What's YOUR playstyle? Share with us!

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
I started off playing as a Glitch, but restarted as Floran, and when the characters/ships were reset I've started off as the Apex (Rubidium armor looks great). In the future, I want to see what the NovaKid are like and maybe use them.
2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
I like to progress through the game, but my preferred planets for making stable colonies are on Gamma sector planets which have non-toxic water. In the end, though, I want to find the various locations and structures, events, that require exploration.
3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
Mining down to the magma levels to find more ore, and hope to stumble across legendary weapons, accessories, etc. in the biome.
4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
Right now, I'm playing on my own. But I'd like to join a small public server.
5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
I've put in a few dozen, but I'd like to make a nice, uniform structure out of disassembled labs and buildings (as an Apex, right now, my buildings will be ultramodern).
6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
I like to try and stay ranged - enemies have odd melee ranges and most of my fights involve strafing back and forth to get a melee hit in and hope I don't get one in return.
7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
I prefer to have one main base, but I usually seem to leave a few structures behind when I move on from a planet - right around the beaming spot so there's haven for people to escape to and rest. Otherwise, my ship is my home.

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all? Human. I know they are boring, but I just like Human hairstyles. That's it.
2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer? I plan to spend most of my time underground, just below the surface, in high level and dangerous areas. I will mine everything I see. If I do encounter an enemy I will kill them by throwing bombs.
3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter? I love to mine every single piece of ore I see! I never ever miss a piece of ore.
4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server? I play with my friends most of the time, however if I plan to build something amazing I will do it on single player. I don't want the server we are using to reset and I lose my lovely creations.
5. How many hours do you think you're going to play? Most of the time when I'm not at work.
6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across? I prefer ranged combat. I prefer not to kill enemies, unless they try to kill me.
7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most? I wll have a main base on a planet. This will be my ice castle. I plan to make it out of blocks from a snow biome world, however I will not build it on a snow biome world. I plan to increase the size of the ice castle over time and cover the world with more and more snow as I do. I will also have several small ice outposts on planets I visit often. I prefer to play on desert biome; I love the sand mechanic.

 

1. Apex! I love their lore and appearance, it's just so cool. Plus, Bananas.

2. Well... I played with friends for a while, made my way through sectors and switched character a few times until I settled on Apex... Now I'm trying to find a place to build a base!

3. Exploring, building and socializing! Seriously, the social aspect is pretty much always what keeps me invested in games after I've played all the content it has to offer at any given time.

4. Friends on a private server, may explore some public servers though, RP and otherwise. Very occasionally single player.

5. Unlimited hours!

6. Ranged with melee to get rid of any threats who get too close.

7. Will most likely have a main base on a private server, then several smaller bases on other servers and single player. My favorite biome? Possibly snow... or moon... not sure yet.

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
Probably Floran assss they like the fissssh

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
Murder every Apex and Avian I can see on my way to glory

3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
I really enjoy mining but exploring planets is fun too.
4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
Hopefully with a few friends

5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
As many as possible

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
I like to smack the crap out of things with a big hammer

7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
Well I am undecided it depends if we will be able to upgrade our ships... Maybe I'll build a house like the Florans huts but in a modern style

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
Human are the best, and i'll probably make one of each race except glitch, don't really like them at all.

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
He was going to be a normal explorer, until he found the magical chef apron. Now he is the the intergalactic chef, searching for new types of food throughout the galaxy!

3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
I love to mine, but I'm very lazy so i don't put enough torches and i get lost ;A; (finding treasures is the best)

4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
I have played with a buddy a couple times, but i don't think he will stick to the game, so le'ts see if i can make a team here!

5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
I have started the second semester of university, so i'll play what i can.

