nms-spoilers

[timid mist]

"the weapon is yours now"

[mighty rampart]

aha it is that mod one

[cursive kernel]

God I'd love a melee weapon

It would be funny

[deep parrot]

So, when you send this Normandy frigate on missions, what character shows up at the fleet command station? One of the 3 races or a Mass Effect character?

[timid mist]

good question

[compact coyote]

You cant even land on it or drive it

Or go inside

[mighty rampart]

but you can send it on missions

[hybrid pendant]

im seeing a lot of Mass effect fans loving that

[cursive kernel]

😭 😭 😭

[hybrid pendant]

its cool to see the two comunity together

[mighty rampart]

so yeah would be interesting to see what happens if it gets sent on a mission

[compact coyote]

I dont care for Mass effect tbh

[uncut harness]

yeah except there are people who just use infinite health hacks and sstuff, so you get close and no matter how strong u are you just get f||uc||ked

[hybrid pendant]

@compact coyote well if its lore related u gonna care about it

[deep parrot]

If you can't land on it, that makes it invulnerable to damage, which is handy.

[mighty rampart]

wow bold of you to come out like this

[deep parrot]

I've never played it.

[mighty rampart]

its the first step that counts! hang in there bud

[hybrid pendant]

but also remember its their game too if they want to put easter egg or something they can

[timid mist]

i think it's optional enough that it's not a big deal

[hybrid pendant]

we dont own this game they made this soo if u cant wait for something in a week

then i dont know what to tell u

[rancid ether]

yessssssssss! thats the one thing from the old versions i misssed!

[timid mist]

if it was a player ship I'd be actually annoyed cause then I'd just see normandys on the anomaly all the time lol

[uncut harness]

technically we do own the game. I bought it on steam for 50 bucks checkmate

[compact coyote]

Couldve been worse

[viral yarrow]

Haha lmao

[hybrid pendant]

@uncut harness we do but we dont own it to say what is in and what should be in all the time

they can also add what they want its also THEIR game

[cursive kernel]

Actually

[uncut harness]

r/youmissedthejoke

[cursive kernel]

I suggested turtles so checkmate

[deep parrot]

Are we able to claim more than 1 of this ship for the fleet, or do they limit us to 1?

[glass roost]

Wasn't expecting that the final reward was an Mass effect crossover.
At least the expedition is only 2 weeks or rather 1 week left so play and get it then move on to new exped save

[hybrid pendant]

@deep parrot i think only one

[mighty rampart]

just one of course

[uncut harness]

I robbed a bank checkma- OH SHIT THE COPS HERE

[hybrid pendant]

@glass roost almost one to go

[mighty rampart]

unless they let you re-use the myth beacon

[viral yarrow]

I dont even play Mass Effect 😞

[compact coyote]

Lol same

[timid mist]

now you do bitch

[viral yarrow]

But i’m glad they made one nevertheless

[mighty rampart]

wow all you brave souls coming out

[deep parrot]

No character shows up? Aww. :(

[timid mist]

it says it's commanded by a VI so that sorta makes sense

[viral yarrow]

Ugh this is what overhyping it does to you

[deep parrot]

A vi?

[hybrid pendant]

i find it funny the mass effect comunity takes this thing better than the actual NMS comunity

[glass roost]

Literally thought there might be another golden freighter to obtain haha based on last reward icon but turns out it's a frigate and we can't even land on it.

[hybrid pendant]

@viral yarrow yep never overhype especialy when we have a few months before aniversary

[viral yarrow]

Mhm mhm mhm

I fucking knew that this “update” was gonna be small

[deep parrot]

The Frigate is handy, so I'm not mad about it.

But are the Beachhead decal and stuff being awarded cross save?

[viral yarrow]

Someone yesterday thought it was going to be CiTiEs

[real sapphire]

What i always do whenever there is an incoming update: Never over-hype 🤞

[viral yarrow]

But tbh this tease showed off more than we were expecting lmao.

[hybrid pendant]

@north rock soo like what we had for the last 5 years

damn u really found that half a decade later that they dont move

[viral yarrow]

A weapon big enough to arch over the skies of cities..

[hybrid pendant]

@viral yarrow the normandy

[timid mist]

it's not really that big in the actual game either lol

[hybrid pendant]

maybe the weapon is the normandy?

[viral yarrow]

Can’t say I’m a little disappointed but then again I wasn’t expectin anythin big in this one.

[hybrid pendant]

@timid mist the SR1 is small yeah SR2 is bigger

[timid mist]

yee

[hybrid pendant]

i wished they put the SR2

for now

are u impatient like u need to go somewhere or?

like its the end of the world

[lavish marsh]

So it’s a frigate based on a ship from another game?

[mental socket]

Hopefully the community gets the sense that there are a couple more surprises lined up as we continue into our 5th anniversary year."

[hybrid pendant]

yes its a crossover

[lavish marsh]

Is that what I’m hearing?

[mental socket]

says sean

[lavish marsh]

Personally I hate crossovers, hope they don’t do this a bunch now

[dapper breach]

Yeah it's a crossover thingy from Mass Effect

[viral yarrow]

Chief let people be disappointed, this is really the only time i’m lettin it slide heh.

I mean, you can’t even land on it

[sand karma]

HG said it was the reverse, but with this kinda stuff you never know.

[viral yarrow]

And it’s EA we’re talkin about

hA.

[balmy nimbus]

can't wait for The Mandalorian cross-over ! Baby Yoda will look awesome in No Man's Sky !

[timid mist]

HG said it wasn't a payoff thing, they just like the games

honestly if we're gonna do more crossovers give me an astroneer bobblehead

[viral geyser]

I’m sorry did you have to pay for the new ship? Or are you just all gonna be man children over it

[glass roost]

That would be cool to have Razor Crest lmao

[lavish marsh]

And the Marvel crossover! I wanna see Thanos!

[sand karma]

I don't really mind either way though. It was pretty fun. 😄

[dapper breach]

Personally I've never played the ME games, but seems like a fun easter egg

[sand karma]

LOL

[viral yarrow]

Nope

[hybrid pendant]

lol nope

[timid mist]

@dapper breach if you have the money def pick up the remasters, the games are great

[hybrid pendant]

Sean murray did used to work at ea

and did left it to star hello games

[timid mist]

ME1 is kind of a slog but they all build off of each other so it's worth it to play

[dapper breach]

Yeah I'm not going to do that

[viral yarrow]

Wait can PS users play ME?

[sand karma]

I can't unsee the Expedition steps lining up with ME1 after people pointed it out here

[hybrid pendant]

@dapper breach see u next week then

[viral yarrow]

Ohh

I cant give out an excuse

[timid mist]

understandable have a nice day

[vague oriole]

me too

[hybrid pendant]

did u liked @timid mist andromeda?

🍿

[dapper breach]

7?

[hybrid pendant]

nope because we are too focused on maybe enjoying what people arent enjoying? lol

[dapper breach]

It was like 3.7 on pc

[hybrid pendant]

its always big on PS4 because it has to redownload the entire game

[dapper breach]

lmao

[halcyon pebble]

You got a point there

[timid mist]

@hybrid pendant didn't finish it but I liked wht i had played

[hybrid pendant]

@north rock have a nice looking thing to look out i mean people wanted the gold ship

[vague oriole]

it doesnt

[hybrid pendant]

when its just a fucking gold ship

[timid mist]

also if there are actually ship audio changes audio files take a lot of space

[vague oriole]

it just redownloads a lot of stuff

[dapper breach]

Probably trimming some old fat from the files, since even now the game is under 11gb on steam

[glass roost]

New lesson, don't be on hype train, expect less from NMS.

[dapper breach]

it feels like peoples expectations for these expeditions were way too fucking high

[sand karma]

This is why I didn't board the hype train

[hybrid pendant]

@north rock WOW its an exploration game i dont wanna look at words i wanna shot PEW PEW

[jolly thicket]

Finally done
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2493477886

[small herald]

i'd like to see a some kind of live event as a surprise, it should technically be possible at this point

[timid mist]

they did lean into the tease a bit more than they normally would for minor stuff like this which is why I can understand being disappointed

[small herald]

considering normandy's appearance was an unique scripted event

[mental socket]

Indeed. Anything is possible at the moment

[hybrid pendant]

i wanna also wait fucking 3 months and not get this in the meantime something that may be static but a gift that developers took their time to develop

[halcyon pebble]

Me who hasnt even started the expedition 😎

[hybrid pendant]

FOR US.

[timid mist]

but more stuff is coming and the expedition is only for another 9 days so not too long to wait to see more

[vague oriole]

or not

[halcyon pebble]

he has the right idea

[dapper breach]

Literally what could you expect from an expedition that's planned to last less than 10 hours?

