Ursine Catastrophe posted:

If that's his starting area/system, yes-- the game will automagically "tone down" weather/sentinels for people near where they initially spawn so you don't have to deal with basically guaranteed instadeath while you're still running through the exosuit tutorial. I'm not sure how many systems into the main quest the game will keep doing that for, I've never dug into it too hard.

Libluini posted:

Don't worry, this game is full of weird poo poo that is easily overlooked. I'm also cheating by having my main PC and my PS4+TV set up in the same room, so I can just literally swivel around to my keyboard to look stuff up immediately. Which is what I started doing and never stopped when I just accidentally stumbled into all that stuff you can do with Radon.

The stupidest thing I've ever had to do was when I found a planet with S-class Magnetized Ferrite plus Nitrogen plus a source of electromagnetic energy, all in easy reach -if you apply yourself. The same planet also has devastating storms, so I had to carefully move around and build three different highways of shelters with teleporters inside to connect all three spots to the geographical center.

But now that base creates shitloads of Magnetized Ferrite, which in turn can be refined back into tons of Pure Ferrite. This plus the realizations that basic normal Ferrite Dust can be bought everywhere ended my constant Ferrite-famine (caused by over-enthusiastic base building syndrome) instantly.

This game allows the weirdest poo poo. There's another base that's busy mining Dioxite. Even though it turned out really useful later, I actually built that mining base because I needed Phosphorous at the time and was too lazy to continue searching. So I just built a Dioxite-mine and now if I need Phosphorous, I just put my obscene quantities of both Dioxite and Ferrite into a blender and make it.

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

the pro ferrite strat is a big ol' rusted metal mine and some refiners

Aster0ids posted:

I think whats missing most about NMS at this point, is dungeon-type content. I know its not for everyone but im sure it would be a good thing for alot of people. This game draws me in alot more than elite ever did, exploration-wise, seems to be an easy thing to make happen and would do alot for me.

Ive got to say ive kept NMS on the backburner for a long time as im telling myself "When the updates slow down ill go back to it for a playthrough" but they never stop coming it seems. So maybe i missed it?

When i find a huge planet to settle in, part of my fun would be to hunt for that "S-Class dungeon" and run it. I think it would be one of the best content-wise thing to add because then the 18 quintillion planets would be worth exploring more, till theyre not. More extensive caverns with like a queen at the end, rare crystals, a ++ crew member, some other reward. Derelict ships (i know its already a thing, didnt see them yet), big abandoned labs with rare crafting mats or science poo poo like a rare multitool upgrade, extensive alien ruins, etc, etc...

Au Revoir Shosanna posted:

the derelict freighters are actually really cool and good first step in this direction but yeah i'd love to see them take it further

forest spirit posted:

yeah let me explore a space station like the beginning of Super Metroid. Doesn't have to be special.

Also, let me own a space station. Having a giant space boat is cool but I want my own space gambling bar with space jazz music every night. aka those music boxes

Suburban Dad posted:

Dunno if this is dumb luck or just dumb. I got my capital freighter finally and haven't moved it yet. Every time I come back to it it has apparently helped defend another freighter next to it. I've gotten quite a few storage modules as reward for that so I'm afraid to move it until it's maxed out.

Rakeris posted:

Is there a trick to not losing refiner mats? Mostly been using the freighter but losing mats when not even leaving the system?

Are planet based refiners more reliable?

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

what's the easiest way to get the "earn all the money" milestone in the latest expedition, just a million frigate missions?

Stare-Out posted:

There's really no reason other than aesthetics to go with any other ship type.

Khanstant posted:

Is Sean Murray depressed? All of the overseer type questlines are just kind of tragic and sad, often mildly sinister. I know a lot of the characters are meant to be dealing with knowledge/unknowledge of the nature of their universe/sim/individual fates, and I guess if you live in the universe there aren't many activities they could do to pass the time, but still, given their nature, they could be written/programmed with the other attitudes one could have about their situation.

Land on another player's freighter triggered it for me. Dumps a ton of money on you. I think I might've also scrapped a twitch ship or two, but any would do with the legwork.

Stare-Out posted:

A fully upgraded solar ship wipes the floor with any exotic. The Vesper Sail gives a boost and free fuel recharge to your pulse engine plus they're the nimblest ships in the game. There's really no reason other than aesthetics to go with any other ship type.

3 posted:

According to its own item description, the sail doesn't recharge the pulse engines, it recharges the launch thrusters; it does give a pretty significant boost to pulse engine efficiency though.

Scaramouche posted:

Uh I think every bit of the actual in game story is pretty dark and depressing. Did you do the Artemis chain?

Ursine Catastrophe posted:

The story at large is dark and depressing from the perspective of everyone who's in the valley between "finding out everything is a simulation of a rampant lonely AI" and "accepting the reality of everything being the simulation of a rampant lonely AI"

which is to say, apart from a handful of Travellers, Polo is the only being in the universe who both knows what's going on and is perfectly okay with it

Captain France posted:

more Biological Horror Lore (WHAT IS THEIR DEAL? HOW ARE THEY CONNECTED WITH INFESTED PLANETS AND LIVING SHIPS AND MAYBE ABYSSAL HORRORS?,)

Omnicarus posted:

My favorite ship is a little exotic I found that is basically just a cockpit with thrusters, it's barely bigger than my character model

Khanstant posted:

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

i really want to make my main base in an uncharted cadmium system and have my freighter based there, but finding the stupid frigate modules so i can get the freighter cadmium drive is impossible. i am 50 hours into this save and still don't have a single fuckin one.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

What I need is the goddamned matter beam for my freighter. Holy poo poo that'd help with so much.