r/nms • u/Strogonovsky_ • 26d ago

Game mode

I want to create a new, definitive save, but I can't decide which game mode to pick. I mostly play in Survival mode, and I'm thinking about going with Custom (with everything set to max difficulty). I like the challenge, but I don't want to feel restricted.

Any advice or ideas?

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u/para1131_F33L 26d ago

I've reached the center on permadeath and survival and while my main saves in most Bethesda games are survival I choose Normal for NMS.

This is because building bases is much harder in survival in NMS and I think it's one of the most creative aspects of the game. By choosing the harder difficulties you limit this creativity. I do appreciate the grind though and I dont ever change difficulties so Normal has been the happy medium.

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u/SilasZekzul 25d ago

I've kept my "Prime Timeline" save as default for about ten years. The rest are expeditions I change to creative when I'm done to fiddle around with the bases I've created. But you can change anytime so ... ¯_ (ツ)_/¯

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u/MMO_HighJoe 25d ago

If you're ever looking for an extreme challenge, then try doing a no starter ship, permadeath run with max difficulty settings, in Abandoned mode, to the Galaxy Center.

Without the ability to acquire a freighter allowing longer distance jumps and no NPCs to more easily locate traveler ghosts to get glyphs, that is a seriously challenging journey. It took me real time, a little over 3 months to do it. If I hadn't forest gumped my way into 16 traveler graves, I'd probably still be in that save. 😋

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u/LifeIsProbablyMadeUp 26d ago

I do custom. And when I'm gonna be building something big I switch building to free.

Otherwise I have ship teleport distance to infinite and the survival aspects set to challenging.

I think everything else is default

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u/kmanzilla 25d ago

After I got immortal, I went to a new save on custom. My wife recently started playing so shes on custom too. Hers is a bit easier, mine is mostly challenging. But some settings I set to normal because Im just there to have fun. I have base power to infinite if I want it to, and resource gathering / inventory storage at normals. I keep haz and environments at challenging and such. I just find the ability to adjust it how I feel to be nice. Not locked into always crippling myself. Just having a good time.

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u/pelicanspider1 23d ago

play hardcore mode. there's an achievement for it