why i bought rising world

Well, in all fairness. Wurm has been out for a long time wheras Rising World is still in development and there is still a lot of content to be added. Any hostile mobs that come in addition to the bear or tiger will be a realistic. I think a snake might come eventually. Definately no giant spiders or zombies like in Minecraft. Any fantasy monsters will likely be restricted to dungeons when they come out (next major update).

There's still much to figure out and implement such as a story mode and adding of more ages to the game. We currently start out in a medievil age and jump right into modern once the tier 2 crafting table can be built. We want some sort of age progression from stone age all the way to modern but we aren't there yet. We've had some debates in other threads here recently about how do do that and whether it should be limited to just technology. There are also lots of cultural advancements that need to be made such as: working together and forming tribes, learning to paint, learning to tell stories, learning to write, and even forming religion. Culture cannot be ignored.

If you have any thoughts to add, please check out this thread
Civilisation progress: really? pros? cons?

As far as the survival aspect, there's going to be much coming out over the next few months to add. We will be getting new character models, new tools, a boat, fishing rod, armor, clothing, some NPC humans (friendly and hostile) and dungeons (which should have monsters in them to the best of my knowledge)

Again.. early access game but I'm pretty happy with the progress being made so far

Hopefully you're in for a long haul to see Rising World constantly updating for the better. There's much more to be had as time goes by. Luckily, there's stuff to learn from in Wurm Unlimited that it can all be used in Rising World. The boat building in the open being one example.

I guess Zork is the new main regular here so he mentioned all the things I wanted to, just not the one thing about survival. We do have to grow food to eat, or at least scavenge from the scenery like nomads. We can farm, yet everything is still at the basic level. We also have to drink from ponds to keep our thirst up, as well as building up by gathering resources. It may not be complex, yet it shall be such the more time goes by. and with fishing to be had. Survival is solid enough that you can do basic Minecraft related things of building shelter, a farm, and similar. Just not enough that there's still lots to be had, along with environmental effects of hot & cold, among diseases, illnesses, and others. Can't forget how there'll be log cabins in foresty type areas to have neutral & neutral hostile loggers/hunters, as well as roaming NPC merchants to trade with. I'd still however am willing to harass Red51 for companion NPCs we can customized & bring with us around the world as buddies

Looking forward to where it's all going, as well as both patiently & impatiently awaiting the horses's arrival so I can continue exploring my world.

I doubt we'd see religion, unless Red51 goes deep with NPC villages and such. We'll get NPC Traders for admins (RPG behavior), & some roaming entities, just no religion. Maybe a touch on some dungeon themes because you never know, yet I haven't heard anything about religion. There won't be any blind hating & blind loving, nor blind following from what I keep hearing in the news and games. It'll just be you and the world. If you want religion then it might be up to you guys via multiplayer server + mods.

And yes, I'm in here for the long haul because Minecraft failed me in certain areas where Rising World won me over. Even waiting for the vehicles, something it won't allow in Minecraft. I have high hopes, yet that's only natural when you have red51 at the helm of this game. Waiting to see what he does with horses because you can go into heavy detail with them. Needing them greatly for my world.

People build amazing stuff, yes. It amazing me sometimes but I'm beginning to feel a bit of arrogance & favouritism. I even miss someone whom made a fancy garden. There's some users who dropped out . I wish they come back.....They built trains, planes, boats, trucks, and bikes, all something Rising World needs. Well, minus passenger planes, but more like helicopters & a Sea Otter plane heh. Other than that, it's all awesome with the way people build. You should look for the upside down house also.

Good luck seeing where things goes. Try playing in the 'survival' style by having to gather everything. It might be painful, yet it's worth every moment. You can see how much further Red51 has to go with the game, yet it brings you hope because there'll be that much more awesome features within. It works even better when you have a buddy when you want to build bigger.

I think Dungeons & animals were going to be tended to next, then play models & animations after that in the following updates. That's from what I heard.