nms-expedition

[pale light]

nvm i have the space station. its just not in order

[limber shard]

This new expedition seems to have a LOT of new items

[pale light]

all fine ❤️

[indigo falcon]

no... if you have built a base then you can go to it and upload it to get that milestone again

[limber shard]

My hoarding addiction is pleased

[indigo falcon]

but inventory is back tothe beginning and almost all milestones

[pale light]

you dont even need to upload, i just went there and got it.

[remote thunder]

ah, right , bases stay

[pale light]

ok nvm. apparently i dont have phase 5 space station

thats a problem lol

[jagged charm]

ok HG is just trolling us fo sure

anchor 4 those hills are joke

[errant heath]

nope i lost all my fuckin progress i think i need to take a break lol

this is rough

i dont mind losing stuff

but milestones is a pain

[indigo falcon]

I feel ya. Take a break if you need to, come back when you're ready to dive back in

[quartz salmon]

My anchor 5 mission is glitched and I can't find it, what do I do

[errant heath]

yeah i like this expedition a lot otherwise

[pale light]

i kinda have the same issue right now lol

[indigo falcon]

hmm 1 am for me, I better close the tab...

see folks later, safe travels and break the loop!

[inner oasis]

its pretty far away

[pale light]

okay i need some help. can someone invite me to their multiplayer so i can find my way back to anchor 5?

[inner oasis]

takre the ship and fly in circles away from the point untill you see tah gateway

[pale light]

no i mean, im not in the system for anchor 5. and i cant pick the "expedition path" anymore

i need to go into multiplayer to spawn in "system 5"

[hollow shore]

Have you been on the Space Station in that system?

[pale light]

NOPE apparently not cause im an idiot

[inner oasis]

Ouf ye

ALWAYS go to the spacesattion first

ALWAYS

[pale light]

so yeah, can someone whos in system 5 let me join their multiplayer game so i can go to the space station and activate the portal pls?

[inner oasis]

Im no in that system sadly

[pale light]

someone pls? :x

[hollow shore]

How far away are you?

[pale light]

no idea. idk where the system 5 is

ive alrdy been in there and got the anchor point, but i cant return i need multiplayer to spawn in that system and go to the space station

[hollow shore]

Can check Galaxy Map perhaps, look for encircled systems and match name with what you see in #bot-spam !faq-expglyphs?

[pale light]

tried that

didnt work

@remote thunder can you help?

[ashen shore]

Anyone have 5 million they can drop?

[rotund jewel]

What's the safest way to kill sentinels and disable them

[ashen shore]

I found a freighter

Im just to poor to buy it

[pale light]

if youre in system 5, i can help lol

[remote thunder]

waypoint the system from your discovery screen, then warp there. Possibly teleport to another anchor like anchor 4 first

[ashen shore]

Im in Rowland Desk

[pale light]

idk where the system is. i cant find it

OHHH

thats what u mean

you so big brain, thank you ❤️

im 99% sure i went to the space station but apparently i didnt hm

[remote thunder]

Anytime

[ashen shore]

Im in Iteration 1

[pale light]

ok 1 more thing. i just went into the system and it said "lobby is full"

[ashen shore]

Anchor 0

[pale light]

whats it talking about lol

[remote thunder]

Kill sentinels, maintaining level 3, hope for sentinel boundary chart to drop from salvaged glass. If you can, try to get some shield upg mods, or use the environment to get cover from their attacks. When you get the chart, loose sentinels and use it

[remote thunder]

Mp enabled?

[pale light]

yup

[remote thunder]

Disable it, or wait a bit

[pale light]

also nice "empty planet" best way to farm sun thingies. nothing to disturb you

[pale light]

but what does it mean? what lobby? i didnt join anything?

[ashen shore]

The system is full

To many players

[remote thunder]

Its a anchor system, ^

[pale light]

so did it basically kick me into single player or "another multiplayer lobby"?

[ashen shore]

Idk

Never happened to me

[remote thunder]

Hopefully, I think it should have started a new mp instance with you in it

[spare halo]

These optional things tell a story

The names

[remote thunder]

But I'm not sure that's a feature tbh, I rarely mp

[spare halo]

I wonder if Polo will get additional dialogue with each loop unlocked

[pale light]

ah okay. thanks hm

[pale light]

but why? i rarely encounter someone (even in the expedition) but i think its cool if you find a base of someone

[jagged charm]

ffs each time i arrive at a anchor poitn its stormy and cant see shit

like fr?

[pale light]

oh btw, once im done with this expedition, im willing to give away my inventory. and considering i have around 2000 liquid sun (or whatever its called) thats a lot of upgrades you will get

so the first person to dm me will get my inventory, most likely tomorrow lol

[tardy moat]

Does anyone know if the optional milestones need to be completed to finish the expedition? I finished all 5 phases but can't redeem the final reward

[queen hatch]

I went through the same - all 5 anchor planets were similar - massive cliffs and uneven terrain, severely limited landing, storms when I got there and no more than a few minutes after one ended until the next storm started.

[quartz salmon]

Am I just hard time gated in the "shattered past" milestone

[queen hatch]

That's a bug, apparently fixed in experimental, waiting for the patch

[quartz salmon]

Partners in time*

[tardy moat]

Ah okay, thanks!

[trail venture]

gotcha

[misty sapphire]

👍

[wanton raft]

Were/are there any twitter drops for this new expedition?

[misty sapphire]

I got mine too a few hours ago

[trail venture]

twitch*

an no

wasn't announced

so no

maybe in the next

[wanton raft]

Yeah, sorry for insulting Twitch there, yikes!

Hate when I get my twits mixed up!

[silk nebula]

does completing the optional missions give you anything other than upgrading your stuff

[austere charm]

you can complete the exp already?

i thought it was timegated

[humble bramble]

The optional milestones are optional in the sense that you don't need them to complete it but they're also community progress stuff so

[silk nebula]

do we know what happens when the community finishes?

[austere charm]

Oh, so the community stuff is unnecessary?

[humble bramble]

Yeah

[pale light]

got 12 upgrades. so i delivered 3000 liquid sun lol

yall proud of me? lol

[pale light]

can you tell me why i got a RED save signal on my map? they were always white

[teal matrix]

OMG. Just got an SClass Capital ship... and died trying to get my whispering eggs. LOL

[pale light]

rest in peace

[teal matrix]

Time to walk it off, I think

[pale light]

i lost 8h progress today. tbh i overfarmed A LOT

[queen hatch]

unless there's an undocumented and surprise reward from them, the community ones just give you some memory fragments and upgrade the memory fragments you get to B class, then A class, then S class, then X class. Far as I can tell, all 5 of the optional milestones being complete doesn't give you anything else. If you're already done with the non-optional milestones and not planning on keeping the save to play after the expedition, no need to worry about them

[teal matrix]

me too, can't help myself

[pale light]

yeah but now im kinda rushing, im alrdy in system 5

i basically did twice the progress in only half the time

[teal matrix]

i'm not going to rush it, there's so much time left. as much as i dislike being in permadeath mode, i may just embrace the restarts

[pale light]

yeah but i was mad and realized i dont have to farm THAT MUCH

but indeed, you should do it later so rewards are higher tier

[pale light]

if you want, i can give you my stuff ~tomorrow

[teal matrix]

thank you for the offer ❤️ i'm good tho. it's a challenge, as it should be, i suppose LOL

[pale light]

yeah, i will go back to the first planet, set up a base and offer my stuff to newcomers. if someone wants it, why not? otherwise it will just go to waste

[teal matrix]

i am finding the new direction the devs are taking with the 'constant conflict' - like they are trying to turn this into a shooter game - to be discouraging. the main reason i was originally drawn to nms is the relaxing and chill exploration. the last update and this expedition seems like the culmination of all those things i'm not fond of in the game, so it will definitely be an accomplishment for me to complete all the milestones.

