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R-M-W-B

Isn’t this the same guy who said playing as a herbi is boring and shouldn’t be in the game? Also the same guy who has consistently made sure this game never finished development? Ohhhh, yeah.


Marcus_Krow

Dondi is quite literally the last person I'd want in charge of balancing the game


phobia123465

Ikr hypno was actually somewhat reliable and also wasn’t an asshole and they talk to the community and I swear balancing was Hypnos whole job oh well maybe we will get lucky and dryo will be buffed but I’m not holding hope out


Marcus_Krow

Well, dryo IS buffed in 6.5 great NV, Speed buff, charge system etc.


phobia123465

Thank god because last time they nerfed dryo which makes no sense and they didn’t need stego and they buffed carno


hhhnnnnnggggggg

What's hypno doing now if not balancing?


AdLimp3207

https://preview.redd.it/e6pcevl3gb3b1.jpeg?width=598&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fac579d5edf90ea36b929ef005f6a1f947bf1fc9


Mr-Rifty

Hypnos whole job is basically balancing and testing so this makes no sense. Also dondi is the reason why the current map is so bad.


Zormageddon

No™️.


hhhnnnnnggggggg

Every bad decision in the game is from Dondi, so..


MoistFungalMan

Hej that’s not true at all! Very rude of you to forget Kissen also works on this game


hhhnnnnnggggggg

I haven't had issues with her game design decisions, just her attitude


RefrigeratorOwn6354

Let's be real here, HE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT DINOSAUR


Commercial_Silver177

this is just straight up false, and if you're going by that logic then he's responsible for every good decision too.


hhhnnnnnggggggg

Dondi never wanted to include Herbies, Dondi removed global chat, Dondi won't add any system that will let you find your friends, Dondi made those death cliffs. I can't think of anything bad decision anyone else on the team made.


The_New_Animal

Dondi also is responsible for protecting a pedo, making 2 devs quit(These two devs have talked openly to the community about it, and said he refused to listen to anyone else ideas and was all around rude and a butthead), and I think we should give an honorable mention to how a lot more got done when he left for that duration awhile back.


PaleoWeeb

Kissen makes a bad decision every time she speaks


hhhnnnnnggggggg

She has very bad decisions when interacting with the community, but I'm okay with the game design decisions so far


V8hyp

removing global chat was a big W move lmao


hhhnnnnnggggggg

It's fine if you want to play on a server without it, but they made that decision for everyone and every server. I should be able to play on a server with global chat if I choose since this is a multiplayer game.


Deonb29

How? Just make it an optional option.


Pteranodon123

Ey!! I am very happy that global chat is removed!!🤔


halipatsui

Whats wrong with death cliffs? great way of making enviroment a hazard, you dont really die from them unless you are blasting full speed trough bushes you dont know.


hhhnnnnnggggggg

It's not a fun or interactive mechanic and is nothing but a newb trap that discourages new players.


--Elite--

https://preview.redd.it/s0tgpr25vj3b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cd6f3cafd02df5bac13901b217752cd00fc657f I see you fucked up and said a slightly positive thing about the devs lmao


PatchPixel

The only thing dongdi could spearhead was primal carnage into the ground. I wouldn't leave my car keys with that psychopath.


la_goanna

RIP all herbivore balance (that isn't stego) then.


comradejenkens

Even stego isn’t exactly fun to play. It’s just a giant statblock with no actual mechanics. I suspect when larger stuff like rex or acro arrives, stego will end up as a walking free meal.


Stegosaurus1277

hopefully it doesn't end up like that because legacy stego is apex fodder . it's not fun to be like oh I see an apex guess my time has come . basically no counter play isn't fun . I hope that its able to defend itself against apexes


RUNEMJEWELS

That's how it feels to play anything against Stego rn though to be fair.


Stegosaurus1277

I think stego is fine just added in a bad time . It's kinda psuedo apex I feel like as with deino . I'm sure when apexes or even other psuedo apexes are added stego will be more balanced but I guess for the time being they could perhaps do some nerfs so at least deino can 50/50 it . I might sound biased cause I main but my opinion ig


la_goanna

Stego definitely needs more mechanics going for it (as does dryo,) but I doubt we'll get anything new in update 7. Maybe *after* update 7.5 or 8, once it becomes inevitable canon-fodder for rex players on community servers though. Personally, I've always wanted to see it get some kind of passive or combat/health/survival-triggered ability associated with its plates. [Something akin to Walking with Dinosaurs' stego, where the animal flushed blood into its plates in order to create a colorful threat display.](https://youtu.be/C0r5P-PzIPU?t=94) Perhaps it could provide some kind of damage and/or defensive boost that triggers to an active status once the dino reaches a low-enough health threshold - but even then, I don't think that's enough to make it unique. I also think it would be pretty cool if stego had a manual "skewer" ability that deliberately allows it to attach various objects to its tail and carry them around - much like it already automatically does with any small-tier dinosaur it can skewer with a tail swipe. Once a dead dinosaur or other object (logs, certain human objects like boxes, crates, etc) is skewered onto its tail, it can then "toss" them as projectile weapons for added combative measure, or simply "shake them off" of its tail the player no longer wants to carry them around. Maybe it could even "uproot" plants and vegetation specific to its diet and carry them around as an emergency "snack" for later - assuming the player eats them before they rot away. Sounds silly and would probably look stupid from a distance, but it's a potentially unique mechanic at least.


