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Yeah, don't need to worry about population until after release when it is ready to be advertised. This is the normal population, the beta release rush was the anomaly of people wanting to try the game out. The game's definitely not ready to hold much of a subscriber base.

I can kinda see how it would be a cheat way to brake by microwarping to a nearby body, but at the very least it should not put you on a collision course with the planet you're warping to.

Not enough people care about sub-par graphics to kill a game. So many people still play WoW, Runescape, Minecraft and the list goes on and on

Yeah, elements having 3 "lives" and containers having 5 is already pretty forgiving.

I think ailerons are better for cruising at level flight, they have the least drag, but lose their lift if you pitch up too high. Wings are more forgiving when you are maneuvering.

yeah StarDU Valley

I think they should've done something with safe zone asteroids, instead of only having 8 or so, have many more smaller ones. And I hope they change the asteroids from all respawning on the same day every week. I don't expect much new safe zone content until after release. Some survival mechanics would go a long way I think.

The only thing I don't like about schematics is managing them. Can I just have one central schematic bank on a core that all the machines can access?

It's weird seeing threads like these when I haven't had a single crash yet. I'm kind of afraid to upgrade or replace my computer.

No, the market was worse before schematics. Most schematics are pretty cheap anyways,.

I think the rectangular small/medium doors should be re-done, they are ugly. And yes some door options that open out/in/up/down/rollup instead of sliding, so you don't have to worry about pieces of the door sticking out when they are open.

The player base won't expand until the game is more complete, it's still functionally in alpha. The development actually seems more structured now than it used to be, still slow but you can see things happening with a clearer direction. There are some major hurdles they have to get over like the org restructuring, fixing past mistakes, then hopefully they can focus more on moving forward and making the game more fun at all levels.

The design leaves with the creator if they don't release it, that's just a side effect of having DRM. The options are to get a different ship from another creator or make your own ship from scratch.

It makes more sense to sell ore and buy things in early game if possible, otherwise it takes forever to craft your own things.

It would be tricky to consider all the loopholes for duplicating ships or blueprints you buy. Like maybe if destroying a ship deleted it from the game and there was some insurance system where you could get a replacement. Otherwise for now, after you modify it you could always ask the original creator to make a blueprint copy for you.

Yep, sometimes I put games on my wishlist and only buy them when they go on sale if I already have enough games to play and don't need it now, but if I'm anticipating a game I want to play then I easily pay full price.

That's about when they did the voxel optimization and I think they said this could be a side effect until they improve it. I certainly wouldn't accept it as the norm.

They could just fix the ECU so that ship stays in place when you stop the ECU script after leaving the seat.

The original org implementation was a mistake and kinda broke the game, so they're fixing it in order to move forward because future mechanics are riding on it. And yeah it likely impacts cost and scaling too. Hopefully this is the last major hump they need to get over so they can progress the game.

Yeah the CEO wouldn't get involved with game design details unless the CEO is also the game designer. Overall I think they've been going in the right direction this year by optimizing and unraveling past mistakes before adding major content. I don't think I'd change anything other than promoting the game with gameplay footage only, no scripted scenes. And maybe more regular status updates.

You have to be standing on the planet surface (or maybe a static construct) while you use the maneuver tool to move the smaller ship onto the larger ship. Then use the maneuver tool on the larger ship to make sure they move together. I usually just land the smaller ship on the carrier, then get out and use the maneuver tool to lift it and set it down again so they're making contact.

I think the limits make sense for an MMO, only thing I think DU did wrong is start with high limits and then decrease the limits, when it should be the other way around. Like I always thought the personal core limit was way too low, but they could always increase that later by adding a talent. Anyways that's all hindsight now.

On the bright side this could open up lots of salvage opportunities

I can kinda see both sides. Being able to choose the skin would be nice, but this way creates a consistent art style. Skin swapping is already in the UI so I imagine it could be a possibility in the future.

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