Platinum is too rare.
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Plain and simple, my friends and I have spent the better part of 3 days searching over 60 asteroids and have yet to find any platinum. Being a required resource to build thrusters, this brings the game to a grinding halt. All of my friends have quit playing due to this and I'm going to quit soon if something isn't done. You can't make THRUSTERS, arguably THE KEY COMPONENT in any space ship, that rare. Searching for hours isn't fun. The game's challenges should be engineering challenges, not RNG time sinks. Platinum still has to be hauled, refined, constructed, and then protected. You're keeping people from playing and enjoying the game for...what? What is the reason? Please consider. I've attached a screenshot of our scouting.
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Platinum is very common on the Moon.
Platinum is very common on the Moon.
I find it everywhere
I find it everywhere
There is already so less challenge in this game right now and then there are people who wants it to be even less :D dont get it. Thats the only incentive for exploring right now, searching for ores... If there are all ores everywhere you dont even have to do that anymore. If you wanna have an easy source of infinitive platinum play creative please. Platinum is not even a basic ore you necesseraly need, its more like the non plus ultra for crafting the best tools possinle in the game and ion thrusters.
There is already so less challenge in this game right now and then there are people who wants it to be even less :D dont get it. Thats the only incentive for exploring right now, searching for ores... If there are all ores everywhere you dont even have to do that anymore. If you wanna have an easy source of infinitive platinum play creative please. Platinum is not even a basic ore you necesseraly need, its more like the non plus ultra for crafting the best tools possinle in the game and ion thrusters.
I have to agree. I completely gave up on looking for platinum after a week of no platinum.
I did the petamwahtever orbiter for my return to SE after many years of nope.
Game is quite a bit different from what I remember.. Think somehow this is being confused with an MMO. I want to explore and make gizmo's, not bounce my ship into asteroids like a wasp all day hoping for a smidgeon of ore that feels like it was removed from the game. I don't mind a little grind to add to challenge, but the rarity of platinum is really lacking an excuse. I like planets for the view, but have little interest in actually visiting them. No plat on planets, and my map has no moons, so I live in a platinum free universe it seems.
I have to agree. I completely gave up on looking for platinum after a week of no platinum.
I did the petamwahtever orbiter for my return to SE after many years of nope.
Game is quite a bit different from what I remember.. Think somehow this is being confused with an MMO. I want to explore and make gizmo's, not bounce my ship into asteroids like a wasp all day hoping for a smidgeon of ore that feels like it was removed from the game. I don't mind a little grind to add to challenge, but the rarity of platinum is really lacking an excuse. I like planets for the view, but have little interest in actually visiting them. No plat on planets, and my map has no moons, so I live in a platinum free universe it seems.
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