Worse, the 'recruitable self' universe is actually not one of the 'alternate' universes. It is effectively just a variation on the NG+ Constellation universe. So it falls into a percentage after you fall into the 85% normal universe. I'm about ready to start re-rolling for NG+6 so I'll try to get that one this time. I've done it before, but needed to make a video and ended up doing more leveling in NG+5. Since I hate to throw away levels and Skills, now I have to do it again. :)

yes, this is a very 'involved' element of this game. Better than not having the ammo, but with so many variations it's kind of crazy.

Their ships are like flying bricks (in a good way). :)

Elianora is a good reference point. Long time modder, "verified creator", part of the launch PR for the Creation Store. I assume she's ideologically 'read in' on the Bethesda vision for the store as well. I notice she's selling her creations in the store too (TheRealElianora). High quality work as you recognized. There's a lot of room for very low effort mods and skins that could still be free over time. Most people recognized not all mods are equal. There's also a lot of room to drive quality into the mods. More near flawless execution at the code level and fewer mods that break seemingly non-related things. There's a need for balance. On one end the ability for anyone with a dream, time and enough talent to start to have access and the ability to offer their earliest ideas into the community. On the other end, a functioning market place that ensured the best of the best (without having the wear a Microsoft badge or fill out a W-9) can make a good living contributing to a community that truly values them and doesn't just like free things. I am still optimistic.

I put my thoughts in the other comment, but I don't dislike your suggestions and ideas. I am just watching what the mothership (MSFT) has done, recognizing they forked over $7.5B for Bethesda and they do have a direct say in how things go.

It's unfortunate, a lot of people didn't really understand (hear) what Todd Howard said in the interview. I don't blame Matty as he was in the middle of the biggest (?) interview of his career, but some others really spun it inaccurately later. I don't know if they heard what they wanted to hear or were farming engagement, but I'll quote from the transcript I wrote up after the interview and add my interpretation. "I do think we're going to take a look at that and how we deliver content, you know, like that and whether we're changing pricing or breaking it up or what we should do there" - Todd Howard This entire section is worth listening to: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2ew8LQFGNWU.htmlsi=vLK1ynGne7P51QJM&t=2548 "We hear the feedback, we need to evaluate, you know, both pricing and what we put out for free how we communicate what's in something" - Todd Howard Second section. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2ew8LQFGNWU.htmlsi=jTlDZZjLfKZcx4Mr&t=2717 What jumped out at me, what I clearly heard him say was NOT "We're going to change pricing because people didn't like it." I then watched a lot of people tell themselves that's what he said, but he didn't. Maybe he's just crafty with terms. Maybe people heard what they wanted to hear, a form of confirmation bias. What he said was (my interpretation), "We know how to price for the value included, but also can tell people didn't understand the value so we'll look for ways to either explain that better or break it up so they can understand it in the future." So if we look at a July $4 outfit (and literally just an outfit) and compare it to the Vulture DLC which contained two outfits, a gun and was offered at the same time a significant DLC/game feature (Tracker's Alliance) was given away for free, I'm still of the opinion the lesson they will take away is "Don't give away anything for free going forward. Players will pretend it has no value and attack us for the optional part. So the controversy over The Vulture and Tracker's Alliance content will just ensure higher prices for content going forward. Just my 'read' on the discussion and time will tell. It won't destroy Microsoft or Bethesda. I've not tracked down the original MSFT financial results, but the Minecraft Marketplace brought in $350M in revenue a few years back. They claim 50% of the went back to the modders. It will be interesting to see if Bethesda fans can somehow convince Microsoft you can't build a successful modding community and marketplace. I'm betting it's a inevitable future. screenrant.com/minecraft-marketplace-350-million-profit-modders/

It's good to find humor in strange circumstances. It's better than being bothered by it. ;)

This is troubling. Been through the Unity? I found my oldest games had issues that would never be addressed even if the triggers were patched so a reset of the game was needed. Have you searched for each of these on their discord (or on Reddit). Sometimes there are suggested solutions. I'm dabbling more with the Xbox version of the game and getting a feel for the issues there. My top characters are 105 and 155 currently, but I have several in the sub-50 range.

No haven’t done the unity but can’t even take artifacts back to the lodge can’t land on New Atlantis and I’m on Xbox also looked a Reddit and Xbox support and they all say uninstall game reinstall and hard start Xbox done it all nothing

That's pretty backed into a corner. Difficult to imagine what could interfere with the game that much. At that point, I'd be looking for a friend with an Xbox that would let me try it at their house (test on completely different hardware too). But as you likely realize, that starting to run out of options to test in any case.

Maybe +crit to the Cutter?

@@yippykayakotherbuckets8870 Do critical hits cause mining to happen faster? No, seriously, I wondered that but had no easily accessible answer.

You may be on to something there. The cutter is a continuously firing laser I think. Might be a meaningful crit boost.

