Starfield - Bethesda Softworks - Release Date - Sep 6th 2023

[Jovavic]

That is exactly the quest I did it for! Haha

Make sure you tell the designers to use the “kitchen sink” budget.

The ship I got reminds me of Homer's car from that old Simpsons episode lol

 

[Khelandros]

Tip:

Use the flight simulator in new Atlantis in the vanguard building to get the ship kills you need to level up the piloting skills (if you take the elevator I believe it’s the bottom floor or 2nd to the bottom). That’s what I did to level up to class c quickly. Otherwise you’ll be jumping all over space trying to get to 30 ships destroyed.

You can use the simulator to level up all ship skills, not just piloting.

 

[squashmaple]

I am 90 hours into my first playthrough, but I'm taking it very slow and savoring it. I wasted about 30 of that just wandering around on random planets enjoying it and learning the mechanics. Then I had a game-breaking bug on the Into The Unknown quest (the temple never generated for me... yes, I am sure). I had to wait for the first patch for that, so I did side things. The patch fixed my bug and the temple generated basically at the landing site, of course. I just hit level 35 and really hitting my stride on the game. I still think the menus are clunky with bad UX, but I guess now I'm used to it. Looking to wrap up this first playthrough in the next few days so I can do Phantom Liberty before I come back to Starfield with a fresh character.

 

[Turin]

I think you need to join the Vanguard to use the ship simulator, which is kind of annoying for my Freestar character but whatever. It's either that or spend 1000000 credits on a ship with a strong enough gravdrive in order for me to progress the story at this point haha.

 

[Byron Bitz]

Can you use the VATS system or something similar for combat?

 

[Jovavic]

Can you use the VATS system or something similar for combat?

Only during ship combat once you buy the perk

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

No VATS for pvp but there is Aurora/Jet at least.

 

[awfulwaffle]

I am 90 hours into my first playthrough, but I'm taking it very slow and savoring it. I wasted about 30 of that just wandering around on random planets enjoying it and learning the mechanics. Then I had a game-breaking bug on the Into The Unknown quest (the temple never generated for me... yes, I am sure). I had to wait for the first patch for that, so I did side things. The patch fixed my bug and the temple generated basically at the landing site, of course. I just hit level 35 and really hitting my stride on the game. I still think the menus are clunky with bad UX, but I guess now I'm used to it. Looking to wrap up this first playthrough in the next few days so I can do Phantom Liberty before I come back to Starfield with a fresh character.

I was about 70 hours in, but I was rushing through things, and realizing I was missing a lot of stuff.

I started a new character(thankfully have my old save so never lost what I did on the old one), and am still in New Atlantis after about 6 hours. I'm just wandering around and talking to every vendor/person I can, picking up all the different loot that I can, and reading what I can. It's more savoring, and realized how much I missed just from not taking my time when first getting to New Atlantis the first time.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

30 hours in and finally starting some Constellation quests.

Are there followers who just say nothing or is it bugged? Finally traveling with Barrett after having Dani Garcia with me. Garcia barely spoke and never offered her opinions on anything. Not even sure her affinity ever changed. Barrett won't stfu sometimes and questioned me about my choice in the Rangers quest.

Ok, so this is either definitely bugged or just a bad game design decision. Followers who I haven't used unless I had to, like Sarah or Andreja, have gotten mad at me for decisions I made in quests they weren't even around for.

That's kinda... dumb?

I don't remember Hadvar in Skyrim admonishing me for assassinating the Emperor or Paladin Danse getting on my case about doing Railroad missions.

 

[Jovavic]

Once you finish a big questline like Vanguard, Ryujin, etc., all of your companions will have something to say about the decisions you made and the ultimate outcome, if they went with you or not.

Game crashes once every few hours now, had to redo part of the flight simulator to get my ship kills, very frustrating.

 

[Dolemite]

I was about 70 hours in, but I was rushing through things, and realizing I was missing a lot of stuff.

I started a new character(thankfully have my old save so never lost what I did on the old one), and am still in New Atlantis after about 6 hours. I'm just wandering around and talking to every vendor/person I can, picking up all the different loot that I can, and reading what I can. It's more savoring, and realized how much I missed just from not taking my time when first getting to New Atlantis the first time.

Go to the bank.

 

[LarKing]

I think you need to join the Vanguard to use the ship simulator, which is kind of annoying for my Freestar character but whatever. It's either that or spend 1000000 credits on a ship with a strong enough gravdrive in order for me to progress the story at this point haha.

