The ONLY Starborn Power Guide You Need | Lvl 1 vs 10 Analysis, Ranking & Tiers | Starfield Handbook
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- I tested it all. Here's what you need to know about all 24 Starborn powers. Ranked and all.
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0:00 Start/introduction
2:30 Gravity Dash
3:56 Personal Atmosphere
5:05 Gravity Wave
5:40 Particle Beam
6:20 Eternal Harvest
7:15 Anti-Gravity field
8:05 Phased Time
8:48 Create Vacuum
10:05 Creator's Peace
10:43 Precognition
11:22 Gravity Well
12:00 Reactive Shield
12:34 Earthbound
13:15 Inner Demon
14:00 Sense Star Stuff
14:29 Solar Flare
15:49 Life Forced
16:39 Elemental Pull
17:10 Sunless Space
17:50 Moon Form
19:02 Alien Reanimation
19:22 Parallel Self
19:59 Supernova
20:49 Void Form - Hry
EDIT: Upgrading Sense Star Stuff to a B+ overall (S for stealth builds), the stealth community has spoken and I'm willing to upgrade SSS's status. I still think Void Form is the superior stealth skill but for anyone who doesn't like having to manually scan for enemies SSS is a solid pick, but it's still not even close as good as some of the other powers and that's why I can't justify putting it any higher.
What Starborn power do you think is best or worst? The video rankings are my personal opinion after hours of testing but I'm sure you'll have different opinions, which is totally cool, share your thoughts!
I've seen some great suggestions on additional use cases for powers and would love to hear more! I'm sure some more niche uses of powers would make them rank higher for more specific playstyles (SSS being a prime example).
Also great callout from a couple people on how precognition shows walking paths of NPCs. Definitely useful but easily outshined by many other powers.
Huge shoutout to @LXTROUBLE for timestamping while I was away, you rock!
Grav dash, per atm, phased time.
Precognition let you see the path your enemy will take so you can avoid them when sneaking
IMO, Anti-grav just replaced Unrelenting Force. UF just knocks the target back(or off a cliff). AG turns targets into 'shooting fish in a barrel' while active.
Maybe i missed it but how do you actually level up the powers? Im assuming just by using them?
@@Ezmoney_662 You have to find them again in the next New Game +.
Yeah... Sense Star Stuff is criminally underrated here. The amount of information it gives you going into a fight and during a fight is so valuable. Plus, it takes very little power. By far the most used power for me right now.
It's also incredibly fun in the cases where the game is about to throw enemies at you seemingly out of nowhere, be that a terrormorph sitting cloaked or a cataxi hiding beneath the ground. No you don't get to jumpscare me.
phased time is all you need. your welcome 🥱
Insane for stealth missions, let's you see the guard rotations and whether they're looking in your direction
Couldn't agree more; Sense Star Stuff is extremely useful, especially for stealth players. Plus it doesn't cost much to run, so you can use it in conjunction with another power.
I'd rank this an A or an S, but it is DEFINITELY way better than a D-
Agreed. I’ve used Sense Star Stuff to the exclusion of all else. I don’t have all the powers but this video doesn’t convince me that the other powers he likes more are really better than SSS.
I accidentally used the anti gravity field in Neon on the edge of one of the catwalks (I usually have personal oxygen set cause I spend 90% of my time overencumbered) and all the citizens freaked tf out. Instead of running away from the 0 grav field they stampeded right for it, like sheep, up and over the catwalk barrier floating for a few seconds before exiting the edge of the field and falling into the ocean.
😂😂😂
I had solar flare equipped and i thought i had o2 equipped. The Akila security I hit were NOT happy with me.
Well I'm heading to Neon real quick lol
@@seanlowrance9497 I stopped using powers because of that, I can´t understand they didn´t make a hotbar system for them. I always forget to equip the non combat power after a fight. Now I only use the personal oxygen thing .... and that´s it.
@@AurioDK I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure you can favorite them the same way you can with weapons and stuff
I really think they should change it so Vlad gives you multiple locations at a time instead of 1. Feels like you spend more time going back and forth to the Eye or The Lodge than you do exploring the planet to find the temple :(
1000% agreed
Temples are on the same system. Planets may vary, you can find many without Vlad.
thats why i mod that shit lol
@@DarkElfPlayboiwhat mod did you use
@@ItsChineseGuy "When the Power From Beyond quest pops up telling you to go see Vlad, enter: setstage 854e8 10" -Mycenia (Nexusmods). I also use the short temple puzzle script on the nexus to make it one ring to complete.