@@kineer It all depends on how mining is calculated. Luckily, we can test for that now. All we need is a modded Cutter with boosted damage, and no other change. If the modded Cutter can mine an otherwise slow to mine ore, like Citrine, faster than a base Cutter, then the damage boost from +Crit is actually helpful. If it is not faster, then mining is calculated per hit, and +Crit means nothing. Sadly, I am currently slumming it on a decade-old PC while the repair place continues to give me the runaround. Testing this theory will half to fall to others for now.

I was just thinking of the cutter as a weapon and not particularly worried about the actual mining aspect. You can get Elemental Pull through the temple chase and that turns out to be more productive than using a cutter for mining anyway in the long wrong. I have seen videos of people leveling up laser skill (which at 4 can possibly proc fire), using a Cutter and ending up with a crazy damage output (against aliens, humanoid enemies).

I don't know the best place to "apply the money to the system", but I do believe that if we can compensate the creative people that add value for us we'll get more of them and better (and better) mods. Bethesda can help structure the market, but their content isn't (shouldn't be) the center of the universe. That's why I don't mind them making and offering it in anyway, but I want to see Starfield mature into mod without some of the pitfalls other games have hit. Time will tell.

"Paint" (like in the ship builder) would be great.

It's funny, but doc handing me that tablet in NV looks just like Heller handing me the tablet on Vectera when I wake up. I loaded NV on an Xbox the other day (more as a test of my capture/streaming setup). Will definitely take a look at the Viva New Vegas modlist for my PC install. Other than feeling like the the startup, character setup was slow (I was anxious to get moving), I very quickly fell back into standard Bethesda mode and started progressing the game. They have an enjoyable formula that has served me well for decades.

Speaking for all creators everywhere (which I probably can't), we do it so you don't have to. :) Thanks for watching!

I think basic "paint" for just about everything in the game should be a base feature. From there, I wouldn't mind if Bethesda skipped out on real patterns and skins.

Great to know, will look it up!

As a content creator (of a different type), I don't mind RU-vid dealing with all the logistics between me and advertisers. I don't know the best solution for the mod space, but I've had enough trouble trying to donate to modders that I'd rather see a well functioning market in place. I am not convinced Bethesda could or would do it well, but Microsoft has a massive market for Minecraft content. There are modders there working professionally and the quality is higher than ever. Right now, social media sites are awash in complaints about mods breaking the game in ways I wouldn't have imagined. There's no perfect answer, but I generally support efforts that 'move the needle' in the direction. That direction is gamers having fun, paying for value to the extent they choose, and creators getting a fair cut of the value they add without IP owners acting in predacious ways. tl;dr: I like it when there are more gamers and creators in the mix and fewer lawyers and MBAs. Markets can help, but have to be done right. Time will tell. I'm still optimistic.

Thank you. Love your channel, always good content.

Hey SIN are there any others you watch for mod recommendations/reviews? I love your content and I’m looking extremely excited for more of them.

Are you on PC or Xbox? On PC, I've noticed the ContentCatalog.txt file gets corrupted from time to time. Might have to Google that for a fix, but it's annoying. I'm still in the process of setting up an Xbox to test on my side, so I haven't been in the Creation Store on that platform yet.

@@kineer thx for the reply. I'm on PC. I had to google your title to actually find the offer on their webpage. At the top it says get in game for 300. Under that it says Bookmark and then Share. I clicked Bookmark but nothing happens. When I open Starfield Creations shows up in the list when the game loads. But when I click on it I only see the Trackers Alliance which I bought when it first came out. I'm going to send a ticket on this to Bethesda today. Love your Starfield content as a new "latecomer" to the game

If you're playing in the first 12 months, you're an early player in my view. :) If they support this for the timeframe Todd Howard has discussed, it will be around for a very long time.

I'm going to call it the Mardi Gras Miner costume from this point.

It's God awful... Creative looking... But God awful

That was a definite miss on their part. Maybe they'll correct it in the future if it was a mistake. It if was deliberate, we should all consider it on anything they offering going forward.

Yes they have lol

In looking at the photos in the Creation store, it's hard to not think they were trying to hide the look of this outfit on a male character.

Excellent term for it.

And it’s a factor of 10 too high.

They'll zero in on pricing over time. That's basic economics and marketing. There will always be people (not just creators) that buy it because they can. There's an entire world full of people buying things I find mind boggling, but that's their choice. I had an econ teacher many years ago that swore the greatest value known was a bass boat. Clearly to most of us kids in his class, that made no sense to us, but that was his point. He worked his job to make enough money to fish and we would find his investments there absurd, but they were his. I'm happy to wait and see how it turns out. I'm sure they'll keep dropping things in the store and after 6-12 months we'll have a clearer picture of how they see value.

The miner outfit has almost no value from an environmental protection standpoint. I also am starting to suspect all the photos in the store were dark so they could hide how 'vibrant' it was. I might start just calling it the Mardi Gras Miner costume. Regarding Todd Howard's comments on MrMattyPlays interview, I took a cynical view of what he said. He may have 'heard' the feedback, but I didn't hear him say they'd change pricing. He defended their approach and it sounded like they were just going to present it differently going forward, i.e. explaining value. For now, all I can say is that round two of Bethesda paid Creations is underwhelming.

