nms-spoilers

[mint lynx]

The summer update Is Def real in concept
And we too early for it in May lol

[gloomy isle]

Our multitools are all multifunctional survival devices

[wind panther]

Bees, anything more is bonus

Did you have bees before? No. Be happy

[mint lynx]

No update yet?

[lyric coral]

I think at best, they could maybe give the different existing multi-tools better animations and rebalancing for specialties, but not an entirely new type, for instance pistol multi-tools can now be quick drawn and can use another tool in the offhand or something

[mild haven]

I hope summer update is a community requested one for the anniversary

[native carbon]

dont worry, bee happy!

[vestal barn]

is steam out yet

[charred nebula]

No

[left iron]

I'm dumb I read this wrong

[wind panther]

You read it right. They are lying

[native carbon]

super excited for patch notes though.

like in relics we found out they also added bigger waves, bone worms, new bone creature

[glossy root]

Has anyone else been deeply disappointed in this update just reading the pop up u get after opening the game after updating it makes it seem u have to have multiplayer on which if that is the case then why have singleplayer at all then

[native carbon]

you seriously believe this random goober on the internet

[rigid monolith]

dual-wielding? in this economy?

[left iron]

I don't I check if it's right though

[lyric coral]

Any MT update probably comes with combat rework or tweaking

[native carbon]

it will 99% be available for solo players

[next yoke]

Wrist mounted multitool?

[pallid knot]

do we know what this update is from playstation players?

[mild haven]

NMS will probs keep receiving updates until at least LNF releases

[glossy root]

It's out on both PS5 and ps4

[molten karma]

A grapple hook and climbing mechanics would be so cool and let's add a glider BoTW style.

[native carbon]

i feel like the updates will slow down but not dissapear

[molten karma]

I'm surprised we haven't got crouching yet.

[gloomy isle]

They confirmed they intend to keep updating them both alongside each other

[charred nebula]

Jetpack makes all of that useless

[molten karma]

Jetpack feels jank most of the time.

[mild haven]

Sure but I imagine dev time on NMS would be reduced once LNF releases

depends on how well it sells

[left iron]

cmon Steam what's happening

[glossy root]

That's good to hear I was hoping they would continue updating no man's sky when lnf is out

[native carbon]

we need gliders 🙏

[swift marsh]

8 mins

[bleak surge]

crouching as a mechanic was invented for stealth games lol

[icy citrus]

Two teams

[mild haven]

So is this update cursed 2?

[native carbon]

patch notes, trailer and expedition in 8 mins

[icy citrus]

They aren't just sub 30 people anymore

[mild haven]

Oh fr? nice

[icy citrus]

They have over 60

[lyric coral]

I think jetpacks could be made more fluid, but allow for atleast something to cling to walls with, perhaps with a mountain update to add rocks to cling to

[bleak surge]

they are always cursed...by bugs

[molten karma]

Of course but for a exploration game with tight corners and small crevasses it'd help.

[pallid knot]

Ima gonna be a weaver just so I can say "I you ready weaver?"

[native carbon]

i you ready weaver

[agile ether]

Alright, who are we committing to, folks?

Royal - ❤️

Sage - 💚

Weaver - 💙

[merry basalt]

So is this just an expedition?

[mild haven]

Cursed didn't really add much aside from a story focused mission, isn't this what swarm is too?

[icy citrus]

I don't see LNF needing or getting the same amount of updates as NMS anyways, not quite the same venue or game type

[mint lynx]

All that hype for a expedition update, well that was fun lol

[left iron]

everyone is just gonna choose blue it's gonna be unbalanced

[mild haven]

depends on how much content is on release but there'll always be demand for more stuff to do

[molten karma]

NMS can infinitely be expanded because it's space.

[lyric coral]

This may be a story update mainly, lore lovers will have a field day

[molten karma]

I feel there is only so much you can do for one planet fantasy game unless you incorporate new dimensions that are essentially new planets.

[icy citrus]

Oh for sure

[lyric coral]

The nether!

[native carbon]

5 minutes

[mild haven]

NMS is kinda limited though in what it can add

[agile ether]

I was thinking they'd go Sage but I can see blue.

[mild haven]

engine limitations for example

[swift marsh]

Royal for life lol

[molten karma]

That's why I'd prefer a true NMS2 or successor over LNF

[bleak surge]

they can certainly add more base parts

[molten karma]

There is enough fantasy games compared to scifi

[mild haven]

oh yeah definitely

[swift marsh]

Whats being added for blue?

[frigid storm]

I suppose it depends on how well received it is at launch.

[dusky gazelle]

I want purple

[mild haven]

I'm hoping for corvette and base building improvements

[agile ether]

Reddit is saying there is a pretty clear parallel to Warrior / Rogue / Wizard as a potential nod to LNF.

[left iron]

nothing

[swift marsh]

Yeah im choosing royal then

[dusk halo]

im choosing red

[mild haven]

pure speculation but do you reckon LNF will be set in the same universe?

[left iron]

all of them have same different looking rewards

[pallid knot]

oh then I am choosing sage

[swift marsh]

that game isnt gonna release until i join the military

[agile ether]

I will have to see the designs or aesthetics for Sage or Weaver.

[mild haven]

the logo is similar to the atlas

[gloomy isle]

Since it's apparently way more multiplayer focused I'd imagine it needs a good amount of support. Iirc Sean also said he'd like to support it to the same degree as NMS if people like it

[dusk halo]

same simulation? nah.
same irl universe? prob

[swift marsh]

You know ball royals for life

[mild haven]

are the faction rewards just a banner in the anomaly?

[sullen topaz]

oaoao

[left iron]

LNF will be 1 planet in NMS and players from NMS can land and take LNF players on their corvettes into space

[mild haven]

ha imagine

[sullen topaz]

Sean really pulling my strings

[swift marsh]

What faction you plan on choosing?

[sullen topaz]

HOW COME PLAYSTATION PEASANTS GET THE UPDATE FIRST

[lyric coral]

I like the color blue, but royal aesthetic is peak

[hard stirrup]

The royal banners don't look good to me imo(though I'll still unlock them of course). It seems like a parallel of sorts where Royals = Vy'keen, Weavers = Korvax, and Sages = Gek. The Royal flag definitely looks like a Vy'keen eye and the red theme likely indicates higher aggression and combat focus. The round symbol of the Sages reminds me of a Gek head, plus green in more the Gek's color imo. And then the triangle symbol of the Weavers' symbol looks mechanical and blue is the color of the Korvax.

[agile ether]

So we all choosing Weaver?

[swift marsh]

you said choose royal so im just gonna choose royal

[agile ether]

"Sage" feels like it should be Blue/Korvax.

[gloomy isle]

Weaver seems coolest ngl

[lyric coral]

Wait, if this is based on aliens then I’m choosing korvax

[left iron]

shouldn't Korvax be Sages as they are intellect-based

[crude sand]

Multitool looks cool as

[agile ether]

Where are you all seeing the symbols/aesthetics of the three colors?!

[crude sand]

Anyone seen the cover photo for the expedition in the expedition terminal?

[swift marsh]

thats what you choosing?

[dusk halo]

red is my fav colour
royal sounds cool
vykeens are red
i like vykeen
i choose royal 👍

[mild haven]

Weaver? I hardly know er

[native carbon]

chip

[left iron]

there were some screenshots above

[wintry berry]

arewethereyet.wav

[crude sand]

Looks cool as.

[native carbon]

1 minute

[agile ether]

Well remember they did "weave" the gek's genes.

[native carbon]

till update

and expedition

and patch notes

and

[icy sleet]

I’ll never understand why people get angry when users on platform X get an update a little before users on platform Y. Everyone has been waiting for it since Sean dropped that first emoji. Realistically, everyone’s been waiting 10 years for today’s expedition. What difference does a few extra hours make?

[dusk halo]

turns out its not coming out at 14:00 BST

[glad kernel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NomizORoqU

[mild haven]

what? no ones been waiting 10 years lol

[crude sand]

Weak in my knees

[swift marsh]

wtf time is that

[dusk halo]

see

what did i say

it came out earlier

[hard stirrup]

Colors and symbols don't match. Weavers are blue and Sages are green.

[dusk halo]

in 1 minute

[swift marsh]

Damn thats a nice ass character

[hushed wyvern]

Isnt about races. The very update Say travellers as royals sages and wavers.
Still interesting but no is not about them

[molten karma]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NomizORoqU

[sacred quail]

ITS HERE

[icy sleet]

It took HG 10 years to release this expedition.

