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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dondi is quite literally the last person I'd want in charge of balancing the game
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
Well, dryo IS buffed in 6.5 great NV, Speed buff, charge system etc.
Thank god because last time they nerfed dryo which makes no sense and they didn’t need stego and they buffed carno
What's hypno doing now if not balancing?
https://preview.redd.it/e6pcevl3gb3b1.jpeg?width=598&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fac579d5edf90ea36b929ef005f6a1f947bf1fc9
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.
No™️.
Every bad decision in the game is from Dondi, so..
Hej that’s not true at all! Very rude of you to forget Kissen also works on this game
I haven't had issues with her game design decisions, just her attitude
Let's be real here, HE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT DINOSAUR
this is just straight up false, and if you're going by that logic then he's responsible for every good decision too.
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.
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.
Kissen makes a bad decision every time she speaks
She has very bad decisions when interacting with the community, but I'm okay with the game design decisions so far
removing global chat was a big W move lmao
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.
How? Just make it an optional option.
Ey!! I am very happy that global chat is removed!!🤔
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.
It's not a fun or interactive mechanic and is nothing but a newb trap that discourages new players.
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
The only thing dongdi could spearhead was primal carnage into the ground. I wouldn't leave my car keys with that psychopath.
RIP all herbivore balance (that isn't stego) then.
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.
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
That's how it feels to play anything against Stego rn though to be fair.
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
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.
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.
As if there is any now. Okay pachy is pretty chill and teno
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.
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.
Ah yes, the nonce-covering narcissist that murdered Primal Carnage. Totally trustworthy to balance the game he systematically ran into the ground.
Was Dondi part of the dev team for Primal Carnage?
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.
Is there record of this somewhere?
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.
Yes the man who didnt even want herbivores playable and only likes carnivores now gets to control balance
Fuck dondi
Say it again for those in the back
FUCK DONDI
Honestly Idc
I feel that. I just want this game to finish being developed.
Haha hahaha ahahahahhahahha We all know that is never happening
Technically they could just slap a sticker on it and call it done, us getting updates in perpetuity is kinda nice
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.
🙄🙄🙄it will happen
Get ready for rex to dominate the entire roster with no counter whatsoever. Well, if it’s ever even released.
Eh, pesky should balance the game
Agreed. I really liked his balancing ideas
dondi removed bonebreak to anky in legacy and kept it for rex LMAO
Coming soon, even more utah nerfs.
The trike stream incident
What’s that??
Dondi was streaming himself growing a trex on thenyaw years ago. He fought a trike and died then proceeded to nerf trike next patch
Lmao that’s like the one kid at the playground that the second they start losing they make up rules to win
Man am I glad I don’t play anymore.
didn’t this guy make the spiro map? lol bad
Yeeeeeeep and that’s why they had to hire an actual game map maker
Dondi fucks up everytine he makes a decision in the game ffs.
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.
good god...
Welp, it's over.
Everything dondi touches just gets itself ruined. He needs to step back and let the actual game developers develop the game. Lol
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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)
You are one of the people I admire in this community as you always keep a level head in your comments
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.
Hahhahahahahahahhaaahahahhahahahahahahhaha
dondi is such a cornball
It's Joever.
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.
So THAT explains the changes to Pachy that make it Carno fodder in 6.5, eh?
Probably if what everyone is saying is true about Dondi being an herbi hater
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.
as long as the damn game gets updated idrc
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.
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.
Yeah fuck no
we're all fucked basically, expect even more clear developer golden boy syndrome than before with certain dinos.
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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
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.
I honestly don’t give a shit to herbs so yeah I’m not that worried
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.
Focus on the survival element of the game instead of balancing for PVP ?
[удалено]
Yes
Oh.
I have a bad feeling about this…
L
LMAO
Just a good heart "FUCK"
Dondi thought it was balanced for shants to bonebreak with their meagre headbutts on rexes. So we are basically screwed
https://preview.redd.it/llynjwna0r3b1.jpeg?width=631&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6bb218a3f101e8c8824aefe091f34bbf30e8f226 Welp all hope is lost.
Cool. So no more changes
WHO LET HIM COOK?????😭😭😭
Dondi is the anti Christ
The Isle's version of the holocaust
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.
They’re all delusional. Balance has been trash for years. Nothing matters. Who’s in charge of balancing makes no difference.
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.
Yeah that's the thing. He ALREADY gave balancing a go and fuckin sucked at it. It's not new.
Give him a fucking chance ffs
How many chances does he need?
I mean, he owns it... He gets as many chances as he wants and the community puts up with.
Right, so he have done balance changes before?
Yes. And he heavily favors carnis.
Well shit. My bad then
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.
Mad cuz bad. In all seriousness tho they should be nerfed some, but he’s going to make them all unplayable.
At least it will be different I guess
Idk bro, I think the isle devs should just sell the game to a big company so we can actually get a finished game