Your thoughts on Starfield

[Vlad 254]

Hi Selene,

Avrie told me you added a Starfield section to your site so i thought I'd pop in and say hello. Been playing Starfield since it launched so haven't done much with Skyrim since. On one hand things are still in the very early stages as far as modding is concerned with Starfield even though it just had it's one year anniversary. On the other hand things are coming along nicely. Are you going to play it?

[Selene310187]

Hi Selene,

Avrie told me you added a Starfield section to your site so i thought I'd pop in and say hello. Been playing Starfield since it launched so haven't done much with Skyrim since. On one hand things are still in the very early stages as far as modding is concerned with Starfield even though it just had it's one year anniversary. On the other hand things are coming along nicely. Are you going to play it?

Hello, I'm happy to hear from you again.

I moved your post to the Your Thoughts On Starfield thread because I think the topic fits better in this thread.

Regarding Starfield, I played it shortly after release until around mid-December 2023. Then I took a break that lasted about a year because, as I said in another thread, it became boring and repetitive after a while. Additionally, I wanted to play a few other games for a change like Cyberpunk 2077. Nevertheless, I have always kept up to date with Starfield. So I know about the improved surface map and the ground vehicle, and that the DLC Shattered Space will be released very soon. The latter was also the reason why I'm giving the game a second chance.

I'm not up to date on the subject of Starfield mods. But I can well imagine that there are now many mods that improve the game. I'm still in my first playthrough and want to keep it as Vanilla as possible. So I only a few mods installed like a script mod to call my ship and one that connects the workbenches in my ship with the infinite storing container in the Lodge. I haven't used any mods that come with plugin files until now because I feared to screw up my savegame with plugin that are created before the release of the Creation Kit.

[Selene310187]

I wanted to know what level the character should have to begin the DLC Shattered Space. According to my research, the player only needs to have completed the first quest of the main quest, “One Small Step”. To deal with the enemies, a level of at least 35 is recommended.
Source: https://gamerant.com/starfield-how-when ... nsion-dlc/

My character is at level 23. So I need to do some grinding before I'm ready for Shattered Space. What things let me level up quickly in a short amount of time? Doing quests? Killing enemies? Crafting? ...

While I'm grinding, I want to do a few entertaining quests in between. Which ones can you recommend? Of the factions, I've started all but Ryujin Industries and stopped or paused them in the middle (I might continue with Freestar Collective).

[Avrie]

Recommended level is 35 with the first part of the main quests already done. Basically you need to have gone off with Sarah and retrieved the second artifact. Personally I recommend you also have rescued Barrett, and met Andreja. This way the 'tutorial' has basically been completed.

Once you're at that point it's a matter of jumping randomly to a system you don't have a current mission at.

[Selene310187]

Thanks for the more detailed info on how to start the DLC but that was not what I meant (I admit, however, that I expressed this somewhat misleadingly in the first paragraph). My questions were in the second and third paragraphs of my previous post. The first question was about how to level up faster and the second one was about recommendations for entertaining quests.

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My character is at level 23. So I need to do some grinding before I'm ready for Shattered Space. What things let me level up quickly in a short amount of time? Doing quests? Killing enemies? Crafting? ...

While I'm grinding, I want to do a few entertaining quests in between. Which ones can you recommend? Of the factions, I've started all but Ryujin Industries and stopped or paused them in the middle (I might continue with Freestar Collective).

[Avrie]

Ah, sorry, I miss understood. I actually love the very early quests. Failure to communicate, ground pounder, and the mantis are a given. Of the factions I like the ranger quests the best. Don't pass up on the well quests either. They all add up.

As to quick leveling... Nothing and I mean nothing levels you faster than surveying worlds, and the cash adds up fast as well. If you clear the mission board in the lodge basement, you'll rank up skills and levels pretty quick, and it will undoubtedly trigger failure to communicate, which will trigger the Mantis... Those are a great start to any new play through

[Avrie]

I finally completed the Shattered space DLC for the first time yesterday. I'll definitely be playing it through again. Overall I really liked it, the final challenges in the citadel, and escaping it were intense, especially the escape. I wasn't thrilled with the dialog choices in the wrap up. But getting there was a lot of fun

[Selene310187]

My character has recently reached level 40 and should therefore be ready for Shattered Space. But I'm hesitant to buy the DLC because I'm a bit put off by the many negative reviews.

[Avrie]

If you like the game, you'll like Shattered space. It's quite well written, and the additional dialogs with Andreja fit well. Negative review bombing has become a thing lately. I've learned to ignore it. Especially when you dig a little and find out people are copy/pasted negative reviews and posting them through alternate accounts. These shills are organized. The Steam forums are still toxic as well.

I enjoyed it, and I'm currently prepping a new character to go through it again. I'll stick with my own opinions, and those of my friends. It's a good edition to the game. In fact it was originally part of the main story, and it was turned into a DLC. (No idea why, but the file tree in the BA2 is 'SFBG001' which flags it as the first content addition of the base game.)

Haters need to hate. We need to look past the hate.

[Avrie]

I'm just about ready to dive back into the DLC. My current character just hit level 40 as well, and Andreja's dialogs have triggered. I just need to burn helium with the girl until I complete her affinity quests. I have it in my head to let her kill Tomisar this time, and trigger the romance options with her so we can enter the Oracle as a couple... My intent is to marry her on Dazra.

This will probably be the last time I rush a character just to do a fresh DLC playthrough. There are QOL and dialog updates coming out in a couple of weeks as well. I can't wait to see the base game actually finished... there are still two missing base game files, and I'm positive we'll see mining/commerce, and outposts/settlements fairly soon. Hopefully Todd will make a push for the holidays, but I can be patient.