nms-expedition

[frosty pine]

He can too

[thick smelt]

ive never had a problem with people dupping, i almost didnt finish the last exp without someone helping me get a walker brain

[frosty pine]

I just invited someone to my game with it off

[dense basin]

Nah, we've tried.

[frosty pine]

So you can

[dense basin]

Platform, maybe

[frosty pine]

Maybe

[final spindle]

https://i.imgur.com/DWw3eYX.png @frosty pine almost the same as you 😄

[frosty pine]

This was on PC on both sides

[autumn halo]

Easy way to get those now is do quests in Outlaw system stations - you're bound to find one that rewards a Walker Brain sooner or later.

[dense basin]

meh, you don't need a walker brain anyway

[blissful raft]

I just realized your pic is Trogdor

[autumn halo]

Also, the Nexus quests sometimes award Walker Brains.

[dense basin]

I burninate the peasants

[frosty pine]

You need to pump those traveling numbers 👀

[final spindle]

🙈

[blissful raft]

I ain’t tryna walk half a light year on foot ok

[frosty pine]

I've been hours jumping around and getting into planets just to find non hazardous bases for me and a friend 😂

[final spindle]

i normally jump to the next T3 system

[dense basin]

I also get tons of walker brains as mercenary rewards @autumn halo

[final spindle]

hahah i have been doing the same for the last 3 days

[dense basin]

I wish they'd give me nanites instead

[final spindle]

T3 system, Lush biome (earth like), no sentinels, high resources

[autumn halo]

My favorite way to get nanites is scrapping ships. Can easily get 1200+ for an S Class.

[final spindle]

but no chance so far

[frosty pine]

Do plants glow in the dark? 👀

[dense basin]

Oh, I have lots of nanites. An absurd number, even

I like baking

I feed cronus when I'm doing other things

I have an entire storage locker full of baked stuff

[final spindle]

some do 😏

but i start to think that theres no planets without sentinels in expedition

[frosty pine]

There are

[final spindle]

i need to travel to another galaxy

[frosty pine]

Euclid 👀

[dense basin]

There shouldn't be - it's a survival/perma feature that planets have sentinels.

[final spindle]

my hopes in euclid are dying

[dense basin]

If you've seen one I'd be interested in knowing where it is

[final spindle]

same 😄

[dense basin]

I don't want to live on it - it just ... shouldn't exist

[frosty pine]

I'm almost sure i saw at least one on this expedition but didn't give it much importance 👀

I want sentinels in my planets 😂

[dense basin]

I don't play surv/perma all the time, but I do have more than 400 hours in on those modes. And I have never, ever seen a sentinel-free planet while playing them.

That doesn't mean they don't exist, just that if they do, they are breathtakingly rare.

[autumn halo]

At least they toned the sentinels down some - when Outlaws first dropped, those things were freaking relentless.

[lavish yarrow]

how do i locate an infested world to build a base on?

[autumn halo]

I wish the cloaking device worked better. Every time I use it the sentinels still follow me for quite a ways.

[autumn halo]

One of the Anchor planets is infested - you should find it over the course of the Expedition.

[lavish yarrow]

ok

[autumn halo]

If you don't want to wait, any planet with Whispering Eggs on it is infested, and most have the word "Infested" in their biome name. See the wiki for more info: https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Biome_Subtype_-_Infested

[lavish yarrow]

fantastic! thanks!

[frosty pine]

The cloaking device is totally broken tho 👀

It's too op

[autumn halo]

I guess. But most of the time I'm just wanting to chill, and the game is instead making me engage with sentinels. I have no interest in sentinels.

It'd be one thing if you could just blow them up and they'd go away, but 5 increasingly difficult waves of them to do so just isn't worth it.

[frosty pine]

Turn off the pillar then

[autumn halo]

Why? I'd have to track it down first, and do it in every system I visit. Or I could just run for a few seconds and avoid aggressive sentinel planets.

It's not difficult in the least to avoid sentinels, it's just annoying.

Even before the cloaking device.

[dense basin]

Pretty sure all the anchor planets are infested. Anchors 1 & 2 definitely are. I like to build on Anchor 1 so that I have my minotaur before I go to the memory loop event there. (that way I can jump awaaaayyyy)

[craggy laurel]

what the hell is this AP4 Planet🫠

[fathom schooner]

Decided to do a expedition for the first time

[craggy laurel]

sigh, and i was so close to finishing the expedition. Damn tornadoes

[fathom schooner]

Anything I should be worried about

[frosty pine]

Permadeath? 👀

[fathom schooner]

Oh it's perma death?

[frosty pine]

Kinda

Check the pins

There is info about the expedition there

[craggy laurel]

the worst part will be rerolling for useful memory fragment technology… sigh

[fathom schooner]

Died by fall dmg

Literal mountain between me and ship

[frosty pine]

You needed to die 1 time anyway 😂

[summer oyster]

Yeah that's what I don't like about the mechanic, RNG.

[dense basin]

Just be glad you got it out of the way before you got to the ship... and the ship told you that you have to die to fix it anyway XD

[sharp shore]

dying off a cliff is my first go to when i start a new save for this expedition

didn't know about the "Iterate" one when i first started the expedition and spent 40mins gathering stuff.

was kinda miffed when i had to go commit sudoku though due to the resources i had gathered

[frosty pine]

*seppuku 👀

[sharp shore]

i know, im just trying to avoid using any word that has something to do with suicide

also doing derelict freighters in expedition just gives you more derelict freighters if you hand in all the somnal dust lol

[barren creek]

Yea

More than you need if you're fine exploiting the personal refiner

I probably ought to stock up on as many nanites as possible with that before they patch it on my normal save...

How long has it been around, though?

[summer oyster]

Seems like a while for that specific exploit. if your referring to refiners in general, there has always been a glitch for years with them.

[barren creek]

The personal refiner, yeah. Chances are they know about it but have much more urgent things to take care of.

[autumn halo]

So many Emergency Broadcast Receivers lol

Are the community goals progressing normally again? For a while they were moving backwards / glitched.

[dense basin]

Aren't we done with those now?

[summer oyster]

I'm not sure about this either if the 5th tier is what we need to reach or if we need to progress on that

[autumn halo]

Last I played (a few days ago now) we hadn't yet unlocked the 4th community goal.

[summer oyster]

It looks like we need to complete tier 5 as well and then we will be fully done with the research.

[autumn halo]

Sounds like it's fixed then, and I can turn in all my somnal dust 😛

[dense basin]

You held all your dust until now?

[autumn halo]

Only did 2 derelicts - the first I turned it in, then noticed the goal didn't seem to be progressing, checked some stuff out online and decided just not to turn in the loot from the 2nd one. Not like I needed anything from it at that point.

[dense basin]

Ah.

[brave rain]

I keep using the minatour for exploration on the expedition and I would recommend it. If you manage jet packs well then you can move fast safely

[fathom schooner]

I use the personal refiner thing in my main save but I try to not use it in expedition

[brave rain]

The refiners need to be fixed, especially that duping one

[fathom schooner]

I just use it for nanites and salavage data

Don't see any problem as long as you moderate your use

Also a way to explain it would be creating a reality breakdown and that could call sentinels in

[summer oyster]

To be honestly I have duped some stuff to only avoid RNG but others I'm sure abuse it. I would be nice if it was fixed.

[brave rain]

I used a reload dupe in the anomaly only for nanites, but that was before sentinel update so there was no fun legitimate way to grind nanites

[dense basin]

Personally, I don't care whether people do or don't dupe as long as it doesn't affect the gameplay of others.

[wary pasture]

Omgosh. One step closer that's iteration 3 or phase 3 done.

Got muh fancy fancy cape

[calm flax]

The biggest way I see duping affects other players is when someone dupes things and goes around giving it away.

[wary pasture]

It should come with a warning is all I say. 'Hey these are duped goods'. That way a player can use their own discretion on their play style and if they wish to take part.

Otherwise nothing is forced or directly is impactful.

[calm flax]

I would say when someone goes around handing out stacks of AI valves they're probably duped.

[brave rain]

I still think it should be patched, it would make people who dupe to actually enjoy the systems the game has

Also people dupe to flex and that ruins it for people who actually work hard for things

[wary pasture]

How are you guys doing on expedition?

[calm flax]

Not everyone wants to grind things or possibly don't have the time to grind things

[brave rain]

True, but it’s too tempting for the main gameplay loop

To avoid that they should upgrade the economic system

[frosty pine]

It's just a mindset thing tbh

[calm flax]

I've never duped on any of my saves I keep. I only started doing it a little after over 4,000 hours. Then it's only on saves I plan on deleting after a few hours.

