Couldn't agree more. As annoying as it is to change tools... which isn't too annoying. Come on. One key. How lazy can you be? Anyway, atleast gravel changed it up. It's always fun to clear big patches of gravel with dangerous cave-ins to uncover ore. Then you gotta build supports like an actual mine to keep it safe. Removing gravel makes it lazy bastard, weak sauce, spam click. Snorefest.
I think we're all dying to see a bit of raw footage.
Mr Mole... Stop it youre making me drool.
Its clear you are of the line of thinking that more is better no matter how crappy the design is. All noob designers think this way, most modders do too. There will still be dirt to shovel, but switching tools constantly while mining is just not entertaining. And you might actually play it before judging it, all you do is complain without even trying it. If it sucks, I'll be the first to admit it and change it. Try to have a more open mind instead of thinking you know it all. We try a lot of stuff, some changes are amazing, others not so much so we refine them and iterate until we think we've landed on the best solution.
Removing gravel is a good move, it never really fit in with the rest and always felt weird having to use a shovel when mining. I do hope instead you will add some terrStone block that has about the similar capacity of holding blocks as the gravel had. So it can still collapse on you but without any kind of warning, meaning you will always need to take measures when mining to secure your tunnels. A simple thing to make it more dangerous.
