This blog is going to contain several parts that explains few things in NEXT in a detailed way, so read carefully and enjoy:

I would like to point that some of the infos below are not 100% confirmed yet but as approx 95%. All of the infos are conclusions to what i have seen.

Part 1- how Signal booster works?

Thanks to Next,the signal booster can now do several jobs. In fact you can locate a monolith, operation center, outpost and different structures using it. How?, just like that:

Search for nearby structures: this function actually lets you locate the nearest waypoint to your location( the waypoint is not necessarily a building, it can be a crashed ship or freighter!).

Input data:

Search for secure freq lets you locate secure facilities( manufacturing facility, operation center or supply depot)

Search for distress freq lets you locate a crashed ship or freighter, so you dont have to search hours for a transmission tower now to locate a crashed ship!

Search for habitable base, lets you locate and alien outpost like the ones that have a landing pad and a multitool inside the outpost

Search for artifacts lets you locate a monolith, ruin or plaque.

Part 2- technology and upgrading your technology:

When going to a space station to buy technology, you may notice that things have changed, well i will simplify it🤔:

Trade nanites for blueprints: here you can only buy a weapon or an exosuit or multi tool principal technology, for example you can only buy the weapon blase javelin but you cannot buy the blueprint that increase its damage or reduces recharge time.

Trade nanites for technology upgrade( which is the second option at the trader blueprint shop): here you can buy upgrades for your technologies, and you must know that like freighters and starships and multi tools, technology upgrades are also in 4 classes: C,B,A and S. With that being said lets explain how they work. When buying a technology upgrade for any technology it will be transferred automatically to your exosuit, but it will not be installed!. To install it you have to press the appropriate button on each platform( square on ps4) on the technology upgrade and then you can install it in any inventory you want( exosuit, starship, multi tool)

And just like before Next if you place a technology upgrade near its appropriate technology, they will gain a boost. For example place S class hyperdrive upgrade near the hyperdrive in the starship inventory...

Note that you can use each technology upgrade blueprint one time only, if you want to install it again, you have to search for another system that sells it and rebuy it.

In addition you must know that when you find an alien outpost on a planet, you will find a technology trader shop inside just like in space stations, the only difference is that this doesn’t sell technology upgrades, instead it sells some products that are not in space stations like the products that you can place on your frigates to give them temporary boosts( oxygen filters for example).

Finally, the technology modules are just things that you need to upgrade your technologies

Note: each technology can only have 3 technology upgrades, more than 3 and the technology upgrades will not work( understand this more in the guide in the game)

Part 3- frigates shopping and tips plus infos:

Infos:

One: each frigate type has a special mission. Even when not doing an expedition, your frigates can still be useful to you. Just land on them from time to time, some of them will give you money and others will give you materials( magnetized ferrite for example)

Two: your combat frigates can help you defeat pirates, but of course they must be out of expedition.i knew that just today when i was returning with my hauler to my freighter, and suddenly i got attacked by 5 pirates. While trying to esacpe i got a message at the top of the screen saying: deploying combat frigate BSS-1. After that i landed on the BSS-1, got out and went to the highest point and just watched my frigate destroying those pirates :joy: . All of the lasers and sentinel shaped ships following pirates and shooting at them, that was the most epic moment ever!!!

Three: your frigates can get damaged during expeditions or even destroyed!

Shopping and tips:

When searching for frigates and finding an S class for example, dont rush and buy it. In fact the S class frigate you just saw can be compared to a 20 slots S class hauler, in other words totaly useless! This is where i have to explain and you have to read carefully:

In addition to classes, frigates have additional infos about them that you might think they are not important. When inspecting a frigate always look at these infos:

—- number of expeditions and number of times damaged: you surely dont want to buy a frigate that was damaged 15times out of 19 expeditions!

—— the infos on the frigate photo: for example you can see a weak point like: low shield power!

This will definitely make your frigate less resistant to attacks and eventually get damaged each time it gets attacked.

In brief: always check the frigate stats because it might seem perfect but one little point might cause problems in the future.

Now as for tips: your frigates can actually change classes, but of course to better classes.

In fact if you have a C class frigate and you send it to enough expeditions, it will rank up and become a B class frigate, and it will not stop untill it reaches S class frigate, so if you have a fleet full of C classes dont worry, just send them on expeditions and they will turn to S class fleet ;)

Tip-2 and the most important in the whole blog:

NEVER EVER EVER send one frigate or a fleet without a combat frigate. The main cause of loosing you frigates is because they get attacked by pirates. Always send the best combat frigate you have with the fleet. And always try to send a support frigate with them because it can also have a high combat and other bonus that you need, plus it reduces the fuel cost for sending the fleet.Take my fleet formation as example, if i have an exploring mission: i send my best combat frigate and my best support frigate plus 3 exploring frigates. Like that my fleet rating is always 4stars+ and i get 50+ combat bonus which can guarantee the safety of the fleet.

And a quick advice: always choose a support frigate or a combat frigate if you have an additional empty place in the fleet you are sending as this can protect the fleet and increase the bonuses and the rating...

Finally try to stay away of expeditions that are 3 or more stars difficulty. And ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS send a full 5 frigates fleet!!

Good luck out there and if you need any help i am here, and of course every time i find new infos i will share them.