What are your preferred skills to put your points into early on that have the biggest impact?
Feel free to break it down by play style: stealth, fighting, exploring, etc.
I wish there were a fast sit down stand up perk or a dock and board perk
What are the best skills to invest in early in the game?
Submitted 8 months ago by LilDumpy@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Comments
PoopMonster@lemmy.world 8 months ago
netburnr@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Those are called mods. Check put nexus mods
PoopMonster@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Good for pc, sucks for xbox until the mod shop comes
c0c0c0@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Whichever perks you like, try to go broad, rather than deep, into any skill group. Not only is each perk level gated by its own skill test, but many skill benefits (like ship building) are level gated. And the best perks in each skill group require multiple levels of perk investment in previous skill group tiers. If you choose a selection of lower level perks from each group, you are always making progress on something, and never waiting for a single perk to be available.
Cyncit@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I think the persuasion skill is really useful through out the gameplay, espacially at the beginning. It is useful to gain time and to save ammo. Security and wealth were useful to have. A point in boost pack is fun too. I did not invest in exploring or crafting since I didn’t engage much in them. Later, investing in pure DPS was profitable too (ballisitc/energy, pistol/rifle, etc). If ship building is your thing, piloting and ship design later on is also nice.
LilDumpy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Persuasion will always come in useful. I still have no idea what I’m supposed to choose. I fail the majority of my persuasion choices.
Cyncit@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Consumables can be handy if you know a big persuasion is coming. I just check how many “points” it takes too convince the npc and don’t take any unnecessary risks. I’ve done a quest line pretty early on that unlock me the manipulation skill early. It gives you an additionnal choice sometimes with safe-ish big points. There’s also a skill to unlock the choice to bribe I think. didn’t invest in it (i want money!) but it is still a possibility.
LilDumpy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Pure DPS sounds like a fun time. What else could you need than shoot and loot early on?
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve leaned heavily into the ship piloting and building part of the tree. Who doesn’t want to build and pilot a big ass battlecruiser? Also, JETPACKS!
LilDumpy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
When I kept losing dog fights early on I couldn’t figure out why. THEN I invested a couple of points in the tech/ship area and it was a game changer.
Also, I want to make a big ass battle cruiser too, but I don’t have enough skill points to build it yet.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah you it takes a while to get to the point where you can pilot class C and advance the shipbuilding tree.
Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Piloting, persuation and safecracking. Extra carry weight sure is handy as well.
LilDumpy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Extra carry weight is pivotal. So much hoarding.
LilDumpy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I learned the importance of needing skills in piloting/ship improvements very easily on lol.
Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Oh yeah, I noticed I wasn’t going to get very far when I couldn’t kill 2 ships at once and kept getting attacked.
Shang_Dragon@ttrpg.network 8 months ago
Started a new character recently, boostpack 4 by level 4. It’s such a game changer, and you get to RP as a boost assault soldier (which btw is wildly effective, just grab a shotgun and go wild).
LilDumpy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Boost pack is already fun with one point. Gotta try the boost pack assault soldier.
Shang_Dragon@ttrpg.network 8 months ago
Imagine if enemies could use boostpacks in combat intelligently. Molders when.
docclox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Get a broad spread of basics early. There’s a lit of Bethesda things you need to pay points for so get them, theft, stealth, pilot, targeting, boost, a couple of combat skills, maybe welless. Then start adding based on RP and what you want to do better.
A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The jetpack it a whole new world. Being able to pick locks is kina a must too. Persuasion is definitely one you’ll want to invest in of you want to just talk people into doing whatever you want shy of shooting themselves in the face.
all-knight-party@kbin.run 8 months ago
Agreed, that combo q
Agrivar@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you have any interest in speeding through NG+, persuasion is crucial.
MajesticSloth@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Persuasion can be great. I’ve talked my way out of fights I didn’t know I would be able to. Or talked my way into bypassing sections of quests that might have been time consuming.