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The Boi Aug 5, 2023 @ 2:20pm
Newbie question about meeting other players
So I've jumped back into this game after finally being able to run it and I'm just wondering out of curiosity. I understand you can meet other players in the space anomaly, but is it possible to meet other players on planets? I know that was a talking point when the game first came out, but I'm wondering if they ever added that functionality
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Originally posted by UncreativelyNamed:
Technically you can, yes.

However, there are (literally) 18 quintillion planets in NMS spread across 256 galaxies. I don't know how many players are playing at a given time, on average. but I'd be surprised if it's even one million. A quintillion is a million million million. So the chances of you randomly being on a given planet with another player is infinitesimal. (Math isn't my strong suit. I'll let a more math-y person do the actual calculation.)

That said, there are some places in the 'verse where you're more likely to see other players. For instance, the closer you move toward the center of the starting galaxy, the higher the chances, since getting to the center is the goal of the main story line. Also, if you do any of the missions offered at the Nexus on the Anomaly, you'll be on the same planet as other players because everyone's sent to the same place for those missions. But if you just randomly exploring around, you're not likely to ever see another player, other than on the Anomaly.
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UncreativelyNamed Aug 5, 2023 @ 2:37pm 
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Technically you can, yes.

However, there are (literally) 18 quintillion planets in NMS spread across 256 galaxies. I don't know how many players are playing at a given time, on average. but I'd be surprised if it's even one million. A quintillion is a million million million. So the chances of you randomly being on a given planet with another player is infinitesimal. (Math isn't my strong suit. I'll let a more math-y person do the actual calculation.)

That said, there are some places in the 'verse where you're more likely to see other players. For instance, the closer you move toward the center of the starting galaxy, the higher the chances, since getting to the center is the goal of the main story line. Also, if you do any of the missions offered at the Nexus on the Anomaly, you'll be on the same planet as other players because everyone's sent to the same place for those missions. But if you just randomly exploring around, you're not likely to ever see another player, other than on the Anomaly.
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DreamScape Aug 5, 2023 @ 8:18pm 
Visit the warp gate in the Anomaly. the top three places. The coffee shop the space refuel system. Those places have rando's
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knighttemplar1960 Aug 5, 2023 @ 9:29pm 
Multiplayer was added about 2 years after the game's release. There are "guilds" that have set up shop on particular planets in particular galaxies. You can find them by searching threads here and on discord. You can post on the forums here to get people to add you to their friends list and if they are playing with multiplayer enabled you can join them.

Any time Hello Games runs an expedition you can find lots of players in the areas where the expedition is happening.
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