-Setstage console command
-short puzzle script mod
-skip power up + artifact mod
Best quality of life mods. Starfield is notorious for wasting time lol.
Sense Star Stuff is amazing if you're doing a stealth sniper build. It lets you know where enemies are so you can more easily avoid being spotted. That and PRecognition's ability to tell you their patrol routes.
Yeah. It's very useful in stealth. Not /great/ in combat- but given how dark the game is, I've used it for that, too, lol!
To call what amounts to Greater Detect Life as D- tier is an egregious display of shittery. Uncle needs to git guud
It's sometimes good in combat, too. I had missions where you had to rescue people and they only open the door if all enemies are dead. Without sense star I was always searching for the cowards that fled the premises. With sense star I know where they are.
Yea not sure how this is D tier. Seems like if it doesn't do damage this guy considers it useless (except personal atmosphere? Which is hilarious cause even if you run out of oxygen you dont die from just running.... so idk how thats s tier)
.o[
In my opinion, Grav Dash should've been multidirectional, like a dodge mechanic. Also, it breaks your sprint.
I was so disappointed by grav dash. I was hoping this would be the first bethesda game with really cool/fun movement mechanics, but no such luck.
Hopefully Modders will do their magic with it
@@elk4262You should go play oblivion and make some custom movement spells
@@elk4262never played skyrim?
@@justcookie7156 if you're counting whirlwind shout as "good movement mechanics" ... lmao
I'm not saying every first person action game needs to have Titanfall 2 tier movement, but the creation engine is so clunky when it comes to momentum
About void form. U can check containers without losing the stealth hability.
Example: There's a Gun Rack with a gun and two ammos. If u pick the ammo or the gun, you become visible.
But if you check the container for transfer and then pick all up, you remain invisible
Omg I need to try this. If it works... Game changing til! Thanks
@@ConnerZeeSo try this: go to neon city and find the Security building (it's somewhere on the main area) inside you will find a chest with a lot of illigal material take everything and go to sell to the trade authority in neon city👌🏻 Easy money 😉
It;'s worth pointing out, precognition will also show you where creatures are going to move to and where their attention is. this is incredibly useful for those stealth missions.
This power doesn't seem to work for me 90% of the time. Usually only robot show a path.
Seconded, Sense Star Stuff and Precognition used together made stealth missions a total breeze.
You I’m loving starfield right now and I’m excited for the update who do you think wins both endgame max everything the starborn or Dragonborn endgame
@@zorse1235 That's a difficult question. Lorewise, the Dragonborn can remake reality easily with shouts, though in-game most of the shouts are relatively mundane. Some of the powers in Starfield can also remake reality, but it doesn't seem to be THAT strong. However, there are hints that even at rank 10 we can't do some of the things the other Starborn can (such as essentially teleport, even faster than Dash).
Realistically, I'm guessing it would be whoever gets off a Slow Time effect first. Although, the ability to fire sniper rifles is a pretty huge advantage...
@@JB-xl2jc regardless of who wins both are extremely powerful precognition can also prove to be a huge advantage as well seeing as I don’t recall the dragon born seeing in the future
The sensing stuff power is an amazing ability for stealth players, having the enemies exact location is never a bad thing
Definitely don't disagree but it's completely eclipsed by void form in my opinion and relative to other skills I just don't think it competes considering how high the power cost is. Star stuff is very situationally helpful whereas void form is multi use and can unlock stealth hits from previously impossible angles
@@unclemumble void and sense are pretty much the only powers i use... i get up to an area, sense, go into void, and then systematically pick off everyone one by one. the extended range on sense pretty much gives you an idea of how many enemies to expect throughout an entire base and then pick them off with void a silenced pistol and my operator gear from ryojin
antigravity field is good too, especially for levelling the stealth melee skill, if u manage to cast it before u r seen, u can go in and they wont detect u while they are floating
Same with precog, for stealth, shows projected enemy routes. Still meh, but not the worst
See Star Stuff is probably best used when boarding an enemy vessel so you can find and kill every enemy, especially since some vessels can be small rat mazes.