[teal matrix]

that's one of the things i do like about the game, people can choose to visit other people's bases or play solo.

[pale light]

i cant judge this at all cause i bought the game 7 days ago LOL

[jagged charm]

there are like 0 combat challenges

[pale light]

but yeah theres no real "kill" challenge, only one i think

[teal matrix]

i suppose that's a matter of perspective

[jagged charm]

the only annoying part are pirate raids

gotta make me a mod for that

their freq is way to high

[teal matrix]

oh you are still in your honeymoon phase with the game LOL. i'm a couple thousand hours in and still enjoying it

[royal dragon]

imo exploring procedurally generated worlds will get stale after 100hrs, even if they’re content-rich. Minecraft thrives on its multiplayer.

[pale light]

yeah lol but i gotta admit i feel like ive seen a majority of it

content wise, not world-wise 😄

[teal matrix]

i can see that perspective. it depends on what you like / expect. i still play nms mostly solo and still find things to do.

[pale light]

thats what i also think. lets see how long the game can keep me hooked. right now im still into it, but idk if it will stay like thi

[royal dragon]

I got a good 120hrs in before I started losing motivation to play. There’s a lot of shit to do in this game, so it’s good to go in with an open mind

[pale light]

yeah thats what i do. and im halfway to your mark

and tbh, 60€ for 120h of entertainment? worth it every time.

[low glade]

Quick question for the new expedition, how do I get ancestral memories?

[prime steppe]

Feed animals

[pale light]

arent these the ones you get from feeding animals?

[prime steppe]

Also hello peeps, I'm new

[low glade]

Well hello there new, I'm Texas

[prime steppe]

I just had the dad joke "ugh" moment

[wraith venture]

i heart dad jokes

no judgin dads

[pale light]

AH FUCK why did noone tell me i need 32 of all 3 materials at the end, i literally threw the memories away 5min ago

[radiant venture]

no patch yet? since there was an experimental one

[prime steppe]

"ugh" in a wholesome way

[wraith venture]

not yet. we'll make sure to announce it in #nms-announcements. everyone's welcome to grab the pingable* role in #roles if they don't have it already and would like to be notified

[wraith venture]

yay

!NmsVersions

[unkempt kraken]

to view, enable Link Preview

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Known Builds
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• For NMS updates, see HG's Release Log & follow #nms-announcements (get pingable role in #roles).

• See Experimental Patch Notes »

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Contributors: @hollow shore, @fringe agate, @wraith venture

[pale light]

tbh, idk what that means. experimental build? (again im new to this game)

[prime steppe]

Could I ask y'all a quick question? How do I get to anchor 1 in the expedition? I've just been system hopping for 9 hours

[pale light]

double click it then it basically gets marked as mission

[wraith venture]

it's sort of a Beta-like branch. so players who are running it get to see it / test it first, before it goes out to the main branch.

[pale light]

ah. and how long does it usually take till it goes live?

[wraith venture]

jeez louise. sorry my typing today's atrocious.

[prime steppe]

Oh, so it will have a way point to follow or something?

[jagged charm]

finally

[wraith venture]

it depends how it goes. Gleam was saying he'd expect it to go out tomorrow. but HG is also somewhat dependent on the different platforms and their certification and release schedules

[wraith venture]

noice! want the role?

[jagged charm]

flick that wand

[prime steppe]

I haven't played this game since shortly after release. Getting into it now is a bit overwhelming sometimes 😅

In the past few days I've played 50 hours already. Having lotsa fun

[pale light]

we get a role for finishing the expedition?

[wraith venture]

yes

!LeviathanRole

[unkempt kraken]

Leviathan role is manually assigned, when you DM or ping <@&233305774745583618> with proof of completion: screenshot of the Expedition tab: Final Phase: 5/5 completed. See example »

If you don't have proof, the role will be self-assignable in #roles at a later date.

[pale light]

self assignable at a later date

meh

lol

so i cant even show off

[ashen shore]

You can show off for 6 weeks

[wraith venture]

exactly

[pale light]

the nexus role should be different. "leviathan - no proof"

[ashen shore]

Idk about that one

[pale light]

since when do i care about roles? thats weird

[ashen shore]

There’s only so many roles

[wraith venture]

lol you do get a pretty icon next to your name. but they're obvz just vanity

[pale light]

what happened in previous expedition if you died btw?

[wraith venture]

nothing special. just the usz as it is with normal saves

this is the first expedition of its kind. with the roguelike experience (mix between survival and permadeath). and it'll convert to survival mode at the end of the event

so first of its kind

@pale light btw, your file won't get deleted

[pale light]

so do i say lets go or nah?

[wraith venture]

only way for it to reset is if you die

[wraith venture]

if you ready, dooo it

[pale light]

IT ATE ME wtf

[wraith venture]

the file won't convert to survival mode till the end of the event

[wraith venture]

omg nooooo

[pale light]

did you bait me? did i do wrong

[ashen shore]

Blame red

[wraith venture]

i didn't bait you

[ashen shore]

Always reds fault

[wraith venture]

you getting me in trouble over here

Arc help

c'mon

[ashen shore]

I’ll bail you out for the low low price of another cookie

🤣

[pale light]

damn they had some fun with this one eh

what happens if i say no or i flee?

[wraith venture]

||> ok so im at leviathan, should i say im rdy to end the loop or not? does my file get "deleted" if i say im rdy?|| this was the question @ashen shore

[ashen shore]

End the loop

You’re safe

[wraith venture]

you friggin got me here panicking lol

no cookie for you!

[queen hatch]

yes, for the love of god end the loop and the suffering lol

[ashen shore]

🤣

[jagged charm]

oooh

[radiant venture]

@wraith venture lemme get a screenie gimme a minute

[ashen shore]

Imagine you pick the wrong choice and your expedition gets reset

[radiant venture]

just checkin if youre here already 😉

[ashen shore]

I would’ve thrown my controller through a wall

[queen hatch]

I would rage quit in a heartbeat

[pale light]

sooo... i can grab the rewards in the other savefile aswell right?

[radiant venture]

bro ngl i got a heart attack when it said i died

[unkempt basin]

storm crystals not appearing on activated copper planets???

[ashen shore]

Phase rewards are available on all save files

[wraith venture]

[ashen shore]

They should as long as a storm is going on

[wraith venture]

friggin Discord picking the wrong thumbs up smh

[radiant venture]

sent it in dm because i dont have perms yet 🤐

[ashen shore]

I know for a fact that the anchor 4 planet has storm crystals

[wraith venture]

[pale light]

https://i.imgur.com/KEA3b4r.jpeg

well here we go. i did it

[ashen shore]

Imagine having 5/5

[pale light]

i basically rushed it in one long ass sitting

[ashen shore]

Couldn’t be console players

[wraith venture]

woot woot!

[radiant venture]

i got it in 2 with a little sleep inbetween 😉

[ashen shore]

Red, have you not played through the exp?

[pale light]

do i get my role that i somehow care for even tho i normally never do?

[ashen shore]

Jokes on you

You already have it

[pale light]

WOAH thats some quick mod action

hardcore stuff

[ashen shore]

Reds just built different

[pale light]

that was almost as fast as my first death from fall dmg from a 20 centimeter fall

so, anyone want some free stuff from me?

i bunkered a ton in my base, i got pretty much everything LOL

[wraith venture]

yes you did

[wraith venture]

[pale light]

what does the iteration nr 4 reward do?

[wary pasture]

What is with this starter planet. 🤦‍♂️

2nd death to predator. Lol

[pale light]

can you give me the name of the starter planet? i wanna return there, build a base and give my stuff away

also, feed a predator. thats a quest later on

[wary pasture]

I died. But ok

Christole oich

[ashen shore]

Check pinned

[pale light]

oh i also have the "0/5 phases done" bug

aww

[quartz salmon]

Same ;_;

[queen hatch]

yeah, apparently its already fixed on experimental, hopefully the patch drops tomorrow

[pale light]

yeah i want my disgusting looking ship thing

so, do these planets exist on a normal game mode file? could i come here on my other save?

