A simple method for resisting meteors that could be used...

Simply put... make all crafted blocks/tiles able to resist meteor showers.
Currently only several blocks can resist meteors, and they include various steel, meteor itself, and everything volcanic.
But players rarely build solely steel buildings, and the other materials are quite undesirable for making a home.
I would like it if all things the player created would resist the meteors, all metal blocks, as well as stone and bone blocks crafted.
Finally I could make a house without covering it completely with steel and volcanic materials... it would be nice.
I understand that it would be too time consuming to make an entire complex system at the moment... but a simple basic system like this could be done.

 

There's a mod for that.

 

No, this mod does nothing I asked for. This mod creates a new item which prevents meteors from affecting an area.
I wanted actual blocks and tiles to be able to do what I mentioned.
Apparently, there is no mod for that. I wish there was a mod...

 

This is a form vs. function issue. The change you are suggesting would take away from players that enjoy building for function.

stone = steel vs. meteors is just wrong. It sounds and feels very wrong.

You only need to build a shell of the armored materials, the entire home doesn't need to be made of steel. Maybe request a Mod be made on the Mod forums.

 

Some how or way there needs to be a way to stop meteors from just gradually destroying the ground level of an entire planet, let alone players' hard work.

You would think it would do set tile damage rather than just insta-splode everything, including the toughest materials.

 

I agree, but the Devs are more likely to work on a workaround, a convenience patch that is simple, over a massive game-changing overhaul.
I want materials to function more realistically, but that is too difficult to fix in a single patch. However, they can fix a huge problem in a single patch without high realism by doing what I suggested. I want realism and meteor protection. But sadly that isn't going to happen, we need protection first, so that's what I'm asking be done first.