thats true
a question topic is senseless if we get no answer.
and 1-2 hour a week is not much, to write some answer
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Considering how many questions there are, I think a live stream would be a better application of time. Speaking is simply fastest than typing. It would seem easiest to do a quick walk-through of the current questions, so there are answers on the table. Then open it up for more in depth Q&A fire the rest of the stream.
I’m personally biased towards twitch. The highlight system is easy to get squared away and highlights never deleted. The upload to YT is pretty seamless as well.
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a stream is not easier and not better. as example some people has not the best internet. and the ground why it is not so good for me as example is, i am german and my english is not the best. its easy to read but not so easy if must here and understand. if it is a text i can show a translation for a word i dont know but in a stream not.
shot: a text based answer is easir for people with not so good english.
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This also depends on which part of english people have problems with. I know some which can understand spoken english better than written english.
Anyway, the best solution would be a stream/video, loosely based on a “script” which answers all the questions. This “script” could then be posted on the forum for everyone.
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Hey @Heurazio and @Saint_X thanks for the prompting. I wanted to post a dev update first before starting to answer the community questions. As it should hopefully establish a foundation for some of the questions.
(Oh and @Havok40k thanks for playing a little friendly defence here 
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As suggested I’m going to try and answer the questions gradually.
I’m been thinking about switching the empty (sorry!) FAQ category into a Q&A category and posting the response there. Or do you think it would be better to simply answer them collected into a few devlog posts?
Devlog posts feels easier. Whereas a Q&A / FAQ / AMA category feels like they would be easier for people to find in the future.
Which do you think would work best?
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@james: thanks for the answer 
As mentioned earlier i’d like a Q/A Post but all in all it’s not important to me, it’s just a preference.
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No Problem. I know the problem if you do not feel to do something because the motivation is missing.
I think Devlog Post is ok. i think we need no Q&A
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Q&A could easily be made as a sub category to devlog.
As they say in the world generation or w/e in the general boundless on the exploration tab “Discover worlds rich in resources, and each different from the next. Ocean worlds where land is scarce and players live on small islands and atolls; mountain worlds where mines dominate the landscape and travel is difficult; desert worlds where minerals and metals are common, but survival is harsh.” How/will the game/ generator determin what kind of world it is? i mean, if i rent and make a world, and i make it as harsh as it comes, pitch black, mountains, lava everywhere… would that make it rich in mountain resources? or is it a dice toss and it might become a as full of resources as a grass plain world where id be lucky to find coal 
You can set the distribution of everything yourself. As long as you’re inside the guidelines, the devs most likely will put up when the time for those worlds comes, you should be able to connect your server/world to the MMO universe.
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you seam to know alot have another question what about terrain regeneration? how will this effect underworld building? cuz they stated u can use beacons to secure a resource area. but whats the point if they dont regenerate with the becaon there and if it does regenerate inside the beacon, then u cant build under ground
Ah, but you can build underground. Beacons can go anywhere. If you secure resources with a beacon, your basically just reserving it for you to harvest later. The area inside that beacon will not regeneration unless you remove the beacon. However, resources regenerate randomly so you can’t camp a single resource node.
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Additionally, depending on how beacons are implemented, it could be really easy to just delete the beacon where your mine was, let it regenerate and claim it back.
I think there will also be a mechanic which allows you to toggle regeneration inside your beacon.
That would also solve the problem of having someone else beacon an area you just wanted to let regenerate.
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otherwise Unpleased? It’s never personal! I hope I don’t come off that way, but I can understand how it can be hard to tell in a textbox.
@Zouls I kinda thought that the PS4 video is what came out of that promise, even if they didn’t use a lot of the user submitted stuff. But I dunno 
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Everything is fine you know … i like to exaggerate 
But i’d really love to see some answers on the questions
good to know but… so if i make a really cool mine system i have to beacon it all or it will just slowly grow and close ? u mby should add like… mine tunnel “beams”? u know those wooden things that oldschool miners put up so it wouldnt cave in… so they would prevent the regeneration in a small (underground) area but still not be claimed. or beamed
That sounds like a cool idea but also like it could be easily exploitable.
I think if you have a cool mine system, but you have mined everything in it, you would want it to regenerate, right? So you can re-mine the area for more resources? If you want an awesome mineshaft, just beacon the entrance and let everything else past that regenerate. You could have your own Dwarven mineshaft that resets every so often.