How long will it take to get normandy?

[Patryk]

ME Legendary took me way longer to finish and looks like im too late to obtain the ship in NMS. :((

[Kunyomi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzpP3n5cjZE This shows you a quick way to get the Normandy. I'm not sure where the timer for the event is at now, but if you go offline and turn back your system clock you can 'rewind time' until you finish. I think that might be necessary to stop the game from converting your expedition save file to a normal one when the timer reaches 0.

There are also other ways to simply unlock the Normandy and other rewards by editing some files.

[Scott]

timer is gone, sadly I think you are too late. TBF, it is only a Friggate, so not missing out on much.

[Kunyomi]

You can still make a new expedition save file in offline mode with your system set to a few days ago, at least I just managed to do that. My guess is that this will be possible until a patch comes along to actually remove / disable the entire expedition, perhaps replacing it with the third.
Presumably you'd have to stay in offline mode for the duration though, or it would set it to normal mode when it figures out it's not actually the 20th or w/e.
Worth a shot if you really want to play Expedition 2 anyway.

[Amras]

Originally posted by Scott:

timer is gone, sadly I think you are too late. TBF, it is only a Friggate, so not missing out on much.

But it's THE frigate :D

[Cougr]

just a ship, if you want money there's way easier and faster way's, i pretty much never use my Freighter

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Patryk:

ME Legendary took me way longer to finish and looks like im too late to obtain the ship in NMS. :((

It took me around 6 hours on both XB1 and PS4, but that was without trying to do everything. The biggest problem was running out of fuel on PS4. It took my time on PC, at around 11 hours to do everything. Thankfully, as this is the PC version it's probably possible to edit a certain file and give yourself the Normandy, although you've missed the mission.

[Weaver]

Originally posted by Patryk:

ME Legendary took me way longer to finish and looks like im too late to obtain the ship in NMS. :((

Are you on PC? If so I have a solution for you. If you are on console you are out of luck.

[ADMNtek]

on PC it is very easy to cheat in. it literally a change to a text file.

[Kobs]

Originally posted by ADMNtek:

on PC it is very easy to cheat in. it literally a change to a text file.

It's easier than you think if you just download the save editor all you have to do is switch one you already have for a Normandy... hell you can have a whole fleet of them

[ADMNtek]

Originally posted by Kobs:

Originally posted by ADMNtek:

on PC it is very easy to cheat in. it literally a change to a text file.

It's easier than you think if you just download the save editor all you have to do is switch one you already have for a Normandy... hell you can have a whole fleet of them

yea that would also work. but that will only work for that save.

[Weaver]

Originally posted by Kobs:

Originally posted by ADMNtek:

on PC it is very easy to cheat in. it literally a change to a text file.

It's easier than you think if you just download the save editor all you have to do is switch one you already have for a Normandy... hell you can have a whole fleet of them

Its much easier than bothering with a save editor. Because the game wasn't originally designed for multiplayer and doesn't keep save data server side, they had to place the expedition data in a local config file to make it apply to all your saves.

If you missed the expedition rewards for 1 and/or 2:

Browse local files from the options for the game on steam. Binaries/settings. GCUSERSETTINGS.MXML Save a copy of it in case you screw something up.

Open the file with notepad or whatnot and find the correct spot in it and insert this:

<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards">
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_FIREPACK01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="BLD_EXPD_BASE01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_DECAL01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE02B" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_HELMET01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BACKPACK01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_SHIP01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BANNER01" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="MYSTERY_TRACKER" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_DECAL02" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_BANNER02" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_SPEC02" />
<Property name="UnlockedSeasonRewards" value="EXPD_TITLE02A" />
</Property>

(Make sure to not double the first and last lines, they are just there for reference as to where to place this) This will unlock all the account wide rewards for the first 2 expeditions at the quicksilver shop. Also once you make sure its working correctly, always back up and save this file. If you lose the GCUSERSETTINGS.MXML because you switch computers, have to reformat, whatever, you'll lose all rewards. Make sure not to change the file type when saving.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Originally posted by ADMNtek:

on PC it is very easy to cheat in. it literally a change to a text file.

If it is just the reward you want, this is an option. For me, it was the surprise of seeing the Normandy show up in game and being able to follow it flying around the planet that made the expedition cool.

It is nice to have an S class frigate for free on a new game, but the frigates are static and really it is not something you will ever really interact with unless you want to go troll your frigates from time to time.

[ADMNtek]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

Originally posted by ADMNtek:

on PC it is very easy to cheat in. it literally a change to a text file.

If it is just the reward you want, this is an option. For me, it was the surprise of seeing the Normandy show up in game and being able to follow it flying around the planet that made the expedition cool.

It is nice to have an S class frigate for free on a new game, but the frigates are static and really it is not something you will ever really interact with unless you want to go troll your frigates from time to time.

true when i saw her jump in that low to the ground it was very cool. especially since i'm a huge ME fan.