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
I love the sword-and-shield style, best by far (Which will be replaced by a frying pan if i ever find one that can be used as a weapon)

7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
I'm now doing my base in a little greenland planet from the gamma sector that is now my home. I'll probably make some more bases in different environments when i finish the big one

 

1. Human (I know that's slightly boring). I didn't feel like digging into all of the lore and stuff of the different races when I was doing character creation.
2. Right now, I'm just wandering around checking out the different dungeons and npcs and land types. I plan to eventually make a home base once I get to sector x.
3. I love exploring dungeons! I haven't gotten too much into mining besides cherrypicking.
4. Solo. At least until my friends get the game.
5. I've clocked in as much time as I can while still going on with the things in my life.

Pretty pumped about getting hooked on a an awesome game like this!

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
Mother trucking Novakid+

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
Kill and reap the land of its goodness

3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
Mining straight down and falling to my death

4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
Nah my interwebs aren't strong enough

5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
MANY

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
Up close and personal and then quickly running away

7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
One main base that I will forget about. One main base that I will forget about. One main base that I will forget about. One main base that I will forget about

 

1. Human for starters, though Novakid looks interesting to try when they appear. Glitch seem fun as well.
2. I'm no pacifist, but if you don't attack me, I don't attack you.
3. Kind of combination of exploring, mining and treasure hunting. I usuallu pick a star system, and then look through the planets one by one... mining and looking for interesting stuff along the way. I tend tend to leave friendly colonies or aliens alive, but sometimes accidents happen.
4. On a private server with friends.
5. 30h+ clocked by now... no real end in sight.
6. I'd like to build a fort on some planet, as my ship is getting bit cramped . However, I think I'll stay a nomad for now, as there's still the threat of world wipes in the horizon.

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
I'm playing Glitch right now although the consensus seems to be that they suck. I just saw that they mine faster and thought that would be good.

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
I like to explore and see everything I can. Honestly this is really bad and something I need to ween myself off of because I've played for over 50 hours now and only been on 2 planets because each of them had an enormous cave system that I am trying to completely explore.

3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
See above, it's insipid but I really do just get lost in exploring every nook and cranny.

4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
Yes, I actually had never heard of Starbound and got it because I have friends who play.

5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
Too many...

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
I pretty much do melee, I fight enemies that attack me or are in my way. Kinda like America...

7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
I think I've only really explored one biome type so far (forest) but I will most likely have a couple bases once I get to the end game, not sure yet.

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
I am currently doing a Let's Play of Starbound in which I chose to be a Human. Partly out of indecision, but mostly to reflect myself as I travel across the universe and make friends and enemies.
2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
I think I would just like to play the game doing whatever I feel like doing at the time, be it explore, gather supplies, farm or even build a masterpiece.
3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
I like to build stuff mostly, however that is a little bit tedious since you have to harvest all of the building materials you want to use.
4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
Probably just play solo initially and if anyone is interested I will play with a small group on a private server that one of us hosts.
5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
If I had to make a guess, it would probably be over 9,000.
6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
I am pretty adaptable and will most likely just use whatever I come across that does the most damage. I may get a but more advanced in time and use different weapons for different scenarios.
7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
I will probably have a main base on my starting planet now that the feature is available to beam to your home planet. It will be a place for me to easily gather renewable resources. In terms of biome I am looking forward to the volcanic biome because it sounds exciting!

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
My very first character was a Floran, and I love that race 'cause it's really fun to play a race that's violent and stabby, but right now I'm leaning more towards the Avians after reading their lore and becoming attached to the Avian character I made ^^;

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
I want to try and explore as many planets as I can! I love seeing the weird monsters that the game generates, and the biomes are really cool!

3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
When I get onto a new planet, my main goal is to try and explore the entire world in one big sweep to find settlements and whatnot, and then go back and do a more thorough exploration of the planet. Whenever I find a settlement I try and loot as many decoration items as I can carry, so I run out of inventory space quickly ^^;

4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
I haven't had the chance to play on a public server, but I'll probably only play on a server with my boyfriend and one or two other friends on a small server.

5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
Too many. I've spent at least 18 hours on it already (but I'm pretty sure that number isn't accurate), so I'm predicting hundreds of hours on this game!