You can do both thankfully.

 

[Turin]

Entangled is pretty fun. Seems pretty split on people who find it tedious vs those who like it. But I like long missions.

 

[Dolemite]

I think you need to join the Vanguard to use the ship simulator, which is kind of annoying for my Freestar character but whatever. It's either that or spend 1000000 credits on a ship with a strong enough gravdrive in order for me to progress the story at this point haha.

Do the Manits quest.

 

[Turin]

Do the Manits quest.

I did haha. Razorleaf doesn’t have a strong enough grav drive to reach the Freya system. Same with the Star Eagle. I ended up buying the Petrosaurus II and did quests shooting ships down until I got class B piloting.

 

[Jussi]

Where do I clear Crimson Fleet bounty? I feel like there's a mission that might cause issues with the ongoing plan to infiltrate them.

 

[GreytWun]

Where do I clear Crimson Fleet bounty? I feel like there's a mission that might cause issues with the ongoing plan to infiltrate them.

Go to the self service bounty terminal and clear it. They are by bars and inns usually.
Make sure you are not in a crimson fleet star system. Best bet would be to go to New Atlantis on Jemison.

 

[HoseEmDown]

So if had this a week now and I've restarted twice now. First time I didn't realize you could trade your gear to your companion or load up your ship so I couldn't move at all and didn't know about the packs having a booster. Wasn't that far in so didn't matter. The second time I figured those things out and was progressing great, did Mantis which was ridiculously hard, so was much farther along. But I didn't realize that after you passed your first 5 tasks on a skill you need to use a skill point to go to the next level. So I was using the skill points to open another skill and stuck on level 1 on the others and was wondering why I wasn't picking better locks and still struggling with mass. Hopefully I figured all those things out and can just play the game like intended. Only issue now is how to split side and fraction quests from main quests.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Once you finish a big questline like Vanguard, Ryujin, etc., all of your companions will have something to say about the decisions you made and the ultimate outcome, if they went with you or not.

Game crashes once every few hours now, had to redo part of the flight simulator to get my ship kills, very frustrating.

What are you playing on? Xbox or PC?

If you are on Xbox, are you using quick resume for StarField? If so, try quitting to the main menu when you stop playing. I’ve found I have a lot less issues that way.

 

[Jovavic]

What are you playing on? Xbox or PC?

If you are on Xbox, are you using quick resume for StarField? If so, try quitting to the main menu when you stop playing. I’ve found I have a lot less issues that way.

Series S, I quit to the character screen. No issues in the few hours I played today, so who knows lol, I'll try backing out to main menu if/when it crops up again, thanks!

The main story has taken a turn lol

 

[Turin]

Just finished the last mission. Didn’t do any companion quests except Sarah’s and didn’t do the Vanguard or Crimson Fleet quest lines. Unsure if I’m gonna NG+. I think I will but man, tough.

This game just clicks with me on a level no game since Morrowind has. The vibes really are immaculate. Can’t wait til the first expansion.

 

[GreytWun]

Just finished the last mission. Didn’t do any companion quests except Sarah’s and didn’t do the Vanguard or Crimson Fleet quest lines. Unsure if I’m gonna NG+. I think I will but man, tough.

This game just clicks with me on a level no game since Morrowind has. The vibes really are immaculate. Can’t wait til the first expansion.

To All do not read spoiler below if you haven't beaten the game and don't want anything spoiled.

Spoiler

You can skip some of the main story if you New Game+ or you can play through the entire story again. There is new dialogue options, and you can new game + 10 times to upgrade all your powers to level 10.

The biggest issue I had is losing literally everything except your skills. I hated losing my weapons and items.

 

[Jussi]

I can't get my outpost to show up in "Outposts" menu and can't assign anyone to it (yes, I had a crewstation there). Is there any way to just delete the whole thing and start over?

 

[Jovavic]

Finished it, enjoyed it for the most part but it's below FFXVI for GotY for me. I'll jump back in once they release some mods for Xbox and that first DLC comes out. Back to Sea of Stars

 

[Dolemite]

Finished it, enjoyed it for the most part but it's below FFXVI for GotY for me. I'll jump back in once they release some mods for Xbox and that first DLC comes out. Back to Sea of Stars

Tell me you didn't do side quests without saying you didn't do side quests.