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Reactor Plasma.

Star Trek has a similar concept in "Electro-Plasma" (for instance, EPS Relays, or 'Electroplasma System' Relays) Since he's said before this game takes inspiration from Star Trek, he could call it 'Reactor Plasma'.

So question. Super-small ships (my preferred play style.) Does this system work for really, really small ships, or is it going to force me to build bigger? Put differently, does this system increase the minimum mass for a viable ship?

It's a heck of a build challenge. One of my more recent cool builds (on MiniMade, no less) is 15 mass. Oh, it's pitifully weak, but still. It's fast as can be, and can at least permajam. It's like the StarMade ship incarnation of the idea of Awesome but Impractical.

I agree too. The challenge makes this server quite interesting. Having to build a good ship despite the 3k mass limit is part of what makes this server so fun. It's like Dark Souls IN SPACE! In fact, I'd like to see an all-super-small ships server, with a mass cap of 100, but I'm also a...

TVTropes' definition of a Logic Bomb. It's also relevant to real-world computing, too - it's High Nerdish for 'a frickin' paradox.' For instance, think about, "This statement is false!" The statement says that it's false, yet it can't be because it is what it says. It's a paradox.

Ok; the argument against my suggestion is that it forces crafting of useless things. I would argue against that, because my suggestion does not address the shape of the tech tree - a badly designed tech tree would include crafting of useless items (much like happens in Dragon Quest Builders)...

I disagree, but you make really strong points. I'm curious - how do you see that crafting blocks to reveal new blocks is boring or tedious? This is no different than what players do in MineCraft (punch tree to get wood, craft wood into crafting table, build pickaxe, mine cobble, craft cobble...

It wasn't an insult. You don't know what you're talking about. Stating something that is based in fact, isn't how insults work. Not knowing what you're talking about undermines your rebuttals however. You also don't know how a Straw Man Fallacy actually works either; I used your exact...

I didn't know that, I've never done any Starmade server scripting. Now I know, and as we all know... Obviously, my ship uses purple lasers.

Ok. I don't think that applies to me yet (I'm set up on an r50 planet, and I think my ship right now is like 5.x mass), but I was just curious.

Olxinos, question. Let's assume I build a ship below the 3k mass limit. I set up a base on a planet, and the plate I set up on is either >= 3k mass, or the plate's mass plus my ship's mass is >= 3k. I get a Basic Rail and dock my ship to the plate. Do I get sent to the prison sector?

I mean no offense. I strongly disagree with your core points, because they have serious problems with them. [1]: Above and beyond the absurd leap in logic from 'encourages inflation' to 'encourages lag' - a leap in logic that I'm curious how it happened - this is how the game already works...

Foreword A lot of talk involves making mining smoother, or enhancing exploration. These are good goals. However, ships, stations, bases, whatever all take blocks. Right now, I have to be honest - the process of making blocks just isn't too good. It's time consuming, it's annoying...it gets...

Well, that's part of why I suggested astronaut weapons and armor. Things that improve player effectiveness while exploring as an astronaut are necessary as well. That being said, you touch on an important point. The biggest problem with...well, this entire game...isn't players like me, who...

So, it looks like it's time for me to weigh in. Exploration Simply put, we need a reason to explore that's not having to do (exclusively) with mining. As the game is, we have two implicit 'modes': piloting a ship, and moving around as an astronaut. Our ships are sufficient for exploring...

Yeah, I noticed that the server runs really, really smoothly. I do like the smaller ship size, because in addition to performance, you do get back into the action more quickly. That's a problem I've had with the game for a while - if you lose your frigate, those aren't cheap to make. If you...

Server is quiet. I was on last night, and there weren't too many people on. Beware the pirate ships. Some of the ships are a bit OP. Also, sectors are pretty huge. It took me a fair bit of time to find a planet to set up shop on.

I'm didn't say that 1-man turtle factions were caused by the mining bonus, I said it encouraged it. What I'd suggest to replace it is a scaling mining bonus, perhaps 10% (actual number should vary) more materials with one person, that slowly scales as a faction gains members, and possibly...

Going further, another problem with factions as they are now, is the faction mining bonus in the system you take over. It encourages 1-man factions. It either needs a healthy nerf, or to go away entirely, with NPC factions being joinable.