I started my save within an hour of the expedition going live. And spawned in a storm, with multiple hostile critters. I died twice in two minutes, deleted the cursed save, and tried again. Did better, but fell into a cave system killing critters (with a mining laser), and got lost… before I could build the Terrain Manipulator. After 20 minutes, I deleted the cursed save, and started again. Third time’s the charm! Much better start, even grabbed some Storm Crystals for later right at the start.
Needed to get some work done, but I’ve gotten a couple of hours in since yesterday, steady progress, having fun stumbling around, but I can see I’m going to get stuck looking for Crystal Sulphide. I don’t think I’m anywhere near the ocean, although I see 3 underwater creatures on this world so there must be some somewhere. I’ve got the Minotaur built, but that doesn’t seem the best way to search for ocean, it’s a little slow. If only I had a spaceship… oh wait, that’s what the Crystal Sulphide’s for.
Also, got killed again, by one of those evil teddy bears that jumped me while I was killing a couple of the crystal spider dudes. Was close to my base, but still! Embarrassing.
Getting close to finishing it. With playing at work (thanks Steam Deck!) and around the house while holiday chaos descends, I’m mostly just doing little chunks. Lots of sitting idle in my base while refiners whir and I do some chores around the house.
Having said that, even with my incredibly inefficient play style, the two false starts, and an hour hike to water (in the Minotaur even), I think this should be a pretty doable expedition for those short on time. I think it’s longer than the Utopia and Singularity Redux expeditions too.
I hesitate to say relaxed, with the cocaine bears and spiky dudes though, on top of relentless fire storms.
Huh, can I ask what you’re spending so much time on refining? Don’t get me wrong, refining is great, but I’m sure there’s things you’d rather be doing in the game than watching refiners?
Because I can leave the game running while I do something in the real world. Leaving the game running saxes on load times. NMS isn’t the best at a pick up/put down game, but you can manage easily enough generally.