Yes. agree with all of this.
The way they ask... Every time we report a bug, its like we are forced to prove our case with evidence as if we're on trial. Crazy.
And sometimes the video requests make no sense. Like, if there's an issue with an item and someone shares screenshots of their inventory... why do you need video of a static screen??? Or say you never got a letter in Eivor's mailbox, how am I supposed to make a video of a letter I never got?

I'm convinced now that their Bug department is just some poor guy or gal being punished in a closet, doing work that needs 50x the staff and resources. And the customer doing half the work is the only way anything has even the slightest chance of being addressed. Either that or its just some bureaucratic SOP for the support staff to tick all their checkboxes. Or maybe they are bots. Who knows?

Anyway, they don't really frequent the general discussions, so they will probably never see this.

lol Between this and the Mastery Challenge, I think its safe to say whoever decides what we do in this game doesn't actually play this game.

I agree with everyone here. I had an easy time of it yesterday, but today was just frustrating. I almost rage quit. It was challenging for all the wrong reasons. There is no consistency with what happens and skill or ingenuity is not rewarded. And it did look stupid. Its more like, figure-out-how-to-cheese-the-game mode.

In the game world it feels unnatural. There are rules made by whom? A developer god, i guess. This mode is just boring frustration. Sorry.

Have you played it, or just watched the trailer? There was something about a meteor and some version of a magic Meteor-Valka. I honestly couldn't pay attention. They rationalized it somehow? It was somehow obscure and vapid and lengthy all at the same time. I had to put my head on the desk for it.

Put some hard enemy in front of me and let me do whatever i want to survive and beat him. That is challenge. 

I wish for this SO MUCH. I don't know if I was spoiled by Odyssey's infinitely generating mercenary system, but this Mastery Challenge is like a slap in the face. It's like the devs who make this content do not have the skill to program in actual difficulty, so they handicap the player and exploit the existing erratic behavior instead.

Not Eivor!


Just felt like sharing.
Turns out AC Valhalla is faithful to the creed after all: Nothing is true; everything is permitted. ️

@a-m-r Yes, 120 opals/week. And no, we're not meant to get everything Reda offers. Think of the 120 as the first free hit from a drug dealer. It's to ease you into microtransactions and get you hooked enough to spend real moolah. I might be wrong, but I don't think Reda will offer a full set of anything either.

It all really hammers home the evidence that Ubisoft says one thing and does something else. The 5-week updates. The dev blog which described in unnecessary detail their update testing practices (which are so obviously untrue). The response to the abuse and misconduct allegations. And when things are unequivocally going wrong, its just radio silence. Really 0 integrity.

@nmeyer1206
I stopped by exactly where you described yesterday. Just small and medium. There's also a spot on the coast west of that location where it spawns mackerel exclusively. Again, only small and medium.

I give up! I got fooled into thinking these fish exist by the 'challenge' and spent hours on a wild goose-fish chase. Then, I was tricked by the support staff here saying it was there and went out again. Now, the title update tells me its fixed and got me a third time. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times and congrats ubi, I truly am the biggest idiot bacraut there is.

@torfinr but it will bug out so that it replaces your armor in the main game and you get stuck in an Aztec loincloth until 1.1.4

My beef with this issue is not about completion. It is about all the constant misleading communication surrounding it. The swordfish challenge is still there, as if it is possible, leading players to waste quite a bit of time on a known bug. The 1.1.2 notes say it has been addressed. Of course, in actuality, its still broken. Do they not check before putting out the patch notes? How is this possible?

I am actually starting to suspect it is deliberate negligence, as a way to artificially maintain "player engagement" while they try to generate actual content. I'm sure the number of active players translates to sales when dlc time comes. OTOH, the last update kind of broke the assassination mechanic in an assassin game so, . Is it deception? Incompetence? Apathy?

I absolutely agree!

I had my playthrough during Yule and it went caca on the whole experience. Much like Ostara, it introduced a bunch of bugs. Plus game-breaking ones for pretty much any quest that needed the residents to move somewhere. So, I avoided the place because every time I went there I ended up getting stuck and troubleshooting for hours. I am avoiding town now because I had a few crashes and don't want to tempt fate. So basically any seasonal event means EXILE from Ravensthorpe for me. I once read that Ravensthorpe was intended to make the player feel at home and emotionally invested in the people that lived there. I can tell you that until Yule ended, I didn't even know who was who.

I'm also glad someone else mentioned the butterflies. It is a ludicrous amount of butterflies! Like if I saw it irl, I would NOT be out partying. I think between the plague of insects and the bouncing/flying/folding fish, it is a sign of the apocalypse. With each seasonal event, they are actually programming in ragnarok.

