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Going to be completely honest here, this does absolutely nothing for me when considering so many core gameplay issues are either broken or completely missing altogether. 
 
I realize the art team behind this and the features development team likely share very little overlap, but teasing something like this is tone-deaf all the same. I *want* to play this game, but there is hardly anything of substance to do outside of mining and building. 
 
I'm sitting here starving for engaging gameplay loops and they're saying, "Hey look at how we color coded engines! Pretty neat, huh?"

For those of you who are unclear on this, the "Repair Unit" doesn't repair a damn thing. All it does is replace. Meaning it will trash/destroy any damaged element and replace it with a fresh one that is in its inventory container. The same goes for voxels.
 
Absolutely no scrap is involved, so no actual repairs, despite its name. 

B is going to happen, minus the "getting it together, admitting mistakes, and rollbacks".
 
I'm calling it right now that the direction of the game is going to change to a more realistic one, removing/altering some of the promised core features as they were presented. This includes territory warfare, AvA, and the PvP overhaul.

We need gameplay. The most social MMO I ever played (Everquest 1) was as social as it was because the gameplay required players to depend on each other.  Group play was all but a necessity. Soloing was possible, but wildly inefficient compared to working as a team. 
 
Granted that game was the epitome of PvE, the same principles can be applied to this one. The primary problem is that we have nothing to do but mine to build, and use said constructs to mine more. There is no reason to build cities when said buildings are nothing but aesthetic eye candy that serve no functional purpose. In short, more social tools are meaningless without engaging loops to get people playing in the first place.  

We need gameplay. The most social MMO I ever played (Everquest 1) was as social as it was because the gameplay required players to depend on each other.  Group play was all but a necessity. Soloing was possible, but wildly inefficient compared to working as a team. 
 
Granted that game was the epitome of PvE, the same principles can be applied to this one. The primary problem is that we have nothing to do but mine to build, and use said constructs to mine more. There is no reason to build cities when said buildings are nothing but aesthetic eye candy that serve no functional purpose. In short, more social tools are meaningless without engaging loops to get people playing in the first place.  

We need gameplay. The most social MMO I ever played (Everquest 1) was as social as it was because the gameplay required players to depend on each other.  Group play was all but a necessity. Soloing was possible, but wildly inefficient compared to working as a team. 
 
Granted that game was the epitome of PvE, the same principles can be applied to this one. The primary problem is that we have nothing to do but mine to build, and use said constructs to mine more. There is no reason to build cities when said buildings are nothing but aesthetic eye candy that serve no functional purpose. In short, more social tools are meaningless without engaging loops to get people playing in the first place.  

This is a foolish idea, as people would just camp outside the markets. If you want people in PvP space, what you need to do is put something out there of high value that is randomly generated, as to make camping unviable. 
 
My suggestion for starters, was to have high value salvageable shipwrecks all throughout PvP space. This gives real reason to slow-boat in those areas, plus gives PvPers an additional reason to patrol out there.

No, the fact that this is the only viable gameplay loop is absolutely a problem.

This is a foolish idea, as people would just camp outside the markets. If you want people in PvP space, what you need to do is put something out there of high value that is randomly generated, as to make camping unviable. 
 
My suggestion for starters, was to have high value salvageable shipwrecks all throughout PvP space. This gives real reason to slow-boat in those areas, plus gives PvPers an additional reason to patrol out there.

Except we weren't. JC specifically said multiple times they reserved the right to wipe. He said it was very unlikely, but always reserved the right to do it.

Alpha backers have literally nothing to lose, as the money has already been spent. Either the game pulls out of this nose dive and they come back no worse for wear, or it doesn't and they don't. Your blind faith is meaningless.

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.

Alpha backers have literally nothing to lose, as the money has already been spent. Either the game pulls out of this nose dive and they come back no worse for wear, or it doesn't and they don't. Your blind faith is meaningless.

Alpha backers have literally nothing to lose, as the money has already been spent. Either the game pulls out of this nose dive and they come back no worse for wear, or it doesn't and they don't. Your blind faith is meaningless.

Alpha backers have literally nothing to lose, as the money has already been spent. Either the game pulls out of this nose dive and they come back no worse for wear, or it doesn't and they don't. Your blind faith is meaningless.

I am saying you being too generous. With the fiasco that was .23, because the gameplay loop infrastructure wasn't in place for it, a gutted .24 straight up flirts with disaster. 

Just org wallets.

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.

This forum and community ain't bad in comparison to many, and besides only the same 8-9 people post and respond here anyway. 
 
Edit: Ugh, didn't see that it was a necro. Is that the point we are at now?

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.

That's a whole lotta words just to say you got your feelings hurt in chat.
 
People are quitting this game because the gameplay is garbage right now, not because their opinions are getting slammed by fanboys in the support channel.