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
I prefer melee weapons simply because my aim sucks. Badly. My strategy is that if it attacks me first, I'm gonna kill it.

7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
Currently my plan is that I have one huge base on a planet where I liked the layout, and it's where I have a big cave system for mining and whatnot, and I'll collect loot from other planets and use it to build up my house and eventually other houses and small villages on that planet! I think my biggest challenge will be keeping the NPCs alive, because they seem to be dumb as rocks and get lost/killed quickly.

 

I take a long time creating the back story of my character; making his lore, and getting mods to make it the most refined thing it could be. So I decided to make a Mantazi Race (A roman Ant race mod) character. I then took the respawn animation from the mantis race mod and the tech from the insectoid race mod to make it the perfect insect race.

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
ATM Glitch, Floran and Novakid seem the most appealing to me. I'm not sure about Novakid ofcourse but I decide on race by armor looks, and I don't like the look of most armors.

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
I like to rush a lot and then sit back and enjoy. Basically, as soon as I unlock sector X again I'm not making any armor, just making the tech thingies and weapons, do that untill I reach Impervium tier and then craft myself some nice armor. After that, I'm going to hop around a lot of planets to get myself some rares and building materials. As soon as I've completely 'finished' singleplayer, there's multiplayer.

3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
I generally explore the entire surface of a planet (just chest and dungeons, I don't enter caves) before digging straight down from the beamdown spot. Then I waste 3-4 hours in getting over 5000 ores before smelting all dat shit and going to another planet.

4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
When the big multiplayer features are implemented I'll play on bigger servers, but for now just with friends.

5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
It's giving me the Terraria vibe and thats my most played game on steam. This is going to get 200+ hours.

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
Melee. Anything that tries to have a go at me gets slaughtered, but I generally don't make the first move. I dislike ranged weapons because they suck up my butterfly boost.

7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
1 Main base on a threath level 1 planet with a million furnaces, so when I come back from one of my 5000+ ore mining trips I don't have to wait for hours. Biome doesn't bother me too much as long as it isn't snow/has meteor showers.

 

1)Floran. Floran all the way. I like green, I like nature, I love their tribal if not feral lifestyle, not to mention that their focus on offensive capabilites fits my preferences perfectly.

2)The Floran way. I scavenge the near surface and caves for enough material to take down a miniboss (hunting bow+bandages), after doing so I use the newfound weaponry to beast the deeper layers of caverns. Meat is my main source of food.

3)I like to explore and plunder. Be it the deepest caverns or whatever poor village (other than Floran) that I happen to stumble upon.

4)I bought this game simultaneously with my friends. We started playing on a small private server as soon as we had downloaded the launcher.

5)Hard to tell, and by that I mean too many. I spent several hundred hours on Terraria, and since this is early beta, and already just as fun to play, who even knows? It is entirely up to whenever the updates stop and the content starts ageing which is nigh impossible with all these randomizers.

6)Adept. I usually go mainly for dual-effect spears, and a dual-effect sword, this gives me a wide range of de-buff potential and massive damage outputs, combined with a heavy and strong gun, say sniper rifles and such. Dash+Floran makes this work. And as a Floran it is my obligation to kill everything that isn't of higher value alive on sight. *Ssstab!*

7)My base is my ship. This allows for nomad-voyages through the cosmos with no worrying of leaving the base for too long.
As one may have guessed, the hopefully upcoming ship-expansion-feature is what appeals to me the most right now. I want it so badly! T_T

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
Avian and Floran...Maybe a Glitch too eventually I really enjoy the armor and weapon styles of the Florans and the Avians are Nifty as well. My initial plan was to go with a glitch but the medieval armor and weapons seemed a bit too vanilla for me. I dislike the Apex and I never play humans in anything. I like things to be interestingly alien and neither of them feel that way to me.

