Starfield - Ship Combat Basic Training Guide Featuring Bad Omen DarkStar Astrodynamics Mod

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Күн бұрын

Greetings, captains! I've said I would make a video like this for quite a while, so I hope this can be of help to you still. This is a basic overview of ship combat in Starfield, and it features the modded ship, Bad Omen, made possible by the DarkStar Astrodynamics mod by Wykkyd Gaming. This is the one and only mod needed for the Bad Omen, and it can be found on Nexus Mods AND the Creations Platform.
Link to Wykkyd's Channel: / @r.l.parker.gaming
Nexus Mods link: www.nexusmods....
You'll also need to build the vanilla Omen:
• Omen - Starfield Class...
00:00 Introduction
01:39 Bad Omen build - DarkStar Terminus
13:20 Combat Demonstrations

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@AcBaLkX Ай бұрын

The biggest takeaway from this is how to use the thrusters the right way, I used to keep the thrusters engaged for a whole 180 degree turn sometimes which would obv kill my whole momentum and make me stop in space. Your boost cancel and 90 degree turns/partial turns let you keep momentum a lot more which lets you evade enemy attacks better

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

That’s the main thing that I do during combat to keep my ship moving and avoid missile fire. When used correctly, you can very quickly put yourself in a position of advantage against your target. Limiting your thruster turns to 90 degrees is especially helpful when you’re flying larger ships.

@allenmacintyre3929 Ай бұрын

How exactly do you boost cancel for Xbox

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

@@allenmacintyre3929 I play on PC, but I use an Xbox controller. Regardless of input method, it just means that you press the Thruster button immediately after Boosting.

@user-ez7sc9wf8y Ай бұрын

Great stuff here…I have never used my thrusters much always seemed to get me in trouble…I’ve learned stuff today… thank you for sharing your knowledge. On the other hand I was hoping you would have shown the bounty you’d acquired lol. As always take care stay safe ✌️

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

You know what man I was going to show the final bounty. I think I may have just forgotten about it because of how I recorded the video. Next time I won’t forget!

@pdexBigTeacher Ай бұрын

Been intrigued by the Darkstar Mod (Xbox); only through your endorsement shall I take the dive; thanks! I love this build; remodeled my previous upgraded Mantis to this (it had my endgame comspike). In the opening video I saw how from certain angles the Omen looks like an X-wing!

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

It does for sure, not intentionally what I was going for but the resemblance is definitely there. You’re going to enjoy it! Really opens up the scaling of ship modules and lets you balance your builds to your taste. For NG+, it’s a huge and necessary improvement to accommodate for the difficulty scaling.

@pdexBigTeacher Ай бұрын

Just added the Darkstar Mod; amazing. What Bethesda SHOULD have done at the start. Since I chose the Tracker name of Mantis, having a Darkstar terminus on Denebola I-b is almost 'hiding in plain sight'😉

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

@pdexBigTeacher I completely agree with you, why make difficulty scale as you jump through Unity but not the gear and ships we can fly?

@logansager9836 Ай бұрын

Personally, lighter saturated red on the engines makes sense since theres wear and tear from the heat to the paint. Makes it look more realistic in my opinion but still very beautiful and an amazing build

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Those engines already have a wear filter, making some areas of that red look worn regardless of color choice. The whole thing being desaturated made the engines appear to be more used than the rest of the ship, like they were ripped from a ship in a junkyard haha.

@mattsharpey361 Ай бұрын

Damn your Starfield content is 🔥 brotha

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Have you tried any of my ship builds?

@mattsharpey361 Ай бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard All of them, and that practice made me far better at generating my own designs. Respect my friend, you lease keep the gold flowing.

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

@mattsharpey361 great to hear! I definitely have no intent to stop, I just don’t have as much time as other creators so I cannot commit to a regular upload schedule.

