nms-expedition

[pine relic]

also a few ship weapon mods

phase beams I think?

[meager scroll]

🤷‍♂️

[wraith junco]

Instaled Tech should have description what you will get from dismantle

[finite rover]

yeah but it's expensive to gamble atm :)

[pine relic]

this time around I got my cadmium by mining, like a peasant...

[finite rover]

hahahaha :)

does putting the base tech on a supercharge box do anything?

[pine relic]

didn't have enough spare nanites to do it the cheeky way

[finite rover]

whoa! yes it does!

[wraith junco]

Mining is not bad. You can make chromatic metal from Leftovers

[pine relic]

supercharges it... the actual effect can range from 'none' to 'amazing' depending on the tech in question

[finite rover]

my damage potential went from 2k to 3.5k

[pine relic]

for hyperdrives for example, putting even just the base hyperdrive on a SC slot should get you +100 range and a bit of fuel efficiency

[finite rover]

wow. tech packages sell for snot-all

[pine relic]

if you packaged them yourself yeah, that seems to be the case

they only pay a premium for brand new, fresh out of the memory-box tech packages

tho if you have a crapton of spare carbon you can get 15 nanites per packaging of analysis visor

takes forever but its the best conversion rate of carbon-to-nanites lol

[finite rover]

phase beam gives out 125 admium. engines, 75.

[pine relic]

plenty really, considering you get like 1000 activated emeril from some milestone... so chromatic to multiply it is not a problem

[indigo falcon]

pretty amusing to low fly over sentinel facilities after having turned them off on the planet, and watch the little poof clouds and see barrels drop from above

[pine relic]

yeah

[finite rover]

truth :)

well. that was a lot of nanites spent. I think I blew around 7k.

and crash.

[indigo falcon]

ouch

[finite rover]

here's hoping autosave saves the day

[indigo falcon]

crossing fingers on your behalf

[finite rover]

woo. saved at just before the crash

boring! no fauna!

[indigo falcon]

good save! also lol

are you in anchor 2?

[finite rover]

yeah

[indigo falcon]

no fauna for you! 😛

[finite rover]

a2 is far from the approx loc :(

[indigo falcon]

how's yer launch fuel? 😛

[finite rover]

81% :)

I wish I could make my belt green. would help with the xmas look.

stupid sentinels :(

[indigo falcon]

ok this is so unique I gotta take a screens hot

abandoned building merged with monolith

[finite rover]

interesting

[indigo falcon]

knowledge stone right inside the building, part of the monolith too, I can half hear the music

and both of them are merged into a cave's entrance too 😄

[finite rover]

I don't think it's possible to build a base at A2 :(

[indigo falcon]

build near it

[finite rover]

or near

had to go 300u

[indigo falcon]

good enough, mark the direction so if you wind up coming back you know which way to go

[finite rover]

yeah. did. very descriptive: "A2 N" :)

was being blasted by sentinels at the time so thoughts were elsewhere :)

[indigo falcon]

I am sure they were!

[finite rover]

errr do I need to care about the 4 corrupt sentinels?

[indigo falcon]

at a grave?

run away

I mean kill 'em if you want but no need to

[finite rover]

ok. I did. it's still telling me about them.

[indigo falcon]

ignore

[finite rover]

ok

[finite rover]

THERE. I decided to make A2 my stand against the Sentinel horde. DOWN WITH THEM!

[wraith junco]

Corrupt sentinels need update. They dont do much. Even at settlement where sentinel raids should be a feature they dont do anything

Anyone remembers old leviathan exp starting system name?

[pine relic]

that might be a bug in your game / platform specifically because in my settlements they're very aggro

[finite rover]

calm as a slightly deranged kitten for me

[lusty slate]

Pffft. Was expecting another long trek like to A3 and A4, but A4 to A5 is only two jumps. Well, that and a memory frag mod that added 76 lightyears.

[indigo falcon]

Rowland-Desk

I keep copious notes 🙂

[wraith junco]

Thx a lot

[finite rover]

A2 doesn't have a working space station does it?

[pine relic]

abandoned station, still has a teleporter

no npcs tho

[finite rover]

yeah. cool

pretty sure I landed there.

yup did. sweet.

[cobalt tide]

So do I have to buy the emerald drive plans to get to waypoint 2 system

[lusty slate]

So on Switch, there's this occasional annoying thing where the online discoveries connection randomly switches off (dunno if this happens on other consoles). Not that big an issue, you can press a button to reconnect it at a teleporter.

Now I found a use for it, tho. I left it disconnected while doing A3 and A4. Blessed silence. No comm ball forest or bases uploaded by jerks.

[cobalt tide]

Awesome idea

[lusty slate]

There's various ways to get the nanites. I think farming frags from Polo is the quickest and safest.

(I scanned all the creatures in the starter world for 2750. Don't really recommend, tho. Took forever to get the rare underwater to spawn + constant toxic damage)

[vivid rapids]

I’m one jump away from reaching the 5th anchor point but I have found zero aggressive animals. Did I miss something?

[lusty slate]

There's one on the starter planet that's easy to adopt. It's a predator, but it won't aggro on you. Check the pins for a picture.

[vivid rapids]

Really? Didn’t know there could be aggressive ones that wouldn’t attack players

Thanks, I’ll warp back.

[cobalt tide]

I sold pre packaged tech units got the drives and emergency drive. Since I am using my switch s class ship I already had a working hyperdrive and good weapons.

[cobalt tide]

It has 2 humps and a weird face look at what they eat it eats organs

[lusty slate]

Nice. I hate the look of the Switch ship and avoid using it. Probably should start using it for expeditions, but I've been fine so far. 😛

[cobalt tide]

Off to get storm crystals now

[vivid rapids]

Found it, cheers

[vivid rapids]

What’s the best place go get those? Thats the other thing I still need.

[sudden anchor]

Planets with extreme weather

And then once it says say warning fire storm or radiation storm you go out and scan for storm crystals

[lusty slate]

Check the first pin, there's a location for them there. I lucked out and found one by chance trekking to A2, but I don't have the base uploaded.

[fleet hollow]

finally done! this one was brutal!

[cobalt tide]

I used the pinned post and the oglech system right by the pirate system

[vivid rapids]

Ah nice thanks!

Realised I also still needed the smuggling one. So I teleported to Denayanov and was looking in the galaxy view for like 10 minutes and still couldnt find the system mentioned in the post. Then I got raided by the worst pirate attack ever, those guys were so fast I couldn’t lock on for even half a second. Nearly died there, could just escape into a space station in time.

[warm frigate]

I can’t find any aggressive fauna bruhhh

[lusty slate]

Scroll up a little.

[warm frigate]

How do I get back to the starter system lol

[candid token]

You warp there

[lusty slate]

Space station teleporters.

[warm frigate]

I know that, I don’t think I went to the space station

[candid token]

Rip. Other than that. You can warp in your ship back there.

[lusty slate]

Warp to the earliest anchor system station to you have and then ship warp back.

[candid token]

Yeah good idea

[warm frigate]

Nvm I think my freighter is there still. Maybe

[lusty slate]

Heads up: looks like the first community milestone has been reached. 🙂

[rough igloo]

uh... 2nd anchor is inside the planet. i can't get to it. any one else encounter?

[vivid rapids]

Try to approach the waypoint from straight above in space

[lusty slate]

Is a base called Anchor 2 Lookout around there?

[indigo falcon]

indeed tier one (optional milestone one) is complete! all new or as yet unopened memory fragments will be B class, and people who spawn in or respawn in now will get B class ship and mt.

[rough igloo]

nope. i don't see it

[lusty slate]

And the reward is a bunch of extra inventory. Sweet.

[lusty slate]

Darn. The planet has a lot of mountains and the anchor point is in a low valley. That's why it's reading weird.

Land as close to the marker as you can. Carefully creep around (aggressive Sentinels) until the target sweep gives you a lock.

[warm frigate]

Oh nvm I guess I did have the starter system warp

[rough igloo]

maybe. when i land i don't even get any distance reading om my visor and when i look straight down, the marker disappears

[rough igloo]

i disabled sentinels with pillar so at least that's not a worry

[lusty slate]

Even if it's not showing distance, target sweep should still indicate direction. Head there until you get a distance reading.

[rough igloo]

i'll try

[lusty slate]

A2 is especially tricky. The others are much easier.

[vital solar]

quick question - do the biological horrors/worms/etc only pop up after memory resonator graves or do they at anchor points as well?

[vivid rapids]

It gave me 3x multi tool which is already maxed out T_T

[lusty slate]

Ouch, bad luck. Yeah, I have spares ditched in my freighter too.

[patent canyon]

I have just encountered a 💩 game breaking 🐛 - if I have started installing hyperdrive in a tech slot of my spaceship, I can't install there the pre-packaged one, nor cancel the installation of the hyperdrive with the missing components due the game falsely telling me that the tech is already installed.