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
Probably another Floran I generally move in a quick planet wide surface ore sweep and then a second deeper sweep that involves a quick foray to the core and rinse and repeat for each tier of planet I like to move fast and tier up on weapons and armor as fast as possible and I like exploring interesting structures and caverns.

3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
I don't build...like ever. my character will probably live out of his ship I mine for the stuff i need, Treasure hunt for the stuff I don't and hoard anything interesting until I run out of inventory space ^_^'

4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
I'm sure I will eventually play online. the possibility of running into other players is amusing but I'll probably just be a random encounter kind of person following anyone I find with minimal dialogue and occasionally dropping any extra garbage I'm too high a level for to anyone that looks like they need it.

5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
In the first three days I'd reached full impervium equipment...so like....many.... probably till I run out of stuff to do.

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
I'm a sword and pistol kind of fighter but I love carrying a big 2 handed weapon for when I'm feeling destructive

7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?I don't build, again, I basically live out of my ship I'm unlikely to set a home planet unless it behooves me at the moment. I like the Rust mini-biomes but generally I prefer a forest or jungle planet due to the large amount of resources available

 

1. What race are you going to play, and why? Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
Right now I do not find any difference between them. There are no strengths and weaknesses in terms of environment suitability or interactions with inhabitants. They just look different and at the current resolution level it is hard to tell who looks like what once armor is put on. I thus play human for now.

2. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
Space explorer. Find new things, overcome new challenges.
3. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter?
Crafting new items is my incentive to do more and play the game.
4. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
No.
5. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
Played a lot so far. Steam says 157 hours. Now I am bored as there is nothing to do so I stopped playing.

6. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
Both weapon types are good and useful at different types. I only fight creatures that are aggressive towards me first.
7. Are you going to have one "Main" base, multiple smaller bases or just wander around? What biome do you think you'll enjoy the most?
One main base is impractical due to the cost of fuel for travel between sectors. It would be nice to have one or more meaningful bases that fulfill some purpose. At the moment there is no point in having any base anywhere as they do not do anything and there is no way to inject any meaning either through spawning NPCs or any other game mechanic. I can grow and harvest crops within 2 day/night cycles once and leave. Thus the only biomes that are of interest now are the ones that do not kill me due to exposure, meteors, or acid rain. There are no benefits or special reasons why I would want to suffer through hazardous biomes. Arid worlds can be easily exploited and terraformed by dirt from other planets so they support crops, but aesthetically and diversity wise I most prefer the savanna worlds

 

1. Floran always. Plants are cool.
2. Well, due to updates I've been through a couple of characters (all the same floran). At the start I need food, so I'll kill everything I see. After a while, I'll only kill hostile aliens.
3. Mining. I love the caves. I love the varieties of stone and blocks and things. The caves look great and I love collecting things.
4. I either play alone or with one other friend.
5. I played over 100 hours in December 2013 (when I first got the game) and I plan to spend many more hours continuing to play.
6. If I see aliens from a distance, I'll try and kill them with a bow. If I suddenly come across them, I'll use a sword or something, but try and get the last hit with a bow if possible.
7. I make a base when I run out of space on my ship. I'll look for a large forest planet, preferably not to dangerous. I'll keep most of my stuff in my base, but some essentials on my ship.

 

1. Base and storage on ship
2. Temporary tree/kiwi farm on planet while I consume its surface resources
3. Once I get fuel, I hit up reddit for planets with tech and plant fiber trees, preferrably both
4. Skip as many tiers of armor as possible while rushing to X sector
5. Land on a specific threat 10 planet that has a gun near spawn
6. Dominate threat 5-8 asteroid fields to rush to tier 10 armor
7. Hit up reddit for legendary weapon coords
8. Endgame: collecting, building, thinking of ideas for my mod(s)

 

