Someone gift me a lot of resources. Does the guy who gave me stuff is a hacker?

[ColeMac32]

Yesterday, when i was at the space anomaly someone start giving stuff to random players, like me, some stuff randomly, and i'm woried that it could be a hacker.
Should i delete the stuff he give me or is it not a problem?

[The Knowledge Seeker]

It is common. If you don't want it, you can delete it and keep going. If you want it, that is why they got rid of it, go ahead and use it. You can do the same, it is a trade feature.

[Zak]

The game allows you to give stuff from your inventory to players near you. So it's common, and for some players annoying, but people give stuff without asking at the Anomaly. Just delete it if you don't want it.

[Dirak2012]

You don't need to be a "hacker" to use the save editor, or just play enough to get more items and credits that you won't ever need.

[UncreativelyNamed]

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

You don't need to be a "hacker" to use the save editor, or just play enough to get more items and credits that you won't ever need.

Or you just acquire a lot of stuff that you don't need without using a save editor. :)

To the OP: Some people just seem to enjoy gifting people stuff, sometimes because they're generous, sometimes because they think it's funny to hand out stacks of mostly useless stuff. I've had people give me those fusion ignitor things that are worth a lot of money, stacks of expansion slots, a bunch of nipnip buds, once a huge stack of sweetroot, all sorts of things. Most things I don't use because doing so would be against my personal rules and/or because I couldn't care less about units, so I just discard it, but I imagine there are also lots of appreciative people out there.

In other words, no one's trying to hurt your game, Either enjoy your gifts or discard them, no harm no foul.

[Hazy_Memories]

note to givers....Please ask before gifting also don't be stupid about it like giving 9999 units of resources, I myself enjoy helping people out in the anomaly...but I never give without announcing in the hanger deck "DOES ANYONE NEED ANYTHING....I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP" also they will get a few hundred at best...I do this because when I first started playing people were always helping, sure I've gotten ridiculous things..just dump em...I just like to pay it forward.....does this make me a bad player??????? if so I will stop it...need input people

[Parian]

I like to gift a Chocolate Cake or two. Who doesn't like Chocolate Cake?

[Krash Megiddo]

Beware of the stranger bearing Faecium.

[LazerRay]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Beware of the stranger bearing Faecium.

Someone is literally handing out free crap (I have done this a few times before, but only 1 stack per person I don't clutter inventories)

[Hazy_Memories]

lol...I'll take the cake any day of the week,
But the end point is trying to help and not over burden a new player and spoil their game experience, just my thoughts...thanks for replying everyone. P.S.-Remember ask them first...or announce in the hanger deck if anyone needs anything....

[Dragoncat]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Beware of the stranger bearing Faecium.

I wish I could encounter them, I’m in need of faecium to start a farm

[ejay]

Originally posted by Hazy_Memories:

note to givers....Please ask before gifting also don't be stupid about it like giving 9999 units of resources, I myself enjoy helping people out in the anomaly...but I never give without announcing in the hanger deck "DOES ANYONE NEED ANYTHING....I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP" also they will get a few hundred at best...I do this because when I first started playing people were always helping, sure I've gotten ridiculous things..just dump em...I just like to pay it forward.....does this make me a bad player??????? if so I will stop it...need input people

Gifting is also used in a duplication glitch. Not sure if it still works, but it is/was a trick to duplicate items quickly using a exocraft inventory, going to the anomaly, gift something to someone and than do a reload. The person doing it wants to do this as quickly as possible, so doesn't bother asking if someone needs anything.

[Hazy_Memories]

Don't know why anyone would do a duplication that way...much easier using a small refiner, not sure if it still works though, also there was a duplication trick with large refiners as well....

[Galactic Starman]

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

You don't need to be a "hacker" to use the save editor, or just play enough to get more items and credits that you won't ever need.

Originally posted by ejay:

Gifting is also used in a duplication glitch. Not sure if it still works,...

Originally posted by Hazy_Memories:

Don't know why anyone would do a duplication that way...much easier using a small refiner...

Simply change the difficulty settings to make everything free including purchases and crafting. Alternatively, simply swap to another mode like Creative mode if something is tedious. Buy what you need (including ship inventory slots, ships, ship class upgrades, tech upgrades) or craft what you need and swap back to your favourite mode. Hello Games gave us the power to change settings. Once you have overdosed playing with those settings, you'll end up playing the game without bothering with changing settings and just enjoy the game as it's meant to be played. Still useful though for those tedious moments or grinding you may not want to do. Other days grinding can be fun, like farming sentinels.

Originally posted by Dragoncat:

..., I’m in need of faecium to start a farm

Grow it from the red Gutrot plants you can plant them in the planters.