Upgradeable shields would have been nice, as well as further upgrades for armor.

I have been asking for long time about having a scraping mechanic for armor and weapons. Fully upgraded/infused with candies, scrap it and instantly get all of the materials back or bring it to burgl or the duper to sell for science. Double trinket slots, double infused weapons (fresh and spicy) on one weapon and etc or double damage types. I love this game to death with it being the only survival game that I always find myself coming back to but man I always find that there should be more with each update they've done this last year and a half or so. Could also just be me but then again, unfortunate limitations. I forgot about the fact there are no further armor upgrades which is a huge oversight in my opinion, ESPECIALLY with how insane these boss randomizers can be at times.

@user-ui8be2hk6l

Ай бұрын

You can already have multiple elements on a weapon, just need a trinket with added element. And I guess infused weapons can have that 2, so that's 3 elements total. Not sure no to NG+4 yet, taking my time picking milk molars and training on bosses.

I doubt it'll happen, but id love to see Workshop support for Grounded on Steam

@skyslayer7660

Ай бұрын

That would be incredible

@Pricelessmile

Ай бұрын

Mod support would be incredible. Imagine custom creatures to fight.

If they did something like enchanting from skyrim. Hear me out. DeDupe a trinket and you get the aspect. Then you can create your own trinket from the available aspects you have collected, using different costs of Raw Science. That way you still have to collect them, but then you can make something perfect for yourself.

I want a trinket crafting station. A station you can take trinkets and choose 3 effects to combine into one cone and consumes the other trinkets and maybe 1-3 boss oozes. But the station will be earned in a later NG+ so you can’t just make a cone on your first NG+. The RNG of 3 effects on one trinket is diminishing my excitement to play. You could also use this just to combine 3 crinkles to combine into a cone doubling their deduper jelly worth.

I was really hoping for a way to isolate different buffs from the crinkles/cones to get your 'ideal' piece after enough RNG and combining

I just did the broodmother in ng+ 1 yesterday and it was quite a bit more difficult than I expected, but I wasn't disappointed at all. I quite enjoyed it being a challenge again. I think it's just gonna take more preparation on this and subsequent playthroughs. I'm fine with that though I understand this may not appeal to everyone. I'm personally looking forward to having to think and be careful again while playing this game. It's been a while.

Idk the game is beyond broke rn… I have so many clips of insects under the map and under the rock division to the upperyard.. food is over lapping in finding hotdogs and apples inside each other… bugs that I kill won’t drop nothing at all.. there’s Ox beetles spawning towards the haze biome and all the areas at the starting area. Bosses arnt spawning after I deposit the food, it’s just taking me shit .. HOW THE HELL isn’t NO ONE ELES experiencing this like me?! Edit: also my my peeper won’t work as well as other buttons it makes me think my controller is broken when it’s not 💀

@shaneleigh1293

Ай бұрын

Have you got the thing where your pet appears infront of you on the zip line knocking you off?

@unknownastroid_2240

Ай бұрын

@@shaneleigh1293 no but don’t jinx me cause I been using the zip lines a lot to get stuff for my base 💀

@donniedemarco

Ай бұрын

@@unknownastroid_2240😂😂😂😂 don’t be superstitious, friend.

@unknownastroid_2240

Ай бұрын

@@donniedemarco I can’t be what ever the hell I want to be it’s 2024 so back off

@shaneleigh1293

Ай бұрын

@@unknownastroid_2240 it hasn’t happened a lot but it’s happened enough where it’s annoying

Funny thing about dark souls NG+ and up, it doesn't just throw you into the deep end, it ease you in and over time it get harder. This however is like beating NG and immediately jumping in NG+3.

Tier IV weapons/tools definitely should be there from the first NG+ (maybe even add tier iv armour too) and I see no reason for armour to not be upgradable considering how OP bosses can be if they ever get the stun orbs or random explosions.

