So I’ve started Permadeath, and I’ve not permadied yet. I’m playing alongside my Normal save file to find out what needs to be done, then do it with less mess and fuss (an no dying, fingers crossed). It’s crazy how playing on Normal is so simple it does not teach you much of the nuances of the game needed to survive.
I found out reading the wiki that there’s the “Galactic Hub” , a player-made naming scheme in a clump of planets where lots of people live. You can go there to find specific resources or ships more easily and loot the shit in their bases (i.e. “communal gardens”).
http://nomanssky.gamepedia.com/Galactic_Hub_Project
There’s also a website app, Pilgrim Star, that helps you go wherever you want in the galaxy, which is a lot more complicated than it sounds:
https://pahefu.github.io/pilgrimstarpath/
ARG is pointing to this site: http://csd.atlas-65.com/
Where apparently 10,000 people who sign up for the spam will get Atlas L4 passes. What they unlock is unknown. I think there’s also a survey you may need to do to be eligible.
Info came from this Twitch broadcast:
Right, permadeath run still ongoing. I haven’t had to restart once, although things got really close twice. I have a pretty good setup going: I have almost all the backpack inventory slots, a nice medium-sizes fighter, a spectacular multitool and a great base, with almost all employee quests completed, good storage, a landing pad, the exocrafts and a decent geknip farm. My place is very spartan however (not much of a call for ornamentation on permadeath, eh?).
All that’s left to do is to start the grueling run for the center of the galaxy, but it should go smoothly now that I have all the stuff I need.
I’m thinking I’ll give the game a rest for a bit and see what the new patch is bringing next month.
Contrary to what some people said, I think permadeath is a pretty good fit for No Man’s Sky. Once you’re past the initial hurdle, you’re actually pretty safe from death, but it is there, lying in the background if you get too careless. If you’re sloppy, you can get in a fight you can’t win or land on a planet with almost no plutonium, and the universe doesn’t care.
newbrof
1649
I started permadeath mode on a planet with temperatures below zero -54C° … I stayed very close to my starting point, found a nearby cavern for mining… I always get lost in caverns in this game, I went out and could not find my starting base and died. the end.
I like this mode, it is tense and you feel the stakes… so after I paused a year, I am back in…
Yeah, it’s certainly a different experience! Some tips to survive the long walk to the ship:
- Standing still costs no life support, walking a little, running more and the jetpack a lot. So the most efficient way to get anywhere life support-wise is just to walk, but the fastest is still to sprint, melee, than use the jetpack.
- You can craft Shielding Shards and Power Gels if you get low on Thamium9 or Zinc.
- Environmental protection regenerates underground, but you can also create your own cave inside a mineral deposit or dig one in the ground with grenades (which you don’t have a this point).
- Mining is best done when waiting for environmental protection to go back up. Just stand still so you don’t use any life support.
- Hoover up all the plutonium you find (smaller clumps don’t show up on scan), and try to find a Heridium deposit on your way to the ship. Sentinels are the simplest source of zinc, but you are fragile at this point, so it’s easier to fight them near a shelter if you can. You need hundreds of iron too.
- You can always send items back to the ship, you just can’t get them back when out of range. Use this to send items needed for ship repairs but useless for you. Don’t send anything you might need to survive!
- You can now press down on the D-pad to fill up items without going into the menu. It saves up time when you get used to it. You can even do it while still walking.
Just a heads up for when get into orbit: getting jumped by pirates is very frequent and is the no. 1 cause of death if you don’t know what you’re doing:
- The circle of the lower-left of your ship’s instruments sometimes starts emptying out. That means you’re being scanned and pirates will show up when the circle is empty, although once in a while it’s just a non-hostile fugitive or a space battle that pops up. Before the circle empties, you can duck into a space station or land somewhere.
- Pirates “scan” your ship, but what’s not obvious is that they only see what’s inside your ship’s hull, not your backpack. The amount of pirates varies according to your haul’s value, the lowest being a single pirate, which you can handle even with your starting ship.
- Don’t foget to press down on the D-pad to fill up your shields during a fight.
Jazar
1651
I’d love to try this game again. Unfortunately it never seems to be on sale for PS4 and I’m not paying full price.
Well, you can get a physical copy for a fourth of the PSN store price. That’s 75% off I guess.
Jazar
1653
tempting… but this could be one of those games that I just get the urge to start up every now and then and digital has that instant access gratification.
So anybody have any guesses as to what is going to be in the big update?
The ARG game Waking Titan isn’t even half completed yet, it seems, and it’s complete gobbledygook so who knows?
From the above, however, what seems likely is that there’s going to be a fourth NPC race, maybe peaceful sentinels or something. Maybe the very rare portals are going to do something now and leaked pictures suggest we could be able to walk (or perhaps float) in outer space outside the ship. They could add new megaliths and ruined structures to decorate planets that they already have the concept art for. Some even speculate that they’ll add multiplayer outright, thus giving the Internet a chance to finally close its wounds. It’s supposed to be a very big update, but don’t get your hype hopes up too high.
Some people think it’ll show up August 9th for the game’s first anniversary, but the ARG won’t be done in 6 days, so I doubt it. Probably late August.
It’s 60% off on the PS Store right now. In Au at least. :)
newbrof
1657
even getting to the ship is an adventure and the main game for me at the moment,
I died by a high fall, I died by a small crabby thing, died by a medium-sized crabby thing, by failing life systems, by radiation… now I feel right at home as a Dark Souls player. Difficulty is right, and the first time I am really looking for caverns. Oh and the joy when you find a spot with Pu or Th-9 …
Do I have to start basebuilding? is it even possible from the get go? I play permadeath mode
vyshka
1658
That permadeath mode has been brutal to me. I’ve fired it up a couple times to try it, and always end up on a planet that is very cold. I usually die from that when I finally try to get to my ship.
Kelan
1659
I am almost sure I will enjoy this, but also waiting for it to be lower than $60 at this point. I plan on PC, though, so will keep my eyes open.
meeper
1660
It was down to ~$27 during the Steam summer sale. We can probably expect it to go deeper during the Christmas sale.
There’s a big update on the way, too, and it should land within the next month or two, and maybe there will be a sale connected to that. If that happens I’ll let you know here.
meeper
1662
@Kelan The Humble Bundle store has NMS on for 60% off (~$24).
Yeah I just got that Humble Bundle email myself - kind of tempted but not seriously so. Maybe I should just try one of those trucker games instead.
meeper
1664
Yeah, I think my threshold for NMS is about $10. I just don’t see myself getting $24 worth of value out of it.
I got my $60 out of it and then some, and I love the game, but I’m willing to admit that I may be the outlier here.
