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-fetalstar: <Yrimir> Difference in difficulty depending on single- or multiplayer?
+Yrimir asked: Difference in difficulty depending on single- or multiplayer?
 Tiy: The whole universe will be available in both single + multiplayer. We're looking at scaling the difficulty for multiplayer, but aside from that there's no difference.
 Tiy: the complete story, quests, universe, will all be available in multiplayer
-fetalstar: <ShadeWolf>  Is there a maximum amount of people you can have on your crew?
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 ShadeWolf asked:  Is there a maximum amount of people you can have on your crew?
 Rho_: as far as NPCs go, not really
 Rho_: any surplus you can put on your homeworld
 Tiy: There is a maximum amount of people on the space station though. Once your space station is full, you can take the rest of your crew to your homeworld
 Tiy: where they'll set up base, have needs, and send you on random quests
 Rho_: yeah, there's a bunch of set tasks and positions filled by NPC on the station
-fetalstar: <mgbt> Tiy, how many items will be in the game?
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 Tiy: we never want the game to get so easy that it's boring
 
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 mgbt asked: Tiy, how many items will be in the game?
 Rho_: a lot
 Tiy: too many to count, we have a procedural item system that produces items on the fly. I've got the rocket launcher stuff open right now, and there are MILLIONS of combinations of rocket launcher
-fetalstar: <mgbt> So i can complete story mode with my friend?
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 Tiy: by release time, there will be many, many more
 Tiy: and that's just for rocket launcher
-fetalstar: <ToTeMVG> How long would we roughly have to wait for beta testing if there will be any
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-fetalstar: <Combine_Kegan> Hi Fetalstar, here's my question: Will we have vanity slots for equipment? If so, can we get a medieval looking knight set as well?
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 mgbt asked: So i can complete story mode with my friend?
 Tiy: Yes :)
 Tiy: you can experience the whole thing together
 
-fetalstar: <Dawn> Will there be mining in the game? And How will you manage your city?
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 ToTeMVG asked: How long would we roughly have to wait for beta testing if there will be any
 Tiy: It's difficult to tell when the game will go into beta, but we are relatively far along. We're still deciding how to do beta testing :)
 
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-fetalstar: <Lazerus> will we be able to personalise our weapons?
+Combine_Kegan asked: Hi Fetalstar, here's my question: Will we have vanity slots for equipment? If so, can we get a medieval looking knight set as well?
 Rho_: yes, and probably
 Rho_: vanity slots are a thing and we're probably going to have lots of wacky stuff
-fetalstar: <Salidenk> Well, Other Question, please answer: Will we can make buildings in crafting or just build block per block?
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 Tiy: many of the armors are fun, so youll be able to find a knight indeed :)
 
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 Dawn asked: Will there be mining in the game? And How will you manage your city?
 Rho_: there'll be mining, lots of it
 Tiy: The terrain is fully deformable, so you can go underground. Managing your city is going to be really interesting. You're going to have control over pretty much everything. I can't talk about this too much yet, because we're still looking at whats possible. We're hoping to give the player a UFO that's attached to the homeworld
 Tiy: the UFO will let them suck up NPCs and reposition them
-fetalstar: <nilsge> The question: Are there any plans or personal for music?
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-fetalstar: <Raphael> How many players can play together?
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 Lazerus asked: will we be able to personalise our weapons?
 Tiy: Yes! :) First of all there are ways to obtain weapons beyond just enemy drops, etc. So you'll be able to make sure you get the weapons you want. Then on top of them we're planning for you to be able to paint them
 Tiy: hopefully you know what I mean
-fetalstar: <demanrisu> Question: How long ago was Chucklefish formed?
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-fetalstar: <Zakkeh> What is the dream experience yo uwant players to have?  How bad does latency affect gameplay?
+Salidenk asked: Well, Other Question, please answer: Will we can make buildings in crafting or just build block per block?
 Rho_: still looking at options really
 Rho_: right now we're looking at per block
 Rho_: could change, idk
 Tiy: There are going to be facilities you can place down, that may take the form of buildings. For example a weather control station on your homeworld. But you can place blocks :)
 Tiy: But yeah, Rho is right, we're still looking at it
 Tiy: we want your homeworld to be super unique though
 Rho_: yeah like...one thing i'm looking forward to is making an underground bunker colony
-fetalstar: <BlueF0x> Hi! Do you plan to release the game on Steam?
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-fetalstar: <Starbi> Can you say the time you need to play until you get the end-game items?
+nilsge asked: The question: Are there any plans or personal for music?
-fetalstar: <Starbi> So basically, the game will be damn awesome?
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 Raphael asked: How many players can play together?
 Rho_: that's really a kyren question
 Tiy: Right now we're still looking at that. But it should mostly be up to the specs of the server. Our test server is running on a terrible connection and we've had around 10 people in with zero troubles
 Tiy: but that could potentially get much larger, we'll have to wait and see
-fetalstar: <mgbt> What you can say about double mech control? (I control robot, my friend is shooting) ?
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-fetalstar: <mgbt> Can we customize our ship?
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-fetalstar: <mgbt> If the game will be available on Steam, will be achivments there?
+demanrisu asked: Question: How long ago was Chucklefish formed?
 Tiy: Chucklefish has been around for a little while now, but this is our first release. We've been together for a few months now and we were all good friends before then
 
