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At first I wondered if the name "Ghost" was a reference to how the thing could phase through solid rock/metal. After seeing whatever the hell that "Magma Reaper"(???) is doing the same thing, I realize that they're just bugged.Cartoon Man posted:You can pop out the Cyclops depth module, upgrade it, and pop it back in before anything catastrophic happens. Just make sure you deconstruct and rebuild the mod station on the Cyclops. Oh, I did find the blue area on my run through with the Seamoth, but that led down. I entered this time the way I left previously, through the comfortably large tunnel. Inferior Third Season posted:When you got to the lava area with kyanite, you should have encountered large ore deposits of copper. They're all over the place down there. You do have a drill attachment for your prawn, right? I only went a little way into there on my first trip to get some Kyanite because the passage looked to descend beyond what was my maximum crush depth was at the time. I did find a deposit today when I ventured in. I ended up looping all the way back around, and passing area I discovered on my first foray. I'm going to need to bring more beacons to keep track of my direction. I didn't worry about removing the depth module from the Prawn, it was only the Cyclops I was worried about.
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Future comedy heads up about Kyanite. It won't be enough to really stop you, but with the prawn drill depending on your RNG you might end up confused a few times wondering "Where the gently caress did it go?" because the Kyanite drill nodes are the only ones in the game that have a chance to drop ZERO through X instead of like, 6-8 minimum through X. Which feels like an accident papered over with "No see we didn't want to make it too easy to find kyanite so we did a good job" duct tape, considering their upper range is still generous, and how you can manage to happen across kyanite just sitting there on the ground loose anyways. So at worst it confuses people into thinking they ran into a bug rather than "Working As Intended"™ , but still. Granted it has been ages since I did a playthrough, so who knows maybe they finally changed that? Section Z fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Oct 15, 2021 |
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:
fwiw worth, aside from was distance santa translates into, i got your shitck and thought it was cute
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I was just trying to add flavor to my post saying that I decided to expand one of my bases, and move half my stuff there, because I legitimately am concerned about those creepy
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Khanstant posted:fwiw worth, aside from was distance santa translates into, i got your shitck and thought it was cute Are you okay
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I was referring to their previous post containing a roleplayed survivor's log detailing their current subnautica adventures.
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Section Z posted:Future comedy heads up about Kyanite. It won't be enough to really stop you, but with the prawn drill depending on your RNG you might end up confused a few times wondering "Where the gently caress did it go?" because the Kyanite drill nodes are the only ones in the game that have a chance to drop ZERO through X instead of like, 6-8 minimum through X. I ran through it again before starting on BZ and it was still 0-2 per bit.
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Had my cyclops down near the junction near the tree and tried to bring my prawn from the top of the lost river biome to the bottom of the lost river and 3/3 times it clipped through the floor of the canyon upon hitting the ground lol forcing me to reload my save. figured I should do it "properly" and go pick up the prawn with the cyclops and bring it down that way instead.
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Section Z posted:
It definitely hasn't changed. I'm thankful I learned about it beforehand, so I a) wasn't shocked when it happened and/or b) didn't assume I picked some up and went about my way, aaaaaall the way up to the surface, without as much kyanite that I assumed I had. Count your kyanite, and go into drilling a node assuming you'll get 0.
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I have always found more than enough Kyanite laying about that I havent drilled for it since my early plays.
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Most use I’ve ever gotten out of the prawn drill arm is for the titanium and copper veins down in the river, when I’ve run out of either on the bottom with no other reason to go shallow right at that time.
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The worst is getting all the way to your tree base deep in the lost river and you forgot to bring lubricant, mesh, silicone rubber, or battery mushrooms that are only available topside.
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That's why I always plant those in an external planter as soon as I start a new base anywhere.
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I think they do if you slash them instead of plucking them
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Khanstant posted:fwiw worth, aside from was distance santa translates into, i got your shitck and thought it was cute Santa is north, cowboy is west, I think.
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star eater posted:I think they do if you slash them instead of plucking them Yeah, you get 3 planting spores/seeds if you slash them IIRC.
