Hello there , I am kinda new to this forum , but I have a suggestion for the future of starbound multiplayer , and yes as the title says steam multiplayer. I think it would be much easier to get up multiplayer through steam , becouse some people (me and my friends included) might not be able to set up a server. Whether it's becouse of the router not being able to port forward or just some other complications. It would probably be the best if Starbound got steam multiplayer , like in terraria , we couldn't get a server up , but when the steam multiplayer came we were happier than ever. So I think it would be in the best of interest for starbound to get the steam multiplayer. Thank you for reading.
This has already been confirmed to be in the pipes for version 1.0. So you're right, it's a very good idea, and also, this thread is already obsolete.