[wary pasture]

I'd love to talk about the expedition with someone. I'll be here in #nms-expedition 😅

[frosty pine]

I know i need to farm a crazy amount of salvage data and freighter mods. I would never accept a single dupped one anyway

[dense basin]

For me it duping would be less enjoyable because I like working for stuff, but this is a game of play the way you want to play, find what makes you happy

[calm flax]

I used to hand out 200 salvaged data at a time. None of them was dupped. I dug up all of them.

[dense basin]

Okay, where are you in the expedition?

[frosty pine]

It would be cool if dupping didn't involve other people

[brave rain]

And also is it worth making the game buggy for the majority of the community to cater to those with less time? I get both sides of the argument, maybe there should be a detector for duped items to prevent them from being traded. And maybe events you can do that give double nanites/unites/etc. there will always be duping glitches, but one you can access in the first 30 minutes? Come on.

[wary pasture]

I just completed the 3rd iteration. :)

[brave rain]

I just finished iteration 1, have one left in 2, have 4 milestones done in 3, 2 milestones in 4, 1 milestone in five

[frosty pine]

If people are going to dupe, they could just edit their save 👀

[wary pasture]

Going for the whole take away perma thing

[wary pasture]

One requires knowledge, people are lazy. 😂

Good pt though.

[frosty pine]

The save editor nowadays are pretty intuitive tho

[calm flax]

From what I've seen duping doesn't affect people in NMS like it can in other games. It doesn't bother me if someone dupes. There are a lot of exploits besides duping in the game. If a person is against duping why wouldn't they be against the other exploits also?

[wary pasture]

Oh I'm sure of it. I've just not tried myself.

[fathom schooner]

Made a opsie and hurried to make a hyper drive instead of installing

[wary pasture]

Oh no

[dense basin]

This is the thing, for me. I use the personal refiner exploit for derelict freighters so it's not like I'm on moral high ground.

[fathom schooner]

Luckily I made my save right before

[wary pasture]

I'm not claiming puritan either folks pls dont read as that. To each their own is my thought.

[wary pasture]

That's soo fortunate 😅

[brave rain]

This expedition is literally the only one I’ve enjoyed. And I’ve only been on a normal save. It was challenging which made it worth while. I think most people (not you guys, but I’ve seen people complain lots) salty about it being perma-death are just disappointed that the leviathan isn’t being handed out to them. If it’s not your thing then don’t do it, you don’t have to complain.

Edit: ignore this, I’m only leaving it up so you can see I was wrong.

[calm flax]

I"ve never done that exploit. I have used the ship trading exploit on the permadeath saves I start then delete. I've also started doing a little duping on saves that I delete after a few hours to max out the slots on my ships and freighter.

[wary pasture]

Ye I got into this exp less than 100hrs into the game total. It's been a true test but soooo uplifting upon success.

I see myself moving beyond normal mode surely.

[calm flax]

I'm glad you liked this expedition. I've been starting permadeath saves and deleting them after a couple of hours for a while now. It's not the permadeath that bothers me. I almost quit the first expedition save because I kept dying because of bugs and glitches.

Then I disabled multiplayer and started enjoying it.

[brave rain]

I think it needs to be less accessible, Minecraft has dupes but like 2% of the player base uses them because there hard and require knowledge about the game, meanwhile no mans sky’s are so easy that some new players will try them, get stuff super fast, and then loose interest. The only dupes I want patched are the refiner and reload ones

[dense basin]

I think that might be one of the things they're hoping to prompt - getting people to try out other modes. I've certainly been playing my perma save more

[brave rain]

Oof sorry about that.

[frosty pine]

I will go back to playing normal after this. I want the bigger stacks 😂

[dense basin]

Stack size is annoying

[wary pasture]

Oo see alot of maturing going on beyond this exp.

That's awesome to hear even, more perma.

[brave rain]

I disabled multiplayer at the start for higher frames in VR, and 7 hours in and I haven’t had any damage bugs

[calm flax]

Then you should also be against and want to stop people from handing things out at the anomaly.

[wary pasture]

Ye I'm strictly non multi.

Just for hope it's less buggy. At least the ones dependent upon interaction with others.

[dense basin]

Yeah, I quit playing perma after the achieve and went back to survival but the added spice was kinda fun

[calm flax]

I usually disable multiplayer out of necessity. I'd rather keep it enabled.

[brave rain]

I am against it, but I don’t mind if players keep that stuff, I just delete it. An option to disable being gifted from non friends would be nice…

[frosty pine]

Maybe an option to disable receiving stuff from non party members

Just like you can disable pvp

[wary pasture]

That's too cool lol spicy.
Same though I really feel my heart rate jump with the feeling like I really gotta make actions count.

[brave rain]

I wish planets had more creative ways of killing me smh

[wary pasture]

The true panic.. sheesh

[dense basin]

If they just gave us a simple trade window liked every other game out there it would be nice from the pov of not getting items you don't want - and it would also end the duping, which is something they probably intend to get around to eventually anyway

[calm flax]

I have a feeling that wouldn't be supported by a lot of people as a lot of people like getting things. I've given thousands of fusion ignitors and stasis devices away. I've also got an activated indium base with around 630k units of storage thats only there for other players in the game and I have helped them get it.

[brave rain]

Or like the enable base edits, just Receive trades from: “all players” “only party” “only friends” “no one”

[dense basin]

I never even saw any after loop 2. I mean, I know there are supposed to be some...

[brave rain]

It feels wrong to delete 5 stacks of void eggs from my inventory. But I just want to play legitimately 🤷

[calm flax]

Just keep your exosuit full so no one can give you things. Easy to do just split a few stacks while you're in the anomaly and rejoin them when you leave. Shouldn't be too much of a problem unless you spend a lot of time in the anomaly

[brave rain]

Spoilers!?!

[wary pasture]

Ooooo lmao sneaky evasions as well I see.

[brave rain]

Smart

[wary pasture]

OOOOOOOOOF

[frosty pine]

Now i'm wondering

If i fill my entire inventory. People won't be able to give me duped items 🤔

[dense basin]

ngl, after my near death experience on day 1 at loop 1, I was dodgy af near those things

[wary pasture]

Gone so I only spoiled for you.. sowwy lel

[brave rain]

Lol

[calm flax]

No they can't give you duped items or legitimate items either.

[brave rain]

Is there even a way to mark message as spoiler on mobile?

[dense basin]

exosuit too big, cannot fill

[frosty pine]

It's ok. I don't want anything from anyone anyway 😂

[wary pasture]

Aweee man. My first time seeing that fail loop I jumped ship and flew the fudge outta sight

[brave rain]

The only item I will accept from others in the anomaly is pet eggs. I probably won’t keep the pet but it’s cool to see what others have.

[frosty pine]

I just wanted to check others ships

[brave rain]

Is it possible to trade ships with another player?

[calm flax]

I keep 2/3 of my gen full of tech. The rest full of other things. I'ts not hard for me to fill a couple of slots that might be free at the time.

[wary pasture]

Yes

[dense basin]

My cargo tho

[wary pasture]

Well it's an odd process

[brave rain]

I have 7 x class jet pack upgrades, I’m not dying from fall damage again gosh dang it!

[calm flax]

That's the place I keep full of everything else.

[wary pasture]

You sell to pilot at station while I'm nearby to claim from him. For instance.
Player to player ship trading.

[brave rain]

Smart

[dense basin]

Someone reported that wasn't working post-patch

[calm flax]

@dense basin I got so bad at keeping everything so full I was using 25 refiners in the freighter as storage.

[wary pasture]

I cant say than, but that was the trick.

[dense basin]

and by storage you mean forced disposal?

[frosty pine]

No, you can just leave stacks inside the left side of the refiner

[dense basin]

It was only one report. I'll try testing it later

[dense basin]

I know, but the refiner eats things

OM NOM NOM

[frosty pine]

Not if you don't turn it on

[wary pasture]

Gotcha ye worth dbl checking ofc.

[calm flax]

No just as storage. You don't have to intend on refining things to put them in the refiner just to store them there.

[wary pasture]

True. Never carbon em

That's smart actually

[calm flax]

Yeah. As soon as I lost everything in all 25 refiners I stopped using them as storage.

[wary pasture]

I cant imagine ever filling all 10 storage though.

[brave rain]

It would be cool to have a send trade request to any player you see, and theres four advalible slots where you can put any inventory item or upgrade, currency, ship, freighter, or frigate into it, and then you see there four slots and if both party’s click agree, it sends those items over

[dense basin]

I mean, the upside of using a lot of storage on my freighter is that when I core jump, I already have or can make anything I need for repairs

[brave rain]

Sometimes the items in my personal refiner are wiped off the face of the universe after a warp or reload

[wary pasture]

That's pretty smart that is the one upside to living ina RV of sorts lol

[summer oyster]

So you just placed refiners in there to store them 😂

[calm flax]

I crafted stasis devices and fusion ignitors. I could keep all 10 storage containers, all 6 ships and every open spot I could find full. I had a couple of storage containers full of the wiring loom I was using to crash the market with. I also had a storage container full of over 2500 year old bones and also a storage container or 2 full of S class upgrades from scrapping ships.