I will try to stay open-minded about it. I think it is inevitable for a money-driven company like Ubisoft to turn to the GAAS format. Hopefully it'll be free-to-play so I wont feel robbed when the bugs prevent me from playing the main game like Valhalla.

Honestly though, I think that Ubi is really honing their ability to churn out repetitive, copy-paste content that occupies casual players for vast amounts of time. Ideally, they will also realize that it takes a compelling story/character to hook people too, and I would enjoy that part. I also hope that the reason Valhalla is getting garbage like river raids and mastery challenge is because all the devs are working on Infinity.

@longjohn119
I had the same experience. I posted screenshots of Eivor's equipment belt disappearing when hiding the torso armor (and thus using an invisible harpoon during the harpoon ability). They came back asking for video. Not only that, they asked me a list a questions and to try out things in game to see its effect. So I go through the whole song and dance, deliver it all, and they never bothered to respond. That was back in March and afaik, the harpoon is still invisible.

Yes. agree with all of this.
The way they ask... Every time we report a bug, its like we are forced to prove our case with evidence as if we're on trial. Crazy.
And sometimes the video requests make no sense. Like, if there's an issue with an item and someone shares screenshots of their inventory... why do you need video of a static screen??? Or say you never got a letter in Eivor's mailbox, how am I supposed to make a video of a letter I never got?

I'm convinced now that their Bug department is just some poor guy or gal being punished in a closet, doing work that needs 50x the staff and resources. And the customer doing half the work is the only way anything has even the slightest chance of being addressed. Either that or its just some bureaucratic SOP for the support staff to tick all their checkboxes. Or maybe they are bots. Who knows?

Anyway, they don't really frequent the general discussions, so they will probably never see this.

@xrayspex_73 @Garbo3

I don't play Royal demands,useless and boring. This mastery challenges I had put all my hopes in just to find they are utterly difficult and frustrating.

River raids. Same old.

Bah,honestly,am done.

Totally agree with you. I kept coming back hoping the new content will revitalize some of the fun and excitement from the main game. But honestly, the seasonal stuff and new content is bottom barrel, poo poo quality stuff in comparison. I think its time to face facts that it was a one and done. I didn't even buy the DLC because of how many new bugs people are reporting. It seems they're not even serious about support if you look at how many people still can't finish the main game, and now the DLC story too. Nothing against the support staff or devs, but its obviously not enough resources or skill devoted to existing problems. I honestly believe they only provide the barest illusion of support to justify the game as a vehicle for pushing microtransactions. I am done too.

lol Between this and the Mastery Challenge, I think its safe to say whoever decides what we do in this game doesn't actually play this game.

@theeelf This is adorable. I am going to change all my settlement decorations to this baby brazier.

@cigarvn Wow, I have never seen a pic this close before. This is really scary. Is that its lower jaw and teeth still in place? Who knew AC Valhalla actually becomes a horror game.
My condolences on your abomination.

@kdnl29_8 I'm impressed by how many there are already. 12.5k! 🤯

I am on PC running off a SSD, but even if it loaded in 5 seconds, this 50 is not happening for me. I remember getting the foreign supplies for whatever it was Vagn was selling. It was so boring and repetitive. 50 is a punishment. Essentially, Ubi is asking people to load and leave and I think game time could be better spent elsewhere.

@spirantcrayon22 lol for real? 50? I haven't checked Connect yet today. They must have mixed something up. Surely, this should be the community goal instead? 🤭

I agree with everyone here. I had an easy time of it yesterday, but today was just frustrating. I almost rage quit. It was challenging for all the wrong reasons. There is no consistency with what happens and skill or ingenuity is not rewarded. And it did look stupid. Its more like, figure-out-how-to-cheese-the-game mode.

In the game world it feels unnatural. There are rules made by whom? A developer god, i guess. This mode is just boring frustration. Sorry.

Have you played it, or just watched the trailer? There was something about a meteor and some version of a magic Meteor-Valka. I honestly couldn't pay attention. They rationalized it somehow? It was somehow obscure and vapid and lengthy all at the same time. I had to put my head on the desk for it.

Put some hard enemy in front of me and let me do whatever i want to survive and beat him. That is challenge. 

I wish for this SO MUCH. I don't know if I was spoiled by Odyssey's infinitely generating mercenary system, but this Mastery Challenge is like a slap in the face. It's like the devs who make this content do not have the skill to program in actual difficulty, so they handicap the player and exploit the existing erratic behavior instead.