Hi
Boundless will forever be a game I return to (even to just check out the updates and explore planets).
The feel of community:
I personally do not have any close friends (irl or long time game/online friends) to play Boundless with, so I am missing out on a lot of the community feel, which doesn’t even bother me too much, as I like to get my head down an build - but as far as building anything BIG, that’s all a pipe dream (requires multiple builders with similar goals and building styles).
The lack of end game:
This is perfectly fine for me as I understand Boundless has a small dev team and the game is very indy and relatively new. But I can guarantee others have hit this part of their gameplay and called it quits. I personally cannont wait to see what Boundless will be like in a year from now.
Whenever I come back to Boundless, I ALWAYS start a fresh new character. My reason for this is not really known, but I do like the “start from nothing, build an empire” feel. Maybe someone with behavioural knowledge would know why some people like doing this. And coming back after a few months off to LOADS of items and not much as far as smalls goals go, is something that I don’t really enjoy.
"Too Grindy":
Boundless IS grindy. But is it TOO grindy? That depends if you like the grindiness or not. I like the level of grindiness as I’m happy with specialising in certain areas (building, hunting and crafting for building). This is where community helps - you can have a small group of friends all specialising in different (2 people per area maybe) so a pair can go off mining where a pair can go gathering, then pool your resources to make items for the nights hunt/build project. <-- that, in my opinion is how i think Boundless is best enjoyed.
"Where is our (insert promised feature)?!":
I understand that thinking you’re gonna get something then it turns out you have to wait ages to see that feature is annoying, but I think a slight degree of reasonableness is needed here. The population isn’t big atm, private worlds would kill the game, therefore private worlds won’t be coming anytime soon (this is my best guess).
Negativity:
Now this one is very personal, I am all for freedom of speech ofc, but just being negative with no explanation/reasonable explanation to back up your ideas is just annoying. I don’t want things to change regarding that because people can say whatever they want about the game on this forum but it does stop me from going on the forums and interacting as much as I would want to.
Lack of ‘small’ features:
My favourite block in Boundless is Ice. Why? Because you can do things with it. You can use it to jump further on flat ground, you can use it to make slides, you cna use it to manipulate mobs (the have trouble running fast on it), you can use it to make semi automatic transportation.
I would like more automation, but I understand too much automation (pistons) could be a nightmare for servers) but things like the Minecraft hopper. So maybe we could link up our furnace to our storage block - when the item gets cooked, it shifts over to our storage. Then its up to the community to find new and fun ways to make contraptions. I believe these are things that will push the game to new heights as people LOVE being the first person to do something or find something out. Ethos hopper clock for example (for those minecraft redstone nerds) thats a guy who made something new and got his name stamped to it by the community. YOU could be the next prefix!
Also it feels like there isn’t much atm to fill your builds with, i believe this will solve that. Farming is a great example, people made gardens and farms before farming. But they were just atheistic. Now they are 100x cooler because they are also functional!
Summary:
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More players (advertising won’t come till more core features are put in place i’m guessing. If you haven’t got a lot of money, you’re going to want to wait till the ‘perfect’ time to fart a load of money on advertising - understandable)
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Automation / Semi-Automation / Open-ended mechanics
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People to stop asking for flying planes so they can explore quicker… I’m pretty sure flying was a BAD idea for a lot of games. (WoW, Fortnite, Minecraft to name a few big ones).
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