Vortex cube exploit?

[ECkce]

I found a planet that has a whole bunch of vortex cubes everywhere. I can fill my inventory and dump them off for an easy 500k per run. I've tripled the money I've made playing for 9 hours in about 15 minutes.

Is this intended? If devs read this I named the planet "Vortex Cube Exploit".

They even seem to be respawning after I pick them up, although sometimes they disappear when I get close to them. Something seems off.

Edit for Screenshots:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=743562355
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=743562581

[Starfinder]

I encountered a similar planet where the caves and tunnels are utterly rotten with Vortex Cubes and it feels like a bug, namely:

- Using the scanner will generally tag one vortex cube with a green (!) icon while the rest are not flagged
- I can fill my inventory in minutes, fly up to the space station to sell them and make ~500k in 10m
- Some cubes that have already been picked up will appear to be visible at a distance, vanishing as I get closer, much like large mineral deposits that have been harvested

[Zuluknob]

I found a cave system rammed with them too right next to a spaceport so i ran back and forth a few times...

[Lagwin1980]

not an exploit, there are several such resources in the game, Albumen pearl sells for 20+ k each and same with gravitino balls, looting them though would result in a 3 star sentinal dispatch, unless your planet didn't have sentinals

[Buck Nakkidd]

wait till you find on them on the closest planet to the station AND they are a gold star item at 103% of the normal price.

[xidore]

This farming method is even better if you find an outpost on the planet to trade at. Best of all is a cavern or two right next to the trading outpost.

As for the 'showing up then disappearing' thing. I think there's a general LOD ghost bug in the game. Same thing happens when you view minerals from a distance and think "ooh some of that" then get up and you see that you have already swiss-cheesed it. That's definitely a bug I hope they fix.

[akifievaa]

Same here. gathering these vortex cubes even dont spawn sentinels, they fly near without aggression. ITS A BUG and MONEY exploit. Ppl says about gravitino and venom sack exploits too.

[Nneu]

I don't think it's an exploit. If you can farm them without getting killed by the sentries then it's fine. I've seen the same thing with gravity balls. It beats gathering emeril for 10 hours.

[Starfinder]

After doing a little more reading on this, it appears that this is by design after all!

Just my luck for landing on a world full of vortex cubes with low sentinel activity and a space station immediately above. Up to 7m and adding inventory slots to my pack like it was going out of style.

[Root Worka]

Its not an exploit. What people keep failing to realize if you take them, Sentinels will come. Also its other items in game that are just as high and can be farmed for money. If your not triggering a level three sentinel alert then THAT is a bug.

If they stingy with the loot and drops arent happening people complain, they give you a way to farm and make money by fighting people complain. If you dont want dont take em, just sit your broke @55 at the space station .

[DCX]

Yep, definitely not a bug or exploit - just loot, enjoy it.

The reappearing cubes is a bit annoying though.

[Shivver]

U can buy Ships for 180 Million Units to... 48 Slots. But i farmed crashsites.

[Shivver]

Originally posted by Root Worka:

Its not an exploit. What people keep failing to realize if you take them, Sentinels will come. Also its other items in game that are just as high and can be farmed for money. If your not triggering a level three sentinel alert then THAT is a bug.

If they stingy with the loot and drops arent happening people complain, they give you a way to farm and make money by fighting people complain. If you dont want dont take em, just sit your broke @55 at the space station .

There 2 different Vortex cubes. 1 lies on the ground and one is a red cube flying over a block. The flying one will spawn sentinels.... but just run and loot. They don't follow. Too casual.

The Wanted level should just increase the more u pickup but hey its a buy in Beta.

[Musekater]

You can exploit a bit more and stack them to 100 and make roundabout 2,5 million in one run

[Root Worka]

Originally posted by Shivver:

Originally posted by Root Worka:

Its not an exploit. What people keep failing to realize if you take them, Sentinels will come. Also its other items in game that are just as high and can be farmed for money. If your not triggering a level three sentinel alert then THAT is a bug.

If they stingy with the loot and drops arent happening people complain, they give you a way to farm and make money by fighting people complain. If you dont want dont take em, just sit your broke @55 at the space station .

There 2 different Vortex cubes. 1 lies on the ground and one is a red cube flying over a block. The flying one will spawn sentinels.... but just run and loot. They don't follow. Too casual.

The Wanted level should just increase the more u pickup but hey its a buy in Beta.

Yeah.....but that all depends too. Because I'd like you to try and take them while away from ship or a building and see how that turns out. Ive seen a video (somewhere on YT) where a guy took some, and little did he know his ship was out of gas. He had to stay and fight and it didnt turn out well.

Also Vortex cubes are not the only ones, Gravnite Balls (something like that), Venom Sac, all are deem "protected resources", which suppose to trigger sentinels the moment you take em. One other thing you learn a recipe for things like "Magnox" which sell even higher than Vortex, and dont have to worry about sentinels, thats why Im saying its not an exploit.

Think of it as "Smash & Grab"

[DeSTiNeD_dUSt]

Originally posted by Shivver:

U can buy Ships for 180 Million Units to... 48 Slots. But i farmed crashsites.

The Price for a 48 slot ship is about 80 mil, I can confirm but I'm in the ship and didn't do a screenshot, but at least it's my word.