[dusk halo]

yo did they add the wraith from stargate

[sacred quail]

ITS FINALLY HEREEEE

[distant bronze]

oooooooh

[distant bronze]

Yeah please do not be expedition exclusive

[dusk halo]

patch notes still unrealeased

[dusk halo]

its not i swear

there were some screenshots of

hive salvage planets

or smth

[ebon spoke]

Oh wow

[gloomy isle]

That looks VERY cool

[mild haven]

But its not like they've been working on this expedition for 10 years

[left iron]

WOW

[wintry berry]

JFC

[worn vapor]

wait you can destroy Altas?

[wintry berry]

that. looks. AWESOMEEEEE!

[willow sorrel]

https://www.nomanssky.com/swarm-update/

[dusk halo]

guys its the ancient drones from stargate

[willow sorrel]

the patch note

[rigid monolith]

its beautiful

[mild haven]

I really hope it's not exclusive to the expedition

[worn vapor]

wait they replaced nexus with new one?

[distant bronze]

So is this like their version of incursions?

[worn vapor]

so goodbye to Nexus

[ebon spoke]

yeah okay Hello Games

[mild haven]

those grippers

[rigid monolith]

WE DO FIGHT A PLANET SIZED SWARM QUEEN HOLY SHIT

[icy sleet]

Trailer voiceover is 100% inspired by Rutger Hauer's speech in Blade Runner. Even sounds like him. RIP Rutger Hauer

[wind panther]

It definitely looks like an anti-Nexus Anomaly thing

That was gravitino coil acting on the crashed ship

[rigid monolith]

and also

there are for sure new corvette bits

saw stuff i aint seen yet

[vivid cedar]

No, I think the swarm can destroy the atlas

[mild haven]

I thought the torso was the aquarius one lol

arms look dope tho

[molten karma]

It's cool but I hope the big battles come to the main game to. It's a waste for expedition only.

[rigid monolith]

true that

[mild haven]

Cursed 2.0

[ebon spoke]

It is him. That's the audio from an older trailer he recorded for the game in 2015. The "I've seen things" trailer

[grizzled apex]

this looks insanely cool tbh

[wind panther]

In case I missed someone saying it (I'm sure I did)...

It is never just an expedition 🥃

[gusty stream]

This expedition looks insane

Absolutely insane

[sharp dock]

This reminds me of Fortnite events parts where everyone has to collaborate to unlock the main event

[rigid monolith]

ok that is some proper OSINT level stuff

[mild haven]

what did curse add aside from expedition stuff

[onyx pebble]

Helldivers dun dun dun dunnnnn

[icy sleet]

"The Royal, which I guess is what we have to be, chat", "Chat, Team Royal, very important, that's us" -- KingGothalion, just now.

This right here is exactly why HG sponsored and briefed streamers for this expedition.

[swift marsh]

What yall choosing?

[agile ether]

Do we get to choose our faction or is it based on that personality test?!

[rigid monolith]

weaver or sage, honestly

[mint lynx]

It's a combat update without updating the actual mechanics of combat, the monkeys paw!

[agile ether]

Weaver aesthetics are peak.

[wind panther]

Hah, already looks like Weavers are winning. I hope there's lore tied into it to sway us

[sharp dock]

In weaver we trust

[swift marsh]

what you choosing lol?

[rigid monolith]

steam update when 🥲

[wind panther]

If there's no lore, Weaver or Sage

[swift marsh]

ok ok

[agile ether]

Yeah without lore weaver or sage look coolest.

I don't think we get to choose though

I think you get placed based on the personality test.

[swift marsh]

lol if its random that’ll be funny

[spring river]

My thoughts exactly

[wind panther]

I think you choose what missions to do

[molten karma]

Yeah the expedition only for this combat stuff is what urks me a bit.

[wind panther]

To help different factions

[rigid monolith]

there's a test?

[molten karma]

Unless.. Has anyone tried visiting a Atlas System in a normal save yet?

[agile ether]

Yeah there is a video of it in the update page

[rigid monolith]

i cant find it

[sharp dock]

Like Harry Potter?

[wind panther]

Sure, MBTI, a 60 year old test based on no scientific data

[rigid monolith]

i'm on the main website

[vestal barn]

agree

[lyric coral]

Okay, if it’s just team themes, I’m team blue

[spring river]

That's crazy

[icy citrus]

@grizzled apex same end date?

[midnight saffron]

So do we get something out of picking either royal sage or weaver.

[icy sleet]

It's cool how this expedition continues the trend of the Xeno Arena. A multiplayer mini game within NMS

[modern bough]

OOH!

[sacred quail]

Is expedition out now

[gloomy isle]

8 weeks seems long. Makes me think the anniversary update will drop soon after around the end of July

[sacred quail]

HOKY SHIT IT ISS

[spring river]

How come?

[jolly meteor]

patch notes are out

[molten karma]

This heavily screams bigger combat and war mechanics coming later and possibly a new star system.

[lyric coral]

Space combat got some changes

[vivid cedar]

"but only one team will finalise the counter-swarm effort and be celebrated in the space anomaly for all time"

I sure hope this doesn't include titles or smth

[willow sorrel]

can't wait to see Team propaganda

[grizzled apex]

yep, still <t:1784725200>

[icy sleet]

Um, I just think multiplayer games are cool, I guess

[distant bronze]

I think these swarms will be a random event moving forward that can be tracked from the anomaly

[icy citrus]

Thanks

[cosmic anvil]

NO trailer lady?? so unfair!!!!

[swift marsh]

ts gonna be so crazy lol

[gusty stream]

Interlopers! Let me see your war face!

[distant bronze]

which, is not a bad idea for a returning seasonal event.

[sacred quail]

Helldivers propaganda is sick so nms will be sicker maybe

[mild haven]

Sage are illuminates in disguise, don't be fooled helldivers!

[sharp dock]

What is the goal to achieve? I mean, I don't think it's something that can be accomplished in a day or two.

[willow sorrel]

(the Weaver team already leading in the patch-note screens btw 🥀)

[rigid monolith]

this is for sure gonna be sick and broken in MP
the swarmer battles in space are pretty much designed for it

[sacred quail]

Hello, world.

[agile ether]

ugh no steam update yet

[sacred quail]

Holy entrance to expedition

[onyx pebble]

Pick your side Weavers Sages Royals ❤️

[sacred quail]

I am the last

[agile ether]

Do we actually get to pick?

[willow sorrel]

yes

[lyric coral]

Seeing as I’m a korvax loyalist, weavers

[willow sorrel]

there's a sort of quizz

[sacred quail]

GUYS AM I A PLAYER OR TRAVELER

[wind panther]

The "test" thing seems not interactive currently

[agile ether]

Yeah but can I override the quiz results and just pick weavers?>

[rigid monolith]

but holy shit, the fact that they can destroy the atlas stations

[willow sorrel]

probably, just wait for some peoples to determine the answers for the questions

[wind panther]

Unless it's somewhere else. The patch notes thing is just a video

[willow sorrel]

or create a throwaway expedition save and try to land the quizz on Weaver

[brisk terrace]

https://www.nomanssky.com/media/op0hrsax/missionlog_redo_03-1-1.jpg

[sacred quail]

You can stop the first spawn in quiz btw

[brisk terrace]

if only that wasnt just an one-time expedition

[rigid monolith]

i might just return to euclid for this, not gonna lie

[native carbon]

it seems to be expedition exclusive....

[rigid monolith]

if it means i can do it with people

[wind panther]

I thought they spoke English?

[spring river]

Too bad we can't play with our main Corvette without risking our save file

[rigid monolith]

why not?

[sacred quail]

I'm a royal guyd

Guys

Is that good

[swift marsh]

crashed swarmer ships?

[distant bronze]

I wonder if in the future you'll be able to spot the attacks happening with special icons around the Atlas station icons

[rigid monolith]

what answers did you give

[lyric coral]

My weaver propaganda

[onyx pebble]

Hive never seen that before

[sacred quail]

Traveller last and the far left for all of the others

But I picked leave a legacy

[midnight saffron]

Royal all the way.

[spring river]

Why there are 3 faction i thought there's atlas aligned and anti atlas that's all

[wind panther]

Where is an actual interactive test? The one on the patch notes is just a video

[sacred quail]

Only 3 phases??

[rigid monolith]

its like the guardian games from D2

[rigid monolith]

looks in-game

[agile ether]

So it assigned you a faction after the quiz? I wish we got to pick

[sharp dock]

The rest, I imagine, is farming missions for the final event.