[wary pasture]

3rd death lmao

[pale light]

you just gotta play like youre a piece of paper and everything in the game is a vulcano

[quartz salmon]

For the "partners in time" milestone do I just gotta do 5 of the loop progress missions

[wary pasture]

Seems this isnt the expedition for me

[quartz salmon]

One trick is to never run anywhere, just walk

Your ship auto recharges its launch fuel so if you really want to you can just hang out inside it for a while

[pale light]

want some free stuff from me?

[hidden ether]

Honestly, what really annoys me is the fact that it resets our milestone progress on death

[remote pine]

whaaat

didn't expect that

[quartz salmon]

it said so in the patch notes

[hidden ether]

Like, I just died from fall damage, because apparently the slope I was on was too steep

[quartz salmon]

My favorite is when the fall damage decides to trigger again 5 seconds later

[remote pine]

does loading save work?

[dire palm]

@quartz salmon yes

5 of the somnal dust, memory fragment, or liquid sun turn ins

[quartz salmon]

oh boy here I go terraforming again

[dire palm]

Lol

I got enough somnal dust for basically the 4 other than the first one from one freighter

It did take a while though

Had to shoot all the goop lol

[quartz salmon]

I could but I don't really feel like slowly walking through a freighter again rofl

[hidden ether]

And because of that slip, I lost all of my progress

Like, the concept behind the expedition is fun, but can they make it so we don't have to do everything again?

[quartz salmon]

I nearly died many times from fall damage

At least it's not elden ring gravity lmao

[hidden ether]

It's especially annoying given how easy fall damage is to trigger and how many mountainous worlds they send us to in this expedition

[quartz salmon]

And the glitch that makes it hit twice sometimes

[hidden ether]

This is literally the first death I've had since the first planet, and I was on phase 4, trying to find the traveller grave that seemed to have spawned on a fucking cliff

[quartz salmon]

Oh god I hated that one

[pale light]

gives away all the stuff cause im done with journey anyone?

[dusty pecan]

Had graves like that on 2 phases

nothing abusing exocraft didn't solve

[hidden ether]

Yeah, well, I can't target sweep in the fucking minotaur

[pale light]

if you come to me i can give you some free stuff

[dusty pecan]

I actually used nomad on those planets much better at climbing the cliffs

just hop off occasionally to scan and get back in

[wraith parrot]

I've never tamed anything in no mans sky and then I saw you need to befriend an aggressive creature 😬

[proven terrace]

Is it worth recollecting Polo's items (liquid Sun, etc) after collecting them all once?

[pale light]

AT THE VERY END you need 34 of each

im building a nice base on the first planet but noone wants my items

[proven terrace]

But, after a set of 250 liquid sun 200 ancestral memories, and whatevertheamountis sominal dust, is it worth doing it again after polo resets and asks for those same items and amounts again and again?

Like i already handed in those amounts to him, but he wants the. Again

[drifting niche]

Finally finished phase 2!

[knotty heart]

where is the base at

[ashen shore]

It helps progress the community milestone

[hidden ether]

Well, at least the planetary biology transferring after death means it's easy to get lots of nanites

[knotty heart]

oop wrong one

[ashen shore]

And gives you more memory fragments

But as long as you do the 5 for the milestone

[hushed steeple]

It's part of the community effort, there are tiered rewards later if enough people participate. Just like the nexus missions.

[ashen shore]

That’s all that’s required

[pale light]

you get an upgrade module every time, so if you get lucky, it might be worth it

[proven terrace]

Oh. I wish that was clearer to the public

[pale light]

you gotta join me in multiplayer i think to end up at my location

[proven terrace]

I wonder how many people are gonna do it once and not know what to do and not know it fills community progress

[ashen shore]

People will ask “Hey how do I get this optional milestone”

[drifting niche]

I have the new ship trail unlocked if anyone wants to see it

[ashen shore]

And then they’ll be told how it works

[proven terrace]

Then there is me: no chat ability in-game

[ashen shore]

I meant moreso discord

I did the expedition single player anyways

[drifting niche]

Notes on the new ship trail:

It's the least prioritised trail so you can't stack trails and keep it active.

It's honestly really underwhelming

[pale light]

i just wanna help newcomers and give my stuff away, but noone comes to me

[proven terrace]

Is it like the glitch trail

[drifting niche]

I'll get a screen shot soon

[ashen shore]

I'd love to have starship trails match jetpack trails, and vice versa

[topaz brook]

Agreed

[drifting niche]

As far as I can tell. No

[frozen prism]

Welp out of oxygen, guess I'll restart

[drifting niche]

Here's the new trail. Best seen in the dark

[topaz brook]

Trail stacking?

[proven terrace]

Sad tail actually...

[drifting niche]

It's... really disappointing

Smoke trail was better and is more prioritised

[topaz brook]

I’ll admit it’d be cooler if the additional visuals were always active

[drifting niche]

I'll get a screenie of static travel. Brb

static travel looks just like the default trail

[topaz brook]

Yeah

[drifting niche]

Why won't the nexus give me the storm crystal mission....

[pale light]

im happy with my base, its a beautiful base and noone wants my free stuff

[drifting niche]

I need uranium

I'm not getting a screenie of static travel. I'm just going to use it to speed boost

[pale light]

got 319

you can have it all if you come over lol

[drifting niche]

Yes... but that could throw me off of my trail

[pale light]

rip :x

[drifting niche]

New trail is just a funkified default trail :[

[pale light]

wait if you go into multiplayer and join me its fine cause your position in multiplyer isnt saved

[dire palm]

As opposed to them unfunky default color swaps?

[drifting niche]

Sowwyyyyy... I'll just stay on my path

[dire palm]

In expedition?

Damn

[pale light]

ok

[shy narwhal]

The anchor points are the same for everyone right?

[pale light]

noone wants my stuff :/ sucks

[summer oyster]

Yes fall damage is one of the deadliest mechanics.

[shy narwhal]

So we could save quite a few warps by joining a multiplayer game and activating the portal right?

[wraith parrot]

"Derelict freighter."

Yeah no that sounds friendly ... 😦

[drifting niche]

Found a pirate system.... should I put a base down here?

[pale light]

nah kill it

[summer oyster]

Up to you, there is only one milestone you need in outlaw systems.

[drifting niche]

Which phase?

[summer oyster]

Phase 4 I think

[shy narwhal]

Can you get started on future phases before completing previous phases?

[drifting niche]

Smugging goods, while I'm here

[pale light]

yes you can do almost all in whatever order you want

[drifting niche]

Do these count as smuggling?

[mental brook]

yo does anyone know what kind of frigate the organic frigate is?

[summer oyster]

I think so.

[pale light]

if they are "illegal" yes otherwise no

[dusty pecan]

Easiest to just go outside the station and shoot some cargo pods of the nearest freighter

[summer oyster]

Seems like exploration and trading.

[dusty pecan]

freighters don't call in sentinels in outlaw systems so it's basicly free money

[drifting niche]

There's a mission that gives me a sentinel map

[pale light]

oh my god everything is so cheap on my regular save ❤️

feels good to be back, my jetpack now lasts longer than 0.5 seconds

btw whats the nexus currency called in english?

[drifting niche]

So I just destroy freighters next to the pirate station to get the smuggling milestone?

[hidden ether]

The freighter raid missions give a lot of goods that can be smuggled

[drifting niche]

Riiiiiight

[shy narwhal]

Quicksilver

Wrong person

[wraith parrot]

wait is derelict freighter not required for this expedition

I thought it was...

