I got this idea after I noticed I’m struggling to get forbidden exosuit module with good set of buffs and high rolls.

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Here you can see table with possible buffs and min/max range. For me most important buff is fuel efficiency, then shield strength and on 3rd place are both life support tank and core health.
After popping ~300 sentinel exosuit fragments I didn’t get single module with those 4 specific buffs and high fuel efficiency (up to that point max I could get was 9% fuel efficiency + 3 other buffs with pretty high rolls).
At that moment I decided to use NomNom mod, to test drop rates and see how easy or hard it is to
get 30% fuel efficiency + core health (always 33%) + 2 other buffs with high rolls.
I started yesterday, started with 1000 sentinel exosuit fragments, after this I was thinking I was being unlucky so I popped 200 more, took break and popped 1000 more (2200 total).
I also popped 1000 rebuilt exosuit modules which I believe are exact same thing with different name. Why do I think they are the same?
Look at wiki pages :

1)https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Forbidden_Exosuit_Module

2)https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Salvaged_Upgrade_Components

They both have same set of buffs and min/max range, and when dismantled they both drop same components. This makes me think coding behind both of them is the same (this doesn’t mean I am right, I just think I am).
After popping 3200 exosuit modules I had no energy left to post all this info on reddit, so I decided to leave it for tomorrow… Today when I decided to post results I was shocked because all of the stored modules from my inventory disappeared including personal refiner and neural stimulator. Both autosave and restore point were corrupted somehow… And I have no idea how to show you … this is best I could think of.

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Now its up to you to decide whether you believe me or not. But to have any kind of results I decided to pop today 2000 more rebuilt exosuit modules.
So here are results of my experiment (keep in mind almost all modules from yesterday are lost):
First 1000 sentinel exosuit fragments – best drop was module with all 4 buffs (fuel efficiency 12%, core health, shield strength 33% and life support tank ~104)
200 more sentinel exosuit fragments – best was fuel efficiency 9% with 3 other buffs with good rolls.
Last 1000 sentinel exosuit fragments – at around ~800 (of 1000) I got first 20%+ fuel efficiency

I added numbers manually for easier understanding

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And here are other 2 modules which I think are the best:

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It was relatively easy (~1:40-50) to get 4 other buffs (other than fuel efficiency) with high rolls, but up till that moment it was impossible to get 30% fuel efficiency + ANY 3 other buffs, best I got was 30% fuel efficiency + 2 other buffs.
First 1000 rebuilt exosuit modules – I finally got 30% fuel efficiency + 3 other buffs, but instead of life support tank I got sprint distance, and roll was low. Roll for shield strength was mid (around 25).

Now results from today’s 2000 rebuilt exosuit modules:
It was kinda easy (~1:70) to get module with 4 buffs (other than fuel efficiency) with high rolls, I got plenty. Examples:

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It was also easy (~1:40) to get 20+ fuel efficiency and 2 other buffs. Examples (ignore warning):

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While popping modules I noticed there is some kind of “rubber band effect”, where when you got 4 desired buffs, fuel efficiency will be very low + 3 high roll buffs. Or fuel efficiency low, life support tank low, other 2 high rolls. It feels like you can never get all 4 high rolls.

Most of modules with 4 desired buffs looked like this:

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Sometimes (~1:800) modules with 4 desired buffs look like this:

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It was VERY HARD (~1:105) to find 20+% fuel efficiency with 3 other buffs.

All 19 examples (ignore warning):

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It was EXTREMELY HARD (1:1000) to find 30% fuel efficiency with 3 other buffs. I found only 2 from today’s 2000 modules.

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Conclusion

After popping 2200 sentinel exosuit fragments I didn’t get SINGLE module with 30% fuel efficiency, and any 3 other buffs. Got only one half decent module with 20+% fuel efficiency.

After popping 3000 rebuilt exosuit modules I got 3 modules with 30% fuel efficiency, and any 3 other buffs.

If you don’t care about fuel efficiency then you should definitely grind for module with 4 buffs with high rolls. But if you are like me – no, I think it’s not worth. Even when you get 20+% fuel efficiency at least one of other 3 buffs is ass.

Possible solutions?
Raising min values would definitely help, which imho will never happen…

Giving players ability to copy 1 of modules with “blank module” which could maybe be obtainable from weekly nexus mission.

New game mechanic – “karma” which you can build up by helping NPCs on planets and in space. The more you help, the more luck you will have, and both amount of buffs, and rolls will be higher.

Depending on how interesting this topic is, I may do something similar with suspicious modules for mining laser and movement.

If you hate yourself, or don’t care about your sanity you can try this yourself. Tell me later what results you got.

I have played since launch. Every new save I create, I have the option to trade in the Radiant Pillar for the preorder Horizon Omega ship, Prime Vector.

TL;DR: Having only Inventory + “Cargo” slots was a limitation of a previous iteration of this game. It is a step backwards, and removes a component of the game from the very beginning: The choice to sacrifice an inventory slot for more Tech instead. This change was not fore-warned. There are better ways to balance the game than removing items/features players have spent hours upon hours improving.(I have played since vanilla, the screen-shot is my original ship from vanilla preserved through all the updates).

When NMS launched, the only inventory types available was General. There was no Tech slots. You increased your exosuit through finding Drop Pods and your ships by purchasing a different ship (you only had 1 ship). No matter the type of ship (Hauler, Fighter, Shuttle, etc.) a ship’s max slots was 48. Those were the “S” Class of that time. The screen shot is my 1st 48-slot fighter that I not only liked, but I found as a crashed ship in vanilla NMS. (The 2nd photo is what it looks like now). I have preserved it through every update.

Eventually, an update brought in Technology slots and new ways to increase the slots of your Exosuit and Ships. This was a significant QoL improvement. Even better was the more recent update that added a 3rd inventory slot: Cargo. It was at this point that I thought NMS was in a great place inventory management wise. However, it was still an annoying time investment to manage your inventory across all the sources (Exosuit, Ship, Freighter, Storage, Ships, etc.) I thought that these inventory QoL improvements would fix this aspect.

Instead, we have gone backwards by removing the General inventory type. We have essentially returned to the previous update about 4-5 years ago that had us at General & Tech. But this is a further step backwards because not only that, Tech is now limited to Tech only. Which means, you’ve lost a lot of potential tech space because you cant sacrifice inventory for it anymore, which has been a part of the game since launch.

The main defenses I hear about this new update is: Abandon your main save. Enjoy a new save file! You were in God-mode anyway, this is for game balance!

I have worked HARD to maintain my main save throughout all of these years. I have had to use a Save Editor to preserve my original ship all of these years. I have a lot of memories with my son. This main save is the only journey I care about in NMS. All the ships that I have, the freighter, character appearances, pets, upgrades, etc. have been hand-picked; searched for for many many hours; all bases have been carefully crafted over days and weeks at a time. I do not want to lose this save.

Further, there are better ways to balance difficulty than removing features the players have been using since the beginning of the game, or the earliest updates. Such as: a new mission that upon completion, releases harder sentinels/pirates/creatures to encounter. Make these encounters scale with your upgrades, so that more upgrades help but there is still a challenge. Also, it even hits the playerbase harder when there was no warning for many of these players who were excited for this new update, logged in, and lost upgrades or other items.

There were better ways to balance the game. It is my belief these inventory changes were made to streamline the game and make it easier for the Switch. This new UI scales better on a small portable screen. So, that is why we took a step backwards.

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