[late tusk]

Yep looks like im waiting for save editors to update before playing again

[sacred quail]

Yep

[gloomy isle]

It's how the expedition opens

[wind panther]

Thanks

[gloomy isle]

Replaces the press e to start

[rigid monolith]

when do we get to press E to start though, they need to drop the update

[wind panther]

I'm guessing there is a hidden balancing calculation behind the scenes 🙁

[rigid monolith]

i'm hyped as shit now

[grim lintel]

Alright so it's pretty much just an expedition

[pallid knot]

I want to be sage .. might need to wait and see what the quiz questions are

[sacred quail]

It's never just an expedition

[wind panther]

Sigh...It's never just an expedition 🥃

[brisk terrace]

seems that the best part - actual swarm space battles is indeed expedition only

[spring river]

It usually is actually

[brisk terrace]

the update page says that crashed swarmers can be found in normal gamemode too

but nothing about the boss fights

[rigid monolith]

lets see

[wind panther]

It might be "just an expedition plus things I don't care about" but that is not equivalent to "just an expedition"

[grim lintel]

Some QoL on ship combat, supposedly, which is nice

[charred nebula]

Hm, I wonder if the swarms are related to the oceans

[molten karma]

The best part of the update is expedition only

[grim lintel]

The patch notes dont have much beyond it this time, but let me finish

[molten karma]

Like why tie the swarms to expedition only?

Such a waste

[sharp dock]

I imagine doing that in the base game must be a real headache

[grim lintel]

This is the second update in a row that has felt kind of light. Makes me think the next one is gonna really shine

[charred nebula]

The only in lore substance capable of destroying atlas interfaces was harvested from ocean floor.

[sacred quail]

How do I get glass fast

[rigid monolith]

@grizzled apex can you use your occult illegal ways to tell us when the steam update drops?

[mint lynx]

It's just a expedition+ expanding the garbage truck business wonder why they hired streamers for this lol

[fervent cloak]

yo what faction we choosing, im not good with decisions

[carmine pollen]

I’m always excited to play another Expedition tbh

[molten karma]

I think all of this is hinting at new combat/wars and procgen later.

[wind panther]

When was the last time you saw a swarm in the game? Because I'm pretty sure you haven't.

[rigid monolith]

its based on a test

[willow sorrel]

Weaver

[fervent cloak]

agreed

[wind panther]

Who said it was tied to expeditions only?

[spring river]

Is this confirmed?

[distant bronze]

Yeah i'm at a loss too, why have these incredible mechanics and new space battles, and only have them expedition exclusive ?

[ebon spoke]

If the big space battles are actually expedition exclusive, I'd bet they wont stay that way. Looks like a lot of work went into them and I doubt HG would want all that to go unused after the expedition

[wind panther]

No

[brisk terrace]

they already did that before. Expedition exclusive enemies in expedition 16, and also derelict corvette salvaging in expedition 20

[sacred quail]

I got Royal lads

Might redo expedition if its good ngl

[agile ether]

I just know I am going to become unhealhily obsessed with my faction...

[molten karma]

Doesn't make it any better

[mild haven]

patch notes page says 'during the expedition players will encounter two new enemy types'

[wind panther]

If you give me 5$, I will give you cheese. That doesn't mean cheese only happens when you give me 5$

[ebon spoke]

derelict corvettes were never expedition exclusive, you can still find them today

[molten karma]

If anything I think we need to open up a discussion to expedition exclusive content.

[charred nebula]

I think its only for the expedition.

[mild haven]

expedition 16 was wasted potential ngl

i mean they had 16 RIGHT THERE!

[gloomy isle]

Only the surface stuff is non expedition so far

[fervent cloak]

"during the expedition" can just be a heads up that they are present in that as well to prep

[brisk terrace]

yes but without the rangefinger the chance as low as finding any other anomaly

if not rarer

[gloomy isle]

But they'll almost certainly reuse the models for stuff down the line

[grim lintel]

I feel like we are having a miscommunication or something

[gloomy isle]

Like with the Atlantid fragments

[brisk terrace]

to the point that it makes it irrelevant for actual corvette part farming

[rigid monolith]

see, it doesn't mention that the space battle is exclusively in expedition. could just continue after it too, because have the crashed swarmers won't make much sense if we can't see them in space too, just like a crashed interceptor doesn't make much sense unless we see them flying around too

[agile ether]

Gimme the weaver answers chat

[mild haven]

So becoming a beekeeper isn't likely huh?

[sharp dock]

I have some of em stored somewhere

[wind panther]

Sadly, no beekeepers I think

[winter plover]

Looks like they're making use of the scrapping mechanics from remnant. I don't mind, but you guys are going to be so mad

[gloomy isle]

I feel like people would have already seen the giant hives if they weren't only in the expedition

[rigid monolith]

also, the new armour seems very metroid inspired

[mild haven]

Hopium is high for the next update

[rigid monolith]

they'll probably be there post expedition

[mild haven]

hoping it's a biggie

[distant bronze]

Honestly it probably wouldn't be a hard thing to make these swarms a community event on weekends or on holidays and keep them around, thing is that i hope they do.

[willow sorrel]

just try yourself and if this doesn't work create a new expedition save

[gloomy isle]

I defo think they'll be added/ reused in some way yeah

[molten karma]

I don't know this is obviously pointing to something big. The context of it hints towards new systems and combat/wars

[wind panther]

Just don't assume or expect anything. When they give us stuff, enjoy it if it's your style. If it's not your style, just wait until the next update. If there are no more updates, you probably already got way more than your money's worth from the game.

Every update is like launch again

[brisk terrace]

During the expedition, players will encounter two new enemy types: small, agile swarmer ships, and the huge, formidable Hive of Glass boss.
In all game modes, crashed swarmer ships can now be found on dissonant planets. Crash sites are defended by small but deadly planetary swarmers.

From Patch notes
idk, for me it looks like they're explicitly saying that space enemies are expedition only

[molten karma]

I doubt they'd make this whole swarm system to use it only once. I think we'll galatic wars come to the game at some point.

[native carbon]

same.

[brisk terrace]

and that in "all game modes" you can find crashed ships

[mint lynx]

Hopefully there's at least some twitch drops

[distant bronze]

Yeah its looking like its expedition exclusive, which sucks

[rigid monolith]

only way to confirm is after finishing it

[charred nebula]

This is awesome, an expedition where player progress actually contributes to something and the expedition actually ends with big battle.

[spring river]

They didn't say in expedition only

[native carbon]

that sucks......

[worldly plover]

So Hivemind Part 1 was ai I need to rethink a lot about my life

[hushed wyvern]

Idk about the actual swarms but it wouldnt make any sense that we could encounter the glass hive that we need to expulse from reality, to be found in this reality after being ejected. Unless we do all that for nothing ofc and it justo simply returns

[charred nebula]

I hope they continue doing expeditions like this

[rigid monolith]

not gonna lie, they should make this a permanent feature

[distant bronze]

Agreed

[molten karma]

The problem is the content being locked exclusively behind the expedition

[native carbon]

yeah

[mint lynx]

In the patch notes starship combat has a bunch of fixes too

[rigid monolith]

like, this whole system of us battling a faction with specific missions

[native carbon]

i HATE this. first the cursed, now hive

[spring river]

The sad part is ai knew exactly what we wanted but hg didn't

[molten karma]

I get wanting to be appreciative for free updates but like come on now.

[brisk terrace]

this careful wording with "in all game modes" reads as an implication that the first part of the patch notes only applies to the expedition.

[native carbon]

im not mad just dissapointed

[brisk terrace]

but that's my opinion anyway

we'll see

[molten karma]

Not mad just slightly upset and annoyed and disappointed lol

[distant bronze]

Even if its a seasonal thing like they want to do with Xeno Arena, it would give us something to look forward to when the swarms return.

[native carbon]

Xeno Arena wasnt even touched except of bug fixes lol

[brisk terrace]

I mean, people keep "expecting" something as if HG owes to keep updating a 10 years old game for free

Every new update is extra

[grim lintel]

The patch notes are broken into the following headers:

• The Swarm Expedition
• Swarmer Enemies (described in this section as expedition-exclusive but potentially subject to change)
• Stability and Optimization
• Space Combat
• QoL and Bug Fixes

Three of these are general game improvements, which, while always appreciated, are under-the-hood and depending on your definition, isnt seen as new content. The other two are pretty explicitly timed/expedition-related

This isn't a problem for me, I like the Expedition format and have time for this one. I'm just saying that this one is a bit light. Given we usually get our big updates later in the year, and because Xeno Arena was similarly light, I'm thinking the actual anniversary update is gonna be significant.

