I am in the air. I think I would see an increase, being roughly 30-35% is chiseled.
But also disappointed that they just say “same blocks” might decrease prestige.
I have used a LOT of bricks. Since castles are not created out of machined metals or wood. If i want to keep the general look, bricks is needed in my build. So I guess it depends on the % they used to calculate an overuse of a certain block type. Or does that block type have to match color index also?
Too many questions and variables over all to know.
Hard cap on meshes is one problem that could just make player go building to fields instead of building block towers to achieve wanted prestige. I am afraid this could lead more area conflicts or maybe block areas to fall meteorites if I have understood right that meteorites can only fall wild (not reserved) area.
Still it is just prestige but I hope next “prestige meta” is not something like sun light blocking mesh fields.
I’m thinking about a large build near a friend’s large build on a higher level world right now. Not for prestige reasons. Partly just to do something “epic” and also to address mesh limits. I would love a storage tower but it’s not really possible to manage any volume of storage that way. Add on the space (and mesh) requirements for machine placement in a tight enough space to keep from having a ton of little spark towers all about and it’s a logistical challenge to scale pretty far.
Think about storage for just one stack of each of 256 colors of 3 stone types, 3 foliage types, soil, gravel, sand, gleam, sponge, 3 trunk, 3 grass … It goes on and on. Choices must be made.
To some extent this will be the evolution hopefully the balance of new worlds as existing ones get plotted up will be manageable.
Only did a little experimenting, but it does seem like there is a lot more potential for bonuses now.
And that was without any chiseling too, which did not seem to not work at all though (perhaps it will only apply with a higher block count?).
I do like that decorative wood and rock relatively speaking get a lot more value (no nerf compared to other blocks and higher bonuses on top of that). But it is really hard to estimate how existing builds will be affected without knowing more details about the bonuses.
I don’t hate the changes, but I don’t like all of them either. Most of them are fine, a few of them I feel might be a bit punishing for people who prefer to build only using a select few colors (about 3 to 5 colors)
My judgement is reserved until after I see how it impacts builds.
I am not to keen about the removal of the beacon % bonuses from the debug menu, which may or may make it confusing to what aspect is punishing the players build.
From reading the dev’s explanations, I’m pretty sure colors have zero impact on prestige besides being otherworldly or not.
You should be able to get the maximum bonus using a single otherworldly color.
Variety is only important to block types and chiselling.
Testing is already down. I’ll run a quick test tomorrow to find out for sure.
I’m looking forward to seeing all the gleam towers lose lots of prestige. All these giant rectangles filled with machined iron. Hopefully it’ll get people wanting to build for looks and not just prestige. We’ll see how it effects me as I do build with a limited pallet.
Go to flan. It’s easy. There is one which Tomir and me that are in the lead. I can easily get it back if I invested 30 min there. The points have not budged there since about 2 weeks from that release. I can help you so you can get the trophy if you need.
Thanks, appreciate it! It may be awhile out - working on my own place first, then will have to hoard resources for the run - but when I make the run may give you a shout then, thanks again!
I have no idea what this will do to my prestige. I didn’t gleam spam, but most of my roads and my main build are made from local mats…but they are all refined or bricks now.
I also have LOTS of variety in the mats I have used, overall. So I might come out of this pretty good.
I need to write down all my prestige numberstonight so I can compare them to the game after the changes.
I did have one of my alts burn every last bit of rock I had along with my last teaching pie. Frankly, I didn’t have a lot of stock. I tend to gather what I need and not much else.
Happy to help you as I can if you need any (hope you like gaudy box houses), as I’m thinking I wouldn’t make my own run for at least a few months (if I get around to it at all, sidetracked as I get sometimes), so probably no worries for you from me at least!
Now this would be irony… a few of us get get together to take viceroy on an easier world like this, but others have the same idea, so we get into a prestige war and nobody wants to surrender. Eventual end result pushes Flan’s capital past all the T1s.
I can’t find it right now. But I thought i read or (mis)understood that the system would take into account the use of different tints as part of its variation bonus, in addition to rather or not the color is otherworldly,
This would be hilarious, and people would be very confused as to what happened in order to make such a prestigious planet.
I’m actually wanting to make an entire city of boats! With probably a bit of ports. Maybe if we make that gaudy box house into a tower we could make it a giant lighthouse?
Well, your fleet won’t be lacking for plain little wooden lifeboats if I’m involved. If I had any talent, you’d get a replica of the Bucs pirate ship in RayJay. But I don’t. So dinghies it is!
It may be awhile out - working on my own place first, then will have to hoard resources for the run - but when I make the run may give you a shout then, thanks again!
If I had any talent, you’d get a replica of the Bucs pirate ship in RayJay. But I don’t. So dinghies it is! 
but still have over 18 mill 