Void form is amazing. It completely trivializes the Ryujin industries quest chain and since most of that chain can be done via speech and stealth, it is a solid first quest chain to do on NG+ to build up your credits and ammo supply
Thanks for the tip
also gives the stealth outfit as a part of a quest just by the end missions
Oh yeah, I just finished it earlier, I just spammed void form
You also get an upgrade to the manipulation perk everytime you do ryugin
Yeah, I did Ryujin after getting Void Form, on my first play through. My son had already done the Ryujin quest line, and had had to fight his way through a few parts, while I got to ghost on through with no problem.
Precognition has a way more useful effect than the just the dialogue thing, it also shows the path a target will walk. Pretty helpful for stealthy characters.
Yeah this is huge actually and it's too bad I didn't include this. Someone mentioned it works for quest characters and you can pull them to their destination faster which is also op, so I'd bump it up a rank for sure!
@@unclemumble
Can you explain "pull them to their destination faster"
I don't see how it makes things walk faster...
@@XaadeTheBlade sure! So interestingly enough if an npc has a target destination during a quest step you can run to that destination and it will force the npc to run to that spot rather than slowly trudge along and take minutes to get there. Precognition let's you know exactly where that spot is so it's quite helpful in that specific scenario for time saving
Whoa this is a great tip
Wow, meanwhile i've been dicking around so much doing sidequests that i didn't know this was even a thing
Learning more about Create Vacuum was surprising. I tried it on some spacers before, saw the low damage numbers, and decided it was far better just to use my gun and save my power cost for anything else. Knowing it's percentage based on HP is incredible.
based on HP? then I might have ridiculous damage cause I have been playing around after the tutorial missions leveling up and gathering goods.
Thank you for doing this, I think you’re the first person to do a video on the difference between level one and 10 powers
Sense star is amazing for stealth, knowing where all your enemies are and what way they are facing is super useful to clean a whole enemy base undetected
See Star Stuff is fantastic if you're doing anything stealth related.
It's a must if you're trying to do the Ryujin missions full ghost.
Also is good in dungeons to know what's ahead of you and very helpful in Entangled to see where the insect ambushes are.
Precognition not only shows dialog options, but also the way npc will go, if it some kind of quest NPC and you have to follow him to his destanation. So you can just use this power, run to the endpoint of his router and NPC will be forced to run till the end. It's saves alot of time for you.
Finally they nerfed escort sections. Shouldn’t exist to begin with but yk playtime lol
Create Vacuum is SSS tier if you’re grinding NG cycles.
It deletes the high HP starborn bosses in the final mission.
Or just persuade
@@twitlip9662Only the very last encounter can be persuaded and is arguably easier than the ones you have to fight before that.
@@bronoovian6070yeah that’s what I mean bro makes your runs 35mins long that’s at least how long it took me for a run
@@twitlip9662and miss out on one of the best guns and fights in the game? I’m all for persuasion but that’s a hard pass on that one
@@tdoss00 I have already done it twice. It’s for completing them as fast as possible
Nice list. I also like the Star Stuff one the most, makes it easy to find all enemies hiding behind cover
Grav Wave is exremely useful when you are going up against Alien Beasts that charge you and attack at melee range. When they come at you all you need to do is hit the button and even the largest boss creature will fall down for a few moments.
Yep. Early on, it's the best single target CC skill. Doesn't get outshone until much later.
@@r3dp9 yeah it also has a relatively low power cost so it will recharge faster than other powers you might use in the same situation.
Yup, I used it all the time for a lot of the game.
I completely avoided the main quest line, completed the FC, SysDef, Vanguard, Ryujin, and probably something else I’m forgetting… just to find out there’s a whole set of skills locked behind progressing the main quest 🤦♂️
There's simply too much to explore!
Thank you SO MUCH for this. I was just about to do the grind of NG+ and was wondering if this was even going to be worth the extra time involved. I plan on this being my only character so, in the long run, this is definitely worth it. THANK YOU!
Awesome video, really appreciate your contributions to the Starfield community!
The time power always breaks my game :(
If you can find something to sit on it gets you out of it
If you close the app, then relaunch it, it will fix it so it doesnt break it anymore. Ive had to do this a few times
Bro same
@@brendenrufh1818does that fix it permanently
That’s dark man can’t imagain joining the crimson fleet & then murudur npc for cash & then not getting to use the coolest superpower
Phased time at rank 10 is the only power you will ever need. Elemental Pull is also very handy, and at rank 10 will fill your inventory with resources very quickly.
The problem with star born powers is that they don’t feel all that useful compared to weapons. Mostly because they’re clunky to use. We need a quick action wheel for instant casting preset SB powers. Hold down the button and you can pick a power which casts immediately. This would let you chain different powers together.