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 Zakkeh asked: What is the dream experience yo uwant players to have?  How bad does latency affect gameplay?
-fetalstar: <Gamegamer0> I have a question, will crafting be in the game and how will it work? Also how the Hell do you get the mecha?
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-fetalstar: <Gamegamer0> Also does tiy promise to add the hoverbike to the game and make it paintable? =P
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-fetalstar: <Gamegamer0> Will there be bosses?
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 Tiy: and I'm in the UK
 Rho_: ideally we want to give players a purpose, a goal to work towards, rather than just being a sandbox
 Tiy: around 600ms ping
 Tiy: and it does very well coping with that
 
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 BlueF0x asked: Hi! Do you plan to release the game on Steam?
 Tiy: I hope so, we'd like to make it accessible for everyone. So aside from steam, we'll be looking at other channels too
 
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 Starbi asked: Can you say the time you need to play until you get the end-game items?
 Starbi asked: So basically, the game will be damn awesome?
 Tiy: haha we hope it's awesome
 Rho_: we're hoping the progression would be reasonably long
 Rho_: i mean obviously it depends on the player but yeah
 Tiy: gameplay until end game is pretty long. It is sand box based so you could rush through it at breakneck speed if you wanted to. But the concept here is for the end game to be limitless and endlessly entertaining.
 Tiy: Each planet in the game has a threat level, from 1 - 100
-fetalstar: <Wired_Ecstatic> My question is: Can I safely say that forums has been moved up the priority list due to public request?
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 mgbt asked: What you can say about double mech control? (I control robot, my friend is shooting) ?
 mgbt asked: Can we customize our ship?
 mgbt asked: If the game will be available on Steam, will be achivments there?
 Tiy: If the game is available via steam we want to go the whole nine yards with steam support. Steam friends, achievements, all that good stuff
 Rho_: ship customisation, most likely to a degree
 Rho_: you'll probably be able to paint it different colors, have different color schemes, attach decals
 Tiy: In terms of mech control, we're still looking into if you'll be able to pilot mounts with your friends. It's a technical challenge, but hopefully one we can overcome
 
-fetalstar: <Yrimir> Will there be wiring mechanics?
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 Gamegamer0 asked: I have a question, will crafting be in the game and how will it work? Also how the Hell do you get the mecha?
 Gamegamer0 asked: Also does tiy promise to add the hoverbike to the game and make it paintable? =P
 Gamegamer0 asked: Will there be bosses?
 Rho_: the crafting system is very deep
 Tiy: Crafting is rather different in this game to anything else. NPCs you rescue will have knowledge of certain plans and blueprints.
 Tiy: You'll also be able to open a research lap on the space station, which will lead to a tech tree
 Tiy: Mechs are part of that tech tree
 Tiy: Rho should we add hoverbikes?
-fetalstar: <Commissar64> Heya Bro. Will there be politics/factions in the universe that you can gain allegiance/piss off?
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 Tiy: ohh what about hoverboards
 Tiy: haha
 Rho_: hahahahaha, back to the future
 Tiy: because we knew we wanted vehicles to work in the game
 Tiy: we spent a long time making sure the terrain was easy to navigate
 Tiy: things like hills can be walked up and down, no jumping required
-fetalstar: <Tivec> You mention catalogeuing your finds in the about page - what impact will this have on gameplay? Will the catalogued creatures and finds be usable on other planets?
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 Tiy: you can walk up slopes
 Rho_: kyren did a really good job with that
 Tiy: so it really opens the game up to vehicles for us
 Rho_: and should save wear on your space bars
 