I am now on NG+3, only managed to take out the bosses with the broken thorns build, and both in NG+ and NG +2 i managed to collect all molars. Where are the underwater molars? I only found one in a cave where you have to remotely explode a rock to be able to swim in. You can get that molar with the IBM bomb weapon. The only random molar that is unreachable is the one in the garden hose, as far as i know.

I think once I've finished my play through that will be it for me, if new game plus was more of a gradient increase per new game instead of the instant smash in the teeth I probably would have carried on but as is I've got too many other games to play to be wasting it in new game plus, be nice to see if it does get a sequel down the road.

They literally gave us attacks from infused creatures that we cannot resist, such as the sour orbs; not even counting the unblockable attacks from bosses, it is clear the NG+ mechanics weren’t properly tested.

So disappointed that it ended. I was expecting more features in the game.

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

Yes, hundreds of hours of content isn’t enough anymore

@Laggin24x

Ай бұрын

The devs have stated its a memory issue. Im shocked we even got this.

I'd be ok if i could just downgrade from NG back to normal at anytime. So if i want to go back to casual mode i can.

@Pickl3RICK369

Ай бұрын

Start a new one?

@NotBlackWolf

Ай бұрын

Just turn the game to mild, the game basically becomes as easy as pre hard mode then.

Would have loved to have seen upgrades for armor and a salt axe or just more salt weapons in general there was only one added and the morning star is the only other one. Other than the constant sour effects and explosions that every bug has i think most of the rest has been good

I honestly think this is the best end they could give Grounded. They made pretty much everyone happy, adding weapons, difficulty and (basically) infinite replayability value. It's pretty sad that this is the end, but it sure was a good one.

@aduckonquak2139

Ай бұрын

Same! All its missing is a little balancing.

@calebcentek9583

Ай бұрын

I dont like it. Aside from the trinkets it's not worth to me. I played through a good chunk and reloaded a save from befor I re.mixed.

@shaneleigh1293

Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say they made everyone happy it needs balanced badly

@krissiehunt319

Ай бұрын

Yeah, but for many this is the beginning for many, with the new consoles

Aside from the trinkets that i like, my favorite is the new Toast Juice box.

I know it's probably asking a lot, but updated guides would be appreciated from new players! So many of the guides are years old and some are missing information like the Badge Locations (if there is one) Poision Ant Queen recipe's. It'd just be nice to have a single video guides to the Labs, Undershed, Picnic table/Sandbox, Trash Zone, Stump, Fire ant Hill, Termite hill. I know that's a lot lmao! but Would greatly help players coming in to play the Final version of the game and not videos of guides when the content first released years ago and has changed since or been added to.

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

i have doen soem already but yes working on more!

Its just sad that all the new elemental weapons aside from the salt chipper are just the katana, sour battle axe and mint mace but you can either make them look exactly the same or use the unique looks for each of the different elements but they all have the same stats and perks ie. The breathslayer and the coldtana or the picklemaul and the sour mace just to name a few

My only problem is that I already did the remix.r i wasted barely any time completing everything rushing and im not sure if that was a good idea. By the time I did the remix.r there were not any videos at the time of when I did the remix.r that could help me all that much.

Ng+2 was my stopping point. i tried ng+3 but 3 attribute is just brutal for me especially sour, spicy and explosive. The game in the current state is very unbalanced with the enemy's attribute damage. I wonder if the devs even tried fighting the bosses at ng+2 or + 3..or so on. Even the simplest bugs are deadly and can one shot player. The devs gave us weapon upgrade to compensate the increased difficulty but what the point of increased damage if u cant survive a single hit..at this point its more brutal than dark souls

@thelopper43

Ай бұрын

I think the general game is fairly balanced in the ng+ cycles... the infused bugs are rare enough that its a good challenge, kinda like open world mini-boss' that spawn randomly... the bosses on the other hand are unbalanced nightmares. Ive been stuck on wasp queen in ng+2 for 2 days now.

@HandsomeJack99

Ай бұрын

@@thelopper43 infused bugs are good challenge except u need to farm them (ALOT) for that very low drop infused ooze to upgrade weapons. Also the randomized molar grind is just obnoxious. One wouldnt feel that much grind in the beginning but doing the same thing for like 4th or 5th time is just boring asf.

