DLC question

[Enyu]

I got that only the base DLCs are really a game changer from a previous DLC post here. But when I did the weekend free testing the map was seperate in 5 areas and all 5 connected. As soon as I bought the game I only had one map as an option. Now if I buy the DLCs with the new ares will the automatically be added to my current world?

[Sszl]

Olympus is the main map and has I think 5 drop points on it. 2 in forest zones (one north, one south), and others in desert and snow/ice zones. There are other maps entirely for the expansions (Styx and Prometheus) if you bought those. You have to select which map you want to play on when you make a new prospect open world. I think outposts and missions pre-select your map.

[Enyu]

Originally posted by Sszl:

Olympus is the main map and has I think 5 drop points on it. 2 in forest zones (one north, one south), and others in desert and snow/ice zones. There are other maps entirely for the expansions (Styx and Prometheus) if you bought those. You have to select which map you want to play on when you make a new prospect open world. I think outposts and missions pre-select your map.

I think I am very new to this type of genre. I thought this is a survival simulation game. But I saw I can travel back to the station for some benefits (?) also I am not quite sure if I understood the principal.
Oh could it be because I choose the far right options with almost no enemies and less xp?

[Dreepa]

Yes, the far right option are "outpost mode" that is basically just to build for fun with no real benefit.
You have a safe zone and unlimited resources. It's not the main game really.

The main game is "missions".

Alternatively, they introduced "open world" 1 year ago, but that mode is also not the mode the game was initially designed for. Open world means, you have the normal map, can do _some_ of the mission from there and you can build everything until you get bored.

If you want to play it the original way, play missions. These are where you drop, have nothing, need to accoplish some objectives and the return to the space station.
You make money, can unlock space-station gear and take it with you into the next mission.

After having played a lot of all 3 modes, I realized this is the way the game is meant to be played.

[Hilzy]

I'm playing open world Olympus and so far (in nearly 2 weeks of playing) have only explored the southern forest zone (the easiest one), I am envisioning that it could take me many months of very relaxed /low progression play time to explore the full map. There are simple missions some of which don't even mean leaving the base, I have only just got my first operation mission which is more elaborate. My play style certainly won't suit the majority of players I think, but it has enabled me to get into a genre that I never thought I would enjoy.

[Enyu]

Originally posted by Dreepa:

Yes, the far right option are "outpost mode" that is basically just to build for fun with no real benefit.
You have a safe zone and unlimited resources. It's not the main game really.

The main game is "missions".

Alternatively, they introduced "open world" 1 year ago, but that mode is also not the mode the game was initially designed for. Open world means, you have the normal map, can do _some_ of the mission from there and you can build everything until you get bored.

If you want to play it the original way, play missions. These are where you drop, have nothing, need to accoplish some objectives and the return to the space station.
You make money, can unlock space-station gear and take it with you into the next mission.

After having played a lot of all 3 modes, I realized this is the way the game is meant to be played.

alright thanks for the explanation, does open world include all the areas like snow lava etc basically those 5 areas i had when testing the game (far left option), now on far right option it does get boring ngl. But still very relaxing

[Dreepa]

Originally posted by Enyu:

alright thanks for the explanation, does open world include all the areas like snow lava etc basically those 5 areas i had when testing the game (far left option), now on far right option it does get boring ngl. But still very relaxing

Yes, in open world you have:

On Olympus map and Styx map (1st DLC) you have forest, snow/deep arctic, desert and riverlands.
Prometheus, the 2nd DLC is completey different. With lava, basalt, swamp.

Also, Prometheus has the most missions integrated into open world mode. You build a communication relay and then can request the missions from that relay while being in the same world all the time, never returning to orbit.

You can also build that communication device on Olympus and Styx but it has fewer missions integrated into the mode.

Here is a map of the Prometheus biomes. BUT: It's also the hardest map and you die a lot at the start :D

https://icarus.fandom.com/wiki/Prometheus?file=Pro_Regions.jpg

[КрендельФигов]

Mainworld is Openworld (in which I recommend leveling up to at least level 50 so that you can take all the main talents of the Solo tree, without which it will be absurdly difficult to play).

Potential places deep mine; exotic deposit; caves indicating through passages under the mountains (if any) for all maps.
https://www.icarusintel.com/
You can follow the link to yours and at the bottom of each page there are pictures.
https://icarus.fandom.com/wiki/Olympus
https://icarus.fandom.com/wiki/Styx
https://icarus.fandom.com/wiki/Prometheus
One of these pictures will be labeled something like this (Creature spawn zones with levels and ratios.)
On it you can see approximately where some animals spawn and at what level they will be. It also doesn’t hurt to determine where you shouldn’t go at early levels.

PS In Prometheus, play all missions through Openworld as Operation and only this way (this is advice for you). And before playing Operations on Prometheus, upgrade to Full Tier 4.

[Enyu]

thanks guy this game sounds like it has ALOT to offer and alot of content wow