-fetalstar: <Tankski> My question: How will you navigate from one planet to another, using something like a space map or actually piloting a spaceship?
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 Wired_Ecstatic asked: My question is: Can I safely say that forums has been moved up the priority list due to public request?
-fetalstar: <Tankski> Will there be reverse engineering as such, where you say, find something in a chest and really want its blueprints, but you can't find them anywhere, so you reverse engineer it and get the blueprints, but destroy the item in the process?
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 Rho_: i mean, there's already a subreddit
 Tiy: A bunch of people have approached us asking to host forums
 Tiy: and we're in talks with some of them
 Tiy: so it shouldn't be too long!
 Rho_: could i elaborate a bit more on the crafting system?
 Rho_: there's going to be varying tiers of crafting, and most of it will be done via the manufacturing facility on the station, which will reflect the various tiers of crafting
 Rho_: i.e. it will have levels
 Rho_: you will be able to craft things on person on worlds, but it'll be very basic and limited, because it'll be pretty stupid if you could make armed mechs from a workbench
 Rho_: but stuff like torches, basic tools, the things you need to...do stuff, yeah
 
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-fetalstar: <Beanus> Will the player be able to upgrade skills or traits?
+Yrimir asked: Will there be wiring mechanics?
 Rho_: we hope!
 Rho_: should be
-fetalstar: <Beanus> Will the game be developed to support modding?
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 Tiy: So we're going to have an in game mission editor, that you can use with your friends
 Tiy: think.. little big planet
 Tiy: then youll be able to play those missions online
 Rho_: the editor may or may not be post release though
 Rho_: really depends on time constraints
 
-fetalstar: <ToTeMVG> how large will the worlds/planets be for us in terrain generation?
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 Commissar64 asked: Heya Bro. Will there be politics/factions in the universe that you can gain allegiance/piss off?
 Tiy: There are going to be tons of human enemies in the game
 Tiy: well, I say human, humanoid?
 Rho_: right
-fetalstar: <ToTeMVG> can i follow all of the developers on twitter?
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 Rho_: as far as actual factions existing mechanically...i'm not sure, maybe?
 Tiy: but you will definitely see teams / groups of humanoid enemies that share similarities working together on planets
 
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 Tivec asked: You mention catalogeuing your finds in the about page - what impact will this have on gameplay? Will the catalogued creatures and finds be usable on other planets?
 Tiy: We like the idea of the players feeling as if theyre making discoveries, finding things for the first time. And in many cases they will be!
 Tiy: so we want them to go to lengths to log those cool findings so they can show their friends
-fetalstar: <Cobaltcakes> I noticed there are "Tech" slots for your character in one screenshot. What purpose would those serve?
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 Tiy: and train them to fight for you
 Tiy: and those you can take to any planet
-fetalstar: <Gamegamer0> Ok will there be bosses and the tiy boss question included in that also the death penaltie
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 Tankski asked: My question: How will you navigate from one planet to another, using something like a space map or actually piloting a spaceship?
 Tiy: Navigation is via a star map :)
 
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 Tankski asked: Will there be reverse engineering as such, where you say, find something in a chest and really want its blueprints, but you can't find them anywhere, so you reverse engineer it and get the blueprints, but destroy the item in the process?
-fetalstar: <Starbi> Will there be physics that affect gameplay? Like the gravity gun in Half Life 2? Lol.
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 Rho_: it could change, i don't know
 Tiy: Reverse engineering wasn't planned
 Tiy: but it's actually a really interesting idea
 Rho_: yeah
 fetalstar: yeah, i agree. that's kind of cool
-fetalstar: <DarkDXZ_> Are there any "ores" in the game?
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 Rho_: the idea was that if you haven't researched weapons, you can use whatever you find, but won't be able to create ammo for it unless that type of weapons researched
 Rho_: so that lets us place things at key locations for missions and set pieces
 Rho_: we could possibly do something where reverse engineering the weapon boosts the research progress towards it
 Rho_: just surmising
-fetalstar: <Moses> Will I be able to blow up planets? Planets I don't like, enemy planets, whatever?
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 Beanus asked: Will the player be able to upgrade skills or traits?
 Tiy: there wont be skills or traits, but items will give you skills
 Tiy: and items will get better as the game progresses
 
