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[Darkmere]

Yeah speaking of mining... how do you (the general you, anyone) stomach digging deep? Picks are painfully slow and drills come too late, coupled with the near-total lack of any interesting features below the surface.

I'd rather surface mine a dozen desert planets than grind out carpal tunnel and waste coal/pixels on lighting up generic randa-cave #58291.

[alexandertnt]

From memory (it's been months since I have played the game) you can chew through snow and slime blocks really, really fast. I just look for and mine through those deep underground.

[MagmaMcFry]

I dig straight down to the lowest 1-tick mineable layer, then mine around for a while, then I log out to get back into my ship.

[MaximumZero]

Wolfeyez and I always mod the mining laser in.

[Sergius]

Cool. Maybe in another couple of years we'll be able to rebind keys from ingame as well.

That's for the Game of the Year edition.

[Slayerhero90]

Ehh I know how you play. Mostly because Terraria is linear... which is something rather odd to say about a sandbox game... The Sandbox... is linear.

As well Starbound is worse then Terraria because Terraria had the decency to include a back to home mirror.

I never played on medium core in terraria anyhow mostly because I don't need any devices to make me grind any longer then I needed to... that and as I said Terraria has plenty of cheap deaths to go around.

But I will say I could probably build up good gear WAAAAAY faster then I could in Starbound. I actually thought of challenging people to get to tier 4 in Starbound as fast as possible... without killing themselves and without help.

Maybe give a prize... hmmmm.

You're forgetting that you have it better in Starbound because you have a tele-out from any open space on the surface from the get-go, and you have free health regeneration services from the get-go. Whereas in Terraria you need to find a mirror for the tele-out, and defeat at least one boss (and construct a small town) for the Nurse NPC (or rely on found/made potions).

Incorrect on the nurse and what brings her about. Killing a boss brings the dryad over. Using a heart crystal is all you need to get the nurse.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Incorrect on the nurse and what brings her about. Killing a boss brings the dryad over. Using a heart crystal is all you need to get the nurse.

Oh. Right. 'S been a while since I played Terraria proper.

[Sergarr]

Cool. Maybe in another couple of years we'll be able to rebind keys from ingame as well.

That's for the Game of the Year edition.

Game of the Years, more like.

[Lukewarm]

Cool. Maybe in another couple of years we'll be able to rebind keys from ingame as well.

That's for the Game of the Year edition.

Game of the Years, more like.

Which years, that's what I'm asking.

[Oneir]

Cool. Maybe in another couple of years we'll be able to rebind keys from ingame as well.

That's for the Game of the Year edition.

Game of the Years, more like.

Which years, that's what I'm asking.

Due to a time-travel mishap, Starbound: Game of the Years Edition will only have been available from June 13, 1967 through October 31, 1919.

[Something Evil]

You're forgetting that you have it better in Starbound because you have a tele-out from any open space on the surface from the get-go, and you have free health regeneration services from the get-go. Whereas in Terraria you need to find a mirror for the tele-out, and defeat at least one boss (and construct a small town) for the Nurse NPC (or rely on found/made potions).

Unless something hits you in the teleport animation and you end up on your ship, dead.
Also, you regen passively in Terraria and don't need to find and carry a bed around first.

[Slayerhero90]

You're forgetting that you have it better in Starbound because you have a tele-out from any open space on the surface from the get-go, and you have free health regeneration services from the get-go. Whereas in Terraria you need to find a mirror for the tele-out, and defeat at least one boss (and construct a small town) for the Nurse NPC (or rely on found/made potions).

Unless something hits you in the teleport animation and you end up on your ship, dead.
Also, you regen passively in Terraria and don't need to find and carry a bed around first.

You could still benefit from lugging a bed around in Terraria, along with a door and workbench, seeing as it's convenient to respawn close to where you die.

[Neonivek]

The only thing you are looking for on the surface are chests and epic monsters... you will add hours upon hours to your game if you only surface mine. (surface being the first 100 levels)

Well unless you Asteroid mine... which is technically a secret.

Generally speaking in Starbound you do a once around the planet... then you dig deep until you get to the mineral rich layer.

Eh... my strip-mining habits carried over from Terraria. Plus I almost never just dig off into the distance, not without having an escape route secured.

Let me guess, you have 500 hours on Starbound? At least 100.

Or do you only strip mine on deserts?

[Tarran]

Judging by what is presumably his Steam profile (same name), only 45 hours. Though I believe Starbound can be played without Steam so he might've played a bit more.

[Neonivek]

And he is definitely tier 4?