
In subnautica 1 you can play without a powercell charger and you won’t have any problem, at most you will need it for the cyclops until you get a thermal reactor module. It would be nice if they added some tools that need a power cell to function so the power cell charger has finally a use. An example could be a portable drill similar to a prawn drill arm.

I think the powercell charger should be an intermediate step to reaching a moonpool. It doesn’t make sense that a moonpool doesn’t take the materials a power cell charger does, when it CHARGES power cells!