Wouldn’t it be cool if there was an automation block? What I mean by this is it can be connected to machines/chests/shop stands when machine has crafted the item it automatically goes into the chest/shop stand. You could then create a factory flow and automatically store the items or offer for sale in shop stand.
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I’ve had my fair share of automation talks on this forum, its a tricky discussion as its an MMO. But some simple automation like moving crafted items into a storage would be quite nice.
Example: People could sell you Rough Oortstone in a request basket, that could get crafted into Oort Shards, then put directly into a portal. Could be a cool way for other people to fuel your portal.
So to answer your post: 
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we were begging for conveyor belt for ages…we lost our hope 2 years ago
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2 years ago? More like 5-6 years ago when James went silent.
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Obviously not really relevant but for those that might be curious… The original devs were actually working on automation. I had a few calls where we talked about strategy and how it could work and was able to see a few prelim assets. After the “shields / character skills update” happened they were working to revamp all the machines and that is when automation was likely coming (or an update right after machines). There was actually going to be a way to take raw things and turn them into finished products, etc. If I remember right, it was tubes not conveyors they were going to do. Ultimately, that is why the machines needed to be revamped so they could handle the new functionality as well as all the other problems we were talking about queues, etc.
I guess the sad fact will be the new devs won’t even likely start with some of those things and will instead revamp from scratch so they can get Free to Play and bring in their money making components. This will probably break things worse because of all the other foundational issues especially with lots of players. James had planned FtP once they were finished with all their redo - so likely 1 or 2 more things (like private universes connected in) then it would have happened. He had already started some prelim work on FtP at some level because we did talk about it once.
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i dont like the idea of f2p becouse i stronly suspect in that case all automations OR their fuel will be available in cash mall - like the monthly license of automatuion usage or monthly fuel supply for 5 / 10 / 25 machines…
sounds scary, isn’t? who will pay?
With such a small player base Free 2 Play(F2P) is a viable option. Not that I fully agree with it, but thinking about it I think it makes sense.
The game is overpriced on Steam and PSN for an older game, making it F2P would attract more players and could help the economy grow. Just adding clothing in a shop along with F2P would.work well along with some additional blocks, even player-made blocks. Anyways this has been discussed a ton.
I love modded MC and go back and play it often, I truly love the ability to auto-sort things, organize a storage easier and move things around like a factory be it with pipes or even digitally like Applied Energistics. Automation in any mass crafting makes sense.
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This is if the new devs do anything. It’s been years this has been on life support and I’m honestly flabbergasted the site is still up let alone the servers.