[hybrid pendant]

i dont know i was expecting battlefield type levels of war u know

[timid mist]

personally i was hoping it would convert my save file into a mass effect 5 save file and award me an early access key

[halcyon pebble]

I just want a new halo game tbh

[hybrid pendant]

like fucking 100 ships fighting with fucklng cities that look more empty than star citizen developement phase

[timid mist]

not hyping just saying it's not like we don't know there's more content coming

if it was just this then 1.5 months of people completing the expedition it'd be worse imo

[halcyon pebble]

Or like a gold paint unlock would be neat

[hybrid pendant]

soo u prefer a gold texture over a crossover

uhhhhhhhh

[balmy nimbus]

defently

[dapper breach]

might be a future expedition thing, who knows, who even cares

[glass roost]

I'd kill for a silver paint or ship

[vague oriole]

im not a mass effect fan

[halcyon pebble]

I mean as much as the ships is neat its kinda just well a scout ship that is it

[compact coyote]

I have a silver fighter ship

In exp 2

[small herald]

why are some people upset over a two-week season, the quality of the rewards IMO should correlate to the length/difficulty of the season

[vague oriole]

to me its just a cool thing that exists

[timid mist]

i get that people aren't fans of the crossover but it's really the most optional thing in the game lol

[mental socket]

Neither am I but the event how they introduced it was something quite epic in NMS scale. Never have we seen such scripted events before

[small herald]

like if the next season is something like two months then i'd expect something more worth it but not now

[halcyon pebble]

Agreed

[dapper breach]

True

[vague oriole]

true

[halcyon pebble]

very true

[dapper breach]

First expedition lasted 2 months, this lasted a quarter of the time so you should expect the rewards to correlate

[glass roost]

I mean a full silver chrome ship.

[mental socket]

This in itself opens up room for speculation of what the other surprises of the year will be. Most likely some scripted stuff too but I doubt it will be a crossover again

[small herald]

to be more specific first expedition lasted for about 1.5 months

so not even 2

[timid mist]

when i mention it being optional it's more for people who feel like it's out of place

[compact coyote]

Dude I really wanna get an S class exotic again. I havent had one since Atlas rises lmao

[timid mist]

if you just would've preferred something else for the liek 4 hours of work you did then that's fine

[small herald]

but to me even that season was kind of too easy considering its length

[halcyon pebble]

I got a S class ship

Its a small ball thingy

[dapper breach]

An exotic?

[vague oriole]

guppy?

[lean quiver]

But of course I was right. I'm psycho... Err, psychic. 😉

[timid mist]

i think we are required to label you as the new prophet

sorry @viral yarrow

[vague oriole]

gupp

[timid mist]

guppy

[compact coyote]

Guppyyyy

Havent had an S class exotic since Atlas rises man. It's time I get one

[mental socket]

epic moment

[vague oriole]

i currently use the vector but i plan to make a good mosquito

[mental socket]

gave me chills to see it warping in

[real sapphire]

@mental socket agreed

Also agreed, i had goosebumps lol

[compact coyote]

Is it possible to remove pain from me

[vague oriole]

pain

[compact coyote]

Ahahahaa

[glass roost]

Yes by uploading into Artemis simulator computer

[vague oriole]

also #nms-spoilers gonna die soon

[compact coyote]

That decision to kill her still saddens me but It was the right choice

[mighty rampart]

yeah the total steam size checks out with the exact files updated

[vague oriole]

wait you didn't upload artemis

how could you

[compact coyote]

It was wrong

She would suffer

[real sapphire]

i need to make a corridor of fame in my base

[vague oriole]

i had a room in my base where i would place flags

but beachhead doesnt have a flag

[mental socket]

hmm, could this event be a tease at moving freighters/frigates too

[vague oriole]

so i just put the decal there

[deep parrot]

The flying frigate in sub-orbit was pretty cool.

[rancid ether]

HG dropped a few red herrings for the dataminers it seems

[mental socket]

hmm, what are there

[deep parrot]

So, what's the point of them allowing non-expedition saves to buy Myth Beacons, I wonder?

[gusty berry]

if by "red herrings" you mean "nothing" then yes

[vague oriole]

maybe on an acocunt without the normandy you can use it

[rancid ether]

I can honestly say, I didnt expect this at all, though in hindsight the lore should have been obvious

[real sapphire]

I agree. I think they are testing something here now....

[small herald]

i do wonder whether this expedition is or was still building towards something bigger

[real sapphire]

I mean, i always see things are being "tested" before making it into a full scale update.

[small herald]

like abyss

[real sapphire]

example: Abyss - we have hydrothermal vents, then Origins - we have volcanoes.

[vague oriole]

well

[mental socket]

Hopefully the community gets the sense that there are a couple more surprises lined up as we continue into our 5th anniversary year."

said Sean

[real sapphire]

Atlas Rise - Joint exploration NEXT - MP

[rancid ether]

These are the red herrings im talking about. I get the feeling those were placed intentionally to throw us off maybe

[viral yarrow]

No doubt the mechanics build up to somethin else..

Wait can ya do the sub orbital frigate thing or nah?

[mighty rampart]

sounds more like expedition 3 content

just more gold shit

[vague oriole]

the expedition was just them calling ea and saying "hey want us to add the normandy in nms"

[gusty berry]

yeah it's not red herring if they're still gonna be in the game

[twin plinth]

mario hat

[rancid ether]

NMS would cause a switch to catch fire

[fossil rapids]

Luigi hat

[cursive kernel]

Just told the mass effect fan I know about this thing

[gusty berry]

thanos car

[vague oriole]

yes

[mighty rampart]

I'm looking into the updated content paks

[mental socket]

dababy convertible

[twin plinth]

looking forward to what you find!

[fossil rapids]

Wendys memer burger

[rancid ether]

A metroid crossover would be awesome! That is definitely never happening though

[viral yarrow]

A subnautica crossover seems sweet ngl

[storm shell]

It runs on my intel hd 620 so maybe it has a chance

[fossil rapids]

Metroid crossover on those abandoned freighters seems dope

[cursive kernel]

What if they added just a legit pelican from halo

[mental socket]

if there is ever going to be another crossover it would likely be Destiny or Warframe but I think the rest of the surprises will be original stuff from HG

[twin plinth]

Breathedge too

[cursive kernel]

That'd be epic

[fossil rapids]

Why those games?

[timid mist]

I think astroneer is super likely

[viral yarrow]

No more crossovers with heavy teases like that

[supple monolith]

How do you get the Normandy in nms

[timid mist]

they seem to be good friends with those devs

[twin plinth]

I'm a massive Destiny 2 addict.. I would be all for that

[viral yarrow]

Not adjusted to that shit just yet

I was so expecting an actual patch lmao

[cursive kernel]

What iconic things does astroneer even have

[mental socket]

Well Sean enjoys destiny quite a bit and took a lot of inspiration from it in UI design

[rancid ether]

Yeah, i also hope it sticks with NMS specific stuff going forward.
This crossover is fun but creeping into Fortnite territory

[deep parrot]

Destiny literally has a "Multi-Tool."...

[timid mist]

The little dude could be a bobblehead

[gloomy isle]

Maybe the last campfire

[timid mist]

the devs of astroneer specifically mentioned wanting to make the player like an action figure so it fits

[viral yarrow]

Steampunkish aspects that NMS shares a lot, especially with the whole sci fi aesthetic

[cursive kernel]

Multi-tool is a word that exists, yes

[twin plinth]

Mida does it all lol

[cursive kernel]

Hello games 🤝 hello games

[mental socket]

NPC ships flew over me and they seem to have new sound. Kinda like fighter jet flying over

the heck is this?

[deep parrot]

Yeah, I heard that too.

[viral yarrow]

New sound effects for in atmosphere flight

[fossil rapids]

I doubt thats going to happen cuz warframe and destiny arent space exploration but I dont mind it happening tbh

[mighty rampart]

I see flamethrower is still in the game

[timid mist]

if you know nothing about mass effect yeah very little effort lol

[viral yarrow]

Sub orbital frigates..

[cursive kernel]

:))

[timid mist]

but it all tracks pretty well with mass effect so there was effort put in for sure

[mental socket]

they also refined the flame particles it seems

[cursive kernel]

Fuck destiny for the virtual cursors

[deep parrot]

The sub orbital frigate moving along was neat, but not sure what real use it could be.

[cursive kernel]

I hate those

[gloomy isle]

What if frigates could spawn in randomly like the Normandy did, and send down traders, supplies, pirates etc

Maybe even provide air support

[viral yarrow]

Sub orbital frigate, new sound effects for in atmosphere flight.. More love to in atmosphere flight combat perhaps?

