I think I'll start in the grassy fields anyway, just for nostalgia.

How does this game have very positive reviews on stream.

That's incredible, good video!

love the editing style, very enjoyable to watch :)

Into the "builders to watch for when 1.0 pops" box you go

I'm wondering, how is the rocky desert now shaping up as a starting location. I know they had quartz, and it's not hard to get to the coal and oil you also enjoy from northern forest. Did the updates give it better access to other of the rarer materials?

Something not obvious but this is the tinied clue I can give : Interact with the red stone at spawn hf :)

Bro i have unique coal plant too! Its really big orange box of walls

I copied the Let's Game it Out model.

great vid

I am realizing now more than ever how much my neglect of using the blueprint designer has reduced the aesthetic quality and speed of construction of all of my factories and transit systems. This video, along with several others that you’ve produced, did a fantastic job of finally convincing me that I need to start using blueprints NOW!

This is wonderful. This will be just what I need to help me polish my builds. Can’t wait for next video.

Great video, with some nice tips. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

1:45 right side faster

Blue crater and the area around it is currently my favorite starting area. Has everything you need in an area that isn't too small so you have to move around a bit. Has water and oil and a lot of space to build.

Hands down one of, if not the best, modular blueprint guide that I could find. I dunno why, you just explained them in a way that really clicked for me.

I'm not sure I'd be willing to call those easten nodes and those western nodes part of your starter factory at the same time, or even part of the Grass feilds. Thats like starting in the Northern forest and dripping into both the dune desert and rocky desert. That said, it wouldn't suprise me if there is an amazing starting location somewhere around the blue crater.

'Building system is weird.' Sigh, best building system ever.

My factory is even worse than that

The concept of a "Best starting location" is a bit weird in this game, I am so glad i played my first game blind in grassy fields because it was such a huge adventure to source all the advanced resources, across most of the map. like does it really matter if you have to explore a lot to get everything you need, and set up big transport networks? that's where a huge amount of fun and complexity comes in to the game. For a first playthrough i honestly think the grass fields was perfect.

I like the grass fields but I think my favorite location is the dune desert(?), the palm tree area, tho with losing the coal in the northern forest I’m not sure if there’s any other coal close to there. Honestly I’ll probably start in the grasslands, get to tier 4 then start over somewhere else haha

the cluster of 4 normal irons by the lake just nw of the blue crater, or down in the blue crater itself

blade runners make you move slower

I'm probably starting in the swamp in 1.0. Like I'll start wherever and run there.

I'll still start in the desert because I fucking love that huge cliff with the waterfall and to build my hub around it.

You did not pick the eikhtyr buff. It is super useful for exploring and fighting strong mob groups. I am looking forward to new content. If you ever make a livestream, i would also love to see it. Live or a recording.

Great video! I normally don't comment on things, but I wanted to give you support.

Northern forest was never fun for me when i play nor when i watch a creator play. It was an area that was always too strong and encouraged the player to just hunker down and not explore. By nerfing it and buffing other areas, it encourages more exploration and less megafactories and more satellite factories

I'm a Dune Desert starter. Has a ton of iron and enough of everything else within a short distance to easily get to through tier 4.

My favorite starting location is somewhat of the underdog location in the northwestern desert just because it has so many resources in copper, iron, and limestone all in relatively high purity, there is a decent amount of foliage to carry you until coal power if you just cross a river, it's got plenty of caterium, coal is everywhere in fairly high purity, there is a large oil deposit to the south and a quartz deposit not that far into the titan forest, sulphur to the north, nitrogen for later on north past the sulphur, and there is a fairly large waterfall which provides plenty of water for any early coal plants and then if you climb the cliffside there is even more water for pretty much everything. The dunes can be an issue for a couple things with how they go up and down a lot but usually you can still build fairly easily. Overall it's a fairly underrated spawn in my opinion.

Looks awesome bro 👌 ❤

Great video, keep it up ❤😊 love your builds too 😍 wish i could build with you one day

How do you only have 1100 subs??

I'll probably always start at Grass Fields. Only because it's the most visually appealing area. I'll be spending most of my time there so why not? Its also a good open flat area for a central hub on a modular build.

Grassy fields is also nice because it gives an excuse to use trucks to transport stuff. Not because it's efficient, but because trucks.

Honestly would enjoy playing in the grassy fields again, I played it for my first playthrough but since finding out how garbage it actually was I never play there anymore. I think after the changes for sure I'm going to play there for my first 1.0 playthrough!

