WIP artifacts still useless

[Kandoral]

Another big update that could have been used for sth different. For Example how about finally implementing an usage for these WIP Artifacts that we have to collect?
They are in for a really long time already and update after update they are still worthless

[The Shrubbery]

They are story items and won't have a use until 1.0. Same with SAM ore. Story content isn't going to be implemented until final release.

[MJS WARLORD]

when you first fire up the SAM ore miner it only runs for a few seconds but did you know they fire up for a few seconds when you load a save point.

with regards to the other 2 items , the mercer sphere and the somersloop the articles i read are wrong , they say 150 somersloop and 151 mercer spheres , i have over 250 of them both and other players say the same so keep farming them and get a stock on ready for when you need them , note ...... they are not on the object scanner now but can still be found.

whilst on the subject of incorrect figures their are articles that say fixed numbers of power slugs that is also wrong , they respawn all over the place , if i tell players how many shards i got from slugs i get accused of using hacks/mods , i dont use either

[Aven]

Originally posted by MJS WARLORD:

when you first fire up the SAM ore miner it only runs for a few seconds but did you know they fire up for a few seconds when you load a save point.

with regards to the other 2 items , the mercer sphere and the somersloop the articles i read are wrong , they say 150 somersloop and 151 mercer spheres , i have over 250 of them both and other players say the same so keep farming them and get a stock on ready for when you need them , note ...... they are not on the object scanner now but can still be found.

whilst on the subject of incorrect figures their are articles that say fixed numbers of power slugs that is also wrong , they respawn all over the place , if i tell players how many shards i got from slugs i get accused of using hacks/mods , i dont use either

The WIP items and slugs are likely incorrectly respawning during updates, which won't, or shouldn't, be happening in the final release version. The numbers listed in online sources are the number of static spawns of those items, which, while subject to change approaching the final version, are nonetheless accurate in a single version playthrough of the game.

[Vectorspace]

The last couple of updates have had significant landscape changes. It's always a side-effect of that that collected collectibles (slugs, foliage, mercer spheres, etc.) get restored

[Die Hand Gottes]

Originally posted by Kandoral:

Another big update that could have been used for sth different. For Example how about finally implementing an usage for these WIP Artifacts that we have to collect?
They are in for a really long time already and update after update they are still worthless

Because they don't get any meaning until the game is finished and released with version 1.0, as long as the game is in Early Access, these things also remain a secret.
The developers already know what these are to be used for.
And why no one uses the search function anymore, this topic has been discussed many times.

[Die Hand Gottes]

Originally posted by MJS WARLORD:

when you first fire up the SAM ore miner it only runs for a few seconds but did you know they fire up for a few seconds when you load a save point.

I have SAM Erz already a few large containers full, because I have been collecting for a long time and if it only runs a short time at the start, there comes together quite a bit.

[Die Hand Gottes]

Originally posted by Vectorspace:

The last couple of updates have had significant landscape changes. It's always a side-effect of that that collected collectibles (slugs, foliage, mercer spheres, etc.) get restored

no they are not even some snails and artifacts are restored even at each new start of the game, but that is just a bug.
Most of the snails and artifacts remain gone even after an update I have found almost all of them and also very few snails that I have not found yet.

[Remnar]

Yes this topic has been discussed many many times; yet devs don't seem to listen to us. I've said it before many times, it is stupid to put in these WIP items so early in the game.
1: If the producer changes his mind how or even if they should be used, it was a waste of time and money to add them.
2: Since they don't give tickets or have any use other use other than looting them to shut them the @#!? up.
3: If they are only adding the story at 1.0, why the @#!? did they have to put these things in the game since the beginning of development? So @#!?'ing stupid.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Remnar:

Yes this topic has been discussed many many times; yet devs don't seem to listen to us. I've said it before many times, it is stupid to put in these WIP items so early in the game.
1: If the producer changes his mind how or even if they should be used, it was a waste of time and money to add them.
2: Since they don't give tickets or have any use other use other than looting them to shut them the @#!? up.
3: If they are only adding the story at 1.0, why the @#!? did they have to put these things in the game since the beginning of development? So @#!?'ing stupid.

I'm pretty sure Snutt explained that in some video that these are just placeholders for the story coming in 1.0 so they know where to place stuff.
However, removing them from the dev build just for the public build is more tedium than leaving them in and have the players speculate. And they will overlook at least one of them at some point so everyone will pester them about it anyway.

[GobboKirk]

Originally posted by Remnar:

Yes this topic has been discussed many many times; yet devs don't seem to listen to us. I've said it before many times, it is stupid to put in these WIP items so early in the game.
1: If the producer changes his mind how or even if they should be used, it was a waste of time and money to add them.
2: Since they don't give tickets or have any use other use other than looting them to shut them the @#!? up.
3: If they are only adding the story at 1.0, why the @#!? did they have to put these things in the game since the beginning of development? So @#!?'ing stupid.

Seems more like you guys don't listen to them....

[Die Hand Gottes]

Originally posted by Remnar:

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If you don't like it then don't play early access games.

[MJS WARLORD]

why not just do what i said earlier farm the stuff you dont need then when you do need it you have a head start on all those who cant be bothered

[Die Hand Gottes]

Originally posted by MJS WARLORD:

why not just do what i said earlier farm the stuff you dont need then when you do need it you have a head start on all those who cant be bothered

That's how I see it too have found and stored almost all of them already.
I also collect S.A.M. ore even if it runs only briefly at the start also there I already have some large industrial containers full.

[Remnar]

You people are not understanding my point. How would you like it, if they added the boom box and all the cassettes you find around the world but find out that you can't use any of it and they may make use of it at 1.0? Maybe you don't care, that's fine; but some of us do.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Remnar:

You people are not understanding my point. How would you like it, if they added the boom box and all the cassettes you find around the world but find out that you can't use any of it and they may make use of it at 1.0? Maybe you don't care, that's fine; but some of us do.

I would stash it away.
And your point pretty much sums up to: "How dare an Early Access game has WIP stuff in it that have no purpose until the full release?"
Which ironically has the answer in its question: It is an Early Access game where a lot of stuff can change and not a fully released game.