Planning for 2017 - Contribute your ideas!

[nevir]

@Heurazio

Be clear what we can expect for 1.0 and you don’t get questions or demands that titans and a skill tree need to be part of the game

@Wichall

Totally agree here. The fact this question is being asked this early actually scares me quite a lot. This game is great and fun to play but needs almost all the major features suggested in this thread before release. If you release it without fundamental MMO/social features you’re killing the game before it’s had a chance to grow.

I’m pretty sure the intention behind this thread is for the devs to get a sense of what we care most about; in case they need to move priorities around. Given that, talking about features on the roadmap seems like fair game. If titans are what you care most about, then it’s probably ok to talk about them as your major feature - unless there is some other major feature (on the roadmap or not) that you care more about.

You probably want to treat it along the lines of: “what major new feature do you want to see that the game currently lacks?”

[DarthNott]

@Wichall

Also the crafting/levelling system is way unbalanced. The need to mine in this game at the moment is far too heavy. I’m capped at 50 with the rest of my skills around 5-10. Mining need to yeild better rewards. If wood and rock are a core part of almost everything then we need more stones/sticks/timber from each block at the very minimum. But all the recipes/durability need costs rethinking really!

Yes, I think it’s better to get like 4 Timber out of 1 Wood or at least 2 Timber and same for Stones because it’s stuff we need for almost everything.

[Clexarews]

Answers put in below.

@james

1. Totally rework a broken MAJOR current feature: Currency and leveling up. The current implementation seems to reward newer players with levels more frequently which means they’re getting paid more. But the vets are the ones who need the cash as they have most of the basic supplies and might only be seeking extremely scarce resources. However, with the current way of doing things, the vets are the ones who make the least as it takes more and more exp to get the next level. I think copying a system like The Secret World’s where each level up takes the same amount of exp but you need more and more levels to hit additional skills would work well here.

2. Tweak a broken MINOR current feature: I would agree with most that resources are a bit difficult to acquire but I think instead of blatantly showing them off on cave walls and the sides of cliffs as people have suggested you instead hasten the speed at which pickaxes hit blocks so blocks break fast. I’m guessing the skills will play into this so take this suggestion with a grain of salt.

3. Essential MAJOR feature before 1.0: Completely agree with @nevir that a rewarding gameplay loop is mandatory. I can only mine so much and kill the odd creature so much before I’m going to lose interest. There needs to be some sort of rewarding end-thing that I have to progress to reach and that will then enable me to reach even higher.

4. Add a MINOR feature in next update: Pass

[Scortion]

@Karko

2. Tweak a broken MINOR current feature:
   Ore/resource distribution in the current game sucks. You have be Sherlock to hunt down certain resources. If I’m having this much trouble finding what I need to progress god help the kids playing this game. I appreciate that MMO’s have a tradition of being more work than a multiplayer game, but I think something is wrong here that needs to be done differently. I know where certain resources should spawn and have not found them. The two that need re-balance most are gold and tech component. Hunting for them currently makes me not want to play this game, seriously.

+1, I’ve been playing this game for a total of 130 hours. 20 hours in the new update and I’ve only found 6 gold ;-;

[PharaohNai]

1. Not really a broken feature, but would really appreciate remodelling of some ore blocks as coal, medium coal, iron and silver “KINDA” look similar from far, same goes for copper and gold, and I end up missing on ores because I think they are something else.

2. Spawn capacity of fossil ores in my opinion should see an increase, or at least remove the need for fossils from both copper and iron tools.

3. Not copying other people, but farming, breeding, taming and fishing (if possible) is a feature I have been waiting for in a long time.

4. Would love to see the ability to be able to form guilds and see the location icons on the compass above, makes it easier to locate friends and their homes. Maybe adding the ability to warp between beacons as well to aid in travel for people who work together in large projects.

[Smoothy]

@Smoothy

b) achievement system (for long time fun / time killer / task variety). Kill 100 livestock, swim 20.000 blocks, get every ressource of a planet, etc… with respective rewards (decoration, receipts, titles / names, etc.)
Here you can very easily add a lot of stuff, that motivates players to follow other goals for some time, even when they miss new “real content”. I also implemented it under 3. since for me currently there is no real system yet. I think there somewhen was a very nice thread in which many many ideas were collected.

What achievements do you want to see in 1.0

What achievements do you want to see in 1.0? Try and keep the current planned feature set in mind. No “Slay 9000 Dragons” suggestions please Add your suggestions as bullet points. Examples: Dig every grass block in the game Visit every world in the game

[shadowelit7]

Putting this game on Android for beta and when it comes out the game will be on Android and iOS

[luke-turbulenz]

@shadowelit7

Putting this game on Android for beta and when it comes out the game will be on Android and iOS

When the game is released on PS4, it should be compatible with the remote play app, which should work on Android and iOS.

[luke-turbulenz]

@Wichall

PS4s courtesy of Sony

That would be nice. But we had to buy them the old fashioned way like everyone else.

[shadowelit7]

I have and android and it shows this on google play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Boundless&hl=en

[shadowelit7]

AN achievement system would be nice on the game but there is already on steam [very soon]

[luke-turbulenz]

@shadowelit7

I have and android and it shows this on google play

I meant the PlayStation mobile app that allows you to play PS4 games on your mobile device.

play.google.com

PS Remote Play

Access your PS5 or PS4 wherever you go...

Free

[shadowelit7]

do you have to use a controller cause I do not have one

[luke-turbulenz]

@shadowelit7

do you have to use a controller cause I do not have one

It’s an option, but the app overlays the PS4 controller on the screen if you don’t have one connected on other games I’ve tried.

[shadowelit7]

and also since I do not have a ps4 is that required to

[luke-turbulenz]

@shadowelit7

and also since I do not have a ps4 is that required to

To use this app yes.

Going back to James’ original post, this topic is mostly about getting a sense of direction for what we should be working on in 2017 in this format:

@james

1. Totally rework a broken MAJOR current feature:

2. Tweak a broken MINOR current feature:

3. Essential MAJOR feature before 1.0:

4. Add a MINOR feature in next update:

Any suggestions or anything beyond that should be posted as a seperate thread.

[shadowelit7]

more graphics options like
shader-low,med,hi
graphics-fastest,fast,simple,good,Beautiful,fantastic
Screen resolution-320 x 200 through 1280 x 800
and others

oh and offline private worlds

voice chat

type chating

Linux combatible

STEAMOS too

More race options

[Scortion]

@shadowelit7

type chating

What do you mean by this?

[shadowelit7]

Chat with other people using the keyboard

[shadowelit7]

Oh what about voice chat