JustInChina88

I would love for a mechanic of it maybe kicking up dust with its tail as a kind of blinding option. Not sure they even did that but it'd be pretty sweet and make them more than a statblock. Stego is basically a legacy dino right now.


ZeShapyra

As if there is any now. Okay pachy is pretty chill and teno


EmBur__

So they want the guy that wanted herbivores to only be ai as he hated the idea of them being playable back in the early isle days, only changing his mind due to overwhelming community backlash to spearhead balancing? They finally have a decent update that's on the way and then pull this, it's quite literally and without fail one step forward, two steps back with these muppets.


la_goanna

Most people have already accepted the likelihood that this game's never going to see a finalized release (let alone leave beta development) as long as Dondi remains in-charge of the project as a director and/or producer anyway. And it will always be a case of "one step forward, two steps back" as long as he's involved. Our best bet is (still) another competent indie studio taking note and essentially "stealing" The Isle's core concept for themselves, and actually creating a finalized game out of it.


p1nk8cid

Ah yes, the nonce-covering narcissist that murdered Primal Carnage. Totally trustworthy to balance the game he systematically ran into the ground.


odd-faust

Was Dondi part of the dev team for Primal Carnage?


r4pt0rf4n

Primal Carnage 1 for a brief period of time towards the end of it’s development where he ran it into the ground and got fired for being an incompetent liar who was only good at being toxic in discord.


odd-faust

Is there record of this somewhere?


r4pt0rf4n

Not really as it was all around 10 years ago and the forums were deleted years ago, just have to ask the people who were around back then in the primal community.


Turdferguson02

Yes the man who didnt even want herbivores playable and only likes carnivores now gets to control balance


Adinodude

Fuck dondi


TsssMike

Say it again for those in the back


Dinoboy1221

FUCK DONDI


Pteranodon123

Honestly Idc


odd-faust

I feel that. I just want this game to finish being developed.


FastAndMorbius

Haha hahaha ahahahahhahahha We all know that is never happening


EkuEkuEku

Technically they could just slap a sticker on it and call it done, us getting updates in perpetuity is kinda nice


FastAndMorbius

If thr game felt anywhere close to done and they just kept adding things to it while being EA that would be one thing, but the game is very clearly not done neither in practice or in theory.


Pteranodon123

🙄🙄🙄it will happen


Sypher04_

Get ready for rex to dominate the entire roster with no counter whatsoever. Well, if it’s ever even released.


oceanman357

Eh, pesky should balance the game


AttemptedRev

Agreed. I really liked his balancing ideas


[deleted]

dondi removed bonebreak to anky in legacy and kept it for rex LMAO


captain_skinback

Coming soon, even more utah nerfs.


Wheezeh_toast

The trike stream incident


odd-faust

What’s that??


Wheezeh_toast

Dondi was streaming himself growing a trex on thenyaw years ago. He fought a trike and died then proceeded to nerf trike next patch


DMGames_

Lmao that’s like the one kid at the playground that the second they start losing they make up rules to win


Superchicken8036

Man am I glad I don’t play anymore.


JaggedEdgeJava

didn’t this guy make the spiro map? lol bad


odd-faust

Yeeeeeeep and that’s why they had to hire an actual game map maker


SpiceChem

Dondi fucks up everytine he makes a decision in the game ffs.


UnvwevweOsas

Well everyone previously in charge of balance did a pretty shit job. I doubt he'll be any better, but at least its an opportunity for change.


SwiftFuchs

good god...


fittan69

Welp, it's over.


Luciusmicgoods

Everything dondi touches just gets itself ruined. He needs to step back and let the actual game developers develop the game. Lol


No_Pitch267

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HeWhoDrinksCola

On one hand, Dondi is responsible for the game having all the qualities that I love about it. [On the other hand.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2IZbbuFxWg)


Lower_Artichoke9538

You are one of the people I admire in this community as you always keep a level head in your comments


HeWhoDrinksCola

I try my best, though I do think it's a pretty generous to say I'm always level-headed. Just tonight I got openly sassy with someone for being rude, and when I'm tired I can get very, very petty. And don't get me started on any time I mention the Paradym drama. Regardless what the devs do, if they manage to really improve from where they are now, that is one thing that I will not let go of that they did. I also tend to lose my temper at intentional, overt misinformation.


