As much as all the Cool New Stuff is nice, it’s getting really frustrating that the devs refuse to slow down and fix any old systems, they’re just throwing new stuff on top of a broken foundation and it’s getting more and more clunky. From basic quality of life stuff like being able to turn off the useless auto-Pin feature that literally only ever hinders getting things done, to desperately needed bugfixes (I haven’t been able to rely on any base or freighter based refiners since they were introduced b/c they delete their contents regularly), to dozens and dozens of visual errors with bases and ships, it’s all just building up into a constant frustration. It’s like Factorio’s most recent friday facts (# 374) said – doing that kind of underlying foundation repair and QOL gives more mental space to enjoy New Stuff, and NMS’s refusal to do so keeps me, and I imagine others, returning for new features and almost instantly leaving again. What’s the fun of a new race when fundamental issues with the character customization haven’t been fixed in the entire time it’s existed (like the presets being useless because they only save to the save game they’re made on). What’s the fun of the new inventory setup when half the things you can put in the technology slots are broken/useless/not worth the space and have been since they were introduced? etc etc.

We see a ton of large machines like Starships, Frigates and even mega ships like Freighters, but in no galaxy you see a factory producing these things yet everybody in space has one. I don’t even think its even stated anywhere in the game where people obtain them.

ran into someone named the ambassador of explosions. mission was to raid a sentinel depot. normally I do missions solo, but they joined up. We went to the terminal to find the location, and we just started wrecking sentinels. they didn’t bail. they didn’t stand and watch. they were right in it and we destroyed every wave. once the alert reset, they said gg, got in their ship, destroyed the depot, and went on their way.

it was the first time I ran into someone else who was cool and made it fun. thanks for a great mission