u/Axle_65

EDIT: My apologies if this comes across as slamming on those who don’t like the game. More that I find it amusing that some see it as a flaw and I love it.

People complain about how much of the planets are empty or sparsely populated. People talk about it like it’s boring and I could see that…for some people. For me walking around these beautiful scenes really embodies something I love about gaming in general. I often feel like I’m walking into a painting. With photo mode games like this even more so. It’s this interactive art I get to really immersive myself in. A lot of games cause me to pause and take a photo. Even just a screen cap if there’s no mode for it. Games are so beautiful and I’m so glad I’m a gamer.

Sorry I forgot to note the planet

So this Hard Target and Aphelion are my current soon to be exotics. Lovin the combo. I was rocking the BIg Bang for a while until I found the Aphelion. Enjoying the pew pew pew aspect of it. Very Sc-Fi.

Also, in regards to the combat settings. I’ve been playing since launch. For the longest time I wasn’t grinding for the best guns. Just enjoying what I had and adjusting the combat settings to make it feel challenging but not frustratingly so. Then Free Lanes dropped and suddenly specing out my guns became more accessible. I slowly upped the combat settings as my gear improved. Then I hit unity with higher but not maxed gear. Once my gear was maxed out and things became a bit too easy. I decided to max my combat settings. The thing about doing this adjust as you go measure is it can be hard to get a proper sense of the gear’s improvements.

Well, once I flipped to my current universe I got to experience Starfield in a whole new way. I decided to keep my maxed combat settings and bring my maxed gear over but store it as a “just in case I want it”. I played with crap gear on the highest combat settings and it was awesome. I couldn’t go to high level places. I’d have my ass handed to me. It was neat after over 1000 hours to actually feel that sense of fear. Making choices to avoid certain missions. Choosing to take on slightly higher areas knowing it’s gonna be a challenge. Plus another fun thing has been being able to truly feel my gear levelling up against these high difficulty enemies. Excited to hit max on the guns and armour and feel like a super hero again. I’ll get there…as soon as I stop getting side tracked. “Ou I have an idea for a new ship…”

Grateful I have Xeno Master so I can catch them and not have dead alien all over my base