Starbound "Magic" Speculation

Because they cant fly and be poisonous and have sharp blades and millions of them can't attack you at the same time.
Robot wasps can do that. You can't do that.
Wasps can also shoot fire :4

 

Robotic bunnies can have jetpacks, razor sharp teeth and claws, and can fart fire on command.

 

The way you make those robotic bunnies sound I'd rather take on robotic wasps.

 

Magic interrupts with the laws of science.
Anything that interrupts the laws of science must be assimilated.

 

The battery power would be very interesting especially if you had to have powerplants or something to produce those because those could be different depending on the planet
Example: water could have a dam or a planet closer to the sun could have a solar powered one
but depending on what type of power you use it could harm the planet like nuclear power thus adding to the endless posabilitys

 

Wow, that's scary! Why do you not like magic!?? It would make the game a bit more interesting and MAGICAL!!!

 

didnt a famous author once write that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic?

 

It's already confirmed that there will be no magic in Starbound.

 

No... "Magic" ?
Sad...i wanted to "Force Push" some penguins around...and "Force Choke" some Space Hobo's.

 

Isn't that more like psionic stuff?

 

Well, any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic, or so they say. I'm sure there will be an equivalent.

Oh, and for that list of energy types, how about a radiation one?

 

The Force is everything...and everywhere, young padawan ! xD

 

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Still, Starbound shall have no "Magic", but weapons with special *qualities/powers* hasn't been ruled out yet

 

I'm rather interested in the way battery power will work. Does it regenerate? Or do you have to recharge it or install new batteries?

 

I'm quite curious as to whether certain weapons will be battery powered or have ammo. For some, it's quite obvious (bullets, for example), but what about let's say, a flamethrower? Will it use up your battery, or will you need to carry around gasoline (possibly something along the lines of 1 gasoline can per 30 seconds of use, let's say).
And like PNSAforce asked; how do you recharge? Maybe you'll even find 'battery blueprints'. So your character starts off having to buy batteries (which, I assume, may be used like mana potions), and then maybe you'll find blueprints to make your batteries solar powered? So it wouldn't recharge underground, but only above ground, and maybe recharge faster if the planet you're on is really close to the sun...

Gah, so many possibilities xD

 

You can also use water turbines early game, or perhaps wind power, or just the good'ol bicycle generator. I wouldn't prefer gas power, but that's much better than coal power featured in another game.... or is it?

Also we can have renewable energy if we can grow trees that bears energy fruits.

 

I would LOVE to see magic brought back, but it should use gauntlets that could go on your hands, which could reinforce the futuristic feeling of the game. It would be cool to have more spells than Terraria had, and you could get spells early, instead of having to wait to get spells, which took a while to get. You could get weaker spells earlier, and really strong spells later. They should vary more, and some should be guided by a mouse, and some could go straight in the direction your mouse is pointed, some could have more splash damage, but less damage on contact, to be more effective against a big group of enemies. You could put gauntlets on each hand, letting you bounce between each easily.
Some good types of magic could be
Fire Grass Ice Blood Electricity
Deals more damage at higher altitudes. Deals splash damage.
Poisons enemies, deals damage over time
Deals direct damage upon contact with enemies. Slows enemies down, lowering movement speed.
Creates auras, dealing damage to all enemies within a certain distance from you, lasts a set amount of time.
Deals splash damage, dealing damage to all enemies within a certain distance from you, all damage is immediate.
Note: Blood damage does damage over time, electric damage deals all damage immediately. Magic would be more effective when you use multiple types of magic at a time, like Ice for direct damage, and Blood for AOE (Area of effect) damage.
Sorry if something like this was already posted, these are just my thoughts.

 

That's exactly what I thought, I posted a tread about gauntlets, which could be the source of your magic powers

 

Yes. But it doesn't just have to limit to gauntlets either. There can be Helms and Shoes and all sorts of things. And, they don't have to be all futuristicky at all. They can be ancient artefacts recovered from destroyed civilizations.

 

I guess guns will drain up battery power and you'll have to get more by buying them off npc's or stuff like that.