[dusty pecan]

Yeah just shoot open the cargo containers and once you have full cargo jump to a normal system to sell the goods to finish the milestone

[topaz brook]

skill issue

[pale light]

ty lol

[drifting niche]

I'm going to attempt to shut down a sentinel thing

[pale light]

easy imo

[topaz brook]

fair

i mostly grabbed the storm crystals from my mech after getting launched in the same way

[drifting niche]

Does the eliminate sentinels milestone also count if I kill sentinel ships?

[topaz brook]

no clue tbh

I just camped the sentinels spawned by a summoner

[wary pasture]

This happy geks hydroponics. You are amazing. Very nice base as well.

[drifting niche]

Should I shut down the boundary first or eliminated the sentinels first?

game crashed

[dusty pecan]

place down a save point and you can even shutdown the boundary for 3 sentinels kills. save reload and do it again for 3 kill per reload

[wary pasture]

Nice shout.
Mentally noted*

[drifting niche]

That sounds complicated...

[wary pasture]

I mean, it's quite sharp.

I wouldnt have thought about it at all

[pale light]

IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE THAN 250 IN ONE SLOT OHHHH'

[dusty pecan]

it's simple shutdown boundary -> place save beacon and save -> reload -> shutdown boundary -> save ->reload ->ad infinitum

[drifting niche]

But... iv I reload a manual. It'll mess off the milestone progress

[gilded tiger]

Guys any tips with whispering eggs? They're trying to kill me! dizzy_face

[drifting niche]

Like 9999

[drifting niche]

Hide in the building

[drifting niche]

Shouldn't I place save point, save then shut-down?...

[gilded tiger]

I'm in an open field, couldn't find the abandoned building but I found some at an open spot

[ashen shore]

infested planet then

ig

[humble bramble]

For the whispering eggs I was on a lifeless planet so I just ran around collecting the cores

[dusty pecan]

no need to shut down just reload save from the menu after saving

[drifting niche]

So shut down, place point, save, reload

[dusty pecan]

If you want 100% safe method you can place down a base computer and build small huts around each cluster

[dusty pecan]

Yes

[untold haven]

anyone have storm crystals for trade or an extreme planet they can take me to

[gilded tiger]

Oh that works! I'll try a couple more times the legit way. Thank you

[dusty pecan]

ah sorry misread you message you do need to shut down after the reload and save again after

[drifting niche]

I have a backup auto incase

You mad genius you@dusty pecan

[dusty pecan]

not really genius I got the trick from a Expedition 6 speedrun guide lol

[drifting niche]

Some mad genius them

Now I don't have to actually face the forces!

I would not of been able to complete this without you guys

[gilded tiger]

Can't 5 minutes without a storm, reloaded into a storm 😓

[drifting niche]

DIIIGGGG!

Get a cave!

[dusty pecan]

or just place down your minotaur 🙂

[drifting niche]

And ALWAYS have batteries on you

Batteries save lives

I'm doing this arse backwards. I finished phase 2 but I'm doing phase 4 before doing phase 3

[vagrant remnant]

yeah, 100% just buy a stack of batteries at a trade terminal as soon as you can! i also recommend getting a ton of life support gel and sticking it in your cargo slots for a mega-stack of 100% recharges

[vagrant remnant]

that's the best way to play these expeditions, surely :')

[quartz salmon]

Oof the 0/5 bug

[drifting niche]

Is it worth buying 5 starship batteries?...

[dusty pecan]

If you haven't got any from pirate attack yet yeah

[drifting niche]

I have 3 rn

[vagrant remnant]

3 should be enough if you're efficient in how often you pulse from place to place

i think i got attacked all of three times all expedition, but i may have been lucky

[dusty pecan]

even better grab any technology packs from the smugler

I lucked out 2 270+ lightyear hyperdrive modules from 9 pack of those

[drifting niche]

Iv for a lot of pyrite so it'll just be for my shield

[terse jacinth]

bugged rewards 😦

[dire palm]

@split junco first phase milestone and ||final milestone ||. Kind of

[olive walrus]

Is the anchor point suppose to look like a save beacon?

[summer oyster]

They are portal points of interests

[dire palm]

There WILL be tons of comm stations around though

[olive walrus]

Um ok well shit

[quartz salmon]

Anchor 5 was a fair bit away from where the marker said it was fyi

It was bugged for me and I had to find it manually

[dire palm]

They made landing spots for missions approximate now. So you have to land and scan

[quartz salmon]

Yes but anchor 5 was so far away that it didn't even activate the scanner

[olive walrus]

How do I know where the approximate location of a anchor is

[dense basin]

That is hella lucky. I get attacked all the time. But I also just carry around a lot of sodium.

The game will mark it if you have that milestone selected

[safe swallow]

So where can I use the memory resonator so that it actually does something? It doesn't work anywhere

[dusty pecan]

If you don't feel like fighting the pirate ambushers you can allways dip quickly into anomaly or your freighter and back out

[dense basin]

Works on the anchor planets

[dense basin]

I don't mind fighting them. It's free nanites 🙂

[safe swallow]

It did not

[dense basin]

Did you select the milestone for it?

[dusty pecan]

Agreed the tech and weapon packages are good sources better upgrades than from the memory shards

[safe swallow]

Yup

[rough trellis]

i finished exp 7 but I didnt get the final phase reward

do I have to do the optional milestones?

[dusty pecan]

yeah the final reward is bugged atm

[rough trellis]

ohhh ok thanks

[dense basin]

which stage are you on?

[drifting niche]

Turns out just buying contraband then selling in a normal system is the easiest way to do this

[gilded tiger]

Omg I just can't grab the damn whispering eggs

Do I need a roof for the structure? They still attack me

[safe swallow]

I've been jumping around looking for other planets that work, what was the system/planet name of anchor 1 again so I can go back and see if it's fixed?

[dense basin]

Cebrac-Eliwyn is the system, Ennect is the planet

[safe swallow]

This exp is so scuffed, I should just wait for a patch or two

[dense basin]

They're always an adventure out of the gate 😄

Getting strafed into oblivion during that last expedition was a thing and a half

[honest ore]

anyone know when the save editor will update with exp rewards
my expedition is continuing to crash each time

[lime lichen]

Me, korvax. .... you?

[safe swallow]

This one is the buggiest by far

[honest ore]

every time i try to do a seemingly random thing, my game freezes and crashes

sometimes it crashes while loading in

like what the shit

what did i do to deserve this

[hybrid jewel]

my game keeps crashing everytime attempt to evade the pirates

[summer oyster]

Have you tried restarting your platform?

[hybrid jewel]

sucked it up and handled the pirates, was right after talking to the guy at the 4th anchor

seems to have been a thing i'm forced to do, crashed the game 3 times prior trying to enter the space anomoly without fighting them....

[drifting niche]

Hehe oh I'm so efficient. I'm about to finish phase 3, phase 4 is set up so the last one I actually have to do is 5

[onyx verge]

Is anyone else having the issue once they complete the expedition that they can’t accept the leviathan final reward?

[pearl void]

any chance anyones has cords to crashed freighter

[runic flower]

wish theyd let us turn off peoples messages they leave all around expedition areas. its just annoying

[olive walrus]

I just witnessed a planet give birth to a freighter

[meager stream]

Well its best way to pinpoint a rdv point

[olive walrus]

Goddam ennect theirs always a goddamn blizzard going on

[runic flower]

i dont need help locating stuff, i need less spam

eyy, im on ennect with a blizzard too

[drifting niche]

What's the best way to get storm crystal here. Nexus won't show any, didn't see any at the pirate system

[meager stream]

Just buy 6 red maps and fire them off at once

[silver current]

I havent even done phase 2 fully after 6h playing it, apparently I heard anchor 4 planet or system has storm crystals, I guess I am just bad and inefficient lol

[meager stream]

Rdv4 planet has them

[pearl void]

i have used like 20 maps no luck

[drifting niche]

Oki I'll travel to 4

[silver current]

yeah i dont have crashed freighter either

[meager stream]

The trick is use map and dont go to the wrong marker.

