One things for sure. We the... Starborn, savior of New Atlantis from the Terramorphs, the finder of kryx's legacy, free star ranger who killed chairman hope, the new mantis, and best operative of Ryujin industries will also be the first person since the founder of Va'ruun to make contact with the great serpent. Bethesda's writing is a science at this point.
None of the things are title tough? You dont become a leader of none of these faction. Oh wait, you mean you wanted the faction story to be nothing? Radiant bounties? Because you alerady have that.
@@abraaomitichon7868 I don't want to be the brand new Vanguard who quickly rises through the ranks after one mission and becomes the savior of the UC and working directly with the counsel to destroy the Terramorphs and bring down a secret plot to destroy human colonies across the settled system whilst at the same time being the free star ranger rookie who brought down Ron Hope and his secret plot to destroy kill off all the farmers. It doesn't have to be radiant, it needs to be grounded and not make us the lone hero of every story. Like why are we the diplomat who has to bring free star, Va'ruun, and the UC together to stop the Terramorphs when we are just a vanguard who's there to help the Red Devils fight the Terramorphs. Does the UC not have diplomats who should be in the background doing that? That's why the game is already so radiant, we are the only ones who deliver messages, saving the galaxy, and doing all the work while it seems no body else does anything except tell you where to go and what to do.
@@abraaomitichon7868 part of this problem is how outdated Bethesda's writing is. We couldn't have fun and interesting quests where we just tag along on a mission, like in RDR or Cyberpunk where maybe someone from our outpost comes up to us and says "hey, there's a few Va'ruun zealots hiding out, let's go and take there stuff!" And you follow them (pace and all) and they guide the story rather than you.
@DevelopmentRobco curious as a quest with a good example because usually, being the player character means your above average to everyone else, i do agree with the fact your given every miniscule task instead of other getting some work while you continue doing something with the terramorphs
I really liked some elements of starfield, the human lore is good, but It's obvious that we need the introduction of a alien civilization, i really want the great serpent being this introduction.
I think this is a good idea, Personally however I'd rather see starfield expand on the robots and introduce pilot-able mechs left over from the colony war, which there are already models for in game. Aswell as a new faction made up entirely of robots and their own lore, such as; VECTIS, a twin AI of JUNE, is abandoned on earth as it became uninhabitable and eventually builds a body for itself out of spare parts and sets off across the stars gathering other robots to it side where after a few hundred years, members of constellation run into them on the quest to solve cosmic mysteries. Also the ability to upgrade and customise the companion Vasco would be incredible.
Thanks for making content! Great video. Nice to see lore deep dives for starfield! Also! We do know what the name of the system is, but I don’t remember. It was shown at gamescon.
Still think it's one of the craziest oversights that Andreja still comments that you can't be together in the afterlife because you don't worship the great serpent... when you have the trait for worshipping the great serpent....
@jasonruth7414 I think someone commented that the people of house Va'ruun see all outsiders as unworthy of their afterlife, even if they practice the faith. You basically have to be born into house Va'ruun and be one of the "chosen" to actually be one of them. For example, even if you use the perk as a speech check with Zealots, they comment that you're still an "outsider" and will only let you live out of respect for the serpent
It's unfortunate, especially as there are so few moments where it comes up that Andreja repeatedly "forgetting" that you also worship the Great Serpent (both during her quest and during her romance scene) are incredibly grating. You can't even discuss it when characters try to engage you in religious conversations about what you believe in.
I believe that Varuun has more advanced grav drives than the rest of the settled systems, and the reason why their home system is hidden is because it's accessed through a grav-space anomaly, putting it in it's own weird pocket dimension.
With the mod Faction Backgrounds, Faction Outpost Guards and Faction Ships by IDontLikeNexus for PC and Xbox. You can start out as a Va'ruun Zealot in your background and will be given a Va'ruun weapon and spacesuit. Then the player can buy a Va'ruun ship in new atlantis. The mod also gives the player an outpost beacon that will bring other Va'ruun npcs to your outpost that you can recruit. All Va'ruun will also no longer be hostile to the player unless the player fires apon them.
The inevitable prospect of purchasing a decade of drip-fed Starfield DLCs from Bethesda for $20 keeps me hopeful for the future. Looking forward to seeing this game when it's finally finished 👍
I'm hoping in a game with an engine that can support 1000 planets we can finally get a city space/population center that's somewhat believable. I'm not expecting what Star Citizen promises but even along the lines of Night City in scale would be revolutionary in a Bethesda game. Let's not forget Whiterun alone should be larger than the entirety of the Skyrim map. I've wanted Bethesda to break away from this extreme scale down since Morrowind.
New Atlantis is criminally small for a city that was effectively the refugee camp for all of humanity. It also should be surrounded by farms and have industrial districts, or if they wanted to keep industrial areas out of the capital itself, a rail line to a massive industrial area.
@@IrresoluteCartographer I don't know if you remember Arena and Daggerfall but Bethesda used to know the way. Takes 69 hours to walk across Dagerfalls map.
I don't understand players that want huge cities. It's boring and pointless since 95% of the NPCs are useless. Game developers have limited time and should focus on good gameplay, stories or characters.
