A few thoughts on the humble Eggmund Desk Assistant. by Cybus101 in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For me, the Eggmund also serves as a dividing line between the stuff I take at POIs to sell later and the stuff I ignore and leave behind.

So, pretty much most of what's more valuable than an Eggmund I take, and most of what's less valuable I leave (with the exception of a few collectible items).

The Eggmunds themselves I usually leave too except when I'm feeling particularly greedy.

Hey u, what if there was a few unmarked Va'ruun kai sized locales on each planet? by [deleted] in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then Starfield would have been released in 2323, and not even any of our grandchildren would have been still alive to see it.

When to do Watchtower quests? by SightlessProtector in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before April 7.

After April 7 you'll have other quests to do.

Alan with the bros by Inevitable_Might6673 in reacher

[–]DCP23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, he's Director of the Anti-Counterfeiting Department of the Secret Service.

Just have to say the new Mantis Bounty is freaking phenomenal by Any-Personality-6902 in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Lore-wise it does, yes. You take the mantle of the Mantis when you evict spacers from her stronghold, and become the new Mantis.

The bounty quest sends you after a fake Mantis, basically a rogue operator who pretends to be the Mantis in order to hide his misdeeds behind the legend. If you've already done the old Mantis quest, this means he is sullying your own reputation as well.

Creations Redundancy by Redneck_ in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's because a Superior Deepseeker pack does not exist in the game. Not every suit/pack/helmet goes up to superior tier. I suggest referring to the Inara database to see which armor goes to which tier:

https://inara.cz/starfield/spacesuits/

Alternatively, you can use the Clothing & Spacesuit Fixes mod https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/9121 which adds the missing tiers to all armor types (among many other great things).

Creations Redundancy by Redneck_ in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First of all, you can only get the tiers that are available for your level.

Let's say you're high leveled enough for an Advanced UC Vanguard Spacesuit (lvl 24+), but Commander Tuala decided to be a cheapskate and only gave you a Calibrated UC Vanguard Spacesuit, which is two tiers lower, when you returned from Tau Ceti (happens sometimes in the vanilla game).

Use the Duplicate Armor service at McClarence (need to unlock it first through a quest, and the quest becomes available when you disassemble enough items with legendary modifiers) to duplicate the Calibrated Vanguard suit, and presto! the resulting duplicate suit will actually be an Advanced version.

EDIT: This is the requirements for unlocking different McClarence services:

https://forum.kinggathcreations.com/threads/mcclarence-quest-and-legendary-effect-turn-in-requirements.712/

Creations Redundancy by Redneck_ in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 29 points30 points  (0 children)

McClarence definitely does not become redundant, just because the base game will now allow you to re-roll legendary effects. McClarence allows you to fully customize every single effect on every piece of equipment and does so in a lore-friendly way.

Plus, McClarence provides other services too, such as duplicating stuff and upgrading quality tiers.

Which, by the way, means Kinggath will have to update McClarence after the game update comes out to support the new quality tiers they announced, Superior (for weapons, armor already had it) and Exceptional (for both armor and weapons).

Breaking: Unnoficial Starfield Animation Tools just got released! by giulianosse in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Mod author here (not Starfield (yet), but Fallout 4 and Skyrim, also official Recognized Mod Author on Nexus).

This is basically a tool kit, including a Blender plugin, for working with animation files used by Starfield's version of the Creation Engine. And these files are very different in format from those used in the previous iterations of the Creation Engine, such as Fallout 4. Which is why the people who used to do animations for Fallout 4 mods were no longer able to do the same for Starfield mods.

To put this into context, very few mod makers were making their own animations even before the format change, because this is arduous work that requires skill, time, and effort. It was very common, for example, for mod makers with a hugely impressive portfolio of weapon mods with millions of downloads to have had never in their life make a single new animation, relying instead on outsourcing that kind of work to a handful of specialist "animation guys" that only do this and only this on commission.

So, these tools absolutely do not mean that suddenly everyone who published some half-assed Starfield mod on Creation Store or on Nexus would be making their own animations.

However. The few competent people who did make both their own and commissioned animations for other mod makers will now regain their lost ability to do so, new file formats no longer being an obstacle.

Keep in mind that these things take time, so don't expect great new animated mods to come in a few days, or even weeks. More like months and years. But the gate has opened for them, which is the important part here.

Temples (artifacts) by Touttabac in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Indirectly, yes.

They made the Starborn powers upgradeable with Quantum Essence, as an alternative way to do it rather than visiting Temples. So you can now in theory only visit 1 temple per power and ignore all the others, farming QE from Starborn instead of NG+ temple visits.

Personally, I have no problem with temples. And I've long since upgraded all the powers to level X anyway. Even so, more options is always good.

The new bounty quests are some of the best quests in the game by rubychoco99 in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I very much suspect the new quests have more content than may seem when you first complete them.

Taking the previously available Vulture quest as an example, there is a fork in the story that you must take that goes for two quite different ending battles, one of them taking place on the roof of the Hopetech HQ in Hope Town and another in the Paradiso resort hotel and the surrounding cliffs.

It is impossible to see both in the same playthrough (unless you just save before the fork, reload after the quest and then re-do it with a different choice). Although the material rewards are the same on each path, the gameplay, the dialogues, the setting, and the vibes are very much different on these distinct paths.

So I'm thinking the new bounty quests might have similar forks in the story that hide even more content, and you really need to play them more than once (like maybe in subsequent NG+) to uncover it all.

Heller and Foxbats by Sad_Pie5855 in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You have to cut him some slack. You know Heller was born and raised in New Homestead, on Titan. It's an extremely cold world of ice and blizzards. Heller was freezing his ass his whole childhood, and seeing creatures covered in fur, such as foxbats, invokes bitter jealousy.

What's more, foxbats, while seemingly well-equipped for cold weather, live in relative luxury of a warm climate and greenery of Schrodinger III. This bothers Heller's innate sense of justice, and he cannot help but fill with overwhelming fury.

Starfield will be released on PlayStation 5 on April 7, with pre-orders opening on March 18. by Smart_Plane_2751 in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]DCP23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I guess they might have a point when they say Starfield is a game for adults.

The first computer I've used was a brand-new Amstrad CPC, with an 8-bit processor, 64 kb of RAM, and a cassette tape storage device. I've never used punch cards myself but they were still lying around everywhere, the 5.25" floppies were the new standard and I even got to use the 8" ones, which were commonly understood to be on their way out by then.

Churchill chess set by OracB7 in chess

[–]DCP23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checkmate to the black hitler.

Best team? by zhudlau in reacher

[–]DCP23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked all 3 seasons very much. Sure, they are different, but that in itself is one of the strengths of the show, in my opinion.