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General Discussion / Re: [0.97a] Just Another Low Quality Weapon Tierlist 2.0
« on: February 25, 2024, 01:31:44 AM »Kind of stopped reading at "HAG tickles capital armor"
Same.
Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Simulator Enhancements (03/13/24)
Kind of stopped reading at "HAG tickles capital armor"
Like intrinsic, I've rarely discovered things I otherwise wouldn't have,
but I haven't noticed it being exceptionally profitable per unit of time. The main motivation seems to be using the items and planets discovered.
@Demetrious - I enjoyed the writeup. Do you pilot this yourself or let the AI run it?
If you self-pilot, do you have any advice for AI-controlled builds?
I don't see a lot of discussion of AI Onslaughts. Most people who use it seem to prefer it as a player flagship, and it is always a heavy contributor to total damage dealt. People seem to prefer Legion and Conquest for AI capitals.
My brother in Ludd what have you done. I make a hobby of collecting regrettable Onslaught fits I find on Reddit and such, and this... is a work of art because it looks like a horrible fit, but it actually works. It has EVERYTHING. Large slot PD. Thumpers. I see this take the field, rearing upwards into the clouds like Cthulu risen, and am struck dumb by it's horrifying, Stygian grandeur.
I'm grinning quite widely as I write this response.
Out of curiosity, did you actually find the constitution to pilot that obscene loadout? Because in my case, it took me three weeks after theory-crafting that it should work to bring myself to configure my XIV in such a fashion.
It's provocative on purpose, but again, in my new run, nothing beats, and by far, the gazillion credits you'll get from plundering unknown systems, black holes and such.
I reeeaaally question the balance here ...
Here's a generalist build that I use for my own XIV which looks ridiculous, but is actually quite lethal, and has the advantage of being nearly impervious to missiles and torpedoes. Due to the side-mounted Devastators, it also has the advantage of being extremely good, even when surrounded. One weakness to keep in mind would be the sharp fall-off of HE damage as soon as your PCLs run out of ammo.
One endgame build is to double down on the range boosted, high efficiency small and medium ballistics, then back them up with 3 Hephaestus Assault Guns (with either the currently overpowered PCLs or Reapers). It might sound wild to be fighting ordos with so much HE, but its more that smaller mounts have so much efficient kinetic that the build is still balanced.
Can He/She Reduce The Domain Of Man To Cave of Man (Stone Age) Aside The Persean Sector?
Can He/She destroy all the Legion Battlegroups of the Domain of Man(The 14th Battlegroup might be the weakest)?
Who really is the Player?Are there clues about Him/Her?
Is He/She Really A Human Since He/She is Level 15 At Max Level Surpassing [SUPER ALABASTER REDACTED BY COMSEC](Pretty Obvious)?
Thank you.
"Better than a Buffalo" may not be a strong sell. But the last few updates have made the Vigilance a fine choice for Midtech enjoyers and Derelict fleets alike.
At that point, if what you want to do is field medium missiles, the question isn't "which frigate is best for medium missiles?", it's something closer to "what's the best platform for medium missiles at my DP budget?"
Just to be clear, what's the object that's in there? I'm having a hard time making it out.Embeded your pic for convenience.
Also I believe Alex mentioned that AI fleets will become better at avoiding black holes in the next patch, and will e-burn to unstuck themselves if it happens.
Thank you! And, yep. Though certain fleets (such as [REDACTED]) don't normally have access to e-burn, so are still more susceptible to this sort of thing.
I'm at my heart a setting writer - a deeply unhinged setting writer, but I repeat myself - and Starsector's given me a lot of inspiration in how to do character and setting writing.
Gargoyle and Zal are both too much of a quirky 2 kool 4 skool characters for my taste.
I always say to such tests that they're unfair, you're using one gun that has wildly more DPS but also uses much more flux, and the other gun both uses much less flux as OP. No wonder the conclusion will be "this things kills quicker". It's like testing the Assault Chaingun versus a Heavy Mauler.