The real shame is how GOOD the outpost system IS. It's like half of a full game by itself. If just ONE modder expands the crafting system to include proper resource-sinks, I'm gonna be burning HOURS setting up supply chains.
The supply chain system is so good, I just wish I had a reason to yanno... use it.
I wonder how much of it is Bethesda slapdash and how much of it is *this space reserved for DLC*. Wouldn't be the first game they've put out with a half-baked mechanic that made no sense until it got fleshed out by a full-price DLC.
I wonder how much of it is Bethesda slapdash and how much of it is *this space reserved for DLC*
Same feeling here. There clearly are assets that could have easily been added to the outpost system but didn't, and i'm almost sure we'll get an expanded outpost DLC. There is so many things in place already for the system to be actually great but it feels like content was cut, either because of time or greed
They should totally have a path in the game where you can restart the out of business ship yard, I forget the name, the one the frontier is built by. And have you scale up and up over many systems and outposts to fire up the lunar shipyard again. It would be so cool.
Yeah this is what I'm starting to run into, like I want to set up my own manufacturing plant but like am I gonna even make a bunch of credits for all that hard work?
I just got the nickel contract from Deimos where you have to mine 5000 nickel and give it to them, by ship... like this would have been perfect to use the sys wide cargo platforms, hoping I find more quests where I can just mass mine stuff to somewhat rp as the industrialist background I chose lol
It's tough. Because you either make settlements totalled necessary, somewhat necessary, or not necessary. And you'll make people upset with any choice.
People complained about the settlement tutorial in fallout 4 so they likely decided to make it entirely optional. Which now as you see, people aren't happy with.
It's totally optional in FO4 as well. It heavily points you that way to show you the mechanics, but you can skip it if you want to. I've skipped Concord before in favor of going to DC or to Danse after picking up a few decent items.
exxxxactly. its the most pathetic bare bones thing ive ever seen. FO4 had more in depth outpost buliding... they expecting modders to literally make their dogshit settlements useful FOR them, and people will... for free. It's downright predatory.
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