Need another crystallised heart

[cogvos]

Hi,

I need a crystallised heart for the Antalid reactor in the current singularity expidition. Frustratingly I had one and used it to repair a multitool, so now I need another.

I'm a bit confused about this since you apparently get 3 crystallised hearts for the Ignition milestone but I cannot do that without the Antalid reactor .

Thing is I'm not that good at fighting sentinels as my aiming is poor. So what's the best weapon to do max damage over a wide-ish area? Would the Neutron canon they give you as part of the expedition be good enough - or is there a better option?

Or is there another way to get a crystallised heart? I'm not sure how I got the 1st one, but it might have been from one of the wheelbarrows in a scrapper camp.

[Gazzza]

Find a dissonant resonator accompanied by one of those spider quads. Kill the quad and open the canister. It should contain what you need (I had the same).
Tactically, I dig a hole/tunnel with a kink at the end. Shoot just the thing you need, then run in the hole and hide.
Neutron cannon works, but get upgrades for it (you get 2 S-class as a reward IIRC). It's worth a little grind to be able to 2-shot or 3-shot the pests. And it's funny when you shoot an animal with it and it flies off in the air.
I think you either start with that heart or get it as a reward in Phase 1.

[smurfy]

The Neutron Canon with the upgrade one-shots the small quads and takes about 3 to kill a large one on normal difficulty settings. Taking out 5 corrupted sentinels is required for one of the other milestones, so best to do it on the quads if you don't want too much battling.

Early on, I tend to try to take the battle to a building POI where I can get up and avoid their jump attacks.

[graycap111b]

Easiest way without a fight is find a sentinel pillar to destroy all sentinels on that planet. You'll find the quad canisters (blue/purple) on the ground where they once stood, particularly around dissonance resonators. Also, now you can destroy dissonance resonators on that planet without the sentinels bothering you until you leave the planet/system.

[taniwhat]

Or. Find something high, comms towers are O.K. Top of your starship is doable with good shields "" top of a building.

I did this for the current expedition FWIW, not incredibly tooled up from level 3 of a comms tower. IF you pick off some of the drops your shields should pick up a recharge often enough.

Pick up a gravtino ball to provoke a response. Shoot at the incoming sentinels and run for the tower, get AT LEAST two levels up then keep killing until the large spiders (which drop hearts) appear. (Don't fall off, falling off is bad)

Neutron cannon is the good weapon for this.

[dreamrider]

^THIS^

On dissonant planets, Ancient Ruins (the temple/building kind, not the buried kind) are good for this. Only problem I've had with a set-up like that is that on rare occasions a small quad can somehow get INSIDE the foundation level of the temple. Then the wave won't time out. You have to go down and either tempt it out, or dig a trough under the foundation to allow it out. So you can kill it.

If you find an appropriate building, you can usually use the Analysis Visor to find a patrolling Sentinel close enough for you to shoot and open the party.

Alternatively, you could BUILD yourself a basic multi-story building / hunting blind. Be sure to include a small room on the top floor where you can duck out of the LOF, maybe let the later waves Deactivate.

[Emaulligu]

This. I used it to repair my multi-tool, deleted all the combat augments because I didn't have room to install them and didn't expect to have to fight in this stupid expedition, and now I'm stuck.

And because I don't materially have time to grind 20 hours in 5 days for decent weapons on a save that I'm going to delete anyway, I guess it will be the second time I don't complete this expedition.

[cogvos]

Many thanks for the tips. @Emaulligu - don't delete your save! This expedition throws nanites at you and the anomaly is available. Just go to the multitool vendor there and spend.

I've actually managed to kill the 5 floaty drones using the bolt caster (it took ages and I missed, panicked and ran a lot) so If I can do it anyone can. As for the bigger stuff, well they kill me quick. The reason I posted is I was standing at the anomaly vendor, like a kid in a sweet shop wondering what to buy.

[Mercenary-V]

Common guys, come to the anomaly (add me as friend). I've got some to give out. Teleport to the 1st system: Samieg (something something), I'm there.

[umop-apisdn]

Gazzza původně napsal:

Tactically, I dig a hole/tunnel with a kink at the end. Shoot just the thing you need, then run in the hole and hide.

I use a similar tactic, but with the Cloaking Device. There's one as a reward from one of the earlier milestones, or the multitool you get from the Korvax Monument has one built into its unique mining laser replacement.

Kill the quad, then hold right-click 'til they stop looking for you; no foxhole required.

[Emaulligu]

V#J# původně napsal:

Common guys, come to the anomaly (add me as friend). I've got some to give out. Teleport to the 1st system: Samieg (something something), I'm there.

Thanks a lot for the help, I appreciate it.
I've been able to conclude the expedition now.

[Johnny in the Clouds]

The upgraded Neutron cannon is great against the sentinels in this expedition, It's also the expedition weapon available in the phases. Sentinels can also be trapped in the entrance to buildings or even caves, so using buildings or doorways for cover and attacking sentinels outside, while you stand protected inside, can be a very useful tactic to beat them, if you do not have a strong weapon. The Paralysis Mortar if you have that tech installed in a multi-tool, is also helpful in defeating buzzing sentinels quickly.