[indigo falcon]

the graves are where you need to be extra alert.

[vivid rapids]

This run i have particularly bad rolls on the inventory. First three anchor points I was running around with a maxed out multitool and some ship, but zero upgrades for my suit. That was annoying.

[indigo falcon]

what components are you missing?

[patent canyon]

Copper.

[indigo falcon]

chromatic metal?

[patent canyon]

Probably. I don't remember what components are required by hyperdrive.

But I don't need them as I have already pre-packaged module from expedition rewards.

But the 💩 game doesn't allow me to cancel installation of it and install the pre-packaged one already.

And I see that there is no save editor for Waypoints.

[indigo falcon]

nope, you'll have to get chromatic metal, any stellar metal can be refined to it, ro you can probably buy it at the space station in the starter system, I'll check, gimme a few minutes

it's not going to be game breaking though, we can work around it

[patent canyon]

I am going to try a save editor with backup save in case that anything goes wrong. As I won't be wasting time by collecting resources when I can already install pre-packaged module.

(I need to uninstall the half-installed hyperdrive module.)

[indigo falcon]

the starter system space station sells chrom metal in the back room if you decide to go that route

[patent canyon]

Nice. I did notice that they don't sell Cobalt though.

[indigo falcon]

they have ionised, you can refine that back to regular.

[vivid rapids]

Is there any way to prevent the pirate raids when I’m in the galaxy view? This is the second time I got in a nasty battle where I nearly died. Ran through of all my shield recharge mats now just to try to find the star system mentioned in the storm crystals sticky post.

[indigo falcon]

oh hm maybe on the spawn in settings they don't, let me check that

[vivid rapids]

Also how can I make it more easy to find those star systems lol. Part of the issue is that I’m just panning around for 15 minutes and I just can’t find the system with the name Kolars.

[indigo falcon]

see if the system is in your discoveries tab; you often get a bunch of extra systems that other players have seen even though you've not been there. if it's there, you can follow the instructions to set a custom waypoint.

[patent canyon]

Maybe turn off multiplayer, if Galaxy map pauses the game in single player?

[indigo falcon]

hm chrom metal there, isonised cobalt not, I'll check npcs

hm this npc has tritium, copper (!), dioxite (good for life support recharge), no cobalt though, must be a side effect of "goods availability" set to scarce

[lusty slate]

How difficult is the derelict at the A5 system? I just want to clear this quickly and not mess with portals. I have a lot of ion/life support batteries.

[indigo falcon]

I don't know if that's the nests only one or not

[candid token]

Its not the exact same for each player. Who knows which derelict freighter you will encounter

[indigo falcon]

systemm derelicts always have the same hostiles

the loot will differ however

[candid token]

Really? In system 1 I encountered alien infestation. And ended up dying when I replayed in system one it was a different freighter.

With robots and turrets

[indigo falcon]

it's always worked this way

including on expeditions, even this one

[candid token]

Weird.

[indigo falcon]

indeed

[candid token]

Man with things like this it's hard to say if it's a switch thing, or a bug, or If I'm just stupid. Hard to tell.

[indigo falcon]

doubt it's you

this is why people post found derelicts on reddit, soo everyone can run them and get the benefit

sounds like something buggy

[candid token]

Yeah. Or could it be based on the planet you reload from or something? On my first expedition I was trying to go fast, made it to rendezvous 1 and used the thing, and busted open an alien sack by mistake and it had 15 aliens in it....
On my second run I was trying to be very careful and take my time, made it to rendezvous 1 and got the thing again and thought about waiting to use it, but needed that somnal dust so I got some better weapons + a frost shield and then went in but it was a different derelict

[indigo falcon]

no, the planet doesn't affect it (normally), it's literally the system derelict, with a fixed layout and the same hostiles, but random loot

there's not multiple like mt pools

[vivid rapids]

This is the way, lol. I have like 30 pages of systems in the discovery tab, found it there and made a waypoint. This makes it so much easier, spent so much time panning around in the galaxy view with no success.

[vivid rapids]

I think it does, I’ll try that next time I need the game to leave me alone in galaxy view.

[vital solar]

for the reward for "to crave the stars," is it the entire portal glyph set or only part of it?

[indigo falcon]

the whole set

[lusty slate]

Oh, nevermind. Since I haven't died since the first mandatory one, I had enough horded resources to activate the portal easily for the pinned derelict. Just needed to farm a little more di-hydrogen.

[vital solar]

got it

so i'm probably gonna head to anchor point 2 and then just get the glyph set and warp to the next anchor points via portal

[indigo falcon]

you can do that, as long as you stock up on the portal charging resources, don't forget to put base computers down at/near each one!

[digital thistle]

So I finished the expedition But missed the optional missions because I don't know how - I'm told it is a community thing ?

[indigo falcon]

you didn't "miss" them

like unlocking quicksilver items, everyone contributes, you already did 🙂

the first one was reached a little earlier this evening

4 to go!

[digital thistle]

Oooh ! Thank you. 😄

[plucky bone]

should i complete the atlas quest off rip? meandering around with 30 million atm and every time I reach a new system I want to chill but understand it doesn't work like that. How and when do I have the ability to begin these others endeavors that the game has to offer?

I refuse to let burn out kick in lol

[indigo falcon]

you can do the atlas path now if you like, or at least start it (each step requires you to have a certain number of milestones)

likewise dreams of the deep, and the settlers, are ones you can do

[plucky bone]

appreciate you

[indigo falcon]

and at some point 'under a rebel star'

you cannot do the main storyline yet, you'll need to wait until the expedition ends for that.

[plucky bone]

I just find myself questioning where and what to attempt next

perfect, that rebel star mission has been there for some time now but every system I go to it seems to get farther away lol...I think I just need to focus on one questline at a time

[indigo falcon]

when you select a mission don't forget to check whether there is a button on the bottom 'reset to use nearby structures', if there is, you will need to click that or warp an absurdly long time

[plucky bone]

YES. I noticed that with the initial Tethys gathering mission in Nexus. A more linear system for mission/quest completion that I mistakenly went off and did some random stuff

I just get so overwhlmed and lost with all the requests from my base/freighter mates lmao

[ashen shore]

Noooo this expedition is so annoyingggg

Where can i get ansectral memories and somnal dust?

[indigo falcon]

the memories you get fromharvesting them from creatures you have fed

just like milk or eggs or whatever

[ashen shore]

There is like spesific creatures?

[indigo falcon]

any creature you can interact with

[ashen shore]

Oh thx

[indigo falcon]

flyers and fish, no. diggers, no. most everything else.

[ashen shore]

And how do i get somnal dust?

[indigo falcon]

from derelict freighters, you are given an emergency signal scanner from a milestone, use that to encounter a derelict

you loot all the containers and shoot any slime mould you see (not "nests"!), you'll get plenty

[lusty slate]

||You don't even need the emergency signal if you do the expedition required one. It gave me plenty of dust||

For Polo's milestones, just pick the easiest one to farm and get enough to turn it in 5 times. Somnal dust is only absolutely required for one specific recipe.

[ashen shore]

Just checking, I’m able to give the dust to polo and convert it into nanites right? I’m getting really tired of this expidition

[indigo falcon]

but... if you do an "easy" derelict then you can really rake in the signal scanners plus the loot, Polo gives you a free one for every batch of somnal you turn in

if it's beacoming a drag, I would take a break for a bit

[lusty slate]

Ah, point.

[indigo falcon]

you want to enjoy the game, not be irritated at it for long chunks of time

[lusty slate]

I preferred to solar ray blast all non essential deposits I found and just used that to give Polo. But everyone's different.

[indigo falcon]

I think I fed a lot of creatures on my time through

drop one pellet, harvest a bunch, duck in a building if hazard went down too far, etc

[lusty slate]

Lol, spending all that time scanning all the starter planet creatures for nanites killed any desire to chase after critters any more. Solar blasting it was.

[ashen shore]

Hard to do when the missions range from being. Easy to stopping me in my tracks for ages lol

[indigo falcon]

when it gets too grindy/tedious, take a break, come back refreshed, it's what I do anyways

[lusty slate]

Yeah, that's why I'm finishing just now. I had to rest the game for the day after anchor 2.

Love how the required derelict still gives you a security clearance you can't use.

[indigo falcon]

save as a memento or toss, depending on your hoarding tendencies 😛

[lusty slate]

Yeah, it's just going to rot in freighter storage like everything else. 😛

[indigo falcon]

there are players here with thalium tucked away I am sure

[warm frigate]

Anchor point 4 doesn’t show up on my galactic map for some reason

[indigo falcon]

you have that milestone selected?

