Add back the option to buy "any" block.

[LiberTea]

A while back you could, once unlocked, buy any part from the terminal. As many as you wanted to.
Please add this back, either to the terminals you can buy or the trading stations, even if you up the price by a lot if you arent buying the items they have in stock. Otherwise it is close to impossible to get enough of certain parts.

[Audion]

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

A while back you could, once unlocked, buy any part from the terminal. As many as you wanted to.
Please add this back, either to the terminals you can buy or the trading stations, even if you up the price by a lot if you arent buying the items they have in stock. Otherwise it is close to impossible to get enough of certain parts.

Infinite blocks was boring and OP, since you could convert anything into an infinite quantity of anything, and have instant access to any block in the game just for selling a lot of wood. Tons of Rare blocks shouldn't be as easy to purchase as scrapping and selling some GSO mortars.

[minetime43]

right now you can do that but you just need to jump thru some hoops

[LiberTea]

Originally posted by Audion: King of Antics:

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

A while back you could, once unlocked, buy any part from the terminal. As many as you wanted to.
Please add this back, either to the terminals you can buy or the trading stations, even if you up the price by a lot if you arent buying the items they have in stock. Otherwise it is close to impossible to get enough of certain parts.

Infinite blocks was boring and OP, since you could convert anything into an infinite quantity of anything, and have instant access to any block in the game just for selling a lot of wood. Tons of Rare blocks shouldn't be as easy to purchase as scrapping and selling some GSO mortars.

Which is why I said you should up the price by a lot. Like x100 or something along that line.
I really wouldn't call that OP.

Makes crafting it more worth it if you can, but gives you the option not to be stuck on 3 of a certain item type when you need 4 for ever.

[LiberTea]

Originally posted by minetime43:

right now you can do that but you just need to jump thru some hoops

And those would be ...?

[Audion]

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Originally posted by Audion: King of Antics:

Infinite blocks was boring and OP, since you could convert anything into an infinite quantity of anything, and have instant access to any block in the game just for selling a lot of wood. Tons of Rare blocks shouldn't be as easy to purchase as scrapping and selling some GSO mortars.

Which is why I said you should up the price by a lot. Like x100 or something along that line.
I really wouldn't call that OP.

Makes crafting it more worth it if you can, but gives you the option not to be stuck on 3 of a certain item type when you need 4 for ever.

Upping the price doesn't balance this very well. It's either not that impactful and doesn't solve the problem very well, or begins to require a truly absurd amount of funds that you should just be using on something else. Crafting isn't that hard, especially if you scrap lower tier blocks with the right resources and components. Also, are you aware of just how freaking big 100X the cost of a rare block is? That would outcost even the largest behemoths.

[LiberTea]

Originally posted by Audion: King of Antics:

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Which is why I said you should up the price by a lot. Like x100 or something along that line.
I really wouldn't call that OP.

Makes crafting it more worth it if you can, but gives you the option not to be stuck on 3 of a certain item type when you need 4 for ever.

Upping the price doesn't balance this very well. It's either not that impactful and doesn't solve the problem very well, or begins to require a truly absurd amount of funds that you should just be using on something else. Crafting isn't that hard, especially if you scrap lower tier blocks with the right resources and components. Also, are you aware of just how freaking big 100X the cost of a rare block is? That would outcost even the largest behemoths.

Do you realize that you cannot craft blocks if you do not have the required block for that faction?
Do you also realize that 100x isnt actually that insane of a price if its that one part you are looking for and that doesnt want to appear anywhere. Nobody is talking about creating a whole tech out of this, rather buying the few missing blocks (or crafters....).
So what you are saying if it costs 20x its not impactful and doesnt solve the problem and if its 21x the price its absurd? No, well than your first sentance is out of place.

[Nick Walker II]

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Originally posted by Audion: King of Antics:

Upping the price doesn't balance this very well. It's either not that impactful and doesn't solve the problem very well, or begins to require a truly absurd amount of funds that you should just be using on something else. Crafting isn't that hard, especially if you scrap lower tier blocks with the right resources and components. Also, are you aware of just how freaking big 100X the cost of a rare block is? That would outcost even the largest behemoths.

Do you realize that you cannot craft blocks if you do not have the required block for that faction?
Do you also realize that 100x isnt actually that insane of a price if its that one part you are looking for and that doesnt want to appear anywhere. Nobody is talking about creating a whole tech out of this, rather buying the few missing blocks (or crafters....).
So what you are saying if it costs 20x its not impactful and doesnt solve the problem and if its 21x the price its absurd? No, well than your first sentance is out of place.

I'm sensing some hostility here....

[LiberTea]

Originally posted by Nick Walker II:

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Do you realize that you cannot craft blocks if you do not have the required block for that faction?
Do you also realize that 100x isnt actually that insane of a price if its that one part you are looking for and that doesnt want to appear anywhere. Nobody is talking about creating a whole tech out of this, rather buying the few missing blocks (or crafters....).
So what you are saying if it costs 20x its not impactful and doesnt solve the problem and if its 21x the price its absurd? No, well than your first sentance is out of place.

I'm sensing some hostility here....

Either or arguments are quite ... disrespectful. Thus probably the hostility.

