So after playing for a couple hours, I've noticed that the Matter Manipulator becomes essentially useless after you craft tools. The tools harvest materials much faster than the MM, and as far as I can tell, it doesn't do anything else. So here's my proposal: either find more uses for the MM, or eliminate it altogether, and let us punch trees and rocks to get materials.
I would really like to see all the other tools (not weapons, just tools) eliminated altogether. It would be ideal to just have the MM, then have to "upgrade" it as you progress through the game. I thought that was the whole point of it to begin with.
Also to add another note: if it's gonna stick around, can we also have it move things you build? Instead of having to break it down, pick it up again, and then place it where we want. That would save a lot of time.
Agreed. To add to my previous statement, the reason I would just like to see the MM upgrade-able and eliminate the other tools is for space-saving purposes....Both in the hotbar and in our inventories.
The MM has one specific use: it manipulates matter. Used to pickup and place objects. The rest (mining, woodcutting) is secondary. Let's not nerf this game too much. A lot of us appreciate the difficulty level of it.
actually it would be better if the MM could be updated threw research , basic researching can happen threw the spaceship but more advanced MM would need a space station at least to get all high tier
I was really hoping the Matter Manipulator would be THE tool, something you'd upgrade throughout the game. It's a cool item and it deserves the spotlight, it's probably THE signature item in Starbound. I'm all for having it be upgradeable through research, making it affect larger areas, do more tasks, and do them faster/better. Axes and pickaxes are kind of a letdown. This is sci-fi, embrace it!
I would definitely prefer an upgraded MM over a bunch of different tiered tools. It is weird having a ship capable of interstellar travel and using a pickaxe.
