advanced mining laser

[Sidartha]

Does it require the mining beam installed to work or can I remove the mining beam once I have the advanced laser installed? Anyone know?

[Faceplant]

It requires the mining laser to be installed.

[Sidartha]

Damn. That's what I thought. hah. Thanks for the info.

[Peaceful Joe]

Where do you even get the advanced mining laser. I've been playing for hours and still haven't seen it.

[SnowWalker]

I'm not loving that the upgrades take up their own slots and don't just fuse with the thing we're upgrading in it's slot. I mean there must be a better way. We have so little space in the inventories as it is. Also, a starship should be alble to carry a heck of a lot more stuff than they do too...just sayin'.

[jacobvandy]

Originally posted by SnowWalker:

I'm not loving that the upgrades take up their own slots and don't just fuse with the thing we're upgrading in it's slot. I mean there must be a better way. We have so little space in the inventories as it is. A starship should be alble to carry a heck of a lot more than they too also....just sayin'.

If it worked that way, there'd be no reason for some multi-tools to have 20+ slots. And I see lots of ships that have 40+ slots, they're just very expensive (as they should be). What you should do is have different ships and specialize them for different purposes, like a fighter with engine/shield/weapon upgrades and then a hauler with lots of free space/mining tools/long-distance item teleporter. If you try to cram everything onto one ship, you're gonna have a bad time.

[Sidartha]

Originally posted by Joseph7000:

Where do you even get the advanced mining laser. I've been playing for hours and still haven't seen it.

I got mine from the first space station I visited in my starting system. There is a technology vendor that sells blueprints. They won't all have it (it's random or something) but always check those blueprint vendors in the space stations for upgrades.

Originally posted by SnowWalker:

I'm not loving that the upgrades take up their own slots and don't just fuse with the thing we're upgrading in it's slot. I mean there must be a better way. We have so little space in the inventories as it is. Also, a starship should be alble to carry a heck of a lot more stuff than they do too...just sayin'.

Yeah it's not the most elegant system but it is part of the way you progress in the game. You will gain access to better tools with more slots and better ships with more storage and suit upgrades for more personal cargo etc..

Also, the multi-tool tech that is of the same type and installed next to each other used to link and provide added bonuses. I haven't figured out if that is still the case post-patch but if so that would be an added benefit from multiple "upgrades" of the same type in one tool.

[Peaceful Joe]

I already know about those vendors. The problem is that none of them have been selling the advanced mining laser yet. I would love to have it, especially for my home planet lol. Still, I should count myself lucky for getting all the hyperdrive upgrade blueprints.

[SnowWalker]

Originally posted by jacobvandy:

Originally posted by SnowWalker:

I'm not loving that the upgrades take up their own slots and don't just fuse with the thing we're upgrading in it's slot. I mean there must be a better way. We have so little space in the inventories as it is. A starship should be alble to carry a heck of a lot more than they too also....just sayin'.

If it worked that way, there'd be no reason for some multi-tools to have 20+ slots. And I see lots of ships that have 40+ slots, they're just very expensive (as they should be). What you should do is have different ships and specialize them for different purposes, like a fighter with engine/shield/weapon upgrades and then a hauler with lots of free space/mining tools/long-distance item teleporter. If you try to cram everything onto one ship, you're gonna have a bad time.

Yeah, and I guess micro managing small inventoriies is a good way to learn about the minerals and these worlds but what really drives me bonkers is that the game doesn't allow us to just temporarily drop items so that we can craft othre stuff and then pick the items back up. No, we have to completely disregard the items :/

[BigRowdy]

Originally posted by Joseph7000:

I already know about those vendors. The problem is that none of them have been selling the advanced mining laser yet. I would love to have it, especially for my home planet lol. Still, I should count myself lucky for getting all the hyperdrive upgrade blueprints.

you mean the BP?

[BigRowdy]

My first expensive purchase was a new mulit tool with 24 slots and some upgrades on it. Bought that before I woried about changing ships.

cool 2 mill cost. lots of asteroid mining to get it.

[NexAngelus *X*]

IF u dont fill ur freighter or starship to max, u can just throw them in there and go pick them up when u get the chance. ship is obviously easy to get access to, but freighter takes a bit more time.

the first thing i did was work on maxing my inventory when i started. made life so much easier. i managed to max my multitool along that path as well. then was working on maxing my ship when i got bored i guess and moved on. now im back and i have more stuff to do. inventories were a pain in the butt, but its so worth it now im done again. the tech slot is AMAZING, and the cargo section is just OP as ♥♥♥♥. if u run out of actual inventory space when u cap those things... u are either in the middle of crafting something at ur base/freighter lol or u are doing it wrong lol.

[Snow Ape]

Is it just me or am I missing something. Every station I go to sells the same blueprints. I've bought all of them and every station I go to has nothing to buy outside of modules. Is this just how it works now? A few blueprint techs and then the modules are where the options come in? I hope not. I don't think I saw advanced mining laser for sale and they don't have anything else for me to buy...

[Blissett]

Originally posted by SAW11235:

Is it just me or am I missing something. Every station I go to sells the same blueprints. I've bought all of them and every station I go to has nothing to buy outside of modules. Is this just how it works now? A few blueprint techs and then the modules are where the options come in? I hope not. I don't think I saw advanced mining laser for sale and they don't have anything else for me to buy...

Yes, that's how it works now. The base technologies (like say, phase beam) are availiable in every station, and the upgrades that used to be ranked from Sigma to Theta are now random and don't require a blueprint, being instead bought as a pre-crafted thing ready to install.

Those are now the 'modules' and instead of only being able to install 3 upgrades (sigma to theta) for each basic tech, you can install 3 (or possibly more, I didn't try more) of any rank between C and S. So you could have 3 S rank upgrades for the same Phase Beam (or mining laser, or hyperdrive, or whatever).

Also the stats that each upgrade affect are random, and how much of a bonus it gives is also random, with the % number indicating how much of a bonus it gives to the random stats it affects.

So, for example, a Phase Beam upgrade of Rank C might affect damage or decrease overheating, while a Rank S upgrade would probably affect both (and other stats as well). Always check the tooltip to see what the upgrade does, they're not all the same.

[Peaceful Joe]

Are modules finite in this game? Let's say that Im forced to dismantle one. Will I be able to purchase what I lost again?

[Snow Ape]

Originally posted by Joseph7000:

Are modules finite in this game? Let's say that Im forced to dismantle one. Will I be able to purchase what I lost again?

Looks like we'll have to get lucky and come across that specific module again. Kind of lame but it seems like you'll come across similar things often enough.