I have two best friends who stopped playing NMS for a really long time because of their job (I have a job too). I felt a little bit sad that time.

After several days, I found out about the squadron feature. I’m like, okay, this is cool. I have starships to fight with me when doing pirate missions. Hours later, I thought maybe I could recruit a pilot who has the same ship as my bois. It’s so awesome when there’s a freighter battle or conflict; they will warp in then engage, I really feel like I’m fighting with them. Every so often, I even let them have the last hit.

Sometimes when roaming in space, I’ll call my squadron to feel like I’m playing with them.

We’re still active in chats though, and that’s why I’m not that sad. I just thought I’d share it here :>

IMO one of the most vibrant aspects of the NMS community is the multitude of Ship/Capital Ship/Planet/Companion hunters out there that post on YouTube and in the Glyph Exchange. This activity provides a huge amount of community engagement while feeding into the main *exploration* element of the core game.

If HG implements ship customization, this part of the full NMS experience could disappear or be diminished to near irrelevance.

Here’s what I think could be a good alternative: We could simply tap into the amazing dynamic that the players have already created on their own and set up a Glyph Exchange Interface in the Space Anomaly.

I think the perfect place would be the unused computer interface in the middle of the blueprint vendor area behind Nada and Polo.

https://preview.redd.it/muqulo3i0uxa1.png?width=2886&format=png&auto=webp&s=1c509a53bf25d7070b824a99fcc91e17936ec710

This would actually supercharge exploration and give players a great chance to find the ships they want. It could include a search function based on the player-named parts (with visual icons).

We could use this to search for glyphs for all of the most exciting things we all love in the game: Ships, Capital Ships, Planets, and Companions… plus anything else they add in the future.

It’s just a thought… hopefully this idea could catch on.

Edit: additional thoughts: It could also be great to implement five or so “Scouting Guilds”… you join the Guild of your choice and as Guild members post up Glyphs to the in-game exchange they gain standing on a leaderboard.