I feel the game has been ruined.

I loved Starbound, put over 100 hours into the game, and nothing could ever describe how excited I was for the new release! Like really excited!

I get on, my characters were deleted, that's fine! Seriously I didn't mind that, i figured time for a fresh start to learn all the new things about Starbound!
No pickaxe? That's fine! Will have to upgrade my cool matter manipulator. However digging 4 blocks at a time is the biggest grind I have ever done however that's okay! It'll be worth it right?
But where's the copper? I explored the entire planet looking for copper and there was none? I looked on google and found out I have to mine? WHAT!? when did this become Minecraft??? It doesn't help its forcing me to mine, but with 4 blocks to chip away with! NO!
I played this game to explore planets not to go deep into the depths of planets to mine! Anyway, I figured I'd struggle a little longer to get my first Matter Manipulator upgrade to break 9 blocks at a time so things would go a little smoothly and it only made it a little faster. Nope, that's it, I'm dropping this game, thanks for ruining my favourite game.

Kelphy

 

If you explored the entire surface, you should have found the abandoned mine dungeon.... I got all the copper I needed from chests. You can get halfway down into the cavern layer by just going down to the bottom of the mine....

Explore, my friend. You will find what you are looking for.

 

I kinda agree, the new start is a real pain in the bottom to get through, but after jumping that huge hurdle, there was a lot of nice content they added.
I think there should be another static tutorial planet that gently guides you through the place and if you want to skip that world, you can go mine in the depths.

Exploring the planet is a real pain in the bottom too. It turns to night way too fast and birds come and molest me

 

So after the first planet the ores aren't deep in the core anymore? It's back to the way it was?

 

I can't say I really understand what you're getting at here. I mean sure, there used to be some surface metals here and there but I always found that actually digging for them was the most efficient way of gathering minerals. I haven't played much of the actual release as of yet, but I've been playing nightly builds up until now and I never had that problem, so it could just be a world generation bug (that or TiY is being the biggest douche imaginable).

Is hunger only on medium-core and above characters now? Because if so it takes all of what little challenge there was left on soft-core mode.

 

Hunger is redone. Ores are ALL lower in the cavern layers, for all types.

 

What divides Starbound from Terraria? We have a VAST universe to explore meet aliens, and such. Why have they made it so we spend 90% of our time under ground digging for ores? I thought the whole purpose of the game was to have ores near the surface so that we could explore planet after planet! So basically this game is EXACTLY the same as Terraria now, except you go to space, wow they have lost me for good.

 

Dunno about you, but I dove into a hole and tripped over four copper veins instantly.

 

Oh I thought of a new name for Stabound! Minespace! That's all it is now.

 

Du... Dude! This isn't creative or funny.

If you don't like the game right now, just stop playing. (Or at least make funny jokes, elsewhere.)

 

I wasn't trying to be funny, that's what it actually should be called. Starbound isn't fitting for the game anymore.

 

If it honestly is bugging you this much, then I would suggest you stop playing? I mean, if it truly, TRULY bothers you that much that you need to actually mine and dig to find ores and such, or just explore different planets that give you ores in chests, you could always just use the /admin thing and give yourself whatever you want. Personal Opinion and such, yeah.

Half the fun for me is just searching the Surface of planets, digging down isn't really my thing but hey, more goodies and spoils for trying, y'know?

 

Dude, At least beat the first boss mission. -.-"

 

Not sure if serious.

Comparing minecraft and starbound is like comparing apples to oranges. Its both fruit, but its also different from each other. Having more ores the deeper you go also encourages exploring, as one might find those dungeons and prefab places scattered around in the mantle with loot.

 

Guys it's a hungry troll. Leave him alone.

 

Well someone is mad. Get better bait

 

The matter manipulator gets to be quite strong after some upgrades. It's better than any pickaxe or drill. With a fully upgraded mm you can literally run and mine in a straight line.

 

Really? I'm loving it. It didn't take me long at all to get up and running with an upgraded matter manipulator and a bunch of copper pickaxes.

 

i guess they'd better de-update starbound and abandon it then