Yeah, some interesting dilemmas with the Artifact and Starseed(?) missions.

I'm not positive how many hours I have at the moment but I did the start of the main quest up to the meet and greet with the Constellation. I haven't gone any further with that yet, haven't even officially got my first companion yet. I ended up jumping on the Vanguard line and just finished that... yesterday??... several days playing through that line, along with the general "oh what's over there??" stuff as usual lol.


BUT...companion wise, maybe a small spoiler



You can apparently get Amelia Earhart as a ships crew member, filling the pilot role and you can take her along as a companion apparently. I found her and she is currently set as co-pilot for my crew Not 100% positive yet what perks my crew are adding to the ship but I couldn't pass up having her as part of the crew

If you go into you character screen, the bottom right has your ship. Click on the ship and it appears like the build screen. There is a crew button. Select crew and it will show you who is assigned to your ship and who is available. They also display their skills that affect your ship or what they offer as companions when off ship with you.

Best regards,

Mike

I'm maybe a couple of hours into the game, doing some side quests along with the main .

Unfortunately, my PC barely meets min. requirements, so all settings are set at low, and it shows. I stopped playing because...

I have a new rig being shipped this week!!
Once it's set up, I'll be diving in bigtime!

My Starborn power page says I have 5 undiscovered temples remaining but there are only 3 spaces left to fill?

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Originally posted by Orguss:
My Starborn power page says I have 5 undiscovered temples remaining but there are only 3 spaces left to fill?

I read there are 24 total temples and powers. I am not sure where they all fit. I need to learn the others, I mainly love the personal oxygen one.

***not sure if this is a SPOILER***



**really it is a question/thoughts about the end***



I am one artifact from the "Unity". I am trying to decide to reset or just keep playing "my universe"

I do not have any regrets, have not always made the right decision and I am really enjoying doing all the side quests. I do not know if I am going to play through again. Thoughts?

To be honest, I think the main quest is the most boring quest line in the game. So far, I’m to the point after you have to make the choice to defend the Lodge or the Eye. I’ve gotten like 6 or 7 of the powers, but I haven’t ever used any of them in the game. Some of them don’t really seem to do anything, and some of the power descriptions are fairly vague.

I found the UC Vanguard and Freestar Collective quest lines much more entertaining. The quest to get the Mantis was pretty fun too. Right now I’m finishing up the Ryujin questline, which is annoying difficult with two stealth missions, with the second one being exceptionally hard. After that gets done, not sure whether I’ll go back to the main quest, or do the Crimson Fleet quest, or just do a bunch of side quests.

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Originally posted by redstone:
I am trying to decide to reset or just keep playing "my universe" Thoughts?

The New Game+ mode allows you to ignore the main questline altogether and just sends you to find the Artifacts and temples. If you don't know already, there are ten levels of New Game+. Each time, you level your Starborn powers, gain better Starborn armor, and better weapons. But it gets repetitive and is mostly just for completionists.

I'm actually considering restarting the game altogether just to do side quests before progressing the main storyline to the point where the Starborn constantly harass you.

Crimson Fleet or UC Sysdef? I’m getting near the point in the CF storyline where I have to side with one or the other. A lot of people say that sticking with the CF is the better option because you don’t lose access to The Key, but is that such a big deal? If you’re into smuggling contraband, can’t you upgrade your ships with shielded cargo containers and jammers at their shipyard before you make your choice? And can’t you sell contraband at other places like The Den? What are you actually losing by choosing UC Sysdef? The credit and XP rewards are the same.

I went UC since I primarily choose the "good" path in RPGs. I don't deal with contraband in the game so I did not miss the Key. You do get a good ship if you choose the UC route and a big chunk of change.

This questline is my favorite so far.

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Originally posted by Dwill104:
Crimson Fleet or UC Sysdef? I’m getting near the point in the CF storyline where I have to side with one or the other. A lot of people say that sticking with the CF is the better option because you don’t lose access to The Key, but is that such a big deal? If you’re into smuggling contraband, can’t you upgrade your ships with shielded cargo containers and jammers at their shipyard before you make your choice? And can’t you sell contraband at other places like The Den? What are you actually losing by choosing UC Sysdef? The credit and XP rewards are the same.

If you have contraband, the Wolf system has "The Den"

I am opting not to go for game+. May create a new character to try the "evil" playthrough.

I am grinding with bounties to get get crew size up and some of the other perks.

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Originally posted by Dwill104:
Crimson Fleet or UC Sysdef? I’m getting near the point in the CF storyline where I have to side with one or the other. A lot of people say that sticking with the CF is the better option because you don’t lose access to The Key, but is that such a big deal? If you’re into smuggling contraband, can’t you upgrade your ships with shielded cargo containers and jammers at their shipyard before you make your choice? And can’t you sell contraband at other places like The Den? What are you actually losing by choosing UC Sysdef? The credit and XP rewards are the same.

Can't help on which way to go but The Den will always be available for contraband. You can get the shielded cargo and jammers from The Red Mile in Porrima. The jammers will stack but only to.... I think 60% or close to that.
I have two level 3 jammers with a good amount of shielded cargo and.... I can't remember what skill that is related to it....and I am only at 90% chance of not being detected.
Also always remember to put contraban items into the ship storage. Do not keep it on you, and if you are heading somewhere other than The Den or The Key, do a quick save before you jump. If you are detected just reload the quick save and try again.

Just bought the Narwhal ship. What a beast! Ship comes with three auto turrets, but I immediately upgraded their power and range, and changed the facing on the two side turrets to fire forward. Left the third one pointed to the rear to protect my six. In the first combat, the turrets were chopping up enemies before I could even get a target lock for the missiles. Plus a C class reactor with 36 power. Massive upgrade from the Star Eagle.

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Originally posted by Dwill104:
Just bought the Narwhal ship. What a beast! Ship comes with three auto turrets, but I immediately upgraded their power and range, and changed the facing on the two side turrets to fire forward. Left the third one pointed to the rear to protect my six. In the first combat, the turrets were chopping up enemies before I could even get a target lock for the missiles. Plus a C class reactor with 36 power. Massive upgrade from the Star Eagle.

I have a couple auto turrets on my current ship as well. As nice as they are it does make it hard to just disable and board ships to commandeer them lol. The auto turrets tear them to shreds before I can even lock on as well

If you want to board ships, just power down your turrets. I was having the same issue, even after equipping a couple of fixed weapons. Depriving the turrets of power solved that.

Now the only problem is even the fixed guns as too powerful. I wanted to board the Warlock but even trying to kill his weapons and engine destroyed the whole ship.

Where did you buy your upgrades? I have not played around with that part of the game very much but I did buy the Narwhal. I would like to max it out.

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Originally posted by Dwill104:
Just bought the Narwhal ship. What a beast! Ship comes with three auto turrets, but I immediately upgraded their power and range, and changed the facing on the two side turrets to fire forward. Left the third one pointed to the rear to protect my six. In the first combat, the turrets were chopping up enemies before I could even get a target lock for the missiles. Plus a C class reactor with 36 power. Massive upgrade from the Star Eagle.

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Originally posted by daikyu:
Where did you buy your upgrades? I have not played around with that part of the game very much but I did buy the Narwhal. I would like to max it out.

Think I upgraded the turrets when I bought the ship. Either same vendor, or the Ship Services tech there by the pad.