[spring river]

I didn't play the last 2 updates and this is my 3rd looks like , nothing to shoot at , very disappointed

[worldly plover]

Yeah I’m pumped to go to war

[rigid monolith]

look, all game modes could just mean stuff like creative. a giant space battle doesnt make sense in a game mode where everything is by default peaceful

[molten karma]

Nah it's the fact it was primairly a game about single player and coop and now we're in fomo mp exclusive events

[sharp dock]

There are mechanics they've implemented and haven't touched in a while.

[wind panther]

Exclusive is nowhere in the notes or video. You're putting your assumptions into your summary

[carmine pollen]

Thats my take as well. After nearly 10 years I’ll take any update they decide to give. Even if it’s Expedition exclusive. Imm looking forward to the community effort personally

[safe quarry]

that was sarcasm right? XD

Like this is full scale war in NMS hehe

should keep cynical happy

[gloomy isle]

Gotta remember that expeditions don't replace full updates. One or two people put them together to fill the gap between major updates

[wind panther]

My god for the spoilers channel there's a lot of BS based on no actual data

[grim lintel]

If I'm wrong, that's great.

Am I coming across as upset or something?

[charred nebula]

Will only the winning team get to participate in the final battle?

[gloomy isle]

We're not missing out on anything by having an expedition

[wind panther]

No, just assuming something that isn't stated and stating it as fact

[sharp dock]

So, the update has the expedition on one hand and the swarm event on the other? Or is it all just in the expedition?

[spring river]

Sadly not , i appreciate them very much but I'm just disappointed that in 10 years they didn't touch something essential like ground combat it's crazy to me

[mint lynx]

Creating all the hype by hiring sponsors just for a exp update was a sussy baka move tho

[native carbon]

it is very likely to be expedition exclusive

[carmine pollen]

Expedition phases

[distant bronze]

i wish they didn't do the "For all time" thing with the winning team, if it was a returning event, it would give the community something to work towards in the anomaly

[native carbon]

"sussy baka" ???

[gloomy isle]

Hiring sponsors is kinda supposed to be kept on the down low tbh

[wind panther]

Based on what .MBIN?

[native carbon]

only 4?!

[willow sorrel]

only 3

[safe quarry]

That's true, but this is exactly what i suspected when I saw stream sponsorships: a big spectacle update that looks good in motion for viewers

[native carbon]

this little part

[rigid monolith]

oh lordy what are those numbers

[worn vapor]

that's good so i don't need repeat same battle on same planet over again over again

[willow sorrel]

i guess it's short for the replayability

[sharp dock]

That makes sense; the update depends on community participation, and what better way to spread the word than by running campaigns with streamers?

[willow sorrel]

and all of the "war effort" idea

[brisk terrace]

that's not the first expedition with collective effort

[wind panther]

Jesus, people can't read or don't understand words. There is nothing there that states probability or exclusivity. It might be exclusive, but there is nothign there to state it

[safe quarry]

if anything this is the most 'streamer friendly' update they've done. Right into the fray with big flashy bells and whistles to distract the masses

[brisk terrace]

distract from what?

[spring river]

So the best part about the update is time limited and sponsored, who is the genius behind that decision in hg

[native carbon]

if the giant swarm fights are not expedition exclusive, 10/10 update, if they are exclusive, 7/10

[carmine pollen]

Looks like the steps must be completed in order as well. All except the first one are hidden and need to be decoded

[grizzled apex]

Oh lmao, they added the trailer to steam before the actual update

[molten karma]

Then players will be disappointed when they return to their save and have no exciting combat and wars

[spring river]

The swarm thingy

[charred nebula]

Well its an expedition

[native carbon]

yo bomber, the phrasing in patch notes suggest the giant swarm fights are expedition exclusive (nothing confirmed though) whats your opinion about it? if its true, it will be disappointing

[safe quarry]

it's an 8 month long war essentially. using the expedition as a framework

[spring river]

10/10 based on what exactly? Like we Appreciate them but let's be rational here

[sharp dock]

I would like to see global events, some like saving the crew but on a larger scale.

[wind panther]

That's weird, they've rarely used encrypted missions before, usually only one or two per expedition, if any. These are almost all encrypted

[agile ether]

...to distract the masses from...receiving free content...?

[native carbon]

im not allowed to enjoy updates?

[rigid monolith]

when the mcshit do we get a steam update

[molten karma]

Maybe the ARG is legit and big summer update will come around August 12th

[grizzled apex]

• week, I dont think an 8 month war would be appreciated. we'd have mutinies 😅

[fading basalt]

The update is quite different than the others which is nice

[spring river]

I'm not the one holding you back here buddy

[safe quarry]

no what i mean to say is people who are not already on board with NMS. as in lots of people will be checking into the streams because this is a very flashy spectacle style update.

[wind panther]

Can people take desires to #nms-the-future and whatever random thoughts about HG to...wherever? This is for spoilers. If it's not facts, not the place

[agile ether]

I've never seen people whine so much about free content lol

[fading basalt]

True

Like come on guys it free

[safe quarry]

people thought the sponsors streams meant lots of content, but lots of content can't be summarised in a 2 hour stream. Big space battles can.

[charred nebula]

I have, this very community, literally every update.

[modern bough]

Is the update out on steam yet?

[fading basalt]

Which is sad

[grizzled apex]

oh damn, HG's adding some actual error codes to their API haha

[agile ether]

Get a grip, folks.

[native carbon]

the update is awesome, but im just dissapointed that the best feature of the update is (most likely) locked behind limited time event. Im not complaining

[dusty wind]

Same thing when the trash update released lmao

[grizzled apex]

less guess and check for the 5-6 other non-HG people with access

[wind panther]

Goddamn, this channel is not for "I like this!" or "This is shit!"

[safe quarry]

hehe, i mean they're encouraging us to fight over community contribution until the bitter end of the expedition timer surely?

[fading basalt]

Some people are too impatient nowadays

[worn vapor]

Yeah, this expedition ends on late July so they can release anniversary update on early August

[sharp dock]

I have to admit that that update, specifically that expedition, was very tedious.

[worn vapor]

8 weeks up to end of July

[compact bloom]

weve got a new jackpack though

[spring river]

I blame the leaks they raised the expectations so high

[dusty wind]

That's fair, I hope that the swarm stuff will be an event outside of the expedition tbh

[molten karma]

Bruh this channel is like this every update. The mods generally allow it for a brief moment prior and after update drops.

[mint lynx]

Is there no twitch rewards since it wasn't advertised in the update?

[distant bronze]

So it might be safe to say the swarm will narratively lead right into the next update?

[native carbon]

yup

[molten karma]

It essentially becomes the speculation hype and bitching channel with spoilers around this time.

[rigid monolith]

makes sense

[agile ether]

Remember too that all of these updates are likely just shells that are testing things for LNF. Oh, a giant space station with multiple laser eye beams? Can't wait to fight a beholder in LNF!!!

[fading basalt]

I am glad we are getting more story being added to the game

[safe quarry]

that's my suspicion. Especially with the final battle not unlocking until close to the end.

[wind panther]

Ok, that I like

[grizzled apex]

I honestly really like the team selection bit instead of just outright picking a group.

Also, looking at the server responses, it looks like HG are absolutely equipped to reuse these team-based community missions across both expeditions AND normal gameplay

Something to look out for in the future

[molten karma]

So speculation good when I like it got it

[spring river]

I will never ever believe leaks ever again , man I'm so disappointed 😞

[fading basalt]

True. This make the update stand out a bit than the others we had gotten

[safe quarry]

I agree. i think they will remain but be added in a following update as a common occurance.

[fading basalt]

It a nice change of pace

[dense quartz]

...I was not expecting to see an atlas station blow up.

[safe quarry]

for now tho, they want people in the expedition if they want to experience them

[distant bronze]

Thats what i'm holding out hope for, that the swarm will return from time to time, or become like an incursion or invasion mechanic that the anomaly will highlight somewhere in the galaxy every now and then. Sort of like Fomorian events in warframe

[grizzled apex]

Completely baseless speculation here ofc, but I wonder if this might be a test for some sorta "Atlas vs Atlantid" event later on down the lane? The system's in place and doesnt need to be tied to an exped either.

[fading basalt]

Nice. More buildings need to be less static

[grim lintel]

Nice

[fading basalt]

At least it is free tho

[safe quarry]

Probably making amends after that decision in singularity ended up being inconsequential other than unlocking cosmetics

[wind panther]

Does anyone have any actual data or screenshots to share, or just more "it's just an expedition?!?!?!"

[tropic sparrow]

When is the new expedition starting ??

