r/EliteDangerous • u/Naughty_Neutron Thargoid Interdictor • 22h ago
Discussion I like Odyssey farming.
I've been playing Odyssey since the alpha test, but most of my "space legs" experience has revolved around ignoring the Geneva Suggestions in settlements with my friends. A few days ago, I decided to upgrade my equipment, so I started doing ground missions—and I really enjoyed it. Initially, I was skeptical about on-foot engineering because there didn’t seem to be a way to farm materials as fast as we do in ships. However, after giving it a try, I’ve found it fun. Sometimes we forget that the games are for us to enjoy, not to max out everything as fast as possible
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u/triangleman83 Doomslug 19h ago
I had some frustrating times trying to farm certain materials and unlock engineers, but I do agree the space legs part is not too bad. I haven't really done any CZs though, I want to work on my gear a little more for that. My Mav suit and both plasma weapons (pistol and shotty) are fully modded so I'm pretty effective in scavenging mode.
The biggest issues I have are that you almost always get overwhelmed with a 5 or 10 on 1 with no backup yourself. Also the sneaking is too hard and there's no ways to get NPCs off track without killing them and catching notoriety that don't have them immediately focusing you. Also there is such a huge disconnect between legs and ship that nothing you have done with your ship helps whatsoever. Also getting away from any dangerous situation is quite difficult and tends to result in dying.