[minetime43]

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Originally posted by minetime43:

right now you can do that but you just need to jump thru some hoops

And those would be ...?

Buying other chunks then crafting

[WoogieMonsutā]

People do NOT want to craft in the game that boasts its crafting. ... ... ... I held my tongue (figuratively) when the other guy said he purchased this SINGLEPLAYER game specifically to play multiplayer, but I think I did the impossible and underestimated how extremely, unfathomably, reality-bendingly <edit: cut>

[LiberTea]

Originally posted by Ojisan Kukkī:

People do NOT want to craft in the game that boasts its crafting. ... ... ... I held my tongue (figuratively) when the other guy said he purchased this SINGLEPLAYER game specifically to play multiplayer, but I think I did the impossible and underestimated how extremely, unfathomably, reality-bendingly <edit: cut>

Building and crafting are two huge diffrences, also currently the crafting is unnecessary tedious. Do know but to me it seems like you are the one thats living in some twisted reality.

[Nick Walker II]

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Originally posted by Ojisan Kukkī:

People do NOT want to craft in the game that boasts its crafting. ... ... ... I held my tongue (figuratively) when the other guy said he purchased this SINGLEPLAYER game specifically to play multiplayer, but I think I did the impossible and underestimated how extremely, unfathomably, reality-bendingly <edit: cut>

Building and crafting are two huge diffrences, also currently the crafting is unnecessary tedious. Do know but to me it seems like you are the one thats living in some twisted reality.

You know, insulting everyone that comments isn't going to help anything....

[Audion]

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Do you realize that you cannot craft blocks if you do not have the required block for that faction?
Do you also realize that 100x isnt actually that insane of a price if its that one part you are looking for and that doesnt want to appear anywhere. Nobody is talking about creating a whole tech out of this, rather buying the few missing blocks (or crafters....).
So what you are saying if it costs 20x its not impactful and doesnt solve the problem and if its 21x the price its absurd? No, well than your first sentance is out of place.

Fabbers are only T2, and rather common. And I do believe that a single block costing more than an entire tech is unreasonable.
Also, you seem to have misinterpreted my final statement.
Costs in terratech don't scale very well. Scrapping common blocks can make you boatloads of cash, and I don't feel like any sort of conversion between block to unrelated block without effort or time is balanced.

You shouldn't be able to scrap X GSO blocks and afford a top tier gun in a game like this, because the low tier GSO blocks are infinite and extremely plentiful. The current shop at least, limits this avenue, so that it is reined in somewhat.

The reason why shops were nerfed in the first place is that before, there was even less effort required than now. If you ate enough trees, you could just buy your way into anything with no loss and no challenge, just a tedious grind. Now, it forces you to survive on what you have, and work towards the new and better.

[LiberTea]

Originally posted by Audion: King of Antics:

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Do you realize that you cannot craft blocks if you do not have the required block for that faction?
Do you also realize that 100x isnt actually that insane of a price if its that one part you are looking for and that doesnt want to appear anywhere. Nobody is talking about creating a whole tech out of this, rather buying the few missing blocks (or crafters....).
So what you are saying if it costs 20x its not impactful and doesnt solve the problem and if its 21x the price its absurd? No, well than your first sentance is out of place.

Fabbers are only T2, and rather common. And I do believe that a single block costing more than an entire tech is unreasonable.
Also, you seem to have misinterpreted my final statement.
Costs in terratech don't scale very well. Scrapping common blocks can make you boatloads of cash, and I don't feel like any sort of conversion between block to unrelated block without effort or time is balanced.

You shouldn't be able to scrap X GSO blocks and afford a top tier gun in a game like this, because the low tier GSO blocks are infinite and extremely plentiful. The current shop at least, limits this avenue, so that it is reined in somewhat.

The reason why shops were nerfed in the first place is that before, there was even less effort required than now. If you ate enough trees, you could just buy your way into anything with no loss and no challenge, just a tedious grind. Now, it forces you to survive on what you have, and work towards the new and better.

Probably true for the "midgame". But at the point where you have a good tech, 2 to 3 seeker missiles a few railguns or other missiles, there is no more survival aspect and getting the last few blocks you want just becomes a tedious grind aswell, instead of farming trees you just farm techs and check at trading stations. And since the AI really isnt the smartest, once you get to the point where you have some decent long range weaponry, fighting other techs isnt even a challenge anymore.

At that point it seems it would be fitting that you could buy even rare blocks be it in limited numbers or say you could order them and they would get dropped a few ingame days later with a corresponding mission.

[LiberTea]

Originally posted by Nick Walker II:

Originally posted by Oz-a-lot:

Building and crafting are two huge diffrences, also currently the crafting is unnecessary tedious. Do know but to me it seems like you are the one thats living in some twisted reality.

You know, insulting everyone that comments isn't going to help anything....

Insulting one person that posts an insulting and utterly useless comment doesnt seem to quite equate to "insulting everyone that comments". Nevertheless you are probably right with your statement that insulting everyone doesnt help though it does seem kind of pointless as it is somewhat obvious. Then again, you cannot forget that this is the internet and not insulting probably wont help either so eh.