True it was awful, much better now in so many ways it's like a brand new game.
All weapons got a tier like 1,2,3,4 etc. if you find a good one early you can use it.
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All weapons got a tier like 1,2,3,4 etc. if you find a good one early you can use it.
In SF it seems loot and shop items scale to level. Lvl 10 I'm beginning to see "calibrated" qualities which are the tiers in SF.
I found the house of Va'ruun rifle and have been using it since, it's legendary so it's one shot one kill no matter the level of the enemies.
From what I've seen the Varuun stuff drops late in a breaktrough and is very powerful. If you find one early you're lucky. Also has red crosshair which is great at night but I had trouble hitting stuff. It may be that they are not hitscan.
Just travel to some of the high level planets, there you find it. I found mine at a L75 something planet.
But isn't stuff even harder to kill as noob there. Serpentis system spawns Varuun mobs frequently btw.
Sure, but that's the challenge
New playthrough - early boarding commando. Got a decent ship by feeding mercs their own words (have wanted trait) and kept ship. Went for cheap upgrade and now I have decent A class with decent cargo and workbench. It is a ship of the 3x1 variety habs - I just plonked a workshop to the side which gives already some asyymetric flair.
I bet it's a lot of running. "Hey come to my ship entrance where Vasco lurks!"Sure, but that's the challenge
Well, there are many ways to do it, but I like the challenge.
Mine parcours? I was successful in placing mines in enemies faces, lately. I call it the combat engineer approach. You take damage though. The sponge in 1v1 is controllable. Get close and pistol whip them. Then shoot then whip again. That keeps them busy and somehow astonished.
Gagarin. Again. I have never revisited a planet this much in former playthroughs. First I was eager for creature XP, then I wanted the Adhesives and Sealants (member: it is substance abuser playthrough). The chemist is I think 2 levels away now (I had to upgrade damage) - skill tree is abouquet of science and I haven't even picked scanning. I would have never picked geologist but I got it with the background and had 1 special dialogue option with it: Heart of Mars.
Now that I have set normal difficulty again I go to Gagarin for XP and adhesives again and again. These floaty boaters infest the skies.
Btw the old playthrough I found the furry fox animal - not sure if it is reused on other planets but I found it on the planet where the luxury textiles drop - well it is the mob that actually drops them.
Now that I have set normal difficulty again I go to Gagarin for XP and adhesives again and again. These floaty boaters infest the skies.
Btw the old playthrough I found the furry fox animal - not sure if it is reused on other planets but I found it on the planet where the luxury textiles drop - well it is the mob that actually drops them.
This would be why I use a Magpulse & Magsniper...
"A lot helps a lot".
Magic slippers? The only one wearing magic slippers is the strawman. I'm playing stamina-build vocations right now, with the archer being the closest analog to the gun wielder in more "reality-based" games. And as an archer, I can actually run real fast past some high-level foes in a forbidden dungeon, steal a high-level bow, and even use it as a low-level character, but it wipes out my low-level stamina in one or two shots. This is realistic, as I've tried to draw back more powerful hunting bows IRL and my puny worm arms couldn't do it. Now if I were to "level up" by going to the gym, then perhaps. Same goes with a .44 Magnum - my old man wrists would probably fracture shooting such a weapon over and over, so I choose a lower caliber fit for my IRL "level".
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I don't know about Starfield, but a lot of futuristic RPGs swap and replace "tech level" in for magic, with suit power being the equivalent to magicka, and various energy weapons being the equivalent to spells. Obviously RDR2 is an exception, though one might argue that dead eye is a high-level time-slowing spell, and snake oil is a magic potion with insta-heal properties
Again, I think it depends on the weapon. A lot of common folk around here own .22 pistols and rifles for self-defense, and there are plenty of stories of people surviving single shots to the head with a .22 caliber bullet, especially grazing shots. Don't get me wrong, I am the last person to defend bullet sponge gameplay (unless done in a believable way, like the dudes in Uncharted who wear prototype Iron Man suits). But I also don't think it's realist, or fun, to be able to one-shot everyone in the game, especially those wearing helmets (or androids or giant bug monsters), with the equivalent of a cheap .22 pistol.
All that said, if you as a player have the skill to shoot someone in the eye with a .22 pistol in real time (no time-slowing cheats which should be unlocked at higher levels, not level 1), then yes, that for the sake of immersion alone, should bring down whoever you are shooting, assuming your target is a regular human and not genetically engineered super-soldier or T-800 terminator.
And what I've seen in your and other Starfield videos, with civilians taking multiple shots and just getting up as if they were stung by a bee, well that's full rubbish nonsense, LOL, so ultimately I am on your side.
true a .22 is not always deadly but there is no one who survived a shotgun blast to the head at close rangeMagic slippers? The only one wearing magic slippers is the strawman. I'm playing stamina-build vocations right now, with the archer being the closest analog to the gun wielder in more "reality-based" games. And as an archer, I can actually run real fast past some high-level foes in a forbidden dungeon, steal a high-level bow, and even use it as a low-level character, but it wipes out my low-level stamina in one or two shots. This is realistic, as I've tried to draw back more powerful hunting bows IRL and my puny worm arms couldn't do it. Now if I were to "level up" by going to the gym, then perhaps. Same goes with a .44 Magnum - my old man wrists would probably fracture shooting such a weapon over and over, so I choose a lower caliber fit for my IRL "level".
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I don't know about Starfield, but a lot of futuristic RPGs swap and replace "tech level" in for magic, with suit power being the equivalent to magicka, and various energy weapons being the equivalent to spells. Obviously RDR2 is an exception, though one might argue that dead eye is a high-level time-slowing spell, and snake oil is a magic potion with insta-heal properties
Again, I think it depends on the weapon. A lot of common folk around here own .22 pistols and rifles for self-defense, and there are plenty of stories of people surviving single shots to the head with a .22 caliber bullet, especially grazing shots. Don't get me wrong, I am the last person to defend bullet sponge gameplay (unless done in a believable way, like the dudes in Uncharted who wear prototype Iron Man suits). But I also don't think it's realist, or fun, to be able to one-shot everyone in the game, especially those wearing helmets (or androids or giant bug monsters), with the equivalent of a cheap .22 pistol.
All that said, if you as a player have the skill to shoot someone in the eye with a .22 pistol in real time (no time-slowing cheats which should be unlocked at higher levels, not level 1), then yes, that for the sake of immersion alone, should bring down whoever you are shooting, assuming your target is a regular human and not genetically engineered super-soldier or T-800 terminator.
And what I've seen in your and other Starfield videos, with civilians taking multiple shots and just getting up as if they were stung by a bee, well that's full rubbish nonsense, LOL, so ultimately I am on your side.
I don't understand the shotgun obsession. Arent slug rounds more destructive?true a .22 is not always deadly but there is no one who survived a shotgun blast to the head at close range
slugs are shotguns too
but a 00 Buck at close range is pretty destructive.... and messy.slugs are shotguns too
Slugs are messy. I stood on one in my bare feet once.... yeugh!