You mean, after that you played 3 hours / 5 warps and you could still only claim on the first try?
#nms-expedition
gilded tiger
steel pagoda
Yes
gilded tiger
Wow that sucks
steel pagoda
Every time I attempted it after 3 hours 5 warps. I gave up after 4 grinds to S tier with the 3 hour wait in between each one
@indigo falcon I got the maps for tomorrow's playtime ready to try it
But for now I need sleep. I'll be back tomorrow.
That aggro on my way to a memory put me at 15/20 sentinals at least. I stumbled upon a gravitino ball nest on my way to the grave.
indigo falcon
nice way to close out for the night! sleep well 🙂
steel pagoda
Yep thanks. You too.
rapid thunder
Wow. The final community goal isn't done yet. Fine. Let me go and woo some more creatures. 😁
rapid thunder
Wow. The final community goal isn't done yet. Fine. Let me go and woo some more ...
Wonder if we'll manage to complete it in time.
indigo falcon
2 weeks and a little left, hard to say
in theory everyone who has done the expedition so far could turn in 20 items a day but most people have probably parked the save
rapid thunder
What's the reward for the missing milestone?
indigo falcon
more memory fragments
wraith junco
It would be nice if it will unlock the locked tech blueprints in anomaly
ocean hamlet
I wish they added an incentive for people to return to it after they beat it
like... If turning stuff in daily gave you quicksilver across all your saves or somethin
ashen shore
The incentive is that after the expedition finishes, you will have a survival save with a helluva headstart
And the main rewards, of course
midnight ruin
What is the name of the space station in the starter system
Trying to go back there
indigo falcon
note there is a pin in here with the names of all systems and such
midnight ruin
Ok, thanks
ashen shore
Man, that tier 5 community goal thing is so big
i really hope we can max it out in time
ashen shore
i hope so
midnight ruin
Sorry to bother but what is the name of the 1 anchor points system
indigo falcon
check the pins, there's one with all the names and glyphs
midnight ruin
Got it thanks thanks alot
midnight ruin
You need to use your scanner
indigo falcon
note that when you reach your ship, you'll get life support gels, and you also know how to craft those, if you get a lot of dihydrogen and carbon en route (but you need cihy for other things too)
elfin wyvern
Thx
elfin wyvern
Am i not supposed to get some nanites for scanning all the animals?
fringe agate
Hold to register, yes
elfin wyvern
And what does the upload thingy do then
fringe agate
Uploads them separately
fringe agate
No
elfin wyvern
Oh okay
fringe agate
One is for the fauna themselves, the other for the bonus
fringe agate
No
elfin wyvern
Save beacon?
fringe agate
If you want, but what for?
elfin wyvern
Idk i saw someone say that under a yt vid
ashen shore
If you die, you will go back to start
elfin wyvern
Yea
fringe agate
Oh,is that the thought process, make a base to use if you die?
ashen shore
So no point really at placing a save beacon everywhere
You can make a base at the anchor systems to travel back to them if you were to die
Player bases do remain after death, so you can teleport back to them
indigo falcon
it's recommended to put a base near any poi you need
so crashed freighter? put a base
anchoir point worlds? put a base
etc.
indigo falcon
unless of course you know you won't die by accident, in which case, feel free to ignore
indigo falcon
If you want, but what for?
someone needs to read the pins. oh wait, you even have a custom command for this one 😛
elfin wyvern
U do not need a portal at a base. If you want to teleport towards there right?
fringe agate
I don't get why a video is recommending to build bases at every point though
To warp there?
elfin wyvern
Yea
fringe agate
Pffff
elfin wyvern
I thought u could just go there trough a space station
fringe agate
Okie dokie
smoky meadow
its huge time save since most of the time on the expedition you are going to be traveling
is closest there is to saving progress after dying
indigo falcon
with the fireplace I suggested. that's the thing I am most proud of in your run 😛
fringe agate
Lol
indigo falcon
so let's say you put in some time to find a crashed freighter or a pillar. you mark with a base. if there is a next time through, search and transport time are 0 on that run. anyways
dead horse by now probably
slender harness
Or if you're lucky, someone else has uploaded theirs :p
indigo falcon
some folks don't feel comfortable using other player bases. (I don't have that problem myself but we all have different constraints)
slender harness
ah, that's fair enough
Also, is there a way to get a good amount of buried technology without just wandering about and digging up the place? Want to upgrade my anchor base, so it's actually useful for other players
indigo falcon
sadly not. mark in hud, hop in exocraft, go there, dig up, repeat. there's not a faster method that I know of
slender harness
ah, that's unfortunate
I know you can find it occasionally with some merchants, but it's rare they have more than 3
indigo falcon
yep and when you need upwards of 100 that's not much use
slender harness
Although digging up buried technology is unfortunately not much better
errant hamlet
Hahahaa, I was almost finished with the expedition - loaded in and went afk - like making a coffee or have a shit, forgetting abou it - and now I am dead.
💩
indigo falcon
nnnnooooooooooo
well pro tip do not ever afk except in a 100% safe space
dang it
you got some bases around to cut the next run time down some?
errant hamlet
I die in the most hilarious ways.
Well yea, actually, I built some bases. Thx for the tip 😋
indigo falcon
good luck and this time may you break the loop!
errant hamlet
thx 😆
pallid arch
Hi
fringe agate
Yo
steel pagoda
I died twice. And i'm pretty determined not to make it a third.
To avoid jinxing it, I haven't installed plasma grenades lol.
indigo falcon
a good choice!
steel pagoda
I hate whispering eggs. That was one of my deaths. I never got the hang of the wall trick. I just run inside the building and wait them out.
On the nest planet they just rolled away from me down the hill before I could grab them
steel pagoda
I did it before finishing chapter 1 lol.
indigo falcon
oh, did you get them done already? more power to you then
steel pagoda
Yea. Back on anchor 1 or 2 I did a chunk. And than when I found an abandoned building I just bit the bullet and finished it.
astral storm
I've tried both the geology cannon and the plasma launcher inside of the derelict frigates against the infested critters.
And I gotta say... I'm not impressed. Despite the low health they survive even an impact at like 1u distance or more, and to add insult to injury, yeah you gotta take care not to hurt yourself. Just generally feels like high-risk low-reward.
indigo falcon
those weapons are not meant for interiors like that
astral storm
In fact despite the AoE it's probably still quicker to just scatter blast them away or snipe them with the javelin.
Well, I mean the critters specifically demand AoE for efficient cleaning though.
Which in NMS... would mean those two, or I suppose the neutron blaster.
indigo falcon
for critters I leave the nests intact
steel pagoda
Once you get the hang of the plasma, it's one of my favorites. But now the sentinals get so close to you and put up shields with the update, I probably wouldn't use it in combat.
My main save just scatter blasts the sentinals now when they attack the colony.
I used them to blast open manufactur doors before I was aggrod.
astral storm
Against the sentinels I definitely prefer scatter+javelin. Actually with the sentinel upgrades even the boltcaster is a real contender.
steel pagoda
I never liked the javelin. Maybe i'm just not using it right.
astral storm
As for the freighter critters... mostly I actually just ignore them straight up. When you just walk on straight through and make no effort to loot everything they are simply too weak and slow to kill you
steel pagoda
I don't get aggro and spawn critters anymore. My first freighter I didn't know you had to sneak like a khajiit past the nests when they glow.
