Noob
Noob
When updating steam I saw that NMS was released for mac so I bought it & spent an enjoyable few hours in it so far. Is there an uptodate good newbie guide somewhere?
This may or may not be good advice ‘cause although I’ve got 300 hours on my main save I am not a “good” or “optimum” player by any stretch. I think you should start with the Singularity expedition in expedition mode. There’s a lot of hand-holding as far as what to do next, where to go, and it keeps everything a bit more linear than a regular start does. Plus, theres the option to get one or more pretty good sentinel ships right away without too much difficulty. And at the end of the expedition it turns into just a “normal” save (or so I’m told). It’s what I’d do if I was just starting out today.
When I started myself I put in like 24 hours on a “relaxed” mode save just to sort of get the hang of things and the only noob guides I used was just searching up where to find particular resources, or early game farming methods once I felt like I had learned the ropes I started a “normal” mode save and haven’t really looked back.
Thanks!
Oh! I just remembered the biggest surprise I had starting out. That rusted metal from containers refines into ferrite, and all the goo and slime refines into runaway mold which then refines into nanites! I sold so so much of that stuff thinking it was just junk before realizing I could have refined it into something useful. Really would have been helpful to know that early on when I was scrounging for nanites to buy technology upgrades.
There are several very useful information resources around the web, about NMS -- but personally, I think the best way to learn these kinds of games is to do exactly what you did: just jump right into it. Follow the in-game story lines until you realize that they're starting to repeat themselves, do all of the primary tasks and maybe some of the secondary tasks... do everything the "hard" way, before you start seeking out easier ways. I think you'll learn better to appreciate the incredible diversity of the game, simply by going through all of the hoops. Plus, by running around and exploring/hunting/searching, you will by default be exposed to more of the in-game lore and the story-behind-the-story... which, IMHO, is the real gem in the game.
That said, I will offer some very mild spoilers:
- Keep an eye out for all of the different kinds of storage upgrades. Those become absolutely critical very fast!
- And when you reach this point in the game... don't necessarily take the first "free" freighter that's offered to you. (The second one is supposed to be a better class.)
Enjoy, fellow Traveler!