[spring river]

That sick armor is what i actually want

[safe quarry]

I'm not complaining, i am just saying i think that's why they are keeping them out of the normal game for now. They want to drive people to the expedition. then will add them later to regular gameplay

[willow sorrel]

yes but i can't upload here sadly

[native carbon]

nope. I hope you are right though

[fading basalt]

I know but I know other people will lol

[grizzled apex]

Oh yea! This is probably how I'dve envisioned that "choice" playing out. Glad to see HG are working towards that kinda system.

[native carbon]

toxic positivity

[fading basalt]

True

[prime urchin]

This is quite late for the Steam release... hmm....

[fading basalt]

I am glad Hello Games is trying something different with this update

[safe quarry]

I was originally thinking the permanent change to the anomaly would be banners, but now i wonder if its that mission nexus thingy, since they have three versions for each faction?

[brisk terrace]

I dont even know how it's supposed to incorporate into the game given the procedural nature. Like even if its blown up for one player, another player visiting the same system locally shouldnt see the changes, unless they're gonna track that as well serverside like purple bases. But I dont know nearly enough about NMS networking and infrastructure

[wind panther]

Send it to someone with rights and they will repost

[distant bronze]

i also do NOT see HG finally implementing a fully fleshed out and tested faction system like people have been asking, and then only using it ONCE

[willow sorrel]

is that your case ?

[safe quarry]

This is where the lack of multiplayer synchronisation is going to make this veeeery interesting

[grizzled apex]

I'd guess so, seems like the simplest thing to switch over.

[fading basalt]

I am more worry about the cheaters that will find a way and mess with it

[spring river]

That's what this expedition is apparently

[safe quarry]

I'm going to miss jetpacking up to the cube to reach the balcony ;-;

[dense quartz]

It's been feeling more and more like the universe is begining to be less static.
Like I was really surprised when Beacon patch notes said that a settlement's performance changes an entire system's economy.

[grizzled apex]

I'm super curious about this too. Im guessing it'll be a temporary change in the current session, but not tracked across UAs? Gonna have to deep dive into the API again though, this update's the first in a while to break stuff

[fading basalt]

How will Hello Games correct this if a cheater find a way to cheat it?

[flint hollow]

Is this expedition connected to older ones or just having the story quests completed is enough?

[brisk terrace]

right, I forgot about that part

[runic mesa]

So I'm assuming the teams will be picked for us. Interesting

[brisk terrace]

then I guess a single flag like "atlas station blown up" isnt hard to track per system

[distant bronze]

Like, could you imagine the life it would breathe into communities if say a three to six week swarm incursion popped up a few times a year and could change the look of the anomaly?

[wind panther]

It's server based. They've dealt with this before in community milestones

[safe quarry]

The one thing people should probably be most excited about: If this is indeed a foreshadowing of content coming in the summer update, the freighter leaks are definitely tied to it. This feels like part of a broader summer update, which means space space space is the focus.

[carmine pollen]

Oh hello there

[fading basalt]

That is good. And what if this new system came from Light No Fire that would be cool if it did

[grizzled apex]

nope, there's a section at the start where you pick responses to a few questions and get sorted in

[native carbon]

expedition?

[rigid monolith]

if thats in space

[wind panther]

From fyraxys

[runic mesa]

This definitely feels like a prologue.

[rigid monolith]

yeah ok we have space battles outside expedition

[grizzled apex]

Oh they have serverside limits for this, dw. We actually helped HG figure out that game outputs arentt validated serverside and they patched it up really well

[wind panther]

It looks like you choose yoru team when getting your ship

[dense quartz]

Oh it's out on Steam?

[carmine pollen]

Yes

[willow sorrel]

it translate to "[team name] echo", and "persistent soul fragment"

[fading basalt]

Nice

[grizzled apex]

So you cant just mod the game reward to send 2 billion contributions, it wont register on the server

[spring river]

Ps players can play the expedition now ?

[fading basalt]

That is good

[gloomy isle]

I'm assuming there's some lore to be had

[carmine pollen]

Yep

[safe quarry]

This is why i said from a purely marketing perspective, getting the sponsored streams in now makes the most sense, you want people in and involved in this as a lead up to the eventual summer update.

[brisk terrace]

"Ah yes, we've been expecting you. You'll have to be recorded before you're officialy released, there are a few ways we can do this and the choice is yours." Ahkhm. Sorry.

[molten karma]

I think its combat and possibly new systems coming since it has to do with the Atlas. Like it awakens makes it seem like the universe as a whole may get a face lift in some way.

[gloomy isle]

Absolutely feels like the void mother is beginning her final plan imo

[runic mesa]

NMS sorting hat lolol

[molten karma]

Universe reset incoming?

[distant bronze]

Looking at the mechanic of the swarm capital ship, i'd say its what the freighter mechanic was worked out for, because it looks like one big vessel, pulling a cluster of freighter sized vessels with it.

So a war fleet mechanic

[fading basalt]

I hope the planets visual from space will get a face lift

Never mind I thought I reply to the wrong person but I didn't

[grizzled apex]

explodable Atlas stations felt like it came outta left field tbh. Wonder why that's an entire heading and if we can destroy em too? (no hard feelings, big guy!)

[spring river]

It makes no sense to me , they should've done that in voyagers, big spectacle update

[molten karma]

For real. Honestly I hope those stupid rocky textures get more color to. I hate seeing a lush planet and it's just covered in brown or grey.

[carmine pollen]

I would assume so since there’s a whole multi step community process to even be able to safely approach and destroy the mother ship

[gloomy isle]

From a lore perspective I wonder how much that affects the simulation

[safe quarry]

I think the reception to voyagers surprised even HG

[native carbon]

meh...

[distant bronze]

Well, we can see Atlas stations on the map, shot in the dark in the future we might be able to see when one is being attacked in the future?

[fading basalt]

I hope so. Because things are a bit too easy in No Man's Sky with the combat

[spring river]

True

[charred nebula]

We already got precedent on lore.

[wind panther]

They are really rare. I think only system index 100 in each region?

[late tusk]

Hopefully this leads to new faction mechanics in an update after this one

[safe quarry]

Ah hence the big shield in the trailer. I guess that's staying up until a couple of months from now

[late tusk]

I still have not played with the pet battles yet

[runic mesa]

I hope someone figures out the responses for team selection quickly. I want Sage (I like green).

[grizzled apex]

the system's built to be reused both within expeditions and outside of em, so I feel like we're definitely gonna get more team faction based gameplay at some point

[carmine pollen]

Doesn’t mean we won’t see the giant swarm ships in the main game mode later. But for right now it makes sense to me that it’s largely expedition exclusive.

[safe quarry]

or perhaps in LNF?

[charred nebula]

The facility acted as a staging ground for what appears to have been an unprovoked Gek attack against something called an 'Atlas Interface'.
The logs show that a great deal of material was harvested from the oceans of many worlds. This substance was cross-referenced against data stolen from other species, and then field-tested against this Atlas structure.
The interface was utterly annihilated, as were the attackers. The blast seems to have wiped five star systems from existence. Only this record remains.
RED RED RED RED RED RED RED RED /////

[grim lintel]

Theyre cute

[spring river]

Very logical reasoning

[ebon spoke]

I want sage (it looks like the rebellion logo from star wars)

[grizzled apex]

I'd give it a go from the files if HG dropped it on Steam 😛

[carmine pollen]

I got Weaver

[polar rain]

Someone on Reddit said you get to choose what team you want.

[wind panther]

I'm waiting to mine the data, but need to sleep soon

[distant bronze]

i mean if we have a war fleet mechanic in game, and stations in systems acting as system hubs, it would probably be a very minimal effort to rework these with some kind of official clan or civ mechanic to put together an invasion fleet from bought or captured freighters and send it to a specific location.

[native carbon]

btw sorry if i was annoying before

[spring river]

What is the faction everybody hates

[native carbon]

if u gonna find anything about the expedition exclusivity thing, please let me know

[runic mesa]

Be nice if they implemented the teams as actual main game factions in the future

[mint lynx]

It's a" nothing burger " exp update like fishing but atleast we got a cool gun

[carmine pollen]

When you start the Expedition you immediately get a sequence of questions to answer. The answers you give determine which team you end up on.

Source: me, I just did it on PS5

[runic mesa]

In an all good fun, sportsmanship like way

[molten karma]

I still think the description is a stand out point for it.

[grizzled apex]

same here, might not be able to dig too deep if they get drop any later. The Architect is probably gonna spread my attention thin too soon enough

[spring river]

Not to be mean here but maybe just maybe you wouldn't like the swarm fight so it's not a big deal for it to be expedition only

[hushed wyvern]

How can a lore heavy update be a nothing burger as fishing?

[runic mesa]

Which did you get?