@thelopper43

Ай бұрын

​@@HandsomeJack99100% agree.

for me, I prepared normally and did the javamatic NG 1 hitless. very surprising to me

I wish teleporters were in the base game and 100,000 if an insane amount for just 2 teleporters. The fact I see people say it's reasonable is crazy. No one wants to grind for 500,000 or more for enough teleporters to make traversing the yard quicker

You can get about 250,000 raw science an hour from doing the mixer by the red ant hill over and over. Just make sure they destroy the mixer before it completes, repair and restart.

@rexpepper2513

Ай бұрын

You can also use universal unreal engine unlocker to add in as much raw science you want. No grinding needed.

@user-ui8be2hk6l

Ай бұрын

You can use the raid buildable items so you will benfit from builded defense and farm gold cards too, or just walk around at night (noticed much more infused insects during night). I suggest you don't go in a boring farm loop, it will make you stop playing soon.

Tips for anyone struggling with ng+ I started ng+ this weekend and am at the end of it now, and it really wasn't that hard for me granted I did some scummy stuff but that was just to take the grind out. Tip number 1 immediately go to the upper yard and kill infused bugs. I got a science cone early, and then immediately went to dupe it a bunch to reroll for 3 good perks. You're going to want a boss fighting cone for the broodmother so you can start upgrading your weapon. Also want a general cone for running around that makes the game easier. My boss cone is a +broodmother damage and +boss damage, melts the broodmother. My general cone has max health and tender foot defense. Tenderfoot defense is amazing, makes lower twor enemies deal less damage. Next priority is molars, you want a ton of health and healing. After that, go fight the broodmother so you can start upgrading weapons. Then just farm tons of raw science to duplicate fusion crystals, the ant hills are my main science farming spots. Magic weapons are op for farming, especially the spicy for quickly clearing out the red ant hill. But frost staff with a good trinket for frost damage destroys the fire anthill too. Number 1 most important thing, parry. I never use shields so I'm already good at it, and it makes ng+ easy. Parry attacks and they deal 0 damage.

They put so much work into new weapons, making them all have loads of new upgrades, and I’m pretty sure the forgot about the armour, which is pretty annoying

@vandro7394

Ай бұрын

Tbh most of the new weapons are just reskins with the same effects but with a different type damage But rhe real new weapons are very cool actually, Salty Pickaxe, Acid Spear, Fungnir

Great video brother💪my bad for all the negativity lately, your a great content creator and this is best analysis of the update that could of been made I have a feeling with jus a few balances and bug fixes this update will be extremely fun to play

For the Javamatic I didn't see any streamer using the turrets, and trust me with the T3 ammos they are powerfull as hell. So build defense, tunnel the mobs and use turrets and explosives traps. Seems like no one played Fortnite PVE. There is no need to build one billion walls, you need to make the insect go where you want and kill them. Make them lose time is also a good idea, but no need to make them destroy 6 layers of walls for that.

I dont understand why we are not able to upgrade armor +15 too.

I think we are most defintley getting a new content update in the future they have no updates scheduled but may reconsider and add content that was scratched from the game cuz the ant queens were but look now here they are

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

No dude just no loool sequel time

@Bubba10137

Ай бұрын

@@JadePGCrafted that made no sense

Really, to make everyone happy, it should proc equally, weapons, armour, milk molars, creature difficulty, or make an ultra whoa in NG+ for the hardcore. But, yeah, I’d rather, tier 4 different weapons and armour rather than, same weapons. Yeah, this one shot kills is going to be impossible for me when I cannot block 10 out of 11 attacks with perfect parry.

I just think the ant queens were underwelming. The ant queen armor should always be teir three, and they shouldve made the ant queen weapons more effective. I dont want to hit a orb weaver 100 times with the septer just for some extra health on my summons. I really hope they buff the ant queen gear, like make apex predator work on them if it doesnt already or add a new mutation for killing/infecting the queens.

