I'm done. I love this game. But this combat is literally making it impossible for me to play anymore

[Jessedavid4]

I've been having space combat bugs since I started this game. I use the phase beam. But I have a high tail on my ship. Problem is, I invested so many storage augmentations and S tier engine on it, that I don't want to get a brand new ship. So the problem is, any part of my ship in the viewport of my phase beam, will hit my ship. I can literally kill myself in a few seconds.

People keep saying "they fix game breaking bugs". Well I don't believe it anymore. I recommended the heck out of this game 3 days ago. But these space combat bugs are soooo horrific. I've never played a game with this many bugs, nor have I played a game with this many bugs in a single mechanic of the game.

I hope to god these devs act one day. QC is needed in multiplayer games.

Beyond the game breaking space combat bugs I've been getting. I have been on one of my main quests for about 3 days now because it will not progress. Even after I've reset it about 9-10 times. That's another reason why I am finding it hard to recommend this game.

Maybe as a creative game it can be fun. But combat, story, exploration has way too many issues.

And for a multiplayer game that probably made a profit over the last 8 years, you'd think they invest in some quality control developers to fix the problems.

There was a reason why I badly wanted to make a video to show the devs. Because the amount of bugs I encounter is unreal. It's as if high schoolers on the first class released a small script to make and app respond to some macros, but have gone horribly wrong.

[Jaggid Edje]

This is not an airport, it's not really necessary to announce departures nor arrivals.

If your goal is to give feedback to the developers, you are in the wrong place for that. You would want to send the gripes to the Zendesk[hellogames.zendesk.com] as feedback.

[NaN]

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

I've been having space combat bugs since I started this game. I use the phase beam. But I have a high tail on my ship. Problem is, I invested so many storage augmentations and S tier engine on it, that I don't want to get a brand new ship. So the problem is, any part of my ship in the viewport of my phase beam, will hit my ship. I can literally kill myself in a few seconds.

1st time I read of this bug, I had so many ships, of any kind, in this game, and really it's the first time I have ever heard or read of this game breaking bug, but anyway if it happens just to one of us, to you, it could happen to anyone, so I agree fully with you that's a game breaking bug that needs to be fixed.
But bugs have some chances to be fixed if and only if they are reported to the Devs, better and quicker action from the Devs is expected if and only if you chose the right way to report them, and about HG, IIRC you should have used this link: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Have you already reported this game breaking bug on Zendesk?

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

People keep saying "they fix game breaking bugs". Well I don't believe it anymore. I recommended the heck out of this game 3 days ago. But these space combat bugs are soooo horrific. I've never played a game with this many bugs, nor have I played a game with this many bugs in a single mechanic of the game.

I hope to god these devs act one day. QC is needed in multiplayer games.

So, I don't understand, are you telling me that you changed your mind in these last 3 days about this game and before of that you were recommending it, but right now, after just 3 days of game breaking bugs you have totally changed your mind?
Have you backed up regularly your save games? If you have already backed up your save games, have you tried to restore an older than 3 days save game just to see if these game breaking bugs are still there?
I agree with you that QC is needed in MP game and I add that it's needed in every piece of software, games or not, MP, SP, whatever.

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

Beyond the game breaking space combat bugs I've been getting. I have been on one of my main quests for about 3 days now because it will not progress. Even after I've reset it about 9-10 times. That's another reason why I am finding it hard to recommend this game.

Would you mind to tell us what this your main quest is? Would you mind to tell us at what point this your main quest is stalled? Otherwise it's very hard to try to help you...

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

Maybe as a creative game it can be fun. But combat, story, exploration has way too many issues.

For anyone in the creative way of this game, of course...

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

And for a multiplayer game that probably made a profit over the last 8 years, you'd think they invest in some quality control developers to fix the problems.

IDK if I would define NMS a MP game, it seems to me much more a SP game with a band aid netcode that adds some kind of MP interaction, but it doesn't seem to me a MP at all.
It's born a SP game, and has been so for years, HG introduced MP, but actually the game at its heart it's still a SP game...

...and I wouldn't undervalue the fact that it's really an enjoyable SP game, and that NMS as a SP game is still selling so well and so much...

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

There was a reason why I badly wanted to make a video to show the devs. Because the amount of bugs I encounter is unreal. It's as if high schoolers on the first class released a small script to make and app respond to some macros, but have gone horribly wrong.

I don't see any video at all, maybe if you posted a link to the video it would help us to understand better, but you are talking about a video that we can not see...

[Zak]

NMS is not a combat focused game. Bye!

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

I have been on one of my main quests for about 3 days now because it will not progress. Even after I've reset it about 9-10 times.

this sounds like you have another quest/mission that is blocking this one you have reset...

[D_Be4r]

There is a new bug here, it's appeared quite recently.

The issue is the phase beam shoots its own ship. It seems to be worse on exotics and explorers but I've seen it on other ships also.