[wary pasture]

I have the tendency to build all new tech from my freighter for storage unit use

[calm flax]

I used them for refining but, when I wasn't refining I used them for storage.

[summer oyster]

I have never both in the expedition and in any of my saves filled up all of my storage containers

[calm flax]

I've got 2 haulers in my freighter now with enough resources to craft 100 stasis devices in each one.

[brave rain]

My freighter on my main save has 400,000 colbalt on it and I can get 20 mil (after buying it back) per warp

[dense basin]

Mine is not completely full, but it's mostly full because stasis devices & fusion ignitors.

[calm flax]

Want to visit my activated indium base. you can get over 600m each time it fills if you go to the right place to sell it

[dense basin]

Oh, and baking

Yeah, you can do a lot more with that space than cobalt

[brave rain]

Baking update when

[dense basin]

There was one!

[brave rain]

Oop, sorry let me reframe that

[dense basin]

I wonder if there's a mod to skip the cronus dialogue

[brave rain]

Good baking update when

[calm flax]

I had 3 storage containers full of stasis devices and fusion ignitors and started going to the anomaly and handing them out.

[brave rain]

I neeeeds it

[dense basin]

I bet Gumsk could make one. Or already has

I haven't modded anything yet

[brave rain]

I only use the nutrient processer for easy pellets tbh

[dense basin]

But for that

I would

[summer oyster]

Gumsk made one for the comms stations to not appear.

[brave rain]

Are any Nms devs in the discord? I would assume they are anonymous

[dense basin]

On my 5th run through the expedition, comm stations stopped showing up at the anchors

I though that was a deliberate change?

[summer oyster]

Possibly

[brave rain]

I went to the first and second anchor today, and I didn’t see any coms on the entire planets

[calm flax]

I used to cook quite a bit in the nutrient processor until I had to go through the torture of feeding him.

[dense basin]

Yeah, I was mildly annoyed actually because that was how I found the anchors on trips 2-4 😆

[wary pasture]

Lmaoo

[brave rain]

I used the minatour

[wary pasture]

I'm finding myself looking for comms and save pts more often upon entry to systems too lol

[dense basin]

But you don't have to use the minotaur if you just fly right on up!

[brave rain]

It was quite fun as I’ve never used it before

[summer oyster]

Was the same for me and I was so glad I did not have to find it on foot for any of them mostly lol.

[dense basin]

Yeah, I got a lot more use out of the mino than I usually do

[wary pasture]

I for the life of me dont know why I dont use exos 🤷‍♂️

[dense basin]

They're great when you're farming salvaged tech

[calm flax]

It's actually is a lot more useful now than it was before

[wary pasture]

Mino in inv a handful of upgrades but meh asf

[dense basin]

And mino works underwater

[wary pasture]

Really good to know ty for the tip

[brave rain]

Pro tip toympiae III is a pirate system and you can buy x-class for units, also the low gravity planet has a base called “safe eggs…” and it’s right by a crashed freighter, two milestones. One base

[dense basin]

forget that sad sad sub

[calm flax]

I still like the nomad the best though.

[wary pasture]

Cant say subs even been given a chance. 😅

[summer oyster]

Works nice with upgrades of course.

[calm flax]

the nautilon works good to find things then get in the ship and go to them.

[dense basin]

I used both during the expedition. Mostly mino, but nomad when I foolishly fell into a steep sided bowl. Nomad conveniently can drive up cliffs

[torpid estuary]

Anyone know an easy way to find a pirate system along the expedition path so I don't have to farm a walker brain.

[calm flax]

use the economy scanner

[dense basin]

Yep, it's good for its intended purpose. It's just depressing speed-wise even with upgrades

[brave rain]

For me I play in VR so the exo mech wasn’t about “safety from hazards” or “travel” but rather to feel safe and cozy in my warm little cockpit

[torpid estuary]

@calm flax how does that lead to pirate system?

[dense basin]

look for "black market"

[calm flax]

It is isn't it.

[brave rain]

Yes toympiae III is one

[summer oyster]

I hate that with exocraft point of interest scans where starship is better to travel in when it's far away 😂

[calm flax]

Use the economy scanner and expand the description and it shows something like a pirate or something like that. It will be obvious which the pirate system is.

[dense basin]

Toympiae III, Diplo Where? and Scheherazade are all pirate systems near the beginning. Diplo Where? is a little to the right of the starting system. Scheherazade is a little upwards of it.

[brave rain]

Toympiae III is a pirate system (87 light years from the starter system, also the second system in the expedition path)

[torpid estuary]

K thanks guys

[calm flax]

If they'd let me put the scanner in the ship that the exocrat have I probably wouldn't need the exocraft

[summer oyster]

Then the exocrafts would be pretty much worthless at least to me 🤣

[calm flax]

Yeah.

Maybe keep the nautilon so I can go underwater.

[dense basin]

Scheherazade also has a 24 slot rifle with a scatter blaster pre-installed in it. C class but the slots are what matter. (if you care 😄 )

[calm flax]

The Colossus is about the most useless exocraft of all of them imo

[brave rain]

What??? I can have a conversation on a popular discord server with normal nice people???? For real this community is so whosome and non-toxic.

[dense basin]

I would still keep the Roamer because Little Dune Bugggggyyyyyy

it's fun

[brave rain]

I saw someone’s base had one on the expedition and I was like “you know, you could have just burned your salvage data”

[calm flax]

I tend to stay on water planets like Ocean Beaches.

[torpid estuary]

I only have a couple more things to do and I tend to abandon expedition save after I'm done but thanks

[dense basin]

I have one because of the secondary questline

I never, ever use it

[brave rain]

The. What?

[calm flax]

I've tried using mine before. I got out and called my ship to go back to the base I got so aggravated with it.

[dense basin]

I wasn't going to be more specific because I don't know where you are in the main game 🙂

[brave rain]

I have done all paths except for dreams of the deep, and the void egg. I also haven’t done the new ones (taste of metal, and under a rebel star)

[dense basin]

I like to rip around off cliffs wherever I am

[calm flax]

I have been putting off starting my 3rd expedition save. I think it's time to start it. I won't do 7 like I did the last expedition. Possibly 4 though.

[dense basin]

Oh, I just mean the base building quest line. You have to build a colossus

[frosty pine]

Forget about technology

Use these little babies

[dense basin]

I was thinking of doing it a 6th time. I haven't done it since we rolled over to X

[calm flax]

That is fun. I used to like to get down low with my ship and race around the planet going around floating islands and mountains and down valleys.

[dense basin]

That is also a thing I love

luckily the game just goes bink when I fly into something

[calm flax]

I still have Monster Truck Madness. I'd go to the top of the highest mountain in the biggest 4x4 I could get and see how far I could make it fly.

Haven't done that in a long time though

I've got to get in another room where my Xbox is and start that 3rd save or it's going to get too late.

[brave rain]

You know, sentinels and outlaws combined is the size of an anniversary update. I’d say since they were released so quickly after another that they where supposed to be last years, but got delayed so they released frontiers earlier

[dense basin]

Okay, do I do this one in that horrible solar sail or do I pick up a twitch ship?

[brave rain]

Oh that makes sense. I mean someone had a colusus on the expeditions starter planet

[dense basin]

EW

[brave rain]

Also that orb creature on the cold infested world was so cute

LETS GOOOOOOOOO

IM FAMILIER NOWWWWWWWW

[dense basin]

I tamed one

Will probably go there on my perma save when things die down and tame one for that

[brave rain]

How do you get there? Isn’t it like galaxy 155 or something?

What would you say is the worst expedition?

[dense basin]

If you mean the current expedition - it's in Euclid

[brave rain]

Seriously!?

[dense basin]

Yep

The only one that started in another galaxy (that I know of) was Blighted (Exp 6)

But I've only done the last 3

[brave rain]

I’ve started all of them but pioneer but got bored and quit at some point.

With my limited knowledge I’d say exobiology was the worst

[dense basin]

I disliked it most of the three I've done

[fathom schooner]

First iteration complete

[wary pasture]

Keep it going fellow traveler. :)

[fathom schooner]

I continue when I wake up later

[wary pasture]

Same lel

[fathom schooner]

I want and don't want thiss levation to be better than my capital ship

[wary pasture]

It's a frigate if I'm correct?

[fathom schooner]

If it's better im going to need to farm more bulkheads

[dense basin]

Yes, it's a frigate, not a freighter

[fathom schooner]

Ah

[wary pasture]

I'm soo sorry if that's a spoiler truly. But just to dissuade any disappointment later right.

