Putting DST in DS
I've come to accept and actually like the idea of DST acting as a separate sequel game. SW didn't get to be standalone, because as it showed, at least the vocal players on the forum would prefer and were expecting an "expansion" to be a DLC, so, after a slight delay on the deadline, SW was integrated as a DLC instead of a separate game.
If I'm honest, with the Shipwrecked case, I was really expecting everything to be put together, like RoG had it coming, with a mainland perhaps and islands around, or the world being split into multiple islands, some large, some smaller. But alas, we got something rather strange... Probably something to talk about in another topic for another time.
DST, because of its multiplayer aspect overtook DS and now the single player game doesn't get as much attention. We are awaiting a new DLC, but the old issues are still prevalent and stuff feels incomplete. The decision to make DST standalone was due to it being easier to implement as a standalone, from what I recall. But never-the-less, the case I want to put forward is that because there's a split between DST and DS, all of these issues arise that just get in the way of development for either one or the other. Klei has plenty of other projects, so having one less game to worry about as a separate game that is supposed to still fall in line with an existing game could be a bit of a relief in the long run.
Some potential benefits to do this:
* Everything becomes compact and easier to work with in the long run.
* More frequent updates, patches, possibly for everything.
* May be single player worlds could be shared with others, if they don't become corrupted.
* Other DLC integration with Together would be not only be less work, but would be made to work with multiplayer right from the start.
* Modders will only need to create one mod, consistent with the game, and make it compatible for whichever version is possible or they wish to without reprogramming a new copy.
* Player-base won't really be split in any regard. You'll be playing Don't Starve, with friends, by yourself, with or without other DLC that you own as you wish.
Issues that could occur from doing this:
* Will take time to put the two together.
* At this point, it would be even harder to put DST as a DLC for DS.
* Saves may become corrupt.
* Questions of "but how will this be handled" will need to be resolved in one way or another
* Mods may need code adjustment to make sure stuff doesn't crash in the short term
I personally think now, that the positives outweigh the negatives in the long run, because if we don't want to see one side of a game being left behind, this may seem like the reasonable path to take.
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Surveys
On another note, since Klei seems to get information from what players are interested in mainly on the forums, I think there's something that they could do to get more input from the broader fanbase, and that's creating surveys and advertising them in the games. They could even ask about what players outside of forum think about putting the games together, to see what their broader audience thinks of this.
. Keep the gunpowder for shadow pieces. We don't need gunpowder and pan flute for enraged klaus solo kill. Using two meatbulb (lure plant) to block enraged klaus, i suggest use lure plant for 2nd form enraged klaus only.
(this was the only example i could find lol)