[fossil rapids]

Virtual cursors are dope
controller dudes are just coping with limited mobility

[viral yarrow]

Interestin to say the least

[timid mist]

I think there was an appropriate amount of effort put in for what it is

[cursive kernel]

Just let me mash the dpad to navigate menus

[fossil rapids]

Yes

[vague oriole]

it works when theyre normal speed

[fossil rapids]

Easier to navigate complicated menus on console which is what it was made for in destiny 1

[vague oriole]

like nms

god forbid me using minecraft bedrocks virtual cursor

[viral yarrow]

I just realized

This makes so much fuckin sense I’m so stupid

[hardy yew]

I’m almost done with phase one. It only took me like 20-30 minutes to complete

[gloomy isle]

You noticed the sound changes too?

[viral yarrow]

Beachhead = Normandy

[hardy yew]

Everyone was saying it was easy, but I didn’t think it was that easy

[viral yarrow]

Dawg I hate this

[vague oriole]

my laptop cant play minecraft at 30 fps so

[glass roost]

So they're repeating Normandy landing in NMS? 🤣

[viral yarrow]

I’m just goin off of what you guys are sayin, there was another sayin the same so I’m assumin somethin happened

[mighty rampart]

optifine should help a lot if you play java

[vague oriole]

it works but meh

i still dont like usign my laptop

[gloomy isle]

Ooh OK

Listen to some going over. Not sure if it's different but they now sound like dive bombing WWII fighters

[fossil rapids]

Bedrock is better for the average consumer anyways so ur fine with using bedrock

[hardy yew]

Also, I don’t know if this is a glitch, but while completing the stages of phase 1 I also completed some stages in phase 2 and 3 even though I’m not done with phase one?

[timid mist]

yeah they can be done in any order

[glass roost]

Yamato space battleship when

[hardy yew]

Oh wow. Didnt realize it

[mighty rampart]

SUS

[gloomy isle]

I reckon we'll get news when this expedition closes

[vague oriole]

trust me, i've been playing minecraft for years ik which version i prefer

[hardy yew]

Does everybody start out with the same default expedition avatar?

[mighty rampart]

(internal name of traveller heads)

[vague oriole]

lol

[viral yarrow]

LMAO

[glass roost]

No, all random

[hardy yew]

Great. So I’m the only one with a feathered fat dude as an avatar.

[vague oriole]

i think theyre all geks tho

[timid mist]

there's some common stuff but appearance and some upgrades are random

[fossil rapids]

So you prefer bedrock? I prefer bedrock over java tbh xd

[mighty rampart]

oh wait I'm wrong, its the internal name of some shader overlays

[viral yarrow]

This makes me feel they just started workin on this since the 14th

[mighty rampart]

sorry

[hardy yew]

Mine don’t look like a gek…

[mental socket]

they knew something

[storm shell]

Wtf

[cursive kernel]

😂 😂

[hardy yew]

He’s large, he has feathers, and his eyes look like goat eyes

I couldn’t have gotten a weirder default avatar

[timid mist]

no I think it's one of those classic sean murray tweets that points out what's in the next update way ahead of time and we all reflect back on it like "oh right"

[viral yarrow]

I mean, just based on the timing alone

[cursive kernel]

That happens way too often

[viral yarrow]

And the quality of the update

[vague oriole]

i prefer java, it just doesnt have a million bugs

[timid mist]

I think you're really underestimating how much work is required for software lol

[viral yarrow]

I generally feel like they just worked to add this in around the time he made that tweet as a means to pay respect to a game he really loves.

[halcyon pebble]

Im guessing were not getting a update until the 5th anniversary

[viral yarrow]

Well judging by the aspect alone it’s just a model replacement of a standard frigate.

[timid mist]

I'm not, I work in software lol

[hardy yew]

The expedition so far has been pretty fun. Maybe I’ll do some more in the future.

[mighty rampart]

yeah not seeing anything of interest so far, maybe the experienced modders will be able to spot stuff better than me

[timid mist]

It's more than just software too. There's mission progression, art assets, extra stuff that has to be done

[halcyon pebble]

As someone that also works with software Zoid is right

[viral yarrow]

Cause this Normandy is modder level stuff.

I’m not even fuckin with you chief

[timid mist]

not saying it was some daunting task but not a thing they would get done in like 4 days

[halcyon pebble]

it is a lot of code well I use to work with software for community service at my school

[viral yarrow]

Ahhh, that’s why I said around the time he tweeted.

[mighty rampart]

😔

[viral yarrow]

😞😞

[timid mist]

It wouldn't get done in a week either

And it was set up this way before a week anyways lol

[viral yarrow]

I’m going off of quality n quality alone, I apologize if i’m undermining it haha.

[vague oriole]

noooooooooooooooooooo

[mental socket]

Well what did you expect from a 2 week expedition? Some 5 minute epic cinematic render or AAA level effect puke?

[cursive kernel]

Is that officially in the game

[nocturne zephyr]

what would a sad effect look like

[viral yarrow]

I’ve just seen mods that commit the exact same thing

[cursive kernel]

The sad effects

[vague oriole]

stop the petsad.scene.mbin

[viral yarrow]

Probably a reaction from tamed animals

[timid mist]

yeah the mods add the model but this isn't just adding a model lol

[viral yarrow]

If you let them starve or somethin

[mighty rampart]

yeah that's when your pet is sad, the broken heart icon and effects

[halcyon pebble]

damn he sadge 😦

[timid mist]

There's a lot of structure that has to be added in as well

[viral yarrow]

Is there more to it?

[vague oriole]

they exist?

[timid mist]

yeah like, the rest of the bones around getting it

[gloomy isle]

The rights alone would take a while

Then there's the art assets for the badges, the writing and scripting of the short quest, the flyover which can't ocurr in vanilla

[mighty rampart]

when you adopt a companion it starts off sad

[viral yarrow]

You can’t land on the boi, it functions the same as any freighter, it purely just is the model

[timid mist]

I'm not just alking about the model though is my point

[mental socket]

the NMS team is still around 15ppl and they're also working on next season as well as anniversary update. Don't expect each season to have some AAA level quality stuff

[viral yarrow]

What’s your point?

[timid mist]

the entire update wasn't a single model lol. Im not saying it was a huge change, just that it's not just a week's worth of work

[viral yarrow]

Ah nah I’m not saying that i’m just not used to seeing a crossover on NMS is all.

[mighty rampart]

what I want to expect is the expeditions to have a better flow, first one was a pain because it was all over the place but the second one flowed better

[gloomy isle]

Tbf we didn't even get a proper emoji tweet

[timid mist]

Like I get some people want it to do more but that doesn't mean they came up with this 7 days ago

[gloomy isle]

That was a pun about the name, not one of his out of the blue emojis

[mighty rampart]

not because the second one was short but it carried better - like visiting a particular biome for a badge, find some knowledge stones for another badge, and then a monolith for another

[mental socket]

this thing certainly had to be planned ahead since they needed permission from EA

[timid mist]

Like the entire progression of the expedition followed Mass Effect "lore" loosely as well

[viral yarrow]

Yeah no doubt

It’s just.. there.

[mighty rampart]

wait how was it underdelivered??

[gloomy isle]

I mean that's your opinion

[vague oriole]

they never promised anything

[mental socket]

Nah. That event was the craziest scripted thing in game. Even the main story doesn't have that level of events.

[timid mist]

I agree they hyped it up more than I expected for what it is but I just don't like the implication that this somehow means they put no effort into it

[hot grove]

Holy hell that expedition ending. I was just saying "Holy f**k" the entire time it was happening lmao. That was amazing. Holy shit.

[vague oriole]

we went chasing what we thought was lore we got normandy

[hardy yew]

I’m kind of sad that you can’t change the color of your frieghter in expedition mode 😭

[viral yarrow]

Sorry if I’m just an ass at this point but the Beachhead expedition had more effort in it than the actual update ha.

[mental socket]

The most scripted thing in nms to this point was the story shaking screen and teleporting you to the anomaly xD. This was literally one of the craziest thing HG has pulled off

[viral yarrow]

But this definitely gives us more potential on what expeditions could possibly do in the future

[mighty rampart]

it was the right amount, they didnt add something that would cause too much FOMO for players who will join later but it was also a really incredible moment of crossing over with another large franchise that practically nobody saw coming

[viral yarrow]

I’m not saying the expedition was shit, hehe

[timid mist]

The beachhead expedition was the update

they just masked it until it was able to be completed lol

[mighty rampart]

ugly is subjective

[mental socket]

Well in NMS scale it's quite big. Maybe it's not that fancy if you're used to Destiny level events etc

[viral yarrow]

I think you’re mistakin what is n what isn’t.

[mighty rampart]

I'm sure most people here really like the design

[hot grove]

Honestly this whole expedition surpassed my expectations.

[prime spade]

Random thought. But having time to think about it, i think my problem with the latest... revelation.

Is that up until now NMS's universe and lore has always been internally self consistent. The last big lore question a lot of us nerds want answered is "What is the abyss"

All of the answers we've gotten on everything in NMS thus far has been in-universe.

