(Minor spoilers below for UC vanguard quests, mainly a person to speak to)

I posted a while back asking for advice on how to find starship battles easily. Got some good advice including mission tables and exploration, but I think I’ve finally found THE method.

After progressing far enough in the UC vanguard quest line, the original recruiter guy you talk to “Commander John Tuala” at the UC HQ will give you unlimited space combat missions and ONLY space combat missions with the option to take on UC vanguard work.

Each fight usually includes 2-3 easy enemies if you’re trying to level piloting or starship command. Often mission kiosk tasks will send you after only 1. (The sim is better for piloting, but you need something like this for starship command)

Hope this helps folks!

First off - try to keep story spoilers to a minimum please, just locations and activities.

Im about 40 hours or so into starfield, not quite half way through the main story, with a fair bit of time spent just exploring systems and faction quests. My gear is MORE than sufficient for any ground combat, so I’ve dumped most of my credits into a killer starship. C-class power plant in a small maneuverable A class frame loaded with firepower.

The problem is, I can’t really find anyone to fight. Im friendly with just about everyone in the various faction stories so I rarely encounter enemies in space. Are there any regions you can point me to for some good old fashion space combat for fun and profit?

Hey all - the consensus seems to be that HDR simply isn’t there which is a HUGE bummer for a space game, and especially strange since it’s listed on the store page. No man’s sky and the mass effect series (especially andromeda for this specifically) look STUNNING on an OLED with HDR.

If anyone finds a console command, tweak, workaround etc to enable it unofficially please post it!

Edit: formatting

FYI for anyone who has been crashing on pc and using an Xbox controller, in my case since launch. Try connecting your controller with a cable and updating its firmware with the Xbox accessories app.

I was crashing 3-4 times a day on a fairly high end PC regardless of settings, frame rate cap, or repair when I found someone in either a Reddit or forum thread who tied the crash log to something related to the controller and suggested this. Sure enough it worked for me, zero crashes since, though I haven’t jumped back in since the new patch.

Just thought I’d share in case others are as baffled as I was.