*S*T*A*R*F*I*E*L*D* / Starfield

Got to the point of the story where they start explaining everything yesterday. The missions just before felt very Mass Effect in terms of amping up tension, I'm not sure any game has done as good a scene of panic (because of how many NPCs you have in certain locations in Starfield).

Oh...what? Can you elaborate on that spoiler? And great tip re: boosting. I also had my first sustained battles yesterday, in a mission where you have to reboot satellites across a system to re-connect the colonising families. I really, really enjoyed it, got to say. 

Cheers, I'd read about the boarding mechanic but had no idea how it worked (and my fights so far have been a bit too frantic to consider it!). It's great to have that option.

I've mostly focused on weapons and social (or whatever it's called, the one with persuasion etc.). But I've just saved up a couple of skill points, so I may well use one for that. Thanks.

I managed to do this entirely by accident and couldn't figure out what I'd done to do it again. Thanks.

is fantastic and just a teeny bit OP.

I'm not sure it's great advice to do Mantis too early, just be aware you benefit from some levels in Security if you want to maximise that quest.

Does anyone know which skill governs weapon bash? I can't work out if it's boxing or duelling or neither.  I'm now level 30 and have put zero points into weapons so far just because I couldn't really settle on any particular style of play, and never felt underpowered with my base damage.

However, after experimenting I've pretty much decided to abandon any pretence of stealth as on balance, I enjoy the combat most when playing like my Destiny Titan character.

i.e. take an Amp and then go full Leroy Jenkins into the hoard unloading a full clip as I close the distance before finishing off with a smack on the head before jetpacking away again. Some of the late game abilities also seem to fit with this approach.

I’ve got a good assortment of suppressed weapons for short, medium and long range, and a shotty that seems ridiculously overpowered for when they spot me. I also haven’t put any points into weapons yet but I’m tending towards ballistics rather than energy when I do.

I’m lv20 and so far it’s all gone into sneaking, security, some of the persuade/barter/commerce section and a bit of ship stuff. Every time I get close to doing something practical like carry weight or more damage, I find a different thing that seems essential for a quest or a locked door etc.

Oh Ffs.

Took a few freebies when clearing out the bank and some grass raised the alarm — looking at you, Sam Coe. Suddenly the Freestar Collective swarm in and arrest me. Just like the UC did!

Note to self, don't leave any valuables around askew.

I managed to grab 45 mins or so today after work and just randomly picked the quest mentioned above with the satellite repairing. Throwing myself into the ship combat was the best way to learn it.

Initially it just feels like you're not moving and tanking everything but it does start to feel better when you're boosting about and understanding the flight path of the enemy to keep them locked on.

Dropped all power from the grav, lowered the engines a bit and boosted missiles, shields and guns.

I about to go invade a system with a floatilla of farmer wingmen.

Nice




You can do it to the gun shop as well.

Mid conversation at Red Mile with two npc's and a creature aggros the entire bar, creature gets killed and the conversation continues with npc's miles away from each other and talking to one another through a series of walls.

About 20 minutes later mid conversation with a follower they get aggro'd and it soft locks the game.

Yeah it took at around 6-8hrs before it felt like I was actually moving forward.

I find it odd that as soon as I take off my crew start conversations - the roar of engines drowns them out so haven't a clue what they are saying (not that it matters as they generally don't say interesting stuff).

The Mantis quest was weird.