But I found them a pain to kill my first time. And there were so many. I bottled them at the doorways.
indigo falcon
yeah it's the sheer numbers that get you
astral storm
Well the javelin really benefits from the new X class upgrades. The base version is just way, way, WAY too slow. But with 3 proper X upgrades the charge time is cut down to 25%, and I guess all in all it more than quintuples the hurt of the javelin. At that point it's excellent to one shot smaller drones, two shot larger ones, and can also make walkers hold nicely still. It's still less damage than the scatter blaster right up close, but at range... It's great
steel pagoda
They walk on the ceiling and I half expect them to twist their head 180 degrees
astral storm
Yep, that's why hoped that the plasma/geology would perform better. To just pop a nest and make em all go poof at once
But it's like... pop a nest, shoot 5 AoE shots in there and it's like... wow. 2 of the 10 died.
And that's with 3 X upgrades. Naturally.
On a pistorl, not an alien M-T, to be fair, but still. It's just not worth the time and ammo even.
indigo falcon
or go to a derelict without those (system 5)
astral storm
Are there S-class upgrade freighters there though?
steel pagoda
If I was doing maps old school, I wonder what else I haven't caught up on.
Also the expedition gave me a colony quest where someone claimed one lol so it's stuck forever. I can't delete it and get the quest someplace else.
Good reason to focus on the expedition instead.
ocean hamlet
I've never really had a lot of trouble with whispering eggs. Just get enough upgrades that you can fly around and stay mobile forever and ur good
steel pagoda
You dodge their long range spit with your gundamn wings?
ocean hamlet
Go to one nest, right when the things start to get ya then cross over the roof of the building
basically
astral storm
Well once you have some shields going the long range spit also deals... nearly no damage.
For me it's like 5% per hit or so
indigo falcon
Also the expedition gave me a colony quest where someone claimed one lol so it's...
I think you can get a settlement chart and be a long ways away (>50k ly) and use that map instead if you want
indigo falcon
as it's a side thing, might as well do after you complete the expd
static willow
I think you can get a settlement chart and be a long ways away (>50k ly) and use...
You can actually change settlement locations on the same planet. 😉
Though they will always have the same stats
indigo falcon
that's the theory but I've never gotten the charts to work that way
they are too buggy
steel pagoda
as it's a side thing, might as well do after you complete the expd
True. I just normally go back to my main save in Eissentam
But it might be interesting to have a perma/survival weirdness save also.
I do like the solar ship. It's my first one. I haven't really played over the last few updates.
indigo falcon
solars have their own unique charm, I love the animation of the sails
steel pagoda
Sometimes they are hit or miss on opening or closing. Or they misread your flight path low to a planet.
indigo falcon
I find it fun when the sails are closed in space (or alternatively open in the atmosphere)
wish it could be toggled tbh 😄
astral storm
Man I wish the game really was consistent in allowing me to actually sell my logs/manifests at the scrap dealer
steel pagoda
So the game text on the stuff I ripped off a freighter cargo pod, said it would be illegal for a GTN to buy them off you. Go to a pirate system instead. Except the GTN bought everything off me anyways lol.
The flavor text isn't always followed.
wary pasture
Bruh
Walking on planet, warning of pirate attack..
Recieve blaster to face from said pirate ships..
indigo falcon
how bad was it?
wary pasture
I had a small panic attack, dug underground and reloaded a save.
One hit took my shields from 100 easily down to 25%
No settlement or anything nearby, no bases. Was beyond strange.
indigo falcon
which system?
wary pasture
Not one of the expedition related ones. It's a blue system
indigo falcon
conflict level?
wary pasture
Gek system
Pirated
wary pasture
Just so odd. Theyd come into orbit for little oh me scoping out activated indium.
indigo falcon
yep
devout delta
Had somewhat the same happening before, landed on an island with no building on it whatsoever, got the message of a Vector Attack or something at the moment I jumped out of my ship. Survived with 2 squares remaining cause I jumped into my ship to fight them back
wary pasture
Jeeeez how scary ami right
indigo falcon
seems like not enough time to react
wary pasture
No there was no time for me I can say that
indigo falcon
also going underground is supposed to keep them from attacking you so I dunno what's up with that either
wary pasture
I took the cowards leap to save reload. 😅
summer oyster
No settlement or anything nearby, no bases. Was beyond strange.
It's called an attack vector, it's what killed players at the start of a save all the time when outlaws first came out since it was so often
wary pasture
All I knew to do
devout delta
Glad I'm done with this expedition though, not complaining it's hard, but I blew myself up several times with the Geo Cannon had me thinking why I'd even start again 😄
indigo falcon
but you completed it?
indigo falcon
congrats!! hey if you want the server role for that in here, check the pins in this channel on how to get it!
midnight ruin
Hey @wraith venture, I already sent singular a DM but he is busy so I thought maybe you can assign the expedition role for me. Here is the proof of completion.
devout delta
congrats!! hey if you want the server role for that in here, check the pins in ...
cheers for letting me know. i don't see expedition 7 in it yet, but i guess that'll take some time. not in a rush though 🙂
steel pagoda
So you go underground to treat pirates like biological horrors?
astral storm
Since this is kinda expedition relevant if I keep grinding freighters and somnal dust... how do you actually sell off logs and manifests to scrap dealers? Like I have 4/4 of them left in my inv, but the scrap dealers can't be bothered with it at all anymore. I got like 1 of them off in the same system I farmed, 1 in a different system, then again 1 in the farming system and now... can't sell them off for the life of me.
wary pasture
Just found an S class pistol 🤓
wraith venture
Hey <@357610080235028510>, I already sent singular a DM but he is busy so I thou...
congrats on completion
indigo falcon
cheers for letting me know. i don't see expedition 7 in it yet, but i guess that...
you don't have to wait for self assign, just put the screenshot like the pin says and flag a mod 🙂
indigo falcon
Since this is kinda expedition relevant if I keep grinding freighters and somnal...
usually that means the derelict quest has bugged itself, sometimes pinning the mission and going out of the station and back in it can make it "take" but sometimes not
devout delta
So you go underground to treat pirates like biological horrors?
@indigo falcon like so?
devout delta
I see, thanks ❤️
devout delta
yeah haha, was in the middle of a pirate attack on normal mode xD
astral storm
usually that means the derelict quest has bugged itself, sometimes pinning the m...
That's some major F class stuff then... It's not the answer I wanted, but it's the one I expected...
I did the weekend nexus mission, came back, managed to offload another manifest and the dealer is right back to pretending I'm empty handed. Guess I'll stuff them into my freighter until they fix this...
I also meant to ask due to a comment earlier, does one of the anchor systems have an S class derelict freighter?
Asking due to this comment:
or go to a derelict without those (system 5)
indigo falcon
no, without infested creepy crawlies, was the meaning
uh
lemme see one of the derelicts does though
and I keep frickin forgetting to post it in the subreddit
I suck
lemme find the info again
the anchor system 4 derelict is infesteds, nothing else (so move slow and you are ok)
and it is S upgrades
100% warp cell efficiency, 248 ly
double checking the glyphs now to make sure I have the system right, this info is from someone else and I want to make sure I didn't mangle it
yep anchor system 4.
steel pagoda
Is the timing to hit the final community goal more tight on this expedition than the last ones?
indigo falcon
no idea, it depends how many players are turning in materials I guess
steel pagoda
Ah yea. I stopped after I got to the second anchor. But I could begin stockpiling again tonight.
astral storm
100% warp cell efficiency, 248 ly
Right, I had noticed that not just the class, but so the substats seem consistent. My S freighter has 248ly as well though.
