Did they nerf Frigate Mission rewards?

[maestro]

Wow, the Frigate Mission rewards suck, apparently.

For awhile there, around last year, the rewards were rather good, even for 1 and 2 star missions, but now... all I get are 50k units, the occasional geodesite, and some other low-value junk.

No Salvaged Frigate Modules, no items worth more than 150k, nothing. Meanwhile I can land on any planet, scan one critter and get 200-500k credits, lol.

Did like 3 derelicts too, no Modules. The 1 and only module I got was from a crashed freighter on a planet.

Why do they insist on making these stupid modules way too hard to get when they expect you to collect some 100+ of them to unlock everything?

[AmberAnvil]

The RNG nerfs everything. What's the rush? I've been playing this Main save for over a year now. Eventually you'll get everything.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Use the portable refiner duping trick if you can't wait for SFMs. It also works for the Cargo devices if you want to expand freighter slots. They just made them too unobtainable, especially if you are just doing a quick Expedition.

As noted, there is really no reason to rush your main save. It all comes to you in time. The biggest challenge in a main save is trying to avoid hitting the max credits limit.

[gNg]

It's just bad RNG for the SFMs. I've had whole saves like that, but in others I've had plenty.

And frigate mission rewards vary from system to system and always start off pretty low before your frigates begin to level up.

[maestro]

There might not be a rush, but it'd be really nice if I could get my gardens and my matter beam up and running without having to use glitches to cheat.

The other stuff can wait, but the gardens and matter beam are rather important QoL, you know?

It's just stupid that SFMs are so hard to come by, when last year, they were appearing much more often. I literally did all of the available Frigate missions today and got zip. Last year, I was getting 3-4 a day consistently.

We'll see what happens with the next day, also another thing I noticed, all but one mission was 900LY, and one 1400LY. None of the longer missions, so Frigates are also leveling rather slowly because of it.

[lordoftheapes79]

The drop rates for Salvaged frigate modules are awful. Always have been, but you don't need that many in the end compared to most other things. My buddy and I save our extras and pass them off to new characters.

[maestro]

引用自 lordoftheapes79：

The drop rates for Salvaged frigate modules are awful. Always have been, but you don't need that many in the end compared to most other things. My buddy and I save our extras and pass them off to new characters.

It seems like *all* Frigate Mission rewards were nerfed, though, compared to what I was getting last year.

Dunno why they'd do that, and then give us all of these new frigates to play with, seems kinda counter-productive.

[AmberAnvil]

Still for me, the Derelict Freighters are the best way to get SFMs. Don't always find them, but after a thousand derelicts over the years, I can confidently say that it averages out to about one SFM per derelict. Also frequently find them in Crashed Freighters, Underwater crashed freighters, rewards from mission agents and Nexus missions.

[lordoftheapes79]

引用自 maestro：

引用自 lordoftheapes79：

The drop rates for Salvaged frigate modules are awful. Always have been, but you don't need that many in the end compared to most other things. My buddy and I save our extras and pass them off to new characters.

It seems like *all* Frigate Mission rewards were nerfed, though, compared to what I was getting last year.

Dunno why they'd do that, and then give us all of these new frigates to play with, seems kinda counter-productive.

I've been picking up on that too, but only been back a few days and I'm playing a low level character. Only a handful of my frigates are S class so far, so I can't speak for much.

But that does bring up a point. You sound like you're play a relatively new character. Are your ships still low class? because that does matter. An S class fleet brings back better loot than a C class one.

[maestro]

引用自 lordoftheapes79：

引用自 maestro：

It seems like *all* Frigate Mission rewards were nerfed, though, compared to what I was getting last year.

Dunno why they'd do that, and then give us all of these new frigates to play with, seems kinda counter-productive.

I've been picking up on that too, but only been back a few days and I'm playing a low level character. Only a handful of my frigates are S class so far, so I can't speak for much.

But that does bring up a point. You sound like you're play a relatively new character. Are your ships still low class? because that does matter. An S class fleet brings back better loot than a C class one.

I've not gotten around to expanding my fleet yet, but I have the Normandy which is always S-Class, an A-Class Combat and a C-Class Raider, and like I said above, they're offering all short missions which is taking forever to level that C-Class up.

But I plan on picking up a few more ships here soon now that I've got some more money. And it's about a 30 hour save that I did all of Artemis' Path for to unlock the Autophage stuff in the update before this one (that I also used to do the Omega Expedition with, too).

EDIT: Just checked the latest mission... 2 Albumen Pearls, a Vykeen Effigy and... forget what else. Something else worth like 20k. /eyeroll

Last year, I was getting stuff like Hadal Cores, Larvae Eggs, Iridesites, etc.

[AmberAnvil]

引用自 maestro：

I've not gotten around to expanding my fleet yet, but I have the Normandy which is always S-Class, an A-Class Combat and a C-Class Raider, and like I said above, they're offering all short missions which is taking forever to level that C-Class up.

This may be the problem. Only after you own more than 3 frigates will you be offered the standard, longer, more lucrative missions you remember. Before that, it's training wheels. I had assumed you were sending out a full fleet of 5 frigates for your expeditions.

[lordoftheapes79]

引用自 maestro：

I've not gotten around to expanding my fleet yet, but I have the Normandy which is always S-Class, an A-Class Combat and a C-Class Raider, and like I said above, they're offering all short missions which is taking forever to level that C-Class up.

But I plan on picking up a few more ships here soon now that I've got some more money. And it's about a 30 hour save that I did all of Artemis' Path for to unlock the Autophage stuff in the update before this one (that I also used to do the Omega Expedition with, too).

See, I always start building my fleet as soon as I get my freighter. It's hands down, the best return on investment in the game. I get 3 trade, exploration, and industrial, and 5 or so Combat and Support. The rest is reserved for living frigates nowadays.

[frazzled]

They get better as your frigates level up. Also get better as you have more frigates to send. But at first, when you aren't sending a full 5 on each expedition, and they are all C-class? Rewards not as impressive.

[maestro]

They must have changed that since last year, because I was just sending out 2-3 and I was getting rewards just fine.

[AmberAnvil]

引用自 maestro：

They must have changed that since last year, because I was just sending out 2-3 and I was getting rewards just fine.

But how many frigates did you "own" at the time? That's what determines the expeditions you're offered.

[maestro]

引用自 AmberAnvil：

引用自 maestro：

They must have changed that since last year, because I was just sending out 2-3 and I was getting rewards just fine.

But how many frigates did you "own" at the time? That's what determines the expeditions you're offered.

The only couple I was sending out.

I remember picking up a freighter, getting the Normandy, and only having enough money to hire like 1 near the beginning of a save, sending them out, and then getting stuff like iridesites, herox, lemmium, hadal cores, etc because I always thought to myself "can't wait to get a freighter and get a nice money boost from the frigate missions!"

That's why I'd beeline a freighter as soon as I hit the 4 hour mark on a new save back then.

EDIT: I was also doing it for the SFMs to unlock the matter beam ASAP because nothing helps early-game quite like having access to 500 storage slots anywhere at any time.