[warm frigate]

Nvm it’s just far away because I went back to the starting system

[indigo falcon]

ah 🙂

[lusty slate]

Had to look that up. Legacy resource?

[indigo falcon]

ayup!

[lusty slate]

Oh, typical. When I first found and marked this storm crystal planet, it was in the middle of a storm and I had little haz protection to stay long.

Now that I'm back with insurance, it's been clear for the past ten minutes. 😛

[indigo falcon]

take pics! scan fauna! 😛

[lusty slate]

....chill in my ship and browse my phone. 😛

[indigo falcon]

lolol

[ashen shore]

Need some serious help

I’m out of life support

No o2

And my shields are down

Idk what to do

[indigo falcon]

got dioxite around?

[ashen shore]

Yeah

I was lucky enough to find some

Survived by the skin of my teeth

[indigo falcon]

whew!

(sorry, had to step away for cat-household things)

[ashen shore]

Haha it’s cool

Yeah I was freaking out

[iron radish]

space station

[ashen shore]

Literally travelling around in my ship at minimum speed looking for the plants

Didn’t help

[iron radish]

you can buy di-hydrogen jelly there

and with some carbon you can make life support modules

[ashen shore]

Didn’t have any carbon either

[indigo falcon]

can buy dioxite too

[ashen shore]

I was totally stuck

[ashen shore]

Must have missed that then

[indigo falcon]

strafe the planet for carbon

[iron radish]

is it 1 dioxite for a full shield restore

[ashen shore]

Lol

[indigo falcon]

no, it's like 100

but who cares, the point is to stay alive long enough to get back to normal

[ashen shore]

Anyway, back to the regularly scheduled program of slowly trying to get enough nanites for thr emeril drive

I swear if I end up needing indium too at some point imma cry

[indigo falcon]

you could feed animals or mine stuff with the solar ray, turn in to polo, get memory fragments

unpack them, sell off the dumb stuff

you don't need indium for anything, nope! rest easy

[ashen shore]

Oh thank god

I’ll go get solar ray stuff

How do I sell the things I unpack?

Wouldn’t that just give me units

As I have a few eco craft ones on me rn

[barren compass]

Any station and over at the vendors for the modules

[indigo falcon]

sell to a tech vendor at a space station

[ashen shore]

Kk

[indigo falcon]

it will give you the "purchase" option, click that

[ashen shore]

Just neee 200 more + the materials

[indigo falcon]

once in that dialogue there's the choice to sell, click that, sell, make tasty tasty nanites!

[ashen shore]

It’s funny, as soon as I get the hyperdrive I recon j can do the rest of the expidition today

As I’ve already done a fair chunk of thr later tasks

[indigo falcon]

ice

er, "nice" 😄

[ashen shore]

😆

[indigo falcon]

well no need to rush it, when it's done then it's done and then what? 😛

anyways, have a good time!

[twilit lintel]

I end the expedition and send me to saves and it say conecting to what ?

[ashen shore]

I have a HUGE list of things to do

Only doing the expidition for space whale

[indigo falcon]

it just says "connecting..." and hangs there?

[rare raft]

its not a bad idea to scan all the critters on a planet for the nanites, then if you die somehow, you still keep the scan data, and can immediately claim the nanites again

[indigo falcon]

yep, if you wind up on a world without the rare underground/underwater ones, it's a grand idea

[twilit lintel]

yes

[indigo falcon]

I would try to quit the game (force quit if needed), then restart

[lusty slate]

I have to say, ya'll are tied with Animal Crossing and Dragon Quest for literally nicest gaming community I've interacted with. 🙂

[ashen shore]

There we go! I’m now in anchor point 2s system!!!

I’m gonna stop complaining now lol

[indigo falcon]

you made it in, woo hoo!

go go go!

(and put down a base computer!!!)

[twilit lintel]

Thank you, it worked 👍

[warm frigate]

I think my game is glitched

I’m doing the mission where you have to pulse into space and find a derelict freighter but it just doesn’t show up

[indigo falcon]

let's see that's phase 5, right?

[warm frigate]

Yes

[indigo falcon]

and you did the earlier phase 5milestones I guess, by virtue of that being decrypted

[warm frigate]

A few times it shows on the screen “exit pulse to locate freighter” or something like that, but when I exit, nothing appears

[warm frigate]

Yes it did

[indigo falcon]

you with multiplayer enabled by any chance?

[warm frigate]

Show I go to a different system?

[warm frigate]

I don’t think so

[indigo falcon]

check please

[warm frigate]

Oh it was enabled lemme try again

K I reloaded in single player

Still doesn’t work

[indigo falcon]

try going to another system, save-exit-reload, deselect mission, reselect it, then try again

let's see what happens

[warm frigate]

Aight

This is one of the most annoying things that has happened to me in this game

[indigo falcon]

I can well imagine

[misty rivet]

How do I complete the face your ghost part ?

[indigo falcon]

which phase is that please?

[misty rivet]

First

[warm frigate]

Thank god

It finally worked

[indigo falcon]

what does the description say? that's not the name of any of the milestones so I'm having trouble matching it up

[warm frigate]

Thanks aspergos 👍

[indigo falcon]

glad you got it going, whew!

[misty rivet]

Reveal memory hotspots within loop

[indigo falcon]

did you already go to anchor point one or is this before that?

[misty rivet]

Yea my game bugged and now its in a different system

Do I have to restart

[indigo falcon]

no you don't need to restart

if you went to anchor point one already then it must be the uh

[iron radish]

does the expedition not count storm crystals from di hydrogen crystal chunks?

[indigo falcon]

Wake the Past - construct the memory resonator

this one?

unless you mean the optional milestone??

[indigo falcon]

it does not. you must get them from a storm directly

[iron radish]

absolute bullshit

[misty rivet]

Yea it's after getting the resonator

[indigo falcon]

the optional milestones are community milestones. you do them together, all the players, like unlocking quicksilver items. every player's gifts to Polo contribute a little

[misty rivet]

But now my quest is in a different system after I bugged out and tells me to go to a system near the first one we start in

[ashen shore]

Woah anchor point 2 is a tough planet!!

[indigo falcon]

Cycle Observed <-- this one, the first one, it's complete now, the first optional

[ashen shore]

I ended up spending the entire time underground

[misty rivet]

It's not a optional one

Guess I'll just restart fuck so much time wasted

[indigo falcon]

then it's the wake your past one, construct the memory resonator

[misty rivet]

I did already

I'm stuck on part after

[indigo falcon]

you mean using it?

the resonator

[misty rivet]

Ok obviously duh 🙄 it's not working

[indigo falcon]

you need to be on anchor point 1

go there, use it

[misty rivet]

Yea my quest marker bugged took me to different system

[indigo falcon]

go back to anchor 1, save-exit-reload, use it there

um you might have to deselect-reselect mission before trying to use

[rare raft]

location is in pinned comments. i did same thing, completed quest out of order, and it was trying to take me to anchor2 instead

had to backtrack to anchor 1 to use the item

[misty rivet]

Nope it took me to a system next to the start of expo

[rare raft]

use the system + coords in the pinned, worked for me

[indigo falcon]

this is not to get to anchor point 1, it's just to find the grave after that

[lusty slate]

Annnnnd another down!

[rare raft]

yeah, you have to use resonater at the anchor point, and it reveals grave on same planet

i got to anchor point, and wandered off before doing the grave, and had to backtrack quite a bit to go get it

[vivid rapids]

Gottem! Took me longer than I planned but finally got the space whale.

[warm frigate]

I’m done too

Thank god

[lusty slate]

Reaching and clearing anchor 2 was definitely the hardest thing. It was a breeze after that.

And I noticed the anchor location pin has now been fixed. 😛

[warm frigate]

That’s all 4 expeditions done!

Thanks goodness. I need a break.

If they ever rerun the first 4, I hope it’s in the distant future

If I have to do any more anytime soon I might disintegrate

[indigo falcon]

yep, someome double checked it and fixed it up

[lusty slate]

I'm trying to decide which gave me the biggest heart attack: that or nearly dying warping into my A2 base and reloading a restore save in the nick of time.

[warm frigate]

Thankfully I already did polestar

[lusty slate]

Now. To spend this 6000 quicksilver....

[indigo falcon]

remember you can claim non consumables on other saves

[lusty slate]

Yup yup, I unlocked the Vy'keen armor and a helm with Blighted's QS.

[indigo falcon]

nice!

[lusty slate]

Why do I feel that Polestar is going to be a bit anticlimactic after this one lol.

[indigo falcon]

it will be a nice relaxing one in comparison

it was meant to introduce everyone to the new freighter content

[lusty slate]

At the same time: thanks for the challenge, HG, but please don't do this again. 😛

Also, the Didn't Die After the Mandatory Death But Did Shamelessly Cheese One club.

