Starfield's planets aren't all interesting, but they're not all "supposed to be Disney World" - eviltoast

You’ll probably find that a lot of planets in Starfield are pretty boring, but Bethesda says that’s kind of the point.

  • Mojo@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    It’s kind of difficult to explain this without telling you the whole thing.

    Here goes…
    Build outpost randomly.
    Meet Bounty Hunter in close-by container.
    Bounty Hunter asks for help with bandits, and to meet 1km east.
    I get a marker on my map and on HUD.
    I think “fuck, im not running 1km.”
    I go back to my ship and open map.
    I put my landing marker close to mission marker.
    Click to fast travel.
    Loading Screen.
    Ship lands.
    Get out of ship.
    Look around. It’s a whole different map.
    No marker on HUD.
    Think “wtf”.
    Fast travel back to my outpost.
    My mission is there again.

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      1 year ago

      Ah I see, I understand! Yeah that’s essentially a version of the colonist bug I encountered. It seems certain parts of the game want you to play through it. Mine “works” a little more than yours though, since I was rescuing someone fast traveling would defeat the point. But showing up somewhere is definitely something you’d expect to work for a bounty.

      For what it’s worth I often find myself feeling like I don’t want to run 1km, but it’s only 5 minutes and I get there before I know it. The distances of the POI’s feel so far, but most are around 400m and it seems to go by in about 2 minutes. For moons it’s full cause you can complete the surveys quickly, but for planets it’s a good opportunity to finish them up without feeling like I’m wasting time I could be spending on quests.

      Anyway, sorry you had to question your sanity and thank you for indulging my curiosity!