[drifting niche]

I hate being colour blind

[meager stream]

If it fiund, say, crashed ship, u dont fly to it. So the marker stays up and next used map wont search for crashed ship

[main harbor]

Has anyone completed the optional one in phase 1? (Cycle Observed)

[meager stream]

Its community wide

[drifting niche]

Sadly that's community based gotta hope others help

[main harbor]

Thank you i have wasted like 40 min hahaha

[wary pasture]

I did 3x so I got you both covered

[meager stream]

Distress signal maps

[pearl void]

finally got one

@silver current u want the warp to it?

[wary pasture]

I finally spawned close to someone's farm. I'm ever so grateful, likely be my start of survival.

[silver current]

yeah but not sure how that works lol

[drifting niche]

Oh yeah, I found this.... thing in R3 system

[pearl void]

i can just invite you to my group u go in atlas and leave and join my system

worm

[meager stream]

Oh that dude was a final encounter in exp5, iirc

[teal valley]

If I reach the center of the Galaxy during this expedition does it count for the achievement?

[meager stream]

Good question

[silver current]

got one now 🙂

[pearl void]

lol

[dense basin]

Try it and let us know 🙃

[teal valley]

@dense basin just started the expedition, it'll be a bit

[drifting niche]

I just died....7 hours...

I sentinel snipped new

I...

[olive walrus]

Should I do the optional missions?

[dense basin]

They're community missions

[drifting niche]

The game wouldn't let me summon my ship, I was trying but the sentinel snipped me, it wasn't even close to me

[karmic whale]

anyone find an s-class multitool along the expedition route? just in principle, i'd like to find one that doesn't require a portal.

[olive walrus]

Oh

I’m just gonna sell these ancestral memories then

[meager stream]

Ye this cant summon while in battle is annoying af, especially when battle is over

[karmic whale]

how many do you have?

[hushed steeple]

I got the dying option out of the way quite early. Like 20s after start. 😛

[dense basin]

Handing those in works toward the community goal

[calm flax]

I didn't find an S class but, I did get a nice Experimental in the starting system.

[meager stream]

U need 5 submissions to polo for phase 5 milestone

[dense basin]

And that is better modules for everyone

[drifting niche]

I... lost....everything.... there's no way I can continue

[meager stream]

Make sure u completed that one

[olive walrus]

I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it

For now money

[karmic whale]

good tip. maybe i'll see if i can find a good cabinet.

[meager stream]

U can come back to it later when we have stronger upgrades

[dense basin]

Take a day off and see how you feel

[silk nebula]

how do you get navigation data again?

[drifting niche]

I'm going to go cry in creative now....

[dense basin]

click the little boxes in stations, click the posts on planets

[drifting niche]

I had full hp... sentinel one spotted me

[silk nebula]

im not seeing any of the lil box thingies

[hushed steeple]

Every way point, settlement, boxes, glowing cubes on tables, gives nab data.

[meager stream]

Also u can try ur luck with 15 nanite random type maps

[karmic whale]

i feel you. i'm on pc and was making backups, so i was able to recover from a not-very-large falling death. i was mad. didn't bust me up from a modest fall - killed all my shields and all my health. pretty sure I would have fared better, even without an exosuit. weak.

[meager stream]

Some system def gives red ones

[drifting niche]

You even lose all your milestones

[karmic whale]

yeah, it's brutal.

[drifting niche]

I don't even have a use for this frigate... I got the trail, it'll boost my ships

[dense basin]

Yeah, like I said last night.... It's a total misname. This isn't a roguelike. This is just permadeath.

[meager stream]

Yep

[calm flax]

Permadeath with a twist is the way I look at it

[karmic whale]

permadeath with a lie

[dense basin]

If I die, I'm just making a new save so I can reclaim my twitch stuff

[drifting niche]

Maybe we were supposed to regain our milestones quickly... but... everything... it just doesn't seem right

[calm flax]

I call it a twist because with permadeath everything is over. Here the story continues

[karmic whale]

even-more-expensive-and-more-on-the-line permadeath

[meager stream]

The twist is u can keep one save for all tries to see how much time u wasted in total in the end

[dense basin]

It doesn't really, though.

[muted shore]

how does the loop progress swing?

[meager stream]

Like community nexus contribution

[calm flax]

Actually the memories are from your previous life so it does continue

[drifting niche]

Something has to be wrong... SURELY Sean would not of intentionally made it all or nothinh

[meager stream]

By cumulative effort of all players (or just scripted progressbar)

[dense basin]

That's a bit facetious, in the circumstances. I remember everything between perma saves too.

[meager stream]

They just fked up

[calm flax]

Just think about all the new people that just bought the game only to be subjected to this.

[drifting niche]

Maybe a patch will make it easier

[meager stream]

It will be easier once these loop milestones are completed with time

[drifting niche]

I'm actually in tears... 8 and a half hours. 4 phases completed

[dense basin]

Yeah, I nearly noped out after 15 minutes of normal. If I'd started with this... Heyyllll no

[meager stream]

With S class jetpack and shields u wont die so easily

[calm flax]

In my opinion NMS isn't stable enough for an expedition like this for the masses

[drifting niche]

I don't remember seeing anywhere this being "all or nothing"

[dense basin]

That may be true, but people will actually have to do turn-ins for the upgrades to happen. And so long as those turn-ins are annoying to get and more valuable to sell...

[meager stream]

Its even worse, it intentionally uses its instability and glitchyness as additional sources of danger

[muted shore]

@meager streamthat is, you can just wait for the cycles to close by themselves?

[meager stream]

Thats why graves are always in fkin mountains

[meager stream]

Yes

[muted shore]

understood, thanks

[drifting niche]

I had FULL HP. sentinel one shotted me! I lose everything due to a glitch

[meager stream]

They are pretty easy to get
And i still believe that both community research and loop progress bars are just scripted and have nothing to do with real community contributions

[drifting niche]

No one's doing to do the community side because everyone is just trying to live!

[meager stream]

Thats why u have to do 5 turn-ins for a milestone haha

[calm flax]

I had something like that happen with pirates. The pirates was glitching like crazy. Then I had just filled my protection then I was dead.

[meager stream]

I see a lot of death reports from pirates

Do u mean atmosphere pirates shooting while ur on foot?

[drifting niche]

I refuse to believe that this is intention game design

[misty sapphire]

Seems like most deaths are from falling

Maybe that's just most of my deaths

sob

[meager stream]

It is, it was just a poor decision

[calm flax]

I wonder if they had problems with the pirates glitching also. For some reason it didn't seem like they was taking damage at times.

[misty sapphire]

I have had no problems fighting pirates at all so far

[meager stream]

Me too

[misty sapphire]

I am about 5 and a half hours in

[meager stream]

Thats why i wonder

[drifting niche]

Unless they release an overhaul patch, I some see any possible way for vets and especially new players completing this

Storm crystal chase killed me

[meager stream]

They made this loop progress specifically so it gets easier with time

In a month all upgrades u get from fragments will be S class

It will make ppl more durable

[calm flax]

I've never had pirates behave like they have in this expeditions. They was very irratic. In one location then the next second a different location. Like they was being transported around and not actually flying.

[drifting niche]

It'd be nice is we at least kept the phase completion milestone

[meager stream]

And they wont die from jumping on place anymore

[drifting niche]

All for what?... an artistic frigate?

The reward does not match the struggle

[meager stream]

If u pressed the badge it probably unlocked its reward accountwide. U can check it in qs store

[drifting niche]

I have the rewards... but I need to complete everything for the frigate so what's the point

[meager stream]

But in order to get the final reward u need to complete all phases on one run anyway

Yep

[silver current]

I am hunting for my first living ship in my normal save, the reward from this expedition is insane. couldnt have asked for anything more except living freighter

just a bit hard for a non perma player...

