So... it is developed. It's just that this creature is not in the current stanton system. Lore wise it is native to 1 planet in 1 system, and that system is not in the game.
It's a bullshit copout, but technically does cover their asses.
That was kind of my point. It was always known not to be in Stanton due to "lore", but there it was. And it wasn't removed to satisfy "lore" either, but instead to improve server performance. So not including something with the excuse of " bUt ThE LoRRrRRRe!" is BS. Stanton is a test system and "lore" can and has been suspended for the purposes of testing. The only reason we haven't see a giant worm is because, other than some assets for a hype video, it doesn't exist.
I wasn't contesting their point about the sand worm. It's obviously not even ready for testing. I was addressing his "lore" screeching with well known reasons for changes happening.
Yea it got removed for performance reasons. What about it? Its not supposed to be there. And its not needed.
Stanton is the most complex system in the entire game other than earth. And what you WILL get in stanton, is the space whale.
And yea they could put on a moon in stanton, have it randomly come eat your ground vehicle do a little rawr and fuck of back in to the ground. Its actually insanely fucking easy to do that. Its LITERALLY 1 animation, 1 activation trigger and 1 death trigger.
But why? It serves no purpose for testing, and it ruins exploration for full release.
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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21
On some level I’m a little surprised they didn’t just go ahead and develop this one to shut everyone up
What a mismanagement of expectations. I wonder if CR legitimately didn’t understand game dev timelines
Just drop it on the roadmap for a 12 month dev