@truegamer2819 Ай бұрын

putting the new shield almost inside the ship is a smart move, so ya shield wont be targeted most of the dog fights i just learn something today from this

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

I try to do that on all of my ships if at all possible, but just so you know there is no functional advantage to doing this. Your shield system will still take damage as if it was mounted to the outside of your ship. I do this mostly for RP and ‘cool factor’. Thanks for watching!

@snuglife3697 Ай бұрын

Some very thorough boosting tips here, i learned stuff!

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Good! I know this one is quite different from my other content, but I may start mixing in some of these quick and dirty videos so I can provide more frequent content uploads.

@jammaples Ай бұрын

One thing I do occasionally for fun, but it can help with combat, is thruster orbit practice around the eye or any object trying to maintain the same distance to it. Thrusters only. Pretty fun. Switching to another target after losing sight/lock on one ship helps greatly too. Someday I hope to get good at combat with target selected and hold select for free spin view. Very difficult for me to pull off but the view rotating around to the target instead of ship orientation is very cool. Awesome ship by the way. Catch a smile out there. o7

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Yessir, that’s a great way to get accustomed to alternating thruster/booster and when and how to use them. I would really prefer using dual flight sticks like I do in SC, but hey, combat in Starfield is still great fun!

@jammaples Ай бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard I’m guessing you are talking about full on flight style joysticks? That sounds awesome. I check in on SC from time to time to see how it’s coming along. Can’t play it, not a PC guy (I wish). But the surface to orbit flight in that game is gorgeous. Have fun sailing the blackest sea. o7

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

@jammaples o7, cap!

@Niblick286 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos. I think it would be great if you could do a video on the differences of your most recent builds and what situations would warrant what ship. Again, thank you.

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

You mean like a side-by-side comparison video? Not a bad idea, but I recently entered my first NG+ so it’s going to be mostly all new ships from now on. I’ll likely rebuild some in the universe that I choose to settle in but that’s down the road a ways.

@Niblick286 Ай бұрын

Could be a side by side, or just an explanation of when you like to use the Vulcan over the Omen, or when the Basilisk or Scythe is preferred. You could even use old content while explaining you reasoning😊

@allenmacintyre3929 Ай бұрын

That turning style looks like drifting and I am a big fan of that and dose putting thrusters on the sides of you ship like in a left and right direction help with cornering .

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, the thruster arrays are just cosmetic. At least they have animated thrust firing that is synched with the movement of the ship, but they don’t increase performance at all.

@drshoots101 Ай бұрын

So out of curiosity i took my Airion Omega out to serpentis and it felt over powered with all the weapons I used from the darkstar mod. Literally just pull the trigger once and boom they're gone. That's was on extreme difficulty.

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

I imagine that would be good for like, NG+ 50, but anything before that it sounds too OP. Might have to start looking for mods that increase enemy power.

@drshoots101 Ай бұрын

@WizeOldWizard yea I can just cut back on a few weapons too Or just use a mix of vanilla and darkstar. Just after watching you I didn't think it would of been that op.

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

I haven’t tried the DarkStar weapons yet. To me, at least in my original universe, vanilla weapons feel balanced. Especially when you have them all fully powered. NG+ is going to be a whole new ballgame though I think.

@Zzzz-se4bf Ай бұрын

Great stuff

@Murze1 Ай бұрын

Great vide! I'd like to see a combat demonstration with a vanilla ship and can you console in a spawn of the starborn ships maybe? They definitely kill me on extreme before I feel like I can do anything. Thanks

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

While I don’t have a video like this using a vanilla ship, you can see me employing the same tactics in the Omen build guide, which is 100% vanilla. The key to fighting a group of three Guardians is to avoid as many torpedo hits as possible, so you must employ the boost cancel technique a lot. That said, I may very well put together a much more detailed and in-depth combat tutorial in the future, this one was more of a way to test out a new presentation format. The whole video was recorded in one shot including all of the voiceover.