But the Normandy showing up from completely the left field undermiens that. Now the answer to any remaining lore questions could be... well... anything.

Maybe the Abyss are the Dark Falz? or the Scourge? maybe the nameless horrors are the Kharaa virus

[timid mist]

I'm not sure what you're trying to say though

[vague oriole]

the reaction when gumsk posted the first screnshot was insane

[mental socket]

I don't care of mass effect at all but the event itself was rather interesting. Much nicer introduction than exo mech or living ship

[viral yarrow]

It’s just to pay respects to a franchise, it isn’t that deep

[hardy yew]

The easiest part of the expedition has to be the first phase entirely

[timid mist]

Like how are you disconecting the expedition from the "update" that is literally just adding the final reward that was always intended to the end of the expedition

[mighty rampart]

bro your opinion is also irrelevant, what's the point then?

[viral yarrow]

And besides the game’s lore is set within a simulation so essentially anything could happen

[viral yarrow]

Cause that’s what the patch notes entail.

[hardy yew]

I’m surprised. Most of it was stuff like ‘find your ship’ ‘gather these resources and make this shit’

Simple stuff

[mental socket]

This is just an expedition season. Why so upset? The first season was even worse. At least we got something that catches the eye.

[vague oriole]

l o r e

[mental socket]

Entire thing is optional

[mighty rampart]

well sure why not, NMS hasnt gone far from its roots of wanting you to have a world where you can come up with your own adventures and stories, and it can cross over with other games and irl events (mind you, Telamon also implied that we people are also part of the simulation of the game)

[timid mist]

I don't understand what patch notes have to do with this lol

It was just a post to announce the final reward as well as show fixes that were included

[mighty rampart]

then why are you playing NMS? its just a simple walking and flying simulator with nothing happening

[viral yarrow]

I can shit on the rewards but I wont shit on the expedition itself, they did some real neat stuff there that just didn’t match with the rewards quality-wise

[mighty rampart]

anyone can be reductive like that

[viral yarrow]

but I might just be a bit picky when it comes to something I’ve never played

[mental socket]

some people shouldn't just play seasonal content. It's not for everyone

[mighty rampart]

you can break down every facet of the game to simple baby words

golden vector is gold ship

[viral yarrow]

haha funy spac gam

[mighty rampart]

NPCs walks and talk

[timid mist]

No I mean I agree a different reward would be cooler but I think the goal for the expeditions is never to give away something that is really game changing

[cursive kernel]

Yeah that's me

[hardy yew]

I heard one of the rewards for the exp was a new ship? Does anyone know what it looks like?

[timid mist]

I just don't agree on this weird separation of the expedition from "the update" when they'r ethe same thing lol

[mighty rampart]

and it better stay that way, I never want expeditions to add anything game changing, keep that shit to regular content updates that anyone can access at any time

[timid mist]

yeah for sure

[viral yarrow]

When you introduce new mechanics to expeditions that essentially tease on what the next update is going to be there’s going to be big expectations, especially when the teasin is vague

[mighty rampart]

it has zero value to me too, and I'd probably be meh if I missed this expedition which is a GOOD thing

[vague oriole]

they just wanted to pay homage to mass effect and threw it in, the lore explanation is just "patterns changing"

[viral yarrow]

You can’t deny to me that people thought it was something else entirely

[timid mist]

I agree the teases made me expect more but that's not what I'm saying lol

I really just disliked the idea that this was somehow a last second decision and that the devs put in no effort

the entire expedition (the part people are saying they liked) was planned with this in mind

badges, steps, all of it. which all require work to implement

[vague oriole]

that doesnt make it less likable

[mighty rampart]

I nearly missed the first expedition, and if I really did then it wouldnt bother me as the rewards were a (paraphrasing for effect) shitty sparkly yellow fighter with bad stats, a jetpack that looks like a cartoon, and decals ill never slap on anything

[viral yarrow]

I’m sorry if you got offended by that I only ment that as a means to the final rewards (the actual update) to the game.

[jovial violet]

In retrospect a lot of the expedition makes a lot of sense for an ME-crossover buildup. The rover on the airless world with its weird insano physics, helping stranded lifeforms, going to each biome...

[vague oriole]

oh i didnt know ME was set in a simulation too

[cursive kernel]

Wait is mass effect a simulation

[jovial violet]

It's definitely not a last minute job

[cursive kernel]

I've never played

[viral yarrow]

Which is a slap on Normandy model on a frigate

Sure I can say the expedition definitely took longer.

[vague oriole]

how did you expact them to add the normandy in

[viral yarrow]

But to me the rewards to said progression just looked like it was ported, but that’s just me.

[timid mist]

well yeah any individual part of an update takes less time than the rest of it combined lol

[vague oriole]

just having it as a frigate is the perfect ammount between "paying homage" and "completely breaks immersion of nms"

[timid mist]

would be nice if they added an interior but I kinda like it beinginvincible

yeah I agree @vague oriole

[viral yarrow]

Mods have literally done this kinda stuff within a week.

[viral yarrow]

Never said that

[timid mist]

Yeah they added the model lol

[viral yarrow]

I recognize the intent in it

[vague oriole]

this wasnt supposed to even be a very fleshed out thing

[mighty rampart]

at least its not a statue for your base

[timid mist]

They didn't add the structure. Like having an in-game even tleading up to it is infinitely more interesting then "let me go on nexus mods and download the normandy"

[mighty rampart]

it has more function than that

[vague oriole]

they just decided to do a collab and add a bit of mass effect content

[viral yarrow]

Maybe shoulda just released the Normandy itself and not include that banger of an expedition that required almost a week to do haha.

[vague oriole]

why do you care, you yourself say it was a banger, whats the point in complaining

[mighty rampart]

HG has a policy to not do just that

[vague oriole]

you liked it even though it was leading up to this

[jovial violet]

It's just a fun aside to celebrate the launch of the Legendary Edition, I assume. I like it, even if i wanted more multiswords pls. To expect something groundbreaking from Expedition 2 after Expedition 1 set the bar as low as "standard quicksilver cosmetics", well...

[timid mist]

I'd rather have both the fun thing and the lackluster reward as opposed to just the lackluster reward lol

[outer cobalt]

I was hoping for a Space Hamster called MsNoodles, kill two birds with one stone

[mighty rampart]

they've said on record before that they can just simply add more customization without any effort but they prefer to excite the playerbase in the way they add minor content, this is one of the most perfect examples of it

[viral yarrow]

Cause it needs more criticism rather than praise, the reward’s quality doesn’t match that of the expedition’s, that’s just my personal opinion.

I appreciate the expedition a lot, it’s just the rewards i’m disappointed by chief.

[mighty rampart]

YOU are the one disappointed, you don't represent the community

[viral yarrow]

I never said I did.

I kind of emphasized a lot that this was just me on this.

[timid mist]

they didn't intentionally disappoint anyone lol, they are probably just very excited abotu the crossover and it happens to not match your level of excitement

[mighty rampart]

its fair if you're disappointed (I am too) but don't use subjectivity to make objective statements

[viral yarrow]

What?

Ohh

[mighty rampart]

unless you can prove HG did it last minute and didnt put any thought into it

[timid mist]

So I don't think it "needs" more criticism but yeah I generally agree the payoff isn't as fun as the journey to it. But it's still neato. If anything I'm glad they would spend less time on rewards for this than they would on the actual game content

[viral yarrow]

That being what? How I feel in the reward’s quality?

[mighty rampart]

I was talking to Iggy

[viral yarrow]

Ohh

Nvm then

[prime spade]

Still, this is a better ending than ME3.

[viral yarrow]

^

Never played ME but I watched all the cinematics and dayumm

[timid mist]

part of me just doesn't want them to do some crazy important stuff tied to expeditions since they're limited 😩 keeping the rewards purely cosmetic and "collectible" feels better

I think part of the problem is there wasn't much precedent set for expedition outcomes yet

[mighty rampart]

prove it

[timid mist]

since this is only the second one. If we had like 3 of just cosmetics alongside actual content updates we'd maybe know better that they don't reward us with content

[hardy yew]

I’m such an idiot I’m only now realizing the expedition 2 is the one with the golden freighter on the front page. 🤦‍♀️

[viral yarrow]

I’m pretty sure he’s tryin to say the same thing but albiet much more bluntly.

[prime spade]

(I think it'd been cute if they'd played "An ending once and for all" instead of Supermoon at the end of Phase 5. But would've probably been a licencing headache)

[viral yarrow]

No need to be blunt when the reasoning is that simple.

[mighty rampart]

then just say "I'm not personally interested" and move on

[viral yarrow]

^

Cause I can def see why people could be satisfied, especially ME fans.