I feel like they are trying to force more multiplayer with newgame plus. Seems really hard if your playing solo

To be honest it feels like Obsidian just was looking for a way to stretch the game time. I mean like the new weapons and stuff are really nice but why do we have to play the story about 3 or 4 times to get it all ?!? I mean it’s not like there is really any new story content

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

well thats what ng plus generally is tbh

Good update but this patch is super buggy. I have lots of bugs vanishing mid battle and ghosting through walls and stuff

@unknownastroid_2240

Ай бұрын

YES I thought I’m the only one I have fucking ox beetles at the haze?! Like how?! Bosses are taking my food to! I go to fight a mantis and it took my food with NOOO BOSS LIKE WHAT💀😭

I just finished the base game and trying to see if investing further is worth it...the idea of getting one shot constantly and needing to grind all the time sounds very unfun. I'm gonna call it quits now while I still enjoy the game

The Switch version is better than I expected. Yes, it has limitations that are noticable, like textures and lighting. But, it is playable. I've experienced two crashes. I expected more to be honest.

@Clogmonger

Ай бұрын

I've been considering the switch version for when I can't use the PlayStation

I disagree that new game plus should be for “hardcore”players. It could have been made to increase the lifespan of the game by adding new challenges and rewards but as it is now it’s just difficult for no reason. The rewards aren’t worth the challenge level and even then those said rewards don’t provide sufficient buffs. It’s also too demanding that the devs expect people to go through like +4 new gameplay plus to unlock those rewards that won’t even help by that point cuz how tough the enemies are. They should have just added additional stats like damage bonus or magic resistance (like poison resist). Basically end game would be nice were it expands beyond the limits set by the game, including those of survival.

Watching some succes rates on steam this update is for around 2% of the player base.

Do you think they will ever release a grounded 2?

I've felt a bit lack lustered with the update, I'm not one for grind, it's enjoyable if your character upgrades as the enemies around you do. Not so much that apparently you can just keep replaying it and need to to get some of the weapons -_-; I really hope they're working on Grounded 2 and release something about it. There are four others that went missing, perhaps they're in another yard? Would be funny if that were the case, you get there and find a milk carton with the Grounded 1's teens on the milk carton, except there would be 5 faces instead of 4 ;)

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

Sad to say they kids are dead, it gets revealed in the endings

@GoldenOuroboros

Ай бұрын

@@JadePGCrafted My friends and I finished the game, I'm sad I'd forgotten that important piece of info 😭

Just hit ng+6 legit along with CDiinky hitting Ng+10 last night. Was watching his stream last night when I finally realized something.... The amount of people even going to reach new game plus 3 is such an incrementally small amount of people that it actually makes this update a little bit weird in a way. I mean barely anyone has literally beaten the wasp Queen. Mediocre Milton posted a video about this as well and I completely agree with him. This was made for extremely hardcore players and dedicated/ determined. The truth of the matter is New game Plus is not even worth it in the slightest. Maybe once they balance it and polish the update.... If that actually happens then maybe I'll change my comment. But until then, if you're a player who enjoys the game, I would not even touch New game plus. That's personal experience from watching someone hit New game Plus 10 and myself hitting New game Plus 6.

@prankenstein2977

Ай бұрын

Honestly couldn’t agree more. I’m a pretty avid grounded player with my main world being on about day 350 on ng+ 1, and I’m finding it hard to convince myself to play all the way to ng+ 3 just to unlock all the weapons in the new update.

@TGxAssassin

Ай бұрын

@@prankenstein2977 Man... See that's what I'm trying to say it's sad. I mean, obviously you're a loyal fan like I am who was more than likely hyped for the final update just for you to hop into it and completely feel drained. It's like watching a community fall apart. The truth of the matter is NG + 3 is just when you unlock all the burgl recipes. You still need to hit NG + 4 to get tier 4 weapons. It is not worth it under no circumstances getting tier 4 weapons. I have all of them and I could easily tell you that the sour battle axe, frosted flake and pepper flake are way better. Also once you get the weapons you got go through a massive grind to lvl 15.