Do we have info on the fuel efficiency though? Mine is minimum at 16%, but if that freighter isn't much better it'd hardly be worth it to farm a freighter that's not in my home system and has the same issues and rewards
indigo falcon
I think the fuel efficiency upgrades are still bugged
steel pagoda
I have my 3 goals to hit for tonight. Use 6 signal maps, after getting to the freighter, run fo the abandoned building to finish the sentinals off. Than dash for the 5th anchor point.
I feel like on the solar ship your landing fuel runs out too stick even with tech installed.
astral storm
Good luck with that. Is there even a difference though? I thought it's always 50% without upgrades
steel pagoda
Oh idk. Maybe it depends on ship type. Like i'm using to exploring in an s explorer and squid.
astral storm
I think the fuel efficiency upgrades are still bugged
Bugged as in always 16%, or not working...?
devout delta
Is the timing to hit the final community goal more tight on this expedition than...
i've handed in a shitton just for the quick upgrades, but is there even a reward from it at the end?
indigo falcon
Bugged as in always 16%, or not working...?
they do harm rather than good I think
lemme see if I can dig up the last conversation folks had about them
astral storm
Yeah, the iteration 5 milestone, unbound. It's just an inv and 4 general fragments though
indigo falcon
i've handed in a shitton just for the quick upgrades, but is there even a reward...
there is, memory fragments and some inventory slot too
steel pagoda
i've handed in a shitton just for the quick upgrades, but is there even a reward...
The community optionals. Mostly.
Yep inventory slots also
astral storm
Mostly interesting for new players. I've actually gotten all my inv slots maxed. Exosuit, freighter, ship...
idk if we were even able to upgrade exocraft slots
indigo falcon
yes they negatively impact fleet coordination a little and add nothing (the fuel efficiency upgrades) so there you have it, don't install those ones
astral storm
oof, well I guess at least I won't install more than I have
astral storm
I will with those that I'll keep farming. Still gonna grind more stuff so I'll end up with a semi-perfected save from this expedition
pure elm
Hello I'm gonna play the exp again thanks
pure elm
Ngl it was fun, I just wanna do it again
Oh no nothing like that I'm afraid lol, I'm no speedrunner
I might spend less time preparing tho
indigo falcon
oh well ok. but you know all the tricks now 🙂
indigo falcon
imagine that 😄
pure elm
There I did it lol
steel pagoda
The one thing I don't like about this mode is storage space. I may want to do the grow cobalt trick again and get a second hauler for mats. But if I die it'll all go to poop anyways.
pure elm
The last time I had to do it, I lost out on some of the time and effort I expended getting resources and getting to my ship
pure elm
The one thing I don't like about this mode is storage space. I may want to do th...
I believe this is standard for survival and permadeath anyway
steel pagoda
Yea I believe so
I've never tried survival or perma before this.
And I didn't know the expedition was perma until I jumped into it lol
pure elm
I also thought it was an exp thing until someone told me this was a restriction in survival and perma
steel pagoda
Yea no. The last expeditions were all normal mode I believe. It's definitely the difficulty level.
I'm just used to normal mode.
I picked up that twitch drop hauler on the anomaly just to have more storage space on this expedition
indigo falcon
handy! twitch drops can solve the early units problem too
astral storm
Meanwhile I never played normal and missed out on all the prior expeditions, so for me this was completely business as always lol
steel pagoda
I haven't bothered to build anything on the freighter, so the Normandy has no place to go lol
astral storm
Even the first time I ever played NMS was survival, and the game generously gave me a series of impossible to survive planets
steel pagoda
S'ok. I missed pioneers myself. And the outlaws one.
And I don't think I finished the creatures before it ended.
indigo falcon
the freighter in the expedition is free storage; you have the blueprints for the containers immediately
and those containers (BUT NOT their contents) persist if you die
steel pagoda
My first time on xbox learning had a steeper curve. Cuz I got the base quest on a firestorm planet.
When I rebought NMS half off during an epic games sale for PC, it gave me the base quest on a paradise planet this time.
indigo falcon
some people have all the luck!
steel pagoda
Yea. Xbox was brutal in a lot of ways. I'm having a much better experience on Pc.
Have they fixed the fall through the freighter to your death yet? Cuz that would be very bad on this expedition
astral storm
Hm, at least from my experience back then it's really the first hour of the survival game where ALL the difficulty is. After that I found everything endurable, even if some stuff took some more preparation.
That being said... I wonder how many impossible starts the expedition generates. I got one of them at least, so technically speaking I died two times but I never counted that one.
indigo falcon
you gotta remember to be in single player mode and get into photo mode right away to see what's near you
and also that getting to your ship gives you life support gels and batteries
(expd only)
steel pagoda
Depends on how you play
astral storm
Getting to the ship was precisely the issue lol. It was like 1000u away across a very, VERY steep mountain with nothing to keep life support rolling
steel pagoda
First timers I didn't have a clue. I got lost in a cave for an hour after falling into a hole in the ground
astral storm
Then the next round though the ships was easily accessible so no stress then
indigo falcon
no dihy anywhere? make gels if you gotta
steel pagoda
And it was a radioactive planet to get to the ship. I used the caves.
indigo falcon
1k u is a long distance for the ship though, poor
astral storm
no dihy anywhere? make gels if you gotta
Nah. It was nice barren mountain side
indigo falcon
lovely
guess you could repair the terrain manip and tunnel through maybe
might have met bedrock though
steel pagoda
I was still over 700u or so to the ship on xbox. And it was mountainous radioactive with random holes in the floor for caves
Wish I had the terrain manipualtor lol cuz it took me over an hour to find the cave exit.
indigo falcon
you couldn't just jetpack out where you dropped in?
astral storm
Hm, random holes. Nice.
Although at least once you do find a cave it takes the environmental pressure away.
Assuming you can get out
steel pagoda
The holes were tiny. It's like falling into a lake in the winter when it's frozen solid.
Tho i didn't think of that also and just trudged forward
It was a really good drop I remember.
indigo falcon
even small ones, if they are big enough to fall in they are big enough to get out of
anyways first time through you are not going to know all that
steel pagoda
Yea. Thas kinda it. You build up your common sense after playing for a few hours lol
indigo falcon
yep
'woops falling, hit the jetpack, whew ok'
or even better yet 'looks like a hole, going around it' 😄
astral storm
Yeah. And since there are or at least were genuinely impossible starts it really doesn't make it easier for new players. "Was this now my fault or not?"
And a few times it's actually not.
steel pagoda
Need the reflexes of a ketchup bottle to hit the jetpack in time as you fall
indigo falcon
honestly it doesn't much matter if it's the player's "fault"
just get a good spawn in and you're ok
astral storm
Heh, yeah. Impossible or your fault, it's a F either way
astral storm
Yup
steel pagoda
Your map trip worked thank you!
Abandoned building. Than an observatory. 3rd map didn't work as i already found one. Than 4th was the freighter.