@@lauradeneault3525 Did I say I want them to make 95% of the NPC's useless? I don't understand players that start comments with "I don't understand players"
Bethesda has always said that the Va'ruun homeworld is "hidden". What I want answered is, "hidden" how? How can an entire star system be "hidden" What's hiding it? Words matter. If it winds up they didn't really mean it was "hidden", that it's something else entirely, then they never should have used that word to begin with.
I believe that House Va’ruun have never revealed the coordinates of their home world, even to most of their own people (especially those who have left their home system behind). I’m fairly certain this is what they mean by hidden. The farther you get from the heart of the Settled Systems, systems are less and less explored
Avoiding spoilers but; perhaps it has something to do with grav drive experiments, like that story mission later on in the main quest, because clearly there are parts of technology humanity doesn't understand
Ok. So Va'runn'kai is not "hidden" or being "concealed". We just don't know where it is. The location is "unknown". Would have saved everyone a lot of time looking for it if they had just said that.
A lot of white supremacists try to obfuscate their intolerance by claiming that including non-white people and 'different' people in stories is 'woke.'
In fact, with so many universes, it is impossible that there is no intelligent alien life in any of them. But the absurd thing is that they are all the same, nothing changes.
Shattered space is going to be sick🎉
One things for sure. We the... Starborn, savior of New Atlantis from the Terramorphs, the finder of kryx's legacy, free star ranger who killed chairman hope, the new mantis, and best operative of Ryujin industries will also be the first person since the founder of Va'ruun to make contact with the great serpent.
Bethesda's writing is a science at this point.
Interestingly enough, if you have the Serpent's Embrace trait, you can tell the Keeper you want to go through the Unity to meet the Great Serpent.
None of the things are title tough?
You dont become a leader of none of these faction.
Oh wait, you mean you wanted the faction story to be nothing? Radiant bounties? Because you alerady have that.
@@abraaomitichon7868 I don't want to be the brand new Vanguard who quickly rises through the ranks after one mission and becomes the savior of the UC and working directly with the counsel to destroy the Terramorphs and bring down a secret plot to destroy human colonies across the settled system whilst at the same time being the free star ranger rookie who brought down Ron Hope and his secret plot to destroy kill off all the farmers.
It doesn't have to be radiant, it needs to be grounded and not make us the lone hero of every story. Like why are we the diplomat who has to bring free star, Va'ruun, and the UC together to stop the Terramorphs when we are just a vanguard who's there to help the Red Devils fight the Terramorphs. Does the UC not have diplomats who should be in the background doing that? That's why the game is already so radiant, we are the only ones who deliver messages, saving the galaxy, and doing all the work while it seems no body else does anything except tell you where to go and what to do.
@@abraaomitichon7868 part of this problem is how outdated Bethesda's writing is. We couldn't have fun and interesting quests where we just tag along on a mission, like in RDR or Cyberpunk where maybe someone from our outpost comes up to us and says "hey, there's a few Va'ruun zealots hiding out, let's go and take there stuff!" And you follow them (pace and all) and they guide the story rather than you.
@DevelopmentRobco curious as a quest with a good example because usually, being the player character means your above average to everyone else, i do agree with the fact your given every miniscule task instead of other getting some work while you continue doing something with the terramorphs
I really liked some elements of starfield, the human lore is good, but It's obvious that we need the introduction of a alien civilization, i really want the great serpent being this introduction.
Nah I dont want aliens in it
I think this is a good idea, Personally however I'd rather see starfield expand on the robots and introduce pilot-able mechs left over from the colony war, which there are already models for in game. Aswell as a new faction made up entirely of robots and their own lore, such as; VECTIS, a twin AI of JUNE, is abandoned on earth as it became uninhabitable and eventually builds a body for itself out of spare parts and sets off across the stars gathering other robots to it side where after a few hundred years, members of constellation run into them on the quest to solve cosmic mysteries. Also the ability to upgrade and customise the companion Vasco would be incredible.
Litterally every space story game has aliens in it, this game is different, let it be, but ya id like that too
The great serpent is most likely the same voice you hear when the terror morphs get in your head and try and manipulate you.
@@joshuabixby2776 most probably ya 😂
Thanks for making content! Great video.
Nice to see lore deep dives for starfield!
Also! We do know what the name of the system is, but I don’t remember. It was shown at gamescon.
Still think it's one of the craziest oversights that Andreja still comments that you can't be together in the afterlife because you don't worship the great serpent... when you have the trait for worshipping the great serpent....
@jasonruth7414 I think someone commented that the people of house Va'ruun see all outsiders as unworthy of their afterlife, even if they practice the faith.
You basically have to be born into house Va'ruun and be one of the "chosen" to actually be one of them.
For example, even if you use the perk as a speech check with Zealots, they comment that you're still an "outsider" and will only let you live out of respect for the serpent
It's unfortunate, especially as there are so few moments where it comes up that Andreja repeatedly "forgetting" that you also worship the Great Serpent (both during her quest and during her romance scene) are incredibly grating. You can't even discuss it when characters try to engage you in religious conversations about what you believe in.
