I really like this game. It is fun – but I have a question and was wondering if anyone can shed some light on this.
I started playing the day this game went live on Steam, I am not Early access or a backer or any of that. But my main question is, why didnt the game do a full restart on release? I am assuming it didnt, since massive cities and hubs were made and working in less than 12 hrs from opening hour.
I just feel that this game would of been more fun if EVEYONE started over from zero. What do EA and backers get then that the normies dont get? Experience and in-game know how.
I donno, just a thought I have. It seems pointless to try to be a capital or a “mini-hub” now since they are all set up and just keep growing faster than any new cities.
It did. We had a different universe for early access and it all went. This is new, but the EA backers had the privilege of testing the live 1.0 universe for a few weeks before general release. That’s when all these builds went up.
Well they were new then, but yes a select group of players that have been playing the game and helping build it (sometimes for years, not me but others) got to build whilst testing the new worlds/universe. Then the launch. So there was a headstart, sort of, and it was mainly experienced players so I guess things go up faster than you might expect.
Counterpoint: one of the things that blew my mind when I first started about six updates ago was the builds already there and the ability to portal around using established hubs. Perhaps without it I wouldn’t have stayed. You like potato, I like pohtahtoh.
Blood sweat tears, sleepless nights and taking time off work for some players. I didn’t invest as much time as my guild mates, but I’m proud of their hard work and dedication.
Even though there are huge cities being established on the surface, they are tiny compared to the size of the planets and the vast wildernesses.
You’d be surprised. Small hubs to valuable locations can become very popular if done right! Before the wipe there were half a dozen or more successful portal networks/hubs. True they all go to the same places but people build communities and hang out in groups. Anyone can work to set something like this up for their own group!
Although people may use the popular gateways as a backup, in the past people have demonstrated that they prefer shortcuts. People may dip in and out of a shop through a different portal to get to the location they want to quickly.
Very little of the world’s are covered by cities. You can easily make portals linking to hubs and start bringing foot traffic to your part of the universe. I just started 5 days ago and got my portal and shop set up over this weekend.
You can quite easily get up to speed with some time played. Or you could even join an existing city.
yes you should be able to see some nearby planets. some more may be below the horizon too. warp cost in coins depends on blinksec distance (second map in that previous link). so further planets are more expensive to warp to.
It only costs 100c to warp to a location on-planet. So it’s cheaper to find someone else’s portal and use that.
Trust me man, if those portals were not already set up, I’d still be crawling on my belly. I’m on ps4 and wasnt in the Ea.
When I heard people got a few weeks head start I was a little discouraged too. But honestly after actually really playing and putting in some hard hours, I’d say the dev’s made the right call on it.
Dont worry about who captain of what ship and just have fun man. And extra hubs are always welcome. There are sides of many planets in never been to cuz it out of the way, but if there where portals over there? Hell yeah I’d check it it out.
The interesting thing about this game is some people think they are in power and then things shift. Us backers have seen capitals, cities, portal networks, mega shops, etc come and go. There is always a way to upset what seems those on top versus those on the bottom.
So do it yourself or find a group and take down those that think they own it all!
I have a small village with me and a couple of friends as well as other folks who wanted to join in. I only have two portals up but they lead to the main hub and the capital, and I often see strangers passing through just to use the portals.
Even if there are one or two main portal hubs in a planet, they’re still only in one place and the planet is vast. A lot of people would rather use the nearest portals that serves their purpose rather than walk aaaaall the way across the world. I’d say multiple hubs are good!
