it from merchants (what I do and recommend) or kill machines you come across.
Yea - I didn't have to farm, just went through the storyline. I received the invincible armor with about 2 main quests left and if it weren't for that I wouldn't have made it through the last fight for hours probably. Now I'm level 50 - have all the skills maxed out, around 12,000 shards and waiting on a DLC.
My advice - just play the game and run the side missions as you come to each town. Don't purchase any weapons until you can afford purples.
Also - I went the entire game (until the end) using the purple stealth armor which was my first purchase.
Exactly what I would recommend as well. I also only used the stealth armor and later switched to the shield-weaver armor.
Make that 25,000 shards. I cleared the map. Probably forget how to play it once the DLC is released.
i had all the best gear by lvl 43 but for the end game i used the Shadow Krestrel armor to give Aloy a better aesthetic since it had the look and sound of actual armor.
When you're playing on Very Hard, farming comes in handy. I'm at the point in the story where I just got the electric spear from Sylans and then I went and got the Armor right after. I have all the shadow weapons except the slingshot.
Man, you actually have a point here. Good advice. Keep it up.
If you're seriously going to max out your carrying capacity then you're going to need to farm crafting resources. Higher carrying capacity means you're less likely to run out of ammo in the middle of a Thunderjaw fight
BH Ramsay The thing is, I didn't need to upgrade them to feel more powerful or anything. Machines die very quickly already so I felt it was useless to spend time farming skins.
I am playing this on PC now.
I totally agree with you.. I desperately need for metal shards to buy armour but won't farm.
It does ruin the game if you exploit it like this..
Any tips om how to get metal shards the legit way?
I dint farm, I went out hunting if Needed something by walking from place to place rather than fast travel and I had what I needed sometimes I was low on everything so I walked around more, hunting more until I had enough herbs, skins, machine parts mods etc. Your right the game gives you more than you need and I agree I would not have liked to have had that armour too early. In fact I think I might have preferred not to have had it for the final boss fight as it was almost a little simple with it. I played the game in full inc dlc and racked up about 275 hours and not one felt like filler. I got right up to level 60 but that was becasue I was playing a long time and 'slogging' through it rather than fast travel everywhere. It was so fun that way and it has been my fav game ever so far. I am feeling quite bereft now I have finished it. I did set up the new game plus and will go back to that and play it again! lol!
I've only done the scrapper site farming for mods. Honestly, it hasn't affected my enjoyment of the game. I'm not going for the armor until I've beaten the game, and level and shard farms I'm just not interested in.
Play on Ultra Hard...you will need to farm as you run out of ammo and resources to craft...damage done by machines also increases to an insane level so farming herbs is a must..
Ultra hard wasn't out back then.
Wasn't farming for money...still level 30 something and not even to Miridian yet. Leveled up a bunch actually material farming to have stuff for gear plus learning how to hunt the monsters.
Hey man, help..!! I always run out of ammunition for my bows
if you wanna farm things like blaze and wires for ammo because you dont come much farther without ammo
Anytime i pkay a singleplayer game i generally do the story first then clean up the side content and then have fun. Farming in HZD doesnt even give you the best mods. The best are pristine weapon coils gotten from the frozen wilds. There is only one per playthrough so you need multiple new game+ runs. I enjoy the game and have tried speedruning so i do have a banuk powershot and striker bow with max pristine weapon coils. Of course the bows are adept and i also have a champion bow and a blast sling. I sometimes swap the blast sling for a ropecaster.
I completely understand this video. I went through the game the first time just the same. No farming. However now that new game plus ultra hard and the frozen wilds is out, it's kind of necessary to farm. One adept armour in the frozen wilds is around d 12k shards.
I played it on normal the first time and was way overleveled after a short while even without "farming". The Nora's silent hunter outfit and two additiinal silence mods made me invisble to nearly everything, even without the grass. Thankfull the game has now many more modes and can be adjusted. I had only problems with the endboss on my PS4. Mostly because I didn't get the overheat mechanic, because playing Destiny made me stupid. lol
I also agree completely it really would take the fun out of the game. I'm still playing through the game doing all the side missions collectibles etc...etc. I've reached level 50 and maxed out all my skills still yet to complete the main campaign story.
nicely said bud. there is no need, I have the armour and full xp, pretty easy now but I am now 90% into the game and have done no farming. stunning game so no need to spoil it, take your time!
The game was so immersive that I was collecting everything even before first sawtooth I guess.. Most of the things didn't work for me like over riding, using sling weapon 😁😁.. And also if you do main story and side quest side by side I find it repeated especially the short clips in between. How many of you experienced that..
