Bunkers:
Hmm I like the idea of bunkers, because they increase the chance of planets sustaining life, instead of removing them it would be nice to make them more available to everyone.
Something like 2mil for a bunker for 1 week, so that its a smaller initial investment, this will allow players to earn more after this investment making it easier for them to pay for the 2nd week and so on.
The bunker designs are amazing, but it might be too much space, as it removes the need to build 2nd and 3rd base.
In my own opinion It would be amazing if a bunker had 1 Advanced Constructor and 5 double box storage, just enough for backup supplies and a spot for 1 parked garage ship. This way it would encourage the bunker owner to build their 2 BA limit around their bunker to protect it. And if their base is destroyed at least they still have the stuff in their bunker to start up again.
Yes 1 Advanced Constructor and 5 storage isnāt enough for a any faction but thatās the point so that they need to build more for it to be enough ^_^.
Not sure if this is already a thing, but it would be nice if bunker location could be randomized and you would be really lucky to end up on GG.
Could be quite interesting with 20+ factions all having their own bunkers all over the universe it would definitely liven up pvp quite a bit without the fear of loosing absolutely everything after a fight.
Deposits:
Having the gold crust to mine is amazing I wont lie but the deformation is a massive problem but logically the only reason the deformation is a problem is because its taking away from the height-map and causing extra geometry layered on top. Would it be possible to spawn an indestructible terrain using a height-map then adding deposits on top in the form of a few mountains. This way when players mine all the mountains they will be reducing the extra detail and improving the ālagā.
Also by having resources (Mountains) only in certain places it would improve base location strategy, having people fighting more over richer spots. With this kind of setup it would be possible to give each planet their own resource and making more planets viable for living. (mentioned by someone else earlier.)
The indestructible terrain will also help with the shooting through ground bug, but the only problem I see is that people will lower their core into the indestructible terrain, Is their a way to see core location automatically every time a base is deployed and instantly destroying the base if the core is below ground, would teach people not to cheat without the need for admins to come running with people calling exploits xD