Back to Starship?

[Rockinsince87]

I worry about how accessible Hazeron is in its current state. Maybe it's rose-tinted glasses, but I feel like a lot of the older systems that were replaced over the years were simple and easy to use. 

Yes, the designer conundrum. Of all the changes, this is the only one players have a problem with. This brings up the "average" player discussion.

I know Haxis has stated many times that the designer is not fully finished. With that said, I have been pondering this for quite some time too. Yes the old designer could be used by literally anyone. Easy to use, hard to master. Once mastered you could build some epic designs. The Aurora design for example was boundary pushing.

The new designer can create marvels. Yes it takes a lot longer to create designs naturally but worth it. 

My thought was to have a compromise. A basic mode and an advanced mode. Advanced mode being what we have and a basic mode that is similar to the old designer but fits with the modern planet/ship systems now. Yes, basic designs would obviously not look as polished but honestly most won't care. The steam workshop will take care of the rest because there are some seriously talented people out there. They just have to share their designs for the community's benefit.

Looking at games like Space Enginners, Empyrion, NeoStarship, and so on; the player base have created amazing designs. The same will happen here.

Haxus did state he planned on making some more designs to fill out some missing ones and have a base set of ships and that is a good idea.

So honestly, as of now yes there is work to be done but having fun pre-made ships will definitely help. Honestly Haxus should take all the current blue prints and use them in starship. Debug/Fix any design errors or issues first of course. The one thing that would also help, is letting players know right away if they have all the requirements to build a ship before actually trying to build it