# How did you die? **URL:** \ **Category:** NMS Beyond\ **Created:** [August 26, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660 "2019-08-26T19:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TravelEcho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/travelecho/32/3148_2.png) [@TravelEcho](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/TravelEcho)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/1 "2019-08-26T19:01:45Z")
My first death was from an altercation with Sentinels who too umbrage at my curiosity about those bumpy pin balls scattered in a clumps of 8 to 10 over the landscape: ![20190818232430_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/7/6/76ed59901bdeaa355370b407f312b601b989a3f0.jpeg) ![20190818232354_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/b/7/b79ee4007864065e65710abf8e2ec63c0dfaebec.jpeg) I thought to myself.“You guys wait until I get my scatterblaster!” Alas, the scatterblaster ain’t what it used to be: One week later … ![20190825212330_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/e/0/e0e5ced48c6d927b2e16c2226348794f47aa251d.jpeg) ![20190825212313_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/9/f/9f54b8280e497176da1a20b35d5a85da8eb4c696.jpeg) :sigh: Wasn’t sure if the Sentinels had taken me down faster than I could get off what I had imagined would take me the three shots to end their tyranny. But perhaps they had some help from the pretty pink balls I was standing in the middle of, whose bumps suddenly turned into long sharp spikes, similar to those of Terra’s Sea Urchins --only six feet long!. This time, I reloaded. Then after spending a couple of delightful days roaming on foot on a hot planet that didn’t peel the skin off my bones, even during infrequent torrential storms, I was caught in the open by a predator. I thought, "Ahah! No prickly plants to aid you my pet! And (after photographing the beast for posterity and profit) I whipped out my scatterblaster: ![20190825213013_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/1/8/189962280885595ccad9b34e670666b58a9b1006.jpeg) When I ran back to get my stuff from my corpse, it almost got me again. I had two pixels of health left when it finally went down and I harvested its livers for future gustatory temptations. Whew. Needless to say, I thoroughly overestimated the damage my scatterblaster could do. Time to seek out some update enhancements. Or maybe try the Blaze Javelin. Because: ![20190826103454_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/a/9/a9818abb7996635cfb4e7227b0cd32cf2e1e198b.jpeg) … How about you? Got any good “How I Died…” stories? ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/2 "2019-08-26T19:33:19Z")
It’s almost worth the pains of death just for the quotes. 😄 And we still have not answered the mystery of why the sentinels are so protective of certain things. ---
**Author:** ![toddumptious](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/toddumptious/32/58816_2.png) [@toddumptious](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/toddumptious)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/3 "2019-08-26T19:37:06Z")
My first and only death so far in new playthrough was my own damn fault for being a show off. I was streaming and had a bit of an audience asking to see what walkers were like now that ships are bigger. Many sentinels, quads and walkers later I got cocky and distracted and hit the dirt from a jetpack lunge, took a huge hit from the impact then took a walker beam straight to the travelley bits. Will share the footage here when I come across it in my edits 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TravelEcho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/travelecho/32/3148_2.png) [@TravelEcho](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/TravelEcho)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/4 "2019-08-26T19:41:00Z")
That would be unscrewing the inscrutable for sure! ---
**Author:** ![jedidia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/jedidia/32/1237_2.png) [@jedidia](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/jedidia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/5 "2019-08-26T22:57:37Z")
Was already one of my three health points down, took a fall and got my shields bashed by it. Not thinking much about it I merrily ran through the landscape mining from the hip, when _bam_ a clappy closed around me. With my shields down, that meant down to one health point now. Ok, take a deep breath, wait for shields to recharge, find a nice place in some large caves, drop a base computer, go spelunking around, when suddenly there’s a bunch of predator markers around me. But not to worry, they’re savely outside the cave. But hey, I don’t know them yet, so let’s get up there and scan them! Dug myself out, emerging right in the middle of a bunch of them like the cornucopia in the hungergames, realised that I still didn’t have a shield upgrade, and after two bites realised that oh, right, I was down to one hit point, thanks for reminding me… At least I got a terry pratchet quote… ---
**Author:** ![temp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@temp](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/temp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/6 "2019-08-26T23:34:12Z")
🔫 ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/c/f/cfe3cac16b404ea23b3b50d34cf060187418c2a1.jpeg)🦶 ---
**Author:** ![TravelEcho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/travelecho/32/3148_2.png) [@TravelEcho](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/TravelEcho)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/7 "2019-08-26T23:46:44Z")
Too bad you didn’t get a screen gab of that one. pTerry’s quotes are always awesome. Sometimes I think if some of us really had to survie in these situations… --we wouldn’t. lol > [@temp](#): > > 🔫 ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/c/f/cfe3cac16b404ea23b3b50d34cf060187418c2a1.jpeg) 🦶 Hmm… that looks like Iconese for “Shot myself in the foot (w/ a grenade --a BIG grenade!)”. Hooray for ignoble ends! 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Mad-Hatter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/mad-hatter/32/61657_2.png) [@Mad-Hatter](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Mad-Hatter)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/8 "2019-08-27T01:16:46Z")