[meager stream]

Ye i wasnt used to recharge my hazard every 10 sec

Or be hurt from 2m jump

[calm flax]

I've been starting permadeath saves for practice. It's not the permadeath part. It's the glitches that keep killing me.

[drifting niche]

Roguelike game play...... sure bud

[runic flower]

a random animal hit me and took away 2/3 of my shield thing

[meager stream]

Yep when ur naked it hurts

[runic flower]

i had my space suit on

[drifting niche]

Oh no... no no no no

[meager stream]

Naked i mean without upgrades

[drifting niche]

Oh fuk I thought the update changed my LS

[calm flax]

On a regular permadeath save I can get protection. Not here

[meager stream]

Ur supposed to get it from milestones

[runic flower]

how does one get expedition badges here

[meager stream]

But its def harder mode now at the beginning, when its all C-B class

[calm flax]

I get things from milestones that I don't even use. Like weapons I don't have or use

[summer oyster]

dm or ping the admins or moderators with screenshot proof.

[runic flower]

neat

[hybrid jewel]

so what saves your milestone progress? is it when you create the memory thing?

[meager stream]

Not dying

Duh

[dense basin]

There is no saving

[hybrid jewel]

helpful...

[dense basin]

alas

If you die, it's all gone

[hybrid jewel]

false

[dense basin]

Die and try it out 🙂

[meager stream]

True

[hybrid jewel]

i died in the first section, and 3-4 of my milestones were ready to collect

[meager stream]

It was only two, that were related to dying

Bruh

[runic flower]

so whats the point of these community quest things for the expedition

[dense basin]

They increase the class of the modules

[meager stream]

They make those memory fragments give better stuff

[dense basin]

All we get now is C class stuff.

[runic flower]

so what ur saying is, i should wait until thoise get maxed, then do my expedition

[dense basin]

I like to kill pirates because the X class stuff is usually better

[meager stream]

Yes

[summer oyster]

You can yes.

[meager stream]

But if everyone waits, noone will contribute to the progress lol

[silk nebula]

any tips for finding aggressive creatures?

[runic flower]

ok i wont wait wink

[meager stream]

Assuming its not scripted ofc

[meager stream]

Starter planet

[dense basin]

Go back to the first planet

[silk nebula]

ah thanks

[silent agate]

Are y’all having fun

[meager stream]

Nope

[silent agate]

Damn

[pearl void]

my storm crystal quest isnt workin sadge

[runic flower]

naw. rewards dont match the effort

[meager stream]

How come

[dense basin]

A frigate is a better than usual reward, tbh

[silent agate]

I am also in search of stork crystals

[pearl void]

not sure, i got 5 storm crystals durring a storm and nothing changed

[silent agate]

Storm

[meager stream]

Rdv4 planet has storm crystals

[meager stream]

What the milestone says?

[pearl void]

Collect 5 storm crystals

[meager stream]

0/5?

[pearl void]

yea

[meager stream]

Could u take screenshots plz?

Of the milestone in ur log and ur inventory page

[sly pond]

So, a lot of players aren't too pleased that the community unlocks are advanced by player deaths. I say the answer is simple - start a campaign encouraging players to start up a 2nd Expedition save, and in it do nothing except get killed, as quickly as possible, in as many ways as possible, as entertainingly as possible! Send a screenshot of your respawn showing current iteration, or a video clip of a funny death.
It's time to take one for the team.

[humble bramble]

Oh yeah I should probably delete my old expedition saves

[meager stream]

Who said they are advanced by deaths?

[drifting niche]

It is A LOT easier to die in this expedition. Iv done every other expedition and didn't die once, it can't just be me! It's way to easy to die in this one!

[misty sapphire]

Fall damage and damage from all sorts of things is increased

[drifting niche]

I dare you to load an old expedition save and try to die in under 5 minutes

[dusky crag]

Almost didn't survive the walk to my ship lol

[humble bramble]

I've died twice total across every expedition

And once was intentional

[misty sapphire]

I've died twice so far in this one

[meager stream]

Yes permadeath has faster hazard depletion, more enemy damage and fall damage. Also sends u to dangerous places intentionally and prevents u from gearing up

[misty sapphire]

Including the one at the start

[drifting niche]

We know HG doesn't test the expeditions

[wary pasture]

Who else ran for the appearance modifier? Couldnt remain a vykeen for long.

[dusky crag]

lol pretty much the first thing I did before talking to polo

[meager stream]

I heard the appearance is the only thing u keep after death

[teal valley]

@wary pasture first thing I did

[wary pasture]

Lmfao

[cunning raptor]

i managed to 3 tier 3 objectives done on the first planet.

[ashen shore]

I can safely say that the appearance modifier never crossed my mind

[sick mulch]

What is the point of anchor point 2 ending at a ||portal||?
Are you supposed to use it to get to ||infested planet||

[ashen shore]

I just wanted to burn through the expedition as fast as possible

[ashen shore]

No

All of the anchor points are like that

[sick mulch]

K

[cunning raptor]

anchor point one is an infested planet iirc

[ashen shore]

All of the anchor worlds are infested as well

[meager stream]

Its just a tradition
Also all anchor planets are infested

[cunning raptor]

what exactly do we need to to for the loop progression mission?

[ashen shore]

Visit polo

[meager stream]

Give polo stuff

[ashen shore]

Liquid sun, ancestral memories, or somnal dust

[cunning raptor]

oh. that will take a bit.

[sly pond]

The entire Expedition is about time loops, the more research turned into Polo community-wide, the stronger the memory fragments become. @meager stream HG said themselves that death advances community progression, lol.

[meager stream]

Hm didnt see it in patch description. Where should i look at exactly?

[cunning raptor]

right now i'm riding out a storm at the first loop point. trying to hit the whispering eggs milestone.

[sly pond]

Not the description, https://www.nomanssky.com/2022/05/expedition-seven-leviathan/

This, it doesnt state it as bluntly as I did, but it does say it.

[ashen shore]

I didn’t see anywhere that said dying increases community progress

Perhaps you can be a bit more specific

[drifting niche]

The "wonderful" new ship trail... I spent over 8 hours for this?

[sly pond]

Research with Polo does, and you turn in things to him you receive when you die.

[meager stream]

i dont see even a hint of this statement in there
also used text search

[ashen shore]

I don’t know that I agree with you, and I haven’t seen anyone else make the claim that dying improves community progress

[meager stream]

Our seventh expedition traps Travellers inside a time loop, and offers a taste of roguelike gameplay. Difficulty is tuned to survival-mode settings, and every death means a reset of the loop.

As players explore the loop, they will recover Memory Fragments, lost remnants of previous loops. These manifest as procedurally generated technology, meaning each reset of the loop may play out very differently.

Faced with such difficulty, players across the world can collaborate with each other to even the odds. Alongside their personal efforts to break the loop, Travellers can help Specialist Polo as they research the loop’s peculiar manifestations.

The more Travellers that participate in the research, the stronger the Memory Fragments become, manifesting in better upgrades, more inventory space, and stronger Multi-Tools and starships.

dats all they say

no word about deaths

[silver current]

I think its the hand ins of dust suns and memories personally...

[ashen shore]

That’s what it means by “Helping polo”

[sly pond]

And how are those generated?

[drifting niche]

Can we just agree that this expedition was not thought out at all?

[meager stream]

things u turn in are get not from dying

[ashen shore]

You get them from feeding animals, mining terrain deposits, and clearing freighters

Those are the 3 direct sources of the materials polo wants

[silver current]

Agree to disagree... I like a challenge and it changes my gameplay and makes the end reward rarer which I also agree with

[hidden ether]

Yeah, I think the idea is solid

The execution is a little rough, though

[ashen shore]

I enjoyed the change of pace with this expedition

Especially for people that usually only play normal or creative

[sly pond]

Lol, I may be reading too much into it, I just found the idea hilarious.