[glad kernel]

What is the difference between these three teams

[safe quarry]

i hope this screen makes its way in some form to the main game and some ongoing conflicts:

https://www.nomanssky.com/media/op0hrsax/missionlog_redo_03-1-1.jpg

[runic mesa]

Pretty colors?

[carmine pollen]

Weaver! Which is the one I wanted most anyway

[ebon spoke]

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/05/27/no-mans-sky-the-swarm-update-launches-today/ Sean Murray article about the update

[safe quarry]

Also, marathon in NMS?

[spring river]

I really hope it has double mining beams like the atlas staff

[wind panther]

Noone knows

[safe quarry]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/e/ea/Marathon_Bungie_Icon.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20230525122046

[ebon spoke]

ooh, they're using the Galactic Atlas?

[runic mesa]

That's the blue, right?

[grizzled apex]

oh nice! i was waiting for the CM to update there

[wind panther]

Did you get your ship yet? Because apparently you choose something else then

[carmine pollen]

Yeah kind of a pale blue/steel gray

[spring river]

Isn't that that tau symbol from Warhammer

[carmine pollen]

I just got a standard rando ship. Nothing special

[charred nebula]

Also is

[grizzled apex]

first major-ish update to this site in year iirc? in terms of adding new ui

[safe quarry]

i mean they look the same

[runic mesa]

Think the server will add roles for the teams? Probably not, but that would be fun.

[native carbon]

@grizzled apex i have a request, once the update will hit steam, can u check out if the new fancy giant fights can only happen in the expedition?

[charred nebula]

Its symbol for marathon, symbol in halo, and warhammer has something similar for tau

[native carbon]

oh my god i hate my fat fingers

[spring river]

Chart to see the progress of every faction and we can fight each other

[fading basalt]

That is like that one site they haven't updated in years that shown the same similar map

[safe quarry]

The questionnaire is definitely to try and balance the numbers out for each side

[agile ether]

Do you recall what answers you gave to get weaver?

[wind panther]

It's unlikely we can tell a whole lot about that from the files. There might be some indications, but nothing conclusive

[fading basalt]

True

[native carbon]

ah...

[spring river]

No cheating

[runic mesa]

Pfft, boring. Gonna look up the Sage answers anyway. (Perk to Switch likely starting late)

[midnight saffron]

Can't wait for the video tutorial to pick which faction you want.

[dense quartz]

That map hasn't been used since 2018... I'm surprised they remembered it.

[wind panther]

My extremely rough guess is that all three of the categories need to get to a certain number to complete the prismatic thingy, and each faction contributes more to one of the three categories

[fading basalt]

This update remind me a bit like the Thargoid in Elite Dangerous where you need to do things before you can blow up a Thargoid titan

[wind panther]

So all Weavers won't be able to finish the construction

[willow sorrel]

Weaver correspond to the Korvax state of mind if i understood correctly so i suppose you can guess by the answers of the questions

[spring river]

Might be too late by the time people figure out which is which

[molten karma]

Makes you wonder if there is something bigger gonna happen to put it more to use.

[charred nebula]

Yeah, like more trash hauling updates

[agile ether]

Yeah, basic knowledge/intellect/arcane answers I guess.

[wind panther]

For a normal developer, I'd say definitely...for HG, they might never touch this again and add horse racing next update

[runic mesa]

So Sage might be Gek...?

[mint lynx]

The gloves of the update armor have knife arms seems like a lnf extra lol

[fading basalt]

I wouldn't mind horse racing lol

[hushed wyvern]

It says travellers, not the races, travellers. Its a funny comparision since colors etc but no isnt related to the races

[willow sorrel]

and Royal Vy'keen

[spring river]

The most unhinged update i ever seen

[willow sorrel]

the colors matches the species

[wind panther]

More unhinged than Pokemon or Bytebeat?

[carmine pollen]

I am last, Traveller, I would tell someone they are artificial, ai would not interfere either history, I would respect Vykeen culture.

That’s what I remember, not sure if I missed anything

[grizzled apex]

ooo, looks like differernt teams get different starting ships

[carmine pollen]

Oh! There was one about an exhausted gek worker stealing from their boss. I chose not to tell the boss.

[spring river]

Even pokemon was something to do or pvp related but space garbage man was completely singing out of tune

[safe quarry]

What if the swarm invasions become a nexus mission post update?

[grizzled apex]

the intro sorting quiz doesnt seem to be hardcoded either

[safe quarry]

seems the most plausible option

[charred nebula]

Why would updates need to have something to do with pvp

[gloomy isle]

Would make the most sense, yeah

[spring river]

Why not

[wind panther]

Hmm, interesting properties there

[grizzled apex]

looks like the intro quiz is built into the exped data struct itself?

[wind panther]

oh weird

So every answer is stored in your save?

[grizzled apex]

expeditions can also override properties of teams it seems individually. wonder what ShipPalleteID is supposed to do though...

[native carbon]

wait its out on steam?

[swift marsh]

nah

[spring river]

Someone said each faction has its own starting ship maybe that

[grizzled apex]

Im not sure about the save, but when the expedition starts, the game uses the exped file to generate events and data such as the milestones etc. This kinda makes me think that the intro quiz is another tool they added for use when building expeds.

[grizzled apex]

Nope, but I have the expedition file from the servers

Actually, the modding discord would probably like this

[molten karma]

Do the names and teams have any significant meaning behind them?

[wind panther]

We don't know

[molten karma]

Like what is a royal, sage, and weaver

So it's like just picking blindly based on favorite color and name

[rigid monolith]

going by the names and colours probably linked to the three species

[spring river]

With atlas or against atlas what's the 3rd one

[rigid monolith]

all 3 factions are with atlas mate

[grizzled apex]

you get a sorting hat style quiz at the start to select your team

[gloomy isle]

It's rgb because the traveller soul has been split into 3 like light though a prism. That's probably why we're building the prismatic core thingy too

[spring river]

Why they are beating the crap out of each other then ?

[charred nebula]

They aren't

[molten karma]

A what?

[charred nebula]

Its not pvp

[modern bough]

I’m back again, probably going to play something else for a bit at this rate lol

[spring river]

I'm confused what's the point of choosing then

[wind panther]

Are they?

[distant bronze]

Wait that and the other map are in game?

[spring river]

I assumed there's some kind of conflict

[molten karma]

Honestly I kind of miss the premise of the three races being at war.

[gloomy isle]

Friendly competition to see who can contribute the most

[near ferry]

Steam news ticker saying NMS swarm is out but no download ..funny

[heady wyvern]

Less PvP, more competitive PvE.

[wind panther]

I think each faction contributes to each of the criteria at different rates, so royal contributes to sabotage at +100%, while Weaver contributes to something else +100%, something like that

[ebon spoke]

no, it's the Galactic Atlas page on the No Man's Sky website https://galacticatlas.nomanssky.com/poi/countermeasures

[molten karma]

I might wait to start until we have more details.

What stops someone from doing the expedition for all three teams and getting the reward regardless?

[dusty wind]

They talk about it in the patchnotes - everyone will get a ship + outfit that matches the team's color

[spring river]

What in the name of Disney ass update is that , so no wars just girls scout friendly competition , like why we have guns in game

[charred nebula]

To fight the swarm

[dusty wind]

uhh, we're fighting against the swarm? What do you mean friendly competition?

[wind panther]

So what's your contribution here?

[dusty wind]

this whole game was always more focused around contributing together as a community - see community research

[spring river]

I thought it's wars between players representing different factions

[gloomy isle]

I think everyone gets every reward. There's only one winning team that gets their flag in the anomaly or whatever though

[heady wyvern]

No, we're too busy trying not to get flayed by the Swarm.

[wind panther]

This channel is for spoilers. Datamining, save editing, looking for things people don't know yet.

Not "I wish the game was more like X!"

[rigid monolith]

i wonder if people will make a return to euclid for this

[gloomy isle]

To shoot the big swarms of robots, maybe?

[rigid monolith]

like, those who don't mainly stay there

[spring river]

Relax dude your head might pop up

[wind panther]

My watch says my heart rate is normal

[gloomy isle]

It's an expedition so everyone will have the same starting planet

[rigid monolith]

oh yeah

[gloomy isle]

No need to travel

[rigid monolith]

fair nuff

[charred nebula]

So anyway, the swarm comes from the world of glass right?
Would the most likely cause be the void mother?

[gloomy isle]

I'd imagine so yeah

[wind panther]

Not sure

[dusty wind]

I mean, it's attacking the Atlas, I would wager so

[rigid monolith]

if it is, that means the swarm is autophage

[heady wyvern]

I'd imagine any "____ of glass" is her fault.

