searching for a planet

[Lothos]

I'm trying to decide on what i want in a new planet for moving my base to finally begin my real game. Now that i have billions and all the parts unlocked. I dont have the freighter model i want yet so I'm not building a base on the one i presently yet. So, next best thing is to find the perfect planet.

What do you guys look for when choosing? I'm sticking to 3 star systems for a start just to ensure there's a healthy economy. Is high supply better than the other labels in 3 star? What are must have resources for a planet? Yes, I will probably have mining outposts on other planets, but this is mainly for the home :D

[aggressor27]

More or less the system, more than the planet for me. Does it offer good resources? Does it have alternative ways to make money in case I get bored of doing the same thing? Is it a hostile system (if you're into that)? Does it have a benevolent and beautiful planet I can just chill and wander on?

There's a lot I consider but in the end, as much as I try to be a homebody I always end up wandering.

[JTracx]

You have billions, what does the economy matter?
As for the perfect Freighter, you may not find it in that system anyways.
Most people look for a system with at least one earth like planet. I'm sure many will chime in on that and more types and what to do while you are there.

[Lothos]

economy IMO matters for letting me buy things en masses without having to travel far for spur of the moment purchases :D I've spent days looking, and I just dont progress with anything it seems. No S class ships yet, A class 34 slot freighter and just lots of time wasted doing next to nothing but searching :(

[Thorin]

For my first planet I went for the looks.
Found me a red star system with a Skeletal world.

My second base will be in a blue star system (with a working space station) where I will be more strategic in location, location and location.

[Merlin69]

I've been in the Eisettiam galaxy for ages but can't find an Earth like planet also there seem to be more aggressive sentinals on some of the planets.

[eram]

Originally posted by Merlin69:

I've been in the Eisettiam galaxy for ages but can't find an Earth like planet also there seem to be more aggressive sentinals on some of the planets.

You could just be in a region where there are more sentinels than usual. Eisettiam is a "lush" galaxy not a hostile one. Did you try a black hole and see if the other side is a bit nicer?

[Lothos]

Pretty sure I am in Euclid galaxy, but honestly i never paid attention to other galaxies :/

[Mr. Bufferlow]

You can have several bases so don't over-think it. If you come across a planet with a portal...you might want to build nearby. It will mark the location and a portal can come in handy later in the game.

Edit: To me the biggest criteria now is power. Depending on where you are in game play, I always locate a power source and build right there. It is nice to not need batteries or a bunch of wiring.

Remember you can pull up stakes and move if you really end up hating the location you pick...that seems unlikely to happen.

I did not plan it, but I put my "wake-up" base on a simple site with a save pylon and a couple of the green containers. It was helpful to be able to save without jumping in and out of the ship and the containers provided two micro processors every day.

About the only drawback was no sentinals nearby. Had to find a manufacturing center nearby to complete a couple of missions requiring sentinals.

[Lothos]

i started to put roots down for a big base to at least try and farm up materials and get storage started. I chose a temperate planet with an ocean view in a high supply galaxy, but was disappointed to not see more than 500ish stacks for sale on the trading stations.

I'm putting some biodomes down to grow seed supplies for later more focuses bases. I still need to figure out the mineral side of things to get a decent income of the low level raws like dust, carbon, sodium, cobalt, etc...

[wubbelflup]

I am based on a licud planet so it's less depressing. Colorful.

One thing that's important. Try finding a planet that has salvageable data, as well as buildings.

Mostly personal preference though.

[Kipsi]

I've been searching for the perfect planet for ages. My criteria includes:
-Lush Planet
-Water
-2 or 3 star economy
-1 star conflict
-Inhabited system
-No predators
-Minimal hazardous flora (♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ every nice planet i find is ruined by it) and minimal/NO wild abyssal horrors
-No superheated rainstorms AHHH
-Not an extreme planet
-No nightmare-fuel fauna
-Blue sky
-Blue, sea-green, or maaaybe orange water
-Common underwater plants
-Full/super-common fauna
-Preferably green grass. Can settle for any other colours if i need
-Palm trees pls.
-Any underwater flora and minerals that is NOT the blob. Preferably aquatic crystal
-Preferably the planet closest to the space station station. 40sec-1min pulse drive can get tedious fast

Now you might be thinking "damn this guy's picky", but it's about the journey, not the destination. I believe finding the ultimate planet is the true final boss of NMS

[969rob]

Yeah I built a base next to a portal and there is no end to the fun , gotta have extreme sentinel aggression too,

[credhc]

Lush with blue water, big trees, very little to no rain sentinels predators and jumping things.
Lots of relief, mountains, tepuys, deep seas.
At least another big planet in the sky.

Grass: Two hues, including deep straw, deep violet, deep green, deep blue, deep red.
Sky: Blue or violet, blue if violet grass, and vice versa. Violet sky works better with straw grass.
Main trees : Blue if the grass isn't, green if the grass isn't, violet if the grass and sky aren't.
Flora, minerals : shiny.

Very wanted : A large donut island in the deep sea, with eventually a smaller inside, to build Atlantis.

Optional: T3 economy and nice ships, something to mine, frequent electromagnetic hotspots, giant animals.

[klp7311]

I never settle down for long. I explore the system until I get all the fun then I move on... It's not a settlers game.

[LordQarlyn]

I've started playing again with the synthesis update. It seems every planet that doesn't have, toxic or radiation, or extreme temperatures, in short, temperate, gaia, or paradise worlds, all now will have superheated rainstorms. I've yet to find a planet that was temperate that did NOT have occasional superheated rainstorms. I know distinctly in my last game, I would encounter such worlds and setup my base on that one.
So has the recent updates now made sure no matter how pleasant the worlds are, we will always have something in there to make it bad?