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Thoughts on Construction Materials

Discussion in 'Starbound Discussion' started by Khatsworth, Dec 7, 2013.

  1. Khatsworth

    Khatsworth Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    Loving the beta so far. <3

    However one nitpick I have with it is that even with a diamond pickaxe (best digging tool? Haven't found/been able to make anything better yet) it takes forever to break down structural blocks from dungeons and such to use as building blocks for player-made stuff. This makes it take forever to gather, say, 4000 Small Temple Bricks or Pressurized Steel to re-use later.

    Three ideas I had for this were to either have them be easier to break down, have an extra craftable tool that would suck for digging but be great for breaking down manufactured blocks, or simply be able to scan the blocks to get recipes to make them. (tried with the 3D Printer and no dice so far)

    In regards to pickaxe, I foresee that it would make it easier to abuse digging through dungeon walls to get around monsters/guards -same goes for a new tool. So I'd be most favourable to being able to find/reverse-engineer the blocks to be able to print/craft them. Ideally craft with materials, because as-is reprinting stuff with the scanner already costs a fortune. :(

    It'd also be great if aside from furniture, we could also make blocks with every tier of ore; so far I've only found to be able to make Iron, Steel and Titanium blocks for construction.
     

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