I just aint it unfortunately ha

[mighty rampart]

prove it

[viral yarrow]

Kinda wanna makes me get ME and play it for myself

[sand karma]

Not a hardcore Mass Effect fan, but once I recovered from the crossover whiplash I really enjoyed this addition 😄

[mighty rampart]

I have eyes yes

[prime urchin]

I AM an ME fan, and I really am unimpressed with this - It's like a canon meeting between the Enterprise and the Galactica

[hybrid pendant]

"This was actually the story of Mass Effect 1 and the Normandy, distorted through a No Man's Sky lens"

soo there was a reason

[viral yarrow]

What’d really get me goin is a Star Wars one

[sand karma]

Yeah people pointed that out in here before as well that the Expedition stuff really lines up

[viral yarrow]

SHEESH imagine if they had some sort of Star Wars crossover

[hybrid pendant]

https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/how-no-mans-sky-pulled-off-the-coolest-easter-egg-of-2021/ this article says it

[prime urchin]

I'd find that nauseating

[hybrid pendant]

@mighty rampart i love this ship

looks soo good

[sand karma]

Yeah, I read it, just saying that people did recognize that as soon as the Normandy was revealed, and before the article was up. So it's not too obsecure. 😄

[nocturne zephyr]

i wonder if HG modeled it

[mighty rampart]

using my eyesight, I can see its a perfect recreation of the ship

[viral yarrow]

Wuhhh 😞

[hybrid pendant]

@nocturne zephyr they got help from bioware and EA

[timid mist]

I think they just got access to the mesh and imported it

[hardy yew]

Does anyone know for certain if there is actually a golden freighter in the expedition two rewards?

[hybrid pendant]

here what sean said: Working with BioWare, developer to developer, has been lovely. It's always fascinating to get an insight into another developer's processes, especially one we admire so much. We are thrilled and flattered that BioWare and EA let us pay tribute in this way."

[sand karma]

There isn't

[timid mist]

I believe that's what modders did, difference is they need to actually get licensing since it's official

[hardy yew]

Wonderful.

[nocturne zephyr]

mhm

[mighty rampart]

so its objectively not low quality

[viral yarrow]

That’s why I purely just feel this was more like HG’s love project cause they loved the ME franchise so much.

[mighty rampart]

stop being dumb

[sand karma]

Agreed. Would be pretty painful for a 2 week Expedition. Too many people would miss out.

[hybrid pendant]

@viral yarrow yes it was for them

because they are fan of mass effect

[mighty rampart]

if you dont like it that's fine, no need to go beyond that

[timid mist]

I think it's low reward if you don't like mass effect or aren't interested. if you're at least a moderate fan it's a cool thing

[hybrid pendant]

Murray says, "it helped that we both wanted this to be a just a neat Easter Egg moment for the community. Just two sci-fi games doing something fun for their fans. Luckily, as it's science-fiction, we could set about finding a cool in-lore reason why this would happen!"

[viral yarrow]

To be fair he ment in effort and what it took to just put it in the game, which Zoid better put down: a mesh import.

[prime urchin]

I'm taking comfort in the probably-imagined likelihood that the update was mainly about adding future assets, disguised as the addition of a ship that doesn't fit

[hardy yew]

True. It’s a fairly simple expedition, if you ask me, so I feel like it would be an easy and fairly large reward for such simple tasks.

[sand karma]

Absolutely. 😄

[viral yarrow]

I’m just glad the expedition didn’t take as long as the 1st one

[mighty rampart]

then an actual low quality effort would have been just a simple mod download and replace one frigate with that texture

[timid mist]

I don't agree with it being low quality though. and sure I didn't say licensing negotiations would have been super difficult

[viral yarrow]

Yeah

[prime spade]

The gold freighter icon seems to have been delibrate midirection. Once you get to the end of Phase 5, the icon changes into a different expedition patch that has the Normandy on it

[timid mist]

yeah it was intentionally left in the files for data miners too lol

[hardy yew]

I still find it somewhat rude they taunted us with this image 👇

[viral yarrow]

You could defend it so by sayin they made the effort to contact EA n Bioware in puttin this hunk a junk in the game

[hybrid pendant]

. The chance to add the Normandy to your frigate fleet for good ends once the expedition ends. We wanted to keep this special and a limited time thing."

[timid mist]

oh for sure lol, lots of beaurocracy

[viral yarrow]

Truee true

[timid mist]

idk a gold freighter feels like even less of a reward lmao

[sand karma]

We got a freigther than looks like that by default in Expedition mode, but there'll be a golden one later I guess 😛

[rancid ether]

Tbh, im more pleased with the Normandy than just another sentinel freighter

[hybrid pendant]

damn that quote : "We are always looking for ways to delight and surprise our players. That becomes harder and harder, since we've done so many wild and varied things over the last five years.

[prime urchin]

Bioware: Can you tell us how you procedurally generate environments? Hello Games: Yeah, if we can add the Normandy to our game

[timid mist]

like talking about low effort, literally adding a gold material to an existing model

[hardy yew]

What? Jesus Christ, what the hell HG? I feel bad for the people who thought they were going to get a golden freighter only for the icon to change when they drew near the end of the exp. damn.

[mighty rampart]

they actually spent time constructing the expedition progression, they made sure not to add it all for dataminers to spoil the surprise, they added a whole effect and small quest chain to seamlessly add the frigate to the world with a meta explanation, if you think this is "low quality" then get eyes and brain

[viral yarrow]

We gonna forget about the backpack orr

[timid mist]

No I'm not a fan of the gold stuff lol

didn't forget about them, though i have tried

[viral yarrow]

WE GONNA FORGET ABOUT THE BACKPACK ORR

[hybrid pendant]

u mean an entirely new asset of back pack compared to the old one @viral yarrow

[viral yarrow]

and the building materials

[rancid ether]

The backpack was awesome, idk what ur on about

[timid mist]

oh you mean the rocket pack?

[viral yarrow]

Yeee

[timid mist]

yeah that thing is neat

where

[hybrid pendant]

Hopefully the community gets the sense that there are a couple more surprises lined up as we continue into our 5th anniversary year."

[vague oriole]

The backpack was prolley the best part of the expedition

[rancid ether]

Yeah, the streamline jetpack. I liked that way more than the GV

[timid mist]

it's not even in game lol

[hybrid pendant]

soo do we still whine or we continue knowing there surprise comin?

[timid mist]

i prefer wine

[vague oriole]

I only use the vector cos no photon cannon

[hardy yew]

My freighter on my main save looks like that. I found it randomly. It ain’t anything special.

[viral yarrow]

Don’t start comparin the expedition 1 rewards with this one’s rewards now

[timid mist]

on what?

[hardy yew]

Also my default freighter on the expedition save doesn’t look like that one.

[vague oriole]

Yes it's just a sentinel type feighter

[sand karma]

Yeah I know, but just saying one of those freighters technically was part of the Expedition at least in my case 😄

[rancid ether]

Iirc, all of the ships from the twitch drops dont have a photon either

[sand karma]

But it's a bait and switch either way of course 😛

[vague oriole]

Yes you can get either of the capital varieties

[timid mist]

you were the one that brought up the backpack though lol

[vague oriole]

Idk i missed them

[hardy yew]

Yeah, I got a diff default freighter 🤷‍♀️

[timid mist]

oh yeah but how is that higher effort?

[sand karma]

Oof

[viral yarrow]

You mentioned the 1st one’s rewards here

[rancid ether]

I did like the filigree on the vector. That was a nice touch

[timid mist]

No I was talking about the potential gold freighter

[vague oriole]

If the expedition rewards are high effort and actually smth with unique usability, ppl are gonna get mad

[viral yarrow]

OHHH

Well I could’ve landed on that freighter still 😏

[hybrid pendant]

guys did u noticed

it does a new sound when u go to the galactic map

[timid mist]

It is basically just a texture with a gold color, of course it takes a little more time to do but it's not somehow higher effort lol

[rancid ether]

Its mostly a gold/black color swap though, with a little extra sprinkled on

[viral yarrow]

What kinda sound does it make

Like a WOOSH SHING SHLING WOOSH kinda sound?

[hardy yew]

The only issues I’ve had with the expedition so far is accidentally shooting whispering eggs and getting fucking mauled by horrors, and walking by people with bad internet and suddenly getting hit with a lag spike. Both of which aren’t related to the actual expedition, so I’ll say it’s going great and simple so far

[hybrid pendant]

yeah @viral yarrow

[viral yarrow]

Yoo

Let’s gooo

[hybrid pendant]

it sounds dope

[viral yarrow]

I just woke up n hour ago so I still gotta finish up the expedition

[uncut harness]

Yup, it has to be the right balance of something people WANT and that’s limited, but also that you don’t NEED to have or that you can’t substitute with something else.

[timid mist]

if they made a decent amount of audio changes that would explain the large size

[sand karma]

Time traveler going back to August 2016, just after launch
"Seriously. Go. Buy. It. One day it'll have mechs, freighters, multiplayer, vulcanoes, pets, and even the Normandy from Mass Effect."

