Alien archeology and other mysteries: Thread 9 - The Canonn

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Ozric

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Ravenov said:
What skin is that btw?
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It's the Lavecon skin

slartybartfast said:
Questions.
when you raid a fresh instance of the site how many items are there to collect?
Is it always the same amount and is it always the same amount of each item every time?
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I've always had the same amount.

Moog said:
Can I just check, when you guys are talking about ancient relics, is that a catch all phrase for the different items that are at the site? So far I've found a couple of ancient tablets, an ancient orb and and an ancient casket. The last two have me a little concerned since they're now in the hold of my ship. I'm not all that keen on the idea of an undead alien hatching out of the casket in the cargo hold while I'm off exploring outside...
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Tricky, I try to use artifacts to refer to them as a whole, because Relics are the things that are at <redacted to copy Bitstorm ;)>


Nugstar said:
Actually, i'm nowhere near the level of nerd some of you lot are, and would never commit hundreds of hours into a puzzle that might not even be in the game yet.

It could be all for nothing. All thats been achieved so far is that new locations have been discovered. I figured this time the site may have a secret to be unlocked, which maybe leads to an underground alien city/ruin or some new clues to a different system that leads to contact with aliens.

In reality all that happens is the devs patch the game and add in a 'mysterious' location, then we find it. Rinse and repeat.
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All that's been achieved is that new locations have been discovered... :x

So you want there to be a secret to be unlocked, but you want to be told that there's a secret to be unlocked... :x
 
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ActualSpacePimp

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Moog said:
Can I just check, when you guys are talking about ancient relics, is that a catch all phrase for the different items that are at the site? So far I've found a couple of ancient tablets, an ancient orb and and an ancient casket. The last two have me a little concerned since they're now in the hold of my ship. I'm not all that keen on the idea of an undead alien hatching out of the casket in the cargo hold while I'm off exploring outside...
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It worked out ok for the Prometheus, just go with it.
 

Nugstar

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Ozric said:
It's the Lavecon skin



I've always had the same amount.



Tricky, I try to use artifacts to refer to them as a whole, because Relics are the things that are at <redacted to copy Bitstorm ;)>




All that's been achieved is that new locations have been discovered... :x

So you want there to be a secret to be unlocked, but you want to be told that there's a secret to be unlocked... :x
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I want to be told i'm not wasting my time, and that there is something IN THE CURRENT BUILD that can be discovered.
 

Moog

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bitstorm said:
Strictly speaking Ancient Relic is a specific item found on the Ancient site at the <redacted>...

Go mooch around some more. :)
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First I will need a moral boosting cup of tea and a biscuit. I have also developed mild paranoia since my SRV now seems to be using up fuel at an alarming rate. It could be due to damage but it could be.....


Aliens.....
 

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Ozric said:
No they all fell off. As soon as I had shot the second pillar on each of them the relic started to move and fell off (or flew up into the air). I think it would be very hard indeed to keep it standing on top.
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Thanks Ozric! You can keep them there if you target the nearest pillar and shoot it carefully with the SRV. The relic just stays there bobbing slightly up and down in place.

Whether or not this is actually a good idea is a whole other matter!
 

Tiayviel

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Moog said:
First I will need a moral boosting cup of tea and a biscuit. I have also developed mild paranoia since my SRV now seems to be using up fuel at an alarming rate. It could be due to damage but it could be.....


Aliens.....
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Remember that using vertical thrusters severely increases fuel consumption!
 
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slartybartfast

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Ozric said:
It's the Lavecon skin



I've always had the same amount.



Tricky, I try to use artifacts to refer to them as a whole, because Relics are the things that are at <redacted to copy Bitstorm ;)>




All that's been achieved is that new locations have been discovered... :x

So you want there to be a secret to be unlocked, but you want to be told that there's a secret to be unlocked... :x
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Do you only get one of each or a number and is it the same every time?
 

ActualSpacePimp

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Aaaaargh!

Flew out here last night in my extremely limited in game time, (luckily I was only about 500ly away). Flew around for AGES trying to find the coordinates, only to realize the patch that re-reverses the coordinates hasn't been implemented yet. Finally found it, (in solo because I'm tired of dying), land, absorb the awesomeness, and go to deploy, only to find I hadn't purchased any SRV's for my bay..... I shot everything and then logged to prevent any further rage from consuming me. Guess I'll try again today.[ugh]. This being said, is it too much to ask that 1000 years in the future, we can select a specific point on a planet to navigate to with a waypoint? I'm not looking for a destination lock that takes me straight there, but just something on the HUD that says, "yes dummy, you are going to the place you think you are going". Perhaps some really old, retro tech found in a ruin that was lost to time, but rediscovered? Good job on the ruins though, I look forward to perusing them when I get the chance.
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Michael Brookes said:
There'll be no hints.

Michael
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Interesting...

Do you mean "no" as in "none. zip. nada. bupkis"? Or "no" as in "number". There will be number hints... 20 characters in that response (including whitespace...) 5 vowels. 11 consonants... What happens if you convert this to ascii, then binary, and interpret as numbers?

(Here we go again! Wheeeeeee!)
 

Ozric

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Nugstar said:
I want to be told i'm not wasting my time, and that there is something IN THE CURRENT BUILD that can be discovered.
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There are plenty of things in the current build that can be discovered, we know there are things out there of a type that no-one has discovered, we know there are things relating to current investigations that haven't been discovered. That's not what you're asking for though is it. You're asking for specific details relating to the ruins and more than that a specific part about it.

Unless you're saying that you just want MB to say "yes there are other things to be discovered in the current build" and then you'd leave it alone... but you wouldn't would you, because you'd then want to know in relation to what. It then becomes a never ending cycle.
 

Ozric

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slartybartfast said:
Do you only get one of each or a number and is it the same every time?
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To be fair I'm not sure. However I stocked my Asp up last night before logging off with everything that was there. When I get home tonight I shall log in and stock up again, I'll then be able to tell you if it matches.

who? said:
Interesting...

Do you mean "no" as in "none. zip. nada. bupkis"? Or "no" as in "number". There will be number hints... 20 characters in that response (including whitespace...) 5 vowels. 11 consonants... What happens if you convert this to ascii, then binary, and interpret as numbers?

(Here we go again! Wheeeeeee!)
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Hehe, this made me chuckle, but you'll have to have some virtual, virtual rep.
 
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