Elder Legend
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Side quest, pretty awesome.
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Starfield Early Access thread | See That Standard Edition Over There? You Can Upgrade It.
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Roberts
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Weird, I get jumped on all the time both in space and on planets. It was pretty cool when I was gathering resources on some god forgotten planet and then a bounty hunter ship landed not far from me. Anyway, I killed them all and the only bummer was that I couldn’t figure out how to take their ship - it just says that I am unauthorised to use it.
Anyway, the game is insane. I had dreams about it last night and that almost never happens.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
Every conversation I have as a Ranger:
Sam Coe disliked what you said
Sam Coe disliked what you said
Punished Miku
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I guess I'm just gonna be a humble scientist catalogging shit for like 20 hrs real quick. Maxing out the scanner skill tree. Can't stop ...
Elder Legend
Banned
How do you steal other ships or board then in mid fights? When I try to destroy engines, I end up just destroying the ship. Anyone has tips?
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Vitter.
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will check it ( I've defetead the ships and haven't fought again yet)
Jimmy_liv
Member
Yeah, for a cowboy he really doesn't like cowboy stuff!
Sybrix
Member
You know what, Bethesda really fucked up how they sold this game to us.
When you start, prepare for disappointment, because what you think it is....... it isnt.
But when you start playing you start to understand what the game is.
An amazing Bethesda RPG with mechanics at first that are confusing and frustrating but make perfect sense when you progress.
I'm having a blast with this game, 15 hours so far and really getting my Skyrim feels from 10 years ago, discovery, exploration on a galactic level.
I still cannot get over the level of detail in the game, it's insane and the variety of things to do, i've done 4 main story missions, rest of the time i've been doing the Ranger quest line and random raids on various planets and doing side missions there, there is so much to this game.
When you start, prepare for disappointment, because what you think it is....... it isnt.
But when you start playing you start to understand what the game is.
An amazing Bethesda RPG with mechanics at first that are confusing and frustrating but make perfect sense when you progress.
I'm having a blast with this game, 15 hours so far and really getting my Skyrim feels from 10 years ago, discovery, exploration on a galactic level.
I still cannot get over the level of detail in the game, it's insane and the variety of things to do, i've done 4 main story missions, rest of the time i've been doing the Ranger quest line and random raids on various planets and doing side missions there, there is so much to this game.
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Sybrix
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Press L and should give you a prompt to board.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Woohoo just boarded an enemy ship, killed the crew, and made it my own. Way better than the starter ship!
Also 3 times now when I rode an elevator and the doors open, Sarah took off like a rocket and sprinted into a wall/over some furniture/anything else that was in her way. It’s pretty hilarious. Charming Bethesda jank
Also 3 times now when I rode an elevator and the doors open, Sarah took off like a rocket and sprinted into a wall/over some furniture/anything else that was in her way. It’s pretty hilarious. Charming Bethesda jank
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I did it once. I think you have to shoot the engines til the gauge is depleted then stop (you’ll hear the pilot make some remark about their engines being dead) Then fly close enough and you’ll get a button prompt to board.
DonJorginho
Banned
What a game this is, fucking phenomenal.
JeloSWE
Member
Vincent on the laughably disappointing HDR
HDR has 1nit raised black floor which for LCD based displays exacerbate blooming, sun peaks at 450 nit which is embarrassing. How the game doesn't have a user setting for peaks and average brightness is a baffling and incompetent decision.
HDR has 1nit raised black floor which for LCD based displays exacerbate blooming, sun peaks at 450 nit which is embarrassing. How the game doesn't have a user setting for peaks and average brightness is a baffling and incompetent decision.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The lighting is astonishing.
GladiusFrog
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30 hours in now.... I'm only level 11 and feel like I've seen 10% or less of what this game has to offer... I keep finding new quest and random events.
This game big.
This game big.
DonJorginho
Banned
I can't remember precisely! It was near The Den so whatever planets surround that.
hollams
Gold Member
Thanks for the help, I'm not sure why I didn't notice that earlier. Scanning a whole planet with Flora and Fauna takes forever.
Punished Miku
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"Don't come between a scientist and his motherfucking research"
TrueGrime
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"Don't come between a scientist and his motherfucking research"
That will certainly leave a mark.
reinking
Gold Member
I lost about an hour of gameplay. It was weird. The last 4 saves were the same save except they all showed different play times and were all created at different times as I worked through an area. It is like every save I made after entering that area saved me right back at the start of it. Really weird even by Bethesda standards. Thankfully it did not impact saves made outside of this quest/area so I just have to start the quest over.
TrueGrime
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That's unfortunate. Do you save often? I have all the auto-saves on and I use Quicksave myself so I know exactly which one to go to while I'll fall back on the others if need be. It just sounds like yours were glicthed, maybe.
IDappa
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Finally fucked with the ship builder after 20 hours of playtime. I actually had a heap of fun building my first ship. Thinking about module placement, maximising crew, cargo ect; while trying to keep a small footprint that is a beast in combat and manoeuvrable on my A class early game ship. So sick have a full armory set up as you walk in the layout is seemless (took me a while to put together a nice flow layout and very happy with the end result).
