When should I do the mission for the free station?

[piosue]

I haven't played in a long time. i just bought the expansions and i'm trying again ...

I remembered to scan the station where i start for the message from the fish guy. It seems different now he just sends me to another sector and gives me the base right away. it must have changed i don't remember it being so easy? but anyway the issue is within like 1/2 hour my new station gets attacked by like 6 ships and i'm still in my little starter scout i can't stop them attacking me. So i'm starting over ...

It seems like the game is pushing me to find Heretics End right from the start, Was i supposed to wait until i'm stronger before I go there and get my base?

thank you.

[Wraith]

you can claim that base whenever you want and how dangerous it is pretty random.

For me nothing was a threat until like a few days later

[Нагризолич]

The sooner - the better. Station is invulnerable anyways, or rather an asteroid component can't be destroyed from what I've read. But that sector is pretty far away from nearest xenon sectors, so by that time you can do all of the important research.

[Kitet]

I had a Kha'ak installation 100-some km away from that location towards the nopileos' fortune. Took me a long time to prepare and finally deal with them, I was learning the game back then, too...

[Despiser]

You can get it first thing, but will be some time before you build enough coin to get it in decent working order. Mine is a monstrosity of almost every known module.

[Kalisa]

you also dont need to use it much if u dont want to, mine is a glorified warehouse most of the time, just using it mostly for research/terraforming and have factories elsewhere that supply it

[wildblu]

If you want the original start where the station is located in Grand Exchange I, then just run the base game until you acquire the station. You can add the Kingdom End or any other DLC at any time to pick up the additional storyline missions.

[piosue]

thank you everybody

[Lazarus Long]

I agree with the fact the Kha'ak can be a real problem in Heretic's End if you don't know how to prepare for them. That and in the early game losing ships is a real setback. Once you know it's a lot easier to start there. There are some built in ways to bypass part of this stage...but it needs a spoiler tag.

Google X4 abandoned ships to find the locations of the free ships laying around the galaxy waiting for you to claim them. Total value varies depending on the random seed but it's a good way to patch together a motley little fleet if your keep them or earn 10 to 15 million credits if you sell them.

If that feels too cheaty then Google X4 crystal mining. It has been made harder than it used to be but it's still a good way to grind credits early on.

[Sticky Wicket]

Heretic's End is high in Ore so setting up an early lucrative mining operation from the base is always an option, although if you are unlucky with random seed and have Khhak spawning there that is obviously not a good idea until you can afford L class miners.

[PeaceMaker]

Originally posted by piosue:

I haven't played in a long time. i just bought the expansions and i'm trying again ...

I remembered to scan the station where i start for the message from the fish guy. It seems different now he just sends me to another sector and gives me the base right away. it must have changed i don't remember it being so easy? but anyway the issue is within like 1/2 hour my new station gets attacked by like 6 ships and i'm still in my little starter scout i can't stop them attacking me. So i'm starting over ...

It seems like the game is pushing me to find Heretics End right from the start, Was i supposed to wait until i'm stronger before I go there and get my base?

thank you.

You can do it whenever you want. I played for weeks (over a month) doing my own thing until I accidentally triggered the base magically.

Games always push everything for people who want to be led. I don't like being led, I like to make my own path and leave a trial.

[blackphoenixx]

Originally posted by Sticky Wicket:

Heretic's End is high in Ore so setting up an early lucrative mining operation from the base is always an option

It's also the ass end of nowhere, far away from the highway ring and with very few buyers within reasonable range. Not to mention full of Khaak and pirates.

I'd rather pay for the extra dock module - which is the only cost for making a new station instead of using the HQ, and you'll want a 3m6s one anyway - and make my first mining station in Pious Mists IV, Nopelios Fortune or Saturn. Places with less issues, better logistics and actual buyers for all that ore.

At least in Grand Exchange you could get some use out of it in the early game. Now with the HQ in Heretics End your best bet is only using it for research until you've finished the research to teleport it.

[Sticky Wicket]

Originally posted by blackphoenixx:

Originally posted by Sticky Wicket:

Heretic's End is high in Ore so setting up an early lucrative mining operation from the base is always an option

It's also the ass end of nowhere, far away from the highway ring and with very few buyers within reasonable range. Not to mention full of Khaak and pirates.

I'd rather pay for the extra dock module - which is the only cost for making a new station instead of using the HQ, and you'll want a 3m6s one anyway - and make my first mining station in Pious Mists IV, Nopelios Fortune or Saturn. Places with less issues, better logistics and actual buyers for all that ore.

At least in Grand Exchange you could get some use out of it in the early game. Now with the HQ in Heretics End your best bet is only using it for research until you've finished the research to teleport it.

You have to buy the plot also. In my game Heretics end is trouble free, and I set up a metal refinery and it's making a nice steady passive income.

[Kalisa]

for me heratics end became the heart of allot of war and development, with the boron coming out, argon pushing in, zya fighting those 2, hoping to eventually unite paranid in current game and have them go for further wars as well so maybe their front will open up.
though i teleport my HQ pretty early to start basic terraforming, it still allowed me to set up great mining infrastructure to supply allot of factions.