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1) Ores right now are set in a test phase so it's bound to change. A ore detector would be neat, only if you keep it to beeping to the hand-held metal detectors.
2) The compass is an odd one here. Not sure what Red wants to do, yet agree that it should be slightly in the middle range. You still have to go venturing, just not too far to get the compass as people said.
3) I'd expect these in the biome & then a dungeon update. The creatures & everything else shall come with those & the rest of the major updates. Looking forward to seeing what Red has in store.
4) Possibly with an animation update? I do want close-range weapons to also be ranged (Sword, spears & etc) while pocket knives being treated as they are in the manner of swords. Luckily we're also getting bows & arrows, small fire-arms, muskets, and crossbows. That should help nicely.
5) Water can be expected in September. Biomes is for August while water shall be the focus for September. Even Red agreed to make these water sources drinkable, swimmable, & etc. Shall be sweet to see what happens.
6) I rambled on about oceans & ocean sea-life so feel free in hunting that bulky thread down. We'll also see fishing after the animation update so I also do hope we can go all Skyrim in hunting down oysters & etc. Shall be fun.
7) Maps are being considered highly by Red so we'll be seeing something.
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I believe Red also has to fix the blueprints. Maybe that's after biomes?