The freighter is 31 seconds away from me also lol
steel pagoda
Of course I have to do the cargo pods also cuz i'm a completionist hoarder.
indigo falcon
lol
steel pagoda
Base computer is down. I almost forgot
indigo falcon
there ya go
steel pagoda
I suppose Gleam is living on the edge alone
astral storm
I find the ones you don't have to dig for nice enough, but digging for the rest isn't something I'd do any time except right at the start of a save
indigo falcon
save save save
steel pagoda
I can't even see my game. I bumped the windows button which I do a lot playing games. I got big hands.
And my mouse is stuck in the top left corner. I'm gonna replug in the usb.
indigo falcon
crossing fingers...
steel pagoda
God. I bet a super heated storm is gonna hit me on the planet while i am outside my ship lmao
jagged charm
God. I bet a super heated storm is gonna hit me on the planet while i am outside...
its why we go for the mech asap
one of the challenges gives you a mech bay as reward
steel pagoda
I pretty much never use mechs for anything. Except when an expedition requires it
indigo falcon
you also get the nomad blueprint at the same time (but you would need to get the hazard prot upgrades for it from memory fragments)
steel pagoda
Trying a different mouse isn't working. I bet i havs to force restart my pc.
At least I have the exit ship save. Provided I haven't died to a storm yet.
indigo falcon
did the base computer get placed??
not claimed I guess though
so maybe no save from that 😕
steel pagoda
Claimed yes it did. I was about to rename it.
indigo falcon
oh! that should have been an automatic restore point then
steel pagoda
Ok good.
Well i got my mouse control back when i rebooted. So i can log back on and see if i died to a verdant planet storm lol.
I gotta stop resting my palm on the windows key lol.
Phew i'm good. Logged back in to see my base computer.
Ewww. These cargo pods want 5 navigation data each
pure elm
Well this is annoying
indigo falcon
screw that I say
indigo falcon
no carbon?
pure elm
No carbon
indigo falcon
save and reload 😛
steel pagoda
Yea it's not worth it now lol
I wanted them to require ferrite dust lmao. I have 4k.
indigo falcon
hahahahahaha
pure elm
But that would constitute having to go back and farm the copper all over again lol
indigo falcon
cobalt or chrom metal are other favorite things they like to require
steel pagoda
It's an enterprise that crashed. Should I look for the corpse of Picard?
pure elm
I might as well, considering these things aren't leaving me alone
steel pagoda
Yea chrom is good. Usually cobalt too
indigo falcon
But that would constitute having to go back and farm the copper all over again l...
why? drop a save point right there, save, then reload that save
it will despawn whatever was there
steel pagoda
I've never used one lmao
pure elm
I have, but when I restarted I forgot I had it
I only remembered that I had the refiner
wraith venture
!leviathanrole @low gulch
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indigo falcon
Don't be like Traveller V. Be prepared for any eventuality, even glitches in reality. "Save early and often" is the IntergalacticTraveller's motto!
low gulch
Aight aight I'll get a picture tomr
steel pagoda
This game is burger king in space right? Play it your way
indigo falcon
gonna have to make some Traveller business cards with that on it (digital of course)
steel pagoda
I mean we got new peeps on their first expedition it seems. So they don't know the system yet.
indigo falcon
well there's not just one system either
everyone's got their playstyle
some like to go slow and careful, some like to rush ahead and experiment a lot, whatever people like
I need the name of a traveller from one of those graves for the business card I think
steel pagoda
Well i got the frieghter done completing chapter 2 and finished the sentinals off for chapter 4.
So I only have Phase 5 left now.
I'm just hiding in an observatory to wait out the doggies they spawned.
indigo falcon
woof woof
steel pagoda
I don't need the pillar map. I found a base someone mad at a pillar weeks ago. And they walled off the spot so you could shut it down without aggro
indigo falcon
yep lotta player bases, I got one too 😄 (on a non aggro sentinel world)
steel pagoda
Two warps away from anchor 5.
Someone marked a freighter so my map struggles were in vein. Oh well
devout delta
found a screenshot from when expedition started couple weeks back, wanted to land on a freighter so i can get those materials in for upgrades but nope
guess now we know how those freighters get crashed xD
indigo falcon
wrong kind of derelict 😄
devout delta
hehe true
steel pagoda
Is the 5th point underground? Cuz the marker is. And I can't pick up a scan
devout delta
Is the 5th point underground? Cuz the marker is. And I can't pick up a scan
shouldnt be no
are you sure you are near the marker? and not that it's on the other side of the planet?
steel pagoda
I'll double check. But i always aim for it with pulse and it looks like I was 20 seconds away upon landing
People marked bases 5th anchor point here.
devout delta
oh, i wouldnt even use those as a reference, potential trolls place them too
steel pagoda
Oh i'm deff in the right spot for the yellow marker. But I can't get a scan
Whoops my bad. I was in analysis mode lmao
Normally it auto switches your mode
slate solar
Finished the expedition today and there was a communication station at the end saying something like, "now I have two leviathans". Is this guy confused (living ship, maybe), got a lucky glitch, or is there some way to get two of these cuties?
I remember getting two Normandies back when by grabbing them really fast, but those files are long gone and this one doesnt look to work like that at all
indigo falcon
+7.03, +20.67 planetary coords for anchor point 5
if you're close, try just navigating there by ship
strange ivy
I need help with this expidition
strange ivy
Keep dying and since progress doesn't save I gotta do it in one go
indigo falcon
you do.
there is a pinned message in here, "persistence after death" which tells you some things that remain
this may help you strategize to make each run shorter and easier
steel pagoda
Yep start with the pinned.
steel pagoda
Keep dying and since progress doesn't save I gotta do it in one go
Have you played a normal save and done the artemis path already? Having a foundation of experience is going to help this expedition especially.
strange ivy
I've done all of them but the worm one and pirate
steel pagoda
Oh ok.
strange ivy
Oh and yeah I've gotten to the center before
I know what I'm doing
Restarting is just so tedious
indigo falcon
so you need to make it less tedious
bases by every point of interest you need, so you don't have to find them again
on every anchor point world, no need to warp to them
steel pagoda
Get some of the tech rewards early if you can. Like inventory and shields.
indigo falcon
in an outlaw system so you don't have to find one, etc.
phase 1 you'll have to just do (well once you get to a space station you'll be able to teleport to anchor 1 base and not warp there, then do what you need on the planet)
but the rest you can cut out a lot of the time.
memory point locations move around so don't put bases there, just either near the portals or by some other useful location on the planet
steel pagoda
Derelict freighter time for me.
indigo falcon
@strange ivy there is one more way to cut down on time but it's a serious spoiler so only if you want to hear it
strange ivy
I'm just gonna have someone do it with me
steel pagoda
Oof. Close one for me. I wasn't expecting defense turrets.
indigo falcon
Oof. Close one for me. I wasn't expecting defense turrets.
uh yeah. that and drones in system 5
there's a couple jellies near the end iirc
steel pagoda
And still can't save on freighters lol.
Did they patch the game crashing on them at least?
devout delta
didn't crash on any i landed on lately so i guess so
steel pagoda
Me either on this expedition knock on wood
indigo falcon
how's the derelict? done with it I guess by now?
steel pagoda
Partway through.