…the reason you never install those in permadeath…😁 ---
**Author:** ![zsigmond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/zsigmond/32/7551_2.png) [@zsigmond](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/zsigmond)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/9 "2019-08-27T02:29:17Z")
I run like hell away from death. Have not had it happen yet! ---
**Author:** ![Mad-Hatter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/mad-hatter/32/61657_2.png) [@Mad-Hatter](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Mad-Hatter)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/10 "2019-08-27T03:11:42Z")
I’ve so far managed to not get dead …admittedly most of my time since BEYOND has been spent in well equipped existing saves 💪 🤨 🗡 Almost got munched by some monstrosities on a dead world. They are somewhat tougher than before. Unless you like reading death quotes, don’t stir _them_ up on a fresh game 🐇 ---
**Author:** ![TravelEcho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/travelecho/32/3148_2.png) [@TravelEcho](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/TravelEcho)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/11 "2019-08-27T03:46:51Z")
Too late! \>.\> Didn’t die though I only got four egg thingies. Too much work! Hahah ---
**Author:** ![SingularGleam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/singulargleam/32/76527_2.png) [@SingularGleam](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/SingularGleam)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/12 "2019-08-27T09:47:45Z")
I died when I first started vr- too busy spinning around and looking at my hands and the planet I was on. Flat out ignored the suit warning- ugly screenshot incoming: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/4/e/4e22614c1cba3acd8ff1595597ac6560fb44acba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/13 "2019-08-27T19:12:31Z")
Well, it finally happened. It is always the way my first death happens. Weapons Research mission. I knew the Vy’Keen was trouble the moment I laid eyes on him. At least I died at home, in tranquil surroundings. ![20190827140801_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/3/3/337cbc50e909b79328d1215febf8f2887e112671.jpeg) ![20190827140645_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/c/7/c7a1d7e5dc068fccd2e482228872754abbd3040e.jpeg) I really cannot fight Walkers…this is the only mission and the only part of NMS that I do not like. ![20190827142741_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/2/0/20193820d89dde8ad508c064d5e1bbbbcc78a696.jpeg) ![20190827143624_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/f/a/fa379a574254217b89e33c707acb25ee6219ccbd.jpeg) ![20190827144215_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/d/8/d809749bbfbe91f43613579fb5663b5016a0a97f.jpeg) I will have all the quotes before long. 😠 You better know it! You stinkin’…bringin’ all this trouble on me! 😆 ![20190827145418_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/etarc/original/3X/9/e/9e29ea8afe54dc82dd0a0e9e17052d754dd9c784.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TravelEcho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/travelecho/32/3148_2.png) [@TravelEcho](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/TravelEcho)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/14 "2019-08-27T19:47:41Z")
Oh no! (LOL) :sympathy: ❤ ---
**Author:** ![Mad-Hatter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/mad-hatter/32/61657_2.png) [@Mad-Hatter](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Mad-Hatter)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/15 "2019-08-27T20:07:45Z")
With walkers I try to move continually sideways to keep the leg armour in target and use a combo of plasma launcher and boltcaster…but mostly boltcaster. Make sure you have plenty of ammo and reload in spare moments rather than once it runs dry. Good shielding is a must. I ignore the drones once a walker is on the scene but I always give any quads the plasma treatment. I’ve found that you can’t really hide or jetpack efficiently in combat with a walker so I just try to take them down as quickly as possible. If they throw a tantrum and start stomping and launching plasma _then_ I melee jetpack out of range. Now I read this… I wonder why I even go near them 🙄 …do I really need a Conflict Scanner that much? 😅 ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/16 "2019-08-27T20:12:47Z")
I shoot off the leg armor, then run up under them and shoot straight up. 😆 Unconventional. But I believe in taking advantage of my small stature. The problem for me with this mission is it is early in the game and my shielding etc…not so good yet. I also find that even bushes can block my shots and reloading the plasma launcher is difficult when trying to melee/boost and jet out of the line of fire. I always seem to finally succeed. 😓 ---
**Author:** ![LordMarkov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/lordmarkov/32/3134_2.png) [@LordMarkov](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/LordMarkov)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/17 "2019-08-27T20:16:07Z")
With walkers, I stand my ground until the big laser comes. Then, I usually do a “Boba Fett” style jetpack-while-firing move to dodge the big beam. I usually handle the little guys before the walker, by losing the walker around the other side of a large object. The regular sentinels drones can heal other sentinels. ---
**Author:** ![TravelEcho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/travelecho/32/3148_2.png) [@TravelEcho](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/TravelEcho)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/18 "2019-08-28T00:02:48Z")
We need to pack hunt walkers until we all have a wlakder brain or two. lol ---
**Author:** ![sheralmyst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/sheralmyst/32/55317_2.png) [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/19 "2019-08-28T01:09:05Z")
Not the with the way _I_ fire plasma rounds. 🎇 😵 ---
**Author:** ![TravelEcho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.atlas-65.com/travelecho/32/3148_2.png) [@TravelEcho](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/TravelEcho)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660/20 "2019-08-28T01:15:59Z")
Point taken. 😱 [Next page](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/how-did-you-die/6660.md?page=2)