We need fresh blood in the game

Evergreen · 2019-09-16T21:07:16.924Z

Wasn’t that at the beginning of the game? Feels like it was anyways. I thought they said that was the first poster they had actually banned from the forums, aside from spammers.

Ayalla · 2019-09-17T21:45:08.013Z

Looks like the devs listened to your request! Here it is…

Fiffer13 · 2019-09-17T22:05:31.628Z

I like it, solid troll

Solgato · 2019-09-17T22:05:50.374Z

I owned it for 2 years before ARK took too long catching Mac up with an update and suddenly I’ve switched addictions.

DutchOfSorissi · 2019-09-17T22:08:21.785Z

I was hoping to see some replies to this, because I think it’s a great idea. Even if it were just a shade of that, like an empty room you can’t edit like the sanctum, but with a handful of storage boxes. I’d keep a 3x3 of each diamond tool in there at all times in case something totally unexpected pulls me away from the game for a long time.

I’ve been hanging onto an idea for a bank, and while I realize it would be super rare for a player to actively give another player their valuables, if someone without GC knows they’ll be gone for 3 months they’d be better off going to what could be a reputable institution and paying a deposit fee for storage and even for keeping their beacons alive, at least for an agreed upon time. The bank, like rl banks, would benefit from fees and would be able to use their coin for themselves as long as they’re prepared to get it all back in the vault’s request basket when the customer returns…

Of course this idea, like my ‘trade floor’ idea I was sitting on, would be redundant upon a single update that would allow all players a private, permanent backup storage.

EDIT: Just realized there’s no reason to leave coin in a request basket as that does stay with the player. Switch that idea out for crafting mats

Fiffer13 · 2019-09-17T22:14:42.360Z

DutchOfSorissi:

I’ve been hanging onto an idea for a bank, and while I realize it would be super rare for a player to actively give another player their valuables, if someone without GC knows they’ll be gone for 3 months they’d be better off going to what could be a reputable institution and paying a deposit fee for storage and even for keeping their beacons alive, at least for an agreed upon time.

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DutchOfSorissi · 2019-09-17T22:41:57.114Z

Nice, thanks for sharing. As you’re now the only person I know with private storage, if I ever see someone ask I’ll have you in mind. Saw the comments about trust… like guys obviously that’s why this isn’t common practice. Not like you sunk crazy time and effort into it.

If I were to do it, I’d want to build a massive bank that would just be amazing and prestigious regardless of whether it’s functional or not. I think that alone would build peoples’ trust that you won’t steal their stuff and have to deal with any drama. Like what are you gonna do, tear down your 2 million prestige behemoth just to take some stuff that a relatively new player without GC trusted you to hold?

Fiffer13 · 2019-09-17T22:52:38.352Z

A fair point. and to be fair I modeled after storage containers in RL because it was something of a business venture I always wanted to try in RL.

A large prestigious bank, with like marble columns, and paths made of refined gold, with large cog-like decorations on the “vault” doors could be an impressive establishment. And such a grand design would imply the person didn’t need to steal your items, clearly they already have access to the end game without it.

I might build something like this in midguard, I’ve been holding off on building so much there lately, maybe after I get some of this Oort supply stuff figured out I’ll have to start back into the building projects.

DutchOfSorissi · 2019-09-17T23:05:26.388Z

Fiffer13:

A fair point. and to be fair I modeled after storage containers in RL because it was something of a business venture I always wanted to try in RL.

I love that, and considering most of my builds have co/corp in the name I imagine we have a similar drive behind our building

Luckily for me, I’ve always wanted to be an architect, so… there are some mechanics in the game that allow for that, I guess.

bigad9 · 2019-09-18T06:49:16.388Z

I couldn’t agree more, don’t think I would have stuck with this game if it hadn’t been for this forum and the help I’ve received from the community

FireAngelDth · 2019-09-18T07:05:01.423Z

I believe @majorvex still has hers too. Tho I am lazy and not digging up her post about it.

Side note while I was playing I offered to plot builds for people if they were going to take a break as I have gc till late next year and have a good amount of plots.

hAmSTeR86 · 2019-09-18T07:24:40.811Z

When I started at ps4 release it was great to explore so many cities and buildings. The magic has gone. There are only a few cities where everyone gathers and even there you are often alone on the road. For me, this game has a great community aspect and if this is small, I lose the motivation I want to see what many people build and, of course, be seen.

