Thanks! I was really happy with how this quest in particular turned out. I think the open-endedness and randomness really nails what makes RimWorld work.

I'm hoping to push more in this open-ended direction with the quest designs. Quests have always been tricky to design since generated quests in a super-systemic game is something that's really original to RimWorld AFAIK. Without other games to reference we really needed to find, identify, understand, iterate on, and solve every problem from zero. It's a real process, but with a good source of feedback (all of you) I think we're learning more and more about what works and how to build it.

Also hey, if anyone wants to write a Steam review for Royalty that'd be great (with whatever your opinion is). It sells well but the percentage of people who reviewed it was WAY lower than the base game. If not no problem of course, it just seems people don't tend to think of this! Steam link

HOlimos

I wonder if Tynan has thought of the reward's value and put it high enouth so it is questionnable to commit war crimes on the refugees.

Because otherwise i'm afraid that this quest will only bring me a new armchair, a hat and several new fresh organs to sell.

Yes, their random late reward value is really high. But it's not the most common thing to get. It would be more common to just get free labor and possibly recruits.

naggert

I get 40+ each time. It's too much and the pawn bar becomes unmanageable.

got about 10 join requests AFTER the group has left, meaning I was unable to accept them. It seems a little flawed.

40?? You must have an insane colony population, modded?

About mistimed join requests, we've be very interested to hear of any way to reproduce such an issue! Ping - tester /u/pheanox

MasterJ94

Hello u/tynansylvester :)

isn't it amazing how awesome this community you have built with rimworld is ? Besides it's really fun to watch your changelog videos.

BTW you are right about the reviews. there should be more of it. Therefore I have just posted one. Without feedbacks/reviews developers have hard time to make the game better.

Yeah it's pretty wild. This sub has more people than /r/doom! I think something about RimWorld is just great for community building. Long play, creative mods, self-authored storytelling-oriented gameplay.

And thanks very much!

pennomi

I didn't realize that DLC needs a separate review, though that makes obvious sense now that I think about it. Surely other games have similar problems.

I left an extremely positive review. Hopefully it makes a difference for your sales!

Much appreciated!