[sick mulch]

I just finished my permadeath run and this is literally the exact same thing lol

[ashen shore]

Dying in no way benefits you or the community, except for the one mandatory death you need for a milestone

[drifting niche]

It's not a time loop, it's a reset

[meager stream]

its true that its def appealing to some types of players
the problem is, it is frustrating or even unplayable for everyone else except "challenge enjoyers", and that means the idea was clearly a failure

[ashen shore]

Idk if I’d go that far

[silver current]

also people have to understand that not everyone can like every single expedition, impossible to design them like that, players are different. I am saying this enjoying this game a lot recently and scared to death in the expedition as a normal mode player. I haven't died since my 2 deahts right at the start, and I was shaking yesterday when I got my 10 whispering eggs which i stumbl;ed upon

[hidden ether]

I found it frustrating to die to a fluke

[ashen shore]

I typically only play in normal, and I enjoyed how this expedition was different

[meager stream]

if half of ur playerbase if frustrated - its nothing less than a failure

[hidden ether]

Honestly, I think there's a lot of potential here

[meager stream]

even if its a quarter

[hidden ether]

It just needs a bit of polish

[ashen shore]

I think the idea was solid, the execution had its flaws

[drifting niche]

I seriously do not like perma death games, this expedition is impossible for me

[meager stream]

ye ur frustration is cleraly visible here

[hidden ether]

I also mainly play survival, so I was more prepared for the challenge

[drifting niche]

I'm not wasting another 9 hours just to get back to where I was

[hidden ether]

My current frustration is in the fact that I can't claim the final reward!

[ashen shore]

Realistically, if you play a bit more patiently than usual, it’s entirely doable

[ashen shore]

The patch is on its way lmao

[sick mulch]

I only died once, do i need a second death?

K

[hidden ether]

Anyways, I hyperfocused on completing this thing and neglected to eat dinner

And it's 11pm

[ashen shore]

If you died once for the milestone, you’re good

[hidden ether]

Gonna go fix that

[meager stream]

"doable" is a term that shouldnt be used as an argument. beating malenia in elden ring with starting character is "doable" too

[ashen shore]

I feel as though you’re exaggerating the difficulty of this expedition

[drifting niche]

Hopefully the patch will make this. You know, playable for the average gamer. Otherwise it's purely elitist

[summer oyster]

Not sure why we are comparing that here 😂

[meager stream]

im not comparing, im showing that the word is bad

[ashen shore]

Genuinely, if you want to survive the expedition, don’t overuse your jet pack and don’t be afraid to run away from enemies instead of trying to fight them all

[hidden ether]

I think that it would have been better if the expedition had drawn more from survival than from permadeath

[meager stream]

difficulty per se is not a problem. losing hours of progress is.

[hidden ether]

Like, dying should clear your inventory, take you back to the starting planet

[ashen shore]

You don’t lose hours of progress if you play carefully to avoid dying

[hidden ether]

But not erase your milestones or recipes

[drifting niche]

Climbing Mount Everest is "doable". So go climb it lol

see the problem?

[silver current]

exactly what I am doing, sometimes i premake tunnels with terrain manipulator in order to have an escape

[meager stream]

unfortunately in our case there are things outside our reach that can affect u

like a random bump in a terrain or a random glitch

[ashen shore]

If you die to bugs, that’s different

Get mad about the bugs

[humble bramble]

I played the expedition without multi-player on for most of it

[ashen shore]

But the expedition itself is not some Rambo difficulty endeavor

[humble bramble]

And it saved my ass like twice tbh

[meager stream]

bugs are integral part of this game, and integral part of the intended danger level of the expedition

[drifting niche]

Even in multiplayer no one could help me because they were trying to live

[meager stream]

otherwise they wont send us to mountains

[humble bramble]

All my homies hate anchor point 4

[meager stream]

anchor4 is a hell

[ashen shore]

Anchor point 4 was a bit unnecessary

[meager stream]

grave 4*

[hidden ether]

Lol, yeah

[humble bramble]

Aside from that it wasn't that bad

[ashen shore]

I’ll grant you that anchor 4 dipped into the stupid hard category

[hidden ether]

Anchor point 4 was the only place Indies outside the starting planet

[ashen shore]

But the rest of it wasn’t so bad

[humble bramble]

I almost died on anchor point 4

Twice actually

[hidden ether]

Extremely awkward terrain and extreme planet with windstorms

[ashen shore]

Anchor 4 was a reminder of “Hey, don’t forget, this isn’t supposed to be easy :)”

[humble bramble]

Once I just fell because I'm dumb

[drifting niche]

The storm crystal mission was on a extremely sentinel planet...

[ashen shore]

You don’t HAVE to get them from there

Any planet with storms will do

[humble bramble]

And the other I got immediately lifted off the ground by a tornado as I stepped foot out of my ship

[drifting niche]

Not like it matters, I'm dead

[humble bramble]

Thank God for pausing while offline

[hidden ether]

I mean, by the time you get to point 4, you should have the Minotaur, which really simplifies things

[ashen shore]

Whis is the chat with finding players to play with

Keep in mind, this is day 2 of the expedition. As those community milestones get hit, it will get significantly easier

The people doing it now will have the most challenge

[meager stream]

its harder than regular permadeath. which being alone is okay. but its still permadeath. and it intentionally exposes u to all dangers possible, including intendedly glitchy terrain.
given 80% of players are playing in Normal, and some new players just bought the game on sale and its the first thing they go...

[drifting niche]

I should of paused and reloaded my manual but I was trying to summon my ship. But when I flat surface it said "cannot land here"

[ashen shore]

I play exclusively in normal, this is my second ever expedition, I’m by no means a sweaty gamer. I finished it in 4.15 hours with no deaths other than the milestone one

It is Not that bad

Did I have some close calls, yes

But that’s kinda the point

[sick mulch]

I imagine the giant freak out when all of the players see the nanite prices 😂

[ashen shore]

My freak out was when I went to the anomaly thinking I’d buy a scatter blaster

[humble bramble]

7k for an s class module 🔥 🔥

[ashen shore]

Jokes on me

Boltcaster only

[humble bramble]

Inflation hit the galaxy hard

[drifting niche]

5 thousands for s class ship upgrades. There was no need for that

[meager stream]

im a normal player too and i made it in 4.5 hrs without dying too. and it wasnt that bad for me. but im seeing the bigger picture

[ashen shore]

If it wasn’t that bad for you, and it wasn’t that bad for me, then what’s the complaint about?

[meager stream]

bcoz i see it being bad for thousands of players

some of them ur seeing in this very chat at this very moment

[ashen shore]

I haven’t seen many complaints since this chat opened, other than the whole end reward bug

[drifting niche]

I'm here, 9 hours. 4 phases completed and lost everything.

[misty sapphire]

You won't believe the price of hyperdrive fuel these days

[meager stream]

and i see myself being mad af if some of those "close calls" actually ended up in death

[ashen shore]

But they didn’t

[hidden ether]

I mean, I was mad when I died, but the progress is easily made up once you know what you're doing

[meager stream]

thats now how it works when we talk about game design decisions

[hidden ether]

I had completed basically every milestone except the anchor point ones before reaching anchor point 3 on my second go

[ashen shore]

Again, there’s 6 weeks to do this expedition and it gets easier as time goes by

I’m really not that concerned about the viability of it

[meager stream]

we will see how easier it gets with S class upgrades

as some1 here pointed out, the problem is most of given upgrades are just useless

regardles of class

[drifting niche]

Maybe it's because i have my neurological disorder and I physically do not have the mental energy to do this.

I'm physically limited by my disorder and this expedition is beyond what I can actually do.