Debating if i prefer the infested nests to turrets and sentinals lol
indigo falcon
you don't have to loot all the things (in case that helps), just have more than 32 somnal
steel pagoda
My inventory is constantly full on this. I hate discsrding.
I'm ocd about looting lol
steel pagoda
I'm a hoarder
indigo falcon
at least you recognize that you have a problem 😛 😄
steel pagoda
TLC Hoarder's Gek special edition
foggy cloak
I'm a hoarder
Good, now rid yourself of the hoarding, begin again
But know when to let go
indigo falcon
time enough for that in about 2.5 more milestones
steel pagoda
So we die intentionally in perma so we can start hoarding over from scratch?
indigo falcon
don't listen to that troublemaker 😛
foggy cloak
So we die intentionally in perma so we can start hoarding over from scratch?
Yes, begin again
indigo falcon
let the traveller break the loop first just like you did, then we can talk about hoarding and cures and such
sheesh
steel pagoda
Well I finished the freighter at least lmao. I badly need a space station GTN
We are all stuck in a loop forever.
indigo falcon
you better sell all that stuff off yeah
anomaly->space station gets you there fastest unless you're right by it already
steel pagoda
Lmao. Freighter needs rescue as I leave the derelict.
indigo falcon
too bad
steel pagoda
Anomaly is better cuz I can shove my crap on pollo too
indigo falcon
so you can!
devout delta
anomaly->space station gets you there fastest unless you're right by it already
how i did my smugglin 🥲 not gonna deal with authorities that rush me haha
indigo falcon
this is the way
steel pagoda
Too many emergency broadcasts lmao. No inventory space to do all those freighters
indigo falcon
later! you can always stash all the extra stuff in your freighter (you built a couple storage containers, right?)
anyways
2 milestones left...
devout delta
gogogo get that beauty of a ship 😄
steel pagoda
later! you can always stash all the extra stuff in *your* freighter (you built a...
Nope. Not a single storage container lol
indigo falcon
oh. well you might want them later
steel pagoda
Livin on the edge of tomorrow
steel pagoda
But yea back to the freighter so i can juggle inventories. And setup my portable refinery to condense inventory together also.
I can sit for like an hour refining goop and rusted metal lmao
sand reef
I’m waiitng for the next expedition, i have nothing to do on Nms but explore but i like the story aswell😭
indigo falcon
nms is all about exploring, so you got it
please don't tell me you are actually going to sit on the freighter an hour doing inv management before the last two milestones 😄
the suspense is killing me over here!
steel pagoda
I’m waiitng for the next expedition, i have nothing to do on Nms but explore but...
Setup a vacation home with a deep sea laboratory.
And a batcave full lf illegal nipnip farming
steel pagoda
please don't tell me you are actually going to sit on the freighter an hour doin...
I already started lmao. I'm on the freighter for like 10 minutes already doing rusted metal first. Than 1500 living slime.
indigo falcon
lololol
steel pagoda
And repairing some broken ships
I wanna scrap the two explorers eventually. And keep the second hauler fixed up for inventory.
indigo falcon
sounds like a plan
steel pagoda
My hauler from twitch is half full of cobalt and oxygen though. I only started a baby growing system.
indigo falcon
ah you picked up the twitch drop? nice
steel pagoda
I don't do all the same legwork on an expedition save normallym
Yea. Like at the beginning of the expedition. Soon as I could leave the planet.
indigo falcon
I picked up something or other to scrap for easy units, of the twich drops, second time through, just to cut down on time
it was handy
indigo falcon
you could
OR
you could wait until you complete the last 2 milestones and THEN go get them 😛
steel pagoda
Crap I gave polo all my dust lmao. I need to do another freighter stupid me
steel pagoda
I kept 7... lol
steel pagoda
True. But my ocd will want to do the entire thing
Or i won't sleep tonight
But first I gotta refine hundreds of slime lol
indigo falcon
looks like you're not sleeping anyways then 😛
indigo falcon
me too but I toss the slime, can't wait around for it
steel pagoda
All those nanites..... sad
indigo falcon
I have much better sources
steel pagoda
I probably won't play this save again once I finish it also lmao
indigo falcon
of course not 😄
indigo falcon
so the thing about living slime. it converts to runaway mould, sure. but you need 500 of them to get 100 nanites. so you're going to have 300 nanites at the end of your 1500 living slime. You could sell a few memory fragments for more than that 😛
steel pagoda
Yea
I mean I have done large batches of stew on my main save.
But I mostly just collect nanites gradually on the fly. As i'm doing stuff.
I've been on the freighter refining for almost 30 minutes already lol
indigo falcon
how's that rusted metal coming along? 😄
steel pagoda
Oh long finishedm been working on various coloured slime now.
All consolidated to purple now. And my math is telling me it'll be another 36 minutes to convert it all to mould.
steel pagoda
I mean 1500
No personal refiner no.
They never gave me one in the memory tech lol.
indigo falcon
yeah my second round I got it in the middle of phase 5 thanks so much for nothing
steel pagoda
If i refine the mould even i should have like 5 slots freed up in cargo.
Ok yea I built one while my refinery works.
I'm sort of a unicorn in that I do things my own way, instead of the right way.
indigo falcon
no right way as long as you finish the thing and have a good time
indigo falcon
sweet!
steel pagoda
I'm still refining all my slime lol. I need things condensed stacked and cleaned up
But that gave me something to do while I wait.
indigo falcon
you move other stuff you don't need out? like the memory imprints
steel pagoda
I decided i'm gonna convert the ferrite after lol.
Yea kinda.
Stuff from my hauler and my exosuit anywaus.
I'd have to switch ships to the solar to get to the memory junk.
Glad I don't lose life support on the freighter.
indigo falcon
yuo can switch ships right on the freighter
steel pagoda
I mean i have to run down the stairs. I was being lazy
indigo falcon
yeah but you don't have to run back up until you need to refine again
tired acorn
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steel pagoda
Yea. It's every 6 minutes and 12 seconds lol
indigo falcon
plenty of time to do other inventory management 😛
indigo falcon
it ran here ok fine. 2 weeks 2 days
steel pagoda
Hmm
indigo falcon
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steel pagoda
I discarded a memory imprint by mistake.
steel pagoda
Oh phew. My gut told me I might at the very end
indigo falcon
I mean I kept mine for the memories ( 😛 ) but there's no actual need. you're good
steel pagoda
I can probably just find it online to read. I was planning to keep them and all in the first place.
indigo falcon
yeah those are all in the pinned messages in this channel in fact
steel pagoda
I've been refining for an hour and almost 10 minutes now lmao.
Made a good dent so far.
Wish I thought to build a second refinery sooner lol
indigo falcon
I might have to hear about your completion tomorrow after I get up then
it's pretty late here, I'll be off to sleep in a bit
indigo falcon
NNNOOOOOOO
steel pagoda
Been having major shield issues on derelicts.
indigo falcon
well crap. that's not what I was expecting to hear...
by now you know all the ways to streamline the run though, right?
steel pagoda
Well my fault for being greedy
Could of got the somnal dust and ran out
Yea. Probably i'm good. I'm just slow regardless.
indigo falcon
long as you enjoy it, the rest doesn't matter, be as slow or greedy as you like
steel pagoda
Not redoing crap I already completed nope. Permadeath isn't for me.
indigo falcon
awww bummer... ok, but at least you know that
welp I gotta hit the sack, eyes are closing
steel pagoda
Have a good night
indigo falcon
hope your next nms session, whatever it may be, has a better outcome
see you next time!
steel pagoda
Or tomorrow or tuesday. Or just abandoned the expedition.
