Feedback: Switching Freighters

[Warlord1981NL]

So I went from an A-Class freighter to a B-class capital freighter. Got asked if I wanted to transfer my inventory and transfer my base... Where are all my freighter technology upgrades???

If I get an exosuit inventory upgrade, I can also upgrade the techology slots... Which tells me the tech slots are part of the inventory... But when I transfer inventory from old freighter to the new one and tell it to bring the inventory then it doesn't bring the tech? WHY?!

I had all my tech slots filled up on my old freighter and now I have lost them all because you refuse to be consistent in what is or isn't "ïnventory". This is ridiculous. At least be CONSISTENT. FFS... Now I can start completely over making my freighter remote useful again. At least transfer the base worked... Although who cares because that would've taken no more than 5 minutes with just what I carry in inventory... Also, you transferred all the items except the fuel in the freighter inventory... Why? Again, you don't transfer the most annoying part.

You don't even give a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ warning that this doesn't include the technology.

And to top it all off, I tried using a restore point that was half an hour earlier and I didn't get my old ship back? How? It's not been 10 minutes at the time of writing this when I purchased the new freighter? First time I've actually needed to use a restore point and it doesn't restore ♥♥♥♥. Good to know that feature is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ useless.

You owe me 2 S-Class upgrades and 8 C-class upgrades that I had gathered from Derelict Freighter missions and Destroy Freighter missions, Hello Games...

Pissed off regards,

Me

[Dirak2012]

The engine of your car isn't part of the cargo, unless you pack the tech before changing freighters, then it becomes cargo.
I don't know, it seems just common sense.

[Warlord1981NL]

Except that it is not. As explained: You can use a exosuit inventory upgrade to upgrade the tech slots. That makes the technology slots part of the inventory. That that would be consistent across the board is common sense. This is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[umop-apisdn]

Some lessons are harder than others.

Today, you learned.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

If you didnt dismount the tech modules you lost them during the exchange. It's the same as with multi-tools or starships.... period.
If you made a base in your "S-rank derelict freighter modules" this should only be a 3-5 day grind matter... even less if you kept some modules in your freighter cargo.
Otherwise it's time to go search for coordinates on youtube.

[PepeMilagro]

It's the same situation when you switch MT or ships.
So why were you surprised when it happened with your freighter?

[atrophyannie00]

Yeah, i figured this out the first time I got a new multi-tool. Definitely not trading in anything without looking through my tech first again.

It definitely sucked, I had some valuable upgrades and didn't even think about it till later.

[Zak]

Originally posted by atrophyannie00:

Yeah, i figured this out the first time I got a new multi-tool. Definitely not trading in anything without looking through my tech first again.

It definitely sucked, I had some valuable upgrades and didn't even think about it till later.

Since NMS doesn't have a multiple save system like other games and it's easy to make such mistakes due to inadequate warnings, it's particularly important to backup your NMS save files regularly.

[Warlord1981NL]

Originally posted by PepeMilagro:

It's the same situation when you switch MT or ships.
So why were you surprised when it happened with your freighter?

Because I've never traded a starship or a multitool in. With starships I've just added the ones I found to my collection and repaired them if better and otherwise scrapped them. And as for multitools, I'm still using the first one I got. I rarely use it anyway, but besides that the multi-tools I was offered along the way didn't seem like much of an upgrade to me. If I go mining I tend to use my Roamer anyway. So I saved my money.

Was saving my money to get farms going because at one point at a production facility where we could get new recipes for free as it allowed me to answer the questions over and over and got, amongst others, a stasis device recipe. When I saw that it sold for 15.6m Units I worked on getting farms going so I could craft them on the daily and always have plenty of money.

Had I not been forced to trade in my old freighter I would've outright bought the new one too. It was just a little over 100m and I currently have well over 1b and that is not even counting the statis devices I haven't sold yet so that wouldn't have been a problem for me.

As such, I never got a new multi-tool, never traded in a starship (I am perfectly happy using the Sentinel ship I got from following a Sentinel distress call) and now I was forced to trade in a freighter. That is how I ended up like this.

[PepeMilagro]

You're 450h in the game and still using the initial water gun as the MT??

You're missing out on a lot lad. Can you screenshot it? I'm curious about it current stats.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3124737313

[SlowMoJoe]

I think it's a strength of the game that it can provide a way to enjoy it for many comers, including Warlords who join a fight with a watergun when they can afford the USS Enterprise.

[ItzaLaggin]

Originally posted by Warlord1981NL:

Except that it is not. As explained: You can use a exosuit inventory upgrade to upgrade the tech slots. That makes the technology slots part of the inventory. That that would be consistent across the board is common sense. This is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

isnt it nice when you are told that its common sense....I recently switched freighters too from an A class that i bumped to 35 and i moved what i could to my starship and relooked at everything and made the switch...hahah well common sense would tell me that i did it right but when looking at my new S class freighter it was only a 28 slot...ok no problem I have a lot of extra bulkheads ill just open that up,,,nope its greyed out cant do it..should have kept my A class. Anyways there are a lot of trolls that seem to forget they were once new players and can be quite rude and may even tell you to get educated lol....block em right now

[~ buttercup ~]

Originally posted by Warlord1981NL:

So I went from an A-Class freighter to a B-class capital freighter. Got asked if I wanted to transfer my inventory and transfer my base... Where are all my freighter technology upgrades???
...
You owe me 2 S-Class upgrades and 8 C-class upgrades that I had gathered from Derelict Freighter missions and Destroy Freighter missions, Hello Games...

These are things that can be rough to learn the hard way, but I'm not sure I'd want the game hand-holding me with warnings about things like this. It feels more like real life to learn as you live in the game (or as you read guides and discussion posts for tips and strategies from other people). I've been super careful ever since the first time I traded in a freighter and missed clicking the right answer about transferring my base (actually, I'm not sure it asked me, since I think back then if you had moved all your cargo it didn't always pop up a question).

These are the hard lessons that cause us to remember things. It's amazing that you've spent all this time without trading in ships or multitools and learning how that works. Tech slots are not cargo slots. I can understand the disappointment, though.

Why did you downgrade from an A class to a B class freighter? Was it just because it looked cooler? In another message you used the term "forced" you to trade it in -- I'm pretty sure there's always an option to decline a freighter and just take payment instead, so I don't understand that part either.

[umop-apisdn]

Originally posted by ~ buttercup ~:

In another message you used the term "forced" you to trade it in -- I'm pretty sure there's always an option to decline a freighter and just take payment instead, so I don't understand that part either.

I think this was referring to not having an option to add it to one's "stable", unlike multitools and starships.

Originally posted by Warlord1981NL:

Because I've never traded a starship or a multitool in. With starships I've just added the ones I found to my collection and repaired them if better and otherwise scrapped them. And as for multitools, I'm still using the first one I got. I rarely use it anyway, but besides that the multi-tools I was offered along the way didn't seem like much of an upgrade to me. If I go mining I tend to use my Roamer anyway. So I saved my money.