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.