I have an early morning. So i wanna get some chores done tonight before bed.
I'll probably start over tomorrow
That makes 4 death's now with those 2 in a row almost.
sour sinew
anyone able to give me materials in expeditions?
random peak
Why am I given a freighter in expedition? Or a settlement
I completed Leviathan without ever needing either
foggy cloak
Why am I given a freighter in expedition? Or a settlement
Because they can
Like they can also not allow you to use ships
cough Expedition 3 cough
blazing jetty
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random peak
Imo it's confusing as hell....7 was my first expedition and I had no idea why I had settlement and freighter quests
brave rain
Doing the derelict freighter as my last mission in Vr was terrifying as heck. But I survived
brave rain
How is it in PSVR <@834259264749961267> ?
It’s really fun! The UIs feel intuitive and feel good to use, guns feel really powerful and like you have a lot of control, my only complaints are the graphics on the 7 year old ps4 I use aren’t the best and are very pixelated, and the ship controls are hard to get used too, but VRs a good experience.
untold harbor
whats the quickest way to get salvaged data for BP unlocks like base prefabs etc for the expedition?
do i just gotta go find buried modules?
summer oyster
whats the quickest way to get salvaged data for BP unlocks like base prefabs etc...
Finding a planet with plenty of buried technology modules around. My suggestion is that you don't buy it since it wasn't intended in the expedition to buy blueprints.
vague gate
has the community loop research completed yet? was planning to start the expedition over once it was and use that as an easier permadeath file
summer oyster
has the community loop research completed yet? was planning to start the expedit...
It seems the research is at 28% at tier 5 now
vague gate
appreciated
indigo falcon
yep, 2 weeks still to go
dapper fern
Thanks papa
rapid thunder
I'm hopeful we will complete the final community milestone. Everytime I drop stuff off with Polo, there's others too. 😊 Why am I doing this? 🫠
sharp shore
i do this if i find ore while picking gravitino balls
just solar rays the entire thing
indigo falcon
because you are a naturally helpful person and can't stand to see an uncompleted milestone? 😄
sharp shore
are derelict freighters random in containing mechanical enemies or those space cockroaches?
i seem to get only the mechanical enemies ones after i finished the expedition
rapid thunder
because you are a naturally helpful person and can't stand to see an uncompleted...
Completionist.
indigo falcon
any derelict will always have the same hostiles, i.e. if you are in a system and it has bugs, the one in the system will always have those bugs (and the same layout and number of crates too)
so people post coordinates of known high loot derelicts or "easy" ones with only jellies or with known S upgrades at the end, etc
sharp shore
trying to clear my "infinite" amounts of derelict freighter receivers
while handing in somnal dust to help with the milestone
rapid thunder
because you are a naturally helpful person and can't stand to see an uncompleted...
I log in once or twice a day, drop off a package and check where we are. It willbe tight.
sharp shore
but i guess doing this will result in me never running out of the receivers
sly pond
Derelicts also tend to come in clusters by SSI, so within a region there'll often be half a dozen stars or more where the same named derelict spawns, with slightly different layouts but same enemies.
sharp shore
since you get enough for around 10 receivers just by doing 1 receiver
indigo falcon
have 1 receiver. run 1 derelict to get rid of it. get 1k somnal, turn into Polo. now you have 10 erbs. for each one of those.... etc
sly pond
Fun fact, you can spawn derelicts within the atmosphere of moons, and doing so results in a completely different derelict for each - different name, possibly enemies and class as well.
indigo falcon
it also means that atmospheric hazards from the moons can apply in the derelict 😄
sly pond
In a 4-moon system there are 5 different spawnable derelicts, and no, the derelict cold overrides atmospheric conditions
indigo falcon
it doesn't; we have a counterexample, though I would have to dig for it
sly pond
How recent? Dedparot was testing not one month ago.
indigo falcon
in the last few weeks
sly pond
@indigo falcon My apologies, I misremembered what Ded said about it
indigo falcon
no worries
sly pond
Thank Jebus for the ability to search efficiently for specific convos, went back and reread it before responding further lol
indigo falcon
I can never quite remember the words in the conversations so my hunts for things are correspondingly slower 🙄
bright grotto
Speaking of derelict freighters, how difficult are they? I haven't done one before and I'm on iteration 5 and I think that's one of the last things I need. I haven't died yet besides the scripted death to leave the starter planet. Any tips would be great :)
indigo falcon
it will be handy to have one good cold protection and a stack of ion batteries
you will also want ammo for your weapon
other than that: you can watch the turret beam sweep and time your movements to avoid them
bright grotto
Oh perfect I have all that! My multi tool is set up for gun mode anyways
indigo falcon
keep your eyes open for security drones, use door frames or containers to hide behind, pop out and shoot, hide again
cloaking device does not work against these drones
that's pretty much it
bright grotto
oh that's good to know! I had a cloaking device and assumed that worked against them
indigo falcon
oh also there are heaters around you can turn on as far as the cold as well
tall hedge
How difficult are the later iterations of this expedition i have just started and want to know if it is worth doing some farming to get better gear or can i use the starting gear?
indigo falcon
you're going to start with S multitool and ship
you'll be fine as far as that goes
loud vortex
How difficult are the later iterations of this expedition i have just started an...
i wouldn't bother with it buts it up to you if your struggling
also how do i get the new leviathan badge?
indigo falcon
see the pinned messages in the channel for how to get the role 🙂
loud vortex
ok thank you
pure elm
Gonna continue my new exp save soon
I've also noticed that the new save gave me a color scheme I like much better than on the other save lol
indigo falcon
oooooh nice! good luck on this trip through
pure elm
Thanks!
I kinda want to save edit the other one to give it this color scheme - I typically don't do save editing but I've already completed the expedition and it's purely cosmetic anyway so it shouldn't affect my experience
Got a silver/white ship with purple exhausts and I'm a sucker for purple
indigo falcon
no one's going to police your save to check the colors 😛
pure elm
Yea I've read that save editing isn't really a problem at all haha
I typically avoid it though because I prefer putting in at least some effort to get stuff
The one time I remember actually editing a save was to manually solve the issue I had with the game not giving me all the frigate fuel BPs
indigo falcon
yeah save editing is invaluable to get around game glitches, wish all platforms supported it
pure elm
Same. I'm not affected because I mostly play on PC (I also own the Nintendo Switch, but I probably won't get NMS on that as I already have it on pc lol), but I do feel for those who play on other platforms and are plagued by glitches that can only be fixed by save editing
indigo falcon
reasons I usually play with multiplayer disabled. (console)
that's a prime source of so many bugs
untold harbor
Finding a planet with plenty of buried technology modules around. My suggestion ...
