just bought the game :) couple questions

[China]

Thank you for your replys

Have just one other question... How the heck do i get a hammer? most if not all of the crafting tools takes a hammer to make.

You will need to trade with another player, or perhaps someone will make or give you one. Playing solo is fine, but you will find that you can't do everything yourself, and you sometimes need to depend on others.

[Tesla]

What tools can you make? You may have a recipe for a needle, lasher, or paddle that uses tools you do have and one material like rock, Grind that tool until you learn to make a mallet or hammer. Sure you could trade for one also. But you will need more than one now that decay is in and and you will need a hammer often. It would be best if you can make them yourself eventually. Being solo, you will need to raise toolcraft anyways.

[wolfgar]

Thank you for the info .. i guess its the needle.. Had a game crash and im experiencing insane load times just to get back into the game.

Just noticed i need a crafting knife.. wich i dont have to make a needle.. ugggg

I do not have anything i can make in tool crafting. not a single thing. i don't have any of the tools needed to make anything. No i havn't dropped or lost anything . i didn't spawn with any of the tools.

[MrDDT]

You will need to trade with another player, or perhaps someone will make or give you one. Playing solo is fine, but you will find that you can't do everything yourself, and you sometimes need to depend on others.

This isnt true at all. You can do everything yourself if you work hard at it.
If you dont have the tools to make something there are other ways to go about making those tools you need.

[Vandal]

I support MrDDT's opinion.
You can easily solo play, it's only that you will have to invest your time in multiple crafts instead of just the one.

Now that tools break, everyone is going to have to spend some time building tools, unless you have got someone dedicated into doing that.

[wolfgar]

Thanks guys for all the info. i rerolled having tool crafting as my main instead of baskets. As for time.. i have all the time in the world being on disability.
I should have figured it would have been best to start out as a tool crafter, but i had read some things saying basket weaving was the best way to start...

I have a long history with eve online/wurm/etc.. so long grinds etc to get things are not a big deal to me lol.

[China]

I support MrDDT's opinion.
You can easily solo play, it's only that you will have to invest your time in multiple crafts instead of just the one.

Now that tools break, everyone is going to have to spend some time building tools, unless you have got someone dedicated into doing that.

The guy needs a hammer! He has no tools to make tools. Now, please tell the poor guy how to get a hammer if he can't make one or any other tools right now.

And then read my post again-----I said going solo was FINE, but sometimes you need help from others, and no, starting off you cannot do everything yourself.

[Vandal]

Hmm... Not sure China, but I'm pretty sure that even though you start alone, you could "possibly" go by without anyone else's help.
Although I'm unwilling to try it out. :P Or if you need help, could be very minimal, although I'm not saying that I would enjoy such gameplay.
There is no point playing an MMO if you just want to solo.

Personally, I don't get why homestead exist, everyone should participate in group to create something big.

[China]

I prefer the "team" playstyle myself too Vandal, and really have no desire to be the master of all skills. I have played solo before on other games, after I was familiar with the game mechanics etc., but I like Xsyon's concept of rebuilding the world after the apocalypse, and that is going to take community.

I feel a bit different about the the homesteaders though than you. I think it adds variety & flavor to the game, and they will have to interact with the rest of the players in order to survive efficiently. But I say more power to them if that is the way they prefer to play. I'm happy to play with them too, and in fact there are several solo homesteaders in our area. They are quite chatty and interact with their neighbors regularly.

[MrDDT]

The guy needs a hammer! He has no tools to make tools. Now, please tell the poor guy how to get a hammer if he can't make one or any other tools right now.

And then read my post again-----I said going solo was FINE, but sometimes you need help from others, and no, starting off you cannot do everything yourself.

You can 100% play without ever trading anyone. So yes STARTING with a new toon without ever getting any help from anyone you can do EVERYTHING in the game.

You can make a hammer without a hammer just FYI.
Please tell me how Im wrong. I can prove it to you if you wish. Its not all that hard really once you understand how to play. It just seems hard. Maybe you will understand that you dont need any tools to level up toolcrafting.