@Murze1 Ай бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard Yep, that was one of the main things I learned, gotta boost cancel more :)

@shanelowe5278 Ай бұрын

Top Gun - Starfield edition. Don't forget to buzz the tower....

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Damnit! I did forget!

@philward8834 Ай бұрын

I use both Darkstar and Avontech mods with quite a few others and you just have longer load times but I've not had any problems with them

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

I’m sure they work great, I’m just going to have to design whole ships around some of those parts because the design language of those parts is just entirely different than the vanilla stuff. I should be able to come up with some cool ships with them, just gonna need some tinkering time. Oh and an empty hangar.

@LouisRobert14 Ай бұрын

Hey ! First, thx you for your videos, it’s always a good moment watching them ! Have a question, from wich mod are those catwalk? I would like to have these on my outpost too ! Great work anyways!

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

The mod is called, get this… Catwalks lol. I get my mods from Nexus unless they are only available through Creations, since I play on PC.

@LouisRobert14 Ай бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard Ok thanks ! Yea I’m modding bgs games since TES:4 so i’m used to nexus, buuuut sometimes good mods like this are pretty tricky to find so thanks for the help ! Have you thought about sharing your mod list one day? that could be cool ! Thank you anyway mate Ps: sorry for my poor english…

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Your english is better than some native speakers that I know, you’re all good! I will absolutely share my mod list, when I know I won’t be changing it. I like to test them for a while, make sure they’re working and worth using.

@LouisRobert14 Ай бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard Ok, I’ll wait for it ! Have a good day :)

@snuglife3697 Ай бұрын

I actually have a tangential question on piracy: how do you handle the standard companions hating you, what is that like? I guess they stay on your ship anyway and are just mad? Also it sounds like the bounty system (for avoiding bounties) is finnicky, so do you just reload saves, or pay off bounties, or not land on settled planets anymore, or do you have a consistent way of avoiding bounties?

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

I don’t handle the Constellation members hating me, they’re never on my ship anymore lol. As for bounties, the whole ‘last witness killed’ thing almost never works like it should. Which sucks. Big time. As for getting rid of a bounty, if I have to incur a bounty through gameplay, I just pay it. But I have racked up multi-million dollar bounties combat testing ships, and in that case I always save before committing mass elimination with the intent of loading that save when I have my footage.

@philward8834 Ай бұрын

You rock bro

@26JanJoost Ай бұрын

I think you got the extra engine power pip from Amelia.

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Not possible, her Piloting skill is not high enough. Sam Coe is the only crew that adds that. For a while I had Sam on the ship, but got rid of him after I completed his companion quest. Somehow his power pip has persisted. If you don’t believe me, you can see other build guides that I have published that have the same exact crew assigned, and the only pip those ships have is Omari’s shield systems. It’s a bug. It’s a good bug, but still a bug.

@Frosto_Boi Ай бұрын

I wonder if you'd be able to make an Endgame/NG+ Version of The Peregrine. Perhaps make it a Constellation themed ship using the colors white, bright red, and bronze/ orange? It doesn't really make sense that an organization like Constellation only has the Frontier when it's such a terrible ship. I mean it doesn't even have a science hab, or a workshop! Also, I'm loving your upgrades to the Vanilla ships so far, they're really gonna be fun as soon as i speedrun to NG+ 50 with Starborn Suit scaling activated

@FP194 Ай бұрын

I am in my first NG+ and I did a complete rebuild of the Razorleaf And used Darkstar shield and weapons It took me about 45 seconds to destroy the Shroud bearer and its escorts Darkstar has other mods weapons and space suits that drop from NPCs giving you legendary weapons and armor from NPCs and the storage chests

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

That’s a great idea, I’ll be keeping that one in my back pocket.

@Andy_from_de Ай бұрын

I couldn't quite see it on the screen, so can you please explain a thrusted turn in a little more detail?

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

It just means you execute a turn with thrusters activated. The ship rotates faster that way but it stays on the trajectory you were on when you activated your thrusters.