[wind panther]

Find it in the files

[rigid monolith]

i hope they don't release the update on steam only when the expedition also has to drop

[molten karma]

I do wonder is this more void or world of glass related or just both?

[wind panther]

The expedition has already dropped

[charred nebula]

She is after all connected to the void and partly abyss of oceans, and logs state that the one material capable of obliterating atlas interfaces comes from oceans.

[wind panther]

We don't know, find something in the files and add to the knowledge

[gloomy isle]

The autophage are associated with the void mother but other things are too

[rigid monolith]

say what now

[gloomy isle]

Nastier things at least

[heady wyvern]

It'll be on all platforms, it's just that the consoles are notably slow at approving these things.

[rigid monolith]

its live on PS?

[spring river]

I wish we could align with her

[rigid monolith]

BRUHHHHHHHHH

[flint hollow]

?

[hard summit]

Holy whining dude

[gloomy isle]

I'd say it's basically guaranteed they have something to do with the void mother, since the scrap only spawns on dissonant worlds

Outside the expedition at least

[wind panther]

Noone knows for sure. Expeditions can normally be started without doing the story first

[heady wyvern]

Strictly speaking, you don't need any story progress to proceed, but a fair knowledge of [GLASS]-related lore may be appreciated.

[rigid monolith]

it could be a corrupted bit of void mother, not gonna lie

[spring river]

People can have opinions too

[wind panther]

There might be things you don't catch without doing the story and studying lore first, but you can still do it

[mint lynx]

Does the files say anything about crafting hive ships

[molten karma]

I wonder if HG are purposely holding the steam version back to prevent datamining at this point lmao.

[rigid monolith]

that PC update is more elusive than my girlfriend when i want to talk about halo lore

[carmine pollen]

Expedition Weaver answers:
last
Traveler
Flying
yes
I respect vykeen culture
no
perform a kindness

I tested it twice and got Weaver both times. Not the only way to get it I’m sure

[grizzled apex]

so it looks like you might be locked into a team at the start but I cant be certain rn without some heavy testing. User teams for the active community are stored on server and returned to the game on Auth which kinda makes me think we're not supposed to have multiple saves running with different teams?

[wind panther]

If I were the developer, I would load balance the teams, but that's not proof, of course

[rigid monolith]

that does make sense. no point in factions if you're doing stuff for all three

[molten karma]

I just wish there was more descriptions and info behind the factions it just feels like I'm picking a favorite color or name.

[wind panther]

Feels very HG

[rigid monolith]

there might be, as we get deeper into the expedition

[wind panther]

But then you've already had to pick

[molten karma]

That's bad design though

[wind panther]

What?!?!? HG?! Bad design?!!? 😉

[rigid monolith]

it could just be a superficial choice

[wind panther]

Yeah, I guess mostly superficial

[hushed wyvern]

Im confussed so we do choose or is choosen for us from the questions?

[wind panther]

Just need PC release so we can look for sure

[grizzled apex]

I like the writing style here. Kinda reminds me of skyscraper, but its WAY too early to draw conclusions.

[gloomy isle]

Lore wise I just think the collective soul was split into 3 roughly equal aspects with slightly different qualities

So instead of all sharing the same soul, atm we're effectively iterations of 3 different travellers with different personalities until we fix things

[wind panther]

The Travellers are all variations on the same entity, after all

[dusty wind]

Yeah, iterations, makes sense with the traveler soul stuff

[gloomy isle]

I guess we're iterations of 3 entities rn (or iterations of 1/3 of an entity?)

[ebon spoke]

I imagine if there is a meaning, the three factions align with the three core playstyles, like the Gek, Korvax and Vy'Keen or the three guilds do

[rigid monolith]

true

[lime cloud]

no twitch drops?

[rigid monolith]

but alas, the steam update isn't out yet

[wind panther]

I don't know about you all, but I'm Iteration One

[gloomy isle]

I'm 0 ofc

[wind panther]

Not yet

[rigid monolith]

that's a title in game, innit

[wind panther]

Yes

Pre-order or launch day

[rigid monolith]

ah

i'm Face of Death, i use the glow in the dark bug mask

[dusty wind]

I mean, they already said in the patch notes what they are supposed to represent - the parts of a traveler: establishing yourself, claiming and leading (royal), building and being creative (weaver) and gathering knowledge and language (sage)

[ebon spoke]

oh I missed that

so different three things from usual

[agile ether]

That was kind of you.

[wind panther]

Kind of still matches up

[mint lynx]

Just checked steam not even out yet wonder what's the delay

[gloomy isle]

Players all have a unique ID number right? Or am I tripping

Would be cool if that was out canon iteration number

[molten karma]

I don't see that bit in the patch notes?

[whole tendon]

holy canoli we have a war effort just as i wake up

im stoked

[dusty wind]

Ah, my bad, I think I got it confused with the description of the faction decoration at the quicksilver merchant, I will check..

[wind panther]

Kind of. Each platform has unique identifiers. I would guess HG tracks everyone with IDs as well

[lyric coral]

One thing I’m worried about is if dupers can affect the war effort

[glad kernel]

If I create three expedition saves and choose different teams, how will I be categorized in the end

[rigid monolith]

probably your max contribution

[wind panther]

Probably each contributes and each earns titles individually

[molten karma]

I wonder if its more server base if the save editor can bypass it if the winner gets rewards.

[wind panther]

There are no servers like that

There are matchmaking servers and discovery servers. I think that's it

[molten karma]

Ah so the save editor wins again lol. That's probably the biggest reason I don't think we'd ever get dedicated pvp.

[wind panther]

Real PvP wouldn't work at all without a complete rewrite of the netcode

[grizzled apex]

yep, there's an HG ID associated with every player which the further lists player platform specific IDs, for cloud saves

[rigid monolith]

and lets be honest, NMS is probably better off without it

the PvP

we have the machine version of a bretheren moon to fight right now

[molten karma]

I think it should just stick to PVE and let people host pvp themselves like they do now.

[rigid monolith]

if only we got the update on steam 🥲

[wind panther]

Still nothing on Twitch that I can see

[molten karma]

So weird that Goliath hyped up streamer promotions but its kind of quiet on that side.

[rigid monolith]

probably because its not out on PC yet

[dusty wind]

To follow up - I took the descriptions of the 3 different teams from the posters' description, that the quicksilver merchant sells, the descriptions are the same ones that you get after taking the quiz at the start of the expedition. To summarize the posters:
"Weaver: Dreamers and Creators."
"Sages: Brilliant, deep and wise."
"Royals: A muse, a leader, a being of innate grace and courage."

[molten karma]

Oh hur dur your right

[rigid monolith]

can i pay somebody to release the update on steam?

[molten karma]

Thanks for that. I'll probably choose Royal or Weaver.

[rigid monolith]

ngl, i'll vibe with whatever faction i get. no matter what colour i wear, i still get to fight the hive queen

[summer hound]

Can someone tell me what exactly "is it first? Is it last?" Means? I've completed the main story but I never really understood that phrase

[rigid monolith]

it can mean anything, honestly

the most relatable one would be if yer the first traveller or the last

[vivid island]

Bro I just saw the trailer

This is sick

[summer hound]

I want the armor so bad

[vivid island]

I KNOWWW

[molten karma]

I think last implies you know the simulation is ending and it's the last attempt. Where is it first implies a fresh traveller with no knowledge. At least that's my interpretation of it.

[vivid island]

where can I donate money to hello games

[molten karma]

Buy The Last Campfire, Joe Danger 1 and 2, and LNF when it comes out.

[jovial violet]

buy merch, gift the game to people, etc etc

[agile ether]

I feel like pieces of it go really well with the insect stuff from an earlier expedition.

[vivid island]

Oh also have there been any news about lnf?

[molten karma]

Nope

[dusty wind]

canonically, every anomaly (which we start out as, at least) is the last traveller of our iteration of the universe, so we are the last - if I remember right (or at least we did, in the main story).

[summer hound]

Yeah but this will be my first expedition since I started, this is the only armor set I really want

[vivid island]

Figures, Sean probably has flashbacks from nms release day while working on lnf

I think he wants it to be as polished as possible before releasing

[native carbon]

!hg

[cloud jolt]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[molten karma]

I'm gonna be honest I think we'll see it either at Summer Games Fest or Game Awards with a brief mention during the 10th anniversary update for NMS.

[rigid monolith]

i am taking a breather because i know i will lose my shit if i keep staring at the steam page to see the update button

[dusty wind]

it will be here for 8 weeks, don't worry

[vivid island]

I look like a maniac refreshing my steam page

[summer hound]

I just thought about this, are we basically keeping the atlas alive by exploring and moving to the next galaxy?