[fathom schooner]

eh better than a star ship that I won't use

[wary pasture]

Ye well I'm seeing talks of full circle, we have living ships, now frigate, who knows what's next right?

[fathom schooner]

Living freighters

[indigo falcon]

Someone in here earlier said that people who complain about the current expedition want the leviathan handed to them. I can't really let that go by without a reply. It took me over 21 hours to complete this one, with one death over the required number. Every minute of that was anxiety and stress, to the point of interfering with my sleep. That's not boredom or tedium (like some folks for exobiology let's say), and it's not fun. It was rather a horrible experience, and it had nothing to do with me wanting a reward "handed to me". It's absolutely true that these expeditions are optional, but as a builder I have no other way to get the base building parts given here. No I don't have a save editor, even if I were comfortable with that idea, as I'm on PS5. So I would ask that people don't make these sort of sweeping generalizations about people who don't share your enjoyment of a particular feature of the game, One more thing: I'm in here every day in spite of having hated this expedition, trying to help other people get through it and celebrating their success. Trying to help build a better community. That's what we're all here for, right?

[wary pasture]

Ayye I'm hopeful.

[indigo falcon]

(sorry for the wall of text, but the comment really rubbed me the wrong way)

anyways, good morning travellers, how is the expedition path treating everyone?

[fathom schooner]

Pretty well so far

[wary pasture]

I find your entire 'wall of text' valid.

[indigo falcon]

thank you

[wary pasture]

It's kinda maddening that we have to really shake others and say hey we are all in the same exp rn. Lol

Otherwise goodmorning to you Apergos.

[fathom schooner]

I wonder if people speed Run expeditions

[indigo falcon]

yes, they do!

[wary pasture]

They have to. Theres gotta be those few that run perma perma. Lol

[indigo falcon]

that reminds me, I should check the discords where I usually see speed runs posted and see if anyone's started final runs yet

[dense basin]

Perma is fun (for some of us 😄 )

[indigo falcon]

Yep, and I'm not going to say you shouldn't have your level of challenge. of course you should!

[wary pasture]

Hey you seen me say it I'm becoming far more open to it.

[fathom schooner]

Random YouTuber who never did expeditions 'im going to do this without any death's and if I do die [insert harsh punishment here].'

Then they find out they need to die to progress

[dense basin]

Oh, I would have been just fine without a perma expedition. When I play perma I don't deliberately throw myself into the line of fire the way they made us

[fathom schooner]

I usually play carefully but with perma im very jumpy at everything

[indigo falcon]

one can manage without a death for the hermetic seal, it just adds extra time to the game. but it's been done 😄

[dense basin]

Incidentally, in run #6 my ship spawn was at an artifact site 💰

[wary pasture]

Noicee lol

[dense basin]

Yes, thank you, I will take that 500k to start

[wary pasture]

My uh 3rd death was fall I think. After that my 4th spawn in was near a base with bio domes so that was very lucky.

[dense basin]

Oh I don't mean spawns. I mean my 6th time doing the complete expedition 😄

[wary pasture]

Ooo I knew thats what you meant.

[indigo falcon]

some people just gotta show off 😛 😄

[dense basin]

!

[wary pasture]

You're far beyond me there my fellow traveler. Haha

[frosty pine]

Why would someone start over after finishing tho? 👀

[indigo falcon]

up the ante, do a speed run!!

[wary pasture]

But I was just adding in spawn luck I suppose.

Well I'm sure each run has been much different than before

[dense basin]

I always mean to do a speed run but then I get distracted by something pretty and then it's 30 minutes later

[indigo falcon]

ahahahaha and that's why we leave that to the "professional" youtubers

[wary pasture]

Ooo butterfly takes brisk 2hr walk

[indigo falcon]

having a bunch of people watch your stream must help keep you on track!

[dense basin]

Maybe... but keeping track of chat while doing a perma expedition? YIKES

[wary pasture]

Ye I'd have to be like hop in and out my vc. Otherwise eh

[indigo falcon]

yeah I hear a lot of "not goign to be paying as much attention to the chat this time" but it's usually so they can shave off a minute here or there from the time

[dense basin]

I live with a streamer and I know with certainty I could not do that

[wary pasture]

That's wild I have to see speedy exp7 footage now lol

[dense basin]

I heard it's been done in an hour

[wary pasture]

Any reference?on the YouTube ofc

[indigo falcon]

yep around an hour of in game time. Beeble's got some test runs

[wary pasture]

Oo k

Hr?!?!!

Just read that

Think I'm at 7hrs with 3rd iteration complete starting 4th tomorrow.

[indigo falcon]

3 weeks to go, lots of time to complete

[wary pasture]

Ohhhh ye I'm not sweating time surely.

[frosty pine]

A speed run challenge sound appealing. But not going to keep playing on that save after finishing it 😂

I will just leave things ready to try tomorrow

[wary pasture]

Worth it for brags I think.

But that's about it

Unless the run ends better than the first.

I plan to keep and play this save beyond exp

[indigo falcon]

I guess one idea of the S gear and good upgrades (plus the many many erbs you can get) is to entice people into continuing to play the save later on

[dense basin]

I think you're right

I really do think they wanted to nudge people out of their comfort zones

[indigo falcon]

my B class gear doesn't really do the trick, heh. (Started with C, completed at B tier)

[frosty pine]

Probably there is no way if you already have the s class ship, s class mt, fully upgrade cargo everywhere and all the techs

[dense basin]

"see, you can get through a perma expedition - you might like to play in survival more often"

[indigo falcon]

nah. builder, the stack sizes don't cut it.

[wary pasture]

Suppose if you've gone through all the min maxing first go than yes you're correct no extra value in the following runs.

[dense basin]

Survival is hardmode for builders

[wary pasture]

Just brags

Oh when I read that up there I was like that really hits home. Not though as a builder but just new to the game. But I'm doing it

Anxiety attack here and there but hey lol

[indigo falcon]

I also prefer to have sentinel-free worlds for large bases. Oh I'll visit others, but I don't like the sentinels, they get on my last nerve. So.

anyways that's why there are different game modes, eh

[dense basin]

Truth

I was chatting with someone yesterday who actually got me interested in trying a creative save

[wary pasture]

Ngl I duck sentinels so bad 😅

[dense basin]

Sentinels are like bees - don't piss them off and they won't go after you.

[indigo falcon]

well the sentinels are basically harmless on non aggro worlds, I just don't like them being in my business all the time, nosey parkers

[wary pasture]

Moment a scanner sees me I'm like ahhhhhhh walk faster this wayyyy

[indigo falcon]

curious about the creative save discussion

[wary pasture]

I uh so I played alot of minecraft. And I cant help but feel the creative saves would be good the same.

Go in to start build ideas on big scales or fancy dancy stuffs. Then cross it over into survival or perma saves.

[dense basin]

A lot of people do it that way

[wary pasture]

Helps to get an idea of the mechanics as well. You know what you can do if you have the pieces.

[indigo falcon]

being able to test out ideas is great for sure, but some folks play creative for exploration too, it's their main game modee

[wary pasture]

Just my thought ofc. I've yet to try on nms

And see I've heard that too Apergos. It being main save of some.

[dense basin]

Yep! I never judge people for the mode they play. The greatness of this game is that there's room for anyone in it, however they want to play

[indigo falcon]

yep, here's hoping it stays that way!

four new platforms coming this year, a bunch more new users

[dense basin]

And now I realize I was an idiot for starting my friend who has never played anything other than top-down sim type games in a normal save. Why didn't I put us in creative? X_X

[wary pasture]

That's pretty exciting for sure. Cross platform has done wonders for soo many titles I'm sure nms is high on the list.

[dense basin]

Ye, that'll be good

[indigo falcon]

switch, mac, ipad, psvr2, all different communities of users, it's going to be exciting (and probably very buggy for awhile, lol)

[wary pasture]

Well Brendel, I've found in my reads; normal save is tutorial. It's best at holding a travelers hand and walking you into you next galaxy.

[indigo falcon]

how is your friend doing in normal mode? admittedly the first early game stuff can feel hard or like work but mid game they ought to be, if not coasting along, to have found a workable rhythm at least

[dense basin]

Oh I know - but this is someone who's literally never walked a character around, doesn't know what WASD does, has never shot a weapon

[wary pasture]

The others such as expeditions and so forth are ofc catered to those with a good many systems under their belt.