I usually run a max.'d out phase beam as my only weapon (why?: it's always selected as 1st & only weapon, long range, recharges shields, KOs with a couple of taps at close range). Right now though, the phrase 'shooting yourself in the foot' comes to mind! Definitely not a good strategy on permadeath!

I've seen this reported in a few places now; trying to avoid ship combat until it's fixed.

[Nettle]

Originally posted by NaN:

1st time I read of this bug

It's the Ghost of No Man's Past come back to haunt us; I'm sure we've seen the like before.

*sounds of rummaging in background*

Only thing to do is swap the Beam out for something else in the meantime.

~~~

2024 : My ship keeps shooting itself

2018 : Shooting with my ship hurts me.

2016 : Anyone else have this bug-Phase Beams

[NaN]

Originally posted by Unarmed Bandit:

Originally posted by NaN:

1st time I read of this bug

It's the Ghost of No Man's Past come back to haunt us; I'm sure we've seen the like before.

*sounds of rummaging in background*

Only thing to do is swap the Beam out for something else in the meantime.

~~~

2024 : My ship keeps shooting itself

2018 : Shooting with my ship hurts me.

2016 : Anyone else have this bug-Phase Beams

Then it's a regression bug, it's paramount that it should be reported again to the Devs using Zendesk, that is the way they like a bug to be reported, and it's the quickest way to make the Devs aware of this regression.

[Emphoise]

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

Maybe as a creative game it can be fun. But combat, story, exploration has way too many issues.

Yeah. Many users have been repeating this for years, and it seems that you found out the hard way.

The best you can do is finding workarounds to circumvent the bugs and enjoy the things in the game that are functional.

And don't expect too much from updates, lots of fuss for very little stuff. What you have is what you get.

[76561199639008767]

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

I hope to god these devs act one day. QC is needed in multiplayer games.

I hear you man, I love this game but it doesn't respond in kind. You are mad now but I know You'll still be a Traveler.

[ItzaLaggin]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

This is not an airport, it's not really necessary to announce departures nor arrivals.

If your goal is to give feedback to the developers, you are in the wrong place for that. You would want to send the gripes to the Zendesk[hellogames.zendesk.com] as feedback.

ahhh you want ony uicorns and rainbows in yor feed.....scrol past, peeps can ent al they want , you cant control it period

[Prescient Stones]

Out now In Experimental: Coming SOON to a Main Update.

Experimental Branch 19/04
Fixed a rare blocker in A Trace of Metal related to gathering components from Specialist Polo.
The weapon upgrade shop on the space station is now easier to interact with.
Fixed an issue that caused the holographic preview of living ships in the Starship Outfitting Terminal to be scaled incorrectly.
Fixed an issue that prevented frigate fleet expeditions from redeeming monetary rewards in currencies other than Units.
Fixed an issue that caused the holographic preview of Interceptor ships in the Starship Outfitting Terminal to be missing parts.
Improved the display of language names in the Options menu.
Fixed an issue which could cause damage to your ship when firing some ship weapons.
Improved game stability on Switch.

[Foxglovez]

The game wants you to use the infra-knife not that silly beam so it's going to kill you till you do the right thing. And yes, buggy but most are just features. If perfection is a need then this game might not be your thing. There are thousands of games out there so hope you find one you like.
Travel safe.

[sosayweall]

this is what happens when peopel dont research anything about a game and just dive into it expecting something it isnt. i'm sorry you didn't enjoy your time in the game good luck elsewhere but please don't agressively ♥♥♥♥ on a game we have enjoyed thousands of hrs in

[Wizard of Woz]

Originally posted by Jessedavid4:

I've been having space combat bugs since I started this game. I use the phase beam. But I have a high tail on my ship. Problem is, I invested so many storage augmentations and S tier engine on it, that I don't want to get a brand new ship. So the problem is, any part of my ship in the viewport of my phase beam, will hit my ship. I can literally kill myself in a few seconds.

People keep saying "they fix game breaking bugs". Well I don't believe it anymore. I recommended the heck out of this game 3 days ago. But these space combat bugs are soooo horrific. I've never played a game with this many bugs, nor have I played a game with this many bugs in a single mechanic of the game.

I hope to god these devs act one day. QC is needed in multiplayer games.

Beyond the game breaking space combat bugs I've been getting. I have been on one of my main quests for about 3 days now because it will not progress. Even after I've reset it about 9-10 times. That's another reason why I am finding it hard to recommend this game.

Maybe as a creative game it can be fun. But combat, story, exploration has way too many issues.

And for a multiplayer game that probably made a profit over the last 8 years, you'd think they invest in some quality control developers to fix the problems.

There was a reason why I badly wanted to make a video to show the devs. Because the amount of bugs I encounter is unreal. It's as if high schoolers on the first class released a small script to make and app respond to some macros, but have gone horribly wrong.

Here's an idea don't use the phase beam...

[Aku]

There are some simple tricks to get quests progressing again. Would need to know the specific mission and how it;s stuck.