Starfield - The Best Skills You Should Get Early

[@LegacyGamingUS]

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[@leftcheek1239]

only thing wrong about this is no mention of piloting which is essential when you come across class b and c ship or you wont be able to pilot them you also won't be able to use the higher ranking mods as the will change the ship class. also you don't need to register the ship to use it just to mod it, so if you are going to sell it don't waste the money.

[@Kristoker420]

Just about to start this game, what should I start with build wise. Super intimidated to start. Thanks in advance man, recently injured my foot so Im ready to dig in to this on my series x, put a good weekend and week into this bad boy. But yeah, any tips? ( Robert Downey junior voice, tropic thunder)

[@Echo_Yt0]

Honestly glad to see Bethesda reaching out a supporting so many creative people in the KZbin community

[@Mr.Grumps565]

Never reach out to me and I've sent actual emails. Guess they didn't like my idea of using Google earth to make earth accurate at minimum

[@Mythos131]

That's a lot of must-have skills we'll all need right away!

[@Kristoker420]

Just about to start this game, what should I start with build wise. Super intimidated to start. Thanks in advance man, recently injured my foot so Im ready to dig in to this on my series x, put a good weekend and week into this bad boy. But yeah, any tips? ( Robert Downey junior voice, tropic thunder)

[@Jakovdred]

Persuasion and stealth are useful in many quests they are harder to level so might want to invest early. 1 point in boost pack will make you feel like you are playing a different game. Early on, you want to focus in one way to kill your enemy, as you can't use melee and laser at the same time.

[@Mythos131]

@@Kristoker420I would suggest searching for what you want to know such as beginner's guide, combat tips, best skills etc. I'm not the right person to ask. I just started too.

[@Mythos131]

​@@JakovdredThanks

[@metalgauntlet3731]

I think the first row of combat you should focus on ballistic or Energy weapons first. They cover a wider variety of options than the specific weapon types.

[@andrebillups4079]

Only took me failing 3 persuasion conversations in the beginning of the game first two missions to know it was important lol

[@mustbemeech]

It’s so useful and fun

[@StodaGryph]

Another excellent vid! Solid presentation, superior clarity, minimal fluff and filler. Good work! High suggest checking out this tuber's other vids on Starfield.

[@LegacyGamingUS]

High praise, thanks so much!

[@Salmontres]

there's so much in this game! thank you for putting these guides together

[@valvenis5643]

If you're using shotguns, take shotgun AND ballistics skill. These stack together and shotguns complete both challenges too. Shotguns are so good with both skills, I 1-2 shot almost all enemies and just jetpack around blasting enemies in the face. Very fun

[@boblee8069]

Pilotting is an essential early game. If you want to fly class c ships you need 5 ship kills followed by 15 then 30. You want to get the perk online early so your kills go towards that goal

[@toadman10]

you can spam ship kills at the uc vanguard simulator

[@Kristoker420]

Just about to start this game, what should I start with build wise. Super intimidated to start. Thanks in advance man, recently injured my foot so Im ready to dig in to this on my series x, put a good weekend and week into this bad boy. But yeah, any tips? ( Robert Downey junior voice, tropic thunder)

[@toadman10]

@kdub1960 security and persuasion imo are the most important to level up early for all player types/builds. so many times I've passed locks that were above my skill level.. to think all the amazing loot I've missed. also lockpicking will allow you to complete objectives/missions in different ways. for persuasion, you'll also miss opportunities for alternative game paths + bonuses if not unlocked early on (also miss opportunities to build the skill). targeting control systems and boost pack are also nice to put at least 1 skill point in to at least unlock the skill (tcs makes ship fighting way better and allows you to board ships; boost pack makes moving around on feet WAY easier). your decision if you decide to level them up further. of course many other skills can decide to funnel points into depending on how you want to play the game, but I see these as essentials for all

[@TheNameTag]

I'm honestly surprised piloting isn't a must-have or even on the list. Him: talking about about striving to get a better ship. Pilot: jokes on you. If you don't upgrade me, you won't be able to use it.

