Freeform cutting? Nanocarbon question

[Terreance]

Wouldn't it be DOPE if we could cut freeform? maybe in a future update!

ALSO, HOW THE CRAP DO I GET A LOT OF NANOCARBON!?

[Captain828]

Yes! An upgrade to the cutter that adds freeform (albeit with high overheat) would be dope AF.

The exterior hull of ships is mostly nanocarbon.
Look out for metal panels on it though so you remove those first.

[CactusCraze]

+1

[Deadmode]

Doesn't the latter upgrades allow for the cutting of Nanocarbon already?

Also, yes, nanocarbon is typically the ships armour plating or heavy structural beams.

[Dust]

It'd be nice, but it would make the saw obsolete and you'd lose a lot on difficulty. There'd be no need to be careful where you cut just in case you nick a fuel line, just scan ahead and make a small hole to squeeze in.

[Captain828]

Originally posted by Dust:

It'd be nice, but it would make the saw obsolete and you'd lose a lot on difficulty. There'd be no need to be careful where you cut just in case you nick a fuel line, just scan ahead and make a small hole to squeeze in.

I don't see how this would make the saw obsolete.
If you want to make a small hole to get to somewhere without wasting a ton of material with the saw I think it makes for a great mid or late-game upgrade.

[Nzkiwi442]

I would really like to see the Splitsaw cut Nanocarbon! As it is, there is really much of a reason to use the stinger, because the splitsaw cuts it quicker, and can cut multiple cut points.

Make the splitsaw cut EVERYTHING and become a tool of mass destruction, while the stinger is used for precision cut points.

[DivineEvil]

Perhaps as a late-game upgrade when ships become more complex and plated with metals.

I would rather not have it, but an upgrade for the splitsaw, that can analyze the metal plating and cut entire square/rectangular segments, kinda like Tethers for the Grappler. I still like the prospect of dismantling the frames the way it works atm.

[Captain828]

I agree on the limited usefulness of the stinger. If it had a free-form mode to it as well it would make it a lot better.

There is a late-game upgrade for the splitsaw which increases it's cutting power, allowing it to cut through some nanocarbon.

I don't know how I feel about being able to cut through anything though: I feel like part of the challenge are the big chunks that you have to manage on the larger ships so they don't end up in the wrong bay.
If you could just cut anything up then you would never want to keep huge pieces floating about.

[Dust]

Originally posted by Captain828:

Originally posted by Dust:

It'd be nice, but it would make the saw obsolete and you'd lose a lot on difficulty. There'd be no need to be careful where you cut just in case you nick a fuel line, just scan ahead and make a small hole to squeeze in.

I don't see how this would make the saw obsolete.
If you want to make a small hole to get to somewhere without wasting a ton of material with the saw I think it makes for a great mid or late-game upgrade.

Wouldn't need to spend time aligning the laser. Less clicks to get an aluminum panel out, you can just do a square shape. No need to think about cutting fuel lines by mistake.

[Captain828]

I see what you're saying... then maybe it would take a while to go through the material.
Think of it like a plasmacutter where it takes a bit to cut through the material.
Compared to the immediate but dangerous effect of the splitsaw, the freeform mode would take time to cut your exact shape.

[Dust]

Yup, that's the only way I can see of balancing it. It would be more of a specialized tool to cut door frames or odd shapes you've left behind with the splitsaw.

[Nzkiwi442]

Is material also not lost when you cut it? Pulling apart full plates is the most effective method because there's no material loss in cutting structural points (beyond the structural material which doesn't count.)

[Dust]

Originally posted by Nzkiwi442:

Is material also not lost when you cut it? Pulling apart full plates is the most effective method because there's no material loss in cutting structural points (beyond the structural material which doesn't count.)

Sure, what you cut is lost, but from a pure "profit" point of view, cutting an aluminum panel that's encase in a nanocarbon structure will be more profitable than processing the nanocarbon (and destroying the aluminum in the process) or just relinquishing it to LYNX.

[Captain828]

Yes, material is lost when you cut. You can check how much you lost by the weight difference.

[Hungrypiemonger]

for nanocarbon, there are usually 2 beams on each side of the bottom of the skeletal structure that you have to dissect. they are extremely annoying to cut around because they look exactly like all the other metal. they should be differently colored/textured imho. also there are these black cubes on the outer part of the inner skeletal structure walls.