[viral yarrow]

But in all seriousness, Changes in sound for galaxy map and in-atmosphere flight, potential sub-orbital frigates.. they kinda suggest combat.

But I don’t wanna push anythin out just yet

It seems like a good tease

[storm shell]

Getting bombed by frigates lol

[vast pasture]

all new content spoilers need to have the spoiler tags around them, even with this being the spoiler channel

[sand karma]

It was way cheaper back then 😛

[uncut harness]

I still have my launch day steelcase for the game

[hardy yew]

Was I the only one who immediately got a companion the second I was in the next galaxy?

[sand karma]

Second hand copies for like $2

[viral yarrow]

Wh-

The spoiler channel needs spoiler tags?

[mighty rampart]

Good morning Natani?

[viral yarrow]

Dawg just don’t visit the spoiler channel

[sand karma]

I wasn't aware of this channel needing spoilers tags either tbh. I've seen people talk without them all day. :#

[viral yarrow]

^

[sand karma]

Noted for the future though!

[vast pasture]

For the new content it would be prefered because someone may click in here looking for help with something and not want the new stuff spoilered

[hardy yew]

I just didn’t want to keep refueling my exocraft. It’s much easier to fuel an animal I can ride. Costs less to keep em running.

[timid mist]

@mighty rampart did you complete expedition 1

if so can you do me a favor

[mighty rampart]

yes

[mighty rampart]

its already been spoilered officially

[timid mist]

can you show me the contents at the bottom of your GCUSERSETTINGS.MXML file in binaries/settings

[mighty rampart]

and its a spoiler channel

[timid mist]

sepcifically the "unlocked season rewards" part

[hybrid pendant]

uhhh

shit

[viral yarrow]

Not to mention they’re going to see a lot of side comments regarding to spoilers nevertheless so it doesn’t really help to censor when the context will still be there

[hybrid pendant]

shit doesent show me where to go

[timid mist]

just go to R1

[hardy yew]

||True true.||

[mighty rampart]

I cant tell when it changes from expedition 1 to 2, so here's all of it

        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_FIREPACK01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="BLD_EXPD_BASE01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE02B" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_HELMET01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_DECAL01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BACKPACK01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BANNER01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_SHIP01" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="MYSTERY_TRACKER" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_DECAL02" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BANNER02" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_SPEC02" />
        <Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE02A" />```

[timid mist]

thank you sir i love and appreciate you

[viral yarrow]

||mm yes indeed funny spac game spoilers||

[hybrid pendant]

@timid mist ?

[timid mist]

to tell on myself, I asked because I didn't complete expedition 1 (didn't care about gold ship + work was busy) and I want that jetpack lmao

[viral yarrow]

SHAME ON THE SAVE EDITING

[hardy yew]

||This is the spoiler channel so I agree it feels weird to have to use spoilers. They were pre-warned when they clicked this channel. If they see something they didn’t want to, the blames on them.||

[viral yarrow]

SHAME!

[timid mist]

😌

[hybrid pendant]

uhh i might be stuck

[viral yarrow]

Looks like I gotta save edit in The Fucking Normandy

[wary mesa]

They ruined NPC starship flyover sounds. It's super annoying now.

[viral yarrow]

But it’s intentional for a reason sounds likeZ

[hybrid pendant]

😒 u never happy are u

[sand karma]

That was when they went back up again before they went down again 😄

[hybrid pendant]

like one time its good one time its not etc etc

[viral yarrow]

I’m super positive that it’s to lead up for better ship combat in some sense

[sand karma]

Right after launch you could find it basically for free.

[viral yarrow]

Considering that sub orbital frigate

Wait can you even do that in the update?

The suborbital thingy

Can I summon a frigate ground level now or nah?

Uggh

[hardy yew]

And if you could it would probably be from your freighter.

[halcyon pebble]

@vast pasture I know this is off topic but did you get that hair pulling stress thing figured out a little more?

[vast pasture]

Alright since ya want to argue #server-announcements message
I made it clear on day one to please hide it. Regardless if it is officially spoiled or not, some people come here for help with things not related to the new content. Its a simple thing to do, adding the tags that is. It was aasked out of consideration for the people who have not done the content yet but had questions. Anon A may not be as far as Anon B, and maybe they dont want it spoiled if they come here to ask something. Its that simple really.

[gusty berry]

I'm guessing the frigate is EXPD_SPEC02

[kind salmon]

RQ: On my main save I'm trying to claim the new frigate, but it says my inventory is full?

What do I do

[prime spade]

Dismiss one of your current frigates from the fleet terminal to make room, assuming you're at your fleet size limit and that is the cause of the error

[viral yarrow]

Apologies but it's the first thing I've heard and this community never really emphasized that censorship from my time viewin it. It just seems absurd when people have their own channel to ask for help but use a spoiler channel instead and complain about being spoiled regardless

[halcyon pebble]

its a spoiler channel for the game? it seems pretty self explanatory

[viral yarrow]

Again, unless you wanna make a Spoiler Spoiler channel

[mighty rampart]

mods need to be consistent then, sometime before the rest of beachhead we were told not to use spoiler tags in the spoiler channel, now we're being told to use spoiler tags

[timid mist]

I think people are just confused because someone did this yesterday
#nms-spoilers message

sorry, 3 days ago

[viral yarrow]

Lmao this too huh

[mighty rampart]

wait wtf

I thought that was mods posting

[timid mist]

I think it was fluffy probably

but yeah it would've had to be a mod

[viral yarrow]

It wasnt Fluffy is was all Gunter

[icy citrus]

Sorry Natani, I'll mark spoilers from the new content from now on

[vast pasture]

Its not that you cant talk about spoiler stuff, it was just a request for it to be done, obviously you dont (since its not an offical DO THIS OR ELSE) have to but my point still stands.

[hybrid pendant]

@mighty rampart did u unlocked the normandy ?

[gusty berry]

gunter is sentient, duh

[hardy yew]

I’ll use spoilers if I must.

[viral yarrow]

Okay, in that case I'll respect it

[mighty rampart]

you already saw me do that

[viral yarrow]

Just respect the damn thing it's a request that just popped up

[halcyon pebble]

its clearly Sean Murray himself

[hybrid pendant]

@dreamy forge congrats on being the new expedition screenshot ❤️

[vast pasture]

Again you don't /have to/ but it does help for others

[viral yarrow]

I still wonder what Murray's account is on here

[mighty rampart]

what Natani means is that people have to come here to ask about mild spoilers (as it cannot be asked in #nms-questions ), and they get hit with massive spoilers

[viral yarrow]

:) I will find you

[dreamy forge]

Haha thanks, just noticed 🙂

[viral yarrow]

Why I said unless you wanna add a super spoil channel

[hardy yew]

Back to the topic, does anyone know what to do next after you ||reach the Galaxy it tells you to warp to using your freighter?||

[vast pasture]

Exactly

[mighty rampart]

||you'll see a yellow atlas icon on a planet, head over there||

[kind salmon]

After that it's pretty easy

[timid mist]

It seems like considering other people isn't your strong suit lol

[hardy yew]

I’m aware of that, but what must I do once I reach it?

[viral yarrow]

It's just a general common sense. If you finish say.. a storyline before the majority do you blurt out the ending in the spoiler channel when the chat's clearly talking about the mid-storyline missions?

[icy citrus]

You should have a icon to follow

[mighty rampart]

||use the beacon when you reach the exact spot and the mission changes to "use the myth beacon" (will be the boundary failure) by going into your inventory and pressing the prompt||

[hardy yew]

Thanks.

[vast pasture]

Like I said, you don't have to but for the sake of others it would be very considerate too

[viral yarrow]

You know what's funny, this Normandy update is still considered canon.

[mighty rampart]

yes

[deep parrot]

Lol...

[viral yarrow]

Just that the simulation had some foreign data intrusion.

[icy citrus]

You should keep fighting this fight, it's definitely working

[viral yarrow]

It's out of respect for the majority who havent finished yet still use spoiler channel to discuss the update.

[hardy yew]

I’m almost to the next system with my freighter, I just wanted to stop by a planet in the first system I warped to incase I got too lazy to refuel my Exocraft when it ran out of fuel and needed a backup companion I could ride.

[mighty rampart]

I think it would be less confusing if we had people who wanted help with mild spoilers, can ask in #nms-questions with spoiler tags

[viral yarrow]

Stop bein so sour

[viral yarrow]

This could work too

[icy citrus]

I don't find someone asking for consideration to be confusing at all, follow it or don't that's on you. It's pretty simple

[deep parrot]

If you're gonna bother to spoiler tag items in the spoiler channel because different people have different applications of what classifies as a spoiler, I recommend headlining the spoiler tag with the subject matter.

Cause spoiler tagging without a headline, that spoiler could be related to anything.

