Tips for a Returning Player
So, I played this when it came out just over a year ago. Got my suit, multi tool and ship totally maxed out.
Then I came back a few days ago and every thing I worked for was listed as C class, or what I deem, subpar.
Cool!
I happened to run into a place that I could have made a base on. But there were only 3 planets in the system and the place were they were offering to make my base was not ideal. I also found a B class ship on said planet, but it only had like 14 slots.
A few questions:
In regards to the B class ship with little room, am I to take that ship and then I'll start finding new ships with more slots? I feel like I'm going to lose my legacy ship if I do.
Suggestions for an ideal first time base? Haven't a clue what I'm doing or what I should be looking for when wanting to make a base/claim a home planet.
Is it possible now to have more than 1 multi tool?
Whats a good way to make money in this game? I've clearly lost a step in this dept.
It's all a bit overwhelming tbh. I have grand ideas and I want to buy a freighter, but those things are extremely over priced, imo.
I want ALL THE THINGS! lol
cheers
Posted Sep 8, 2017, 12:16 AM UTC
If you have a freighter, you can have multiple ships. This is cool, but as you note it's pricey.
If no freighter, do NOT trade down storage just to get a better ship class! Storage is more important in the early one-ship game, especially since you are asking about money making.
Do upgrade to a multi-tool with more slots. Especially now in 1.35, if you can buy the Flora Analyzer and Fauna Analyzer upgrades for the scanner (from a V'ykeen space station), you can make nice money just scanning everything in sight. Seriously: scanning a rare monster with Fauna Analyzer Theta will bag you ~200k units. You can make a million units per fauna-rich planet just walking around. Before claiming that shiny new weapon from a shelter wall, dissassemble all of your upgrades in your current MT; you'll get half the resources back and it will be easier to rebuild in the new one.
For serious cash, claim a base and make yourself a farm. Liquid Explosive, Living Glass, and Circuit boards are all good "crops"; You'll need several plant types to craft the parts to craft the sellable item. Fill your ship, WARP, and sell in a new/different system every time. If you just sell at your local space station the price will drop and it will suck.
You probably want to reference this for guidance on farming (not mine, all hail the interloper who made it):
http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aUngh-xLU2hjjzFW72On-LILmshFMLvKLBUZiGh1EHw/edit#gid=0
Wow, that google doc has a ton of info.
thanks!
Where would I find the scanner upgrades you spoke of? I'm in a V'ykeen system space station I think but it's not in their galactic trade network thing :/
The Blueprint trader at V'ykeen space stations will eventually have them; each trader only has 10-ish out of dozens of possible multi-tool upgrades. OR you can go to the opposite door and the scanners are sometimes the reward for completing missions from the mission agent. Again: not guaranteed every time, but they do show up as rewards sometimes, as do other useful blueprints you may not already have.
I actually did notice one of the quest rewards is the fuana analyzer. Unfortunately it's a high rank quest :/ Currently doing the lower quest to raise rank. Is this the most efficient way to do so? Is there a faster method perhaps?
Also, is there other means of getting blueprints or item recipes so I can craft more things?
For the Guilds (Merchant, Explorer, Mercenary) the missions are the only way to raise rank. You can raise rank with the Gek, Korvax, and V'ykeen through any interaction with an NPC or even a Monolith or Ruin.
You can get blueprints from Operations Centers and Manufacturing Facilities (blast open the steel doors with your ship's photon cannons and the sentinels won't bug you...if you use your multitool on the ground they will attack).
The easiest way to find those facilities is to "Ask for Directions" from any NPC in a space station. You might have to interact 2-3 times with them to get an Ops CEnter or Manufacturing fcility location. FWIW, The typical order of interactions is:
Why yes, I have been ship shopping lately. I have this sequence down, you have to talk to that guy 5 times to get the Trading post, minimum, sometimes the intermediate steps repeat.