[@anavgagneja]

They didn’t put it on the list because their recommendation was picking the background that starts you off with the pilot skill

[@BaxterretxaB]

@@anavgagnejayou still have to upgrade to top level to be able to own the big ships

[@Shiftry87]

A quick note on the Leadership skill. If ppl wanna do a good playthrough then go for it even if your only after that lvl 1 affinity boost. However if u wanna play as a bad guy/pirate and also wanna have a companion around then dont even bother. Every single companion is the good type and they will constantly hate on u if u do even the slightest bad action.

[@tbhgodrick6120]

Excellent video. Thanks for helping me narrow down my early game focus.

[@JohnB-mo4kq]

You probably know this, but I noticed while you were mining. You mine faster if you hold right RMB, it will focus the beam.

[@iFlyGood]

Nice! I didn't know this one. See a mechanic share a mechanic: You can hold Q while flying your spaceship to enter a free look mode.

[@travisleonhart3371]

Honestly it’s just so much easier not even bothering with geology just buy ore etc from the mineral store it can get expensive but the end of faction quests give you plenty of credits farming for all the different types is so time consuming so just buy it trust me lol

[@reaperdragon1]

9 times out of 10, that master lock has 300 credits and a roll of toilet paper in it

[@StarsAndSticks]

Oh boy this game is waaay more complicated than I anticipated! Honestly learning outposts and shipbuilding might be out of my breadth.

[@jinxmeisterj4018]

Loving your Starfield content, keep up the good work!

[@jmy0616]

Love that your voice is loud and clear in these videos. I listen at work with AirPods and its noisy most of the time. Can’t even hear alot of other content creators cause they speak so soft! Earned a sub, keep it up!

[@Mr.Grumps565]

You don't want music blaring over everything lmao

[@siris4622]

You can get some high tier skills early by completing certain quest lines. For example when I progressed far enough in the Ryujin quest line I got a skill in the highest tier for free. (Leaving the name of said skill out for spoiler purposes)

[@zebatov]

Under physical, bottom-right, “rejuvenation” - max that one as fast as possible. Not sure why it isn’t listed here. Who doesn’t like auto-regen _during_ active battle?

[@b2f2]

This is a great video, and the presentation is outstanding. I really enjoyed how you prioritized the skills in each category, and you explained thoroughly why each skill was a good choice. Finally, I really appreciate how you did not choose skills simply to meta-game / min-max your character, and these skills will make the game more worthwhile without overpowering you. Keep up the good work!

[@AEGISDEFENSE]

Well, hands down my first run will be a Malcolm Reynolds run. So Pistols, Charisma skills, and Ship skills...maybe some unarmed in there for funsies.

[@RickyC005]

Even just one point in pistols helped a ton. Something with the math that extra 10% led to less shots needed and significant easier combat from the get go

[@kurtis52008]

Thanks for the guide fellas really helps i got like 10 hours into the game its so dope

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

I fucking love the Science and Tech trees. I haven’t invested a single point in anything else. My ship is awesome and my crafting abilities are amazing.

[@nip3004]

you never have to touch outposts in this game, boost packs are far from required and you don't have to register a ship to use it. only to sell it.

[@SethTraplifeGLO999]

Not doing outposts will make you way more poor objectivly

[@nip3004]

@SethTraplifeGLO999 no, it won't. They are one of the worst ways to make credits. You'll make more than you'll ever need and faster doing quests with how selling works in this game

[@CornellBillingsWorth]

@@SethTraplifeGLO999how do you make money with your outpost?

[@ltdarkphoenix]

your intro alone "we arent here to set a mandate" "play how you want" got you my sub and like on the video. ty for being awesome. love the video it really helped out

[@grumpybear42]

I'm pretty sure they are taking their cues from Todd Howard on this one. You watched The Direct, didn't you?

