How do I open a door with a mag pick? I’ve pressed every button on my controller and nothing has happened. Am I missing something or just need to level up my lock picking skill asap?

I am trying the most peaceful run, sparing as most NPCs as I can when I have the option.

But no matter how hard I try by savescumming, after successfully disabling the experiment & convincing the blabla anchoress to abandon her research, I still have to kill a batallion of the order after exiting the elevator. In the debrief with Marisol nothing of that slaughter comes up, despite me having her abandon her ways of stone cold killing in the line of quests before.

I feel cheated of a more peaceful option. Sneak out of the complex or something. It just sucks. And I am appalled of the cheap writing here.

Am I missing something or did they just f up this quest?

Edit: WTF is wrong with animosities in the comments. As if I do some filthy casual roleplaying style or something, or loving the easy Bethesda shit. I don't.

I just don't appreciate the game forcing an option unto me I never played for, unexpectedly. If you don't get that, you don't get it. FO1, FO2 F:NV did that better. All the BGs did that better. Heck, even Outer Worlds 1 did that better.

I wish they added romance options!!! I can't help it, Mass Effect conditioned me to have romance 😆🤣

Grubb addressed the Obsidian situation on the latest episode of his Game Mess Decides podcast, the tldr was that he checked with his sources and confirmed that at least at one point Obsidian was in the discussion to be shut down or sold. Seems like, according to him, the confusion stems from Xbox making decisions/changing their mind "within a 24 hour period" when in the past it would have taken weeks/months.

I’ve only just started playing The Outer Worlds, but it really feels like Fallout in space to me.

You wake up as basically the only survivor from a lost colony, you’re this special person everyone is counting on, and you build up a crew of companions along the way. Even the dialogue, quests, and choices give me Fallout vibes.

I’m definitely not saying it’s a copy, but it has a lot of the same feeling. Anyone else think the same?

About to start a new playthrough dedicated to new game plus, but i need my first character

Interested in everyone's take on what the best ending is for TOW2? This could be for either individual planets/questlines or the game overall.

I'll admit, I struggle with this. I guess overall, the ending where the Order and AC ally, but then the Order takes over, would be best? But I'm not sure about that.

I have STRONG opinions about the best endings for TOW1, but not for TOW2. Curious what others think!

So my friend and I are going thru the OW2 radio songs and transcribing the lyrics on musixmatch so they'll show up on Spotify. However, there's a few spots in Do As Your Told that we're not sure about. Here's what we've got so far:

Lyrics

Wishes are worth less than nothing

To someone who wants for nought

Let the Caretaker's^(1) hand lead you daily

It is better for the betters and those who are not^(2)

Ideas are dangerous and can break you

And take you away from the role you'll play

Everything is grand and Paradigm^(3) planned

It's safe inside the mold so just do as you're told

Longings are dangerous and can crack you

And distract you from all your duties with haste

Let the Caretaker's hand lead you daily

It is better for the betters or else it's a waste

Everything is grand and Paradigm planned

It's safe inside the mold so just do as you're told

Watching and guiding

System abiding

Do not go sliding away

We're never hiding

They stay providing

Do as you're told and obey

Working and 'biding^(4)

Faithfully striding

Do not go gliding^(5) away

Thoughts are dividing

So they stay deciding

Just do as you're told and obey

Questions

1 Should Caretaker be capitalized

Points for: could be a shortened version of the Sovereign's full title (Protector of Arcadia and Caretaker of the Worlds, the Sovereign Henry Varick)

2 Is it 'not' or 'nought'

• 'not', as in "those who are not the betters":
  • Line will include everyone in the Protectorate, thus doing as your told is good for everyone.
• 'not', as in "those who are not alive":
  • I have heard someone being refereed to as 'not' in other media, meaning they are dead. Doesn't seem very likely given the rest of the song and the Protectorate's deal, but thought I'd float the idea.
• 'nought', as in "those who are nothing":
  • Calls back to second line, saying these people are so good at being no one, they are nothing. Calling them 'nought' includes them in the people that doing as your told is good for; Notably, excludes people in the middle who may need Mental Refreshment.

3 Should "Paradigm" be capitalized? 4 Is this what she says?

We're thinking its may be a shortening of abiding from the previous section. Or possibly just biding, as in biding time?

5 Is this what she says?

We both hear "bliding" but that's not a word, and "gliding" is sounds pretty close and makes sense in the context of the song. Perhaps "blighting", as in "don't be a blight on the Protectorate"?

Disclaimer: I (op) have not played ow/ow2 and am posting in behalf of my friend who has, but we listen to the music a bunch so I have a loose grasp on The Vibe of the factions, and may include their thoughts in some replies.

edit: formatting :þ

So, what would a good way be to do a run where you get every companion AND give them equal time allotment? I have other builds that dedicate one companion for a run, but this build utilizes every companion and does everything they can for them.

So I've started playing Outer Worlds 2 and the flaw kleptomania came up and I accepted. I know we can't reverse flaws and I don't want to start a new save. Is there any skills/perks that make this flaw less invasive? Like if theres something I can do to make this flaw not so antagonizing to the people around me? To reduce the negative reactions. Hope ya'll are able to help