Well considering the fact that the devs tried not to have one, yet people are now complaining to the devs for doing it because it took away their homeworld only (lol). They said there would be 1 more coming soon, but it still hasn't and in the next update they said they'd not have character wipes (ever) or atleast 1 more.
What I got from Chucklefish after the last couple patches: "We don't even play test the things we change to make sure they work." You'd think after messing around with the instruments that they would have at least played one to make sure it sounded right or didn't crash the game. You know, the simple things. I understand the farmables and chest glitches kinda happen. But instruments, after clearly messing with their code on stream? That's inexcusable.
This is a very interesting conundrum that has formed among the Starbound community. I think that the primary issue is that people are treating a Stage 1 Beta test as an actual game. If one treats it as an extended tech demo, a lot of the complaints become void. It is not a game. Not yet. Starbound needs to be trained, to grow and to learn what its limits are (or are not). What we see before us is a fertile ground to grow features and balancing, through the combination of both may become the dinner that may be called "game." These are the seeds of what can be, and we are the witnesses to the gardeners.
If it was that big of a deal, there'd be half the community complaining -- and in that case, i understand where you're coming from. This isn't necessarily a 'bug' on his part, it's just him complaining about the configs because they aren't polished and newly implemented. Then he goes and says it's an easy thing to do, when he himself could just 'apparently' fix it for the devs himself. This has maybe 20% of the devs at fault, the 80% of him not being able to play is his stubborness and then his complaining is his ignorance.
why does everyone hate wipes i mean dang, starting again is the whole point and seeing the new things in game is one thing that the game presents if we all stuck to the same thing over again then this game would get old quickly , everyone that bitches about char wipes get over your selfs please.
Or, you could not be a huge baby and turn off steam automatic updates for starbound. Personally im waiting to play because im waiting for modders having full access to the game core so i can play stuff like fight for universe mods.
Changelog for v. Angry Koala 23/12/2013 A ton of new content in this update. We've added a bunch of new features to world generation, which might require you to start on a new universe. To make sure you get access to all the new crafting items you either need to unlock sectors again or create a new character. Also.. - Added skyrails based on Apjjms mod! - Added a brand new weather system, moddable weather/new environment effects - Hydrophobic objects are destroyed by all liquids - Trees can now be planted - Critical items stay on the ground longer - Some new monster behaviours - You must now be orbiting a planet to set it as your home - Free teleportation to home planet from ships teleporter - add acid rain, meteor showers, water collecting during storms and more - made species mods easier to combine with one another - add support for keysignature and keysignature changes for the abc system - Disable speedlimit for default projectiles to fix inaccurate bullets - New craftable turrets based on healthire's mod - You can now land on asteroid fields, based on hints mod - Tech now has descriptive instructions - Tons of Christmas stuff!! - Pos no longer 1 hit kill you - You can no longer breath on moons or asteroid fields without the proper equipment - Better fix fall damage - New barren planets perfect for building - Gravity now varies from planet to planet - Some planet backgrounds improved - Existing biomes can appear with different liquid types - You can now craft racial flags, to show you've been to a planet - NPCs will now switch to melee weapons up close - More random encounters - Pos can now be captured - Wiring station can now be built to access to a ton of different wiring tools - fixed mech legs - tons of server improvements - more
I think that people do not like the wipes because they feel a sense of accomplishment through playing through Starbound (I refuse to call this beta a game, see previous post), and then when the devs have a character wipe, it takes that accomplishment away.
bah, that doesnt help its just saying yet again what has changed you knew this was going to happen, stop being such a troll
yes but once you have hit the top which i did before this patch i had nothing else to do because i had everything that i needed to win the game, i needed a patch to make me play again, and now all im wondering about is the repair function on the tools and how its changed ?.
You can't test things from a new players point of view if you are already equipped with level 10 gear and trying random things. The idea of resets is also so you can experience new content; something which is stated on (most) releases that contain a reset. What's the point of beta testing if progression isn't balanced?
that is the only problem with it though. People will lose all their progress. BUT with the wipe new amazing stuff will be added, and the wipes are suppose to be expected. it even says on the launcher to expect them. What you say is true.
phoenix you asked whats the point in testing if progression isnt balanced then i ask you what do you think beta's are if things are well balanced and polished that would be classed as a finished game, in this case its been clearly stated that the game is a long way off from being completed and because its still in test phase you have to understand that things like unballanced game play will happen.
They seemed to have solved the problem of updates corrupting my game by merely touching my Starbound folder (editing or even moving around anything in said folder produced the same effect) forcing me to delete my Starbound folder manually in order to redownload it correctly due to my being on a Mac! I hope. Reposting this because it's more relevant here.
if you can get to the folder on your mac then your doing well, there should have been a player and world type folder that you could have just deleted, but at the same time you can just tell steam to verify files on your computer to make things good again if you just happen to be a fool and go and do somethings stupid, anyways calm down theres always things you can do to make it all good again.
My game also crashes when I try to play an instrument. Delete character option when? People have been asking for this since Dec 4. I have too many characters because i've made a new one with each patch. I would like to get rid of them easily but clicking an option. None of that going into my computer files to delete characters.
