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.

I’m still “noobish” (finished the artemis storyline).

I love finding new planets and love how amazing they look from afar, but I’ve found that with most planets merely landing on one of them and getting the base stats is all I need. Some planets are gorgeous (a “paradise” planet filled with eery green and purple lights, a gorgeous earth-like mountainous planet, etc), but for most of them, I feel there’s very little incentive to actually go out and explore the planet itself. Most of the time I don’t find anything unique anyway. An inhabited outpost, an abandoned building.

Am I the only one?

I’m in a slump. I put maybe 60 hours into Starfield but it just made me want to play NMS again. But I’m afraid I’ll get bored of it again since it’s so open-ended.

It’s been a while since I’ve played NMS, I’m just looking for inspiration on what to do. I’ve put a lot of hours into it over the years, it’s one of the few I can always come back to.

My favorite thing to do was scour the galaxies looking for the coolest planets I could find and building cool houses out of wood or alloy. Kinda like a vacation home vibe. The rush of finding a beautiful, lush planet was fantastic. It reminded me of the Minecraft days. I also loved finding cute critters to make as pets.

What do you guys do? What’s a few of your favorite things?