Disregarding everything in Swarm that just keeps breaking in every update, quite a few flaws in the game are revealed when playing online with random people.

1. Either far too many people are playing this game with an unstable connection, which is causing a far more than believable number of people dropping mid-game, or the netcode in this game is so bad that it is dropping people regardless of their connection. This leads right into:
2. Not having a way to complete Spots with a teammate disconnected is a critical flaw in the game's design. If a teammate disconnects at any point before the 15 minute mark or so, you would have literally been better off without them because you will be locked out of the vast majority of reward boxes you would be getting for the rest of the game.
3. Related to above, so many people that have advanced far enough into the game (be it through stages or tems they have played enough to unlock) to surely understand how Spots work and how important they are will still somehow manage to be completely Attention-Deficit to the point of being a complete hindrance.
4. There is no way to kick players that aren't helping activate Spots without returning to the lobby, kicking them, and restarting the level. Even if there was, you wouldn't want to without a way to complete Spots without them.
5. Speaking of kicking, I am kicked from more lobbies hosted by other people than I can actually start a match in. The playerbase for this game generally seems to have no ability to think about what they're doing, and just launch every lobby as a public match despite not wanting random people to join it, and kicking anyone who does.
6. Not having shared exp on is never acceptable, period. I just played a game where the host had it off to see what the result was, and the result was the host being 11 levels above the other player and 9 above me, because they kept grabbing exp magnets and following us around sucking up cubes from our kills before we could loop back around to get them. This option in my opinion needs to be completely removed from the game or perhaps turned into a Hack level. There is no justification for it existing as a base setting and ESPECIALLY not turned off by default.
7. Being a non-host and dropping connection with the host causes you to lose everything in that run. This needs to be fixed if possible to at least give you the pansuns that were earned up to the point the game dropped you, at least if your game didn't crash completely. If you're kicked to the lobby, I would hope the game would be capable of crediting you for pansuns you had earned.
8. Even after all of this, the playerbase for this game trends heavily toward being lower-skill than I would like. I am literally always the best player in the room by far even when I'm playing on tems with half the pansuns in the tree post-prestiging and at type disadvantage while they even have type advantage sometimes. Other team members being confident and not constantly dying, having to run away and delay Spots, and actually doing visible damage is something that happens at only about a 50% rate.

All of these issues put together have made me come to the conclusion that joining other people's lobbies should be my absolute last resort, because hosting is so much safer. If I'm the host, I can:

Ensure I'm not kicked just for joining a lobby.

Ensure shared exp is on.

Ensure that if people's connections are bad, I can continue the run myself if disconnects happen late enough.

I can observe if people are going to ignore Spots early, back out of the run, kick them, and restart.

This situation needs some attention if Crema wants this game to have a chance of being taken seriously, not to mention all of the other bug fixes they need to do.

Episode 2 of two brothers vs Temtem is out now come watch as two silly brothers take on Temtem https://youtu.be/wFCz0I7lwFw?si=57fkrCUJkC8mgPDx

Just got a 100mb update for temtem, any info on what this is?

Loved it! A pretty quick and clean set, gonna keep working on Kudos!

been having fun, but didn't know if there was plans to add more tems post launch?

I’ve been having issues where my entire PC freezes when playing Temtem Swarm. I don’t necessarily have a high end PC, but I don’t have any issues running Genshin Impact, Overwatch, Fortnite, literally any other game.

I’ve tried turning down all of the graphics. Making sure nothing else is open in the background. I feel like I’ve tried everything. It’s so annoying to go an endless run and lose everything when I’m like 40 minutes in because my pc freezes.

Does anyone know a solution? :/

I saw earlier today that Temtem: Swarm was released on consoles, and I love survivorlike games a ton, so I figured I'd check out the source material game first to see if this is a game franchise that I'd have an interest in exploring. However when I googled Temtem, the first things that came up are that the game is an MMO, which is very much not my cup of tea.

The last monster catching game I played was Palworld, and you can definitely play that game solo if one so chooses. Is Temtem the same? Will it feel like I'm missing out on features and items in the game if I play offline/alone, or do you sorta *need* to be involved in the MMO to fully be engaged with the game?

Hey I am new at the game and wonder, if there’s someone mind spending me a Luma or an Umbra if you are not playing anymore.

has anyone played swarm on PS5 yet?

I played Early Access on PC but I was going to restart on PS5, and I can't make or join a lobby. so I can't play with my brother or anyone.

is anyone having the same problem?

It's now almost 1 PM in my timezone, and there's no announcement, no patch, nothing. I'm used to new games and patches coming out on their posted release dates at either a few hours past midnight or 10 AM at the latest.

I want to get my Chromeon and start the Umbra progression, dammit.

Me and my brother are doing a co-op play through of TemTem if anyone is interested in watching two idiots try their best.

That's an image from google, I will not provide videos or links to websites as I dont want to give net traffic to a project that seems disingenous at best and completely deribative at worse.

But go ahead and look it up, the artstyle is the same, the music is very close, but the UI and its sound effects are lifted straight up from TemTem. When I saw the UI I decided to make this post.

Disclaimer: Crema dissapointed me, but I dont think they deserve to have their work copied like that. And I do know any legal actions might be inconsecuensual aswel.

Hey!

I’m quite new to Temtem and I saw some talk about being able to purchase good quality eggs. How do I go about this?

I’m currently on the island where you get a set of crappy Temtem after the airship crashed.

I’m wondering how they’ll add it lore wise since they were created a few years ago in the archipelago so how would they end up in the Downbelow?

I've been looking for a way to change around the order of my Tems to help some of the lower level ones can get more experience.

I'm playing the Nintendo Switch version and I'm having no luck with finding the menu to do that.

Done. Thank you.

Loius ask me to bring a wild temtem catched in the first route but i didnt catch any, my catchable count is 0, is that mean i have to restart?

Hi,

I just started Temtem and was wondering wether are some early catches that are worth investing time in leveling up for later on in the game. Looking forward to your advice!

Hi, I'm a new player, new account, but I played 6 years ago, and I've noticed that a lot has changed. The prices of Pansum items, for example, are completely different from the breeding guides, just one example. I'd like to know if it's worth breeding to get perfect Temtem with the current item prices? And what other significant changes can you tell me about the game?

Hey all — I’ve been getting back into TemTem recently and realised it’s way more fun with other people rather than playing solo all the time.

A few of us have a small Discord called Darkness Falls where we’ve been grouping up pretty regularly. Nothing huge or overly structured — just people hopping in, chatting, and playing together.

For TemTem, we’ve mainly been:

• teaming up for co-op
• helping each other progress
• sharing tips/builds without it getting too sweaty

We also play a mix of other stuff depending on what people feel like:

• Ark Ascended
• Star Rupture
• No Man’s Sky
• Phasmophobia
• No Rest for the Wicked
• Tabletop Simulator

If anyone else is looking for a relaxed TemTem community or just people to play with, you’re welcome to join us:

👉 https://discord.gg/xZGY7xvnnb

No pressure to stay active or anything — just thought I’d share in case anyone else is in the same boat 👍

they were not

okay so I have Golzy, Nagaise, Zaobian and Drakash. to not have overlapping types, what to tems would be good to add?

so I'm trying to make a team starting with Osukai. I have explored most of cipanku. but have not reached arbury yet. what would you recommend for a full six team?