I have 80 hrs in the game and have loved it. I think I’m hitting a wall though. I’m starting to feel like money is no longer an issue, and I’m becoming bored. ** **I’ve been doing several things to earn money, to get things I am looking forward to (more frigates, ships, etc). I’ve been trading, buying plants/materials for cheap to make and sell more expensive products, scanning things on planets (with scanner upgrade that gives a ton of money), using distress signal maps to find downed ships to sell, etc.

I’ve reached the point now where I have a freighter I’m happy with, plenty of frigates (though I plan to buy a few more, for about 8 mil units), 2 S class solar sails and S class explorer, and an A class fighter. I do plan on getting a good S class hauler, fighter, and hopefully some exotics. These are expensive, sure, but I’m currently at 130 mil units, and feel like money is getting easy to make between high end products, millions for trade goods with less than an hour’s work, frigate missions, etc. Let alone when my settlement finally comes online.

A lot of my favorite things are becoming boring. Waiting at a trading post to buy cheap trading goods and plant products because pointless. Frigate missions have some interesting items but usually I just sell the items, so these become less valuable. Missions that award credits (and much less than I can make in the same amount of time) feel like a waste of time.

Not trying to be cynical, but just explaining the situation I’m in. I love this game and want to keep playing and enjoying it, but my motivation and interest is hitting a wall as I feel like I’m reaching the point where money is not an issue and I can get everything I want, which leaves nothing left to work for.

Anyone deal with this situation? Am I missing some context? Are there other big purchase things I can try to get?

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TL;DR: money is getting super easy to get, which feels like I’ve reached the end game, and I’m becoming bored. With so much money I can buy anything it feels like, which means I have nothing to work forward to. Anyone deal with this? Is there something I’m missing? Are there expensive things to look forward to besides ships?

I was working on the Autophage quest line this morning, and landed on my freighter for something (don’t recall exactly what), and seeing the Vy’keen standing around in the hangar got me thinking about how interesting it would be if HG were to develop the Autophage even further. Imagine if some Abandoned stations could be restored by Autophage, making them the dominant life form in the system. Then imagine a new kind of starship, pieced together from bits and pieces of other ship types, and these would be what Autophage pilots would fly. Autophage freighters (with Autophage crew) would be rebuilt crashed freighters. Maybe we even have to do a quest line to help them restore it…