I didn't start playing until 1.0, and am wrapping up my first play through. I've complete the main progression, and complete all of the achievements (hopefully that's spoiler free enough). I am probably 95% done with my personal end game goal.
Since I started on the Grassy Fields, I want to try a different starting location. I like the idea of the Northern Forest, as I like the scenery, but it seems like a terrible location to start. I don't want to steam roll the terrain to try to build with the new players tools, and would rather come back later when I can properly build more in harmony with the terrain. I do like the centrality of the location. I like the idea of the Dunes, but it's so far removed from everything else. It seems like a great place for an end game mega factory, or if you want a mega factory from the start. So that leaves mean leaning towards the Rocky Desert. I do like the biome, but I also just recently built a large factory there. I have not really explored or built on the Crater Lakes, Red Forest, or Forest Lake much and want to change that.
I want to give tractors/truck a chance for the early game, and I think that's another point in favor of the Rocky Desert or Dune Desert. I'll likely go back to a real hypertube network, instead of cannons everywhere.
I want to take the game slower, decorate more, load balance more, and use blueprints extensively. I will probably visit a certain cave, grab some hard drives for a certainly terrible early game item, rush some research to get my toys back, rush the mk1 blueprint designer, rush coal, and then dial it way back.
Anyone restarting for 1.1 or doing anything else to change it up?