New Data/Materials from Thargoid Maelstrom "Shutdown Data" (massive energy surge) = Massive Grind

Adel

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Dear frontier,

Are you aware that:
  • the new data/materials you introduced don't have the right rarerty rank (caustic crystal have rarety level 4, but need 200 units)
  • the Shutdown Data is WORST than guardian terminal data as the limit is 200 units max but we get them...1 by 1

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Felix DiCestria

Felix DiCestria
Gotta get'em all!

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Helmut Grokenberger

Helmut Grokenberger
deleteduser said:
fair's fair... D2EA brainlessly made the guide without knowing what for.
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Fair point.

He seems to be a nice guy, but his guides tend to rile me up. It will eventually be mostly new pilots that follow his guides (the experienced ones do not need them), and he just recently posted a guide to war evac missions around what seemed to be a min-maxed paper python in which a new pilot will probably not survive his first Thargoid interdiction. And then there will be tears.

Don't blindly follow YouTube guides, kids ;).

Edit: Yes, I am on a mission against YouTube guides.
 

Navigare Necesse Est

Navigare Necesse Est
deleteduser said:
I'm sure when someone makes such a claim, your pre-emptive repsonse will be apposite...

Back to OP though, who specifically makes a comparision to Guardian Terminal Data. What we know about that, is that storage capacity vastly exceeds necessity.

e.g:

A ship can hold 150 Guardian Module Blueprints. 6 are needed to unlock all Guardian Modules
A ship can hold 100 Guardian Vessel Blueprints. 3 are needed to unlock all Guardian Vessels
A ship can hold 150 Guardian Weapon Blueprints. 24 are needed to unlock all Guardian & Modified Guardian Weapons

In short, storage capacity is not a reliable indicator of how many Massive Surges will need to be experienced in order to prepare for potential future content.
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We could hold 100 materials in storage when 2.1 released. It could also be much worse as you can see from that example.
 

Navigare Necesse Est

Navigare Necesse Est
deleteduser said:
Ther literal WORST part about this is the lost opportunities to 'play the game' for playing the game's sake.

That many visits to a Maelstrom are the perfect oportunity to optimise your ship for caustic environments and to probe the Maelstrom for unknown mechanics....
but nah, gotta fill these buckets with rocks for reasons.
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I played L4D2 a lot. There was no progression. Just maps and 4 players and an algorithm throwing stuff at you. One of the best coop games. Recently Darktide, a Vermintide-like coop "shooter" (is rather a lot melee) released and ppl moan and groan about the achievements and the loot store, when the core game loop is actually what's fun and the point of the game. The so-called "progression" mechanics often don't contribute anymore to the underlying game much, they are just bolted on top to keep the grinders happy and occupied - it's game design on its head
 
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Darrack

Darrack
Helmut Grokenberger said:
Fair point.

He seems to be a nice guy, but his guides tend to rile me up. It will eventually be mostly new pilots that follow his guides (the experienced ones do not need them), and he just recently posted a guide to war evac missions around what seemed to be a min-maxed paper python in which a new pilot will probably not survive his first Thargoid interdiction. And then there will be tears.

Don't blindly follow YouTube guides, kids ;).

Edit: Yes, I am on a mission against YouTube guides.
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D2EA is like most of these Youtuber's you look at their guides until you are experienced enough to think 'yeah right!' :ROFLMAO:

O7
 
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