So there's your complaint bolt

[ashen shore]

Keep in mind

Higher class upgrades will sell for more nanites

You’ll be able to afford to buy ones you actually want

Along with getting ones you want from RNG from memory frags

[humble bramble]

I purchased a single x class hyperdrive module

[meager stream]

those gray ones will always be ~500 tho

[humble bramble]

And man did i get lucky with the stats

[misty sapphire]

That is unfortunate

[silver current]

do i need to keep larval cores I am broke now...

[meager stream]

no

[ashen shore]

Sell em

[humble bramble]

It let me make it to anchor 5 a lot quicker and with a lot less fuel

[humble bramble]

Sell them

[meager stream]

sell them or refine to nanites

[humble bramble]

You can sell upgrades for the nanite milestone

[drifting niche]

I can't even watch this chat without getting pissed off. One person says it's too hard for the average person and another person says its "doable" like THAT is an excuse for poor game design.

Imagine putting a unfit, untrained person at the foot of a mountain and telling them "go on, you can climb it, its doable". Yeah sure technically it is "doable" but come on!! This is unfair for new players or casual players and for that section of the player base. It is undoable, how can you expect a casual or new to be thrown into this mess is a DLC and expect them to have a chance?

[humble bramble]

Yeah but expeditions aren't meant for new players

[meager stream]

they are

[hidden ether]

Well, some expeditions are

Not all of them

[cunning raptor]

whats the name of the starting planet again?

[ashen shore]

The expectations for this expedition were pretty clear up front

[ashen shore]

Check pinned

[drifting niche]

Then why are they time limited?

[hidden ether]

Because they're supposed to be challenges?

[ashen shore]

That’s like asking why is anything time limited

Doesn’t mean it’s specifically for new people

It’s special content

It encourages the playerbase to play it while it’s available

[drifting niche]

If a DLC can't be access be any amount of the community, then it's a failure.

But you guys keep pumping your egos. I'm finish with you all

[humble bramble]

What

[ashen shore]

ANYWAYS, how’s everyone’s progress going on leviathan?

[soft shadow]

Waiting for the bug fixes to drop
You?

[ashen shore]

In the same boat

[hidden ether]

Same

[humble bramble]

Same here

[ashen shore]

Waiting for that patch to hit PSN

They’ve got it up and running on steam experimental

[hybrid jewel]

78p0p0p0p0p0p0p0p0p0p0p0p0p0oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo v/.+32

[ashen shore]

Solid math

[soft shadow]

Yeah I gotta wait for Microsoft lmao

[humble bramble]

So true

[ashen shore]

I mean at least they CONFIRMED it was a bug and didn’t just leave us hanging

[soft shadow]

Thank god lmao

[meager stream]

expedition is an event when the game gets a wave of new players due to sales and media hype
its a new save with somewhat sped up progress
its only natural that new players will go and try it, and maybe even start with it
and all previous expeditions perfectly aligned with that

we can say that this one had a disclaimer of being a permadeath, but the very thought of a limited time game event being softlocked to a certain group of people (and the group that can do a refund) is hillarious and is against any common sence

[ashen shore]

I was like “If I have to wait for all these community milestones to get my frigate, ima be a lil upset”

[hidden ether]

Lol, yeah

That would suck

[humble bramble]

Literally any update gets a wave of sales and media hype

[true grotto]

If I die will my phases also reset?

[ashen shore]

The expeditions showcase different aspects of the game

[humble bramble]

It's not specific to expeditions

[ashen shore]

This one showed off the more difficult part of NMS

Not every expedition is for everyone

[ashen shore]

As far as I’m aware, phase rewards you’ve claimed will stay

But milestones will reset

[true grotto]

wow

I'm updating now

[meager stream]

yes, but it doesnt contradict my point in any way

[true grotto]

I'm nervous im gonna mess up but I really want that leviathan frigate

[ashen shore]

If I’m being perfectly honest, this expedition was geared more towards the existing playerbase than new players

[main harbor]

Does anyone have a sentinel map that they are willing to trade off?

[ashen shore]

It forced me to change up my playstyle

[tardy moat]

if you kill 20 sentinels you get a map

[humble bramble]

You get one from killing 20 sentinels

[main harbor]

Sweet thanks.

[hidden ether]

I have a spare sentinel map, too

[meager stream]

its all true, as i said
ur just having a hard time looking outside ur personal experience imo

[ashen shore]

I respectfully disagree

The common sentiment I’ve seen is “That was challenging but yay I’m done”

It’s not my specific experience (though I’m sure that plays into it a bit) that I’m basing my statements off of

It’s the discussions everyone’s been having about how their runs are going

[humble bramble]

Simply do not die

[ashen shore]

The easiest solution to all of life’s problems

Just simply be immortal

Don’t die

[humble bramble]

"Get good"

[meager stream]

git gud

[hidden ether]

I mean, I think that's kind of a common sentiment when completing a challenge run of some kind?

[ashen shore]

I agree with you

[humble bramble]

Depends on if it's something like Halo 2 LASO

Aka: hell

[ashen shore]

I would assume that if the expedition was disgustingly over difficult, there would be a lot more complaints and critique in this channel

But I’ve seen very little of that

[hybrid jewel]

if i complete the expedition, am i free to die if i just want to work on the loop progression? do i keep that progress atleast?

[humble bramble]

Good question

[silent agate]

Wait

[ashen shore]

Loop progression (community progress) persists regardless of individual deaths

Though it’s kinda counterintuitive to die

[silent agate]

I panicked and closed my game

[meager stream]

u dont have to die to continue, to begin with

[hybrid jewel]

i mean... does the expedition's completion persist through death

[silent agate]

Can I spoiler here

[meager stream]

go ahead

[silent agate]

DO I SUBMIT?!

[ashen shore]

If you’ve collected all the phase rewards, they persist through death

[hidden ether]

Yes

[ashen shore]

Though I will say

If you have the bug where it says 0/5 in your expedition tab

I would wait until that gets patched

[quartz salmon]

what

[ashen shore]

Just to be safe

[hidden ether]

Lol, yeah

[quartz salmon]

cries in already completed

[silent agate]

If I die, all my milestones get reset, no?

[hidden ether]

Correct

[meager stream]

well, cross-save rewards will stay. but not milestones completion. so since u cant claim the final reward, u better not die

[silent agate]

But leviathan kills me?

[ashen shore]

No

That’s different

[quartz salmon]

It "kills" you

[meager stream]

it kinda does but kinda does not

[ashen shore]

It doesn’t count as a death

[meager stream]

its scripted so its ok

[ashen shore]

It closes the loop

[quartz salmon]

It's like an atlas reset

[ashen shore]

It’s not considered a death

[silent agate]

Hmm

[quartz salmon]

Loops are already a closed set smh

[meager stream]

the fact that u "escaped the loop" according to lore actually makes the question about dying after completing everything even more interesting

[ashen shore]

Personally I have no intention of loading that save or leaving the anomaly ever again

That’s not a theory I’d like to test

[silent agate]

Do I “find patterns in the loop” before I do this leviathan thing

[ashen shore]

You don’t have to

You can do it before or after

Unless the milestone specifically requires it to progress

[humble bramble]

I'm still on the planet you're on after submitting

I didn't think to go to the anomaly

[ashen shore]

Knowing my luck, if I did that I’d load into the save and get attacked by predators or sentinels or something

I like having the anomaly as a safety net for expeditions

[silent agate]

Okay thanks for the clarification

[humble bramble]

Well I'm only going to load the save after the patch

So 0% chance of dying until then

[ashen shore]

Same, though I’ve had to open it once or twice to answer questions for people

Like finding outlaw systems

[runic flower]

what patch

[ashen shore]

A fix for the bug that makes it so you can’t collect final expedition reward

[humble bramble]

The patch that fixes the leviathan reward

[ashen shore]

It’s hopefully coming out within the next few days

[humble bramble]

HOPEFULLY tomorrow tbh