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 Beanus asked: Will the game be developed to support modding?
 Rho_: the modding things a kyren question, she indicated shed like to if she had time, possibly post release
 Tiy: Modding is something we'd love to do yeah
 Tiy: aside from traditional modding though, we're hoping we can put out the tools we will be using to create missions
-fetalstar: <TheTFEF> Are you planning on having any sort of special NPC interaction?
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 Tiy: so players can create their own missions
 Tiy: really easily
 
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 ToTeMVG asked: how large will the worlds/planets be for us in terrain generation?
 Tiy: Our engine supports any size for planets, they can even be infinite
-fetalstar: <Marketh> can we rename planets? I want to name one Alderaan so I can blow it up
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-fetalstar: <Marketh> This is important to my nerdy amusement
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 fetalstar: no limits tiy
 
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 ToTeMVG asked: can i follow all of the developers on twitter?
-fetalstar: <Skeleti> can you make something like mix the dna of captured enemies with cataloged plants or other things?
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 fetalstar: yeah
 fetalstar: i'm fetalstar on twitter
-fetalstar: <hardband> Do the story missions feature randomly generated worlds or are they pre constructed?
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 fetalstar: but i just post about cats
 Tiy: i'm on twitter as Tiyuri
 fetalstar: maybe i'll actually use my twitter for important things
 
-fetalstar: <L4mppu> My question: Will there be references to other games like Pokémon?
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 Cobaltcakes asked: I noticed there are "Tech" slots for your character in one screenshot. What purpose would those serve?
 Tiy: Tech slots augment your character in certain ways. Jetpacks, short range teleporters, stomp boots
 Tiy: that kind of thing
 
-fetalstar: <DoctorG33K> How much can you guys support the community's interaction.  E.G. A contest for a weapon sprite, winner's gets in the game.
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 Gamegamer0 asked: Ok will there be bosses and the tiy boss question included in that also the death penaltie
 fetalstar: also, can you use fists in the game?
 Tiy: Bosses yes
 Rho_: there are going to be bosses, though right now in this phase of development we're focusing on normal enemies
-fetalstar: <Havoc_> will the game have just melee & ranged combat, or will there be some equivalent to magic?
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-fetalstar: <Havoc_> in addition to the teleporters and vehicles, could you add in catapults as a travel option?
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 Tiy: so it might be a monetary loss
 
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 Starbi asked: Will there be physics that affect gameplay? Like the gravity gun in Half Life 2? Lol.
 Rho_: it isn't planned i don't think, but never say never
 Tiy: We're probably not going to have half life style physics in there. But we're making the world really interactive
 Tiy: Monsters can kick chunks of dirt at you
 Tiy: explosions send dirt flying that lands somewhere else
 Rho_: yeah, dirt actually gets displaced
 
-fetalstar: <Wired_Ecstatic> In what depth can you train the monsters. E.g Spec's, skill trees, and will they fight with you? & Whats the biggest issue the team have had to over come since begging the project?
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 DarkDXZ_ asked: Are there any "ores" in the game?
-fetalstar: <Combine_Kegan> On the topic of NPCs, can we choose to evict them?
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 Tiy: but
 Tiy: there are going to be all sorts of special materials, youll be able to use in your factory
 Rho_: in the context of "will there be shiny things for me to mine", yes
-fetalstar: <Tankski> Will there be stellar events and phenomena, like stars in various phases of their lifes, black holes, supernovae and nebulae?
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 Moses asked: Will I be able to blow up planets? Planets I don't like, enemy planets, whatever?
 Rho_: hahahahaha
 Tiy: Destroying the planet entirely? That's an interesting idea
-fetalstar: <Kjulo> will there be pvp, and if so, will there be gamemodes? (capture the flag, king of the hill etc.)
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 Tiy: We haven't planned that yet, but
 Tiy: one of the really cool things about starbound is that, because there are so many planets. You won't always get so attached to a planet youre on
 Tiy: and so you can happily blow it to pieces :)
 Tiy: for example, calling an orbital strike down on the planet
 Tiy: that wrecks the surface
 Rho_: yeah, orbital strikes for sure are planned
 Rho_: just not actually destroying the planet, but im sure we could
 
