annoying Communication drones near portal

[Meranius]

is there a way to hide this crap? its so damn crowded with them..it pisses me off

[maestro]

Yeah I don't get why HG is adamant about allowing players to annoy us with these stupid things.

So sick and tired of the spam every time I enter and exit a portal.

16 expeditions now and they are still REFUSING to budge on this issue and refusing to get rid of the stupid comm balls despite us asking and pleading to at least let us hide them if nothing else.

[Meranius]

i would rather destroy them then keep this message spam on my screen

[Jaggid Edje]

THe only way to get rid of them is to go completely offline. Not just turning off multiplayer in the game, but actually putting Steam itself offline before launching the game (or disconnecting your internet, blocking NMS in your firewall, etc.).

And I agree, it's very annoying. One of the portals along the expedition route had so many comm balls it was like comm ball carpeting.

[Laura Dragonite]

One of the only things that irritate the living daylights out of me. They are everywhere! This sort of thing ONLY seems to happen with expeditions...

I don't care if you were here first, if you're saying hello or random gibberish nonsense, just let me get to the bloody portal! I have even seen a few messages claiming that they wish there was a way to get rid of them, so we're not the only ones that are irritated with these damn balls.

[wkitty42]

i think it was the first portal where i actually took the time to report each and every comm ball to remove them from my game... sadly it only removed the visuals but the speech balloons and popup text remained... i reported all of them at the other end of the portal transit, too... thankfully it was only about 10 of them there compared to 40+ at the entry...

[Prescient Stones]

Makes me wonder what "digital void" these reports as well as the screenshot of the bases reported, go to.

[Meranius]

thx god i have finished the expedition. enough from this crap drones

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Prescient Stones:

Makes me wonder what "digital void" these reports as well as the screenshot of the bases reported, go to.

i kind of lean toward them being sent to one of Atlas' other realities

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by wkitty42:

i kind of lean toward them being sent to one of Atlas' other realities

Is that also where I can find all the socks that disappear when I do laundry?

[mister_lobos]

they really need to put in a way to turn off the stupid message boxes, especially on expeditions. i have reported a bunch of them, but there is way to many, also i noticed even after i reported them a couple played the message on screen again, even though the box itself was gone.

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by wkitty42:

i kind of lean toward them being sent to one of Atlas' other realities

Is that also where I can find all the socks that disappear when I do laundry?

most likely!!!

[Jaggid Edje]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3354202413

[Cuddle_Rat]

I remember re-initializing at one portal, my vision just cleared and my suit was booting up. Just then what should flash on my screen but "Yo Mama LARGE".... that my friends is the peak of immersion.

[RustyNail]

Comm ball cancer.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

It is kind of like saying there is too much traffic when you live in LA. Com Balls are apparently here to stay. They started out as Proof of Life evidence because for a long time there was no multiplayer although the galaxy was shared like now. There was always a little doubt that you were in a shared galaxy when you never saw anyone and it was super rare to see evidence of a discovered system until you got very close to the center.

The com balls started out as a way to let someone know you had visited their base and for the owner to give directions from the nearest Portal. Our ship did not come through so you either hoofed it or build an exocraft to travel on the planet. It was actually pretty fun but the "I want everything now" crowd whined enough and we got what we have today.

Once they introduced MP and started "community events" we would all just portal to a planet and do minor fetch quests. Leaving your regards at the portal exit was customary. At that time other players were just orbs of light that floated around so it was still reassuring to know those balls of light were actual people.

Just prior to NEXT was the golden age of the game IMO.