2014-12-18, 04:14 PM
I played for about 3 or 4 hours on tuesday, and then I decided to try out the new content via the test build today, and I must admit, this update is very, very cool and improves on nearly everything. The game is so much more streamlined and it makes more sense than it did.
There is now an actual questline to get you into the game, which starts with you being stranded in space with your ship damaged to the point it can't fly. you have to activate the AI system so that it can begin repairing functions. Then you have to beam down to the planet to gather materials (at which point I noticed the time it takes to mine/cut down trees ect has been sped up by a LOT) and follow the quest line by making a crafting table, hunting and cooking, crafting a furnace, making a copper bar, making an anvil and then finally digging down to the core of the planet to mine core shards to repair the ships ability to fly. (this is as far as i've gotten so far, just finishing up getting the core shards)
Ores like copper/iron ect don't spawn near the surface anymore and spawn a bit lower down (much like in Terraria) so you have to do some digging. thankfully that is sped up by tons. Wooden platforms, ropes and torches are very easy to craft in bulk, so it's not quite as hard. and you can find quite a few chests down there too.
Novakids are a cool race, and they start with 2 guns, a legendary pistol and a rifle. I found the guns a bit hard to use because they fire from your energy resources and have a cooldown if you run out. So i've been sticking with a strong 2H sword I found which kills most things in 2 hits. (though you do get more energy from equipment, making guns more useful as time goes on)
Armour is also a lot easier to craft, with the tier 1 armour pieces for a race costing just 3 iron bars (6 iron ore) which is pretty easy to get if you go down deep and find veins of maybe 8-12 ores.
Haven't really delved into the techs yet, but it seems like a much more user friendly system than it was. You can use more than one at a time now (I believe you can use up to 3, one of each category) and they are purchased from the ship using Blank Tech Drives, so you essentially find a blank disc and download the techs onto them. I imagine more are unlocked as you progress and move to new sectors.
The game is quite clearly much, MUCH improved compared to what I played a couple of days ago, and it feels so in line with what they were aiming for when they started making the game. If you were ever interested, I suggest you give it a try once the update comes out for real
(or if anyone wants to play it now I can tell you how to access the test build, keeping in mind that it is a bit laggy and has a chance of wiping data. Let me know if you do!)
There is now an actual questline to get you into the game, which starts with you being stranded in space with your ship damaged to the point it can't fly. you have to activate the AI system so that it can begin repairing functions. Then you have to beam down to the planet to gather materials (at which point I noticed the time it takes to mine/cut down trees ect has been sped up by a LOT) and follow the quest line by making a crafting table, hunting and cooking, crafting a furnace, making a copper bar, making an anvil and then finally digging down to the core of the planet to mine core shards to repair the ships ability to fly. (this is as far as i've gotten so far, just finishing up getting the core shards)
Ores like copper/iron ect don't spawn near the surface anymore and spawn a bit lower down (much like in Terraria) so you have to do some digging. thankfully that is sped up by tons. Wooden platforms, ropes and torches are very easy to craft in bulk, so it's not quite as hard. and you can find quite a few chests down there too.
Novakids are a cool race, and they start with 2 guns, a legendary pistol and a rifle. I found the guns a bit hard to use because they fire from your energy resources and have a cooldown if you run out. So i've been sticking with a strong 2H sword I found which kills most things in 2 hits. (though you do get more energy from equipment, making guns more useful as time goes on)
Armour is also a lot easier to craft, with the tier 1 armour pieces for a race costing just 3 iron bars (6 iron ore) which is pretty easy to get if you go down deep and find veins of maybe 8-12 ores.
Haven't really delved into the techs yet, but it seems like a much more user friendly system than it was. You can use more than one at a time now (I believe you can use up to 3, one of each category) and they are purchased from the ship using Blank Tech Drives, so you essentially find a blank disc and download the techs onto them. I imagine more are unlocked as you progress and move to new sectors.
The game is quite clearly much, MUCH improved compared to what I played a couple of days ago, and it feels so in line with what they were aiming for when they started making the game. If you were ever interested, I suggest you give it a try once the update comes out for real
(or if anyone wants to play it now I can tell you how to access the test build, keeping in mind that it is a bit laggy and has a chance of wiping data. Let me know if you do!)