[indigo falcon]

let's hear all about the cheese! who doesn't love a good cheese

okey dokey, I'm outta here yet again, 'night, wishing you all holiday cheer!

[iron radish]

can someone help me with getting storm crystals

most bullshit thing ever

[vivid rapids]

This expedition didn’t reward 6000 quicksiver right?

[lusty slate]

I'm on Switch. We don't have capes, so HG has been compensating Switch players with extra QS.

[vivid rapids]

What are you having trouble with? Finding a planet with storm crystals or gathering them?

[vivid rapids]

Nice, I’d take that option on ps5 too if I could 😆

[lusty slate]

Switch doesn't have: capes, Nexus missions, active multiplayer (but we can visit bases and upload discoveries) or settlements.

Everything else is identical though.

[lusty slate]

There are planets with storm crystal environments in one of the pins.

[iron radish]

gathering them

[lusty slate]

They only appear during storms. Make sure you have decent thermal protection and wait for a storm to come. Turn on your analysis visor and look for the lighting bolt symbol.

[iron radish]

I have bro

I’ve been doing that

they will not come up

I’m even on a planet with an activated element

[lusty slate]

Hmm. Maybe fly to another part of the planet and try again.

[vestal spruce]

In Leviathan all progress is lost when dying? Or is it only partially lost when researching a loop is successfull?

[mighty widget]

breh i used the death mission with the respawn anchor and i respawned 14 hrs from my ship how can i fix this

[lusty slate]

Almost all progression, yes. The only things that survive the wipe are bases you made and what you scanned.

Milestones, inventory, etc is all wiped.

Further info:
#nms-expedition message

[mighty widget]

i thought milestones were saved rip

what about if i save, leave and rejoin

[lusty slate]

A few specific milestones can be claimed immediately in further runs after the first time. But just those.

That's why it's highly recommended to drop bases at anything useful (anchor points, storm crystal planets, etc) so you can quickly get your progress back if you die.

[ocean gorge]

Game action should pause when you’re in inventory crafting. I mean really

[lusty slate]

If your referring to the optional community milestones, those just affect the quality of gear from the memory frag drops and the starter ship, etc you start with.

[lusty slate]

Just if you die. If you're alive, saving and reloading works as normal.

[rare raft]

not all planets with activated elements have storm crystals, or even ones that have lightning storms don't even have them. just gotta wait for the storm to hit to see them active.

[ocean gorge]

The planet must have activated elements, which means it has extreme weather, to potentially indicate it is a candidate for having storm crystals. But it’s not a guarantee. Just means it’s a possibility I think.

[rare raft]

yaya. they can only appear on a planet with activated elements

easy to narrow down search just by looking for those, but still might take a try or 4

[ocean gorge]

Once you land you can usually tell, because theres non-scannable features that become the storm crystals when an extreme storm spawns

[lusty slate]

I'll hop back on and give info on the planet I used. It's not one in the pins. Found it by chance trekking between A1 and A2.

[rare raft]

I have

213LY from anchor4, but high risk, the enviroment is brutal. drains shields fast. in this system. where i scooped mine on way from 3->4

[ocean gorge]

Storm crystals usually look like this when they’re inactive (not during a storm)

[iron radish]

so i just wait

[rare raft]

yeah, will see lightning bolt icons with visor scan, during active storm. they highlight

or look for zeus punishing some local rocks, pretty obvious to spot them without a scan

[lusty slate]

Here's mine. 126 LY from Anchor 1. Scorched, so bring thermal protection + resources.

It was enroute to anchor 2.

[iron radish]

is it visible on a minotaur

[vivid rapids]

Playing on my main now and found one of those expedition fragments in my inventory. Do they drop in normal game too now?

[rare raft]

yeah, can see the lightning strikes clearly, can always pop out, scan and tag it, then go back into minotaur

[lusty slate]

I didn't discover it, but there weren't any uploaded bases on it when I warped there.

[vital solar]

including space stations you visited?

[lusty slate]

I'm logging in to my main now
I'll keep an eye out.

[rare raft]

do you need solar+battery for base teleporters on death?

i only have biofuel gens, and am wondering if the fuel will poof on rebirth

[ocean gorge]

How are we supposed to get to the memory place on the aggressive sentinels A2 planet. They won’t leave you alone. I’m not interested in dying, nor am I interested in flying out into space every time they go into horde mode on me, so what’s the strategy

[rare raft]

pretty sure someone built a pillar base for a2 and uploaded it, i flew there first

i built one on a3, but forget if they are aggro or not

[lusty slate]

A2 is the only aggro anchor.

[ocean gorge]

If they’re aggressive, do you have to fight the 5 waves before you can shut it down? Or can you still just approach it and shut it down

[rare raft]

just beeline for the terminal, no fighting

[ocean gorge]

Still say this expedition is way more difficult than necessary. Sigh

[lusty slate]

Definitely do that, then go to the grave. I did it the hard way, don't recommend.

Creep, get detected, swear, run, get my bearings back. Rinse, repeat. 😛

[ocean gorge]

Yeah, not really interested in trying to dig tunnels all over the planet. Where I landed before they started swarming, I was over 800u from the site. That’s a long way to deal with aggro sentinels

[rare raft]

oh, dont even land at the 'suggested' place, just look for communication beacons

they will be nearby and littering the anchor site, land there

[lusty slate]

Clearing anchor 2 is the hardest part. The other three were way easier. And no aggro pissy bots.

[ocean gorge]

Yay, found a base right on a pillar for A2. Just run inside and there’s rooms all around the pillar xD
Very nice

[rare raft]

oh musta finished it, was mostly just rando walls when i was there

[lusty slate]

Also, get your ship next to the grave before you interact with it. Then you can hop in and yeet away from whatever pops out.

[ocean gorge]

Do we need to keep this Faecium and Wild milk for anything? I can’t tell that we do

[lusty slate]

Nope. It rotted in my freighter storage the whole time.

[rare raft]

wild milk is good to drink to restore life supp.

[iron radish]

any ones near the 5th anchor point system

[rare raft]

didnt use faecium yet so far, and am deep

i am on the a5 planet atm

[rare raft]

^

[ocean gorge]

Yeah but we get life gels for life support, and I haven’t even used mine yet

[iron radish]

which system

[rare raft]

Hantury VIII

[lusty slate]

I'm guessing the planet were on didn't have crystals?

[oblique wharf]

How to I get to anchor 2? It says I need emerill drive, how do I get that?

[dawn axle]

loads of nanites i think

[ocean gorge]

They really should’ve given us the emeril drive, or not chosen a green star, sucks that they did it that way

[oblique wharf]

Dam really? I only have 200 not sure how to get more

[ocean gorge]

You kinda have to sacrifice some of the tech you’re given and sell it for nanites

[dawn axle]

like the exocraft ones

[ocean gorge]

Because you need 500 nanites for the cadmium, and 1200 for the emeril, iirc

Or something close to that

[oblique wharf]

Do you mean the memory fragments? Idk if I got other tech rewards

[ocean gorge]

Yeah when you open your fragments they give you tech and as long as you don’t choose the install option they are worth a varying amount of nanites, C class usually 60 I think, the higher ones can be worth up to 300 or maybe more, I can’t remember

[oblique wharf]

Wow that’s so annoying. Thanks for your guys help

[pine relic]

480 for any pre-packaged tech from memories

way better than modules

[ocean gorge]

Yes it’s very annoying

[vivid rapids]

I raided a couple of abandoned buildings for the nanites, there are many marked with bases in the teleporter because you also need them for a milestone

[shy dagger]

question

[shy dagger]

if i use the portal to get to the center of the galaxy before i complete the expedition

do i get the perma death trophy

@pine relic

[pine relic]

no, its not permadeath, its survival.

[iron radish]

u can respawn so its not permadeath

[ocean gorge]

It’s a sort of modded permadeath

[shy dagger]

gotcha

[ocean gorge]

Because bases remain

And a few other things

[pine relic]

if you finish phase 5, regardless of finishing the expedition itself, no death penalty anymore.

[iron radish]

what are the encyrpted missions

[mighty widget]

when i started it said is perma death so ye

[iron radish]

and how do i do them

on the topic of phase 5

[pine relic]

when you finish the anchor point + grave stuff you unlock the encrypted ones

[iron radish]

i was just there?

and it didnt unlock the anchorpoint

wtf

unless i need to finish the 3rd

@pine relic this

[pine relic]

use the dreadful wailing

[iron radish]

wtf is the dreadful wailing

[pine relic]

the item you got when you did the grave 5

[iron radish]

it wont point me to the 5th grave

i found the anchor point but not the grave

[pine relic]

did you select the mission as active before using the memory resonator?

not sure if its required but might as well

[rare raft]

cash in the mission for finding anchor5, gives it then

[iron radish]

it didnt reward me for finding the fifth

i was just chilling there

[pine relic]

did you finish all previous anchor points and graves? that could be required as well

[iron radish]

yes

right there

[pine relic]

ok, so did you complete the anchor point 5 milestone?

if not, try having it active, by clicking on it, before going to the anchor point

[iron radish]

weirdest thing ive ever seen

ok so now the grave

it started working after i got the the anchor point again

[ocean gorge]

Do all graves spawn horrors?