Or simpler than that, just let us assign it to our "favorites" wheel. It is just a quick equip wheel anyway so connecting it to Starborn powers would be trivial.
@@ji3quyou can already do that
@@ji3qu
Skyrim has a mod that does that Joe asked for. It's a pain to setup, but once you have it, you just click whatever fast button and it auto-casts the ability or spell, including being able to hold the button down for shouts.
i dont see why more games dont use dying light's wheel mechanic. have each of the dpad buttons bring up a different wheel you select with the right stick.
4 wheels of 8 slots and you get 32 favorites instead of 12 and no more constantly going in and out of menus.
You can tie powers to your wheel and carry less guns in there. Pick a shotty, melter smg, pistol or scoped rifle and fill the rest with powers
Holy crap, I use Sense Star Stuff more often than anything else, including the oxygen one. You can see all your enemies, no matter where they're hiding. You can see them running around corners towards you.
It's especially useful in levels with all those critters that are below ground and pop out at you, because Sense Star Stuff will show them IN THE GROUND. Or those levels where there's swarm critters, you can just see them all massed behind the corner, and get your minigun ready.
To me, that power is S+++ at level 1. It's SO useful. I have it and Oxygen permanently hotkeyed.
First time I used reflective shield, it was against the multiple guardian spawns heading into the final area and one of the guardians murdered himself hitting me with his magshear. At least thats what I think happened because I wasn't shooting and my companion was down
I wish Grav Dash was multi-directional. It would be cool to use it to strafe really quickly from side to side, or use it to create a lot of distance while moving backwards.
Yeah that would be a lot cooler if it was like Tracer's blink ability from overwatch, which lets you go in any direction. And maybe rather than getting longer dashes, you get more dashes that you can fire off consecutively.
So if you wanted to go straight still as if it were grav dash, you still can do so by chaining multiple blinks together, or you can blinkdash in circles around your enemy like Tracer while shooting them.
I'm sure modders will get to doing something similar one day
Easy fix?
Make it execute a booster boost with increased distance that doesn't cost fuel.
Then you get multidirectional built in.
Yo, so I had to share that the reactive shield power reflects bullets WITH EM damage when running an un-armed build with neurostrikes, basically enemies end up knocking themselves out and you can either stealth attack them or leave them unconscious.
That's a fortunate bug.
feature*
great video. just unlocked the power mechanic and was looking for something just like this for an explanation :)
Oh man I was looking for this video for ages. Thank you!
Grav wave is good. Right at the end of your explanation you use it and it hits the first guy, but also travels pretty far knocking a person down in the back too. Its range is pretty far, lets you knock down a whole squad at once. Great for enclosed areas, hallways, or just any clumped up enemies. The shield is also really good for shotgun/melee builds as well. Really helps you get very close.
He's using it on planets too it's brutal in zero gravity environments
Honestly gravity wave works really well in the lower levels, especially when you’re getting attacked by somebody with a high dps
I like how you go into great detail. Very informative. The only thing missing is the final screen showing all of them at once, and how you ranked them (like you did on your other videos).
Void form is great because it lets u run while maintaining stealth as well
Grav wave is decent if you combo it with other things. Mainly with mines and grenades. The physics engine in the game is so good, actually pretty easy to toss mines and knock back grenades
I would rate reactive shield a little higher because it is useful when you are taking a lot of fire from several different positions and one of your area of effect powers won't take out all your targets.
Same. The special starborn in the main quest are immune to most CC effects, so only buffs like Reactive Shield still worked. The damage reduction is quite noticeable.
You earned this sub. I am struggling to grind through my first 5 ng+. It's brutal, thank you for at least showing us the light at the end!
Sense Star Stuff is an invaluable tool when fighting starborn guardians. It disables their cloak ability, letting you zero in on them right away, plus it makes your follower home in easier on them too. Definitely a specific use power, I'd rate S-rank versus starborn.
You can still see them when cloaked though...
@@N0UG37 yeah but it's definitely easy to lose them sometimes when they go invis depending on the background landscape
@@yeah3708 i run them down, they don't get anywhere 😏
@@N0UG37 i also typically minigun them so muzzle flash obstructs my vision as well
@@yeah3708 muzzle flash...L
I think Gravity Wave deserves a better score than D tier. In my experience it seems to be the only offensive power that isn't consistently resisted by higher tier named enemies.