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

At this point, I think updates should cater towards the hardcore audience, with a decent chunk of stuff for really casual players, as who are the people still playing the game? The hardcore, challenge run and grinder players that love the gameplay. Why does it matter if only a small portion of everything is going to experience all the content? If games tried to cater towards all the casual players, I would have abandoned most of my favorite games months or years ago.

@TheMarios327

Ай бұрын

Most players not finishing NG+ let alone getting to high NG+ cycles is not uncommon for games, most games I played don't really add much past NG+1 other than higher enemy scaling anyways. It is unfortunate the way they chose to make the game harder is layers upon layers of RNG (randomized trinkets, randomized T4 weapons, random buffs for infused creatures). I wish stuff like the elemental weapons with unique models (Breathslayer, Salt Pickaxe, etc) and the infected ant gear were tier 4. Those already require NG+ and would've given us some unique T4 gear, but it is what it is

@MrCartoonlife

Ай бұрын

New game + should have been a different dimension but the option to return to your actual dimension. Seems kinda dumb to make the game irreversiblely hard

I’m loving it on switch!

NG+ isn’t really that bad as long as you’re knowledgeable of each bug’s weaknesses

Base raids are so unforgiving and my only problem with the game. I've built way to many things with grass way back before base raids where in game.

This updates has been very hit or miss, it’s so grindy and makes it not fun. It honestly needs a lot of tuning. I love this game and I wanna keep playing but it’s so discouraging when everything is so random

I’m genuinly so shocked that I’ve seen nobody complain about the lack of rain or seasons

@aduckonquak2139

Ай бұрын

Then you must be blind, and tbf lore wise the story is quite quick

@tomatoman25

Ай бұрын

@@aduckonquak2139 I don’t get how the story being quick is at all related but okay…

@marsosuuwu

Ай бұрын

It would be hard to implement also not everything has to be a certain way

@aduckonquak2139

Ай бұрын

​@@tomatoman25 Cus it's totally gonna snow in like 3 days

@tomatoman25

Ай бұрын

@@marsosuuwu I never said I wanted it, I’m just saying I’ve not seen anyone complaining, which is weird because it was one of the most requested features

There is still alot of bugs in this update, but overall I found it enjoyable to a extent, eventually GN+ will hit a rock when it comes to enhancing game experience as it doesn't drastically change the games format, otherwise it's alright, i wouldnt call it the best but it's alright, and infected ants had me hooked, more zombie fungi bugs are a welcome addition to a survival playground idea Oh and the new weapons are also unique and i like the idea of having a candy version of each weapon type, for swords, axes and mallets, aswell as the salt pickaxe as a alternatively better busting tool compare to the black ox hammer, as salt isn't used often and the designs of all the weapons is perfectly comparable the the candy trio of the full release (mint mallet, spicy coaltana and acid edge) i still wish tho the devs didn't put a end to such a game like this so soon, even with a grounded 2 on the horizon potentially, I really cudve seen this game sail further and expand to levels never even imagined, but ig low end nintendo switches and cross platform from xbox, pc to ps5 wud be quite problematic with too many assets and rending, but i hope one day ill see the things that i dreamed Grounded wouldve had

Only bad things from the update is easter event didnt work, no lab pieces in playground, no water volume in olaygrounds, no terrain editor in plsygrounds, and the infected bugs, ant queens, and infected bug stuff isnt in playgrounds. (Or tier four items, and infused bugs.l

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

The easter event does work. And they've kept a lot of things out of playgrounds so people didn't instantly spoil everything.

@zzzholllow

Ай бұрын

​@@The_Apex_Of_PredatorsIt only gives you chocolate. You can't do anything with that

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

@@zzzholllow It is also a way to get candy trinkets easily. The lucky hat is supposed to be gotten in a march exclusive event not april

Do your structures go with you in New game plus?