[iron radish]

just realized i had the grave quest as active and not the anchor

[pine relic]

well, everything should be clear now

[rare raft]

everyone i did spawned some sorta baddy

[pine relic]

after you get the wailing, the rest of the stuff will have to be done in sequence

[vivid rapids]

Not all graves spawned enemies in my playthrough. I think the last one or two didn’t

You don’t have to kill any of them by the way. Just run away.

[ocean gorge]

What other things could spawn besides horrors

[vivid rapids]

One of them spawned the massive ground worms. That nearly killed me.

[pine relic]

||4 spawned the space battle||

[vivid rapids]

Three of them

[vital solar]

can you just find the grave, move your ship there, and then just hide in your ship immediately after you do the grave?

[lusty slate]

That thing jumpscared the crap outta me.

[ocean gorge]

At least the site I’m at rn, my ship is right next to me, hopefully that’ll be good enough

[pine relic]

yep

[vivid rapids]

Hide, or just fly to the next objective.

I ran away for most things that I didn’t have to kill for the milestones.

[vital solar]

i've only done the first one but i just panicked and made a hole in the ground with the terrain manipulator and covered it

[vivid rapids]

I died once on the way to A2, made me pretty angry because I already wasted so much time on that run. Landed my ship near the approximate point and saw that I had to walk for 1000u or something. Decided to do that, but the distance kept increasing and increasing the further I ran, as if the target was moving. Did a lot of jumpboosting but then I got in some bad storms and ambushed by sentinels and monster worms.

[ocean gorge]

This isn’t the most community friendly play mode.
I’m disabled, and I fall asleep sometimes playing. Thing is, I don’t always know I’m going to drift of to sleep. When I first started this expedition I was in the Anomaly and fell asleep for about an hour. I’m lucky I was in a safe place. Next time I might not be.

Losing all your progress I would say isn’t really “approachable for general audience” which is unfortunate because it certainly could’ve been made that way I’m sure. It’s not mandatory to play expeditions, but I think it should be playable by everyone who wants to (not restrictive the way it’s set up). I also don’t have fast reflexes anymore. I’m 52. I love gaming. But I’m not going to be thinking fast to kill predators and stuff. Again, I don’t think there should be penalty in that Or if you die, let you keep your things.

Should’ve at least kept milestones

[iron radish]

go to the menu before u crash

game pauses

[ocean gorge]

I was crafting in inventory and a predator ate me on a different platform. Why this game doesn’t pause action when you’re in crafting inventory is the dumbest thing ever

Other games I play, do

[vivid rapids]

Apparently the navigation kind of messes up with steep terrain and when you approach it by flying low. It just doesn’t know where to send you anymore. It’s not as bad when you approach the marker straight down from space.

[iron radish]

also the last paragraph of your article is nullifying the point of the expedition, its hard but it isnt mandatory for all players, if you can only deal with the base game thats fine, but for people who want cosmetics then they can do it

[lusty slate]

If anyone's interested in the freak sandworm jump scare I had on A4, I posted it to nms-media.

[vivid rapids]

I’ve played several other games that don’t pause in inventory/menus, sometimes it’s part of the challenge/immersion

[shy dagger]

i completed the expedition, though its not making me convert the file

it keeps saying "expedition complete"

but the step of it is not marked as such

[vivid rapids]

Also, do note that when you’re in multiplayer the game doesnt even pause when you go into the escape-menu (discoveries, settings, etc)

[shy dagger]

@pine relic halp

[south dune]

Did you turn in the final phase thing?

[shy dagger]

ye

[rare raft]

yeee. altho i just realized it is a frigate and not a freighter, i wanted to live in his belly

[shy dagger]

tho its not converting it

i even got the frigate

[pine relic]

it doesn't convert until the optionals are finished by the community

[shy dagger]

agh

gotcha

[lusty slate]

It's because of the unfinished community milestones. So it won't convert until those are reached or the expedition ends.

Likely to give those that finished a chance to help out afterwards.

[median ember]

Keep it together @vital otter

[ocean gorge]

Yeah but this isn’t MP, at least I’m not in MP
So glad Unknown Worlds added pause to their games, they knew it only made sense (it’s called pda pause in their game, because that’s where you do most of the interaction, but it applies to other stuff like naming beacons so you can’t be attacked while doing that, which was ridiculous before they enacted it-if you’re locked in a menu, or text entry field, it doesn’t make sense things can attack you)
It’d be like being attacked while naming your base at a BC. I don’t think that happens, and if it doesn’t, the same should apply when you’re in crafting menu

[ashen shore]

I hear you on that. While I can’t imagine how tough it would be for you with your condition I have a similar effect with autism.
I have huge issues with memory and sound so there have been times where I am unwilling to play the game as I know I will struggle

I combat this by making constant lists as the in game reminders are not frequent enough and/or don’t last long enough for me to try and commit it to memory

[ocean gorge]

Yeah, the game will switch its milestone pop-ups frequently and you have to keep re-selecting them, or you can get off track because it doesn’t keep the most relevant thing showing up as what you’re supposed to do sometimes

[ashen shore]

Yeah

And when I tell you I have bad memory i mean it

Like it’s so bad I had to remind myself how to make chronomatic metal

Some things just don’t go in if u get me

[sudden anchor]

Tbf crafting recipes are not something that is so easy to memorize

Especially when theres so many other things to memorize

[ocean gorge]

I get easily sidetracked as well. Very distractible. That’s why I enjoy NMS I love to explore, but in a chill way. So I think this should be more relaxed is all. Cater to everyone. Most people have various challenges. I have ADD as well.

[ashen shore]

Remind me, what’s ADD?

I definitely have heard of it…. Somewhere

[ocean gorge]

Attention deficit disorder

[ashen shore]

Ahh ok

[sudden anchor]

Attention deficit

[ashen shore]

Literally the only way I’m able to play

[median ember]

Oh man

[sudden anchor]

Honestly i should start doing that

[ashen shore]

)feel free to suggest things to add to my list)

[sudden anchor]

I get sidetracked so much i get like nothing done

[ashen shore]

Lol

[sudden anchor]

1 minute im farming frigate modules then i see a cool planet and i want to go there…no wonder why i cant unlock anything on my freighter

[ashen shore]

😆

[sudden anchor]

I did get a living sonar or whatever its called so im definitely gonna craft one of those next time i get on and get myself a living frigate

[median ember]

I suggest #no-mans-sky

To continue the discussion

Please don't take it in wrong way...not trying to be rude here....

[ashen shore]

Oops sry!

[median ember]

Lets keep this channel for expedition.

[sudden anchor]

Whats the max amount of frigates you can have?

[median ember]

30

[ocean gorge]

Well I was talking about my problems with the expedition to be fair, but anyway…
After we do the grave at A2, we’re recommended to go straight on to A3 to minimize risk, correct?

[sudden anchor]

Ty

Is it possible to get rid of frigates?

[ocean gorge]

You can dismiss frigates

You don’t get money back

[sudden anchor]

Through the fleet control?

[sudden anchor]

Oh

Thats ok I suppose but i dont need 10 exploration frigates

[median ember]

You can remove them from fleet permanent from fleet manager

[sudden anchor]

Ty!

[median ember]

I don't remember leviathan by heart...as it was too painful to me

I kinda died 37 times

But if you can show me every phase screenshot i can guide you how to do it without dying

[sudden anchor]

What was so hard about it? Ive never done it so idk

[vivid rapids]

👏

[ocean gorge]

Well I stopped for awhile last night, died to a predator because the game didn’t pause when I was crafting. Which really made me very mad I mean I had several million units and quite a collection of nanites, and it just seems so unnecessary to make an expedition this way

[vital otter]

This expedition is using survival mode and a kind of permadeath mechanic

[median ember]

Turn off your MP

[ocean gorge]

I don’t have MP on

[vital otter]

So if you die you will respawn back at the beginning and have to redo your progress

[finite rover]

Would playing with the sounds off help? I don't have this issue but I play with the sound off a lot. The game... isn't really made for it so you need to keep an eye out for the odd thing but it works.

[sudden anchor]

I play with no sound a lot too

[finite rover]

It does go a long way in that. You can craft your difficulty level by fiddling with the settings until you're ok with things.

