Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Save/Load UI, Autosave, Intel Map Markers, and More (04/10/24)
...it dosent take rocket science...Maybe modern games do not, but in the past, modding required dedication to learn, as opposed to punching in a cheat code like IDDQD or IDKFA. If I really have thirty minutes to burn, I need them to finish the mods in progress for two other games, and that is only if I give up Starsector or some other game I want to play. If I really had a lot of time to burn, I rather build my own game like other indie game developers.
what do you want exactly?A powerful character that does not require excessive grinding to achieve. In Starsector terms, I define powerful as level 45+. Without mods, save editing, or other forms of game mutilation, auto-resolve abuse is the quickest way by far.
if you want a high-level character, just mod it.How would you do it? Rhetorical question. Pretend I am a dumb customer and I have no background in computer science or higher education to do this kind of stuff, and all I can do is plug-and-play and the best I can do is input cheat codes like U+U+D+D+L+R+L+R+B+A+Start from a magazine.
I respect this, but disagree strongly with the 'boring'. I find late game play to be tedious and way too easy - the difficulty and adventure of the first 10 or so levels is imo the best part of the game.I get it. People like different things. Some like conflicts where they are given the bare necessities to win and need to outthink the enemy to survive, and when they win, they get a thrill. Early game does this very well. Some, like me, just want to play with power and smash everything, preferably with double flawless victory, FATALITY! That said, I only want to play at a power level that is theoretically achievable with honest playing, so no levels in the 100s for Starsector.
There is NO SUCH THING as paying 'dues'!If you want to play with the best stuff in various games, you must grind or cheat; otherwise, don't bother playing. You seem to understand this well.
I consider grinding to be the greatest cancer in games.Been there, done that. Never again. When World of Warcraft came out, I did not want to get into yet another grind fest and declined the game. In case of Starsector, after my first game of playing to the upper 40's, I edit the save files of future games to avoid the grinding nonsense.
It only helps in the secondary case of "my ship is too small and has too few mounts to burn through the soft flux dissipation rate of the enemy ship."Meanwhile, the frigate that can arm four or so needlers, such as Afflictor or Lasher, can kite and chew through shields, armor (which does not regenerate), and hull of any ship short of a capital with ease and repeat for three or four more ships.
That's, of course, assuming he enjoys the ship brawling...I do, which is why I am disappointed that auto-resolve is a much, MUCH faster way of leveling up. The quickened power gain is too great for me not to ignore. This is why I always use it as soon as I get enough ships to do so, and continue until I get all the skills I want. If I stop leadership at 5, I can end as early as level 44 or 46, but cannot auto-resolve defense fleets without casualties. If I max leadership and technology, and fill my fleet with cruisers and capitals, I can auto-resolve everything painlessly, but I will need to grind until level 50-something to get all the skills I want. Without auto-resolve, I find leveling past the mid to upper 30's tedious, and possible only if I have a fleet that can smash defense fleets.
Are you aware that autoresolve will get removed for the next release? Maybe that will help you enjoying the real game again.Yes. Only if I can still reach high levels without resorting to cheats, and not spending weeks or months to get there. After playing the game with the extra power from character skills, I can never go back willingly to boring, underpowered early game.
I am sorry, but I can not even begin to understand why you would do that. To me it sounds about as fun as rolling a dice repeatedly and adding the numbers up to get as high a possibe.There are people who can see that as fun. Especially children or gamers who enjoy pinball or classic video games that run forever (like Asteroids) just to see how high a score they can get. You can see experience and levels as a score.
It's about the conflict between wanting to get a strong character as fast as possible by using autoresolve on the one hand, and actually playing the game on the other hand. I think.Correct. As I wrote in another topic, auto-resolve abuse is the lesser of two evils. Pay the auto-resolve grinding dues instead of fighting and enjoy my super character when I am done grinding. It is like the reputation of magic-users (and maybe humans too) in early versions of D&D and similar games - suck early, rock later.