1:09 - 1:17 When he says “sleep your way through the game,” what does he mean by that? Do you skip a portion of the game or something?
iWriteTheFuture No, it just gets really easy. Too easy is boring. That's why.
It's all in how you enjoy the game personally I grinded super early on to level up and get what I wanted because that's what I like to do and still had a blast with it
only thing i need to farm is meds, cause i need me some meds. Any tips on dealing with the eagles? they strong and percistant af
Well I've not farmed either. Lvl 50 reached the last mission. But still don't have a single very rare (Purple) stealth modification.
Which really bugs me!! I only seem to get damage and tear.
Tell me about that Mr Guy.
Really bad luck :p
I don't farm per se. I don't fast travel at all, I just explore the map a lot in between missions and side quests, and kill whatever I come across on my travels.
The only thing I ever farmed was blaze from grazers but didn’t even have to do it much. Didn’t really have to do the fast travel thing I just would run to nearby locations where there were like 10 grazers hanging around
i just want to point out that these are opinions, not facts. a lot of people will want those 50% mods for when dlc comes out. and yes, you DO have to farm to get the very best items. sure your inventory may be full from just killing the monsters you come across during game play, but its not full of the best that's for damn sure.
I didn't farm and I actually found the game starting off too easy. I ended up starting the game in hard mode, though after my first encounter in a cauldron I switched back to normal mode after dying 3 times. Great game! Didn't disappoint, and more than what I had expected.
Dude exactly on time... was about to farm. Now I think I'm gonna go try do it this way!
No plans to farm -- just having fun as a new player. Whenever I finish, I will replay with difficulty up a notch. :)
I'm actually thinking of a challenge run (on ultra hard?) where I can only buy gear up to and excluding Day Tower .
Ive put roughly 20 hours into horizon and I never plan on getting that armour. Level 50, alone, makes it a little too easy as it is. So yeah, I agree with the farming thing too.
I hear ya, I always try to make games more challenging, like in dark souls 3 I do no health potion runs and such. But I guess its all about perspective, Some people love to use cheats, save edits and such and will enjoy one shotting everything with OP gear early on.
Good vid and I agree but maybe except if you play on Ultra Hard where merchants are more expensive , monsters take longer to kill as take less damage and you need more resources.
Sometimes you avoid fights on the way to do next main quest , and farming that is bad is more essential if you didn't play on lower difficulty before new game + .
Anyways yes, you're absolutely right. When the reason I'm playing on Very Hard is because I want a challenge and so far I am not disappointed. I may need that invincible armor for that corruption zone with two rockbreakers tho... I may actually be stumped by that. I have not finished the story yet and I'm max level but that dont mean shit on very hard.
Thank you for this video. As someone who is new to the game and a decent way through the story I contemplated farming and if it was the right thing to do.
But the game encourages farming with the way it's balanced. You're going to need mods to avoid dying and to conserve resources. The way the system is set up with your money being your ammo, you can find yourself completely out of shards after taking out a boss. The only way to get them back is to farm low level machines you can kill with your spear. Later levels with more powerful machines require more shards to kill them and better mods to bring the shard cost down. The best way to get these shards and mods is to farm bigger and bigger machines.
Plus that example you showed isn't exactly fair, because if you take the shield weaver armor off, and replace it with anything else, machines will have no trouble ending you if you get even slightly distracted.
'But the game encourages farming with the way it's balanced. You're going to need mods to avoid dying and to conserve resources.' No, it does not and it wasn't made like that.
I don't know if you are talking about killing machines you come across or purposefully fast travelling to a site... as I said in the video though.
Because there is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with killing machines on the way, in fact you need to do that especially in the beginning.
And if you want shards and mods, do (side)missions, errands, bandit camps or any of the remaining. That's WAY more fun. (in my opinion anyway)
Well said, I don’t farm at all and I’m enjoying this game so much. It is a well balanced game that matches the difficulty of the main quests with your abilities as the story progresses. IMO the game is more enjoyable if you are not invincible and have to fight for victory, or sneak past machines that are very powerful. Thanks for this video, it’s good to know that at least some players play the game in the spirit it was meant to be played in.
very good point with side quests and errands and tutorials etc youll easily gain enough xp and mods etc i did light farming half way through and found i threw off the games designed progression. the designers really did a great job setting this game up to just play and gave fun not have to grind.
My second playthrough I ended up grinding and didn't have as much fun as progressing organically. Ultra Hard on NG+ is a breath of fresh air.