I had to necro this post because I started playing again and this question is just nagging at me. What training would Pathfinders (and back up Pathfinders) have that others wouldn't?
And how does one train for finding worlds in a galaxy we know nothing about?
@PretzleMe wrote:I had to necro this post because I started playing again and this question is just nagging at me. What training would Pathfinders (and back up Pathfinders) have that others wouldn't?
And how does one train for finding worlds in a galaxy we know nothing about?
It's all guess work really. You can get a couple of hints in the conversation between Ryder and dad Ryder just before attacking the Kett base in the sense that certain things could be expected of someone who had pathfinder training.
So it seems to me that recon and first contact situations were part of that training and of course weapon's training.
I do think though that it's clear that this is part of the problem of the game. It doesn't feel like things have been thought through very well and they just assume most people will buy the gaps or inconsistencies that might exist. BW has done a poor job at the last two expansion in SWTOR as well when it comes to the main story. Many plot holes and more importantly plot faults.
Think about this: even in our own milky way, there are many planets of many different races and lots of unknowns. I would've expected training to include going to different planets and uninhabitable ones as well. When I see how soft Ryder really is, she (he) feels totally unprepared and that just doesn't make sense to me. I would also think that the people involved were more mature for a job like this, instead of a barely out-of-her-teens girl that stumbles through the unknown galaxy with loads of good intentions and a knack for using weapons.
Let's be honest all that Ryder is really good at within the context of the game is going scouting and killing stuff. It seems that for all the bravado about the Initiative they certainly didn't prepare the people very well.