Agreed, I find many enemies will resist anti-gravity field but then get knocked on their ass from gravity wave
I just did the vanguard mission line for the first time (on my first new game+ and on hard difficulty) and gravity wave was one of the most consistent powers I've used for fighting them. Those couple of seconds of knocking terrormorphs on their ass was amazing 😂
Gravity wave is busted and my go-to for combat.
Almighty Push
Gravity wave is one of my go to power ability, you knock enemies down and unload on their asses and it cost 25 power rinse and repeat. 🎉
Glad your edit upgrades SSS. It's amazing to clear out camps and to see where enemies are to plan your assault
One thing you overlooked in the application of Elemental Pull is how easy it makes completing a survey for a lot of planets. If the planet has no traits I can often land, exit my ship, cast elemental pull once and collect every resource on the planet. It still isn't the best method of collecting resources to use, but it is unparalleled when collecting resources to scan.
My favorite power is Reactive Shield even though you gave it a low ranking. It has a long duration and soaks up a lot of damage over time. Normally I get instantly melted when I stand in front of multiple enemies on very hard. With Reactive Shield on they do like ~20%-25% of the damage they normally do.
Gravity Wave already feels OP at level 1. Handy way to immobilize the pesky and hard-to-see Starborn ambushing you, or Terrormorphs, so you can just pump them full of Pb or U.
Ya I don’t even bother upgrading them all since I use gravity wave parallel self and reactive shield in a rotation, also not tryna go on a tedious run over and over each Ng+ and plus that mini game is annoying. I didn’t even want to find all the different powers first run but pushed through it , when i saw you can upgrade them individually I was like NOPE getting the hunter amor and ship was enough grind for a single player game
After finishing Ryujin quest and getting the free Manipulation perk i just do that on the starborn and play with them a bit
Thanks for testing this stuff! Saves me so much time brother lol.
Thanks for a solid video! An overview of your rating of all powers at the end would be helpful, similar to how you're rating skills :)
THANK YOU! I've been looking for exactly this for the last 2 days and literally no one has provided it. Also, I have to imagine Earthbound is S tier in the very niche situation that you are facing a ton of enemies in zero g. But otherwise, yeah totally its uses are limited.
I love fighting in low-g so I'd almost never want to use it because it's so fun for me 😅
Void form can be pretty powerful for snack builds, especially paired with chameleon suit or helmet mod. This means that while one doesn't work when moving, the other does. Alternatively, when one wears off from doing an action, the other stays in effect so long as crouched and not moving. For this reason they pair well together.
Some of the other powers are very niche, as said in the video, bit when used they more than carry their own in that niche situation.
Was thinking about getting the Starborn Venator suit with a Chameleon effect so doing that+Voidform seems fun. Also, doesn't the stealth perk allow you to open doors and such without being revealed at its highest level?
@@Demon-. Towards your Stealth meter yes, it doesn't affect you being detected. Now, if you open the door and are visible and they see you, well that is a different story.
I haven't been able to add certain stealth buffs to gear yet, but so far it isn't like older games where maxed stealth you can be right in front of them and not be detected.
Concealment perk gives the Chameleon effect. You really don’t need it on armor.
@@vampirelordx1 oh? I'll have to look for that.
@@Kitkat5335 I see. Thank you
Awesome guide! Im on NG+6 and this gives me even more momentum to get all powers at X
Good luck on the grind!
I've not beat the game yet but I have seen people talk about this in general. Until yesterday I didn't even know what NG+ meant. But with that said, this is a nice tutorial on how the Starborn powers work and are received. Much appreciated Mumble.
Nice guide! A small note on Void Form tho: Concealment 3 breaks Void.Form (and Chamelion), basically killing 2 of your best stealth options. I expect it to be a bug, but Beth and bug fixing doing go well together.
What do you mean with breaking it? you cant cast it while you are concealed but when you void form while you are standing you can crouch and stand up an run all you want, void form will not be broken then. The only annoying thing is you cannot cast it anymore while crouched.
I had this issue in the Ryujin quest. I was crouched and had a chameleon item which made me invisible and as I was about to get up as an enemy approached I cast Void Form. Instead of maintaining invisibility as I stood up it just removed my current invisibility immediately alerting the enemy. This happened more than once because I play in first person mode and could not see it was making me visible. They really need to fix that.
Anti-grav field also allows you to fast travel while encumbered.