[indigo falcon]

oh wow. right, none of that in sims I guess

[dense basin]

Yeah

[wary pasture]

Ye now how they are finding the brand new mechanic thatd be interesting

It's a whole new worlddddd 🎶🎶

[dense basin]

So her learning curve isn't just NMS, it's how to move a character at all, how to jump, how to fly - absolutely everything

In spite of what we tell people about multiplayer, I MP'd with her from initialization

[wary pasture]

Wowow. That's intense truly. What a game to do that on jeez

[dense basin]

I know where the bugs are so I knew when I'd need to drop

[wary pasture]

Ah that's always helpful truly

The warning that is well know around here I feel is just that a warning you know it

[dense basin]

I forgot to turn off pvp right away, which was a mistake since she didn't know how to move without shooting XD

[indigo falcon]

lolol

[frosty pine]

Ohh look at that. I didn't remember that i had my pioneers save file still untouched 😂

[wary pasture]

Yeeeesh

[indigo falcon]

heh, I have all my expd saves, though I only use two (4 and 5 get played along with main save)

[wary pasture]

I really am disappointed I didnt get to do that exp.

I got the game with like a week left to try. Just never could build up the nerve. 😒

[indigo falcon]

awwww 😦

well after this expedition now you'll have the nerve for anything!

[wary pasture]

That's what I'm thinking. 😉

[frosty pine]

Unless they come with something worse than permadeath 👀

[wary pasture]

I think the fact you can keep playing them is sick

Careful giving hg any funny ideas lol

[frosty pine]

"You only have 3 tries to beat the expedition. After that, the option is locked out and you can't do it anymore."

[wary pasture]

Jeeeez I'm out already lost it

[indigo falcon]

mmm people would be coming with torches and pitchforks if hg tried that

[wary pasture]

Lmao thats the truth. You've seen this chat on bad days ye? 😅

[frosty pine]

"If you die, a random save file will be deleted."

[indigo falcon]

ayup and read all the subreddit posts on the matter too

[wary pasture]

Now you're just talking insanity

[dense basin]

shudder

[frosty pine]

"It's not a bug, it's a feature!!!"

[indigo falcon]

plenty of that around already 😕

[wary pasture]

Yes hg I'm calling for a return. Keep the money. 😬
See you in court with my therapist*

[brave rain]

Sooo earlier I made a post about how people who complained about the expedition wanted stuff handed to them, and I was wrong. I want to apologize for how rude I was, and now that I see both sides of the argument i realize I was in the wrong, and I shouldn’t generalize. So again I’d just like to apologize

[indigo falcon]

Emery, thank you so much for this. I wasn't trying to point a finger at you or anyone in particular, but just to explain how that kind of comment made me feel in general. Really appreciate your reply here.

[dense basin]

#wholesomediscord

[wary pasture]

Ik I read that and was like nice, cant help but enjoy seeing genuine understanding right.

[brave rain]

Thanks, I’m glad you guys aren’t mad

[frosty pine]

We are. Get the pitchforks!!!

[brave rain]

NoooOoooooOooOoooOOO

[indigo falcon]

Oh there's plenty of clueless <bleep>ers on the subreddit I can turn my ire on, no worries 😄

[dense basin]

Reading reddit is the path to madness

[wary pasture]

I spend time reading there then I'm like ehh dont do this again.

[dense basin]

It's like reading the comments on youtube

life mistakes

[brave rain]

I’ve only met a couple and it was that guy trying to get banned yesterday by spamming NSFW, but other then that this is the most wholesome discord I’ve been on.

[indigo falcon]

never read the youtube comments. just never

[frosty pine]

I only go to reddit whenever google takes me there 😂

[wary pasture]

Ohhh I love youtube comments though depending

[brave rain]

“SEAN IS LIE HE SO MEAN HE TELL ME I HAVE FUN ON NO MANS SKY, AND I DONT LIKE ANYTHING AND THIUGHT IT WOULDD CURE MY DEPPRESIONNNNNNNNNN. 0/10”

[indigo falcon]

bigots and elitists get weeded out pretty fast aorund here, leaving the rest of us to enjoy the chill space. I love it.

[wary pasture]

When you wanna get something helpful but also lose a bit of life in the following comment. YouTube.

[brave rain]

I’m addicted to YouTube Tbh, it’s honestly a problem

[frosty pine]

When you just want to find the sauce 👀

[wary pasture]

I agree Apergos. Theres only soo many strikes in discord. Bit more policed than other places.

[indigo falcon]

I guess some people are addicted to tv, same thing innit

[wary pasture]

Right and right, yall get what I'm saying. Lol

And ye that's my brother, not a minute watching tv but that boy on the youtbe, ought to ask em for fancy hats or something rock that isshh
The memorabilia

[frosty pine]

He is doing right

TV nowadays is trash

Better to just download/stream the thing you want to watch specifically

[indigo falcon]

we're starting to get into the off topic (I was about to post about how some tv series wasn't trash and caught myself, heh)

[brave rain]

I think it’s kinda dumb that you have to get to iteration 3 to get certain base parts, I feel all base items should be iteration 1 so builders can get parts. I mean expeditions are awesome, but limiting entire building potential to something many players can’t or don’t have time for? And then something like the leviathan as a iteration 5 reward works because it’s a neich collectible to work towards if you want it

[indigo falcon]

tbh I think 6 to 9 months after every expedition all the rewards should start getting added to the qs vendor except the title

maybe the expd decal. that's it

[frosty pine]

I would like to have previous expedition unlocks in the quicksilver shop

[wary pasture]

Hmmm. I cant help but agree and disagree.

[frosty pine]

I think that's the way to go

[indigo falcon]

or if there are plans to rerun them, 6-9 months after the last rerun

[brave rain]

6-9 months

[wary pasture]

As the player with no past rewards. Idk it's fair to older players to have something to show imo.

But that's just my opinion ofc.

[indigo falcon]

fine fine. six to nine keep your mind out of my gutter and we'll all get along famously 😛

[dense basin]

some of them are

[frosty pine]

But i mean as permanent unlocks

[dense basin]

so do I

[frosty pine]

Ohh are those like that?

[indigo falcon]

there are a few items. the majority not so much

and a few made it in as twitch drops but that too is a once only and gone deal

[dense basin]

Twitch drops aren't, but expedition drops mostly are

[frosty pine]

For example, i wouldn't mind paying let's say 10k quicksilver for the golden vector if they allowed me too unlock it that way

[dense basin]

Sails, plants, masks, other cosmetic things

But things like the normandy or the golden vector aren't

[brave rain]

If qs expeditions we’re added I don’t think all the rewards should be available with a Qs expedition, but rather have new rewards to give older players a reason to re beat them. Most rewards would be the same but stuff like ships and frigates would be replaced by unique pets like a green derelict jelly for example. And they should also be in a new system

[wary pasture]

This, hmm like grinding out tough currency for the rewards I could see. But as you said a good higher end price for things.

[indigo falcon]

we'd have to make a list but I have the impression that most phase end rewards aren't in the regular qs shop

[wary pasture]

Or even a diff currency with call back missions in the nexus.

[brave rain]

How much should qs expeditions go for?

Maybe different per expedition?

[indigo falcon]

wearables are typically 3200, that's not unreasonable

normandy/gv/leviathan I can see being more

[frosty pine]

Or maybe they should just add a "Run previous expeditions" option and let people unlock things by playing 👀

[dense basin]

that helm I'm saving for is 5000 something

[brave rain]

Like beaches don’t costs 3,800 but something more unique like emergence costs 5,000?

[indigo falcon]

companion eggs, 3200 because honestly you can get those from other players for free

[brave rain]

This. I know some are against micro transactions but if it means more free updates I’m down! Although I feel it would work better with qs

[indigo falcon]

I guess there's some extra work to managing multiple expeditions run at any time, on their back end.

[brave rain]

We should make a list of every qs expeditions potential price and cut items and there replacements

[indigo falcon]

is it? I didn't think any cosmetics cost that much

[wary pasture]

I was just about to ask which. Lol

Think they're all 3200 at highest few helms being 3k. But I'm like dang did I miss one 😅

[brave rain]

Oooh I had an idea for qs expeditions. What if some of the rewards that couldn’t be given out like the golden vector and Normandy were replaced by “holo saddles” bassicly it would let you adopt water, burrowing, and flying creatures (a different saddle for each type, given by different expeditions) and summon them as a “hologram” like on the anomaly (a certain cosmetic would hide the hologram effect) and then it would behave like normal in the air, and could be ridden

As many of the expeditions rewards have been pets

[brave rain]

Ooh good point, maybe the multiplayer aspect could be tweaked, idk

[indigo falcon]

I really need to write my "please fix multiplayer" suggestion/bug report to hg one of these days

[brave rain]

Qs missions need to be overhauled in general

[frosty pine]

While you are on that, send the feature request for the "Block trade" 👀

[wary pasture]

Reports are the key to fixes. Sometimes it takes a good perspective to be the much needed push.

[dense basin]

You're right, it's 3k

[wary pasture]

That's a relief right haha

[indigo falcon]

yay! 2k quicksilver you don't have to earn, w00t!

[brave rain]

Woo hooo!

[indigo falcon]

gotta send one thing at a time, each feaure request a separate entry

[wary pasture]

Tbh the weekend deals are soooo clutch.

