Enshrouded Should Adopt a Key Terraria Quality-of-Life Feature

Enshrouded’s Journey from Early Access: A Tale of Community-Driven Evolution

Okay, so here’s the thing about Enshrouded. Back in good ol’ January 2024, when it first popped out into early access, it was, well, a bit like a baby deer learning to walk. You know what I mean? All wobbly, trying to find its feet. And fast forward a year — boom! Thanks to the community yakking away on the forums, we’ve got revamped gameplay mechanics, combat that’s less like swinging a wet noodle, and dungeons where you don’t just wander around hoping to find something vaguely interesting. Kudos, team!

Oh, but wait. Even with all these glowing updates, there’s this one little thing that’s still missing. A quality-of-life tweak, if you will. It’s like… imagine you’re backpacking and there’s no easy way to drop your stuff off. You gotta fiddle around with each chest like an indecisive air traveler at the self-checkout. Meanwhile, Terraria, that old trusty game, cracked this nut ages ago. If it ain’t broke, mimic it, right? Enshrouded would do well to catch up.

So, here’s the real pickle — survival crafting games walk that fine line between ‘ugh’ and ‘yay’ when it comes to juggling your loot. There’s a certain zen to having everything in its little nook, but too much faffing about and you’re just doing chores, not playing. On the flip side, make it too easy…well, then it’s just a snooze fest. Terraria nailed it, and Enshrouded needs to take a page from their playbook. Seriously, check it out.

Right, where was I? Oh yeah, in the land of Terraria, they’ve got this nifty thing where — get this — you can hit a button and poof, everything jumps to its home chest if it matches. Like magic but without the wand. It’s a time-saver straight from the heavens! All Enshrouded needs is to sprinkle some of that onto their system and bam, happy players.

Now, slight plot twist — Enshrouded isn’t entirely in the dark here. They did whip up a feature where if you’re cozied up to a chest, you can hit a key combo and offload matching items. Not bad. But, hey, why not amp it up? Let’s say instead of giving each treasure chest a pat, you could, I dunno, do it from a distance, like Terraria, where the magic happens with a sweep of your finger (or button, but you get me).

Then there’s this other idea floating around — Affinity Tags. Sounds fancy, right? It’s like giving each chest a VIP pass for certain loot. Say you dump all your unequipped gear: helmets, swords, whatnot, and zap! It’s all neatly deposited where it belongs. Honestly, it’s surprises like these that make my greedy gamer heart skip a beat.

Oh! And they could even sprinkle this feature in gradually. I mean, it doesn’t need to drop from the sky all at once. Charm the players with bits and pieces — maybe through quests or souped-up magic chests that lure you in with promises of effortless inventory management. Maybe they’ll call it the Wonder Chest or something. Super catchy, right?

And then we wander into NPC territory. Enshrouded’s already got villagers bustling around. Toss in a few helpers whose sole purpose in life is to tidy up your loot while you’re off adventuring. Add a quest or two to earn their loyalty and, voila, your item management just got that much easier. I’m all for fresh twists, whether they’re NPC-fueled or chest-driven.

In any case — long story short — these coder wizards behind Enshrouded better be jotting this stuff down. Fingers crossed these features aren’t just pie in the sky. Honestly? This just needs to happen already. Come on, Enshrouded, make it so!