@AlbewanKenobi Ай бұрын

@WizeOldWizard As you requested, i just saw your ship combat basic video training. So i don't have any pirates left alive on the kryx system nor the key thereabouts because i've betrayed Delgado and choose the Sysdef; so total pirates annihilation in this area...and the universe is doing better in my opinion. So as the Deimos Staryard you propose to do Piracy, well i don't do that but for you and the taste of adventure i've tried it and i know now why the ship fight are not so difficult for me even on extrem difficulty...i don't have big level opponent, the max i've found is something like level 16, no more. Do you know why ? 🤨

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

Sounds like you only visit low-level systems. Go to Serpentis, jump from planet to planet. Fantastic and fun way to earn XP.

@mannyo1657 25 күн бұрын

Awesome vid. So you use creations? Context, I downloaded this mod on pc but cant get it to work and cant seem to find a solution. Currently using Mod Manager 2.

@WizeOldWizard 25 күн бұрын

I use mods, yes, but I use Vortex. My extent of MO2 knowledge is that it’s best for those that wish to use different mod packages for different characters. Vortex’s system for handling this seems to be much less useful. But, since I’m in the camp of choosing the mods that work for me and always using them, I’ve never found the need to switch to MO2. As for creations, I only install mods from there if they are ONLY available there. If it’s on Nexus and Creations, I choose Nexus every time.

@mannyo1657 25 күн бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard ok, thanks for that. The plugin.txt mod seems to be an issue, I will restart and give vortex a try

@WizeOldWizard 25 күн бұрын

@mannyo1657 that mod shouldn’t have any issues, it’s a background mod that simply enables other mods to work. I have been using that and several mods that require it for months with zero issues. If you join my discord server, you can post your modlist and we can try to help you fix it.

@mannyo1657 25 күн бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard ok thanks, i'll find ths link ans join tomorrow

@mannyo1657 25 күн бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard just joined. Will post a message in the mod group

@Nofilter1976 Ай бұрын

So this ship is impossible to make in a normal game? Doesn't modding screw up the game and achievements?

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

The Omen is a vanilla build, along with all the ships in my Vanilla Starship Archive playlist. But the BAD Omen cannot be built without DarkStar, due to the modules from that mod. But it is very straightforward and easy to use. It will lock out your achievements (unless you have a mod for that too) but it won’t ruin anything about your game. Most mods are quite safe, just have to read their descriptions carefully.

@FP194 Ай бұрын

Play thru the game first and get your achievements Then go to NG+ and use the mods and believe me this mod is one of the best in the game right now

@philipb2684 Ай бұрын

What is your experience with getting XP between the harder difficulties; be them space combat or ground combat. I find that there isn't much difference between say Easy and Extreme but it also depends on the planet level. The higher the planet level the more xp I notice getting (70 + as opposed to, say 50 or 55) but with the gameplay difficulty I don't see a significant difference. Would you agree or do I need new glasses...😜🤓

@philipb2684 Ай бұрын

BTW, I don't fly around asteriods, I bounce around like a pinball. "Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral." 😝

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

I would disagree. My difficulty setting net me a +49% XP gain, and that equates to over 1000 XP for each level 72 Starborn Guardian. That’s before the Well Rested bonus too, which would be another +15%.

@WizeOldWizard Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t recommend this, you can Critical Hit yourself this way if your shields are depleted. I nearly popped my own ship this way.

@philipb2684 Ай бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard Hrmm. I haven't seen that for some reason. Could be my own stats. I did notice this more when exploring though, on a planet that is high level, the Starborn are usually either 72 or 100. The 100 gives me more XP sure, but not THAT much. In space, if I have the difficulty at Extreme I would get my ass handed to me so I turned it down a notch.

@philipb2684 Ай бұрын

@@WizeOldWizard Nah, my shield is never depleted. Besides, I'm not purposely hitting them, just not caring if I do. LOL