[sudden anchor]

I usually watch tv while i play 😅

[finite rover]

Nice. I just... can't be bothered to turn on the sound. :)

[sudden anchor]

Ahahaha i feel that too

[finite rover]

and quiet is nice. :)

[sinful aurora]

It hurts that im on expedition and not my normal save when i see a blue S class Royal ship.

[ocean gorge]

Yeah,I just think this expedition is annoying for the average player, which is why I find it a bit unbelievable they would make it this way tbh

[finite rover]

A lot of the difficulty in the game is (IMO) centred around annoyance. Restricted inventory size for eg. But this expedition is unusual in that.

[median ember]

Its after completing... The sense of achievement you feel is unexplainable

[finite rover]

I've been upgrading my suit inventory every time I hit a new system

[ocean gorge]

Yeah…maybe

[iron radish]

so i just fought a battle over this, its a shame i cant afford it

[median ember]

Trust me...after 37 times... I was playing it as... THIS IS WAR

[vivid rapids]

This is great. Quite severe ADD player here, probably the reason why this game is so attractive to me in the first place. There’s so much stuff to do and get distracted by that I never get bored. Also whatever distraction is keeping me busy is something “productive”. I should make a list like that as well though, I constantly have no idea what I was actually doing before the thing I was doing before the thing I was doing before the other thing I was doing.

[median ember]

🤣

[finite rover]

But you get freighter storage upgrades, nanites and gold if you go for payment.

[sudden anchor]

Wish i could give you some of my money…a friend early on helped me and i got way more money than i know what to do with lol

[finite rover]

did you die 37 times?!

[finite rover]

Hahahaha. Yup. You need a notepad and a pen. :)

[iron radish]

gonna sell black market goodies and see if i can afford it then

[finite rover]

Are you done with the expedition?

[ocean gorge]

I never choose survival mode in games. I choose normal, freedom, or whatever it would be called. I’m in my fifties, I love gaming and have been doing it since I was 7. I don’t see a reason to stress over games anymore. I understand that some people get a lot of enjoyment out of that, and that’s fine. But when it’s something for the community to do, like I’ve said before, it should be as inclusive as possible Sorry if it seems like I’m complaining, I’m just surprised they didn’t change it because this just feels overdone. Could’ve been designed much better imo

[finite rover]

you madman!

[sudden anchor]

I should do that…

[lusty slate]

Reading all this, I think I got reeeeeally lucky I didn't die past the required one...

Though I got very close a few times.

[iron radish]

close

[finite rover]

Notepad and pen is even more important if you get Nexus missions that take you to different systems. After a string of a few of those...

[finite rover]

Finish the expedition. Don't tempt death.

[ocean gorge]

Wouldn’t doing nexus be risky?

[finite rover]

I died 4 times from passfarting about. Then I stopped. :)

[finite rover]

Depends on the mission. Feeding the animals is easy (if a bit tedious) and you get to collect memories at the same time.

Pirates depends on your ship

[lusty slate]

Mind you, I hid in my ship like a coward a LOT.

[ocean gorge]

When I tried to go back to my save where I died. There seriously wasn’t any sodium or rocks around. I was constantly about to die and that was as far from fun as it gets for me

[iron radish]

no

[finite rover]

Like an intelligent person you mean. :)

[finite rover]

YODMT :)

[vivid rapids]

When I play permadeath I force myself to do all the crafting and inventory management in my ship.

[median ember]

Leviathan tests your balls and guts at same time

[lusty slate]

Never once fought a space battle either. Yeeted myself into the anomaly each time.

"Hostile scan..."
Me: lol bye

[finite rover]

For convenience it kicks you in the balls hard enough that both are located in the same area.

[median ember]

Then suddenly a msg appears...incoming projectile

[iron radish]

11 mil short

[median ember]

🤣

[ocean gorge]

Well I’m female so😂

[finite rover]

That's very fair.

[iron radish]

so close yet so far

[ocean gorge]

That would be quite a feat

[median ember]

Fusion...

[median ember]

Ummmm.... Well....

[vital solar]

i do this on normal saves too

[median ember]

This is kinda....

[ocean gorge]

Lol

[median ember]

😅

[ocean gorge]

You could say it kicks you in the ass and hands it to you

[median ember]

Some things are better not said

Ummmm...

[vivid rapids]

Didn’t say you’d be invulnerable 😉 but the chance of dying is lower and there are fewer things that can kill you there.

And there’s more time to react usually

[ocean gorge]

Anything I should know about going to A3 world?

Or along the way

[lusty slate]

No aggresive Sentinels, so you can relax a bit.

[vital otter]

I’ve just left, it’s easier than A2 bit still be cautious as usual

[vivid rapids]

A3 is kind of like A2 but less aggressive.

[ocean gorge]

Is the emeril hyperdrive the only tech we’ll need absolutely purchase

[lusty slate]

I swear they deliberately ramped up the difficulty of A2 to make players properly paranoid.

[vivid rapids]

Yeah I bought no other upgrades afaik

Most other essential upgrades are rewarded through milestones

[vital solar]

i'm about to go to a2, what's the scary part?

[ocean gorge]

Just don’t want to waste accruing nanites in case I die and lose everything fml

[lusty slate]

Aggressive Sentinels everywhere. Have fun.

[vital solar]

oh

[vital otter]

If you end up in system Pusiatorn along the route between A2 and A3 planet Hiopo Beta has storm crystals

[vivid rapids]

And bad worms

[ocean gorge]

Find sentinel pillar and deactivate them, there’s a base as marker where you can do it pretty easy @vital solar

On A2

Trust me you don’t want to wander around that planet otherwise

[lusty slate]

Like I did. Don't recommend.

[median ember]

ROUGE LEVIATHAN
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/215940434516639745/1025070338784108544/Sep-2920.44.49_copy.png

[ocean gorge]

I actually managed to build a very makeshift hut next to the portal before they got all to swarming, out of sheer luck. And I killed quite a few from my nice little hut. Got lots of pungeum and some glass. Crappy thing is of I die it’ll be all for nothing. Idk I find this all kind of depressing

[lusty slate]

Failing everything, there's also digging a hole in the ground and staying there.

[finite rover]

I do that.

I've travelled vast distances underground on extreme planets.

[ocean gorge]

Sometimes you hit barriers where you can’t dig though

[median ember]

I simpy sit in my ship n turn then off

Oh well.. i gtg... Good night or morning

[finite rover]

Yeah. I go around or bite the bullet then.

[ocean gorge]

I’m not talking about the bedrock, sometimes I hit spaces where there’s jagged terrain and I just can’t hardly get the terrain manipulator to work

[lusty slate]

The only way to not die and restart is to be clever or be a coward. Usually a coward.

[finite rover]

"A man's got to know his limitations."

[vital otter]

Yes your terrain manipulator is self fuelling with silica which you get by digging

[finite rover]

That and that it does not overheat is a blessing.

[vivid rapids]

Make sure you killed 5 of them, you’ll be thankful later.

[lusty slate]

Deactivating a pillar and proofing the Sentinels counts for kills, fyi.

[ocean gorge]

I did. But you lose milestones if you die, which is really sucky

I’m on my Xbox save rn, so far I’ve only died the obligatory death on it🤞

[finite rover]

Good work. :-)

[ocean gorge]

But it’s very crashy

Last night crashed 3 times in one hour
Like damn

[finite rover]

Which Xbox?

[ocean gorge]

Xbox one X

[finite rover]

Turn off quality graphics.

That helped stabilise it for me.

[ocean gorge]

It’s not series X/S

[finite rover]

I have a one x also.

[ocean gorge]

Oh, there’s graphics settings?

[finite rover]

Yes

And maybe the frame rate limiter, also. Turn that off as well.

Those crashes are why I am named so. :-)

[ocean gorge]

Mine is on “high quality” the only other option is “high performance”

[finite rover]

Use high performance.

[ocean gorge]

So I should choose high performance? Ok. It says I’ll need to restart. But I’m in the Anomaly so that’s ok

Should I turn off framerate lock?

[finite rover]

See how it works for you. For me it worked wonders. I used to crash 5+ times a night.

I did turn it off.

Dunno if turning it off helps but it doesn't harm. :-)

[ocean gorge]

Ok I’ll try that. I know it has trouble because stuff will not render in.

[finite rover]

Oh?

[iron radish]

frames are for chumps

high res slideshows >>>

[ocean gorge]

This is just an example of the stuff I have dealt with in recent expeditions (before it’d crash)

[finite rover]

Yes. It runs out of memory i think and goes boom. I'd get similar.

[lusty slate]

Yeesh, I'm on Switch and I've had zero crashes during expos.

[ocean gorge]

Or I wouldn’t be able to land because the ship knew stuff was in the way, but I couldn’t see it

[finite rover]

That you still will get.

Annoying AF.

[lusty slate]

That's an all platform issue, I think. That happens to me often.