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

yup

New game plus went from a chill survival Game to a souls like, and personally I love that change

It’s not the last update it’s the last planned major update

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

so teh last update? apart from qol

Grounded 2 is gonna be Amazing

Omg really they just got out of game preview and they abandoning it already wtf

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

what is this take? the game released out of game preview september 2022 crying out loud, not everything is fortnite kid

@SnowyRains

Ай бұрын

@@JadePGCrafted wasn’t aware of that guess the fully yolked edition is something different, i thought it was the full release btw no need to be a dick about it

@SentientDab

Ай бұрын

@@SnowyRainscomplaining about not enough content whilst being part of the the many people who won’t even get close to ng+ is crazy lol

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

@@SnowyRains Or... educate yourself first before making false statements... and then saying people are being mean to you about it...

@SnowyRains

Ай бұрын

@@The_Apex_Of_Predators why would i listen to someone whos just kissin some youtubers ass? You could have easily shut ya hole

They seemed to have rushed it super hard. Feels like nothing was really playtested.

Wish they stuck to their word and let us paint walls and stuff

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

theyve never promised that dude

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

They never said that but okay

@devhicks9988

Ай бұрын

@@JadePGCrafted they never full up promised it but said something about it awhile back I know my comment sounded ignorant but wasn’t meant to lmao

@devhicks9988

Ай бұрын

@@The_Apex_Of_Predators actually they did AWHILE back it wasn’t promised but would’ve loved to see it but okay 😂🤣

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

@@devhicks9988 The only time they mentioned it was on a survey asking what people would like to see. They never promised that at all

I play on Woah and I am on NG+6. Its honestly pretty easy. Haven't tried IBM in NG+ yet but that fight is honestly not fun in even base game.

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

IBM is the only balanced fight in the game since you can perfect block all attacks… you like unblockable attacks??

@mp7311

Ай бұрын

@@The_Apex_Of_Predators Yeah it doesn't bother me. Blocking isn't the only way to prevent damage lol

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

@@mp7311 The infected broodmother is the only boss where you can parry her scream to not get the -attack debuff. Damage isn't the only thing I am talking about. She is difficult without a lot of BS unblockable status effects being forced onto the player

@mp7311

Ай бұрын

@@The_Apex_Of_Predators I'm well aware. I don't mind unblockable effects like I stated.

They lied!!! it's not the last update as I'm right now seeing and waiting for a new update 6 days later

Only 2 handed weapons on game+ isn’t worth it

Im so glad everone can play Grounded on their chosen platform. ❤️ Grounded Fam All games should be that way

Honestly, full on opinion, this is a 6/10 update. You can really tell they playtested absolutely nothing and everything is lazy reskins.

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

Noice and constructive, seem ya other comments too, take a chill mate

@moondrip1

Ай бұрын

​@JadePGCrafted Nothing wrong with what I'm saying, other content creators like Cdiinky and Paraly5zer agree that the game is a total mess, as well as a lot of the community on Discord and Reddit. The devs had something good going here but somehow missed the mark and ended up fumbling a lot of these new features. I can't see anyone sticking around for long at the current rate, even with potential bug fixes and reworks coming

@JadePGCrafted

Ай бұрын

@@moondrip1 again nothing constructive, just regurgitate what others say? go no thougfhst yaself on what to improve? bore off mate

@The_Apex_Of_Predators

Ай бұрын

@@moondrip1 "The game is a total mess" nah, I don't think it is at all. Games like The Day Before or the Gollum game are total messes. A single update that adds a lot of good features with some no so good features doesn't make the game a total mess. All they have to do is rebalance some of the infused creatures, give higher drop rates, and change around some of the new weapons stats and special effects/buffs.

@moondrip1

Ай бұрын

Even more issues: Pets not respawning if they die even when using the specific respawn function in settings, molars spawning in places like the inside of the water hose or underneath lily pads. Bosses having to be reset multiple times to get an actual trait so the fight isn't immediately over if you miss a single parry. The update is a mess, everyone knows it, you can say it's not and that's your incentive but it's not a good look to completely deflect all criticism just because you like a game.