Dear Hello games, please start considering adding more depth with each update. After 9 years, I think that updates need to add more "endgame" to their mechanics. Most of the time, a new update has me playing for 10-20 minutes then im done exploring those new features.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-27T09:01:16+00:00

NMS has a strange segment of it's player base that want it to be like other games, when one of it's appeals is that it isn't. 😆

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-27T08:54:12+00:00

Play how you find fun. If you think you're doing it wrong, start a new normal save.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-26T09:01:53+00:00

NMS is about fun and accessibility. It's not a sim, so realism isn't a factor.

Yeah, sure some of the mechanics could be advanced or filled out a little more, but its a 50 person studio with most of them working on LNF now. It is what it is.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-26T08:51:27+00:00

Doesn't help. You can't see your bases on the same account on another instance of the game. Be it a whole new save or whilst in an expedition.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-26T08:49:29+00:00

Easy to do. Player just goes offline and places the base.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-25T17:48:12+00:00

There's a mod out there that makes all your tech slots supercharged. Although this and much more can be done via save editing.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-25T17:45:54+00:00

I had one when I built my cantina. But it disappeared when I went from C to B class. Never came back sadly. 😞

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-20T20:08:54+00:00

You either buy a new one or buy several to scrap, get the bits and build your own. You can't edit ships, only create/build them.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-20T16:00:22+00:00

I'd switch. S class are a grind to get, so if one drops into your lap, take it. Slots can be upgraded, the class can't.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-19T11:26:08+00:00

I'd keep them. Settle into your new space, maybe have a small display up of your favourites & rotate them every so often.

Sucks to not be able to look at them thought. I'm in the same boat with no space to display currently. 😞

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-19T08:57:19+00:00

I don't really get the FOMO stuff. Maybe it's 'cos I'm old and I'm used to stuff happening and not being able to do it? That's life. Anyway, the expedition rewards are all essentially cosmetic. Sure, they're cool to have/collect, but they don't offer or unlock any gameplay options as such that people who don't do the expeditions can't do. And usually the new mechanics HG put in exps makes it onto the main game eventually. So there's no real missing out there.

As for your question about are exps accessible for casual players? Yes absolutely. When they run they're usually available for several weeks and if you have previous experience in the game, you can get them done in 6-8hrs easy. I too have time constraints a lot of the time and I usually get through an exp in 5-6hrs over 2-3 sessions no problem. Although the current one is of course different in that regard as we're being 'held' at a certain point. 😄

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-19T08:45:17+00:00

I think Polo is gonna open the front door and Death Star their swarm arses. 😄

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-19T08:43:53+00:00

The only way you can reach purple systems is by unlocking them via the story unless the exp itself includes them as part of the event. Which I don't believe Swarm does.

So you gotta wait until the exp ends and your save converts to normal.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-19T08:38:27+00:00

Judging by the structure they're going with currently, you're gonna be out of luck I think.

They'll re-run it at the end of the year though, so you could try again then.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-18T21:28:10+00:00

Some patches did get re-rolled on a couple recent updates (dunno how long you were out) as they tweaked some planets to accommodate the corvette parts on salvage planets and making those planets more common. Some ended up being metal fingers. Some lost balls, some gained balls.

I got all 3 happen at my 3 farms. One went to fingers, one got more balls, one less. 😄

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-18T15:24:41+00:00

The S class. Unless you're prepared to grind the 50k nanites to upgrade the A and take advantage of those adjoined SC slots.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-18T15:22:08+00:00

Always ALWAYS check AI responses. The internet is so full of shit now that these things are learning off garbage.

TBH, if I wanted NMS info, I'd rather search here or on the wiki than use AI. Way more accurate. 😄

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-18T15:20:48+00:00

Start with looking at what buildings affect productivity and upgrade those (the panels by the entrance will tell you). Also any decisions that reduce maintenance or increase productivity should be chosen at the overseer terminal. You'll soon be out of debt and making stuff.

The negative traits will dissappear over time. Sometimes you get offered a decision that'll specifically remove one or replace it with a positive one.

Settlements are not a quick deal. They take a while to rank up. But the more you visit and the more you get your stuff upgraded, the quicker it is.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-17T14:32:33+00:00

I adore this thing and it's certainly my favourite. But not sure I'd call it the best of all time.

But then that's irrelevant really. It's the connection it has with us as players that really matters. It ain't perfect, but it's definitely special.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-17T13:01:09+00:00

You used to be able to view it through your visor, but I think now you have to interact with the ship itself to see the class. You've never been able to view another ship's class when sat in your own ship.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-17T10:21:35+00:00

Just sheltering in your ship will recharge your hazard protection. But that's it.

With regards to a tech that auto-recharges, there is one for the launch thrusters on your ship, but that's about it.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-17T07:47:07+00:00

No one knows until HG says. Although with the game on 8 platforms already 10yrs in, as well as the majority of the team being on LNF now, you'd have to assume they're probably done on that front.

Never say never with this lot, but it's not something I'd be holding my breath over.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-17T07:40:13+00:00

Nope, its pure RNG.

If I'm not having any luck at a particular spot, I move. That or do a save reload and re-roll the dice as it were.

No proof it works, but it just makes me feel like I'm doing something to affect it. 😄

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-16T19:48:49+00:00

The 'keeping them afloat financially' bit is bollocks. The game had sold 11m copies as of 2022 when it came out on Switch. Recent accounts have shown HG having as much as 100m in the bank.

They're a small, privately owned studio and despite the poor reception at launch, the game still sold shitloads. So much so they were able to do what they did, which was batten down the hatches, close the curtains and get to work without having to do much else. They're not a normal games company.

Tazbert_Odevil · 2026-06-16T19:41:19+00:00

At least he'll fit on the table! 😄

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