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RobCoyote · 07-09-2008, 08:10 PM

I like the designing, especially of the creatures. It's lots of fun and creative. I just wish there were more parts. I also wish that the parts that have non-stackable abilities (For Example, the Bone Plates that add +1 Health, butdon't add +1 each time, they only ever add +1 regardless of how many), extra ones you add shouldn't cost reward points (DNA or Sporebucks or whatever). Paying costs for an ability is fine, but any further you add are purely for looks, and we shouldn't be penalised in gameplay (Points are valuable, and need to be spent to gain abilities) for being creative in design.

I *love* terraforming. I love taking a barren ball of rock and ice (Or lava) and turning it bit by bit into a paradise. I love sculpting the continents, . I love watching the ice melt into seas (Or the lava cool into rock), I love watching the atmosphere thicken or thin. I love tinting a world just the way I like, so it looks unique. And setting up an ecosystem is pretty much spot on. One drop of a needed item is great, having to cart loads of samples to seed a world with would be very tedious. I just wish some of the terraforming controls were not so heavy handed (Or so big!). I also wish there were more time to spend terraforming. There's a lot you can do, but you just can't do it because mid project, you get called away to deal with some nuisance pirate or yet *another* eco disaster. And it's so hard to pick up where you left off, and even then likelihood is you'll be called away again. Too hectic.

I like the exploring. I like finding empty new systems, looking at the planetary alignments, and the planets themselves (And gaping in awe when you find some of the wonders, like the binary star systems). Yet, like Terraforming, this fun is cut short all too quickly. I can't wander too far away, because I'll be called back to deal with *another* pirate attack or eco-disaster. Or I can't find too much 'new' stuff as there are far too many other spacefaring races who take exception to my flying around their space. Too hectic and crowded =(

07-09-2008, 08:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
RobCoyote Rookie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5	I like the designing, especially of the creatures. It's lots of fun and creative. I just wish there were more parts. I also wish that the parts that have non-stackable abilities (For Example, the Bone Plates that add +1 Health, butdon't add +1 each time, they only ever add +1 regardless of how many), extra ones you add shouldn't cost reward points (DNA or Sporebucks or whatever). Paying costs for an ability is fine, but any further you add are purely for looks, and we shouldn't be penalised in gameplay (Points are valuable, and need to be spent to gain abilities) for being creative in design. I love terraforming. I love taking a barren ball of rock and ice (Or lava) and turning it bit by bit into a paradise. I love sculpting the continents, . I love watching the ice melt into seas (Or the lava cool into rock), I love watching the atmosphere thicken or thin. I love tinting a world just the way I like, so it looks unique. And setting up an ecosystem is pretty much spot on. One drop of a needed item is great, having to cart loads of samples to seed a world with would be very tedious. I just wish some of the terraforming controls were not so heavy handed (Or so big!). I also wish there were more time to spend terraforming. There's a lot you can do, but you just can't do it because mid project, you get called away to deal with some nuisance pirate or yet another eco disaster. And it's so hard to pick up where you left off, and even then likelihood is you'll be called away again. Too hectic. I like the exploring. I like finding empty new systems, looking at the planetary alignments, and the planets themselves (And gaping in awe when you find some of the wonders, like the binary star systems). Yet, like Terraforming, this fun is cut short all too quickly. I can't wander too far away, because I'll be called back to deal with another pirate attack or eco-disaster. Or I can't find too much 'new' stuff as there are far too many other spacefaring races who take exception to my flying around their space. Too hectic and crowded =( Last edited by RobCoyote; 07-09-2008 at 08:12 PM..