[ocean gorge]

This was the worst, forget which expedition it was. I was running into unseen obstacles, come to find out, I could only see them with the analysis visor enabled. Haven’t run into this same issue yet, but wow, this is BAD😬

Reloading fixed, but that sure was something

[ocean gorge]

Switch has run better than my Xbox One X with expeditions. The only thing that bothers me with Switch is how much slower it is to mine deposits, or even manipulate terrain in general. But if you only play on Switch, you wouldn’t know the difference

[quick shuttle]

I've yet to run into any major glitches like that, but NMS can be very temperamental performance-wise on my computer

Sometimes it runs fairly well, sometimes it's a literal slideshow

[ocean gorge]

It runs really well on PS5, even with the expeditions
Sometimes I’ll get the can’t land thing, but sounds like that’s platform wide

[vivid rapids]

I actually fell through the floor when I teleported to one of my bases at one point during my run. While freefalling into nothing I got quite scared that I’d crash land somewhere and die

[lusty slate]

That doesn't surprise me. The terran manipulator can be super stubborn. I often have to blast a section 3 or 4 times before it takes. Or alter it just a few degrees to the side.

Biggest glitch happened during one of the expanding the base missions. When you have to defend the base from Sentinel waves. My terrain completely spazzed out. Had to avoid certain sections or I'd fall through the ground. While Sentinels were chasing me.

Never happened again, thankfully. But that was agony. Even my Leviathan run wasn't that stressful.

[vivid rapids]

I’m playing on PS5 but the performance can get quite bad sometimes. Sometimes the framerate drops in the anomaly and some other places like pirate stations but gets better back on a planet somewhere. Some other times the game starts stuttering all over the place for some reason and it will keep doing that until I restart the ps5.

Also it crashes every few hours

[vapid briar]

I have that as well on Xbox series s

[iron radish]

oh my god bruh of course its too much

[vital otter]

Oh what great luck, I’ve just stumbled across a crashed freighter without looking for one

Let’s get a base down!

Oh you don’t even need to recover the cargo, just read the log

[lusty slate]

Yup, that was great.

[vital otter]

I’m going to risk getting the cargo tho, might be something useful

[lusty slate]

The higher class large freighters are VERY expensive, btw. S classes are approx 180 mil.

[iron radish]

i have an s class on my main

[vital otter]

Yes, got a warp hypercore!

[ocean gorge]

The only way I made some money on my PS5 save, which of course I ended up dying in, was I fed a bunch of animals and collected a lot of those ancestral memories, which sell for a LOT. I was sure to keep quite a bit extra because I think you have to give them to Polo more than once? But still, they sell for a lot, if you’re patient to feed animals and there’s no aggressive creatures and can manage your hazard protection (I was feeding the groups of animals on the starter world, they’re not aggressive to player, and just hopped in my ship when my hazard drained or there was a storm). Still salty about my death

I had a few million units. Not enough to buy a big capital freighter though, you’d probably have to do that after the expedition is over and you convert your save

[vital otter]

I dig up ancient bones, they can sell for a lot

[ocean gorge]

It’s very hit or miss I’ve found. Some are worth 1-2 million units, but some are only worth maybe 50k. Granted that’s still a lot of money for this expedition, but still not enough to buy a top tier capital freighter

So depends what you’re aiming to accomplish (in the expedition)

[vital otter]

Smuggling contraband is probably your best bet for making lots of money on the expedition but there do seem to be frequent scans so it’s high risk

[lusty slate]

I initially thought I'd want a capital and saved about 200 mil intending to buy one on main.

...realized I liked system freighters more. Ended up only spending 10 mil after trade in for my S class. I haven't had to grind for units on my main for a while. 😛

[lusty slate]

This. For the smuggler milestone, I cleaned out a station's neural ducts. Cashed them in for 7 mil.

[ocean gorge]

I love entering the atmosphere when there’s a storm and I can’t see a damn thing

[glacial mist]

Perfect fight weather

[lusty slate]

Even better when it finally clears just in time to realize you're about to smash into the ground.

[sudden anchor]

Whats the difference between system and capital freighters anyway?

[lusty slate]

Nothing, aside from looks. Systems are smaller. But an S class system will get you everything an S class capital will.

[sudden anchor]

Ah good to knoq

Know*

I thought capitals had more storage space

[lusty slate]

I prefer them because there's more design variety.

[glacial mist]

Where do I find a S class capital?

[sudden anchor]

Warp 5 times after 3 hours (i think) and then there will be a pirate raid on a capital ship. Save the ship and bam capital freighter

[lusty slate]

The freighter rescue battle only. So you have to have a save just before one triggers and reload it.

[glacial mist]

I've passed up 12 of those then.....

Fck

[sudden anchor]

Oh wait S class yeah you gotta reload save

I speant only about 2.5 hours reloading

[glacial mist]

Oh dear God....

[lusty slate]

System freighters are way easier. They can be flown to, boarded and you just talk to the captain. No battle required.

[ocean gorge]

Arghhh I can’t find the portal at A3, even though I have the coordinates

It’s the snowy world, is it down in the valley?

[vital otter]

There’s a lot of comm balls there so look for those lol

[ocean gorge]

I’m going to have to leave my game in the menu until the storm passes, which thankfully it will pass even though I’m paused, which surprised me that works but it does lol. Because I can’t fly with the storm, I can’t see anything

[vital otter]

A3 isn’t snowy, it’s a xeno colony

[ocean gorge]

It’s infested subtype, but whatever storm it is, sure looks like snow

[lusty slate]

Initially. Cargo bulkheads fixes that.

[vital otter]

Are you on Ninarb S13?

[ocean gorge]

Yeah

All I see is white dots

[vital otter]

Hmmm, weird, is it storming?

[ocean gorge]

Yeah, ship said storm coming, and now I have like zero visibility

[vital otter]

Wait it out then look when it clears

[ocean gorge]

Ok storm passed, can resume looking

Ok I’m literally at the coordinates and I see no portal

Oh found it
Thankfully

It was kinda hidden by a small hill

[vital otter]

Did the portal pop in as you got closer

[ocean gorge]

It was obscured by some terrain

It probably didn’t render either until I got very close

Xbox One has really struggled especially when there’s a lot of communication beacons and bases around

[vital otter]

Glad you found it, 3 down 2 to go!
I’m warping my way to A4 system

[ocean gorge]

Oh I think I know what the white dots were, in the storm? There’s little bubbles everywhere

That mixed with the storm made it impossible to see anything

Surprised the game didn’t crash tbh

Reporting bases isn’t let me put down a BC. They really need to fix that

I mean that’s what the expedition tips say to do, report the base, so you can put down your own BC. It’s not working

[vital otter]

I’ve been putting my bases at random spots on the planet away from everyone else

[ocean gorge]

I mean I wouldn’t mind but why have the feature if you’re not going to actually do anything about reports? I’ve said before, they really should just not let people build within about 2000u of rendezvous points anyway, that would kinda solve this issue for expeditions

Maybe even more distance

[vital otter]

Yeah, I agree with that
I’m mixed on comm balls tho because they can be helpful, but they get spammed too much and cause issues for people

[ocean gorge]

I do kinda like seeing all the messages people leave.
The only downside is, older consoles they can make the game crash and stuff, really drag on performance

Probably some PCs as well

[iron radish]

pc is pretty good

if theres a bunch of com nodes in an area there will just be the original

[short sierra]

trying to do atonement anyone found an aggressive pet?

[vital otter]

The very first planet has an animal that is a predator to other animals, it’s name is in the pins

[atomic ether]

I'm standing right next to AP2, trying to do Wake the Past, but nothing is showing up. Not getting the error that signal is too low, just no response.

[scarlet ocean]

Go to a planet.

[indigo falcon]

if you have multiplayer enabled, turn it off; save-exit-reload; deselect and reselect the mission; then try to use the memory resonator again and see if you get an indicator

[atomic ether]

Yeah I figured it out, I thought the memory loop was going to take me to a planet. I found the right planet... now I'm riding the storm out.

[indigo falcon]

for future reference, the memory resonator should always be used on the planet with the anchor point, and it will always point you to a gravesite on that planet.

[vital otter]

yay, I reset the loop and didn't die except for the milestone death at the beginning
just 3 milestones left to do too, smuggling, kill sentinels and pillar shutdown

[indigo falcon]

woo hoo!

if you haven't noticed, there are player bases at pillars, check any anchor system space station teleporter list

[short sierra]

got it thanks

[vital otter]

hopefully 2 milestones in one fell swoop!

[short sierra]

Nah Need storm crystals off to Renvdeous 4 .

Anyone know where to find Storm Crystals?

[indigo falcon]

the locations pin in here has a link to two locations.

