Late game progression

I think the late game progression feels a bit off right now. The early game feels strong, you are learning how to survive while gatheting your first advanced tools and getting your first glimses of the story. There are some dangers challenging you like the Mango’s, marrowbreaches and the great jaw but once you build your first tadpole they become much less scary. I think they should increase the damage even more on these Animals because it should feel more dangerous even in your tadpole.

Once you cross the Collectors Chasm you enter the late game in my mind. Here is where some issues start to present themselves. The collector itself is really scary but there is a clear invisible barrier where he doesnt follow you. I would like to see the collector patrol or Roam a larger part of the second region. He should be able to go to alot of places, particularly to chase you, but he obviously cant be everywhere at once. The natural terrain of the second region functions as good cover and shelter.

Secondly the chassis you get in this region doesnt fully serve its function. Its good foor transporting alot of goods but the camera and lights dont serve a clear function. I would like to see more flexiblity and power put into them by making the camera controlable like the Cyclops and equipping them with powerfull seachlights that could pierce the ocean fog and see further at night. This would help you detect the Collector Ideally give this function to the passengers aswell. Also make the 2 passenger seats fully enclosed and give the Chassis more health because of its bulk.

If the entirety of this current EA version of the game represents the bulk of the storyline for S2, then the game is in trouble. I presume that what we have at the moment is merely a “Chapter One” in a multi-chapter tale (I would hope at least five chapters or more), with several more biomes.

Maybe give the Collector a chance to follow you into the Karakorum region, with that chance increasing the more aggressive/hungry it is.