What's new?

Damn... i haven't been on the forums for a long time now, i think since starbound was released, then i stopped playing the game untill a couple of days ago with this huge update, i haven't played through much of it yet but sofar it looks so much better then when it was first released, just feels more sleek and futuristic, also the removal of pickaxes in favour of the matter manipulator was a good step, i have noticed that guns are more frequent, i think the last update i played was enraged koala and i found like one gun... is there anything else really big i have not come across?

 

Pick axes and drills still exist, but they're only faster than your MM. Introduced nova kids and different quests and an outpost you can visit to get said quests.

 

Progression has totally changed. Different bosses (other than Dreadwing). Higher tiers you're in for a treat

 

Tech upgrades are more intuitive now, though the progression feels a little slow. Also you can now upgrade your ship. It's a thing of beauty when you get the fully-upgraded ship. So... much... room....

 

Sort of.

The multiple tiers of pickaxes/drills become available over time, and when they do they are (generally) faster than your MM's current abilities. But as you can upgrade the MM's strength and dig-zone, stuff like pickaxes WILL become less useful than the MM.

That said, Diamond Drills are still the fastest digging tool, even with a fully-upgraded MM. However, they have a smaller dig-zone, as the full MM can hit a 4x4 grid. PLus, non-MM digging tools have a finite amount of use. So it's a tradeoff.

 

Yeah, it's worth keeping a diamond drill in your pocket. Ironically it's best at digging out diamonds

 

[Insert distasteful innuendo comment here]

 

Ah

Ahh yes i noticed they were still in, thats good i guess, but i am glad the focas is on the matter manipulator, because the concept of it makes starbound unique and just plain fun.[DOUBLEPOST=1427169722][/DOUBLEPOST]

Yeah i have just gotten up to the first boss, that thing is bloody hard, i managed to defeat it after like 15 tries xD
That was a well designed level but a spawn before the boss would be great haha.[DOUBLEPOST=1427169840][/DOUBLEPOST]Thi

this is something i heard about quite some time ago, although i never saw what it looked like, it just sounded sweet!
Yeah i can't wait to get up to this point xD[DOUBLEPOST=1427170054][/DOUBLEPOST]

This is quite interesting although i wonder can you use director mode or admin mode to make it bigger? Especially for those builders that make something truly unique or those miners looking for a crazy way to mine heaps at once.