Multi-functional hand upgrade

[Cerberyus]

Have been playing the newest update and have noticed something odd.
Many items in the new area require the multi-functional hand upgrade to dismantle. According to my workbench it's still "coming soon" as is the diamond saw.
This doesn't seem right the new area can't be cleaned. Have i hit a bug? this couldn't be correct.
I haven't started a new save file as i wanted to see the new content quickly. I'm hoping as i get deeper into the update many of the old issues have been resolved (sadly not the roof patches :( though the minions do seem much improved)

[SmokedHalibut]

Well, you couldn't clean up the previous area either because you didn't have the impact drill or the diamond saw. Same difference. Is the drip feed frustrating? Yes. But the game works by level gating areas and so on behind upgrades and tidying up and expeditions. I don't see that changing and perhaps we'd prefer to have something to do even if it's not much, and they do need it all tested.

Not sure what the problem is with the roof patches? They at least switched the look so it doesn't look like wood but we make it with plastic.

[Westo]

it's not a bug.
new tools will definitely appear in some future updates

[Cerberyus]

Thanks for the reply Westo.

Damn you guys are really struggling with this game. That is really sad you put out another 1/2 update. I do fully understand the idea of progression and the carrot, but this is insane. You have given us 2 updates with large amounts of padding. I'm guessing your struggling so much to keep development rolling that your frantically putting out little updates with unusable objects, locked off areas to give the player the feeling of progressing to new things while severely limiting the actual ability to progress. it's smoke and mirrors. Your player base is dying and this early that's bad.

A suggestion perhaps? Since you guys feel plastic is the single most critical resource in the game and a significant chunk of game play is the player trying to get enough plastic and biomass, consider this. stop adding new stuff. quit trying to tier progression. At least for now. Base it more on plastic. reduce game objects and complexity. You may need to adjust resource gathering for such mechanics but the idea here is simplification. you don't need to add new objects and create interesting new progression paths. this allows you to shift focus to the areas most needed. the existing lists of issues and balances. Save both your game and your sanity before they all crash and burn.

I don't want I am Future to be another on the 'failed EA list' but in it's current form the game is more frustrating and disappointing then enjoyable. and obviously that's bad.

[Lauren_]

Originally posted by Westo:

it's not a bug.
new tools will definitely appear in some future updates

'Exciting new areas' have been released two updates in a row with part of the area inaccessible, the first time a little bit, and the second time, now more than 70% of the 'exciting new area' isn't actually available. What is the actual update other than i can give a gift to my refrigerator?