:.:. Starfield .:.: - by Vae
Jason Moyer on 1/10/2023 at 08:10
Whoever came up with doing NG+ like this deserves a raise, because every Bethsoft game would be better with the ability to reset the universe. Typically in TES you end up a god with nothing to do once you've cleared out your quest log and explored every location. I'm sure it would piss some people off, but I really hope TES6 has a Dragon Break situation at the end that lets you go back with a different origin and different variations on the main quest, since it would completely work within the existing lore. Maybe have the Dragonborn-style skill resetting with an in-universe explanation.
WingedKagouti on 1/10/2023 at 09:35
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You know, I'd kinda like to ask the lead writer/designer/whatever on Starfield how communication works in the world. Because you either need to be face-to-face, over a loudspeaker, or in ships that are within 1km or something of each other to have conversations. There is that Tapping The Grid quest where she talks you through it but all she says is "I can talk to you remotely" and it's completely handwaved.
From what I have been able to piece together, communications technology is largely the same as we have now. There is no FTL communication (this is specifically mentioned in a couple of quests), so communication faster than that between worlds basically has to work by ships. For some quests to work, there has to be no FTL comms, for others it breaks immersion that it doesn't exist.
The last Ryujin quest also runs into this, as it has you deliver a piece of news to a SSNN anchor, who then has to go check up on the information, while you can rush back to Neon and have a board meeting where the report is broadcast.
Jason Moyer on 1/10/2023 at 17:01
Across planets it totally makes sense. I don't understand why there's like 20 hours of mostly garbage quests on New Atlantis when dudes could just call each other though. For my first NG+ run I'm testing the idea that you can get all of the same quests without exploring as I did being anal retentive, so I guess I'll have to look out for stuff where having a cell phone would make the quest pointless. I'm kinda curious to see what happens if I don't initiate any quests outside of talking to the people it automatically sends you to.
Jason Moyer on 2/10/2023 at 02:27
I'll spoiler this, I guess, but someone needs to recut the Star Gate scene from 2001 with clips of Superman64 instead of the light show stuff and upload it as "2001 Reimagined In Starfield"
Jason Moyer on 8/10/2023 at 12:19
Just started my 7th playthrough. I think I may settle down for a bit in this one and do some faction and sidequests just to try out some alternate approaches. I'm still enjoying this game, although I still find the "optional" part of the MQ to be incredibly repetitive and boring, especially towards the end since you can't do that stuff earlier in the questline. Also, is it just me, or do you instinctively kill every heatleech you find in NG+.
WingedKagouti on 8/10/2023 at 13:01
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Also, is it just me, or do you instinctively kill every
heatleech you find in NG+.
I was killing them before doing that story, after the story I felt entirely justified. And the link was telegraphed enough for me to put most of the pieces together a couple of missions before the reveal, I was only missing the plant (which you're only introduced to during the mission with the reveal).
Jason Moyer on 11/10/2023 at 08:02
Yeah, in retrospect the fact that there are 3 unscannable fauna types should have been a clue that they were related somehow. I'm assuming xenogrubs are an earlier stage of development. Hilariously, the game basically tells you about the link in the very first mission you do before going to Jemison. Edit: Looks like the space roaches don't scan either, so there goes my theory.
EvaUnit02 on 28/10/2023 at 10:03
Not sure how it'll go with the Juno's Gambit side-quest, considering that they gave a sentient AI the voice of fucking Shodan. I pushed her down the path of exploring to gain knowledge, like V-ger from Star Trek 1: TPM.
In a surprise to nobody, the community is already fixing their game for them.
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https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/1?tab=logs)
WingedKagouti on 28/10/2023 at 14:48
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Not sure how it'll go with the Juno's Gambit side-quest, considering that they gave a sentient AI the voice of fucking Shodan. I pushed her down the path of exploring to gain knowledge, like V-ger from Star Trek 1: TPM.
From what I've read there are a couple of outcomes depending on what you try to do, it'll be resolved with a random encounter after some time. There's also an exclusive "solution" if you've joined Ryujin.
