How many generations of tech will planets have?

I know there's going to be some planets still using not-so-technological weapons and equipment (as seen in previous screenshots), and some with guns, lasers, and whatnot. But what kind of technology can a planet have? Is there a chance that there could be something inbetween? You know, like somewhere around if not above the 21st Century in terms of weaponry (Just basic guns, of course randomized), armor (I 'unno, vests?), and vehicles (Tanks? Please?)

 

Presuming the tank would blow up terrain, they would not be treated as tanks, but griefing machines.

 

Probably, i don't see why not. It only makes sense to have some technology in out current timeline, right?

 

On the main page where it talks about avians, it states that though they used primitive weapons, they're infused with high tech components. From watching the streams we've seen that planets will have levels for difficulty. The power of NPC weapons will more than likely correlate with the power of the monsters.

 

You're assuming there's levels of technology. I find it more likely that things are categorized based on function or relative power level rather than where they would fit in regards to technological advancement as we know it from history & science fiction. Stuff will likely match whatever appearance goes with the dungeon/civilization/whatever they're found in (ie avian weapons on a avian favored planet.) Won't be surprised to find a mish-mash of gear from different races either. Also keep in mind just because avians use "primitive" weapons doesn't mean one won't come along and build a rocket launcher and stash it in a chest (or offer it as a reward for fetching a space boar for the local BBQ.)

 

I think that just like with any game, higher difficulty areas are going to have higher damaging weapons and more protective armor.

 

Well, primitive weapons can't be that bad, right? Some of the older ages of weapons would obviously use different ammo types, if you're in a more advanced planet, older ammunition could be more expensive, and vice versa. Also, keeping the sci-fi aspect in mind, there would be alternate weapon variant/looks. Old weapons like muskets, bows, blades, and pole-arms would have different and more space-like designs to fit in being used against other generations of technology, without higher generations overpowering "primitive" weapons. I think it'd be cool to see different characters with different appearance and equipment from different types of weapons.

 

I want to comment on this so bad, I'm not sure how though How about... What kind of weapons are you talking about? Such as starter weapons being sticks are crappy swords or all planets having a mix of lame stuff and laser rifles?

 

how bout humanlike?
stone
copper
bronze
iron
colonial
industrial
info
space
so i think 8

 

I'm not saying the older the worse. An example would be varying rifles, varying from Muskets (Older), just guns (Using bullets we would use now), and lasers. Each with different ammunition types properties, and stats to go along. I think this has started to become more of a suggestion than a question.

 

Maybe they could have mixed gen weapons? Laser blunderbuss? Explosive pellet launching slingshot? Arrow shooting minigun?

 

I'm almost positive that we'll be seeing many levels of tech that varies from planet to planet, and once the modding API comes out post-release, there will be even more of them, and with the tanks you desire!