You can find it at -22.81, +111.53. I have a Communications Station there as well.

Oh good… I felt bad that I couldn’t move the dumpster for Brendan in my latest playthrough.

Great find! You should share this in NMSGlyphExchange.

It looks like the expedition is finally over since the last optional milestone was reached; however when I go to collect the rewards and officially end the expedition, the game locks up. My character just stands there and the controls have no effect. Hopefully they get that fixed soon.

I ended up building out a base on Nash 33/W4 because I came across an S-Class Sodium spot and I liked the nearby cave system.

It’s adjacent to a crashed freighter as well.

I’ll keep expanding on it while I wait for the expedition to end so I can complete the main quests.

Yeah, technically it’s not over for me either. I just started doing end game tasks like collecting portal glyphs, farming for a freighter, etc.

I finished today as well. Overall, I thought it was fine. It’s clear it was meant to show new players different parts of the game. I was actually glad it was so succinct without much grinding. Almost everything you need was within the confines of the expedition, either as a reward or available somewhere along the path.

While I always like the cosmetic rewards, it annoys me that the colors and textures never quite match the existing customizations. I wish they would go back and make everything a little more consistent.

I often keep playing my expedition saves and get them into an end-game state. I haven’t decided if I will this time.

Unfortunately I think there’s a decent chance this will be the last major update or Expedition as they shift their focus to Light No Fire. I hope that’s not the case.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I’ll probably give LNF a shot. I don’t know if it will be as compelling as NMS.

Yeah I assume they will start focusing on Light No Fire more.

It would be smart if they made an effort to migrate the NMS fan base over to LNF. Like give you exclusives in LNF if NMS is also installed or something like that.

I know what you mean. I think as Twitter started to implode, Mastodon and other platforms were a little more prepared to pick up the slack. I don’t think Lemmy was as mature when Reddit started having issues so adoption wasn’t as strong as it could’ve been. I still have hope that Lemmy continues to grow.

I was really active in NMSCE and NMSGE on Reddit but honestly I haven’t been playing NMS as much lately. I’ll start up again with the new Expedition.

Yeah, there’s definitely cause for concern

This is the way.

Maybe it’s been like that since the last update and I just missed it. I do have multiple saves and I don’t play all of them consistently. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I am a little sad though because this was one of my favorite bases.

I can’t decide if I should just delete it and get it over with, or wait and see if this gets fixed with a future update.

I am still speculating but…

1. You have to push out an update to re-issue the expedition(s) on a shortened timeframe. While the development cost itself may be minimal, there’s still a cost associated with doing the release on various platforms.
2. I assume expeditions cause a spike in usage. Since this is a multiplayer game, it has to be hosted somewhere and that isn’t free, especially when traffic increases.

Both of these may be very low cost but it still may not be worth it for them to do it. They continue to release new content for free, which is great, except it’s also not a sustainable business model. They probably have to keep it as lean as possible.

If I had to speculate, I think there could be a couple things at play…

1. They have been focusing on bug fixes and stability lately as seen in the experimental branches on Steam instead of new features. They added support for MacOS and iPadOS earlier this year, which I’m sure complicates ongoing development.
2. There have been many game releases lately that may have pulled people away from NMS, like Starfield, Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, etc. It may not be worth it for them to invest resources in re-running the expeditions if people are currently focused elsewhere.

Personally, I am on a NMS hiatus until the next expedition or major update.

Atari 2600 followed by NES

They say, “Patience is a virtue,” but that doesn’t make it fun.

I need to do the pH, black hole, and hostile planet, and then I’m done.

Right now I’m just trying to finish the Expedition so I can get back to Starfield. 😅