[@Poke-ladd]

I think I started the pirate infiltration quest too early, I kept getting beaten in the fight trying to help one of crimson fleet’s boss, it’s like 3 enemy ships against 1 and I just keep losing

[@abdu8745]

Dude I JUST did this and I had to turn my difficulty down from Hard to easy just for this fight… I didn’t have an option other than reverting back to a wayyyy earlier save and just going off and doing other things. Did it feel wrong, yes… but I’ll pause on these and go do other things till I’m higher level

[@AQS521]

​@abdu8745 luckily I don't think there are any achievements for completing the game on the hardest difficulty. So difficulty is just for personal preference really

[@hartfantom]

LOL same situation here. I killed the first group of 3 pirates but the second group? I ran to New Atlantis for a repair and I think they followed me? Idk, because when I go back to Altair and to fight them, they aren’t there. Idk if I’ll ever be able to finish that quest 💀💀💀

[@Xhalph]

A first playthrough is interesting because you don't know what the skill challenges will be. Some skills are really easy to grind, and some take a lot of time. It's basically impossible to grind speech, whereas stealth, weapon skills, and piloting are just a matter of killing stuff (mission boards are good for the piloting grind). I rushed security early because it feels bad to encounter a lock I can't pick, but not so bad that I'll take notes and come back later. I think I missed three master locks before I unlocked rank 3. I'm roughly doing what I call a Tony Stark build, focusing on making good equipment before getting good at using it. I'm level 38 and haven't felt the lack of combat skills very often.

[@shawnp6653]

Really enjoying LG's videos - Just got Starfield and it is a bit overwhelming :) - these help shed some light and help me chart a path -- To Infinity and Beyond!

[@OG3Maliii]

It’s extremely overwhelming I just got into ship building. Took me 2 hours and I finally understand.

[@ejhockey]

Great guide, thanks!

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@navyswimer89]

Can you do a video about flying and space combat? I’m super curious about it.

[@tbrowniscool]

Played 10 hours today, everything amazing but I don't like the space ship fighting. Your not really flying the craft. It's more you point it towards the enemy and mash buttons.

[@deantjewie]

Mortismal gaming did a good video on it

[@djdribbles8515]

Is there a skill that, when scanning plants and animals on planets it doesnt take like 20 times for it to be fully scanned. This is really annoying.

[@d.w.6584]

I know right. I really hope there's an upgraded scanner that helps with the speed or % scanned, cause right now it's painfully slow.

[@leftcheek1239]

yes but they are seperate one for plants and one for animals

[@djdribbles8515]

Fine by me, as long as they exist.@@leftcheek1239

[@bryandedon7459]

I know this is old, but for anybody that's new that needs to know, there is a botany skill and another 1 for fauna. Each rank lowers the amount needed to scan by 1, so you go from 8 with 0 skill points invested to 4 with them maxed out. Plus each rank gives more resources when looting. You also need rank 1 to build greenhouses and basically cages for animals at outposts.

[@rbeforme]

I'm a new subscriber. Here's my feedback: Love the pacing of your videos. Despite the understandable need for sponsorship mentions, from a viewership standpoint, things are straight enough to the point in order to keep me watching. The intro isn't obnoxiously long, or filled with absurd music. Just a quick animation and into the info. Love it. As for the narration and information itself, purely satisfying. On a platform where you often get a lot of annoying voices and half-assed attempts at conveying information, these videos have been a breath of fresh air. Looking forward to enjoying a lot of past and future content on this channel. THANK YOU

[@StarBoundFables]

These skills seem so cool! I'm looking forward to designing a starship & flying around the galaxy

[@TheBendyHandGuy]

Definitely going to start with the tech skills and possibly into combat afterwards

[@fayedd2r998]

I'm actually having trouble finding safes and doors to lockpick that are below Expert level. Hard to level up lockpicking when I can't find anything to pick. Any hints on where I can find some low level locks to pick?

[@Mike-dp7yg]

Try Exploring low lvl planets

[@tobygreen7116]

Their is one cave on the first moon you land on you can sell stuff to a man just outside as long as you don’t click any of the other options you can keep him as a vendor

[@testman322]

Great Guide. Thanks for all your helpful tips. Looking forward to playing this game.