Anti-grav does but not Personal Atmosphere? Weird, but I'll take it.
Wait it does? Is this confirmed? That’s the first power you get right?
So you just activate it where everything is floating in the air and while that’s active you can fast travel while encumbered? If that’s true you just saved me so much time as I’m a meticulous looter
Currently I just use personal atmosphere but that’s still a pain cus it only lasts 15 seconds and takes a while to recharge and if you’re deep in a dungeon or mine far from the NAT in new Atlantis or something can still take a while to get out. And if companions inventory is also full you just gotta run
So someone please confirm I’ve got it right or am I getting the name of the ability mixed up with another one cus it doesn’t even make sense the one I’m thinking of would allow you to fast travel
I just tried this and it definitely did not, is there a limit to how over encumbered you can be or something?
Haven't tried it yet but I know you can't fast travel while in the air.
Why play this game? Its really eh
I love using sunless space. It’s a great tool for pacifying enemies who are in cover. Throw it into a room, walk in, shoot the frozen enemy in the head until he dies.
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This was excellent. Thank you.
Gravity wave is insanely handy for melee builds, but it's definitely disappointing to see that nothing changes when it ranks up.
Believe me, its way more usefull in agresive stealth or claustrophobic spaces, u can push ur mines and grenades, send back grenades, launch barrels, etc
Its more a dirty fighting tool than a power by itself, for me its a B+ but deppends a ton on ur playing style
I like the calm power, there doesn't seem to be a level limit like manipulation perk and it can get multiple enemies. It serves as oopsies button for stealth
This is an Awesome guide! Thank you!
Really needs to be in a table format... If I do one I'll upload and provide a link. 🙂
Thanks for the list and demos. I’d say the ranks are solid. Except for sense star stuff.
It does have some combat utility in simply knowing what is coming. But it is MASSIVELY useful on stealth missions.
Probably my most used ability honestly
Haha yeah I'm seeing a lot of folks backing SSS which is totally valid. I was pretty harsh on it despite it having a clear use case for stealth builds/anyone who doesn't want to manually search for enemies. If you're a stealth build user, void form is awesome and I find more playstyles altering which is fun!
I used void form recently, and I stayed invisible the whole time I was in a fight which kinda of made it about as simple as phased time does since enemies couldn't find me, but shot near my general direction. I'd also randomly get sneak attack damage because they couldn't fully detect me.
The grav wave is S tier for your first game even at level one if you use a lot of landmines. Having a massive burst of area damage when raiding ships is just unbeatable early on. Imagine opening a cockpit door and grav waving a bunch of landmines into the room and instantly wiping them out.
That's some big brain energy.
Very useful video. Thanks!
very comprehensive list thank you for making this
Earthbound has a niche use in zero grav where it allows you to deal sneak attack damage in builds reliant to the concealment tech tree.
I’ve also found that Earthbound is extremely good for gun fights in zero gravity for characters that are speced into ballistic weapons.
Also, if you are low on health whilst boarding a ship you can cast this and sleep in a bed to replenish HP (you can't sleep in a bed in zero G).
Sense star stuff is pretty much the only one I use, since I don't have void form yet (would have been very useful for ryujin tbh) and none of the others seem that useful for stealth sniper. Even when I get into direct combat, there isn't a case where any of the powers are better than just using a gun, but I suspect that the dash and shield could come in handy for my eventual melee build
Holy shit this was incredibly well done. You got a new sub for sure
Thanks for this video, very helpful
From what I researched and tested, you should always save before you take a power quest. That way if it selects a non temple, you can reload before taking the quest.
Great advice, I've also noticed that talking to Vlad after doing 1 main quest temple mission in a ng+ cycle reduced my chances for bugged temples. It's quite a mess honestly
@@unclemumbleSpeaking of that, I’ve read even now people are reporting that on NG+, if you skip the main story it is messing up a lot of side quests for them. A lot of folks recommend doing the main story over. I am now in my first NG+ and I hadn’t gotten all the starborn powers because I got victimized by the Power From Beyond mission; it wouldn’t trigger the marker on Oberum so I got stuck. And being frustrated I said “to hell with it” and decided to finish the main story anyway because folks said whatever powers you didn’t succeed in getting, you can pick up in NG+. Some people though said you can’t. Others said you certainly can. I haven’t gotten far enough yet to Vladimir to check (I’m on the way now). My question is about Starborn ships though in NG+. Can you come across any other Starborn ships while exploring like you did in your first run? And can you steal them? If so, are they more powerful than your given Starborn ship you get after going through the Unity? 🤔
Thanks in advance.
