Building... In The Void!

[IDIC]

Obviously, there's no resources to find and there's a ton of fellas waiting to chomp on you just waiting on your doorstep. However, has anyone here attempted to build in or on the side of the void just for the challenge? I'm thinking of attempting it when I'm super late game. Right now, though, I still have a Lost River Ghost Tree base to make.

[kwong20287]

There are a scant few.

[CrazyGoblin]

A couple have tried, yeah. I think the ghosties get really confused when you're walking around in base modules built into their spawn zone.

There are a few modules you can actually build while standing inside the base, so you can keep "safe" while extending outwards. Not sure if they're capable of actually damaging the base or not, but I'm quite certain they won't actively target the modules themselves.

[APaleDude]

It's still risky regardless as a maximum of three will appear after 30 seconds.

[IDIC]

Originally posted by §SlipG@mer§:

It's still risky regardless as a maximum of three will appear after 30 seconds.

Thank you for the information, I didn't know the max was 3. I thought the game would just keep spamming you. I think as long as I've got the Seamoth with the defense system, I should be fine. I'll just zap whatever grabs me, and get a rudimentary base up in 30 seconds. Then I'll cower in there, dash off after a bit and let the fellas despawn, and then return with supplies for a power source. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[Tewa]

IGP did a youtube series where he built a base from the surface to the bottom of the void (yes, it has a bottom).

[CrazyGoblin]

Or just start building on the edge where they don't spawn, and extend corridors outwards (from the inside) until they do spawn.

Then build an observatory, obviously.

[IDIC]

Originally posted by CrazyGoblin:

Or just start building on the edge where they don't spawn, and extend corridors outwards (from the inside) until they do spawn.

Then build an observatory, obviously.

Ooo good idea, thank you.

Originally posted by Tewa:

IGP did a youtube series where he built a base from the surface to the bottom of the void (yes, it has a bottom).

Didn't know it had a bottom. I'll go check that out, thanks for the recommendation.

[Mortemas]

There’s a notch somewhere, i think NNE, that goes far down the edge of the abyss. It’s thin, so you can’t build there, but I think it was starting to open up at some point that was fairly deep but I turned back because I was running out of oxygen. I didn’t hear or see any ghost levs while going down there, so maybe you’re somewhat protected in the notch. Might be a good place to try this if it opens up enough to build. I’ll see if I can find it again and post the exact location.

I did build a multipurpose room on the edge of the abyss up North where I lost my cyclops. It was a base of operations for recovery of the wreck which was destroyed by ghost levs.

[IDIC]

Originally posted by Mortemas:

There’s a notch somewhere, i think NNE, that goes far down the edge of the abyss. It’s thin, so you can’t build there, but I think it was starting to open up at some point that was fairly deep but I turned back because I was running out of oxygen. I didn’t hear or see any ghost levs while going down there, so maybe you’re somewhat protected in the notch. Might be a good place to try this if it opens up enough to build. I’ll see if I can find it again and post the exact location.

I did build a multipurpose room on the edge of the abyss up North where I lost my cyclops. It was a base of operations for recovery of the wreck which was destroyed by ghost levs.

Interesting. If you cannot find the location, I may go searching for it once my other bases are built.

[Mortemas]

Originally posted by Tewa:

IGP did a youtube series where he built a base from the surface to the bottom of the void (yes, it has a bottom).

The void has no bottom, the land does. I went down to 10200 m before getting bored. There’s nothing that deep, including ghost levs. They stop chasing you at 3000 m, which is where the land ends, and you can swim UNDER the land if you want.

[APaleDude]

Originally posted by God of the Gays:

Originally posted by §SlipG@mer§:

It's still risky regardless as a maximum of three will appear after 30 seconds.

Thank you for the information, I didn't know the max was 3. I thought the game would just keep spamming you. I think as long as I've got the Seamoth with the defense system, I should be fine. I'll just zap whatever grabs me, and get a rudimentary base up in 30 seconds. Then I'll cower in there, dash off after a bit and let the fellas despawn, and then return with supplies for a power source. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Oh and they're not juveniles, they're full grown adult ghost leviathans. Making them the second largest creature in the game.

[CrazyGoblin]

Well, second longest. The Drag Queens are more massive, but the ghosties are longer.

[APaleDude]

Well if you don't count the tentacles, the sea dragons are technically smaller.

[CrazyGoblin]

Considering the ghosts are pretty much just one long (angry) tentacle, I think it's safe to say that the point still stands.

[APaleDude]

Originally posted by CrazyGoblin:

Considering the ghosts are pretty much just one long (angry) tentacle, I think it's safe to say that the point still stands.

They're cool as hell tho. XD