Hello Games has shown off the Outlaws update coming to No Man’s Sky, bringing in improved space combat and the ability to become a space pirate.
Update 3.85 of No Man’s Sky is available on all platforms today (April 13), and brings in a range of new features. A number of outlaw stations have been introduced, where star systems “have fallen under outlaw control.” In turn, outlaw systems have their own technology merchants, a marketplace for contraband items, and unique mission agents.
With the introduction of outlaw systems to No Man’s Sky also comes a series of new missions, where players can earn rewards such as new titles, or the Shroud Of Freedom hood customisation. Players can also engage in interstellar piracy, which will affect their reputation. To restore your reputation, you can present a forged passport to the station core within any regulated space station. And there are unique, procedurally generated pirate missions as well, that come with highly profitable rewards.
Where February’s No Man’s Sky Sentinel update improved on-the-ground combat, the Outlaws update has improved space combat, by rebalancing the risks and rewards of space combat for challenge, flow, and speed. Destruction effects have had a big overhaul, in an effort to make taking down ships and asteroids more satisfying.