1200qs missions right I forget

[brave rain]

Why can I only earn enough quicksilver to make missions worthwhile on weekends (as weird as it sounds, I have more time on weekdays)

[indigo falcon]

the weekend missions are pretty much just a grind. oh well

[wary pasture]

Hmm my brother and I usually team up, that could certainly be why i bring them up with ease I'm unsure

[dense basin]

Well, there are two I want. But at least it's only 6 total!

[wary pasture]

I've been told they can be tricky solo

[dense basin]

I completely failed to do the last 2 weekend missions too

[indigo falcon]

I've not found them tricky (end-game character though). Just a bit tedious

[frosty pine]

The only qs mission i hate is the one to make a base

[indigo falcon]

did the last one, not the one before (expd run then)

[wary pasture]

Ahh ok I get that. Our last was an underwater base build.

Been a little while ngl

[indigo falcon]

I used to hate with a passion: "rescue stranded life form". now they've refactored that so you don't have to try forever to find the good item

[brave rain]

It would be cool if the closer you got to the galaxy’s center the more planets strayed from the norm. Like when really close they can loose things like oxygen and di-hydrogen but also gain more amounts of random things like crystals. And if you get stranded, then a quick mission could pop up in the nexus telling you to go rescue that player.

[wary pasture]

Ooo that's nice to hear I kinda always avoid that one idk why. Lol

One was take out harmful plants. It was pretty simple like 15-20 of em.

[brave rain]

The good item? Sorry I haven’t doing many nexus missions that weren’t “gather 20 billion fossils!”

[dense basin]

Ugh I don't like that one

[wary pasture]

I absolutely love the jump mechanic of nexus missions though. Get in ship then zoom you're gone to who knows where.

[indigo falcon]

the 'rescue stranded life form' mission has you dig up buried tech until you find one, I forget what it's called, an item that leads to a decryption terminal and isn't corrupted

[dense basin]

I had last month's weekend base build mission bug out on me twice at the end so I ended up having to do it three times 😠

[indigo falcon]

I've definitely had 15 tries before finding in the past

[indigo falcon]

ugh that is the worst. "__ of 2" and no name for the part...

[dense basin]

That's the one

raaaaaage

(this is the other thing that gets in the way of my speedruns - discord is too entertaining)

[indigo falcon]

also guess who does all those in single player so they won't get stuck in the anomaly in a gtlich and have to reload/lose the mission.

[wary pasture]

Ye I cant help it me and bro risk it for the biscuit on those. Lol

[brave rain]

I think it’s kinda strange how players talk about how they randomly die from PVP, greifers, and invisible enemy’s, and meanwhile on VR it’s like, “oh boy I hope this planet dosent randomly loose it’s gravity and hit boxes again!”

[brave rain]

I think most people do single player because there’s no reason to do otherwise

No mans sky’s fun and beautiful, but very buggy when it comes to… well… most things.

Does anyone Remember the jet pack freighter glitch from last year? I died like 8 times from it.

[dense basin]

🪲 I 🪲 don't 🪲 know 🪲 what 🪲 you 🪲 mean 🪲

[brave rain]

Last year if you jet packed in your freighter you could fall though the floor and not be able to get back up and die from oxygen loss

It took like a month to patch

[wary pasture]

Oo umm idk I think I've done that recently

[brave rain]

Is it not patched?

Bruh

[dense basin]

Oh, random falling through the floor still happens

just not that often

[wary pasture]

I mean it's been like a month easily but I was around the staircases well below them.

Did it at the anamoly once too

[brave rain]

Yeah… the freighter one was annoying because it was consistent jet packing would cause it, and you would think that it wouldn’t be to hard to not jet pack, but I’m just to trigger happy with it 😆

[dense basin]

Me too 😄

[wary pasture]

Same I alternate run and jetpack so ye

[brave rain]

A glitch I’m sad is patched is that if you activated rocket jump as a strider hit you you could easily travel, more then 10,000 Us, much faster then a ship

But when you landed you’d be going so fast you’d fall through the floor so it was really only safe in water planets as you couldn’t die from fall damage

[wary pasture]

Sketchy stuffs

[brave rain]

Super not worth it. Cool nonetheless

[wary pasture]

Oh I learned the melee jet thingy sheesh that's dangerous enough. 😅

[brave rain]

That stuff to dangerous for expedition, that’s for sure

[wary pasture]

Omg I did it once. Never again i tell ya.

[dense basin]

psh, always be melee boosting

[wary pasture]

Wild

[brave rain]

Semi Off-topic, but the only reason I don’t like frontiers is because VR players still can’t recolor, re size, or rotate base parts in VR, you could before frontiers but not after.

[dense basin]

that's crappy

[indigo falcon]

I almost never melee boost (as a normal mode player! heh) and tend to walk around on freighters, slow movement ftw 😛

[indigo falcon]

ok wow, they really gotta get on those vr fixes, geez

[brave rain]

Wait has it not been reported yet? Maybe that’s why it’s still not fixed. Ima report it now

[wary pasture]

I'm learning Apergos. This exp is gonna make me it seems. Lol

[brave rain]

Yeah, sorry I keep talking about them

[indigo falcon]

no no, it's interesting to hear about

I always assume that the game performs about the same on all platforms, this sort of thing makes me realize the same care isn't given to all

[brave rain]

I don’t think they play test VR before updates, and only fix the glitches one their reported, but hey that’s just a theory

[indigo falcon]

here's hoping the psvr2 announcement means the vr platforms getting some love overall

[brave rain]

That’s what I hope. My bigger hope is that with all the low power platforms announced this year, PSVR will get a resolution boost

Anyways ima go to bed now, it’s almost midnight

[indigo falcon]

sleep well! tomorrow, the (rest of the) expedition awaits!

[brave rain]

Gn

[sharp shore]

this killed me so many times last year cause i couldn't resist jetpacking up the slope so i don't have to walk up it.

[pure elm]

I have a question: if I plant stuff myself and I die, will I have to get the hazmat gauntlets ahain to harvest the stuff ive planted? Or are they only for the plants that naturally grow in the wild?

E.g. i have solanium i planted outside my base and some stuff in trays, do i still require the gauntlets?

[dense basin]

You do

[pure elm]

Aight thanks 👍

This is in case i die on the next anchor or something so i can be prepared

Does nipnip also require gauntlets?

[dense basin]

Yep

[pure elm]

Thanks

[dense basin]

Best to have things in a biodome

[pure elm]

Possibly, but the way i have my things configured theres no place for a biodome

I wont mind getting the hazmat gauntlets again as ive fully discovered enough fauna on planets to give me at least several thousand nanites lol

[dense basin]

nice

[pure elm]

Im also gonna set down an activated indium farm for chromatic metal and money

[indigo falcon]

holy moley you are not playing around 😄

[pure elm]

Yep

[indigo falcon]

the nips should bring you in plenty though tbh

[pure elm]

Im making sure im prepared

I mean, at least the indium will be useful for chrom metal lol

I got refiners at home too

[indigo falcon]

true enough. although you can jus tbuy copper in the starting system when needed

[pure elm]

Yeah true

[indigo falcon]

anyways, amazing to see so much base building happening with those inflated prices, that is some dedication right there!

[pure elm]

Yea i want to be prepared

Ive heard stuff about anchor 4 so im gonna get very ready in case i die

[dense basin]

anchor 4 is spicy

[pure elm]

Yea

Literal hell ive heard

[dense basin]

but you don't need to do anything there besides find the anchor and do the memory loop

[pure elm]

Its the hazards im worried about

[dense basin]

If you've got spare nanites, get yourself a heat thermal hazard protection and you'll be fine

[pure elm]

The last time i went to do something dangerous, i got yeeted into the air and died

[dense basin]

Minotaur is also your friend

[pure elm]

I got two heat shields so thats sorted

[dense basin]

Ah, you're fine then

[indigo falcon]

I guess these are S shields at this point

or maybe you got them earlier

[pure elm]

They are iirc

[dense basin]

remember that sentinels aren't clever and won't follow you around corners so you can dig a tunnel

[smoky meadow]

get the chart for the sentinel tower and you can disable sentinels on that planet (you have to do this for a milestone anyways)

[pure elm]

Ive got the milestone already sorted

[dense basin]

I always save my nanites and buy a hot and a cold hazard protection regardless. One for anchor 4, one for the derelict

[pure elm]

And from what i remember, someone set up a base at a pillar

[indigo falcon]

I bought one for the derelict. for anchor 4, nope. ship and get as close as possible, pile o' batteries

no messing around there.

once you get close enough to the memory loop you can mark the grave icon in the HUD and fly right to it

[dense basin]

I was soooo lucky on my last trip to 4 - Under a minute of boots on ground

[pure elm]

I have a tendency to stock up on the respective material instead

[autumn halo]

By pure chance I had the heat shield, but a pile of batteries can get you through the entire expedition.