1:30 You can also just make a hard save after every successful temple... I got a bug where the temple did not spawn on a planet, reloaded before I got my new temple from Vlad, he sent me to a different planet with a temple, and then after that one I got sent to the previously bugged planet except this time the temple spawned.
Fantastic guide, thank you so much!
Subscribed. Good info in this guide.
Welcome aboard!
I can absolutely see Phased Time being great for pick pocketing. I hadn't used pick pocketing much in older BGS games unless needed but I am at lvl3 now and have most things; credits, ammo, meds around 70-80% with lvl4 boosting the % chance by 30%+ I will be able to take all the ammo and credits I want and being able to slow time I feel will be very powerful with threading the needle on the time that I'm "hidden" in order to swipe the goods.
I'd think this combined with void form and you'd be golden.
Phased Time is the single best power there is, and you don't even need to go to temples to upgrade it
Phased Time is gamebreakingly op, when I did the final fight (forgot if it was on hard or very hard difficulty) I managed to do so much damage during Phased Time that I kept getting teleported instead of having to run into the orbs (because the enemies was so hurt they had to progress the fight to next phase quickly) and when I teleported to the final spot both enemies basically had 1 hp, it took 1 shot on each to kill them. And all that damage is dealth when every enemy, no matter how close or far away or spread out they are (which makes it much better than those effects that only affect a small area), are unable to land their attacks.
Great video!
Powers can also be added to the favorites menu, so I don't personally have a problem with switching between 'em as needed.
Was about to defend Precognition and Sense Star Stuff, but most the comments already have. No sense in adding to them.
All I can say is thanks for bein' open to critique. Cheers!
0:00 Start/introduction
2:30 Gravity Dash
3:56 Personal Atmosphere
5:05 Gravity Wave
5:40 Particle Beam
6:20 Eternal Harvest
7:10 Sunless Space
7:15 Anti-Gravity field
8:05 Phased Time
8:48 Create Vacuum
10:05 Creator's Peace
10:43 Precognition
11:22 Gravity Well
12:00 Reactive Shield
12:34 Earthbound
13:15 Inner Demon
14:00 Sense Star Stuff
14:29 Solar Flare
15:49 Life Forced
16:39 Elemental Pull
17:50 Moon Form
19:02 Alien Reanimation
19:22 Parallel Self
19:59 Supernova
20:49 Void Form
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The knockdown is super useful on tougher fights, so I would say it's C tier not D tier
Thanks for the good info. I'm going to have to add my voice to the chorus on Sense Star stuff. Its amazing as trying to level up my sneak ability and to quiet through a whole outpost.
i wish you compiled all your data into a spreadsheet to relieve me of watching a 20 minute video but im glad youve gotten all the watch time. thanks for the info
I think there may be some heavy playstyle bias. The powers you liked least are all super useful for stealth plays.
Sense Star Stuff has been gone over in plenty of other responses, but I was just redoing Ryujin and again, I used it to get a sense of where the patrols were and were looking before opening doors/vents.
Precognition will show you their patrol path which is awesome in some of the cramped areas especially - and can let you know if someone intends to move at all - no one wants to wait for a spotter who has no intention of patrolling.
Which brings us to Gravity Wave - knocking items over away from you makes noise that enemies will go investigate. I used this when one stubbornly resisted Manipulation. Some of the other gravity spells register as attacks or call more attention to the cast. Anti-grav Field has the aggroing problem. Gravity Well can also sometimes work, but you need the NPC outside of its range or they stay on alert for way longer.
Very fair points! It's funny I just did the Ryujin stealth mission and just void form walked through everything. SSS is definitely awesome for stealth players but it's still not even close to as good as void form IMO, especially for stealth builds (you can shoot and not break VF too)
When I did my first playthrough, Barrett died before I got his power, but on ng+ I was able to find it in a temple AND do his quest so I got it to rank 2 in ng+ from 0. Not sure if it was luck or an exception, but just thought I'd point it out.
You can double dip off Parallel Self off every NG+. My other powers are only 7, but Parallel Self is 10. As long as you pick up his quest you get two of Parallel Self. Wish it was random, but oh well.