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Okay, I stocked up and set out to plant a base in a peaceful area, so I could approach the lava zone without needing to go past two+ leviathans. I pre-fabricated a lot of the components I needed for advanced stuff, I set up a small temporary base midway between the Cyclops and the destination base to stash stuff. You don't need power if you don't intend to do anything with the base. I christened the base DEEP BLUE and made a couple beacons to help me keep track of where the tunnels back to where I came from were, so I wouldn't get turned around. I also set up a second small supply cache to store cured fish and purified water in, so I wouldn't have to retreat back for more supplies. Purely by coincidence, that supply cache was located right near a deep crater with a budding volcano at the bottom. I explored that area first, in case it was progress. It was. I got a telepathic message from someone claiming to want to help me. Worth a shot. I found a tunnel leading off the bottom of the crater. I dropped my last beacon there and went back looking for more. I must be getting close. Unfortunately I dropped my Stasis Rifle who knows where somewhere in my shuffling items between lockers. It might be faster to make a new one than look for where it is. ...  Stymied by the curse of all explorers: a locked door. Where the hell is the BLUE key? Doesn't seem to be anywhere in the nearby caverns. I'm also at low health after doing some dumb things, so I have to leave and come back. Maybe I'll build some more rocket pieces. Section Z posted:Granted it has been ages since I did a playthrough, so who knows maybe they finally changed that? Nope, it still drops nothing, fairly often. It didn't bother me that much since I got good rolls on my first two nodes which gave me enough to build the depth modules I needed, and I harvested a bit more in case I need more later.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Stymied by the curse of all explorers: a locked door. Where the hell is the BLUE key? Doesn't seem to be anywhere in the nearby caverns. I'm also at low health after doing some dumb things, so I have to leave and come back. Maybe I'll build some more rocket pieces. The blue door is at the third Alien Facility down there.
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Can I give you a hint concerning that though Stabby, make an extra Blue Key, you will need 2.
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how bad were the EA signposts for the power plant because it looks like Yet Another Player just sailed right past lol I even read the lore dump for "there's BIG ENERGY in the CENTER OF THIS ROOM" and thought they were talking about the giant hole in the middle that went down to the lava
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Early on it got a waypoint. Now I think you just get a vague 'There's something there' comment by the AI.quote:Detecting alien materials and a local energy mass in the 1,000 megawatt range.
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OgNar posted:Can I give you a hint concerning that though Stabby, make an extra Blue Key, you will need 2. I need to find one first. There is possibly still stuff to explore in this region, it's cavernous and easy to get disoriented. My first time exploring, there was a room with a giant Leviathan in it and I noped out and hugged the right edge, which took me essentially in a big loop. Now that I have two bases set up and self-sufficient, I think it's time for me to take the Cyclops back to the surface world, and return with one of my Seamoths, so that if I need to I can go to and from the surface much faster. (I had brought a second batch of Lubricant, so I was able to make a Moonpool at the Deep Blue base, about 890 meters deep. It required about 5 vertical connectors.) Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Oct 15, 2021 |
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JawnV6 posted:how bad were the EA signposts for the power plant because it looks like Yet Another Player just sailed right past lol the game spends literal hours conditioning you to look down and go down to find new things and then expects you to look up to see the marker for the tiny cave you need to enter it's just unintuitive design
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Getting the Cyclops out of that isolated location was easier than getting it in was - maybe because it seemed to have more light.Taerkar posted:Early on it got a waypoint. Now I think you just get a vague 'There's something there' comment by the AI. I'm not sure I found that AI comment. It reminded me of one I heard near the 500m depth Degasi habitat, but that was a different message, and I found the facility there. I continued exploring that area and ended up at the underground crossroad I had already found a couple of times. ...While exploring, I got a notification of a new radio transmission. Something about that filled me with dread, enough so that I set up a small isolated base in the middle of nowhere which only had a solar panel and a radio, just in case listening to the message triggered something at that location. I did not understand any part of the message. I did not like the message. I did not like it one bit. I cruised by my lifepod and it seemed fine, although I could have sworn that I heard some sounds from creatures that didn't match the local ones. I'm seriously considering a full evac of my remaining supplies.
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Complications posted:the game spends literal hours conditioning you to look down and go down to find new things and then expects you to look up to see the marker for the tiny cave you need to enter Well it does also condition you to look for the alien cables and pylons, but there's a big distraction in the area that's keeping you from looking (and IIRC there's not much alien stuff in the area that's obvious until you more or less stumble across it)
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EDIT: Scratch that, I think I found it. Yes, that was it. I hadn't found it before because (1) this is a pretty big frigging area, and (2), I was only just starting to explore this area when I found the crater. Does the (Blue Key) Ion Cube Generator, described as a limitless supply of energy replenish if you mine it out? I mean, I would think so... Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Oct 16, 2021 |
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Last night I tried hardcore yet again and shortly after continuing, died tonight from radiation that kind of snuck up on me (I wasn't paying attention to how fast it was killing me). Normally, I'd put the game down for a while, but my starting pod location was the worst one I'd gotten in my ~6-ish overall starts. Too far back, near the rear end-ending of the Aurora. Definitely prefer something closer to the sandstone pillars. I realize that the starting positions are relatively close by, but I mean.... I had nothing near me. Also, are there any biomes on the other side of the Aurora, or just super friendly friends who need to hug?
