Man, I dislike Fallout 3's intro so much.. I hate being stuck in the Vault and having to go through those motions. I get what you're saying, but I don't want to know where the character came from in these kinds of games - I am that character and I figure that out. I feel like Starfield's is serviceable but not amazing. I'd take Morrowind any day (wake up, hello, set basic stats/skills and view fundamental mechanics, bye!).
Yeah, that's my favorite Bethesda opening; Morrowind. What I'd do differently from Starfield is just make it so getting access to that first ship is actually challenging. Talk to other miners and do some basic jobs to build up some income. Maybe even start with just buying a ticket on public transport to get off that first rock to really emphasize how you're stuck on that planet with limited opportunities, or sneak and stowaway on a mining transport ship. Flesh out a mining mission board with quests requiring you to gather multiple minerals. Start with an artifact vision pointing you towards New Atlantis and you have to get there on your own by working your way off the planet. Then once you get to Constellation, start the rest mostly where they left off.
I'm ahhh role playing in an RPG..... For example, I just finished the main Freestar Ranger quest line last night and became a full fledged Ranger. So now I'm fully decked out in Ranger gear and weapons (even though it was a slight downgrade from the Mantis gear I was wearing), with the Ranger Star Eagle ship, and now I'm completing Ranger missions from the Ranger mission board and taking care of issues around Akila City. Once I finished a bunch of Ranger and Akila City missions and quests, I'll dip back into the main quest line. I also want to become a bad ass warrior and pilot, so I like leveling up those skills with ground combat missions and space combat missions. Getting those level 50 and level 100 achievements is a major time sink grind. I also want to be able to pilot any ship in the game and I'm closing in on my dream ship that I want to buy and mod into a bad ass ship. I don't mind the grind though, as I'm enjoying the main game and the tons of stuff to do in the RPG meta game that Bethesda games are known for.
My play time so far in Starfiled is 77hrs 48mins. I've only completed the UC Vanguard and Freestar Ranger quest lines and about 1/3 of the main quest line, along with fully completing a character relationship quest with Sarah. Sarah and I got married, had a honeymoon and I bought us a mansion to live in on Nesoi. So far on my quest board, I've completed 41 quests/missions and have 18 missions/quests and 20 activities outstanding. So I still have tons of stuff to do, along with the Ryujin, Crimson Fleet and main quest lines.
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I'd be interested to see a screenshot of your mission stats screen.
Here are my stats at 140+ hours. I loaded up a save from before the endgame going into NG+.
I'll check mine when I get home. I'm sure it's a lot lower than most around here, but I'm scanning nonstop lol.Here are my stats at 140+ hours. I loaded up a save from before the endgame going into NG+.
I'll jump in - here's mine around 90 hours I think. Also loaded from end game before NG+.Here are my stats at 140+ hours. I loaded up a save from before the endgame going into NG+.
I'll jump in - here's mine around 90 hours I think. Also loaded from end game before NG+.
I see you have a lot more Freestar Collective quests - are those just the quests from the board or?
Yeah, so far I've picked up like 10 of those already at least. Not very time consuming and fun way to get some fights in and free xp.
I appreciate that, I just think of whether this would work in a movie or book and Starfield doesn’t pass that test. The role playing element has to be very strong to pull it off. The opening puts it at a disadvantage.
Yeah everyone goes through the fauna in the sea phase for 100% survey. Really awesome that you cant swim/dive on planets. A+ in making everyone putting survey missions on a pile of never again.
Yeah, fish are the least enjoyable thing for me to scan personally! Often the water is toxic and the experience is not as good as the rest of the surveying.
Here are my stats at 140+ hours. I loaded up a save from before the endgame going into NG+.
Funny you mention that, because I was repeating in my head “I’ve committed to see this through, but never again!” I suppose I could invest in some skills to make it easier but I’d rather spend them elsewhere that’s more relevant for my build.
Not sure about the Neon one, but in Akila City it is the same thing. I forgot why I booked a room there but it had the same activity marker as you're describing. Then it would never complete for me until I came back to the city some time later in my playthrough. I think it's just for role playing reasons to even book a room in the first place and the quest marker is just showing you where your actual room is. Don't think there's anything more to it than that.
Darn, thanks. With her mysterious nature I was hoping something would transpire.
I see your 4 main quests done - as Ive got 2 done. Only level 16 but got 30+ sidequests done, and 35 hours played or something. No factions yet. Going 90 % lateral and 10 % linear with the playing time. I figured might as well settle in and get to know the world as much as possible before focussing on the main quest.Here’s my Mission page at 185 hours in. Currently level 80.
Yeah seems many really like it so Bethesda knew what they were doing, but doesnt appeal to me at all. I walked away at the end but it still makes carrying on feel pointless to me lol. Just flat out killed my interest in the game. I had collected 1000s of bullets for all the weapon types, do they really think I want to scavenge around for all that again? Fuck off Todd
Yeah, I'm really torn on it also. I agree that I can play Elder Scrolls for quite some time after completing, hell most of my time is usually played before completing the main "goal". But in Starfield it does feel like a punch to the gut to "finish" and be at ground zero in terms of acquisitions. I'm in this weird place where I'm still enjoying playing, but at the same time yearn for the setup I already had even if it wasn't anything fancy or that I couldn't recreate. I think the idea / method in which they handled NG+ conceptually is cool and novel, but I think the whole idea of a NG+ works against Bethesda's style of game.
For me, it's the learning to be a space explorer. From the start of the game, the journey starts where you're basically learning about your occupation. I dont have a whole lot of time to play but, when I do pick it up, it's usually for two or three hours at a time. But its a struggle to stop, every time.
Credits were a little slow for me too, probably up to about that range of 150k, then the next thing I knew I had over 3 million.
There's another mission like this one inside of a casino I believe? It's freaking huge! There's also a vent, where there's some pretty valuable contraband inside. I couldn't take it because I definitely wouldve been encumbered by it. Plus there was no way I was getting through customs with it either. I need to go back when I get a chance and grab it. Could use the stacks...
I just did this mission last night. The person I had a bounty on was pretty tough to kill and had some serious armor and weapons.
Just an interesting tidbit regarding the Freestar mission board. The "special" mission unfortunately wasn't really anything different than the usual missions you accept on the board but has you interact before and after the quest with an NPC. It gives a bit of info/backstory about the mission but I thought it was a nice change compared to the normal board missions. I wonder if the other faction mission boards have these special missions...
Anyway, just to jump in here's my character after about 95 hours. Haven't done much shipbuilding/outposts/planet scanning. Completed all main faction quests though.
The real artifact(s) all along.Finally installed a mod that makes Morgan shine more
