Should i follow Storyline ? / new player

[DreamWalker]

i didnt play nms much i just wonder do i have to complete storyline? is there any pros or cons for complating storyline missions?

[Handshoe]

Pretty cool to follow it (i liked it) but you can basicly do anything you want in any order you want ;)

[HeruWolf]

I highly suggest just thinking of something you want to do, and then go out and do it.

Want to build the Taj Mahal? Do it, please send pics.

Want to be and intergalactic smuggler? Do it, tell me that story.

More than anything I suggest doing exactly whatever you want to do, You will end up completing the story to unlock certain things regardless.

[WoogieMonsutā]

Originally posted by TenthEye:

i didnt play nms much i just wonder do i have to complete storyline? ...

No, you free to ignore absolutely everything beginning the moment you are in orbit.

Originally posted by TenthEye:

... is there any pros or cons for complating storyline missions?

Yes. If you continue doing the little "busy-work" quests in the original questline, it will lead you through a faster path to obtaining technology upgrades, meeting AI workers for your workstations, and what many will say is most important, your first FREE capital ship.

Eventually that questline will split into different routes, each of which can be ignored, followed, or dabbled upon at your personal leisure. But again, you can stop following any line whenever you decide you'd rather do something else.

[DreamWalker]

Originally posted by WoogieMonsutā:

Originally posted by TenthEye:

i didnt play nms much i just wonder do i have to complete storyline? ...

No, you free to ignore absolutely everything beginning the moment you are in orbit.

Originally posted by TenthEye:

... is there any pros or cons for complating storyline missions?

Yes. If you continue doing the little "busy-work" quests in the original questline, it will lead you through a faster path to obtaining technology upgrades, meeting AI workers for your workstations, and what many will say is most important, your first FREE capital ship.

Eventually that questline will split into different routes, each of which can be ignored, followed, or dabbled upon at your personal leisure. But again, you can stop following any line whenever you decide you'd rather do something else.

i ve read most people just go with atlas pass and explore not sure what it means. What kinds of routes it splits? and so following till free capital ship will be more optimal? i mean if i follow all story line do i have any progress that i achive in game resource ships etc

[WoogieMonsutā]

Originally posted by TenthEye:

i ve read most people just go with atlas pass and explore not sure what it means. ...

I'd need to check ingame to verify the name, but that may be the route that basically tells you "select this to pause everything else while you go live your astronaut fantasy."

Originally posted by TenthEye:

... What kinds of routes it splits?...

The other route is story-related, every telling you what it's for would be the most massive spoiler in the entire game.

Originally posted by TenthEye:

.... i mean if i follow all story line do i have any progress that i achive in game resource ships etc

The game does not have what I would call "progress," based on the fact that you can at literally any moment decide "this is boring AF" and delete the mission. You do gather monetary wealth, you do increase in popularity / social standing with the AI races, and you do attain better upgrades for yourself, your weapon/tool, your ships, and base (if you build one). But in terms of progress, as in moving the game-world forward, it's just all about you: who/what you are (you can give yourself crazy alien and robot heads in the custom stations), why you're exploring, ..."meaning of life" type of stuff.

[caleb.trimble.ct]

From what I understand there are pieces of the game that you can't get until after you complete the storyline. One of my techs I researched requires activated quartzite which is unobtainable outside of expedition until you complete the storyline. I've spend hours playing and just realized that there are things locked behind story progression.

[Hykril Tynyx]

Nice job necroposting on a FIVE YEAR OLD THREAD, guys.

[Topek]

You don’t need to follow the storyline to enjoy the game. However, if you want to unlock the Autophage (machine people) or access new content like gas giants and water worlds, you’ll need to complete some prerequisite missions, which are part of the story:

The Artemis Path, all the way through to the end of The Purge.

The Atlas Path.

The Autophage mission, They Who Returned. (This becomes available only after completing the Artemis Path and visiting a Harmonic Camp in a dissonant system.)

While these missions enhance your experience and grant access to additional content, they’re not mandatory for enjoying the core gameplay.

[Hykril Tynyx]

Ugh... aaaaand another one