No Man's Sky - Interceptor

[Stanley]

This is such a time sink, it's worse than Elite. Stayed up until 3am, ugh. 

[macosx]

1 minute ago, jeebus said:

 

With a virtual Kevin McLoud slagging it off behind your back.

 

.."six months ago this project was in dire straits, the Korvax had walked off the site due to lack of payment and there was no resources for glass in the hydroponics wing, but now it's truly transformed; the whole curved metal  structure fits naturally amongst the pink mountains and toxic rain"

[Davros sock drawer]

Oh, and upgrades get a bonus based on how you stack them in your slots...

 

http://orcz.com/No_Man's_Sky:_Inventory_Placement

[Stanley]

5 minutes ago, Davros sock drawer said:

Oh, and upgrades get a bonus based on how you stack them in your slots...

 

http://orcz.com/No_Man's_Sky:_Inventory_Placement

Oh shit, really? 

 

I've noticed my ship had technology slots too for weapons/engine upgrades and the like. Do they get a boost in there? 

[Davros sock drawer]

6 minutes ago, Stanley said:

Oh shit, really? 

 

I've noticed my ship had technology slots too for weapons/engine upgrades and the like. Do they get a boost in there? 

 

I guess so - that part is new to me. 

 

The Exosuit has new slots too. I've just installed health boosts in the tech section, but I've no cargo slots though, and don't know how to get them.

[Trigg]

So I started the Awakens quest which I think is the new content. Once I'd done that I had an option to follow the Atlas which I said yes to but now my Awakens quest as disappeared from my log. It best come back!

 

Also, crashed ships are a waste of time now it seems. Every one so seems to have a broken slots so you have to invest huge amounts to get the full trade in value

[Pob]

1 hour ago, Trigg said:

Also, crashed ships are a waste of time now it seems. Every one so seems to have a broken slots so you have to invest huge amounts to get the full trade in value

Aren't crashed ships more for poaching for your own use to save you splashing out on buying one?

[Pob]

1 hour ago, Davros sock drawer said:

@PobThey have a star rating, 1 to 3, which you can see once you've engaged/targeted them. The Phase Beam is the easiest weapon to use, but I find that boring, so I use the Plasma Cannons. Not tried the rockets yet.

 

You will definitely need to upgrade them though, unless you are carrying a massive stack of iron for your shields (btw, quick access for which is on the d-pad in case you hadnt realised). 

 

Pump the fire fire button if you don't want to overheat the guns, but if you've got a good shot lined up it can be worth emptying your clip so to speak. You can avoid fire if you floor it and spin about. Fastest way to die is an enemy ship heading straight towards you with their Phase beam, so if that happens floor the boost and get out of their sights.

Ace, cheers. I hadn't seen the star rating thing so I'll look out for that.

 

If you realise things are going south can you generally boost away from danger or are there ships that'll outrun you?

[Stanley]

A few photos. I can't tear myself away from this game. 

 

[Lyrical Donut]

2 hours ago, Davros sock drawer said:

 

I guess so - that part is new to me. 

 

The Exosuit has new slots too. I've just installed health boosts in the tech section, but I've no cargo slots though, and don't know how to get them.

 

You get the option to add Cargo slots to your suit when you visit a Drop Pod (click the node on the bottom right of the Exosuit). But beware, they currently appear to be bugged - the game takes 50k u from you, but no slot gets added.

[Davros sock drawer]

Ah, I see. Thanks for the heads up!

[Stanley]

Are there places you can buy ships from other than just approaching ones docked at stations or crashed? I took a crashed one but it took me a while to repair all the slots, and fair amount of expense.

 

I've got the rocket launcher blueprint now though and have installed one on my ship. Just need to bump my shield up and I'm going bounty hunting. Hope there are specific bounty hunter missions.

[Pob]

My starter ship came with the missiles. Did yours not?

 

I really want the multi-tool grenade launcher back but I've not happened across that blueprint anywhere. Need to be able to dig in when a storm hits or I get lost in the caves!

[Stanley]

2 minutes ago, Pob said:

My starter ship came with the missiles. Did yours not?

 

I really want the multi-tool grenade launcher back but I've not happened across that blueprint anywhere. Need to be able to dig in when a storm hits or I get lost in the caves!

Yeah it did come with one but I ditched the ship before even trying the rocket launcher, and you can't carry your tech over unfortunately.

[Davros sock drawer]

You can buy any ship that's parked at a trading post, or just any outpost with a landing pad. Or in freighters.

[Stanley]

Understood, just wondered if there were actually showrooms for them or anything. 

 

The price on some is ridiculous. Also, it's not possible to move your tech to a different slot once installed, is it? 

[Davros sock drawer]

No, you have to dismantle and re-install.

 

It used to be that when you bought a new ship you just lost your old one. Now you can at least part-exchange.

 

Also don't forget to dismantle all the installed tech on your old ship and transfer the parts to your new one!

[macosx]

Also someone mentioned earlier moving their base...  Possible?

[Stanley]

2 minutes ago, macosx said:

Also someone mentioned earlier moving their base...  Possible?

I was wondering this. I love my home planet and would be reluctant to leave but my base is in midair. Have I mentioned that before

[Davros sock drawer]

Yep, you can move your base. Haven't done it myself, but there's a bin in each base for retrieving your previous base's item cache.

[Trigg]

1 hour ago, Pob said:

Aren't crashed ships more for poaching for your own use to save you splashing out on buying one?

 

Well before, you just kept trading until you go a max slot ship without really spending credits. 

 

Might as well just save up now and get the ship I want rather than trying to get lucky finding one, then funding the repairs etc.

[Pob]

21 minutes ago, Stanley said:

I was wondering this. I love my home planet and would be reluctant to leave but my base is in midair. Have I mentioned that before

Mate, you've got your own Cloud City. Count yourself lucky!

[TehStu]

Had no idea about the d-pad left/right to cycle targets in space, I wonder how many other things I've missed.

 

Now we have Elite on the PS4, are there any HOTAS options, or do games need to explicitly support that kind of thing?

[Stanley]

2 hours ago, Pob said:

Mate, you've got your own Cloud City. Count yourself lucky!

[Stanley]

1 hour ago, TehStu said:

 

Now we have Elite on the PS4, are there any HOTAS options, or do games need to explicitly support that kind of thing?

Yeah they need to be specifically supported,, NMS isn't unfortunately. There are literally only two games on PS4 that do, Elite and War Thunder.

[macosx]

I can't see me going back to Elite again now there's more meat on the bones of this.

I was starting to really dislike the amount of time you do nothing in Elite game but wait or use your phone.

[Stanley]

Which is the new story element in the update? I seem to have two on the go, Atlas and Artemis.

[Davros sock drawer]

Artemis is the new stuff.

[Stanley]

Ah OK, I'm enjoying that a lot. 

 

Just realised you can summon your ship from anywhere provided it has fuel in the thrusters. Kind of makes those panels you find which do the same thing redundant.

[Davros sock drawer]

Well, the beacons don't use fuel but yes, it's a lot more convenient now, especially as you can now buy as much Plutonium as you can carry at Space stations.