I mist solarflare the first time because i choose sarah so Sam got killed
I love using Sense Star Stuff for stealth or finding one straggling enemy in an area. Helped me find an enemy that was glitched into the ground once lmao
Very helpful info! I still haven't dove into my first NG+, so knowing that they all advance is useful, but also knowing that some *always* stay shit is also useful.😂😂
I wish we could utilize the quantum essence to either give us the increased regen or level up our abilities to level 10 if we’re already at New Game +10. Just seems like a missed opportunity
Quantum essence to level up is a great idea!
Wish it could be used to increase your power bar. Not being able to increase it is a strange choice.
@@eddiedead2702 Yeah, I barely use my quantum essence, seems like a waste to have it as a consumable. It should give a permanent buff to either max energy or regen.
Lol how did you miss the main use of precondition? The conversation aspect is secondary and just a bonus. The skill let's you see enemy patrol patters
Very thorough as usual, well done
Great video... I have been using personal atmo, void form and star stuff way more regularly than I thought I would. I occasionally will see that I have a bunch of enemies grouped up behind a wall... then switch to antigrav and come around the corner with a shotgun and delete the whole group.
I think Bethesda did a great job with these... maybe a handful that seem redundant and a a handful that need a tweak or cost reduction.
Thanks for your effort. Very good video
I upgraded all 24 powers all 10 times and it was sooo worth it. I really love using invisibility and shield the most as well as O2 generation I can run around overencumbered without incident
Prove it
I've only gotten 4, so I'm going to hold off on watching this video. But thanks!
With Gravity Wave I found it pretty useful for Starborne enemies you come across after temples, They do really high damage in a short burst. With gravity wave you can stun lock and kill them easily.
Thank you for this video. This reassures me that I am missing almost nothing for not upgrading my starborn power. Running 24 templed x 10 times is not my idea of fun.
Amazing guide but you're not considering best use cases for some of these. Moon form for example, is absolutely incredible when you have multiple gear pieces that drastically increase your damage while standing still. Also, inner demon is incredible at any stage, simply to give you time to heal, reload, change out weapons, get higher ground etc. Phased time is absolutely insane... especially if you have a crit heavy character. You also didn't mention if there's a duration difference in alien reanimation. It's my favorite power right now while farming level 75 planets on very hard.
Great points!
And it’s a free health heal power apparently
i love see star stuff. wall hacks is nice for stealth. also some of these fauna for surveying are tiny.
Elemental Pull has at least one fantastic use. When getting the artifacts fire it off and get all that sweet minerals and a couple blast with cutter and artifact is good to grab.
I THINK that precognition also shows you where enemies will walk next with the glimmer effect. So it also has its use for stealth/sneaking outside of dialogue. Then again there's Sense Star Stuff, which just shows you all the living things walking. And finally Void Form, which probably is the best, as you're indetectable really
I have a teramorph on my ship because i reanimated it and then it glitched through the door when i went into my ship. So S+++ skill for alien reanimation. The only downside is I can never edit my ship again because it disappears when I do.
My fav powers are Void Form, Grav Dash, Solar Flare, and Supernova for trash mobs, I sometimes use the other skills but those are my most used ones. I wish there was a separate favorite wheel for powers instead of having everything on one shared favorite hotkeys. But a lot of the other powers could use some buffs because most of them are just useless later game.
Bethesda is terrible at scaling.
Oblivion where unarmed doesn't scale. Skyrim where unarmed doesn't scale. Starfield where unarmed doesn't scale.
Skyrim where magic doesn't scale.
Starfield where certain weapon classes don't scale. The only laser heavy weapons are the mining laser and the arc welder. None of the tools have higher tier classes.
And when they do manage to scale anything, it usually gets overpowered, such as Skyrim smithing weapon improvements, resto loop, Starfield advanced tier weapons basically one shooting everything.
Hot dog these starborn powers look cool as heck. I been wanting to move away from my normal jetpack/run and gun manuaver
I'm on a brand new playthrough so I can't test this at the moment, but I'm pretty sure you can freely attack while maintaining void form, you can also transfer items from inventories as long as you enter the actual transfer screen/menu instead of looting while in the world and you'll keep void form as well. Basically you can run through a whole area sneak attacking and looting everyone, only being stopped by doors, and then once they're all dead you can come out to loot all the loose items.
One annoying thing is that if you have either a chameleon item or the 3rd rank of concealment you have to either be moving or not sneaking when you cast void form or it won't stick, it doesn't over-ride the chameleon effect.