[short sierra]

ok didn't see the pin thanks

[indigo falcon]

note that the way to find these systems is to look in your discoveries tab and see if one is in the list (it will show other player discoveries), then follow the instructions to set a custom waypoint

[vital otter]

they should be on any planet with activated metals listed, I found a planet on the route

[indigo falcon]

(go to the specified anchor system first before you do that, to keep it to one warp)

[vital otter]

I think players have also uploaded storm crystal bases too

[short sierra]

Seen couple bases marked storm crystals. How long do generally have to wait on that planet to pick up this item?

[vital otter]

the crystals are only harvestable when a storm is going on, so as long as it takes for a storm to hit

[short sierra]

ok

thanks off i go

[vital otter]

don't die!

[short sierra]

storm crystals done , lol thats what the mech is for

[iron radish]

what system

i have been looking for crystals for over 4 hours

its fucking ridiculous

[south dune]

#nms-expedition message

Did that work?

[short sierra]

Went to star base and look for them on planets. Did you record each star base and drop off.

[indigo falcon]

note that the way to find these systems is to look in your discoveries tab and see if one is in the list (it will show other player discoveries), then follow the instructions to set a custom waypoint

you should be at the anchor point space station for the system you want to find, when you try that.

[short sierra]

If they went to each space station and use them as a anchor

[indigo falcon]

most people do visit the space stations so they can buy suit slots and also get back there if needed, yep

[iron radish]

ive been to probably 80 something systems in this save

[iron radish]

there is no possible way for me to scrub each individual one and find a system thats near that one

do portals work in the expedition?

[indigo falcon]

yes

[short sierra]

Ouch I built a base on the planet for the storm crystals let me look

[indigo falcon]

did you not put a base on anchor 1 or 2 worlds?

[iron radish]

no because i thought the game would be smart enough to let me track the old quest to see where the world was

i know where they are when my route took a sharp turn

[indigo falcon]

how about any of the other anchor points? no?

did you put bases anywhere?

[iron radish]

only in places that sucked to be in

i can see my path on the galactic map

[short sierra]

I put a base at the start point. Did you look for anyones start point to get back on track

[iron radish]

i know which systems are the anchor points

i just have no clue which systems im looking to find for storm crystals

[indigo falcon]

the two in the link you were given above #nms-expedition message

[iron radish]

idk if u heard me already but there is no way of knowing where those systems are

51ly from system 1 is a jumbled mess

[indigo falcon]

let me explain again

[short sierra]

The system and planet

[indigo falcon]

go to any system on the route, any anchor or starting system, any planet you put a base on, go to the space station

from there, go look at your discovery tab

this will hav not just your systems but a bunch from other players

you will likely find one or the other of the named systems in the list

[short sierra]

planet is Omecha Ugha.. Good luck

[indigo falcon]

follow the instructions on the discovery tab for that system to pin a custom waypoint

then get to space, check the galaxy map, select custom waypoint, go there

it's best if you're at anchor 1 because you're guaranteed to be only one warp away, but it can be from anywhere that you can see the entry in the discoveries list.

[iron radish]

k so this is anchor point 1

ive established this, the issue i keep telling you guys is all of those little systems

[short sierra]

One last expedition

[indigo falcon]

can you go to anchor point 1?

[iron radish]

yes i can im working my way to it

what you guys dont get is that i have zero clue where the system you are talking about is, 50 lightyear diameter dome among that massive blob isnt very helpful

[indigo falcon]

if so, do that. then go to the space station. then from there you will check your discoveries tab and scroll through every system looking for Kolars or Oglegkor

[ashen shore]

Im still in iteration 1 😭😭😭😭

[indigo falcon]

when you see one or the other of those, ping me here. then we'll do the next thing.

[short sierra]

Sounds like the normal glitch. Have to rest my computer every time when it acts up. Good luck

[iron radish]

what

[short sierra]

I have glitch after 6 hrs the PC will not show anchors or let me find the Rendezvous. Reset game and all is good.

[indigo falcon]

that's not this, it's fine

@iron radish ping me here when you get to the space station in anchor 1 please and we'll go from there, ok?

[short sierra]

anyways have different question for @indigo falcon about phase 5

[iron radish]

im here

[indigo falcon]

already? in the space station for Denayanov?

[iron radish]

yes

[indigo falcon]

ok. now open your discoveries tab

got it open? see a whole pile of planetary systems in the list?

[iron radish]

where is the kolars system

like what are the coordinates

of any of the planets

[indigo falcon]

did you see Kolars in the list of discovered systems?

[iron radish]

no i dont

because anchor point 1 is in a mess of systems

[indigo falcon]

you're looking in the discoveries tab, right?

not the galaxy map?

[iron radish]

i havent been to the kolars system

so it wont be discovered

[indigo falcon]

it does not matter

in expedition mode, you see a bunch of systems other players have discovered

this is an expedition perk

go to the discoveries tab and look for it

[iron radish]

under what catagory

[indigo falcon]

gek systems

[iron radish]

its a green system too yes?

[indigo falcon]

no

it is a yellow star system

t2 econ, t2 conflict.

[iron radish]

i dont see it anywhere

what platform are you on

[indigo falcon]

ok, then try the other one, Oglegkor

also a gek system, t1 econ, t1 conflict

doesn't matter about platforms. this is all cross platform

[iron radish]

ok gound oglegkor

[indigo falcon]

good. now when you hover over it, see where it says

at the bottom of the hovercard

SET WAYPOINT

[iron radish]

yea i got it

which planet

[indigo falcon]

do that

now it should have a little indicator on the yellow star icon for that system

[iron radish]

which planet

[indigo falcon]

Ebech (as it says in that link you were given)

ebech is a marshy planet.

[short sierra]

Hey why are the last objectives not listed? Do I have to feed Pollo again?

[indigo falcon]

you need to do the 'Another Chance' milestone first

as it says

[short sierra]

ok

[iron radish]

@indigo falcon u have any coords on ebech for stones

or are they client based

[indigo falcon]

no coords, just wait for a storm, fly low, land next to a cluster, run out and grab

[iron radish]

finally god damn

6 hours of bullshit

@indigo falcon thanks

[indigo falcon]

you're welcome, and may you find those custom waypoints to be useful in the future too!

happy holidays!

[ashen shore]

completed on xbox, got myself killed on a derelict on PC xD

back to the drawing board

[indigo falcon]

d'oh! you put some bases on the way though, right?

[ashen shore]

yeah but it's not a big deal with so many bases deployed now in general

the longest part of the whole thing is farming nanites

[indigo falcon]

still with bases down you don't have to spend warp fuel to get to the anchor points

just bam and you're there

[ashen shore]

my first time playing on permadeath though, def a different vibe

[indigo falcon]

it's not quite perma but it has some of the wrinkles of it, yeah

[ashen shore]

yeah it's close enough if you're a permanoob

I missed some of these expeditions the first time around, so it's great that they're returning

[indigo falcon]

they did this last year too, for last year's batch

[ashen shore]

yeah I just get busy and don't always have time to look in

[indigo falcon]

understandable. real life is a thing 🙂

[ashen shore]

I think I saw some of your bases along the way? appreciate the boost

[indigo falcon]

hmm I doubt it, but a lot of players do put some down. I put one down on the original run and spent the time to unlock proper power and such for that one too 😄 but not this time!

anyways yeah helping each other, we all get it done!

[ashen shore]

someone with a similar name then

[indigo falcon]

what was the base I wonder

[ashen shore]

it was early in the route I think, either start or first rendezvous

if I see it again I'll send a screenie

[indigo falcon]

sure, be amused to see who has a similar name to me!

what was by it, anything? like did it mark some POI?

[ashen shore]

I seem to think it was a sanctuary with some basic resource, antimatter reactor or something

I'm in start system right now, I'll take a look through the base listings

[indigo falcon]

antimatter reactor, this sounds very suspiciously like a test I set up

if so it would have been at... lemme go there

can't be me though, it just can't

[ashen shore]

I won't try to argue 🙂 but definitely saw "apergos" something somewhere

[indigo falcon]

ap2 was my test

[ashen shore]

maybe it was a comms station

[indigo falcon]

nah didn't put no comms down

[ashen shore]

huh, dunno then

[indigo falcon]

well you find it, screenshot it because uh

I have a fun fact for you about it, if it's my test. we'll see!

for reference, my test one is "SentPillar AP2" with user name "wild_apergos"

[ashen shore]

I think that was what I saw

wild_apergos sounds right

[indigo falcon]

I want proof, and it's not that I doubt you, it's just ... well... a bug 😄

[ashen shore]

hehe ok 🙂

when I get there I will have another look around

[indigo falcon]

and I would need to be able to document that bug, see!

ok! screenshot the entry in the teleporter list too please

omg if it shows up that would be hella funny

[ashen shore]

sure thing!

[indigo falcon]

so was there a wall of carbon wall planters there?

and maybe a refiner?