Other bits and pieces coming with the balance update

yes twitter says this "Aiming for tomorrow for the new patch, guys! Hopefully it'll help with a lot of you experiencing crashes, too"

 

When are pets going to be included (Sorry devs, i'm sure the last thing you want to see is a question on progress).

 

I have the fps issue on my laptop as well. I can see how this can make it unplayable to some. Maybe try to tweak the performance of Your PC, it might help. I had my laptop use only 80% of cpu, once I put it to 100%, the game ran much smoother.

 

Managed to max out the current beta content so far in about 36 hours, and since than i been messin around to find any bugs or gliches or anything, but i cant find any, this is an extreamly stable game. I only encountered graphical gliches regarding hats, not showing the hair corretly, and things like that, but that doesent count.
So far im really looking forward to the balance change coz damn it took me time to realize and finally understand the armor, and the armor penetration system, and it clearly needs a revamp. geting one shoted coz of the armor being 1 lvl lower is anything but fun/challenging.
As of now i found out that i dont realy need any armor or whatsoever, (you'll get one shoted anyway, even later on) and i have to go strait into the ground with a pickaxe, and get a bunch of iron ore (around 1000), as you find iron you'll get a bunch of other ores for the bosses, dont bother with platinum either, and go for titanium, and the later ores on lvl 32 to 40 planets, you'll only need 160 of each type. And thats all, maybe in 5 to 10 hours depending on your ore distribution luck you can finish the current state of the beta.
The current state doesnt require you to go explore, and i do hope the later quest system will change that, and revard you well for not skippint the beginning part.
I really love exploring and getting every codex and site and item (i even teared down every dungeon i found, and stored the items in chest related to the reace of the dungeon, dont ask me why) but its lacking the revards in the end.
I know its still in beta, and please dont eat me, im tryeing to give a constructive criticism.
I love the game so far, and i really cant wait for the later and the end content, and i still think its going to be the best game i have ever seen.

 

The patch tomorrow.
Does anyone know if this patch will correct any of the optimization issues that many people are facing?
Uh, is this game graphically more difficult to run than Reus?

 

I don't get what you mean. I'm not at all tech savvy.

 

That photosynthesis idea for Florans sounds interesting. They could regenerate hunger whenever they're in direct sunlight, but to compensate they have a restricted diet. Vegetarian maybe?

 

You seem to really enjoy telling this person they're below even dealing with because having "less willpower" is apparently a debilitating, incurable disease.

If he doesn't like the feature, he can't not use it, because he will be unfairly handicapped. Right?

 

Aren't Florans specifically meat-eaters?

The problem with photosynthesis is that it would detract from their nature. They're supposed to be rather voracious.

 

Kind of glad I held off on making my rainbow plank mansion.
I Would have been extremely sad to see it go with this wipe.

 

I think that they intend to add all of the pre-order goals with the full release. So no pets or fosils, or Novakids in Stage 1, Stage 2 or even Stage 3 of beta. I might be wrong, but this is how I have understood their plans for these added features.
When is the full release gonna happen? I have no idea. This might take from somewhere from a few months to a year.

 

devs have already said that the races won't have any special traits.. so leave it at that.

 

I just hope some of my ideas get some attention

 

I bought the game last night and stayed up till 90am playing it.. Thanks for your hard work this game is going to turn out pretty damn good!

 

Thank you for your reply, but I have figured it out, thanks to Syntria. The problem is the current version of Starbound (at least on my Windows 7 server) does not support upnp port forwarding (universal plug n play) for other ports than the default, 21025. Here's Syntria's response.

 

Just here to say thank you for this amazing game. I cant wait for the next patch !
I really want to do some games like this when I finish my carrer, keep te good work

 

Is this going to fix hylotl starting with glitch items?

 

I love hunting for meat. I love my hunting bow. This is such a big feature for me. Propably, I am not the only one who enjoys it this much.
But the photosynthesis idea does sound interesting. Weren't there already intended race specific 'buffs'? Like bigger storage or ability to jump higher.
However, it does sound like a better idea for a tech - something optional.

 

Apparently not?

 

The race specific buffs were armor based, to my knowledge.