Insane I didnt even realise how big it was while building it and then the moment you get back into the world and look at what you built is a feeling.. Insane thay I haven't even touched the outpost building yet.
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Raven77
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Allow me to explain.
People in this thread are actually playing the game.
Hope that helps!
IDappa
Member
Build one. Look at my last post. I managed to steal a pirate ship with a sweet cargo hold. Sold everything I didnt want and built the beauty in my last post. You will not regret it. Managed to sneak in about 1000 cargo capacity for resource storage. Along with an armory, crew quarters, crew common room, a comm deck, engineering deck along with 4 engines and upgraded guns in q semi small footprint. Was a bit of a learning curve but was satisfying walking through what I set up and it all was seemless and coherant. I just had to place the armory as the first room you walk into and that did not dissapoint. The armory is linked to your cargo hold so whatever you put in for display is accessible via the cargo screen also.
I just had a pretty neat moment a few minutes ago. I found a big ass abandoned ship on Jemison owned by the Ecliptic mercs and while I was exploring it a group of 3 Va’ruun zealots boarded it so I tried to sneak around the rest of the ship but they ended up spotting me eventually so I had to kill them. I made it to the cockpit but I couldn’t take off in the ship because I wasn’t skilled enough for higher classed ships.
It had multiple levels and everything. Workbenches, jail cells, lots of beds, etc.
It had multiple levels and everything. Workbenches, jail cells, lots of beds, etc.
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Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
This is my first time really playing a Bethesda game. Love it.
I’ve finally hit my steal everything stride leveling Commerce. That moment you find an angle to steal helmets from the back side of opened cases or a plate of food from behind someone sitting at a table. Steal everything!
I do wish I didn’t rush the starting area. So many rare resources to mine in there. Three hidden areas including one that requires a boost pack to get to.
I’ve finally hit my steal everything stride leveling Commerce. That moment you find an angle to steal helmets from the back side of opened cases or a plate of food from behind someone sitting at a table. Steal everything!
I do wish I didn’t rush the starting area. So many rare resources to mine in there. Three hidden areas including one that requires a boost pack to get to.
IDappa
Member
Stole the mini gun from the well gun store by hiding behind an open box on the show floor lol. Meanwhile the shopkeeper is trying to keep tabs on me to see if I am stealing.
TrueGrime
Member
Make sure you're taking pot shots at the engines. Shields have to come down first, obviously, but the engines will turn red and you'll see the ship go into a stalled spin.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
That’s the store I’m talking about as well. I left that place bare bones.. didn’t steal the mannequins though. Everything else was taken from that whole shop.
Stuart360
Member
I genuinely feel like i'm losing brain cells when i go into the review thread.
Anyway like you said, the people actually playing the game on here seem to be enjoying it. I also love how the people with the long playtime seem to be the ones raving the most. Its the reason why i honestly think a year from now this will be looked on as a real classic.
I honestly get the feeling that a lot of reviewers didnt even scratch the surface of what this game has to offer. I have seen streamers with 40_ hours in the game already finding new unique stuff to do, and new gameplay mechanics, and how the game keeps surprising them.
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Punished Miku
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All I have to say is fuck the Flocking Saturine Grazer. It didnt show up at all on the biome list because there's a glitch. If you're missing fauna on Neosi this is it
You have to go to the fucking ocean and scan. And as soon as you touch the water you get a suit contamination alert for alien microbial threat.
I'm so happy. This is just like Morrowind
Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
Lads....this game....i'm going to temporarily quit my job.
CrustyBritches
Gold Member
I hired my first crew member in Neon. I followed her and she walked a fairly long distance, all the way from a bar through 2 elevators and right up into the ship. That's pretty nice attention to detail by Bethesda. Normally, they'd just magically show up on your ship.
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Punished Miku
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You know you're in fucking DEEP when you scan a barren rock planet and see Aluminum on the resources list and feel genuine excitement.
Elder Legend
Banned
Ehh that's what I was doing, I ended up destroying the reactor. Do I have to wait for their shields to get back up? Because I end up killing them all time on accident.
clarky
Gold Member
Do you have targeting control systems unlocked? if so there will be a prompt(i forget which button) once your locked on and it goes into targeting mode from there you can select which bit of the ship to shoot.
clarky
Gold Member
disregard
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TrueGrime
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Elder, like Clarky said, you have to have to perk to actually target their engines.
MirageMew2
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Of any BGS game Starfield has such a bland and unintuitive start. Really frustrating in the beginning. Encumberment also feels bad when mining resources after a while. A companion almost feels necessary which isn’t necessarily how I prefer to play these (I even chose the loner trait at first) but that storage space is invaluable.
Elder Legend
Banned
Nope. Default ship, never invested. Not a big fan of the dog fighting in this game. But I need to do for achievements.
clarky
Gold Member
nah its a perk you level up fella, works with any ship. Im still rocking the starter ship myself
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TrueGrime
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Remember when you're mining, if you're around 250m away from your ship you can transfer those items to your ship without having to go back.
Punished Miku
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When I started Morrowind I accidentally sold my pants at the first store after stealing a few plates to sell. Then I tried to box a rat and died. But yes I agree. It starts a bit slow.
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