If you were hoping for new ways to bounce about Bethesdaâs jumbo-sized galaxy in space RPG Starfield, you might be in luck. In a recent Reddit response on Reddit t, the developer appears to have teased an upcoming feature update that will add ânew ways of travelingâ and that fans should expect regular updates moving forward.
Though Starfield impresses with its galactic scale, the lack of more diverse ways to traverseâwhether thatâs within star systems or on its 1000 planetsâ surfacesâhas remained a sore spot for players of the open-world RPG. Bethesda has gone on the record saying the lack of ground vehicles is to encourage a slower paced exploration game loop. But a recent Reddit response to player feedback about the latest patch suggests there may be some new ways of getting around coming to Starfield. Bethesdaâs response does not indicate what ânew ways of travelingâ means, but itâs sparked the imagination of fans hoping for the inclusion of vehicles or improved means of traversing star systems.
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Starfieldâs most recent update addressed a few sore spots: Namely the bug that sees asteroids getting stuck to ships (though it doesnât fix the issue where a whole-ass city gets stuck), a fix to an outpost building bug, and a resolution to save issues cropping up when players stay on the same save file for too long without triggering the New Game Plus function. Fans of the game were eager for more updates, however. In responding to this, Bethesda said on Reddit:
Weâve been hard at work on many of the issues youâve posted, and expect an update early next year that will include a large number of âin-progressâ quest fixes as well as FSR3 and XeSS. Though we fixed several quest issues from occurring, in-progress quest fixes are much harder to fix and weâve built a new system to correct those without you having to roll back your save.
Weâre also hard at work on many of the new features you asked for, from city maps, to mod support, to all new ways of traveling (stay tuned!).
Kotaku has reached out to Bethesda for comment.
Bethesda aims for updates âroughly every six weeksâ
The developer response on Reddit also indicates that fans should expect major updates to come every six weeks:
[Updates] will be rolling out with a regular cadence of fixes and updates we expect to have roughly every six weeks. If something can be done in a smaller hotfix in between (like the asteroid), and we feel itâs safe, weâll get one of those out as well. Safe is the key here. We do take a lot of time to test even the smallest change in a game this large and dynamic.
Though Starfield is a single-player game, Bethesda and Xbox have been clear that they want to see it enjoy the same longevity and player retention as Skyrim.
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Todd Howard, Starfieldâs creative director, has stated that the game was âintentionally made to be played for a long time,â and has sometimes used live-service adjacent language to describe future growth.
What exactly Starfieldâs future is remains uncertain, but itâs clear that what shipped on September 6, 2023 was only the start of Bethesdaâs ambitions with its space RPG.
