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Blake_ said:
Maybe it's too soon, maybe I'm an insensitive piece of sausage, but I have to ask: Who inherited the daunting task of continuing RWG work for 7dtd and a22?
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During the time 7d2d has been  in alpha i have personally known players, modders who have past away... Odds are alot of people have known someone who playd this game over the last 10 years who isn't with us now. I think your question is very acceptable and brings up another question how much longer is this going delay the game going gold? Odds say we all well know more people who pass before this game goes gold. 

 
People get so hung up on it, but the label is utterly meaningless. Devs say whatever they want about their games and there's zero consistency from one game to the next. Some say Beta, some say Alpha, some say League, Season, Patch, or Expansion, but it's all the same damn thing - an update.

Now if you want to blame game developers for making those terms meaningless, sure, but that's not just TFP, that's basically the whole industry.

 
on the auger for any future updates.

with maxed mining skills, the steel pick axe out strips the auger making it irrelevant

used to be, having the full set of mining books, you had a 10% chance to 1 shot ores and stone blocks. that made the auger with its high hit speed but low damage value out mine pick axes. but the current way it is, I can 1 shot stone, gravel, coal, shale, and nitrate  and 2 shot iron and lead with a steel pick axe, but takes 4 hits to take out stone, and 6 to take out the others with the auger. This drastically slows down mining, wastes gas, and is so far noisier than any other method of mining. It makes the auger for practical purposes obsolete.

with auger supposedly meant to be the top end mining tool, the current abilities and costs make it only better than stone tools. I am not sure how to make it the top end with fuel costs, low block damage and heat accumulation, but I do think this is something that needs to be addressed going forward.

 
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wolfbain5 said:
on the auger for any future updates.

with maxed mining skills, the steel pick axe out strips the auger making it irrelevant

used to be, having the full set of mining books, you had a 10% chance to 1 shot ores and stone blocks. that made the auger with its high hit speed but low damage value out mine pick axes. but the current way it is, I can 1 shot stone, gravel, coal, shale, and nitrate  and 2 shot iron and lead with a steel pick axe, but takes 4 hits to take out stone, and 6 to take out the others with the auger. This drastically slows down mining, wastes gas, and is so far noisier than any other method of mining. It makes the auger for practical purposes obsolete.

with auger supposedly meant to be the top end mining tool, the current abilities and costs make it only better than stone tools. I am not sure how to make it the top end with fuel costs, low block damage and heat accumulation, but I do think this is something that needs to be addressed going forward.
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completely agree if you arent mining metal blocks/clay the auger feels really underwhelming (like you said it chugs gas and now gas is much harder than it used to be to craft and it makes a ton of heat) the auger is only ever so slightly faster if you have a steel pick that can 2 hit metal blocks i feel the progression for the motor tools still isnt worth it as a tier 1 auger is much worse than a lvl 6 steel pick still for mining.

 
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wolfbain5 said:
on the auger for any future updates.

with maxed mining skills, the steel pick axe out strips the auger making it irrelevant

used to be, having the full set of mining books, you had a 10% chance to 1 shot ores and stone blocks. that made the auger with its high hit speed but low damage value out mine pick axes. but the current way it is, I can 1 shot stone, gravel, coal, shale, and nitrate  and 2 shot iron and lead with a steel pick axe, but takes 4 hits to take out stone, and 6 to take out the others with the auger. This drastically slows down mining, wastes gas, and is so far noisier than any other method of mining. It makes the auger for practical purposes obsolete.

with auger supposedly meant to be the top end mining tool, the current abilities and costs make it only better than stone tools. I am not sure how to make it the top end with fuel costs, low block damage and heat accumulation, but I do think this is something that needs to be addressed going forward.
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these numbers are tested on a t5 quality steel pick axe vs a t5 quality auger. both with bunker buster, iron breaker, and grave digger mods installed.

Callum123456789 said:
completely agree if you arent mining metal blocks/clay the auger feels really underwhelming (like you said it chugs gas and now gas is much harder than it used to be to craft and it makes a ton of heat) the auger is only ever so slightly faster if you have a steel pick that can 2 hit metal blocks i feel the progression for the motor tools still isnt worth it as a tier 1 auger is much worse than a lvl 6 steel pick still for mining.
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t1 of the next tier of almost any weapon/tool/armor will always be worse than a t5 of the previous. they need to be staggered better.

pistols as an example

pipe pistol t1,t2,t3, 9mm pistol t1, pipe t4, 9mm t2,... etc would make for better mix and balancing

 
sillls said:
Happy 10th anniversary 7D2D. 

Yes I know it is a little late but happy anniversary anyway. 

I still think this game is fun and love giving others a hard time while I am here.  😁
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You never have given any of us hard time, mate. 

Have a Happy Christmas all.

 
wolfbain5 said:
on the auger for any future updates.

with maxed mining skills, the steel pick axe out strips the auger making it irrelevant

used to be, having the full set of mining books, you had a 10% chance to 1 shot ores and stone blocks. that made the auger with its high hit speed but low damage value out mine pick axes. but the current way it is, I can 1 shot stone, gravel, coal, shale, and nitrate  and 2 shot iron and lead with a steel pick axe, but takes 4 hits to take out stone, and 6 to take out the others with the auger. This drastically slows down mining, wastes gas, and is so far noisier than any other method of mining. It makes the auger for practical purposes obsolete.

with auger supposedly meant to be the top end mining tool, the current abilities and costs make it only better than stone tools. I am not sure how to make it the top end with fuel costs, low block damage and heat accumulation, but I do think this is something that needs to be addressed going forward.
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The augur value is with non-strength players who can't max out mining skills.

 
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