Arent I supposed to set up bases with teleporters on anchor planets in case I die? I was getting BP's for that
indigo falcon
yes, it's a good idea, and by any useful points of interest you come across too, like crashed freighters, sentinel pillars, abandoned buildings
untold harbor
Kk. Yea I just need to go dig buried tech for a few hours to tech tree a bunch of crap then. They really made every early planet like the worst weather
indigo falcon
you don't need to have teleporters there tbh
it's nice to have but not required at all
but do get bases down for sure.
lemme see there's a planet in the starter system that's not horrible, toxic without storms
Mezenus Uttsu that's the one
untold harbor
I'm up in the first Anchor system atm. Theres a decent hot planet I'll just roam around on after work.
Don't you need a teleporter in your base to port to it?
indigo falcon
no you do not
it's very convenient for leaving but you can always go to a base even if it's just a base computer and nothing else
untold harbor
Ah ok ok. Ty
Also is it normal to be able to summon your capital ship from your survival save into the expedition?
indigo falcon
from some other save? huh?
I mean you should have a freighter for free in the expedition, we all start with one
it should have no tech
you can build storage rooms on it right away if you want them (they remain if you die, into the next iteration)
untold harbor
Ohhh ok. Its literally the exact same one as my survival save haha
indigo falcon
😄 😄
untold harbor
Which is why i was confused
indigo falcon
except no tech, right?
untold harbor
Yea
indigo falcon
there's the giveaway 😄
untold harbor
That makes sense haha
umbral forum
There seems to be a new guide on Steam that has a ship parts picker.
median ember
Freighters go alive...or is that thing a frigate
umbral forum
Seems to translate those ship parts and colors to a coordinate you can find them.
indigo falcon
the end of expedition reward is a frigate.
thick smelt
Question: I got my remote exo freighter dropper, I'm ready to go to anchor 4, am I prepared or no?
I don't wanna get gacked again
indigo falcon
what happened last time you were there?
thick smelt
I haven't been there yet, but I'm done dying 🤣
indigo falcon
ah!
thick smelt
I'm OVER preparing
indigo falcon
well: extreme heat, aggro sentinels at the same time
so one thing you could do is from the anchor 4 space station, see if you find a player base that is by a sentinel pillar (called that or something)
thick smelt
If I'm rocking in my minotaur I should be fine? Or is it drop the nomad and RUN
indigo falcon
then go ther eand shut them off, have only the weather and terrain to deal with
sentinels can harm you just fine in exocraft
thick smelt
🤔 really
indigo falcon
the weather can't touch you in the minotaur, nor fall damage
if you have the right hazard prot in the nomad, the same
thick smelt
Aha so it's kill the sentis jump in the exo and run like hell
indigo falcon
well at a sentinel pillar you don't have to kill anything
you literally go to the pillar terminal, and punch the buttons to disable
then head to the portal I guess
for anchor point 4 memory it's the usual grave marker, so when you get close enough to it by ship, you can get out, tag the marker in the hud, and go right to it by ship
saves some headache
and last but not least, when you are "close" to the portal coords, if you can't find it, planetary coords are pinned in here
you could just fly low in the ship and navigate to them
so that should get both the portal and the grave sorted out.
anyways, whatever you think will work for you! minotaur, launch fuel, charge for minotaur, life support gels and batteries just in case, should be ok
thick smelt
I've always had problems with unless I land my ship the way point for the next objective doesn't set right
indigo falcon
you will land for sure
sand reef
If anyone needs help woth there expedition just lmk and I’ll tag along
indigo falcon
if you land trying to find theportal and it says 1000u away, try to get a little closer by ship, until you can see the grave marker in the hud when you get out
then you acn get back in and fly right next to it
er
sorry
if you land trying to find the grave I should say, the memory loop
thick smelt
🤔 I'll give that a try and thanks for all the help 😁
indigo falcon
ok, good luck, let us know how it goes 🙂
thick smelt
I have every objective done except the anchor 4 and the rest of 5
Been taking it REAL slow
A just spent a WEEK gathering 400 salvage for the exo dropper
indigo falcon
wow, that's dedication
you could have just placed the geobay on the planet
shrug
but it sounds like you are making every preparation
sly bear
How long is the average time to finish expedition 7
indigo falcon
hmm I hear people say 10-12 hours
dunno how accurate it is. as a slow cautious player I took 21, others took 6, even less
sly bear
Well I'm not trying that then
indigo falcon
sec lemme look
fringe agate
Choose one of the Loop Progression missions from your log
indigo falcon
cycle observed should become claimable by you as soon as you talk to Polo the first time at the Anomaly
it's the first community milestone and it's already been reached
median ember
So i should move on to next phase. 🤔
indigo falcon
did you do all of phase 1?
median ember
median ember
Ods??🤔
indigo falcon
go to the discovery tab, look in lower left, tell me what's there
("online discovery services')
median ember
No
indigo falcon
what does it say?
indigo falcon
you need to resolve this before you can claim any of the community milestones
(the "optional" ones)
median ember
I need to play multiplayer?!
indigo falcon
no
ods is not the same as having multiplayer enabled
it simply means you are connected to hg servers where information about planetary discoveries, bases, and also these community objectives are stored
median ember
Ok can i do it later
indigo falcon
yes you can
median ember
Like when i am almost done with exp
indigo falcon
yes, but
did you collect any memory fragments in the last couple days? and open them?
or better yet, today
median ember
I opened them all. 🤔
indigo falcon
and what class were the ones from today?
median ember
S...1...A...1...B...2...C...6-7
indigo falcon
yeah you are getting C ones.
median ember
C could be more
indigo falcon
you should be getting X ones now
we've progressed from C to B to A to S to (weighted for better rolls) X
median ember
Okay...i got one S class... for the murli tool
indigo falcon
you're getting ripped off because of the ods thing
when did you start this run, what day?
like, weeks ago, couple days ago..?
median ember
Few days ago....like a week almost...but couldn't play...i was sick
indigo falcon
what class are your multitool and ship?
median ember
C
median ember
I got one experiment one in C class 🤔
indigo falcon
people starting in the last week got S
you got ripped off. again
so it is your choice but I would try to get the connection issue resolved, maybe ask in the help channel
you're on PC and I dunno enough about the issue there
median ember
I was wondering same thing....my ship seems and feels op....stats are quite low on paper
I mean i can blast 7 ships...no sweat. 🤔
indigo falcon
well good but you still got ripped off 😄
anyways you have the info, do what you think best, and enjoy!
median ember
Idk 🤔
indigo falcon
I guess you could ask in -help and if no one has a fix quickly, just ignore for now. 🤷♀️
ruby sluice
Heyo fellow NMs players :3
indigo falcon
hello hello! how's the expedition treating you?
ruby sluice
Pretty good just been exploring and waiting to continue to do the living ship quest
Except sentinals can screw off 😅
indigo falcon
heh always! shoot a few of them and grab their glass, that'll learn 'em, or at least give you free nanites 😛
ruby sluice
But after a while i need more storage 🤣
indigo falcon
don't we all
but hey you have a freighter in the expd, so build the 10 rooms
you already got the blueprints after all
nimble wing
But after a while i need more storage 🤣
i have some spare expansion units but i cant play rn
steel pagoda
So I learned my lesson last night not to climb the steep mountainside for carbon to make the hermetic seal. I died falling off the mountain.
The hardest part of this expedition is right up front getting the ship fixed and building up your first tech.
