Polish, Balance, And More!

Erm - am I the only one who thinks that the 'big rock' feature are burning trees and features blocking pathfinding? They are not live yet and we have no hints to anything else coming.
The article is back online btw.

I don't think they'd shroud it in so much mystery if it were; we know the fire is coming, so why would they be all "You've been waiting for this "big rock" for a while but whatever this "big rock" is, it's going to be awesome!"

Play the PTE, burning trees and objects blocking pathfinding are very much live

They are working out some kinks with the added complexity to pathfinding however it's pretty playable.

I played the PTE plenty. And when you say 'live' in this context you usually refer to a stable build which is out to everyone.

But the fire IS in the stable build now.

I suspect that "just" updating the stable build to be the PTE build is not this "big rock" feature. In fact, I am expecting another build soon with something epic in. Maybe to coincide with the Toy Rush release? Fingers crossed

After thinking about it some more...
I think that PTE went live because the next PTE might just have this "big rock".

Maybe, bummed that it wasn't galactic war.

So, brainstorming possibilities for the "big rock" feature going live soon:
*Galactic War
*Expanded Unit Roster
*Offline Singleplayer
*Metal Planet Death Stars

Did I miss anything?

Well, I don't think it's offline singleplayer, unless they have a surprise release planned...

Asteroid belts are my guess, based on things that have been said.

Could also be:

• Gas Giants
• Better planet smashing effects
• Alternate game modes
• Improved mod support

Maybe all of those!

Also free cookies.

I'm so, so sorry


I actually modded this site into PA as a floating box centered on the cookie, so you could click while you play. Didn't have the heart to release it though.