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Glad you enjoyed it! Have fun out there

[@RQuinton79]

I'm not rushing through the main story, but having a general range of skill points I can expect at end game would be nice to know when speccing out a potential character. I currently have no clue. Is there a hard level lock?

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Rumor is 100, but we’re not sure

[@exodore2000]

@@LegacyGamingUS You get an achievement but there is no level cap in the game.

[@pauperslament3467]

No level cap. Another tuber touched on limitless missions. If you are familiar with fallout 4, i am sure the same leveling system applies to this one as well.

[@tbrowniscool]

The level cap is around 360 to get all the skills. It took me 10 hours to get to level 7! In Skyrim I could do that in an hour! This is the best game I have ever played except for morrowind. This is way more fun than RDR2

[@grumpybear42]

@tbrowniscool I agree with the first part, about this being the best game ever... But morrowind?? Really? It deserves it's place in the top 50 for sure, but.... Top 5?

[@tehtomtom8515]

Piloting is the best skill in the tech tree other than boost pack training the sooner the skill gets leveld the sooner you can fly a better ship.

[@Reoh0z]

> "Don't sleep on grenades." One does not simply use a consumables, that barrel on my ship isn't gonna fill itself.

[@zetsubouda]

Great format and presentation. I will say that I'd include Ship Command definitely and Outpost Engineering maybe. The benefits of crew (like extra reactor bars from one with Aneutronic Fusion) should not be ignored and much like Commerce, more is more! Even if you aren't a ship build it provides a way to add an easy and significant bump to your ship's performance.

[@RealTroyE23]

Huge W, thanks🍻

[@patwilson2546]

Disagree with weight lifting as a must have. Do a thing, pick up the loot and then sell it. 135 is enough to carry the best stuff away. You need credits mostly for ship building. There are generally pretty good drops that eliminate most of the need to spend on weapons and suits. IMHO you have to pick a way to survive and get decent at it. I decided to go the charming stealth shooter route. Stealth and Persuasion are bottom level so you can start putting points directly into them. They are obviously optional but they have helped me quite a lot. For combat I am putting points into ballistics, pistol, rifle, and now sniper. You can go a different route like melee or whatever, butt commit to it.

[@Mr_Shuffle]

Thanks 4 the tips! :)

[@LNKSonYOUTUBE]

Weight lifting sucks. You can still go super fast encumbered and you're only ever really running it back to your ship, which can have up to 50x your inventory space for storing stuff to go sell it. Not really like skyrim where youre at a snails pace and it would actually take forever to get a shop

[@Xboxcampking334]

Just go save this for after work 😂

[@JoseMiguel-nu6zg]

With every video I see I just want to play it more and more :)

[@docholliday7777]

Started playing last night the game is one giant bug fest. Constant crashing, no sound, lagging. I asked for a refund today. These videos are dishonest, I'm not the only one I have a high-income computer

[@n0xxm3rcyxx]

@@docholliday7777 seems like you are the only one having those issuse. i have been playing as well about 8 hrs in, only 1 bug and 1 crash (i piled up like 20 mines for fun.) might be a pc problem. have not lagged or had any sound problems. shame you got a refund, but if it doesn work for you it doesnt work.

[@tbrowniscool]

I am 8 hours in, my tip use pickpocket its so easy to make 1000's

[@xPetyr]

You are watching the sponsored streams my guy. The game is a mess

[@danielholland3991]

​@@docholliday7777sounds like you're computer was a giant waste of fucking money 🤣 I'm crying for your situation but laughing at you for your response to it 😂😂

[@snoomtreb]

This has been one of the better marketing launches I've seen to date. Just no missing this game xD its everywhere.

[@tiranis666]

Really wish there was a respec option, now i am much further into the game, and understand its systems better, i would really like to tweak my build

[@NoQueso_]

Great guide on skills! Your background does have chat implications. I had a security guard tell me that he sees that I used to be a chef. He tried making bread once and it was awful. Poor guy must have been alive during our pandemic. Lol

[@sethg1338]

That dude in the lonely survivor ad before this video looks like he’s reading straight off the screen

[@ragincrinz1457]

I'm spending my points to get all the first rows. Then I will be working towards them when not even realising

[@AdAce21]

Seems like a solid plan. Unlock as many as the “required” skills as possible early on.