Awesome video, really came together perfectly as always! Can't wait for more :D
-Mal
Thank you for the Va'ruun content, kindred.
I believe that Varuun has more advanced grav drives than the rest of the settled systems, and the reason why their home system is hidden is because it's accessed through a grav-space anomaly, putting it in it's own weird pocket dimension.
With the mod Faction Backgrounds, Faction Outpost Guards and Faction Ships by IDontLikeNexus for PC and Xbox.
You can start out as a Va'ruun Zealot in your background and will be given a Va'ruun weapon and spacesuit.
Then the player can buy a Va'ruun ship in new atlantis.
The mod also gives the player an outpost beacon that will bring other Va'ruun npcs to your outpost that you can recruit.
All Va'ruun will also no longer be hostile to the player unless the player fires apon them.
Thanks for the lore talk i would love to hear more, SHATTERED SPACE is soon so we will learn much sbout the VA'RUUN and the GREAT SERPENT
Thanks this got me up to speed now I'm ready for shattered space 💪
Thanks for that
The inevitable prospect of purchasing a decade of drip-fed Starfield DLCs from Bethesda for $20 keeps me hopeful for the future.
Looking forward to seeing this game when it's finally finished 👍
Let me lead House Va'ruun please! Just one faction,come on now.
Cant wait to equip my Venator suit and use my level X powers to save the VaRuun!
The house varuun ambassador looks like Leonard remove spark is that a coincidence????
I like to think of my New Game + as the great reset after becoming Starborn
Starfield 2 gonna be lit
I'm hoping in a game with an engine that can support 1000 planets we can finally get a city space/population center that's somewhat believable. I'm not expecting what Star Citizen promises but even along the lines of Night City in scale would be revolutionary in a Bethesda game. Let's not forget Whiterun alone should be larger than the entirety of the Skyrim map. I've wanted Bethesda to break away from this extreme scale down since Morrowind.
New Atlantis is criminally small for a city that was effectively the refugee camp for all of humanity. It also should be surrounded by farms and have industrial districts, or if they wanted to keep industrial areas out of the capital itself, a rail line to a massive industrial area.
@@IrresoluteCartographer I don't know if you remember Arena and Daggerfall but Bethesda used to know the way. Takes 69 hours to walk across Dagerfalls map.
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I don't understand players that want huge cities. It's boring and pointless since 95% of the NPCs are useless. Game developers have limited time and should focus on good gameplay, stories or characters.
@@lauradeneault3525 Did I say I want them to make 95% of the NPC's useless? I don't understand players that start comments with "I don't understand players"
Bethesda has always said that the Va'ruun homeworld is "hidden". What I want answered is, "hidden" how? How can an entire star system be "hidden" What's hiding it? Words matter. If it winds up they didn't really mean it was "hidden", that it's something else entirely, then they never should have used that word to begin with.
I believe that House Va’ruun have never revealed the coordinates of their home world, even to most of their own people (especially those who have left their home system behind). I’m fairly certain this is what they mean by hidden. The farther you get from the heart of the Settled Systems, systems are less and less explored
oh come on the space is vast. there are countless of systems in our galaxy. it's easy to hide in one of them.
Avoiding spoilers but; perhaps it has something to do with grav drive experiments, like that story mission later on in the main quest, because clearly there are parts of technology humanity doesn't understand
Ever heard of the concept " hiding in plain sight "?
Ok. So Va'runn'kai is not "hidden" or being "concealed". We just don't know where it is. The location is "unknown". Would have saved everyone a lot of time looking for it if they had just said that.
Very well made video it's a shame that Starfield's lore is so surface level, lacking in new ideas and generic.
I'm surprised you found 20 minutes of lore for a faction in this game xD
Va’ruun is Space Taliban 😅
I don't think they're a formerly U.S. funded faction of anti-Communists.
They're not a group who was armed and trained by the United States.
@@FriendoftheDrow
Armed and trained by Pakistan 🇵🇰 in the 1980's 🤡
@@BT-qs7id The Taliban is a creation of the members of conservative extremists who were armed and trained by the United States.
Wait... hol up... serpent motif, religious ethnocentric society, spies everywhere... is house Va'ruun one big anti semitic joke?
I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion.
@@FriendoftheDrow I enjoy reading conspiracy theories in my spare time and it sort of matches the "jewish people run the world" one
Bethesda was focused on spreading woke culture and forgot to create the game!
_"Go Woke, Go Broke!"_
@@jimby812 woke!
Bot@@RickBelt
@@RickBelt "Woke culture"? You mean not trying to appeal to white supremacists who hate people of color, women and queer people?
A lot of white supremacists try to obfuscate their intolerance by claiming that including non-white people and 'different' people in stories is 'woke.'
The lack of any ET civilization definitely hurt this game. The multiversity nonsense is lazy.
I’m definitely tired multiverse stuff, but I do like being able to use knowledge gained in game in game, and call out liars and “predict” outcomes
Not really. I think they saved it for dlc.
In fact, with so many universes, it is impossible that there is no intelligent alien life in any of them. But the absurd thing is that they are all the same, nothing changes.