a MEH guide to no mans sky

I made as many mistakes as I can so you dont have to. 

Anyways, you probably remember the earliest reviews of the game that it came out prematurely (2016) and well, of course, glitchy. 

It was probably first and still the only game released on Steam that offered full refunds to whoever purchased it.

Now i actually had wished I bought the game when it first came out, because its NEXT(1.55) update turned the game into one of the most purchased game that week (It was on sale for 50% off too!) Although I dont have a basis of comparison, I can speak from what I have read and am experiencing now. 

The graphics run very smoothly on a GTX1080  at 60 on 1080p. - Previously, as told from reviews was that on its release, the game isnt optimized to run properly even on high end computers. Right now that that issue may still be prevalent. Even though youre running high specs, make sure you actually tweak your graphics settings up. I have several friends who played it as 720 at 30fps, and getting glitches. Ramping it up actually made the game played better. 

Fleets- Freighters & Frigates

Fleets are a new thing in this update. As you progress through the game, you will encounter a space hostile environment around a large ship called a Freighter, and the smaller ships that surround it are called Frigates.  You can have a maximum of 30 (your first purchase will include one to start), and when you move from one freighter to the next, the frigates and their stats will follow, but not your constructions. So, for example, if you remodelled your room with all the specialty terminals and have all your plants lined up, you will lose all that when you move ships. 

So back to the frigates, your navigator in the bridge will have 5 missions for you each day, and the counter starts after the ship has been recalled from the mission, So, 24 hours after start a mission, a slot will reopen to send the frigates out again. The counter doesnt start when you finish the mission, it starts when you assign it, so you can start a new mission immediately after you fish another one when 24 hours have passed. It does take a lot of resources like fuels, and you will need to repair then after some missions, but they come back with a bunch of stuff that you can sell or recycle or store.  Selling any of the items retrieved from those missions will get you quite a bit of money. 

Artifacts - treasure & Language

In each planet, you have the opportunity to collect artifacts or learn the language of one of three clans. Vy'Keen, Gek and Korvax. Depending how adventurous you are, you can learn the language to help solve trivial questions later on which will earn you some new crafting recipes or you can collect their artifacts which later can earn you some artifacts which you can exchange for either money, a better relationship with a clan, or another word in their dictionary - either or, i dont feel that there is a better deal, theres just different ways to earn different rewards. 

Each galaxy has a dominant clan, and it could be one of three, some systems are just barren and some there isnt one at all! Each artifact location will have at least 3 pieces to find:

• The little pillars that have eyes in them will most likely land you a new word. If there are 2 pillars, one is most likely flat on the ground that looks like a disc, and you will be given the option to learn a new word, or hunt for an artifact. 
• The treasure chests will give you keys - 3 keys found in each location, and then you will need the Terra Manipulator to dig up a buried treasure. Yarr! all 3 keys you find will open the chest, and its worth a bunch of money. 
• Monoliths are just... one disc thing on the ground that will give you a word or a location. 
• Ruins are tricky, and I save my game before approaching them sometimes because i could get it wrong - there are 3 language pieces and one trivia piece where you choose an answer and you are either rewarded with an artifact or a new word, however, the difference with this one is that if you have a clan artifact, it will point you to a portal
• Portals- you cannot use the portal properly without completing the game and gathering all 16 Glyphs. Its a challenge to remember all the planet's addresses, but I feel that this will expand to something greater and its sort of just part of a story for now. To find them, you have to offer a clan artifact in a  monolith to be led to a portal. 

New game+

Theres actually a story in this game, though exploration is a huge part of it. If you follow one of the 3 objectives in your log, you will eventually, reach the end of the game. The Atlas is dead!... or restarting. Whatever. Everything you did for Polo, -null- and Artemis is completely gone and erased. Okay, not really, but you can choose between 4 different galaxies for restarting. I guess Atlas has different ideas of our universe, and we either were born into that idea, or that universe grew around us. I can say I have traveled the different universes, and there is not one flat earth. This game will disappoint flat earthers, and im sorry. 

So the four different universes are:

• Conflict driven - 
• Trade focus - 
• Exploration -
• Improved Universe? - 

You will start a new game on a random planet with an almost entirely broken inventory. So you kinda start over again, but you keep all your language, equipment, blueprints and achievements. You also learn how to make a "Remembrance" which is, if you recall running into their Atlas v2+ room access points from secure signals, a piece needed to operate the terminal - it gives you a bit of lore. 

It also counts as an accessory, which does... I dont know, unlock more lore?

EXOCRAFT - OMG WTFROTFLBBQ

DROOOOL. 

Different sizes - Small Medium and Large. 
They all have the same materials to build, and well, the most obvious difference is the size, and really thats it. Also, the larger vehicles also carry more turbo thrust, which you will learn to create and craft with the Exocraft Terminal Specialist as you go along. Just like the space craft, they have their own inventory and technology installation slots, too; however, there are no other exocrafts other than the one youre provided, so there really is no choice in terms of customization, or grades. You will learn how to make these far later in the game probably along the lines of finding the Atlas. 

A little confusing, but have fun!