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Relatively fast sandy dropoff to a couple of hundred meters down, a bit of rockiness then the map's edge. There's a playful little fellow in the shallows near the middle of the ship, right off the big sandbar. 
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Minor loot and hugs only on the far side of the Aurora.
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JawnV6 posted:how bad were the EA signposts for the power plant because it looks like Yet Another Player just sailed right past lol It keeps happening because there used to be Nav points, but they were removed at the behest of people proud they know the map at the back of their hand or loving to shout "Well I found it on my first try, therefore everyone else are stupid heads". Also it can really depend on your luck of how distracted you are by giant sea monsters just happening to be swimming between the entrances and your cyclops/prawn. Which the game loved to do to me even when I knew exactly where to go. Bascially- Complications posted:the game spends literal hours conditioning you to look down and go down to find new things and then expects you to look up to see the marker for the tiny cave you need to enter Taerkar posted:Well it does also condition you to look for the alien cables and pylons, but there's a big distraction in the area that's keeping you from looking (and IIRC there's not much alien stuff in the area that's obvious until you more or less stumble across it) These over and over, for the one place in the game You can't park your cyclops in direct view of an alien base on top throwing on yet another layer of being counter to the rest of the game's exploration logic. Section Z fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Oct 16, 2021 |
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...OMG, I built my "fairly hidden base" within 200 meters of A gate destination from the Enzyme 42 facility and didn't know. I built my base there and I never explored the canyon.  And the AI message "Unusual behavior patterns detected in nearby predators" suggests to me that I'm about to be in deep trouble once I trigger a plot thing. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Oct 16, 2021 |
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:(Big spoilers) Am I bugged? The game is saying "Left Click to insert hatching enzymes" but I can't seem to interact with it. I scanned some things. What else do I need to do?
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Section Z posted:It keeps happening because there used to be Nav points, but they were removed at the behest of people proud they know the map at the back of their hand or loving to shout "Well I found it on my first try, therefore everyone else are stupid heads". I know where the drat place is and it can take me a bit to find it. Even using the Prawn suit and stomping around the area.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:...OMG, I built my "fairly hidden base" within 200 meters of A gate destination from the Enzyme 42 facility and didn't know. I built my base there and I never explored the canyon. I think that's just hinting that they're chill with you, if you're in the large containment structure
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I finished the game. When I thought of what to put in the time capsule, I asked myself "what is something I'd really, really like that was a bit annoying to make for myself, but isn't too OP". So I put in 4 computer chips. More would be overkill, so I added 2 Magnetite in as well. My message was "When THEY come for you, you'll want a safe, hidden fallback base. Here's a good spot." and I included a screenshot of my semi-hidden base. Where do the time capsules land anyway? I wanted mine to go where my base was, but my rocket was launched from about the location of Lifepod 17. Fall Dog posted:I think that's just hinting that they're chill with you, if you're in the large containment structure Well maybe, but I got that message just wandering around the main area, not at that part, so my first assumption was the hunters were closing in.
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Out of like 10-15 plays, I found 2 capsules in one of them and 1 each in 2 others, its a pretty rare occurrence for me. Glad to hear you finished. I assume you enjoyed it over all. That crown plant was always the hardest to find for me until I found out you can find it in a crevice in Big Mamas room.
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OgNar posted:Out of like 10-15 plays, I found 2 capsules in one of them and 1 each in 2 others, its a pretty rare occurrence for me. It's like, the first place I looked. The 'go deeper' vibe was still strong late in the game so of course I instantly swam to the bottom of that area to check out the nook, before I even was able to know what I needed there.
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The time capsule at the top of the voting page is three years old, there’s quite a backlog.
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Yeah, after a couple 10-20 minutes spent fruitlessly searching, I googled where to find that one. I decided not to go for the one in the tank and tried looking. I didn't find any in the obvious places suggested at and eventually needed to look it up again, and I finally found the part near Lifepod 12. I only am missing one achievement. I thought I knew how to get it... I built an aquarium and hatched and egg someone left in a lifepod and it was a "Cuddlefish", but no achievement. Oh well. I've found like 5-6 time capsules, one of which was found at the sandbar on the far side of the Aurora, and it suggested that it was placed in that specific spot, so I don't know how one would determine how to place a capsule like that. Honestly the mod which comes to mind the most is one which increases some of the material costs for some of the bigger-ticket items. Many of those feel like you should really need to scrounge up a LOT of titanium.
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