Actually the pickaxe thing isn't as uncommon as one might think. Someone who plays on the more recent populated maps (pinpoint, potentially hallway, island) starts at the ground floor.

i think it has something to do with the structure of the shovel

Why do you get no blocks when mining with shovel?...

Lol

I think what we really need is some way to ascend a hill, and not have to make tunnels through everything.....like a jump function or something.

I don't think Ben would ever implement grenades.. :( They just don't fit the style of this game. But yeah, it would be cool.

^ I know right? What about grenades? Dang that would be amazing.

Wouldn't it be cool if this game had guns? Just think about it :)

Aaawhh man i'm getting a nerdgasm by the thought of it

imagine if you could re-stock your ammo and health at the comand post? THATD BE WICKED SWEET

nah that would be just annoying

Wouldn't it be cool if you could destroy blocks by shooting at them?

yeah, it'd be pretty cool to make the map sizes higher and longer

^ Called Correctly

I call troll!

probably something the developer will fix in later update i hope. would be cool to be able to make underground bases and make huge tunnel complexes :P

some maps do not have undergrounds, i think it's because there's a limit on how high the ceiling can be, so when maps want to have huge skyscrapers, they usually leave only 1 or 2 blocks for the floor, or just dont allow destroying it at all

I've tried to mine the ground directly below me many time on many servers but they don't seem to break like constructions i make my self. You should also be able to carry more block at the same time imo :)

EPIC FAIL.

You DO KNOW that you can already do this?

you can, but i think that you have to do this with the pickaxe, and the maximum might be 50, i dont know

I think you should be able to mine blocks to get more blocks, and mine the ground and be able to destroy the ground to collect more block from that.