[pure elm]

It just feels better

[autumn halo]

First thing I buy are ion batteries and life support gels, as many as I can carry.

[pure elm]

I do have some batteries though

[indigo falcon]

30-40 for me but yep

[dense basin]

Batteries I like to have a metric #$%ton

[autumn halo]

I just don't ever want to think about it again 😛

[dense basin]

Gels I feel okay with 50 or so

[autumn halo]

If you buy 100 of each, that should last the entire expedition and then some.

Yeah, definitely don't go through gels nearly as quickly as batteries.

Batteries are easy and cheap to make, too, if you happen to be near a cave with some cobalt.

[dense basin]

I usually end up in one before I get off the first planet so I make a few

[autumn halo]

Yeah, that's the way to go.

The first 10-15 minutes of a permadeath run can be really rough if you can't find a cave quickly.

[dense basin]

no joke

but that's actually my fave part of a save - that first 30 min

[indigo falcon]

at least if you are going to die by bad spawn (predator right there, or too-far-from-ship-in-storm-no-cave), it's fast to get a new spawn in

[autumn halo]

I remember my first survival run, I couldn't find oxygen anywhere and no sight of a cave. I died so many times just trying to walk over land to my ship, and it was only like 500u away.

Obviously I've learned a lot since then, but it was rough.

Can't imagine jumping straight into Expedition 7 without having done survival or permadeath runs before.

[indigo falcon]

welp, did that. 😛

[dense basin]

Yeah, hats off to all the folx who did that

And a bunch who just started playing, too

[indigo falcon]

imagine being a pretty new player and this is your first expedition, whoo-eee!

[stoic folio]

do you need to have the blueprint for an atlaspass?

[dense basin]

right?

[autumn halo]

On the bright side, the rest of the game will feel super easy now 😉

[stoic folio]

thats me lol first expedition lol

[dense basin]

power to you, friend

ask questions anytime

[indigo falcon]

Atlas speed, may all your memory fragments be good ones!

[stoic folio]

i have looped in to aggressive animals so many times

[autumn halo]

Carry a good blaster or a pocket full of creature pellets and you'll be just fine.

[dense basin]

Even a mining laser will take those bad bois out

[stoic folio]

yeah after the third time that is the first thing i make lol

[autumn halo]

Creature pellets have the advantage of not immediately aggro'ing nearby sentinels, too.

As well as giving you ancient memories or whatever, but that's specific to this expedition.

Predators give double the amount of herbivores, btw.,

[dense basin]

they should, since they kill the herbivores they're standing next to!

[indigo falcon]

darn their eyes

that thing where you tame them and then they eat the other tamed creatures next to them, just not right 😛

[dense basin]

seriously!

I wonder if that goes away with today's patch

probably not

[spring oriole]

Was a fun expedition. The second ive completed.

[indigo falcon]

doubtful, didn't see a lot in the patch tbh

[spring oriole]

My first derelict freighter. That was interesting.

[indigo falcon]

oh very nice! how did you like it?

[spring oriole]

It was good but i felt bad because i couldn't get the captains log and complete it. I think the leviathan expedition item was maybe there instead.

[indigo falcon]

yes, the one derelict for phase 5 is special

some things override the usual items

[spring oriole]

Yea i figured. Went round twice to check though lol

[indigo falcon]

awwwww

[dense basin]

Ah, you mean you didn't find a way to get into the mainframe?

[spring oriole]

Well i did but i got the leviathan info instead of the captains log that finishes the derelict mission.

[dense basin]

If it makes you feel any better, none of the captain's logs are any more satisfying than that one

[spring oriole]

Yea but i like having mission complete and clear it from my log lol

[dense basin]

That's weird. It should have completed

[spring oriole]

Its the only thing i feel i didnt complete

[dense basin]

Did you turn the log & manifest in at a station?

[spring oriole]

Yes

[dense basin]

And you turned in the milestone?

[indigo falcon]

I guess if you do another one it will complete and clear 😛 😄

[spring oriole]

Yes

Lol

<@&590975379678953522>

[indigo falcon]

oooh you cna get the role for the server now

see how in the pinned messages

[spring oriole]

Ok 🤔

I found it a fun expedition anyway

[pure elm]

If you meant self assigning it then ftom what i see thats not possible yet

[spring oriole]

It said ping mods or dm them

🙊

[pure elm]

I though apergos meant that you can get it yourself now

I.e. by reacting in #roles

[spring oriole]

Yea says u cant yet

[pure elm]

But the appropriate reaction isnt there so i was confused

I saw the mod ping and then the response, i just caught onto the message being edited

[spring oriole]

Ew yellow

[indigo falcon]

nope, not self assigned, you need to ask mods, it's explained in the pins here.

[pure elm]

I know. I just explained what happened that led to my confusion

[spring oriole]

Better not to b yellow

[pure elm]

I thought "huh is it available already?" but i didnt notice the ping was edited in after your response

So i thought you meant "hey you dont need to ping the mods anymore, check pins on how to do it yourself now" lol

[spring oriole]

Lol

Thanks for your help guys

[ashen shore]

How long did it take you?

[spring oriole]

Just under 7 hours

[ashen shore]

Wow that’s really impressive congrats

[spring oriole]

😊 thank you, my first expedition was 8 hours (blighted)

Cursed to be yellow

[indigo falcon]

not forever though.

[spring oriole]

Hopefully

Hate yellow

[indigo falcon]

when you level up by participation here, you'll get color changes, no worries.

[spring oriole]

Ok thank u

[sharp shore]

i cleared this expedition exactly on the 10 hour mark

tbh it's quite possible to rush through it

[indigo falcon]

1 hour in game time for the fastest! Do you dare? 😄

[sharp shore]

i mean all the expedition items (minus the optional ones)

i guess i had it easier when i got lucky with getting hyperdrive modules

i could directly jump to the next anchor star system

instead of going through each one in the path

[indigo falcon]

optional milestones don't count in speed runs, completing all 5 phases and claiming the expd reward is all you need

[sharp shore]

oh

im not a speed runner though haha

[indigo falcon]

most of us aren't 🙂

[fringe agate]

Anchor Point 4 base dayyyyyyy

Weeeeeooooweeeeoooo

[indigo falcon]

oh good, want the live tweet version 😄

[fringe agate]

Lol

I'll start in an hour or so

[indigo falcon]

cool! my luck you'll get in and out without seeing a single bad thing 😛

[fringe agate]

I hope not lol

[indigo falcon]

coming for you!

[fringe agate]

Forget if that was 2 or 3

I was so angry at the ship they gave me

Orange and white Solar

NOT A BUNNY

[indigo falcon]

you got the good colors and you're still not happy! no pleasing some users. just reroll 😛

[fringe agate]

No way, might have got a worse inventory layout

Though, they just chuck slots at you in this one

[indigo falcon]

impossible

[fringe agate]

Lol

[indigo falcon]

worse layout lolol

[fringe agate]

It was pretty bad

[sharp shore]

man

inb4 the next expedition

where you get a randomized inventory size

there would probably be very angry players

[dull phoenix]

im on the whispering eggs again

hopefully i dont die lol

[fringe agate]

Omelettes nomnom

[indigo falcon]

good luck! get those egggggs!

[sharp shore]

just loot and scoot

tbh it wasn't too hard

i didn't get sent flying by those thing this time

[tired acorn]

What's the time left command for the expedition again?

[indigo falcon]

!exptime

[unkempt kraken]

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[tired acorn]

Thank you

[ashen shore]

you know

i don't know how i feel about these upgrade modules turning X class

I was worried when i first read it will happen when we reach milestone 4

but i was hoping it would just mean getting S class upgrade modules and other pre-packaged weapons more consistently

but my worries are made true = you now get X class modules instead

[indigo falcon]

aiui good rolls happen more often now

[ashen shore]

hope so

[fringe agate]

I opened one yesterday for the scanner. Just the one. 9k on flora over 10 on fauna

[indigo falcon]

and look how the units roll in

[ruby fern]

Or build walls just around the eggs. They dig up outside the walls, don't come inside

[strange zinc]

or just circle and laser, fast and easy.

[dull phoenix]

if i build a square on them theyll always get pushed out with no fail right

[strange zinc]

hey, do the prices go down for research after the expedition is over?

[gilded tiger]

If someone gave you a food item, which would you prefer based on boost it gave?

I think stats wise any of the 50% hazard protection one is good but ppl using 1 slot for it till they to consume it is a waste of slot

[gilded tiger]

It should since the game goes to survival mode

[sharp shore]

Oh I mean those infested planets where you find 1 egg at a time

[fathom schooner]

Does everyone starts in the same system?

Or in close proximity

[fringe agate]

In the expedition, we all start on the same planet

[fathom schooner]

Any safe planets to Build a base?

