I submitted this request to Hello Games for settlement improvements (I include it merely for anyone who wishes to read it). What ideas do you all have to make settlements more relevant and fun?

I really love the idea of settlements. Even though this is technically an MMO it can get quite lonely in space. I like the idea of being in charge of something and helping it grow. Unfortunately, it feels too disconnected. Trying to interact with the citizens only gives you the option to leave. When there is a matter to be discussed, it is never in person. Any visitor, dispute, or proposal is done through the comms system. It would be great to have citizens show up at the office with their complaints, to go to the town hall and see everyone voting on proposals. To attend farewell and welcome events for missions. It would be great to be able to use things like the dance hall. That was another thing, inconsistency. It had me build a dance hall but dancing was still banned. It would be nice instead of waiting for options f we could inact them. I would love to make the active choice as overseer to unban dancing and not just wait for that option. I’d also love to be able to live at the settlement. I would love to have a place of residence that I can modify and expand (like a freighter). Having to cheat by building a base on the outskirts and moving inwards isn’t as fun. Making settlements a lot more dynamic would be a ton of fun. Being able to allow friends to buy homes there would also be cool.

The last time I seriously played was during the previous expedition. Jumping back into it now to do the redux of Leviathan, I’ve noticed that a GREAT DEAL has changed via updates. Not the least of which is how storage works. I don’t know whether to be ecstatic about this or a little frustrated. With 300+ hours on my main save, I spent a lot of time collecting the ships that I wanted, upgrading them to S class and maxing out their storage. Now it seems they have the ability to have twice as much internal space, which is great and all, but now I’m going to have to spend a lot more time (and/or units) re-maxing those stats. Not to mention that I’m going to have to rearrange everything with the addition of the overcharged technology slots. Once again really cool, but just a bit annoying in that I have to rework my layouts. How does everyone else feel about these changes? Am I the only one who’s a bit conflicted?

On a very positive note, the constant update that they’re doing to the visuals are gorgeous. The new ground effects underneath my living ship when it’s landed are visually spellbinding…

I apologize if this is a question asked a million times before and if I should delete the post just let me know where to ask my question. I searched and looked around and couldn’t find a proper place but reddit isn’t the best place to search things.

I am not a brand brand new player (around 80 hours) but still have a lot to go in a lot of things in the game. One thing that already puzzled me in my first playthrough and it’s doing so again is sentinels. The first time around I mostly just avoided anything that has to do with them but now I am trying to explore the game a bit more.

• How do you deal with these things? If I get targeted by them I just get swarmed with endless waves and even if I manage to fly out to space the same thing repeats with interceptors until I slowly manage to make my way back to the space station. Is there any way to make the waves stop?

• Sometimes they just stare at me but sometimes they go immediately aggro. What’s triggering them? I am not completely sure.

• If they aggro me, should I not kill them to avoid reinforcements / stronger sentinels arriving me?

Thanks everyone!

Edit: Thanks everyone for the detailed and kind answers!! Safe travels