About to start, tips and recommendations?

[ベル・ムーン]

Any trait recommendations? I've heard they are forever, I enjoy stealth alot, but I'm unsure how well that works in a gun space game. I also love sniper rifles. Any build recommendations or starting tips would be great! Or just really anything helpful

Looking for general tips, build tips, priorities/focus.

[The Last Unicorn]

Well dont start with security background, cause there is a melee skill that doesnt have a button bound for it and you would have to unbind all 10 weapons from quickslots to equip melee ;p

Oh and also if you want to have a house of your own, you probably want to take the house trait since the free penthouse you get from UC questline is bugged and your items will disappear ;p

I am probably gonna get flamed for this, but do yourself a favor and wait at least another year, until CK comes out and modders fix this game since devs dont seem to care about that right now ;p

[Soccer]

Use the mining laser. It costs you 0 ammo and if you upgrade it it can became as good as a weapon as the others.

Didn´t try strealth or sniper, but i think sniper can be used at real large distances so that the enemys do not do a thing.

Health and jetpack are skills to choose in the beginning.

Stick to known space, until you get some experience and credtis.

You might also want to upgrade your spaceship with better weapons and shields, once you got money.

i see you played red dead redemption 2, can you reccomend the online mode?

[lucg]

I use the "Professor" trait.

Look in the science tab, there are plenty of usefull skills. Then, the combat skills, then, the tech skills when you begin to struggle with ship combats.

[GoldInfinit7]

https://help.bethesda.net/#en/answer/61265

Edit: I suggest the “kids stuff” trait. I found it quite amusing having parents in the game and they do have funny moments and supposedly they’re designed/generated based on your character design

[The Last Unicorn]

Oh I remember, there is some trick to getting a sniper rifle in this game, I never got one ;p So if you really want one, you should probably look up which skill trees you need in advance.

[CurrySpirals]

Be cautious with your perk points, you won’t be able to level everything in one play through. The only difficulty I really had was ship combat starting around level 18, because I hadn’t invested in upgrading my ship or ship perks.

I’d star out with some basics that you’re interested in. Maybe persuasion, lock picking, encumbrance, at least 1 point in stealth to unlock the stealth meter. Then focus on ship perks.

I played on normal, so FPS wasn’t difficult, but if you’re on Hard you may need some perks for ground combat.

[tkwoods]

Originally posted by CurrySpirals:

Be cautious with your perk points, you won’t be able to level everything in one play through. The only difficulty I really had was ship combat starting around level 18, because I hadn’t invested in upgrading my ship or ship perks.

I’d star out with some basics that you’re interested in. Maybe persuasion, lock picking, encumbrance, at least 1 point in stealth to unlock the stealth meter. Then focus on ship perks.

I played on normal, so FPS wasn’t difficult, but if you’re on Hard you may need some perks for ground combat.

I think you need a point for the boost pack to work. That's the first thing I'd do.

[CurrySpirals]

Originally posted by tkwoods:

Originally posted by CurrySpirals:

Be cautious with your perk points, you won’t be able to level everything in one play through. The only difficulty I really had was ship combat starting around level 18, because I hadn’t invested in upgrading my ship or ship perks.

I’d star out with some basics that you’re interested in. Maybe persuasion, lock picking, encumbrance, at least 1 point in stealth to unlock the stealth meter. Then focus on ship perks.

I played on normal, so FPS wasn’t difficult, but if you’re on Hard you may need some perks for ground combat.

I think you need a point for the boost pack to work. That's the first thing I'd do.

Forgot about that one, yes, should definitely be an early one.

Also, take time to talk to people if you’re interested in side quests. If you see a named NPC, talk to them. A lot of quests don’t just automatically pop up (although some do).

[StormhawkV]

Consider taking perks that allow you to do something you can't do without them over those that give you a 10% bonus to a weapon or damage type. They're usually more useful early on.

[Vlad 254]

Stealth is actually quite good in this game but it takes time to level up all the skills you'll need in order to be stealthy effectively so do not be discouraged.

Snipers rifles and sniping in general is my favorite thing to do in this game.

So number one rule for the above as well as the game in general is: Patience.

[- Ðemünhel -]

Refund.

[p_c_sousa87]

Play less than 2hours...than ask for a refund ;)

[alanc9]

The starting spaceship is not very well armed. Actually, no stock spaceship has enough guns.

As for what type of guns to add, a lot of players prefer particle beam weapons. Since they damage both shields and hull, you don't have to fiddle around with power management so much.

And don't pay too much attention to this board. Lots of haters around. I don't know why they like annoying us. Perhaps they're just bad people.

[_oBSOLEte_]

Isnt that the whole point of the game? To find your preferred playstyle and casually grow your caracter around that?

[simonhobnob]

1/ Get piloting level 1 at min - adds thrusters ability for space combat. Very useful.
2/ For once in a Beth game - play main quests through to and complete the mission "Into the Unknown". VERY useful.
3/ If you want a sniper rifle, visit the weapon shop in the residential district. 1st sniper rifle for you is the "old earth hunting rifle" - it's not brilliant, but it's long range (100m)
4/ I am doing stealth build. It's taking time, but level 3 of the initial stealth skill really helps.

I know this could be considered "boring" by many of the commentators here, but explore the planets you are sent to as fully as you can. I picked up a legendary pistol early on that I STILL have... and I found it in a box sitting on a windmill power station.

If you want to get some unique items that are helpful early on, and want a laugh and deeper "background" - get "kids stuff" in char creator. My mum was good looking. My Dad had a pair of lips and chin so LONG and WIDE it was horrifying. My female char got her good looks from her mum.