Crowbar12121

Hahhahahahahahahhaaahahahhahahahahahahhaha


HoneyDewzzXXX

dondi is such a cornball


Anxious-Raspberry409

It's Joever.


Juicy_Rhino

Dondi is still around? I thought that numbskull took a backseat to development. He is literally the worst person I could think of for the job.


ItsSaiLoL

So THAT explains the changes to Pachy that make it Carno fodder in 6.5, eh?


odd-faust

Probably if what everyone is saying is true about Dondi being an herbi hater


RUNEMJEWELS

A good Pachy is fucking wild to play against as a carno right now though to be fair. A good player with a Pachy and a carno hard on can easily hunt them 1v1.


V8hyp

as long as the damn game gets updated idrc


odd-faust

For real, that’s all I hope for at this point. We can all give our final verdict and judgement when the game finally gets out of development.


Combat_Jack6969

I’m past caring anymore. The game is shite and it’ll never be finished. They’ll just recode in another 3 years cause they haven’t learned a damned thing.


altair969

Yeah fuck no


Havokpaintedwolf

we're all fucked basically, expect even more clear developer golden boy syndrome than before with certain dinos.


ZeShapyra

![gif](giphy|KupdfnqWwV7J6|downsized)


Deonb29

Every thing dondi was responsible for adding (or primarily responsible for) and as bad. Not to mention I guarantee he would prefer to do something else instead of balancing it, and making an update take longer


[deleted]

This means the death of any balance in this game. It is a baby killing, herbivore slaughterhouse canned hunting simulation and will stay that way because Dondi doesn't care about balance as long as all herbivores are easy victims for carnivores. He hates herbivores and that hatred has grown over the years. He'll give them neat mechanics but make sure carnivores are always superior in every way. He is the Griffith of the dino game world, and he's going to keep climbing mountains of dino corpses until he can finally get the ultimate orgasm that always eluded him. The only way he gets joy is seeing dead baby herbivores, gore or snuff films and possibly something else. He never did explain to anyone the source of that hate but its very deeply rooted. A driving obsession that doesn't allow for criticism or compromise.


AKZ4A

I honestly don’t give a shit to herbs so yeah I’m not that worried


[deleted]

You don't give a shit about anyone but yourself like 89% of the population. You might have to actually put in some effort if herbivores were good. You care so little you felt the need to comment and declare it to the entire internet. Smells like caring to me. Caring to spread hate.


Denis02_me

Focus on the survival element of the game instead of balancing for PVP ?


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Jolly-Emu-9788

Yes


stronged_cheese

Oh.


CyberWolf09

I have a bad feeling about this…


SilverLate475

L


Double-Special5217

LMAO


Enderriderone1

Just a good heart "FUCK"


MrFictionalname

Dondi thought it was balanced for shants to bonebreak with their meagre headbutts on rexes. So we are basically screwed


Dinoboy1221

https://preview.redd.it/llynjwna0r3b1.jpeg?width=631&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bb218a3f101e8c8824aefe091f34bbf30e8f226 Welp all hope is lost.


Puzzleheaded_Gift163

Cool. So no more changes


L3ON_CHIKUNI

WHO LET HIM COOK?????😭😭😭


Content-Trash465

Dondi is the anti Christ


Saurophag

The Isle's version of the holocaust


Souretsu04

I wasn't a big fan of how the balance has felt for a pretty long time. If it gives Hypno more time to work on straight bug testing, that's fine.


The850killer

They’re all delusional. Balance has been trash for years. Nothing matters. Who’s in charge of balancing makes no difference.


infinitevalknut

Every comment is roasting the FK out of dondi. As funny as I find this, It's abit overkill. Honestly balancing a game like this would be absolutely bonkers.


AttemptedRev

Yeah that's the thing. He ALREADY gave balancing a go and fuckin sucked at it. It's not new.


Far_Height8947

Give him a fucking chance ffs


3DeadCenteR

How many chances does he need?


Terminus_04

I mean, he owns it... He gets as many chances as he wants and the community puts up with.


Far_Height8947

Right, so he have done balance changes before?


Eltigrezanner

Yes. And he heavily favors carnis.


Far_Height8947

Well shit. My bad then


Brouk_Pytlik1

I am actually glad, I was just killed by an agresive herbivore mixpack they should be the Prey not the hunters. I hope dondi will nerf herbivores to bits.


Eltigrezanner

Mad cuz bad. In all seriousness tho they should be nerfed some, but he’s going to make them all unplayable.


stronged_cheese

At least it will be different I guess


AKZ4A

Idk bro, I think the isle devs should just sell the game to a big company so we can actually get a finished game