# Starfield - November 11, 2022. How excited are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328 "2021-08-22T21:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/361 "2023-09-18T22:20:17Z")
And coming from a _Mind_, which has depths of emotion compared to a human that are as the Mariana Trench is to a puddle, you know it’s not bluffing. PS: What’s the length limit on Starfield ship names, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/362 "2023-09-18T22:28:29Z")
I just might name my next ship Pinafore. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/363 "2023-09-18T23:02:52Z")
Ha! I’m almost certain that’s the mission that prompted my post. I picked the _ **lowest-level** _ bounty, thinking that would be easiest. Nope, I warped into a MASSIVE beatdown. I’ll keep the “Run away!” option in mind next time, although the old reliable, “load last save” will probably be my go-to. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/364 "2023-09-18T23:09:51Z")
Oh, I also have an Old Earth Shotgun with a silencer and some other mods called _A Silent Reminder_ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/365 "2023-09-18T23:25:06Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Murderbot Diaries? I actually had to look that one up, despite reading a few of the books. I guess the name didn’t stick. That’s the one. It likely didn’t stick because Murderbot always calls it Art, “Asshole Research Transport.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/366 "2023-09-18T23:26:23Z")
I’ve taken 15 or 20 “Kill the pirate” missions and there were usually 1 to 5 ships. All these ships and the station was a big surprise, but I did notice I was jumping to a system pretty far to the right. I wish there was some way to list the contacts other than spamming the T key and hoping it picks what you want. Yup I’m about to load into my last quicksave and see if “Run away!” is viable strategy. Otherwise I’ll find out how long ago my last save before that was. ETA: Ok so I couldn’t select anywhere in the same system, I guess any planet/moon/etc there is considered fast travel not grav drive. But I could warp to another star system, whew. The system Kryx I was in is only level 20 and I’m level 31 with I think a good ship, but with the Crimson Fleet station there when you jump in it’s a tough place. Maybe it figures into a questline and I’m just going there without the right people. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/367 "2023-09-18T23:29:42Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It likely didn’t stick because Murderbot always calls it Art, “Asshole Research Transport.” Ahh, yes. _That_ name stuck 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/368 "2023-09-18T23:51:04Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Maybe it figures into a questline and I’m just going there without the right people. Yeah, there’s a questline (starting with the Vanguard line) that makes everyone peaceful and allows you to dock. Though it is funny that I once went to The Key with my warship, cleared out the entire place of pirates, and then came back in the same ship after starting the quest. No one seems to have noticed yet… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/369 "2023-09-19T00:03:26Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Though it is funny that I once went to The Key with my warship, cleared out the entire place of pirates, and then came back in the same ship after starting the quest. To be fair, the Crimson Fleet flies a lot of identical ships, so maybe they thought it was just someone else in an identical ship to yours. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/370 "2023-09-19T00:08:07Z")
Or, if all they went on was the transponder code, they’d have found that it _was_ one of their ships. I just replaced every other component. Perhaps they were too distracted the first time to check. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/371 "2023-09-19T03:17:53Z")
I took up one of the Constellation missions on the mission board. It involves finding some sort of landform in the Indus system. Man, this is not gonna be worth 7500 credits. I’ve spent half an hour on one planet and found nothing at all to scan, although I did find some Ecliptic assholes to murder. Murdering them was fun, though, again, easy; Sarah and I slaughtered them with ease. Can you set a difficulty level higher? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/372 "2023-09-19T03:44:21Z")