[icy citrus]

Again, you aren't reading what she asked

[indigo smelt]

A Normandy frigate? I expected more TBH.

[icy citrus]

You can post spoilers

[indigo smelt]

Normandy, Like a bigger starship you can actually fly.

[icy citrus]

You may want to hide them out if consideration to others that are not asking about the new content, but are brand new players

[hybrid pendant]

did u noticed in the trailer for the normandy

[indigo smelt]

And I'm out of the loop.

[hybrid pendant]

the ship have lights that emits

[vast pasture]

Ill talk to the mod team when an Admin is on

[deep parrot]

Yep.

[sand karma]

Appreciated Natani!

[icy citrus]

Jesus

You can't understand that they may want info on the Atlas path, but not expedition content?

Too complex

Got it

[hardy yew]

I was terrified when I realized the starting planet was filled with whispering eggs. Since I regularly play on creative mode, the Biological Horrors never came out when I broke the eggs. And I was an idiot and forgot that, so you can imagine how fucking terrified I was when I broke the egg and ten Biological Horrors broke out of it and mauled me.

[viral yarrow]

Dawg this is literally a request out of respect to the majority of people who still use this channel to discuss the update rather than discuss the ending.

[hardy yew]

Maybe the next expedition should have a better starting planet.

[icy citrus]

And it's a choice!

[vast pasture]

Iggy just drop it, the fight is done, I am saying for the conversation about it to STOp. Completely, that goes for everone. I'm sorry I was trying to help people

[viral yarrow]

It isn't that hard to understand, it's just to recognize where the community's at.

[icy citrus]

You just do not understand that it is NOT required?

[deep parrot]

What is Gunter bot's opinion on the matter?

[icy citrus]

A simple request, ignore it if you want

[hardy yew]

!tier

[mighty rampart]

I think its because they wanted the "moon rover" aesthetic and didnt consider people might accidentally break an egg

[hardy yew]

Gunter bot isn’t even here to tell me I should use !tier in the bot spam channel.

[viral yarrow]

The eggs were amazin to farm n get some extra cash

[cyan mauve]

did anyone test yet whether a certain Recon frigate comes to your rescue if you get attacked by pirates?

[mighty rampart]

yes, it doesnt do so

[viral yarrow]

It isn't, for you it probably is.

But the majority clearly think otherwise.

[vast pasture]

Enough about it, anymore and its a 6hr mute

[viral yarrow]

https://youtu.be/NTbioh6IF_ If youre wondering why sub-orbital freighters aren't a thing..

[vast pasture]

.mute 6h 222393592767840266

[copper kelp]

Natani the foxgirl#6977 Agent Iggy#8202 has been muted from text and voice chat for 360 minutes.

[mighty rampart]

lmfao

[vast pasture]

.ban 222393592767840266

[copper kelp]

⛔️ User Banned

Username

Agent Iggy#8202

ID

222393592767840266

[viral yarrow]

Rest in peace iggy.

[small herald]

so regarding this lore: any info whether this expedition's story was somewhat standalone or are there indications that this is just a part of a larger narrative which will continue in next expeditions?

[deep parrot]

So. Did anyone figure out explicitly why the boundary failures in the Mystery 3 system were more important than Boundary Failures elsewhere?

[mighty rampart]

both - Easter Egg is well contained, but I believe it had larger implications on how we view the anomalous space encounters, both used the same icon

[sand karma]

I guess it's probably more of a one-off. 🙂

[deep parrot]

Is it because Nessie Q8 looks similar to some Mass Effect planet, maybe?

[mighty rampart]

and that NMS really has all the universes, including ours and other games

[small herald]

though the patch notes for expedition 2 said something about history being overwritten and something stirring somewhere, could be references to some larger things or just the normandy

[mighty rampart]

like it was suggested in one of the - get this - boundary failure logs

Telamon addressing to the player directly that we might be a part of the same simulation

and of course Waking Titan also worked with the same idea

[viral yarrow]

I felt more like that because NMS is a simulation some foreign data just stumbled upon it n merged with the sim

[mighty rampart]

I feel like it implies the Atlas is a real entity which has created all these universes, including the NMS universe

[sand karma]

True there are implication of other universes / simulations and such, even our universe being one. In that regard this crossover is more a continuation of that idea, rather than something super out of left field. Though slightly out of left field anwyay since stuff HG was saying felt like the lore was changed history from the main NMS simulation.

[mighty rampart]

and the boundaries are failing so hard that other universes are folding into the game

[sand karma]

Agreed @mighty rampart

[deep parrot]

The one bad thing about this:
People are gonna be clamouring for all sorts of other crossovers.

[mighty rampart]

eh let them, HG knows better than to listen to EVERY community request

[deep parrot]

Is the "not" mistake there?

[viral yarrow]

You meanin to tell me that Fortnite will be arriving to NMS

[mighty rampart]

yes, thanks for pointing out!

[mighty rampart]

or the opposite? one of the travellers becoming a skin in that game

[deep parrot]

That Fortnite guy, Master Chief. Coming to NMS!?

||lol||

[viral yarrow]

I'm keeping this.

[sand karma]

Yeah I guess that's the one downside. Before today I wouldn't have even thought about these kinds of crossovers, but at least the team will definitely show restraint.

[mighty rampart]

Apollo or Null would fit well in a shooty game lmao

both being very violent

I keep thinking about the space encounters, they also dont fit the aesthetic of NMS just like the Normandy

[gloomy isle]

I feel like the only other likely promo crossover would be Starfield

[mighty rampart]

which begs the question of where THEY came from

[deep parrot]

People gonna be wanting their Halo crossovers now.

[mighty rampart]

couple of examples

[gloomy isle]

I kinda feel like they fit into the old anomaly aesthetic

[storm shell]

I mean a spartan suit would be cool

[deep parrot]

||Not that I would be upset if a Pelican got added to my starship collection.||

[storm shell]

Fuuuck

[uncut harness]

I’d be fine with more crossovers tbh but I might be the only one lol

[mighty rampart]

actually this is an even better example

[deep parrot]

Thing with me, is I'd prefer more direct NMS stuff, rather than crossover stuff.

[gloomy isle]

If they kept them to expeditions only that'd be fine I guess

[storm shell]

I uninsatlled all my gmod addons while reading this channel ;_;

[mighty rampart]

more than likely this is just a limited one off easter egg

[gloomy isle]

I guess we know now that expedition rewards are mostly for fun and cosmetics

[mighty rampart]

I dont really see them doing more

or if they do it would be more quiet, like a decal or bobblehead

[sand karma]

Yeah, though that was about to expected. People would've complained for ages. Hell they already are now.

[deep parrot]

I didn't see 343 letting Fortnite have Master Chief, but I guess anything is possible now...

The Normandy is a pretty handy Frigate.

Nice to not ever have to repair it.

[uncut harness]

I've always assumed Expeditions would just be fun cosmetic stuff. It would just cause problems if they added new game changing items to a limited time mode

[cloud jolt]

Friendly Reminder: Per the channel's Topic, spoilers are expected in this channel. Therefore, spoiler tags are not required.

If you need assistance with the current expedition, try to be considerate of other players and wrap your questions in other channels, including #nms-questions, with spoiler tags. Wrapping spoilers as follows:
non-spoiler text... ||spoiler text||

[deep parrot]

Golden Vector, Historiographical Dosimeter, and now the Normandy are the current list of game affecting items.

[gloomy isle]

Is there a way to summon the Normandy like in the trailer?

[undone swift]

So is the Myth Beacon used exclusively to unlock the Normandy in Exp2, or have future uses for it been hinted?

[sand karma]

The game does it the first time you get it, but you can't do it manually.

[gloomy isle]

😔

[storm shell]

Don't think so , it was on another planet tho

[gloomy isle]

Then I hope they'll use the animation for something else

[deep parrot]

Yeah, not sure why it's a multi purchase item in the quicksilver store for all users.

[mighty rampart]

nothing hinted at so far, I wouldnt be surprised if they remove the item once the expedition is over

[sand karma]

Not hinted, but you can get both it and the meter in normal mode, so it might get future use.

[mighty rampart]

but its not outside the realm of possibility

[gloomy isle]

If there's another crossover I guess they could use it

[mighty rampart]

you can use it outside of the specified location for a fun sound effect, so maybe they did it so players who accidentally use one can buy another

hence it also being really cheap

[deep parrot]

It doesn't consume though.

[gloomy isle]

You can use it over and over

[mighty rampart]

it got consumed for me

[uncut harness]

You can get S class ships and frigates besides the Golden Vector and Normandy though. And the dosimeter as far as I know doesn't do anything in other save modes

[gloomy isle]

I still have mine

[deep parrot]

Didn't for me...

[mighty rampart]

I reset my save rather than buying

[lavish marsh]

battle royale No Man's Sky 😳

let's drop tilted

[deep parrot]

Gets you an additional source of Quicksilver.