[dusty wind]

maybe you can ask that in #nms-lore ?

[spring river]

I just watched jason video and he said something along the line that the swarms are permanent thing but the boss fight is not , that's from what i understood i hope i got the wording right

[vivid island]

They probably thought this channel was for lore spoilers

[dusty wind]

of course, I don't blame anyone

[vivid island]

Either way that would be a better channel to ask it in

In the lore channel I mean

[native carbon]

huge missed opportunity

[molten karma]

I wonder if it happens after a certain amount of Atlas system jumps.

[vivid island]

I’m confused about this

[vivid island]

I hope it works differently

[spring river]

Better than nothing

[summer hound]

My bad yall

[vivid island]

True

[molten karma]

I'm lowkey hoping we get the original visions of systems at war and that determining it and honestly this update is kind of pointing towards that.

[vivid island]

Dw, it’s not a big deal

[mint lynx]

Maybe this will lead up to us getting the pre launch systems at war thing they advertised

[spring river]

Something is not right why we don't have it on steam yet , pc is more stable as a platform unless hg are hiding something and don't want to be spoiled by data miners at least not spoiled for console players

[molten karma]

That's what I'm assuming tbh

[dusty wind]

Nah, it's almost always PS first

sometimes it took quite a while

[molten karma]

Steam is never this late

[dusty wind]

don't worry, people

[spring river]

Yeah

[dusty wind]

Really? In my memory it was later than this before

And no, I don't think that it's deliberate

[spring river]

Late by 5 minutes

[dusty wind]

wouldn't make a lot of sense to me

why "hide something from data-miners" for like.. an hour or two, when it will come out regardless?

[molten karma]

Usually Playstation and Steam take turns being first and one or the other usually releases and hour maybe two a part at most.

[spring river]

Spoiler is a spoiler

[molten karma]

Especially if it's leading up to something huge for the 10th anniversary.

[spring river]

Exactly

[rain tulip]

and GoG is usually after Steam.....but before Xbox IIRC

[dusty wind]

Yeah, but we really, really didn't have a huge problem with that, ever that I could recall

I think you're reading a little too much into it, sorry

[vivid island]

I miss GoG, I used to use it but a bunch of games aren’t in it

[vivid island]

I feel like people are saying this based on their experience with different games

And data miners on other games

[spring river]

Probably, fomo does bad things

[mint lynx]

I could use my PS4 but I'd rather wait for the switch update

[rigid monolith]

is it out yet

on steam

[spring river]

Nope

[rigid monolith]

goddammnit

[twilit quiver]

Yes, steam update just released

[vivid island]

Where is my update steam

[spring river]

Really

[rigid monolith]

mate if yer trolling

[native carbon]

no it didnt

[twilit quiver]

https://steamdb.info/app/275850/depots/

[rigid monolith]

IT IS

LEZGOOOOOOOOO

[native carbon]

YO

WAIT

YESSS

[vivid island]

YOOO

[spring river]

Wait wooooooo

[vivid island]

ITS A RACE TO SEE WHO HAS THE FASTEST INTERNET

[spring river]

Lol

[spring river]

The Truth teller

10 gb update Holly molly

[rigid monolith]

gonna fight 10k swarms lezgo

[native carbon]

!hg

[cloud jolt]

Submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[vivid island]

Ngl hellogames has balls by saying “pokemon style” in their patch notes. Nintendo might be watching

[dusty wind]

Nah, should be fine with the patent having run out

[vivid island]

If this wasn’t hellogames I would think this update was fake

[spring river]

they lost the lawsuite anyway

[vivid island]

It sounds way too fun

[spring river]

the armor set is so fire , a good reason to play the update

[rain tulip]

oooh, teleporter endpoint fixes. That'll make a bunch of people happy

[wind panther]

Making hash file now, then diff

[rain tulip]

update just hit GoG

[wind panther]

wow, that's fast

[native carbon]

???

huh?

[dusty wind]

Datamining, I presume

[wind panther]

Yes

Differences from 6.36

[dusty wind]

good luck 🫡

[native carbon]

@wind panther was this fixed? it wasnt mentioned in the patch notes but maybe?

[wind panther]

Swarm ships have their own spacecraft files. Maybe not used yet, but interesting

[wind panther]

I don't know what "this" is, and probably don't know if it's fixed

[native carbon]

missaligned textures for deep sea plants

[wind panther]

Lots of claw type stuff files

No new corvette or basebuilding stuff, other than the flags/banners

[dusty wind]

Makes sense, maybe important for making them appear outside of the expedition, like for example as a "freighter is being attacked" event - just replace pirate ships with swarms.

[dusty wind]

Dang, thanks, had hoped for anything in there about corvettes

[wind panther]

Looks like distance creating floating point location errors

[molten karma]

Were you able to always shoot your multitool in corvette and zero g?

[wind panther]

Strangely, it's mostly new files, not modified files

[native carbon]

ah... i want this to get fixed

i already reported multiple times :/

maybe this update hopefully

[dusty wind]

I'm sure HG has it on their list - remember that they have to fix more major bugs first

[native carbon]

that bug is in the game for months

[dusty wind]

.. Yes, and some major bugs too, patching takes time, especially when new updates introduce new ones

[wind panther]

Something about a Hive Warp Blackhole

Looks like they are testing some new terrain deformation stuff for the swarm crash sites

[ebon spoke]

Swarm frigates (can see them in the trailer around the boss fight). Not sure what they do since they aren't either of the two enemies that the patch notes list. They do look to be fully implemented as frigates though, maybe we can/will be able to get them for our fleets somehow

[past plaza]

Anyone want weaver reponses?

[mint lynx]

I wonder what's the deal with Atlas stations getting blown up

We need them for quests

[polar rain]

I'm looking for Sage answers, if anyone has those!

[dusty wind]

If it will only happen in the expedition, then no we won't.

[ebon spoke]

probably a one off scripted event in the expedition, if I had to guess

[wind panther]

There are some changed Atlas model files and new explosion and destruction files related to Atlas

[rigid monolith]

probably a hell diver style event, if we goof

[rigid monolith]

i wonder if that means WE can destroy the atlas

or the terminal, at least

[wind panther]

Doesn't mean that, no

[rigid monolith]

probably for the best

[dusty wind]

I really believe it will only happen in the expedition, not our regular world.

[wind panther]

Just means there is an effect

We have no clue about that

[rigid monolith]

regardless, i'm all nighting

did for the ARG, gonna do it for this too

[wind panther]

I'm about to go to bed, just did a quick diff

[rigid monolith]

good shit mate

[sand pebble]

Please! The ones I put in that were in here keep giving me royal :/

[dusty wind]

ShingetsuMoon already listed them, earlier. They work.

I tried them myself

[tulip star]

Multiplayer seems considerably more stable?

[sand pebble]

Let me try them one last time 😔

[dusty wind]

Did you say no or yes at a wrong point maybe?

[sand pebble]

Perhaps

The issue is that there's a question in my questions that isn't in that one

[dusty wind]

which one?

or rather, what is it?

[sand pebble]

The one about preventing the first spawn, let me grab a screenshot

[dusty wind]

Yes

the answer is yes

or at least I picked that and got weaver

[sand pebble]

aah
okay okay
one more try

Exact same answers again, still got Royal :(

No Man's Sky is trying to tell me I'm a queen I guess LOL

[dusty wind]

Hm, I'm sorry, can you list what answers you selected?

[polar rain]

Other people on ShingetsuMoon's Reddit thread are saying they got Royal too, so it's not just you.

[agile ether]

Oh interesting, I put in the same answers as ShingetsuMoon and got Sage!

[polar rain]

I'm going to guess it's random and they're just distributing factions evenly.

[agile ether]

They were the answers I would have put in anyway so whatever. Neat.

[sand pebble]

Last
Traveller
Flying
Prevent the first spawn (tried the other option too, still got royal)
Tell them they're artificial
respect culture
don't tell the director
preform a kindness

[dusty wind]

Yeah, was about to say that too, smart

[dusty wind]

Hm, yeah, sorry, it is auto-distributing to even it out probably

[sand pebble]

I'm going to try putting in totally random ones just for the fun of it

[dusty wind]

because I had the exact same

[rigid monolith]

i hope there's some really cool titles associated with this expedition

[sand pebble]

bummer
I wanna be blue
I like the flags and decals way more :(

[agile ether]

#SageLife

TEAM GREEN

[sand pebble]

Yeah I put in random answers and still got royal
Bums me out that I don't get a choice but!
we ball