Marrash · 2019-09-18T07:46:21.774Z

It’s probably worth noting that even a push directly targeting Minecraft (or ex-Minecraft) players won’t actually nett that many long term players. With the exception of one person, everyone who I used to play Minecraft with and who has trialled Boundless has left again, and the majority of those go back to Minecraft.

I’m sure that ‘People who I choose to play Minecraft with’ is a self-selecting group of the more creative individuals who just want to build, but the major complaint I heard was that playing Boundless was more like playing ‘Grindcraft, Chisel edition’. People who want a building-focused creative game can usually find something to better suit their needs in any number of modded Minecraft servers.

TLDR; To enjoy Boundless, you really have to enjoy the majority of it, not just one of it’s aspects. Apparent player retention suggests that that’s a pretty niche group.

bucfanpaka · 2019-09-18T12:20:59.888Z

Yeah, I actually see much more potential crossover with the No Man’s Sky fan base than with Minecraft. It is hard to put my finger on and explain, part of it is Minecraft being so broad, but even though Boundless is more similar to Minecraft than NMS, the niche that NMS has seems to be a lot of people who may love Boundless as well, just from what I’ve seen with the fans of both (myself included of course ) I know of and feedback I’ve gotten from NMS fans who are unfamiliar with Boundless and see my Tweets about it.

Fiffer13 · 2019-09-19T00:47:37.136Z

Marrash:

everyone who I used to play Minecraft with and who has trialled Boundless has left again

Tell me your secret at getting people to try this game? I love boundless, but I’ve yet to talk anyone I know into even giving the game a try. Despite several of them following similar games that never finished development, and boundless being a released game.

Marrash · 2019-09-19T07:18:53.232Z

Honestly, I had the most success getting people to give it a go around release.

Not only was I pretty happy with the development and direction of the game at that point so could be more genuine in praising the game and being excited to recommend it to friends (which I believe really helps), but it was also shiny and new and just released.

I don’t know how well I’d be able to convince people to try Boundless now that I’m a little more jaded and it’s been around for a year now without significant player uptake. I must confess, I’ve mostly stopped recommending it to people. I don’t think it’s a bad game, I just think it appeals to a very specific type of player, and I don’t know many people like that.

VirtualEclipse · 2019-09-19T08:14:48.439Z

Marrash:

but the major complaint I heard was that playing Boundless was more like playing ‘Grindcraft, Chisel edition’

That sums it up very good. Balancing in this game is bad, sometimes unfair even. What do I mean with unfair?
You invest more but get less in return, just think about meteors t6 and up, the fact that they gave lucent tools a flexibility of 10 to make them useless and that for tools which you already invested a lot more time in to get.

The reward/progression system in this game feels more like a scam when I look at the higher level stuff. If I wasnt a bit of a masochist I would have quit for good by now (wait I already did that once, until one of my guildies convinced me to return, saying its less grindy now. Which it is, still I do not like to be scammed…)

Trickyy90 · 2019-09-19T12:32:20.906Z

I still think we need an update just for building stuff. I mean the glass panes are amazing but they’re not cheap to make, not for new players anyway.
An influx of easy to obtain building blocks would boost motivation for new builders i think. Some examples:

Sandstone
refined gravel (step down from deco gravel)
deco gleam
refined ash (not sure about this one lol…)
mudstone

And then furniture. I love seeing the little seating areas people make, some more additions would really captivate the new builders i think:

benches
wall art (stock photos not screenshots, problems were pointed out for using uploaded photos)
plant pots/planters for our new prestige plants?
curtains? Or some other window accents to go with our new panes
rugs perhaps

I really think we need some more early level crafting options to keep people here

cagian · 2019-09-19T13:11:32.665Z

I was wondering also if tier 2 planets should spawn low level meteors. With a max size of level 2. This could be great for new players to enjoy a hunt really early on.

bucfanpaka · 2019-09-19T13:21:21.616Z

cagian:

I was wondering also if tier 2 planets should spawn low level meteors. With a max size of level 2. This could be great for new players to enjoy a hunt really early on.

YES!! Big vote for this!

I think there is definitely room for an easier meteor level - I actually still get killed soloing lv 1s on T3s occasionally. Add in a lv 0 meteor that can appear on T2s. Lesser rewards of course, but great “training wheels” for learning and for those of us who solo hunt and stink at it. Reduce the number of mob spawns in the waves a little. And then there would be dormant meteors too on the T2s to be found, good for newer players to come across, a little added bonus.