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GangStaz

Oct 30, 2019 @ 9:38pm

I accepted a bad free freighter

Hello
I didn't read any guide about freighter before the first encounter and I accepted the free freighter after the mission to defend it. Unfortunatly the freighter is a 8 slot B class.
Is there a way to get a new one free ? or now my only solution is to buy one ?
Thanks

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VrDRunkenMonkey has No Man's Sky

Oct 30, 2019 @ 9:40pm

Originally posted by GangStaz:
Hello
I didn't read any guide about freighter before the first encounter and I accepted the free freighter after the mission to defend it. Unfortunatly the freighter is a 8 slot B class.
Is there a way to get a new one free ? or now my only solution is to buy one ?
Thanks

Sadly you only get 1 chance for the free freighter once you accept it. You have a couple choices 1 being buying a new one or 2 starting a new game till you get to that point again. 3. If you have an older Save file you can load that up and progress from that point onwards.

GangStaz

Oct 30, 2019 @ 9:41pm

Thanks for your reply I will need money i guess :(

VrDRunkenMonkey has No Man's Sky

Oct 30, 2019 @ 9:45pm

Originally posted by GangStaz:
Thanks for your reply I will need money i guess :(

I did the same when i first started and got a bugger myself as I was not paying attention. It wasn't too much time for me to make money. Money making goes by quick in the game sometimes ridiculously quick .

Peaceful Panda has No Man's Sky

Oct 30, 2019 @ 11:12pm

Consider it a positive. Getting a freighter is a major milestone. I don't really like that you can get top tier freighters for free. They are very epic and would be even more so with a decent grind.

pntln

Oct 30, 2019 @ 11:17pm

Originally posted by Peaceful Panda:
Consider it a positive. Getting a freighter is a major milestone. I don't really like that you can get top tier freighters for free. They are very epic and would be even more so with a decent grind.

Except they ruined the grind by adding the Mining feature, every new player will be overflowing with units two weeks into their game.

Squirrelly has No Man's Sky

Oct 31, 2019 @ 12:10am

After my first free one, I did get calls defend some others. Usually when arriving in a new system for the first time. I don't know if true for sure, but have been told if you save one from pirates they will sell to you at a deal.

Besides mining, do the base building missions until you get the farmer at your base. Can learn to grow things to make circuit boards that sell pretty well. Each day I log in I make a quick $9 mil from that, and that's just a pretty casual thing. I could ramp it up to a much larger scale if was less lazy. :-)

Dr. Zed

Oct 31, 2019 @ 2:29am

Originally posted by GangStaz:
Hello
I didn't read any guide about freighter before the first encounter and I accepted the free freighter after the mission to defend it. Unfortunatly the freighter is a 8 slot B class.
Is there a way to get a new one free ? or now my only solution is to buy one ?
Thanks

Bad freighter is better than no freighter ;)

Money is easy, just build a farm. Even mining copper will fill your coffers quickly!

If you don't have blueprints for extractors and power generator, just dig up some buried technology and purchase blueprints at the anomaly.

DthBlayde

Oct 31, 2019 @ 7:00am

Originally posted by Peaceful Panda:
Consider it a positive. Getting a freighter is a major milestone. I don't really like that you can get top tier freighters for free. They are very epic and would be even more so with a decent grind.

You can though. By refusing the first freighter ( which is always low end of the scale) , each subsequent freighter battle will always award the ship for free until you accept one. On my old save I skipped the first ship, then a few afterwards till I landed a 34 slot A class dreadnaught. For free. The only thing higher is an S, but I still got the max slot count on it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1715587713

It just takes time, MANY warp jumps and or save-scumming which I'm loathe to bother with.

Last edited by DthBlayde; Oct 31, 2019 @ 7:02am

Starship Moguta has No Man's Sky

Oct 31, 2019 @ 10:59am

To OP: Don't worry about it and just play the game. One of the most fun ways to make money is to get S-class upgrades for your multi-tool's scanner. Maxed out, you can make more than 100k credits each time you discover a new species.

GangStaz

Oct 31, 2019 @ 4:32pm

Thanks for all your replies and support. In fact this is not a big deal, I will just grow my business and slowly grind a better one. After some thoughts, I prefer this way as I don't like easy games that give you everything for free, having for free a super freighter S 34 slots would have made my game a little more boring actually.

Thanks for the help folk !

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tattmann

Oct 31, 2019 @ 10:38pm

Originally posted by GangStaz:
Thanks for all your replies and support. In fact this is not a big deal, I will just grow my business and slowly grind a better one. After some thoughts, I prefer this way as I don't like easy games that give you everything for free, having for free a super freighter S 34 slots would have made my game a little more boring actually.

Thanks for the help folk !

Hey, on a side note, when you get the units built up, warp only to booming, rich, or wealthy systems only. Every 5 or so warps you'll get the defend a freighter battle. I landed a 34 slot s class dreadnaught recently by doing so. Don't warp to lower class systems. Just the rich ones. Good luck in your search.

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