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 TheTFEF asked: Are you planning on having any sort of special NPC interaction?
 Tiy: Oh there is tons of NPC interaction. Saving npcs is a big part of expanding your space station.
 Tiy: There are times you will have to actively carry NPCs off of a planet, and with your hands full you wont be able to use your guns. So your friends will really need to help you
 Tiy: NPCs will give you quests
 Tiy: rewards
 Tiy: have desires
 Tiy: they might send you across the entire galaxy to find a special kind of pot plant to decorate their home
 
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 Marketh asked: can we rename planets? I want to name one Alderaan so I can blow it up
 Tiy: youll be able to name your homeworlds for sure
 Tiy: other planets we're looking into a "Bookmark" feature
 Tiy: so you can find your fav planets again
 Tiy: you could name them there
 
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 Skeleti asked: can you make something like mix the dna of captured enemies with cataloged plants or other things?
 Tiy: We were actually discussing picking random elements from 2 different npcs and combining them recently
 Tiy: so it's a maybe at the moment
 
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 hardband asked: Do the story missions feature randomly generated worlds or are they pre constructed?
 Tiy: they're pregenerated
 Tiy: hand crafted for specific gameplay
 Tiy: we want some really good platforming/combat gameplay during the missions
 Tiy: quests are like missions but take place on random planets
 
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 L4mppu asked: My question: Will there be references to other games like Pokémon?
 Tiy: I'm not sure about references as such
 Tiy: but there is inspiration there from some of my fav games
 Tiy: I want the combat to be really tight for instance, similar to castlevania/megaman
 Tiy: where you really have to think about the enemy behaviour to combat an enemy
 
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 DoctorG33K asked: How much can you guys support the community's interaction.  E.G. A contest for a weapon sprite, winner's gets in the game.
 Tiy: Oh we're going to do all sorts of things like that
 Tiy: someone made a suggestion the other day of players making a donation to get themselves into the game as an NPC
 Tiy: and I really like the idea of contests
 Tiy: community is a huge part of producing games for me
 
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 Havoc_ asked: will the game have just melee & ranged combat, or will there be some equivalent to magic?
 Havoc_ asked: in addition to the teleporters and vehicles, could you add in catapults as a travel option?
 Tiy: there is both melee and ranged combat. We're also hoping we can include shields for blocking enemy attacks
 Tiy: weapons come in 1 and 2 handed varieties
 Tiy: and when you equip two weapons, the left mouse button activates one, the right mouse button activates the other
 Tiy: so you could equip say.. a sword and a pistol
 Tiy: and use them in combination
 Tiy: Some items require battery power
 Tiy: which you'll need to recharge
 Tiy: also a catapult for getting around sounds hilarious
 fetalstar: tiy can we do that
 Tiy: reminds me of the boots you find at the beginning of morrowind
 
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 Wired_Ecstatic asked: In what depth can you train the monsters. E.g Spec's, skill trees, and will they fight with you? & Whats the biggest issue the team have had to over come since begging the project?
 Tiy: We wanted to keep the monster system relatively simple to start with. To see how it plays out. Most monsters can be trained to use ranged/melee attacks, some can be taught to fly or swim. They have inbuilt stats like defense, attack damage, speed, etc that will increase with kills
 
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 Combine_Kegan asked: On the topic of NPCs, can we choose to evict them?
 Tiy: yes :)
 Tiy: its a secret just how youll do that at the moment ¬_¬
 Tiy: but yes
 
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 Tankski asked: Will there be stellar events and phenomena, like stars in various phases of their lifes, black holes, supernovae and nebulae?
 Tiy: not for the initial release, though there are random events, they're more planet focused
 Tiy: so maybe something will crash land on a planet youre on
 Tiy: that sort of thing
 Tiy: but after release we're wondering what we can do with the universe as a whole
 
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 Kjulo asked: will there be pvp, and if so, will there be gamemodes? (capture the flag, king of the hill etc.)
 Tiy: There will be PVP, and we're looking at creating premade "Arena asteroids"
 Tiy: that you can visit to play in an organised game mode
 Tiy: that will keep score, etc
 Tiy: monsters change more than just their colours ;)
 Tiy: their behaviour + graphics change too
 Tiy: As far as release, hopefully by the end of summer
 Tiy: but we arent rushing
 Tiy: we want it to be perfect
 Tiy: gameplay vids arent far away :)
 Tiy: I literally hope to support it for years