Confused About An Alien Looking Multi-Tool Being Typed As Sentinel

[Toran]

I might be late to the party on this one since I initially played the game way back when NEXT got released and just recently picked it back up, but I finally found what I thought was an Alien Multi-Tool in a Space Station only to notice it's typed as Sentinel instead. Is this a common thing now? Is Alien as a stand-alone type gone? Because I know Experimental is still around after doing the current Expedition.

[Zerschmetterling]

I think it's just the name of the multitool.
As far as i know, you can't get sentinel type multitool on space stations, you can only find them in harmonic camps, or in sentinel pillars.

[gNg]

I think they must have changed it. I recently found one I've had before which used to be called an alien multi-tool, but is now called a sentinel multi-tool. Same tool, different name, that's all.

[Toran]

Okie doke. I went ahead and bought it anyways since I didn't have an alien looking one yet. Thanks for the answers.

[Lindy Bomber]

Can you post a picture of the multi tool?

Alien and sentient multi tools look very different.

[Pinger]

ditto screen shot, thousand words and all that in a screen shot

[gNg]

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198083019651/screenshot/2117311743213284211/

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198083019651/screenshot/2117311743213283271/

Sorry, can't figure out how to get them to show in the post - it's all changed since I last did it!

Anyway, it's the one on the left in the first pic. Always used to be an alien multitool.

[dreamrider]

Originally posted by Zerschmetterling:

I think it's just the name of the multitool.
As far as i know, you can't get sentinel type multitool on space stations, you can only find them in harmonic camps, or in sentinel pillars.

Pretty sure you CANNOT get Sentinel Multi-Tools from Sentinel Pillars. Just from Harmonic Camps. The lore backstory, after all, is that they have been crafted by a mysterious 'someone' (?Autophage?) from Sentinel parts, not that they are created by Sentinels or the Sentinel source.

[smurfy]

If you think A Class = Alien and S class = Sentinel, I'm curious what you think C class and B class and X class stood for?

All tools/ships can be C, B, A or S
All upgrade modules can be C, B, A, S, X or ?.

They are level tiers, not names.

[gNg]

Originally posted by smurfy:

If you think A Class = Alien and S class = Sentinel, I'm curious what you think C class and B class and X class stood for?

All tools/ships can be C, B, A or S
All upgrade modules can be C, B, A, S, X or ?.

They are level tiers, not names.

I don't think anyone thinks that. We're talking about multitool types, not classes.

[smurfy]

Originally posted by gNg:

Originally posted by smurfy:

If you think A Class = Alien and S class = Sentinel, I'm curious what you think C class and B class and X class stood for?

All tools/ships can be C, B, A or S
All upgrade modules can be C, B, A, S, X or ?.

They are level tiers, not names.

I don't think anyone thinks that. We're talking about multitool types, not classes.

Facepalm - Could not for the life of me see where you were seeing "Sentinel" on that screenshot. Sorry. Obviously need a Red Bull this morning (I don't drink coffee).

Update:
I very rarely screenshot that MT compare screen, so am looking through my library to see if there are any clues whether this was a change or a bug.

They have added Sentinel, Voltaic Staff and Atlantid types in the last few updates.

Those 3 all display correctly on the screens I have. I've only had one Alien MT that I grabbed since 4.4 so had to load up that save since I never took that screenshot, and sure enough, mine says Sentinel too.

Update 2:
OK, found a screen from October 2022. The Alien type was called Exotic.

[gNg]

Mornings aren't my best time either :)

[dreamrider]

Originally posted by smurfy:

If you think A Class = Alien and S class = Sentinel, I'm curious what you think C class and B class and X class stood for?

All tools/ships can be C, B, A or S
All upgrade modules can be C, B, A, S, X or ?.

They are level tiers, not names.

Not what the OP was talking about.
Look to the upper left of the first image, beneath the line that says "Current Multi-Tool".
The line that says, "Sentinel (36 slots)"

Also:
"All upgrade modules" CAN NOT be "?" class.
There is ONE unique type of Exosuit upgrade module that is "?" class, and there is ONE unique type of Boltcaster upgrade that is "?" class. These are a different type of upgrade, and in fact they can be applied in addition to standard "classed" upgrades.

[smurfy]

Originally posted by dreamrider:

Originally posted by smurfy:

If you think A Class = Alien and S class = Sentinel, I'm curious what you think C class and B class and X class stood for?

All tools/ships can be C, B, A or S
All upgrade modules can be C, B, A, S, X or ?.

They are level tiers, not names.

Not what the OP was talking about.
Look to the upper left of the first image, beneath the line that says "Current Multi-Tool".
The line that says, "Sentinel (36 slots)"

Also:
"All upgrade modules" CAN NOT be "?" class.
There is ONE unique type of Exosuit upgrade module that is "?" class, and there is ONE unique type of Boltcaster upgrade that is "?" class. These are a different type of upgrade, and in fact they can be applied in addition to standard "classed" upgrades.

Yeah thanks, we've established what I was missing...

correction of your correction though: There are two Exosuit ? upgrade modules - Sentinel and Autophage (allowing up to 6 ? modules in an Exosuit).

[dreamrider]

Have not played the Autophage sory line yet. I admittedly know little beyond the name "Autophage", and the fact that they have some kinda connection with Harmonic Camps.

Sorry about the overlap with the point made by gNg, and your response. I was typing, and feeding an invalid, at same time you were posting those. Didn't see that the point was covered til after.

BTW. I think this is just a typo in the item card. That MT shows none of the characteristics of a Sentinel MT. Most prominently, other than the very distinctly different visual model, there is no "Re-purposed Laser" instead of a "Mining Beam" - they are both non-removable components of their respective MT types.

[frazzled]

I've not seen a multi-tool labelled Alien in forever. What were formerly Alien are now Sentinel, as far as I can tell.