[@iamgoo]

Same except for combat

[@andrebillups4079]

But you only need the skills for your play style because I’m sure if you do it that way you won’t be able to fully upgrade your favorite abilities

[@BeverageOfSorts]

Depends on the difficulty you play on, don't really need much in combat on normal

[@AdAce21]

@@BeverageOfSorts I almost always start on "hard" when given the choice. But, yeah, I've heard/read a lot of reviews saying the combat's relatively easy.

[@michaelbolton7477]

I can listen to your voice for ever , and not get mad . Thanks for the tips bro , but im going to take the most unconventional path posible to try to break the game !!!!😮

[@scubaguy007]

I wished there was a way to recover Heller's cutter again. I accidentally misplaced it and can't find it. 😕

[@henrywilliams6927]

It’s a great game and thanks for the advice

[@LegacyGamingUS]

No problem 👍

[@ABQSentinel]

Excellent video! Much appreciated!

[@careerwelder84]

Why doesn't my hud say the mission im on? I pause the game and come back running at a marker i dont remember what that marker is for. 7/10. Needs Polish to be 9/10

[@KarateBubba]

There are so many missions you can pick up, it’s easy to accidentally hit the ‘make mission active’ button when trying to move fast. The trick is making sure your ‘active mission’ is what you think it is. This will help: When you’re paused select missions from the bottom of the menu circle and pick the mission you want to be active. The waypoint/s will be for the active mission you have selected.

[@careerwelder84]

@@KarateBubba you missed my point, every game has on the hud, the mission you're on. Starfield doesn't, the game is missing key elements of what every other game has.

[@WavvyboiKhris]

Yo thank you for the guid o thought we would of been locked out if all the cool skills but I guess that’s not the case I’m definitely getting what I really want now ❗️

[@cheznick932711]

I'm loving it so far but trying to figure out where I should be going is a bit challenging 😮😮

[@LancelotMooreYorke]

I'm enjoying the game so much, it's so vast tho lol

[@doddt2002]

Pilot and security are important to me so have invested into them.

[@csb78nm]

Extremely helpful, thank you so much for this.

[@Saint_Cuthbert]

Great stuff as always guys

[@Alperuste]

Excellent video, so helpful!

[@LegacyGamingUS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@EpochlovesKidIcarus]

If Bethesda taught me 1 thing it's: always make a first save to test what you can do to make as least mistakes as possible (the hunter is blowing up my ship from the insides from the test save)

[@electrickflame353]

Thanks for filling in a lot of blanks for me!

[@JonArbuckle066]

Very nice 👍 I now know what to focus on early on. Thanks

[@CornellBillingsWorth]

With the Outpost engineering what if you have a crew member at a level 3 already is it even worth it to level up yourself?

[@johanncrafford2581]

Could you guys maybe give us a summary of the skills? like. from important to less?

[@TChalla007]

I needed this.

[@ravenhawk9069]

Great job well done, nice to see what to get so i do not put points into something that may not get used much, this game has so much content not sure where to begin seems like I barely scratched the surface

[@dodgydondbo1361]

Providing a list at the end of the video of all the recommended skills would have been helpful.

[@swain8959]

The refund skill is priceless.

[@dublinlad1]

Anyone know how many skill points can we earn total? Is there any way to eventually unlock everything?

[@d.w.6584]

No level cap, so should be able to eventually get them all

[@Kenditzc]

AAHHH I can't wait for the official release !!!!

[@zachhagarman9053]

It’s insane how much there is to do and learn about in this game. I’m convinced most of the haters are on PlayStation because I haven’t had a day yet where I didn’t want to get on Xbox and play starfield. If I didn’t work I’d be on all day 😂

[@NoVanityBreeZyy]

People's just don't understand this game lot going on well done 👏 👍

[@bile897]

Can I pull apart all my ships to make one mother ship?