You said you keep the buildings on your freighter right? So I have all those storage bays made.
indigo falcon
yes you do
("persistence after death" pin in here)
every base you built, it's still there
steel pagoda
yes you do
So that early on the best way to make the hermatic seal was the carbon to condensed carbon in your refinery right? Cuz it setme up on a section of planet with barely any carbon mushrooms. That's why I risked my cliff to jetpack up a cliff mountainside.
indigo falcon
hmm I see, ouch
indigo falcon
if you don't see any cargo drops around, the red containers sometimes give condensed carbon
or also carbon crystals
sometimes it is all about the luck of the spawn
steel pagoda
It was a bad spot on the spawn for those also
Maybe the death will end up a good thing when i finally reload later.
indigo falcon
if you look around and see it is all barren and a steep cliff, might be best to just start again
yeah hopefully your luck is better this time
steel pagoda
Hopefully.
I can't play till later. But i just need to get the ship in the air. Than i can grab the twitch drops off the nexus again
indigo falcon
ah right! get yourself a good leg up
steel pagoda
Gonna keep the hauler again but scrap something else for money
indigo falcon
they give so many ships as twitch drops, it's easy enough
steel pagoda
I missed a bunch of drops. But I got enough to jump start.
steel pagoda
Just not jump to my death for carbon again
I learned my lesson though. I think my fear of death is gonna override my ocd to collect everything the next time
indigo falcon
all you need to do is defer a little while, not even "don't do it"
steel pagoda
The problem with those derelicts is you won't it again if you leave it partially done
indigo falcon
doesn't matter
do one, give in to Polo, keep the erbs
next one, do a partial, get the heck out
in fact
do one, give to Polo, keep 32
and that one in phase 5
😛
that's where things went off the rails last time I think
steel pagoda
So i warped away from anchor 5 to do the freighter and I still got turrets and sentinals. Is there always a chance of it replacing nests now?
Yea keep 32 next time
steel pagoda
Also i didn't recharge shields before I did the second freighter. And I was 3/6 going into it
steel pagoda
5 is turrets. But you can warp to a different system without the anchor in it and still get turrets
steel pagoda
I'm probably not killing turrets right either. I tend to stand and eat crap so i can hold the boltcaster down
indigo falcon
this one I know of somewhere else will always be only jellies
and so on
don't kill the turrets
walk around the beam
just take out the drones
if you can, take out drones from the entrance so you can duck behind the door frame
if the drones are at the other end, find some tall lockers to hide behind
etc
steel pagoda
I tend to aggro the turrets when i'm killing slime near them or destorying cargo. I'm clumsy.
steel pagoda
You should see how badly I botch stealth on tom clancy. Freighters are a fraction of the stealth
I'm not good about using cover in combat in general. Planetside either.
indigo falcon
well
last option is a derelict with known jellies, when you get to that point
the trick would be:
leave one earlier mission not done
select it
go through one of the portals you've marked with the glyphs to an "easy derelct" system
once you're in your ship on planet there, switch to the phase 5 derelict mission
steel pagoda
I think I could of done a number of things better lmao it was multiple problems
indigo falcon
pulse, get the easy one, complete it with all the lore and stuff for phase 5
steel pagoda
So any system within a warp of anchor point 5 is going to be turrets?
indigo falcon
no guarantee
like I said 3 is bugs
if you prefer them you could leave one milestone undone before phase 5
select it
go to space station in anchor 5
teleport to system 3
select the derelict mission, pulse... get the bugs
the reason you do this weird thing of leaving one mission undone so you can select it is otherwise
the first pulse you do will be the derelict
and that will be in the current system which would be 5
so even just getting to the space station to teleport somewhere else, you'd hit the derelict
steel pagoda
Yea i gotcha. Cuz of the way you have to highlight missons in this game.
indigo falcon
yep
other option is to run a derelict earlier, turn in stuff, get the pile of erbs, then ignore the derelict that pops in in phase 5
go where you like
pin the mission, use an erb, done
steel pagoda
It may be killing me a tiny bit I was 2 milestones away and I spent almost 90 minutes refining mats on my freighter followed by dying to a room full of 3 sentinals on a derelict that just bum rushed my shields.
indigo falcon
yeah that sucks
well there's a bunch of ways around it
see what you like when you get closer to the time
steel pagoda
Also i was greedy and going into a storage room and i should of sat at the heater and waited on shields.
steel pagoda
I think there is a fundamental concept I never fully understood on normal.
The shield in the top left corner in combat. You have multiple shield markers based on tech right? So how do you recharge them? I can't use a shield battery like my ship
indigo falcon
perma is a whole state of mind
no, the shields are the solid bar, the shield-shaped markers are your health
so health/first aid stations, meat, white health boxes, those recharge it
steel pagoda
You always rub back to the yellow and health things on the wall at a base or abandoned building right?
Ah ok. So i lost half my health markers first freighter. And ran the next derelict without refilling them
Oh? So i could bring food on a freighter to refill health?
indigo falcon
yes but test it, I don't know how much you get back by consuming one meat "item"
steel pagoda
So i've played for 282 hours on steam plus about 150 on xbox. And I still feel like a beginner lol
indigo falcon
oh also note that if youhave added upgrades to have more than three core health (more than 3 shields)
the ones you added must be "filled" first before they are active
smoky meadow
can health go down if shields are still up?
indigo falcon
so you need to find health boxes or eat meat etc to change those ones
no, you should lose health only after shields are gone
people still learn things ni this game after thousands of hours, it's amazing that way
devout delta
gathered 50 salvaged data as preparation, then made a base with a health station i got tp to from any space station . this way i do not have to search for specific areas to regain health
takes some time prepping but does the trick
indigo falcon
nice job
smoky meadow
i have seen my hp not be at max even after never losing my shields
steel pagoda
Thise turrets kill my shields fast.
smoky meadow
maybe because i installed upgrades?
steel pagoda
It could be a bug?
steel pagoda
gathered 50 salvaged data as preparation, then made a base with a health station...
That is a good idea
Normally during expeditons I focus on the milestones and I'm lazy on the rest.
smoky meadow
i would recommend avoiding the turrets at all costs
indigo falcon
upgrades need the health to be "filled" first
smoky meadow
i see
steel pagoda
the ones you added must be "filled" first before they are active
Ah i didn't know that. But I default use health and shields at abandoned buildings.
indigo falcon
you'll see the new shield markers after an upgrade are not white like the rest (I think they change white when first filled)
anyways you'll be able to tell
steel pagoda
I got greedy and had to collect all the purple slime and that aggrod the turrets.
That and the cargo you shoot.
smoky meadow
you can always run to last room you were at
steel pagoda
That's how I had 1500 slime to refine back on my freighter.
indigo falcon
yeah
advice: you'll have a pile of erbs
run one later when you're done if you really want all that slime
but better yet, go kill some sentinel drones after and sell off the modules 😛
much faster!
anyhoo
meaty chunks
steel pagoda
Or just you know. Go back to delicious stew.
I tend to fly to every mould farm I see from space also.
smoky meadow
is it possible to farm memories for nanites?
indigo falcon
feline livers, meaty wings, all those work
indigo falcon
is it possible to farm memories for nanites?
sure. if you're ok on units, just buy pugneum and silver; otherwise, get pugneum from sentinels. make, open, sell them off
steel pagoda
Starting over means I can keep the memories this time right? Lol. I'l throw em on the freighter before I discard.
indigo falcon
sure, keep anything there you like