That is a sick living frigate! I went on a tear when they came out, I have at least a dozen, but most of mine are the super-long tail and tentacle types. You got yourself a roughed up barnacled Pirate Queen there...
I still have mine, still wish it would have had some in-game use.
The Waking Titan ARG was THE MOST bonkers game launch thing I have ever seen and when I try to explain parts of it ("We had to collaboratively solve puzzles to unlock a fuzzy image on a web page that revealed another inscrutable clue", "We sent an actual human to a random physical location to collect the next clue by hand"), I get gobsmacked stares.
Kinda in awe of HG strategy this year. Release a moderate sized patch (Omega), kinda meh for long time users TBH, with a free-to-play-on-every-platform expedition, rope in lots of new users. < 3 months later, huge visual and gameplay update with the single most requested feature (since launch) from the existing userbase. This is the way.
The Expedition desk in the Anomaly is pretty slick, but if you collect stuff with wild abandon during an expedition (don't we all?) you will have some interesting questions to answer at the end!...
Sure! You can claim it from the Quicksilver Synthesis Companion, to the right of the Nexus in the Anomaly. Interact with them and you will see "Collect Expedition rewards" as the bottom option. The Atlas Sceptre and Starborn Runner and all the other rewards will be there to claim from any save you have including any new save you start in the future.
[Sorry for the duplicate thread, y'all, I'm cross-posting from kbin.social and all this software is still new and buggy AF. Deleted the other one, since it had no comments. Farewell, nine upvotes, I hardly knew ye...]
Looked like just expedition rewards. But QS was never a reward in the past so this was a pleasant surprise. Two days of expedition grinding to collect the equivalent of 6 weekend missions? Sign me up!
I decided to start a new save and forgo the new expedition feature in the Anomaly. I feel like part of the fun is starting from scratch and finding shortcuts to get units, complete milestones, etc. Plus I often play my expedition saves even after the expedition is over....
I think you made the right call. I DID use the Anomaly expedition feature and loaded up with elements and tech I thought might be useful, but none of that was available when the expedition started; even when I got off planet, calling the Anomaly wasn't immediately an option. I'm only a few milestones in, I'm sure I'll see it any minute now, but if I'd thought it through I might have stored more mid-game materials! I'll update when I get there; very curious about what else I can bring over from my main save.
Whew, with the low traffic I was getting worried that Lemmy wouldn't even cover the basics of what the old NMS reddits used to provide. Thanks for restoring my faith!
Forgive me brethren, I saw above that this announcement was posted to other Lemmy/kbin forums like "gaming", "prograhmmingdev"...and I read the comments. Why do I ever bother. The hate boner some of these dudes STILL have for HG is just depressing as fuck.
Game looks sweet though. Nice when you can get half the game built just by reskinning your core engine! Hoping the story is long and many-forked.
Illegal upgrades are a bit of a crap shoot. The best ones are a little bit better than the best S-class mods, but they have a lower floor, so the odds of rolling a max mod are lower overall. If you are willing to grind, buying out Pirate systems and ditching the duds can leave you with some pretty boss mods. For example, the one you got there, can spawn at something like 10-8-6-9% increases (I'm not sure you can get 10% for all 4?) Illegal mods can also get you 250LY hyperdrive mods, 20% Agility, 15% damage for ship weapons...
I have a combination of cyclotron ballista and rocket launcher on my fighter. It’s fun, but the rocket launcher doesn’t always kill enemies in one shot when the shields are down. Bummer :-) What do you use for that overwhelming sense of power in space?
Another vote for the Infra-knife. Don't group upgrades, put your max-stat X-class mods in the 4 supercharged slots of your fully expanded ship, wherever they appear on the grid, and you can get 55,000+ damage on an Exotic or Solar, 65k+ on a Fighter.
a kiss on the cheek (lemmy.sdf.org)
black hole gravity lens (lemmy.sdf.org)
Anyone remember the Atlas Pass v4? (i.postimg.cc)
I just pulled this out of my stuff to show a friend.
Ship customization - quick summary
OK, Ship Customization seems to be very specifically limited in a few ways:...
No Man's Sky: Orbital Update (youtu.be)
Omega - finishing from the Anomaly Desk
The Expedition desk in the Anomaly is pretty slick, but if you collect stuff with wild abandon during an expedition (don't we all?) you will have some interesting questions to answer at the end!...
Expedition notes (Spoilers?)
PSA if you use the Anomaly desk to start the expedition from your main save:...
How is Your Expedition Going? (lemmy.world)
I decided to start a new save and forgo the new expedition feature in the Anomaly. I feel like part of the fun is starting from scratch and finding shortcuts to get units, complete milestones, etc. Plus I often play my expedition saves even after the expedition is over....
New Update and Omega Expedition on the Experimental Branch (www.youtube.com)
LIGHT NO FIRE - A new procedural game by No Man's Sky developer Hello Games (www.youtube.com)
TIL illegal upgrades were a feature in this game after I bought this from a pilot who landed on my home planet (sopuli.xyz)
What weapon loadouts do you find most effective on your ships?
I have a combination of cyclotron ballista and rocket launcher on my fighter. It’s fun, but the rocket launcher doesn’t always kill enemies in one shot when the shields are down. Bummer :-) What do you use for that overwhelming sense of power in space?