FINAL SPOILER WARNINGIf you haven't played 0.9 yet, go and play it or don't read further.
I've found the
when 0.9 update first came out and destroyed it with this fleet.
I wanted to recreate this feat again with this fleet.
And I've done it, losing only 2 Buffaloes MkII during the fight. Had to repeat the fight 3 - 5 times I think.
I've used exclusively vanilla content. You can see loadout of each ship here.
I know loadouts aren't the best you can get, but I had to work with what I was able to find and keep my fleet small.
What's the point of all that, you may ask. Well, Guardian feels too weak. It's supposed to be a hard enemy which you have to defeat in order to gain access to Cryosleeper itself.
Guardian, as ship, is, to be quite honest overpowered.
It has built-in hullmod which reloads missiles, Advanced Targeting Core, exactly same loadout every time it appears, very good stats.
There's one problem though. It
always fights alone, which allows player to take it down with small force composed of destroyers and frigates.
So I want to make a suggestion.
Buff the Guardian... but not directly.
I suggest giving escorts to Guardian, a fleet it will fight alongside with.
It should prevent situations like the one I show above, or at least them harder to achieve, while encounter should still feel impactful and memorable.
Thanks for your attention, godspeed Starfarer