Cubatoms
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No, they weren't. In my opinion anyway.
They were to complex and fidgety to use, unpleasant to look at (including menus) and hard for a first time player to get used to. They also have a dumb name, Cub Atoms, what is that a fucking pizza place like chucky cheese or whatever its called? I can imagine a real dumb Jetsons-style cartoon bear in a space suit serving space burgers to space kids, not something you'd build world class ships with.
Factories? Much easier, more efficient, much better.
They were to complex and fidgety to use, unpleasant to look at (including menus) and hard for a first time player to get used to. They also have a dumb name, Cub Atoms, what is that a fucking pizza place like chucky cheese or whatever its called? I can imagine a real dumb Jetsons-style cartoon bear in a space suit serving space burgers to space kids, not something you'd build world class ships with.
Factories? Much easier, more efficient, much better.
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Cubatoms were taken out specifically because they broke the economy. If you could figure out the recipes, you could turn near-worthless materials into the most expensive blocks in the game. We may experience the same kind of economy breakage if recycling blocks or some other block-reuse mechanic are ever introduced.
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Nah, you're looking it wrong. It's pronounced "Cue-bat-oms," I think.
Anyway, Cubatoms are still in the game, lorewise, according to Cal. Capsules are the basic minerals of the universe, and factories work by restructuring the atoms (or, cubatoms, since the world is cubed) into what you need.
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Everything is also done with nanites, which is why we have suits that can craft stuff :D
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so in other words
but seriously though. when i first started playing i thought they were a good idea. now i realize they were overly complicated. still I always thought that if item schematics had to be acquired rather than included, it could help build a economy around specialization of labor. I.E players specializing in shield, armor, decorations, etc.
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I feel you. Figuring out the recipe was like a puzzle, extremely fun and satisfying. But sadly most of the people found it too complicated and it indeed broke the ecenomy (in the state that it was in). I'd personally love to see it in the future, even if it had a completely different function, just as a puzzle hahaCubatoms were great. It was like complicated puzzle and gave me so much satisfaction. I would love to see them back but in more economy-fiendly way
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Nanites are the canonical reason as to how factories work. Surprisingly, multiple games can use a concept like "nanites" (which could do the same kinds of things IRL if we could build them reliably yet anyway). I'll give you a moment to sit down and breath if you need it after that shocking revelation.
Besides, everyone knows the only games that Vanhelzing plays are Starmade and Eve Online.
Lol it just sounded like what we say in planetside, when something seems odd as to why it happens like why my tank suddenly explodes or falls through the ground we say "because Nanites"