Yep, it is more expensive and time consuming to repair broken found ships. The whole dynamics of the game have changed...it is basically a new game.

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Repairing them is too damn expensive when you can just buy/trade for a new one at the stations/traders, thereby defeating the entire purpose of saving money by simply finding/repairing them!

It was most likely done to accommodate the multiplayer crowd, otherwise; mining would take no time at all for a party of two-six or so, they'll simply become too over-powered too quick, and get bored... It's why I detest MMOs, as the SP gameplay always suffers due to its very mechanics!

Don't get me wrong, pure MMOs are fine for those that seek it, but I really resent it when it infects SP games as NMS could have had a much deeper story/meaty gameplay rather than resource gathering as the main game mechanic...

I suppose it makes sense since they`re crashed ships, but yea, it`s real annoying now. A lot of little things you have to do just to get going. I did find one ship and thought, "Nah, can`t be arsed to go to all that trouble right now."

You can salvage some parts of crashed shipps.
Just make sure you 'switch' to the crashed ship by buying it for 0, not exchange your current ship.

3 comments:

1) The new method for fixing slots doesn't take into account how many are broken like the old one did. Every broken slot will cost about the same no matter how many you have. This means that for small ships where the old method was cheap due to low slot count, the new method makes salvaging more expensive and time consuming. But for large ships with a LOT of slots, the cost is actually lower now, because the old method made fixing the last few slots ridiculously expensive.

2) There's currently a bug in the game where the broken status of a salvaged ship isn't updated when you fix the slots. You can use them, but they're still considered broken when it comes to trade-in value, so if you just want to use it for trade-in on a new ship, don't bother fixing ANY broken slots until the game is patched to fix this bug.

3) to efficiently salvage, you should have a proper "salvage ship" that has only enough equipment to take off and land. Fly a GOOD ship to the salvage site, summon your crappy salvage ship, and switch to it. THEN jump back out again and salvage the ship, trading your throwaway "salvage ship" instead of your good one. You don't want to keep buying crashed ships, because you have a limit of 6.

If you just want to scrap the ship and keep the raw materials, break down as much as you can, but fix the launch thruster and drive unit. You don't need to fix the hyperdrive. This now becomes your new salvage ship to leave at the next crash site.

If you want to keep the ship, then "buy" the next crash you find for 0 units and it can become your new "salvage ship". Just remember to fix the launch thruster and engine so you can summon it to the next crash site when you find a ship you want to keep.

I treat them as more of a stepping stone now as you can repair the bare minimum to launch and fly to the nearest station or freighter and park up.

Then its just a case of waiting for someone with a actual flyable vessel willing to part with theirs in exchange for the deathtrap you're offering since the game seems to value the ship on the assumption its more airtight than fishnet stockings.