[@JB-bb1bh]

Wish there was one with a mix of : Persuasion, lockpicking , and stealth. 😔

[@Jabberwokee]

I mean… you could easily pick a background that has 2 of those and then just pick persuasion with your first point on level up?

[@thevoxdeus]

I feel like security is mostly pointless to start with since it takes a few locations before you can start accumulating digi-picks anyway. I personally liked starting with pilot + ballistic to take advantage of the combat you're going to get thrown into immediately anyway, and then adding security, stealth, persuasion, surveying, etc as I went along.

[@heatheninferos2231]

@@thevoxdeusFellow FILE NOT FOUND?

[@grumpybear42]

STOP WISHING AND ENJOY THIS AWESOME GAME!

[@bennyb.1742]

How is higher level sneaking? Does it get classic Bethesda stupid where you're just fully invisible to enemies looking right at you in a brightly lit room?

[@mattatomattahto]

Just found a pack that literally makes me disappear when I hold still soooo probably.

[@patwilson2546]

Disagree with commerce. Credits are easy to come by. I am level 30 and I have nearly 500K credits. No commerce and no weight lifting.

[@holdenhlinomaz1275]

Persuasion is a must get. Commerce is a priority. Why? XP. It’s easier to get credits than XP in Starfield.

[@jonquis07]

Target control isn't that necessary to me. You can board ships just by shooting their health low, specifically with lasers.

[@d.weltenbummler1535]

Well done content and great voice

[@jerseyjackrabbit2829]

as a bethesda game is there a hidden way to gain points that isnt controlled by a cap? like the bobble heads in fallout or technical manuals / comics. when i build characters i take this into consideration as small bonus build over time. second question is if companions level up as qwll and we can build them as well. in fallout companions didnt do much but just be there but it would be cool if a companion could be built to a soldier or give me bonuses to the way i play the game.

[@leftcheek1239]

yeah the have magazines that give perks like 5% permanent ballistic dmg. they are easy to miss though so remember to use your scanner to highlight them.

[@AmanoEu]

How does chameleon work? does the stealth increase if it is located on more armor pieces? like helmet and spacesuit > only on helmet?

[@b9bot148]

Well it through at me in a situation that I can't travel anywhere. Can't fast travel, can't grav jump even within the solar system I'm in. Keep getting unable to fast travel. So I'm Stuck. I'm in my ship in orbit around Kreet. Need supplies and health which is why I need to travel. If anyone has an answer please reply.

[@KarateBubba]

Land on Kreet :)

[@badrhetoric5637]

You have to get weight lifting due to how aggressive encumbrance is in this game. We all love encumbrance huh

[@hunterboyo]

I just wish some the skill challenges would actually progress while I’m doing them

[@Smicklepickle]

If anyone wants a free legendary skill? Do the Ryujin quest line fully.

[@m14srv]

Leadership crew skills are double so the follower that half's fuel usage does what with It ?

[@RickyC005]

Get all of the skills? I do WANT all of them but, pistols and medicine very much reduced the stress I was having with combat. The targeting engines should be must get with 4th or 5th point spent. I’ve started multiple characters and while nice a lot of the skills are less useful early - melee, leadership, outpost/shipbuild. I think a case could be made for pushing pilot to unlock A ships? Haven’t gotten that far but I feel like it’s slow going to get there and I might regret points spent elsewhere

[@briandutler4466]

Really helpful thank you!

[@LegacyGamingUS]

You’re welcome!

[@Tekvorian]

great tips. thanks --> subscribed

[@edv8064]

Where do you check your traits? I forgot what I picked…lol….

[@carlosnumbertwo]

Is it weird I feel a little bad every time I dock a ship and merc everyone on board?

[@comradeSheep]

Cant wait for the full release fr

[@josephlackey1647]

No shield or weapons and the grav drive can’t handle it when you do add them

[@rrj411]

Thank you for your time and effort. I definitely will be using this guide!