1. My race: Avian at first. See avatar for Wingwings, my chosen character for now. Eventually I'll try Floran and Glitch and the rest for the fun of it, but I like the birds.
2. Essentially, I start with a simple dirt house, grow crops on and in it, then once I've moved past that and the first tier, I start traveling and put most things on my ship, going at my own pace just exploring and gathering more than enough resources to do the next thing on the list.
3. I love exploring. The settlements and structures found as you traverse a planet are pretty fun to see (and loot).
4. Currently mostly single-player, but when I do branch out into multiplayer, I'm thinking probably with friends, or in a secure and friendly more public place.
5. Steam puts me at 39 hours played so far. That's pretty small, but I'm betting somewhere good in the hundreds over time.
6. I go with melee and ranged; though melee is pretty effective, ranged fills some gaps. I don't fight every single thing, I jump over enemies at times, but I usually fight what engages me first. I like seeing who's actually hostile. Sometimes the cute things are friendly for once!
7. I figure a main base well-protected on a neat planet, maybe jungle or forest, but I make dirt markers on planets I travel on to at least grow things while I explore. My favorite biomes seem to be desert for mining reasons, as well as the aformentioned jungle and forest, except for the often toxic water, but you get plenty of "greenery" of various colors.

 

Now that I'm actually PLAYING StarBound, I need to do this again. My current feel for the game varies drastically from what I previously expected (not in a bad way, mind you).

Q. What race are you going to play, and why?
I'm STILL playing a Human as my primary character (because you gotta love yourself, right?), but I have a secondary Hylotl dude because everything about the race appeals to me, including their polite mannerisms and hilariously inflated ego. I have named mine Lao Ren, which I later found out translates to "Old Man" in Chinese. Perfect.

Q. Do any of the races just not appeal to you at all?
I would have to say my answer for this one stays the same, actually. They all look interesting, but the only ones I'm interested in playing as are Human, Hylotl, and possibly a NovaKid once they're introduced.

Q. What are your plans for your first character? Rush through to the highest danger levels? Be a peaceful farmer?
RUSH RUSH RUSH. I rushed like hell because I wanted to be able to relax and work on planning my home without having to feel pressured to advance (once you're at the top, no need to advance further, right?). I'm now at full Impervium regalia, a full gas-tank and tons of cool stuff I can eventually decorate my will-be home with.

I'm hesitating to build at the moment, though, because you guys aren't quite 100% on whether or not universes will need to be wiped in the future. I'd rather not place precious building blocks only to find I lose my house a patch later. It's cool, though. I can wait.

Q. What do you like to do in the game? Is mining something that never gets boring to you? Are you a treasure hunter? If you're a builder, what do your houses/bases generally look like?
I heard about the cool stuff you guys have planned job-wise for players to advance through the game. I'm VERY MUCH looking forward to building a home and charging NPC's rent to live there as my primary source of income. I'll try to do a little of everything else, but that's definitely going to be my primary job. I will love every second of it.

As I mentioned before, though, I'm waiting until I can be sure my home won't get wiped away by patch updates. In the meantime, everything I need/want to build my dream home is sitting in enormous piles of boxes cluttered around my ship.

Q. Are you going to play with other people? If so, with friends or on a big/small public server?
I HOPE so! I bought a Multiplay server, but my friends who also have the game don't really seem that interested to be playing it just yet. >8/

Q. How many hours do you think you're going to play?
My answer here will be the same as last time. I will probably spend more hours here than is healthy by even gamer standards. I mean, I already AM and the game is hardly complete!

Q. What combat style do you prefer? Melee, Ranged, etc.
I found some pretty cool rocket launchers but they tend to either do too little damage or cost too much energy to have fun with (even with Impervium armor and 500 energy!).

I find myself resorting to whacking things with Timmy, the Lord of all Mallets. I really like Timmy. Timmy is the best.

Q. Will you fight every enemy you come across?
Same as before, I'm trying to be as non-violent as I can. Especially when I travel to Low-level planets in my Impervium gear, which shrugs off everything they have to throw at me. Feels badass and godlike to just walk into a temple and take what you want without so much as batting an eyelash to the 5 or so guards trying in vain to do even the slightest shred of damage to you.