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[ToonyMan]

Humans tend to fear powerful, mysteries things.

[BishopX]

You might want to try nethack, it has decent tile graphics support (blasphemy!) and the most depth I've found yet.

[Candlejack]

What about Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup? It has the friendliest interface or any roguelike.

[Duke 2.0]

What about Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup? It has the friendliest interface or any roguelike.

Only the graphical version.

 Still, the graphical version of it rocks several different levels of awesomeness.

[magellan]

I've tried several times and have come to the conclusion: I will never be able to get into crawl stonesoup.
I go down 3-5 *huge* levels killing kobolds and more kobolds and then some kobolds and then i get killed by a .... kobold because i am just too bored by killing kobolds on huge levels to pay attention enough.
Sometimes there are snakes though.

Anyway: Fuel for jetpacks ... that's an idea. Of course one could die by jumping up a mountain and not have any fuel left to jump back down, wich seems a little harsh but is also somehow the players fault.

Of course this whole blocking business is a problem. You have a spaceship, you stroll around on planets without atmosphere yet a few rocks and water are an insurmountable obstacle?

But then again realism is highly overrated. I mean for example: tiny rectangular planets. Unrealistic, no doubt. Fix? simple! *strolls off to add scrolling and increase planet size to 8000x4000 tiles and enable the "enter opposite" flag for player movement* 5 minutes of work. Result: boring planets.
Nah sorry, i rather have my unrealistic square ones. Let me use this opertunity to go "hmmmm" 

[Gabeux]

well after 4+ hours of dedicated gaming (nerding it off), i managed to buy the Heavy Explorer and reach the end game.."Do you wanna retire".. nope?

Without spoiling everything but, are those robot "killable"? I mean:

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The god damn ancient cities of hell, can you kill'em all?
I can't imagine killing every one there..

Also, I'm getting an error message on console... like "Error placing item = 1024"..Can't remember well '-'

Ah, and I've explored the whole "map"..still I can't find any pirate bases, do they exist?

Cyas

[magellan]

Ah! thx for telling about that message! Means i have to increase the number of maximum possible items.

And yes, pirate bases do exist.

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you even get a message when you enter their system and another one when you scan their home planet

As for the bots:

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Those buildings who look all the same ... aren't

Edit to add: Ok... if my ancient comp an handle 65000 items without problems i was seriously saving memory at the wrong point there.... sry.

[Neonivek]

I have to admit that the Robot cities are the toughest aspect of the entire game especially once you enter the dungeon.

Though this is mostly because once you have a crew of 20 equipped with amazing weapons and armor they are pretty much the only thing left that is a challenge.

On a side note: Sandworms are surprisingly easy compared to the Dune version (where even military vehicles couldn't harm them)

[BishopX]

Yeah, my trick with sandworms is to hunt them with the ships weaponry...

Also, the cave in the imortal world can be very difficult with 20 well armed guys. I'm tempted to see if I can do it with 50 using a drop ship.

[magellan]

Let me take this opportunity to say: The toughest critters are

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On the last level of the dungeon under the forcefield surrounded base

Oh and the immortals cave has a pretty nifty gadget. Ever found it? (who manages to find out what Scifi TV show i ripped *that* one off of gets a cookie)

And while we are at it: I've been playing around a bit with the chances for "stuff": anybody ever found pyramids? (not counting the one on the immortals planet) I am wondering if i should make them more common.   

[BishopX]

yeah, I've come across them. I wish they did something though...

[Gabeux]

immortals planet = eden?
I've found one there...

Actually..

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I can make a fortune just by exploring a bit of the eden's dungeon, killing 2 or 3 critters there, and selling the info to a station..

And thanks for the info about the pirates base, guess I'll scan and land on every planet until I reach'em... hehehh

This game only lacks a feature: building (and digging?)   
[Sorry, I'm a 'building addict', don't take this seriously]

[Candlejack]

How do I use ship weapons on the ground? Do I radio in an attack?

[Gabeux]

/\

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Yes

And talking about radio commands...can you spoil'em for me? hahaha
I found 5 of the 7 you said that exist...

Actually, if you mix the "suicidal one" with the "building stuff" i said, it could turn into a small "survival game" ahhaha

Oh god...

[edit]:

Forgot to say, i found a bug due to the item limit..
When I drop some item [on a planet], the character automatically and instantly takes it back..
So I'm stuck with the items I got, and my inventory is bugged =/

[magellan]

Dropping stuff works if you turn off autopickup. There aren't exactly many reasons to drop stuff though.
Hmm... actually it doesn't need too. will be fixed with next release wich will come soonish.
I am guessing that the commands you miss are the rather uninteresting ones.

Ah well...

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 Status: Does the same as pressing @,

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 Position: Tells you where you parked, and

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 if you say "Hello" they answer with yes

Oh: And digging *is* already in the game