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[Mapleguy555]

Yeah, the refuel station in the beginning is also indestructible which is sad since COFFEE.

[Chiefwaffles]

Apex Labs are now indestructible

I believe that's because all actual "dungeons" have a generator-thingy which prevents you from modifying blocks in a dungeon until you deactivate said generator thing.
The "I believe" is because I'm not entirely sure whether or not every dungeon has one. They should, though?

[KingofstarrySkies]

I think it's if all mobs are killed.

[The Darkling Wolf]

Well, I made a mod to change the ore distribution (basically any non-zero got added 1) and managed to get to durasteel level.

Sadly, I discovered that Apex Labs are now indestructible and I can't get one of them nice small lockers to scan and fill my ship with.

There should be a big generator on top of the building, turn it off and you can loot the place to your heart's content.

[WillowLuman]

Is it possible to acquire one of said generators to protect your home base from meteors?

[Sappho]

Dear lord, has it always been so grindy? I don't remember it taking an hour of playtime just to acquire my first pickaxe... I get that the stone one wasn't realistic, but for the sake of making me not want to kill myself, I hope they bring it back (or at least make the matter manipulator dig faster!!!). Anyway, using future tech to craft a wooden hunting bow isn't realistic, either, and they left that in there. And I definitely don't like being locked onto the first planet for so long.

I do like the combat better now, though. I have to analyze each enemy's attack patterns and form an actual strategy. Good stuff.

[WillowLuman]

I dunno, the MM seems to dig fast enough now (especially with those upgrades you can get pretty early) that I don't feel too compelled to get picks. Plus, making picks as soon as you find the materials is nice.

[Sappho]

Really? I played for an hour, almost all of which was digging for ore, and I only just managed to get enough ore to make a pick. I didn't see anything about upgrades. The mining speed of the matter manipulator was infuriatingly slow. Drove me insane.

[WillowLuman]

With 10 copper bars you can upgrade its mining speed, which I recommend doing ASAP.

[scriver]

Picks are useless anyway, they disintegrate before you've even found enough metal to make a new one.

[Elephant Parade]

Picks are useless anyway, they disintegrate before you've even found enough metal to make a new one.

Can't you repair any pick with any metal?

[scriver]

...I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the reminder!

[Sappho]

Well apparently you can't repair picks anymore. Unless there's a way to do it I couldn't figure out. Damn thing disappeared after a few minutes. Wish I'd realized that before I wasted all that copper on it. Anyway, I've upgraded the matter manipulator now, and it's a bit faster, but still slower than is fun. I'm exploring a new planet now... Here's hoping I'll find something interesting.

I'm not terribly pleased with how they're making the game more linear, though. My favorite part is basically exploration, and now I have to do a lot more work before I can go exploring.

[KingofstarrySkies]

The funny thing is, if you fully upgrade the MM, it becomes the best tool in the game.

[Slayerhero90]

The only things that to my knowledge are indestructable are the outposts and the missions, which is a damn shame because I want that fucking coffee pot.
The only dungeons I know to have generators are staffed apex labs (just get to the roof, flick it off, and mine it, fighting optional), apex tesla labs (finish both sides of the course and flick the switches to open the doors to the generators), and apex cities (top of the building with large rooms on only one side of the stairs, can be disabled and mined without repurcussions).

It's a hell of a lot less grindy for me now.
I don't have to focus on building and repairing picks/drills anymore now that manipulators can mine faster and with larger clumps of stuff than picks.
Don't have to grind for pixels for better armor (armor's also really cheap ore-wise now)
Don't have to grind for the resources I need to summon a boss anymore.
If I do want a pick, hell, they reduced the costs of those to two copper bars- four chunks of ore, one of the many rewards you can find in a chest.

I hate that I can't just throw any fuel into my ship and be fine, though.
At least it doesn't take fuel to travel within-system.

Also, does anyone know what the point of buying additional erchius crystal is?
I don't want to waste pixels on junk.