Trying to be patient with workbenches

[hardy_conrad]

After doing some digging I uncovered a way to fix the inaccessible workbench and research station issue. Shoot them directly and repeatedly from close range. Much appreciation to the person who uncovered that one by the way.

But... I have to do that for EVERY workbench I try using. And there are certain contexts like doing an Aurora shift in Neon where it isn't ideal to go around blasting everywhere. To say nothing of wasting ammunition and this just being kind of dumb frankly. Funny at first to be sure but eventually the humour wears off.

There's a ton to appreciate about this game and I have the utmost sympathy for the developers, spent some time working as a security guard at Ubisoft and those guys don't have it easy. Certainly a lot of the grumbles about the game are unwarranted. However as time passes and more and more issues seem to arise, of increasing severity, well. It's like that old Japanese saying. "Even Buddha has limits to his patience, and I have been far more patient than him".

[Black Album]

I’m not sure if we have the same problem with work benches … but I fix mine by simply saving and then reloading.
All benches work after that so you don’t have to go around shooting them.
Although … that does sound fun …

[hardy_conrad]

The first time it happened saving and then reloading did indeed fix the issue. However as of yesterday it reappeared and that fix stopped working.

If it were just this then I could take a deep breath and wait until it gets sorted out somehow, but the stuff causing aggravation is starting to pile up. Features that go unrecognized so I can't complete surveys, NPCs who mysteriously vanish to never reappear making quests impossible, the Constellation apparently getting sucked into a black hole (metaphorically as in I can't find it, if it really did get sucked into a black hole that would be amazing), graphics that can be wonky, enemies who do inexplicably high damage despite being armed with an unmodified pistol. Makes me feel like ranting I guess. Well cathartic to get it off my chest anyway, heh.

[wtiger27]

I mainly use the ones in the Lodge when I want to do some crafting. Not adding them to my ships or Outposts. Not had a single issue using the Lodge ones.

[LAZERFACE]

shoot it with your gun 1x