Patch Notes (Unofficial Narrative Edition) Sev, Captain of the Frontier , Red Mile Survivor, and reluctant hoarder of 4,732 coffee mugs.
The patch had added fear. Real fear. Enemies now surrender, flee, or beg. And when you kill someone, their squadmate doesn’t yell “Must’ve been the wind.” They scream a name . Starfield Update v1.12.30
That was the first sign.