Not sure missing higher quality nodes is quite a downside of the grass fields, since brand spanking new players may not be quite ready for the heavy math needed for other spawn points with lots of pure nodes

on every update i have start new in grasland ;). is a good place, for quarz i build a bridge to the 2 spots (for trucks or in my last run for trains, a 2nd bridge over the crater for Bauxid ans produce with 2 raffeneries enouth scrap for 6 smelters. is easy to make ;)

I think considering the Blue Crater close to spawn as a stretch. But I think the new sulfur/quartz nodes go a long way to making the grassy fields viable for a starting base. It lets you get your feet wet with a couple of the other trees more easily now, even if it might not support more serious production. So it still pushes you to explore and expand, which is good The quartz is probably more important to me, just to be able to start doing some slightly more decorative/windows on builds, when you're still working at small scale projects. As other comments have said, water access is still a bit weak in that area, especially close to the added coal nodes. I think I would have preferred fewer new coal nodes, but easily water access near that south/center collection to be a slightly better, if further coal outpost compared to the common coal lake.

The way I see things: the starting location is that, a starting location. A place to get your footing, get the more urgent/important stuff, and stock up in order to expand after. Many games are similar, and there's no point in starting in an area where it's the best to build the most advanced stuff, when you don't even have the means to build these things yet. Plus if I build my starter plants where I'll be building my late game stuff, a lot of destruction will need to happen. I'm bad at architecture in this game, but I'll show FICSIT that I can be a great pioneer, I'll CONSTRUCT, EXPLORE, EXPLOIT, and AUTOMATE every ressources in all the biomes.

I was always under the impression that grasslands was getting shit for it being a shitty place for mid to late game while actually being a decent starting point for the early game... and since about every youtuber who i have been watching play this game has for some reason always started on the desert... my plan already before the node changes were announced was to re-start playing this game when 1.0 comes in the northern forest.... ill just stick to that choice even if its less than optimal now since i have done really little exploration on that area when i have played the game....

The grass fields has always been one of the more OP starting locations. Not sure what you mean by 'issues been solved'. The quick access to nodes you speak of has already been a thing? The west side of it by paradise island you have that little oasis with the 4 coal nodes, you have two more south along the worlds edge, soooo many pure concrete, iron and copper nodes. Two pure quartz just a small run up a hill and caterium for days... yes in 1.0 one is being yeeted and moving closer with yet another new one being added. Sulfer is also going to be close by and boxite is just up on a cliff plus just water everywhere. That isn't counting the gas nodes and such also found and the 4 oil nodes along the west cost. Really it has everything you need to start out even before 1.0. Plus some of the late game stuff by the time you need it you're already expanding across the map. Most people I've asked about what they view as the best starting location they all say around the same area. Heck do a search on here for best starting zone and grass fields is the most common answer. Plus it's mostly flat open land. I think I only seen one video say the northern forest is bets and that was due to just a few nodes, but do the math and look at the calc site it's not even near the amount offered in the grass fields. The ore changes isn't going to really change that outside giving us more easy access to stuff.

In my opinion the biggest problem with the grassy fields is the relative lack of water.

I had considered starting in grasslands... but the changes in the rocky desert made that more interesting... I don't need "pure" when I start the game since I don't have belts for that anyways, so I would rather have more nodes of lesser quality... plenty slugs around to boost a 30/60 node to 60/120...(can boost to 250% but just 200% is fine for now) and 120 is the max on mk.2 belts anyways which is all you got until you start steel up. many also start in the "middle" of grass fields where there are 3 iron nodes, 2 limestone and 1 copper... but if you go south there is like 6 iron nodes, 2 copper nodes and a bunch of limestone...

I think the new spot is Rocky Desert. There's like 3 viable clusters to start on, the Crater area for Coal, pretty close to the Black Gold Coast, and near to Nuclear and Bauxite later in game.

As a dunes start player I just restarted in grass fields. I didn't know it has caves, and spiders in them 😱I think it's half a dozen flat areas is perfect for starting factories.

I will always start my saves in the Grassy Fields xD

The big thing is that there are new nodes everywhere. so i hope i can build my bus base where i want :D

I've restarted a bunch of times. I always have preferred the Dune Desert. I don't see anything that's going to change that. It's got plenty of biomass in the oases and coast. It's got tons of flat space to build, tons of early game resources. By far the easiest to traverse and to find the resources you're looking for. It's been the best in every category for tiers 1-4 for me.

Currently im playing a rocky desert start and i honestly love it, only downside is the coal, you have to go all the way up the big hill east of the desert, but i just built a foundation ramp up there. There is a huge leak right nearby the coal nodes, so coal power is pretty simple