I believe one of the number one reasons for Hello Games doing No Man's Sky expeditions is, not only for us to have kick ass fun, but also to teach us stuff. And in this particular one it's showing how cool and awesome the Minotaur can be. I liked the Minotaur, but I wasn't wild about it. It didn't seem especially powerful. Boy, was I wrong! I just didn't realize you could ramp up the power with the Spacestation Exocraft shop modules. And that's what this expedition showed. Now I've gone back and gotten those modules (Minotaur Cannon Upgrades) for my other game saves. And. Having. So Much. Fun. with the Minotaur. I think this is one of most important expeditions we've had. No, there's no cool spaceship bonus, but I think we've got plenty of those (my spaceship armada is FULL. I think they ought to increase the limit size). It's an important expedition because we get a MINOTAUR FLAMETHROWER! BUT it's only optional, which I think is really weird. You don't get it automatically at the end of the expedition, but you have to wait it out and get the parts one by one as the Community-wide Liquidation progresses. With the flamethrower acquiring being optional it seems it'll be easy for a lot of people to miss out on getting one. Especially since you have to be around at each commuinity progression point and do your own part. For example, at Phase 2 I had to kill an additional twenty monsters to get my own personal count up to 100 to receive the bonus Liquidator Left Arm plans. I assume we'll keep having to do our own part for each additional Phase. I am really looking forward to getting that Flamethrower. So after the expedition is completely over it feels like there's going to be some folk who don't get the flamethrower, and I think they're going to be pretty sad. I'm writing this to hopefully alleviate that pain for some people. But I have questions. So far, the bonus Liquidator Left Arm plan has not gone into the Anomaly Quicksilver shop. Are our other gamesaves not going to get the flamethrower?! That would suck. I want all my characters to get to use a frickin' awesome flamethrower. I also note that I'm now seeing Flamethrower Addon Modules in the Spacestation Exocraft shop. I've acquired three in anticipation already :) Am I missing anything? Does anyone want a Minotaur Flamethrower in their arsenal?

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    You think it'll destroy the bases? Has this happened before?

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    I am more than ready.

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    A cross-over between No Man's Sky and Light No Fire, where the expedition is on a single planet and at the end you get the starting date for LNF.

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    I'd like to see more different animals, but more biomes would be more than welcome. A mash-up of earth-like animals but more alien. Giraffes, elephants, giant ants, etc would be really cool.

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  • paradise Planet
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    Nice! Got a glyph address? :)

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  • What quality PLA filament brand have you standardized on?
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    Upvote for Overture, my favorite.

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    I'm a huge fan of Overture 3D matte PLA. It's inexpensive, and just prints really well with few problems.

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  • Am I the only one using a spreadsheet to play this game? I don't think I could play without one. First column is the base name, then planet, system, and the resource I'm mining there. Also other info like good trading systems.

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    I decided there was a reason it's called a community expedition. And that's because somebody else figures out where the damn things are and then the rest of the community goes there to get the reward. That's what I wound up doing for like four of them.

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    The same thing is happening to me! I'm like -50 with the Vy'keen! Just standing in the station and my reputation just started dropping.

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  • What's the most annoying Costco behavior you experience regularly?
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    I'll put an item or two in the cart right off the bat, and people are less likely to take it. Eventually I'll put the items back.

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    Dripping coffee onto a metallic ball and getting a C&D notice via social media. Pretty entertaining.

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  • It seems everyone has a different sitting preference at the movies. I want the ultimate experience: the screen completely filling my vision, like I'm in the movie. Usually the third or fourth row. My wife complains we're too close. Then I see people way in the back and it must be like watching TV the screen is so small. I don't understand that at all. So, Lemmy, where do you sit with your popcorn and why? Bonus question: best movie food / candy, and how do you sneak it in?

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    Yeah, I'm not going to play hardcore because at some point I don't want to destroy my computer and monitors when I smash them.

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  • Diablo 4 Won't Receive Another Patch Like Controversial Season 1 Update "Ever Again"
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    I have to believe they'll put out a patch soon to make it fun again. Despite what everyone else seems to think I think overall it's a good fun game (or at least it was before 1.1.0).

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  • [@diablo](https://lemmy.world/c/diablo) Hope everyone is enjoying queuing for the new season!
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    I got in immediately at the start. Played for about four hours with very few problems. Enjoyed my time.

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    I like it. I would very much enjoy going there every morning to make my pot of coffee. Looks clean, efficient, and visually appealing.

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  • How many people here never used Reddit?
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    I only used to use it several hours a day. But not once since the blackout.

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  • Besides Teddit, which is being severely limited by the API debacle and has instances shutting down, what Reddit front-ends still work?
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    The developer of Relay for Reddit is working on optimizing the API usage of the app. I'm not using it (still boycotting Reddit), but I see there are android updates every few days.

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  • finished House of Suns. now what?
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    Either Reynold's Eversion or Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time.

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  • I'm level 62 and I've still not found two waypoints. I did notice for at least a couple of waypoints that they're found through side quests. Anyone have any suggestions for which side quests to do and how / where to find them? How many waypoints has everyone else found?

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    This is why we have fireworks laws.

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    I played through the entire campaign as a sorcerer. Love the sorcerer. Didn't touch the other characters. Now I'm trying the others out. The barbarian isn't wowing me. But the necromancer is so much fun. I especially like the exploding corpses skill and the domino effect when the monsters keep advancing into already dead ones. I didn't think I would like necromancers, but they may be my next playthrough or the Season 1 character. What's your favorite characters?

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    I stole this from another Diablo lemmy community, but we need a banner. Thoughts?

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    Now that the two day shutting down of many thousands of subreddits is over, what is happening now? How many are remaining closed? Are others just going back to normal? What is the prospects of any significant change happening now? I've set my pihole to reject reddit.com and I'm committed to using Lemmy, but I do miss the old Reddit.

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    A planter I started two years ago with just some small $1 plants. I love that the cactus is just growing like crazy.

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    Cactus have the absolute best flowers. Especially the ones from your own patio. Fight me!

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