[fringe agate]

All over

Maybe not in the anchor point systems, but it's still Euclid galaxy so plenty of nice calm planets to find

[fathom schooner]

ok ty

[indigo falcon]

there's a balmy weather lush planet on the route, t3 conflct system tho

[fringe agate]

Earf?

[indigo falcon]

sec lemme find in my notes

[fringe agate]

I saw a couple, but that one had a few bases named for expedition stuff

[indigo falcon]

tufield xvi in r2 system

[fringe agate]

I have been afk for the last hour almost in game

I keep doing this lol

Start, get distracted, forget it's sitting there

Standing in the SS

Sad times

[indigo falcon]

😄 😄 get on the memory trail!

[indigo falcon]

you still afk or you actually go someplace in your ship yet? 😄

[fringe agate]

Lmfao

Uhhh

[indigo falcon]

I SEE

[remote pine]

um.. I loaded my expedition save and all "finish loop" milestones went complete

have no idea what that even meant

[indigo falcon]

it means the community did a lot of work

[fringe agate]

There are optional community milestones in this one. You get them unlocked right away

[indigo falcon]

and you get to benefit by it 🙂

[remote pine]

oh wow

[fringe agate]

Still one to go

[remote pine]

and what was the community supposed to do to finish them?

[indigo falcon]

the same thing every player does

5 contributions to Polo (or more) up to 20 a day

[fringe agate]

In your log you will see assist Polo with investigating the loop missions

[remote pine]

ohh I see

[indigo falcon]

I think quicksilver missions were counted in as well

[fringe agate]

Oh nice

[remote pine]

thanks

[fringe agate]

I'm going to move now! Look out

[indigo falcon]

oh boy. all beings in the 255 galaxies, take note! Gleam is on the move

[fringe agate]

Anchor point 4

Oooo, hot, extreme storms, extreme sentinels

[foggy cloak]

Yeah it sucks

Only fools and madmen go there, or people who want that frigate

[fringe agate]

Ouch

I'm building a base here

For the record, I prefer madman

[foggy cloak]

Anchor 4 its a place that only has 1 road: the grave

A damned and cursed place

No place for god-fearing men

[fringe agate]

I should be fine then

[indigo falcon]

atheist nonbinary folk should be ok then? I did only die once there, not completely horrid

[foggy cloak]

Good, just remember: Cliffs are bad, do NOT jetpack boost, especially in a storm

By the time you see the cliff, it will be too late

[fringe agate]

I'm currently melee boosting to the portal

[indigo falcon]

yolo! keep those aggros off your tail

[foggy cloak]

Good luck, and may Atlas be with you

[fringe agate]

Made it

[indigo falcon]

how's the comm ball situation?

[fringe agate]

Fine, not seeing any at the portal

[indigo falcon]

that's weird as heck

[fringe agate]

Closest comm ball shown is 20 minutes away by foot

[indigo falcon]

I can understand if they donn't pop in on the way but when you're right at the portal I would expect there to be a ton

[fringe agate]

Sweet, have some Exocraft now

[indigo falcon]

oh you hadn't picked up the mech? could be handy

[fringe agate]

Aye, have some Exocraft stuff already for them also

Very handy

Gonna build on a plateau near the memory hotspot approximate location

[indigo falcon]

oh you got a plateau for the spot? nice roll

[fringe agate]

It's down a bit, but nearby yeah

LOL

[indigo falcon]

I got the crappy cliffs on both times through.

[fringe agate]

Forgot I don't know any base parts

What do we start with, some wood stuff?

[indigo falcon]

yeah

[fringe agate]

Yeah

Alrighty

[indigo falcon]

floor, walls. floor again. and a door.

[fringe agate]

Cube for build camera safety

Sentinels aren't thrilled by this

[indigo falcon]

ya think. trying to mine right under their noses are we?

or rather

trying to exist right under their noses? shame shame

[fringe agate]

Right?!

Too bad for em

Ohhh

I can go claim a bunch of stuff from the anomaly for building - decorations anyways

[indigo falcon]

if you need it

[fringe agate]

Want it

Needs flowers

[indigo falcon]

the mud hut is nice because it's a one stop shelter ... with certain exceptions

[fringe agate]

This may have been a mistake

I don't like using wood on hot planets

Might have to grind out the alloy

[indigo falcon]

what's the issue?

[fringe agate]

Wood burns

Makes no sense to my brain

I know it doesn't matter in game

[indigo falcon]

well irl yes. but this is nms physics

mud hut would be heat resistant 😛

[fringe agate]

Aesthetics

[indigo falcon]

just remember every 1 salv data alloy piece now costs: 10 😄

[fringe agate]

Yep!

I'll deal with the wood

[dense silo]

any tips or help for doing the smuggling quest? I missed the entire outlaws update🤣

[indigo falcon]

if you've located an outlaw system (and there's one in the pinned 'mini-faq' message here), you buy contraband from the contraband agent and then I would go the Anomaly with it, from there go to any regular space station in the list, repeat until you have sold enough for the milestone.

I think you can sell to npc pilots instead of the terminal and still get credit, without impacting the local economy

(try one run and make sure the mission is pinned and you see the number of units you've sold increasing)

that's really it.

[dense silo]

thanks. if i pin the mission will it let me see a galaxy for it on the galaxy map?

[indigo falcon]

a star system? no, you'll need to find one

that's why we put info about one system in the pins

here's info about two more:

Sklanedysn X/"Diplo Where" 70LY from Cebrac-Eliwyn

Noglent (gek) near "I love you" system, close-ish to Cebrac

I don't have complete info on the last one because i've not been myself.

another player said that:

Sklanedysn X/Diplo Where is to the right of the starter system
Scheherazade (another outlaw system) is up from the starter system

good luck!!

[dense silo]

thank you so much ill take those notes down

[indigo falcon]

sure thing!

[dense silo]

for sure. after that im just about done with expedition

[indigo falcon]

oh nice!

[minor breach]

Ikr I hated my gek settlement on the burning planet cause it’s made out of wood and that displeased me

[wraith badge]

the other way to do that milestone @dense silo is once you find an Outlaw system just wait for the system freighters to turn up and check to see what they have in the cargo pods ... as shooting those can get you some stuff that you can then sell in another system for a LOT of units.

[dense silo]

i might try both tbh

i just want my living frigate lmao

[obtuse mirage]

I think suspicious weapons work for it as well but don’t quote me on that

[brave laurel]

Hey guys, any tips for the Leviathan expedition? Im new to the game, and this is my first expedition. Im phase 2, I did half of it. I didnt died yet. But im afraid of some Milestones. Like killing sentinels and stealing whispering eggs. Btw what is the hardest part of the expedition?

[indigo falcon]

well I would look at the various pinned messages, there are a lot I know, to get background on expeditions ingeneral and some useful tips on this one in particular, for starters

[brave rain]

Hi

How are you guys?

[indigo falcon]

I think the hardest thing might be the two milestones on anchor world 4 because part of that is a matter of prng luck

[indigo falcon]

still camped out in here, watching people drop by. you?

[brave rain]

Just woke up.

[wraith badge]

not long back from my mates 2nd bout of Chemo

[brave rain]

Can’t you use a minatour and skip the hazard upgrades?

[indigo falcon]

wishing them the very best luck

[indigo falcon]

my minotaur got stuck on a wall first time, had to reload

[brave rain]

Oof

[indigo falcon]

prng pure and simple, you get the luck or you don't

[brave rain]

Prng? I know random number generator but what does the p stand for

[indigo falcon]

I mean after you take all the precautions and whatnot

pseudo random number generator

these things are not truly random

there's a seed and an algorithm

[brave rain]

Oh ok

What’s stopping me from, not doing a derelict

[indigo falcon]

you can do one if you want, or wait until the mandatory one in phase 5

whatever you like

[fringe agate]

Which place has the worst freighter for it?

[indigo falcon]

hm I heard 3 has infested

[brave rain]

Oh, is it one of the ones that you can’t read until your there? Like it says Redacted

[indigo falcon]

didn't check though

[fringe agate]

Ty

I'll check

[brave rain]

Infested?

[indigo falcon]

going for the worst of the worst are we?

[fringe agate]

Aye

[indigo falcon]

(I actually don't mind those so much, you just gotta move slow, problem is when you have drones at the same time)

[fringe agate]

I have no shield upgrades!

Weeeeeee

[indigo falcon]

heaters heaters heaters

[brave rain]

No

[indigo falcon]

not for shields tho

[brave rain]

I have heard it’s worth just buying cold s class even at the inflated prices.

[indigo falcon]

oh so Emery, sorry, the infeted ones are the nest thing that glow and if you move when you are too close to them in that glowing state, surprise! out hatch many nasty deadly bugs

having 1 cold shield can be handy