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The video introduces a unique character build for Starfield called "The Diplomat," which eschews combat in favor of diplomacy and persuasion. Key attributes include the Diplomat background and traits like Empath, Extrovert, and Dream Home, enhancing social interactions and personal management. Emphasis is placed on skills such as Persuasion, Diplomacy, Wellness, and Stealth, allowing players to avoid combat and effectively interact with NPCs.
To compensate for the character’s non-combat focus, the video recommends providing followers with suitable equipment and skills to handle necessary confrontations. The speaker suggests the 'manipulation' skill and various tech and science skills to enhance gameplay, along with specific non-lethal gear like the Nova Blast Disrupter and formal apparel to boost persuasion.
The Diplomat's spaceship, designed for disabling enemies rather than direct combat, reflects the character’s role with luxurious accommodations. The speaker encourages the choice of pacifist missions and aligning with factions that support this playstyle, particularly avoiding the Crimson Fleet while recommending "Rugen" and always traveling with a well-equipped Constellation follower.
The character's backstory adds depth, detailing a personal journey from a military family with early successes in diplomacy to financial struggles, leading to work at the Argus company. The narrator reflects on the appeal and limitations of non-combat builds in Bethesda games and invites viewers to engage with the channel for more builds and gameplay insights.
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In this part of the video, the creator introduces a non-combat character build for Starfield called “the Diplomat,” which emphasizes using words over actions. The play style involves interacting with NPCs and exploring planets rather than engaging in combat. The Diplomat background helps with early speech checks, and the chosen traits are Empath, Extrovert, and Dream Home. These traits provide various buffs such as better oxygen management when accompanied by a follower and a personal home with a mortgage to manage. Key skills include Wellness for extra health, Stealth for avoiding detection, and important social skills such as maxed-out Persuasion and Diplomacy to enhance speech challenge success rates and to de-escalate combat situations using the scanner.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various skills and equipment to make a character’s followers more effective, despite them not being exceptionally powerful. The ‘manipulation’ skill in the social category is highlighted, allowing temporary command over targets, although its application seems limited. In the science category, ‘surveying’ is mentioned for better focus and scanning capabilities. For the tech tree, ‘Boost Pack Training’ and ‘Targeting Control Systems’ are essential for effective space combat.
When it comes to equipment, even for a non-combat build, certain recommendations are given, such as the Nova Blast Disrupter weapon which incapacitates rather than harms enemies. There’s also advice on selecting space suits, packs, and helmets that provide necessary survival benefits. Apparel-wise, the speaker recommends formal suits to improve persuasion skills and neuro amps to enhance social interactions. Finally, for spaceships, the emphasis is on having EM weapons for non-lethal engagements.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses their custom-built ship, initially struggling with names like “The Negotiator” and “Diplomatic Visa.” The focus is on disabling enemies rather than direct combat, using weapons to deplete shields and shut down enemy systems. The ship is designed with luxurious living quarters suitable for a diplomat. The speaker invites suggestions for ship names and debates creating a full ship build video.
The discussion then shifts to faction involvement, advising that the character aims to bring about peaceful outcomes rather than advancing specific faction interests, with the Crimson Fleet being a poor fit. Missions that avoid combat are recommended, particularly those without terms like “kill” or “destroy.”
For faction alignment, the speaker suggests joining “Rugen” for mostly non-combat missions. They recommend always having a follower from the main “Constellation” members (Sarah, Andreia, Sam, or Baret) and providing them with good armor, weapons, and ammo. Ensuring these followers are well-equipped is vital since they will handle most combat.
The segment emphasizes a role-playing approach, advocating for avoiding combat and opting for missions that reflect this pacifist and diplomatic playstyle.
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In this part of the video, the speaker emphasizes the importance of interacting with NPCs in Starfield to uncover hidden side missions, especially in major settlements. They highlight the value of solving problems through dialogue rather than combat. The segment also delves into the backstory of “The Diplomat,” a character who was raised in a military family, lost her parents in the colony war, and was fostered into a loving new family. She developed a passion for diplomacy, pursued rigorous training, and achieved initial success in her career. However, financial challenges eventually forced her to abandon her diplomatic work and seek alternative employment.
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In this part of the video, the narrator discusses a character working for a company named Argus to pay off her parents’ debts. Despite it not being her desired job, it was well-paying, allowing her to save money and clear the debts. However, she felt too ashamed to return to her parents until she could once again become a proud Diplomat. For now, she worked as a minor but anticipated significant changes soon. The narrator then reflects on this unique character build, its departure from typical combat-focused builds, and invites viewers to comment if they want more non-combat builds, despite limitations in Bethesda games. Finally, the narrator encourages viewers to check out more builds, subscribe, like the video, and thanks them for watching.