As long as melee attacks aren't aimed using the mouse, I'm okay with it. Aiming melee with the mouse would be a step backward, not forward. In fact, I'd say that even ranged weapons shouldn't be aimed with the mouse-- I'd prefer to see more old-school jump-and-shoot action with attacks that can only be aimed in eight directions because it would increase the value of projectiles with arcs or splitting effects. The fact that body armor increases maximum health is a scaling nerf to all healing items and gets very inconvenient in late-game, and the actual amount of benefit that higher defense numbers give is still not very transparent (in part because body armor also effects max health). There are only four types of mobs: Flying, Swimming, Walking, and Crawling. That won't be enough variety, even if body parts will eventually change the creatures' attacks, because four movement modes isn't very much. The developers absolutely need to completely disregard all comments about RPG elements like skill trees that lock you out of alternatives or gathering experience points for skills, since grinding is shallow game design only intended to make the game longer rather than more fun. At one point in time I expected that Chucklefish would all the best game decisions and basically create exactly what I had originally envisioned. They seemed to be ignoring the bad suggestions, focusing in on the good ones, and making promises for all the right features. However, as it becomes more and more clear exactly HOW they're implementing these features, I see a lot of smaller issues cropping up that I find disappointing. When the full release date finally rolls around it will probably be an excellent game, but I don't expect it to be the same godly glory that I once did.
Yep! Dodging creatures is fun. I play on Permadeath mode exclusively, and have gotten pretty good at staying alive.
perhaps it's because I'm a steam newb, or perhaps its that I just don't really fit in with the computer-gaming master race... but I don't see the difference?! Maybe It's not updating for me or something? actually, my starbound launcher screen hasn't changed it's message since I last manually reinstalled it [that was valentine's day update]. My steam end of it is set to automatically keep it up to date, but I don't think it is?!
Upcoming combat changes. They aren't out yet. Also, the launcher will always show the latest stable version, not the version you're running (check the title screen for that).
Monsters being heavier and jumping less? YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Few things in this game have frustrated me more than how useless ranged combat has been due to every last wildlife creature being straight out of The Matrix.
IKR. They dodge stuff like a boss. The devs should add a headshot system, where if you shoot an npc right in the brain.. "POP"
Yeah. Sneaking is another thing. How the heck do they detect me? Their backs were turned, all of them. Sneaking has to be implemented.
I am quite sure that they suggest that stuff because apparently game is somewhat unbalanced, favoring melee. Which I am not sure of, though I can say that efficiency of regular melee weapon more than enough makes up for range difference when compared with decent ranged weapon of similar quality.
There is never an issue when skewing in favor of meele. Because you are more likely to take damage when you are using meele. When you give range advantage - not only are you more likely to avoid damage, you essentially can create a wall between you and the enemy with a tiny hole and pick away.
Yeah. Not that the old style was better but those new monsters stand no chance against a not-so-decent player now. (but hey, it's moving forward anyways) I'll keep an eye on updates more than ever.
I somewhat like that a player move slower and feel heavier too (depending on gravity of course). But I want it so that a planet needs to have a lot of open caverns that are worth exploring and not just for trekking a planet surface and moving on. The fast trekking for surface loot is so mind numbing that I needed to stop playing for a month just to get my interest back.