Oh yeah, those scanning jobs are super annoying. Was the job to find something like “heat-resistant flora” or “geothermal life” or something along those lines? Those are planetary _traits_ and actually have nothing to do with scanning the animal/plant life itself. Instead, you need to seek out points of interest and see what’s there. You can ignore human outposts and the like. They’re places with unique geology or other features that you’ll have to scan when you get there. Just follow the icons when you have the scanner up. Usually it doesn’t take more than a few tries, in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/373 "2023-09-19T13:08:29Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I don’t know this one and honestly have gone to some effort to find good spaceship names in case I need a lot of them. > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > If you are completely out of ideas, just come up with something based on a lack of gravitas. _Absolutely No Gravitas Here_, _All Hat and No Gravitas_, _Gravi-What?_, etc. Quite a few Spaceship Name Generators are out there. Examples: > **[Spaceship names](https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/spaceship-names.php)** > > Spaceship name generator. 1000's of names are available, you're bound to find one you like. > **[Spaceship Name Generator](https://www.scifiideas.com/spaceship-name-generator/)** > > Need a spaceship name for your sci-fi story, novel, or game? Here's some suggestions from our random Spaceship Name Generator. > **[Spaceship Name Generator - NamesNerd](https://www.namesnerd.com/sci-fi/spaceship-name-generator/)** > > This spaceship name generator creates excellent names for ships from any galaxy! Perfect for Star Wars and other Sci-Fi! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/374 "2023-09-19T14:54:28Z")
You can set difficulty higher or lower at any time, in Options, Gameplay IIRC. Yeah I find the idea of the Constellation survey missions interesting, but not worth the money yet. This being a Bethesda game I think there are tricks. I think if we level up botany/zoology/scanning then surveying the planets will go much more quickly. Personally I got sidetracked on a temperate planet with some sort of acid rain last night, got like 7/7 flora, all the minerals, but 7/8 fauna. I have only seen one of the little suckers that will give me 8/8, it’s about 1’ long and crawls on the ground. I have been to 4 or 5 landing spots and never seen another one. I even tried killing some wildlife to see if they would come scavenge because I heard that’s a thing. Oh and I stole a really cool UC ship that landed, I think I have a problem. It’s going to be my new flagship. I want to expand the cargo capacity but I don’t want all the objects lovingly placed around the ship to be put in the cargo hold. I hope Bethesda can make that work better. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/375 "2023-09-19T15:02:05Z")
I’m excited now. Just saw several reviews and bought it last night. After how disappointed I was with BG3 I’m looking forward to getting back into a real RPG. So far, so good. That start is a little awkward but its a pretty quick setup, and the character creation was satisfying. Running well too. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/376 "2023-09-20T02:41:11Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > You can set difficulty higher or lower at any time, in Options, Gameplay IIRC. Found it. I was mildly surprised to discover it was set to Normal. I did get in a nasty gunfight with some Ecliptic sons of bitches just now and I had no medpacks and just one trauma pack, so it was a close one. But I murdered the hell out of them. Also I stole another ship. I might sell it instead of keeping it. It does nothing that any of my ships don’t already do. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/377 "2023-09-20T03:50:30Z")
I got another new ship, a Crimson Fleet Wraith with good stats. It’s really annoying me that I can’t paint it or change anything about it without all the cargo going to the cargo hold. Hope that’s a bug/shortcut and not intended behavior. I understand if I have objects in a particular module then they need to go to change the module. But if I’m just painting the ship or changing the guns then every item in the ship doesn’t need to be put into cargo. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/378 "2023-09-21T00:29:26Z")
Yeah I wish I could get all my cargo to spread amongst my ships, which now include Heart of Gold, Perihelion, Serenity, Sulaco, and Galactica. I have no idea what I’m supposed to do with them all. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/379 "2023-09-22T03:27:33Z")
I finally made it to Neon. 1. IT’s getting boring doing little minor quests, and 2. I simply cannot get my boost to work. I took a skill point, then hit boost and go up maybe a foot extra. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/380 "2023-09-22T03:30:42Z")
I’ve been scanning planets here and there. Mostly I’ve been on planets with just a handful of lifeforms, but the last artifact I chased took me to a planet that’s teeming with life. In the forest I ran into a critter called a Hunting Cricket. It looks more like a praying mantis of doom. They hunt in packs, deal savage damage, and enjoy hunting massive sauropod-like critters that share their biome. I’ve died to these crickets more than all other causes of death combined. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328.md?page=20)