Definitely on the faction skins. I'd likely buy a bundle if it fit a specific RP/play through.

I believe it's unmatched as an EM weapon, but there are viable alternatives for DPS. So unless (until) I can get two of them, I'm sticking with my Hard Target for DPS.

@@kineerI agree! I made the novastike an EM as well, definitely works well with this new bounty system.

I'm testing this on a new character and ammo-crafting is very useful as I weave through a mix of main and faction quest items. The short version of this is that I get a nice weapon as a reward or hidden somewhere. I would have normally stash it away because it only came with a small amount of ammo and I didn't feel like grinding POIs for cash to buy ammo. Now, while I'm buying Digipicks and potatoes(?), I pick up diodes and primers too and make 70 rounds of .43 Ultramag or .43 MI. There's a point of diminishing returns (maybe level 50?) where ammo crafting drops away in value with the exception of 40MM XPL. Of course, I convince myself I "just don't like the Negotiator" then I don't need that ammo either, but it still brings a smile to my face at times. It's particularly funny in zero-G and low-G environments.

I really enjoy the inflictor, have the same companion issues. Haven't gone back to it in a while though. At a point where I'm re-trying a lot of guns.

That would be a nice value to calculate as rate-of-fire drives DPS and ultimately cost to kill a target.

I didn't look much into Skills, only mentioned Scavenging it is available early if someone chooses it. Overall, ammo crafting seems mostly like a low-level benefit. As we level a character, we can buy everything (or we end up trading to dump loot for the same effect). This removes any pressure to use primers or diodes for anything but the rarest ammo types. For my characters sitting on millions of credits, I'd just stock up on 40MM XPL and buy the rest. I'm also testing a starter character now and I'm a little surprised at how useful ammo crafting is for some of the nice guns you can get early. If you are willing to just grind POIs, the balance changes again.

It does seem like this game if full of "cut-feature artifacts." You just know someone at BGS worked on it and it was disabled at the last minute because there were 4-5 unfinished parts and they wanted to hit the (already delayed) release date. Maybe some of those were deliberate left to modders. Time will tell.

I hold out the hope the Stache will drop a legendary version of one on me sometime, but it hasn't happened (yet).

Keep in mind the "recruitable me" universe will look like a normal NG+ universe, i.e. it will say "(MAST DISTRICT)" in the corner and you will find the Constellation people at the Lodge. There are 9 true-alternates where there is no opportunity to work with the Constellation companions. There is one odd-ball-alternate (for lack of a better term) that essentially seems like a normal NG+ except when you arrive, you will also be In that one you will not have the chance to do the main quest since you have to tell them you are a Starborn to explain why there are two of you. Also note, I've not seen anyone get alternates on their first NG+ universe. Bethesda seems to force you to the Lodge with Constellation on the first pass through Unity. I do not know if they also limit the 'recruitable me' option on that first first time too. ru-vid.comO6rVKmywX7g ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X_VIkm20nxs.html

I am convinced I have been programmed over the years. I think I'm playing the games and they are playing me. :)

Thanks!

Is this the save after you’re asked to pick traits again? I’m on Xbox x

Great tip.

@@kineer Great video

Specific POIs on planets will be different for each player. Should generally look for similar profiles like the system level and in some cases the types of biomes. However, I've seen viewers report that POIs that would normally seem dependent on water have shown up on cratered moons. Odd, but that's the RNG evidently.

That's a nice option.

They are collectively quite the den of vipers. To my knowledge only the doctor seems to be honest, but then again there was 'that research' going on at the Clinic under her nose. Maybe she knew about that.

Did you find a solution. I saw people saying they had to switch weapons and it would reset. Someone else mentioned dropping it (on the ground) and picking it back up. Others just the typical log off and back in. I've not had this happen so I can only pass those along.

@@kineer switching weapons did not work, removing it from inventory and putting it back did not either. 🫤 Oh, and saving and reloading did not either.

But maybe you checked that Weapons Depot Kill( 3rd mission) ALSO, Ive been using Batman(Ben Affleck mod) and my Syndicate enforcer Dark Saber( SW weapon conversion mod also Xbox) pair that with the Better jetpack( free version also) And Starfield Cities have a totally different style ❤ Add in Star wars Aliens with Thicc mod😂 And you will experience true Nirvana🎉

I was rushing through trying to keep the video short. I did end up going back through at least one site and recovering a few more items.

Thanks!

I thought the only $10 item (1000 credits) was the Mariner's Set.

@@kineer that's the point. 10 dollars for a skin may be common on California duty, it's over priced for what you get when your playing a game like theod or Skyrim, ect. But that's just the opinion of a normal not wealthy person.

With the new Astra system, Legendaries are essentially built into the game in a save scummable way. The probabilities are further split since Stache provides both weapons and suits/packs/helmets so chances of getting a specific weapon became even smaller, but if you're patient (or willing to watch movies while doing it?) then it's just a matter of hanging out at the Tracker's Alliance HQ and offering him 3 Astras time and time again. :)

I like to think it has a place, but tbh I haven't picked it up after the build. Too many better options.