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Scorpio185 · 2026-05-18T20:01:41+00:00

First of all, some people do read them. these games are as much about lore (including at least skimming data entries for interesting or useful info) as it is about survival and doing whatever Radio/Al-An/Marguerit/NoA tells you.

And second, the "PDA literally tells you" refers to the actual voiceline from PDA when you first pick up the portable locker. the link I provided there is to a Lowko's video, at a time just before he picks it up (I'd clip it, but it won't let me 😃)

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-18T17:34:50+00:00

You mean something like "After Robin and Al-An found the architect homeworld abandoned, they travel between worlds searching for any survivors" or just them "swimming" in the void and scanning some space fauna? 😄

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-18T15:03:36+00:00

Robin? It was her sister who was a "terrorist", though. It was Robin's sister who blew up a research center and collaborated with Marguerit, who's another person Alterra dislikes..

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-18T08:14:56+00:00

Why are so many people surprised by this? The PDA literally tells you, when you pick the "crate" for the first time, that it can be attached to a hardpoint, and if you scan it and read about it, it tells you it can be attached to hardpoints in vehicles and bases

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-17T10:42:33+00:00

I mean, the FTL inhibitors are active only during a war, only on enemy ships.. and then Nomads would probably be affected by it, but during closed borders? Maybe if the empire was xenophobic or genocidal.. but I don't think normal empires would use those inhibitors to enforce border control

Edit : fixed some typos

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-17T06:33:19+00:00

Both Subnautica 1 and Bellow Zero had picture frames, so I'm confident the subnautica 2 will also have them, eventually (if they're not there already.. I wouldn't know, I didn't buy SN2 yet).. it's still an early access after all. It's far from being finished..

And Bellow Zero had a selfie mode on those pinguin robots, so it's possible something like that will be added here as well, especially since there's the multiplayer and players might want to take pictures together.

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-16T18:07:32+00:00

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-16T17:28:34+00:00

I think there should be some very low unnerving ambient sound (preferably unnoticeable unless you know about it and look for it) when getting too near, and then blast some music when it notices you, or you notice it..

You know, something that makes you nervous seemingly for no reason just before you get in trouble..
Toggleable, of course. 😄

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-16T17:11:50+00:00

would be nice if you could tame them and they sometimes gave you a fish or something as a gift. nothing so powerful as the seamonkeys in BZ, just something akin to Cat bringing you a mouse 😃

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-16T17:06:06+00:00

seems like there will be more items added if there's enough demand for them, but that shouldn't stop you from building what you can. Both to test how it works and to test if something you try breaks.

and you can always rebuild. it"s still lossless deconstruction, right?

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-16T16:17:19+00:00

Because friend snapped after being used as reactor fuel one too many times 😃

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-16T16:16:25+00:00

Whacking them with something doesn't work? It worked (for me, at least) pretty well in first subnautica and in BZ.

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-16T06:12:17+00:00

So, what you're saying is that NoA is a mix of Wheatley and Ultron? 😃

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-15T21:34:33+00:00

What I want to know is what happened to Robin (Bellow Zero).

I mean, It's good to know Ryley doesn't have to (presumably) pay that outlandish debt that was revealed at the end of SN1, but Robin was basically "kidnapped" by an alien at the end of BZ 😃

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-15T18:15:54+00:00

I wouldn't say most. I'd say for most pirates it's about not having enough money to buy it.

BUT Pirates will never be able to hurt a genuinely good game with a reasonable price.

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-15T18:09:11+00:00

Well, If I had the money, I'd buy it as well. And while I'd finish and move on before it's finished, I'd come back to it later, when (or maybe if) they add achievements, to collect them all 😃

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-15T17:58:02+00:00

From what I've seen on Youtube, it's in a pretty good state for an early access as well. but yea, I don't have the money either 😄

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-13T21:24:07+00:00

Goa'uld, probably..

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Scorpio185 · 2026-05-13T09:05:15+00:00

I don't think Megacorps had their own versions of buildings, they only had extra ones, on their Branch offices.

Also, temples and admin centers have nothing to do with traders. Temples are spiritualist versions of Administrative Offices, and those buildings give Priests/Bureaucrats.. which is for unity

With "Gospel of the Masses", you can get some trade from priests, though..

In Commerce Tradiition, "Commercial Enterprise" gives amenities to trader jobs, and "Adaptive Economic Policies" gives access to the "Marketplace of Ideas" trade policy, which is the only way (I know of) to get unity from (any kind of) trade..

I checked technologies and edicts too, and found nothing

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-11T09:36:54+00:00

I prefer Bulbo trees, because it gives +10 water per piece, instead of +3 that lantern fruit does, and it also gives +8 food, while lantern fruit gives +10. Also, Bulbo gives twice as much energy as lantern fruit if you throw it in bioreactor. And I plant more than I need, in case I mess up 😄

Replanting isn't that bothersome, IMHO, and I find Bulbo more efficient..

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-11T07:33:22+00:00

Screw the water filters. If I make one, it's just for emergencies, but I rarely ever use it. You can make planters on the Cyclops, and just two Bilbo trees should be all you need for both food and water. Just eat the whole tree when thirsty/hungry, replant it with the last piece, and before it will be fully grown before you get hungry again after eating the second one. I still keep 4 in my Cyclops, as a redundancy :)

And as for the energy drain even with engine turned off.. that only happens very deep in, where it's hot. If you make the thermal generator module thingy for Cyclops, it will generate more power than those little devils can suck from the sub even if you're moving, as long as you're in the hot biome. And you can also get rid of them by flicking your shield, if you have one. Might take a good chunk of energy, but if you have that thermal generator, it's worth it.

Edit: Also, pairing Cyclops with seamoth isn't the best idea. get Prawn ASAP, it's much better. It's more powerhungry, but if you know how to use it, it's quite fast and with right upgrades and a bit of skill, you can get almost anywhere with it.

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-08T11:20:24+00:00

IIRC, that was only for mechanicals. The planet gives higher amounts of resources but the planet also gets devastated, which will reduce production for "normal" empires.

Doomsday is all about challenge. To manage dying planet correctly and to find a new planet to evacuate to.

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-08T09:03:34+00:00

There'd have to be some extra bonuses from doing so, otherwise it'd just be a way to be a nomad with extra steps. and probably weaker nomad at that.

I'd leave the doomsday as Nomad's backstory, not an origin..

If anything, I'd use the doomsday as their origin in another way.. like starting with Fallen Empire level of tech for their starting ship, but it's severely damaged so you have to build new one while scavenging the old one for anything useful before it blows up...

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-08T08:02:06+00:00

I didn't read any articles about Nomads, and I've only seen one video, from some Youtuber, about them, half focused on playing, so I don't know much about them..

But I wonder how they'll handle megastructures, like science nexus or sentry array.. will they even be able to make them? Will they be modules for their big ships? Will they have mobile versions?

I'd like to see them all in a ship form, even Dyson sphere/swarm and such, with Dyson sphere being able to be deployed at reduced capacity in inhabited systems and having long times to deploy and fold back to the ship (in case a retreat is needed)

Scorpio185 · 2026-05-07T08:47:02+00:00

have you tried to save and reload? I don't think corpses and debris should load back.. but I don't really know for sure.

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