[sand karma]

It doesn't though. Doesn't work in normal at all. :3

[deep parrot]

Oh really?

[cyan mauve]

... and screws up monolith use. so, uh, how about no?

[deep parrot]

Huh.

Idk why it's crossave then. :/

[sand karma]

That was probably to make sure you didn't have to do the multiplayer missions in Expedition mode. :3

[crisp fern]

they have opened a questionable path today

[sand karma]

But the crossave part is a questionmark. 😛

[sand karma]

Ngl as soon I saw it I kinda figured you would hate it :#

[deep parrot]

The quicksilver would've made it a handy application.

[uncut harness]

It might get a use in the future but right now it doesn't do anything outside of Expeditions

[mighty rampart]

huh guess it was a bug then, now its not getting consumed

[crisp fern]

i don't hate it, but i know what it's opened them up to

[deep parrot]

Guess I'll just pick it up and shove it in my Freighter with a Myth Beacon for now...

[sand karma]

I do think we'll get a few unreasonable crossover questions

[mighty rampart]

its not really "opened" until they do it again

[sand karma]

But then again we always have unreasonable expectations anyway 😄

[crisp fern]

People are going to hammer them with crossover requests and use this as the precedent

[deep parrot]

Yep.

[mighty rampart]

I really hope they dont

[crisp fern]

You already see it in some replies to the tweet

[mighty rampart]

that would be annoying

[crisp fern]

And people have been yearning for it regardless for years now

This just kinda emboldens them I'd imagine

[sand karma]

Crossover people will become the next cloud guy I guess

[crisp fern]

Thankfully it's not so easy for HG to just go negotiate crossovers left & right

[sand karma]

But we're pretty good as a community at ignoring stuff like that 😛

[gloomy isle]

Does cloud guy still do his thing

[sand karma]

I've not seen much recently, but I might've just tuned it out :3

Was still going as of Origins launch at least

[crisp fern]

i guess you have to spam all of Sean's posts to become topic guy

[gusty berry]

it's funny how many of them we already have in SoM

[sand karma]

Like you with the timers? 😄

[tame shell]

And expedition complete!

[uncut harness]

I just finished mine right now too
That was really cool

[hybrid pendant]

wait

@tame shell how did u find the place to place the beacon

[uncut harness]

Its near the first rendezvous

[tame shell]

I heard earlier today that its close to Rendezvous 1

[uncut harness]

It should have the atlas station symbol I think

[hybrid pendant]

ok

[tame shell]

So I teleported back there, opened the galaxy map and looked for an icon (it's a golden atlas symbol)

[hybrid pendant]

ok

[crisp fern]

i dunno what SoM stands for but i definitely remember all the requests to modders that even dabbled with ship modding, so yup

[uncut harness]

So uhh my fleet is full
I assume I gotta just remove a frigate to get normandy in?

[mental socket]

ye

[prime spade]

Yup!

[timid mist]

@crisp fern yeah for me as long as this type of stuff stays attached to optional stuff like expedition rewards I'm ok with it

I was more upset when I thought it was a ship and not a frigate lol, that would've been so dumb to just see a bunch of normandys on the anomaly if I had network enabled

[crisp fern]

tho someone's definitely gonna mod their entire frigate fleet to be Normandys now

but is whatever, I just hope this doesn't pave the way for even more crossover stuff

[uncut harness]

Uuuh well hopefuly they dont do more crossovers or at least some light ones like this

Like some Halo multitool or Dead Space but yeah we have way too much crossovers in other games lol

[mighty rampart]

can it cross over to the other side /s

[idle jay]

Imagine if it became like that one Fortnite season when everything crossed over

[crisp fern]

NMS becomes scifi Disney Infinity minus the toys

[sand karma]

😄

[mental socket]

NMS & minecraft crossover when

[prime spade]

Minecraft landscape, meet my S-class geology cannon...

"Blowing up trees gives me wood"

(At least it could try and pass for a boundary corruption world, we've seen weirder environments)

[pallid coyote]

That end of Expedition reward though... I was NOT expecting that

[mental socket]

I wasn't expecting such a scripted event at all

the most I expected was some new lore text and spooky music

[hybrid pendant]

but we got this

i like the style of the normandy

i wished it wasnt the SR1 its too small

[sand karma]

It does fit better among the Frigates this way though

I'm curious what'll happen if you send it on a mission it isn't qualified for

Since it (probably) can't get damaged

[halcyon pebble]

Agreed

[sand karma]

There is a tiny detail

When you connect to the ship

After sending it out

[hybrid pendant]

they put new sounds for some stuff

like when open galactic map or when u open photo mode

the SR2 bigger and i think looks better

[sand karma]

Rather than connecting to a captain, you connect to the VI

It's a tiny detail, but I really like it

[mighty rampart]

just them being lazy to add a crew member /s

[sand karma]

It's more work than they usually do

I expected to just talk to randomly generated captain as per usual 😄

[hybrid pendant]

nah

its not being lazy it fits the lore of mass effect

the SR1 as an IA in it that can control the ship

SR2 looks better i think

[sand karma]

That too ☝️

[hybrid pendant]

but people always prefer say its lazyness and because dev didnt wanted to put time soo we go straight to lazy

[sand karma]

It also makes me curious if there is a mission failed message though, I've send it on a really long 3 star mission by itself, so we'll see

There was like an extra item indicated on it too right? A stealth something. So that might be how they explain away it not breaking.

Which I'm up for 😛

[deep parrot]

Would be crazy if it could solo 5* missions.

Just because it can't break.

That'd make it a serious advantage item.

[hybrid pendant]

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite ship in No Man's Sky.

[candid orbit]

Is anyone not getting the milestone to pop when buying the myth beacon?

[halcyon pebble]

oh that would be op

is it truly invincible because that might be to strong

[deep parrot]

Maybe it has a special interaction where "The Normandy was detected and can no longer continue the mission. Recalling to base."

Instead of getting damaged it just gets detected, which makes it fail as a stealth recon ship.

Maybe.

[halcyon pebble]

That would make it decently good

[pallid coyote]

I'm a little confused. I have completed every mission and claimed all rewards, but i can't get the helmet and armor decals on other saves or the expedition save. Do those only become active after the event?

[halcyon pebble]

I like it but it just feels odd to me

[halcyon pebble]

Maybe?

[mighty rampart]

the /s means sarcasm, as in when I'm not being serious in what I said and rather mocking the people who said that for real

[pallid coyote]

I can claim the normandy and the banner decals, but thats it

[mighty rampart]

there's no helmet and armor for this expedition

[halcyon pebble]

I figured as much

[mighty rampart]

these are all the items you can receive

[prime urchin]

I had planned an evening of NMS in VR, but now, not so much - just the idea that I could bump into this thing has somewhat broken the immersion - I hope they don't make a habit of this

[cursive marsh]

The helmet was phase 3 reward. Armor phase 4 I think. But it's recycled. So you may already have it from quicksilver

[halcyon pebble]

I dont think it is something that is neat but I agree i feel like that if they continue doing crossovers it could ruin the game

I feel like more ships this style could make it more balanced

[pallid coyote]

I figured out what it was. It was just unlocking those specific cosmetic items that require quicksilver

[cursive marsh]

Yea

If you already obtained them a while back via quicksilver.

I'm still new to the game. So the helmet and armor were brand new for me.

[pallid coyote]

Wait, do quicksilver items carry over across saves? or are they per save?

[prime urchin]

This provoked my second negative response to a Sean tweet in 5 years: In this case it was '🙄 '

[cursive marsh]

It should be account wide for rewards

[mighty rampart]

unfortunately, per save

[pallid coyote]

The quicksilver specific items are per save

[cursive marsh]

Oh quicksilver specific

[halcyon pebble]

Yes they are persave

[pallid coyote]

yeah, I just checked, lol.

Ah well, still, that was a fun one

[cursive marsh]

So it's only the final reward

That stinks

[mighty rampart]

they really need to fix this, its not fun trying to get all the items again

[pallid coyote]

The ONLY thing I'm curious about is why we can still buy the Myth beacon...

[cursive marsh]

It's all Greek to me. Or in this case it's all Gek to me.

[cursive kernel]

Because its for future encounters with new entities 🗿

[pallid coyote]

interesting

[cursive kernel]

Like powerful entities

Idk I'm just pulling that out of my ass

[halcyon pebble]

Ooh new entities would be cool

[cursive marsh]

Powerful new entities like the reapers?

[halcyon pebble]

Abyss and stuff

new enemies

[hybrid pendant]

we will see in a week if we get new lore about that

lets wait and see

[mighty rampart]

why did the logo get inverted wtf

[compact coyote]

Wait what

[halcyon pebble]

yeah im confused

[compact coyote]

Hmmm something fishy

[quick summit]

Wait what so phase 5 is unlocked?