Starsector 0.96a is out! (05/05/23); Blog post: Colony Crises (11/24/23)
Thanks for directing me to that but unfortunately the link is not working. It's giving me an access denied page in html format.
Would you perhaps know of another link? Thank you very much
I entirely agree. I've been on board with Starfarer for a while .. back a title change or two ago. It might have been a tad easy before, but this current incarnation is tooth-grindlingly terrible to me.
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Notice none of the above is about combat, AI, difficulty in planet stability or interplanetary economy. It is the pressure of tariffs, supplies, combat readiness and dark pirates/hostiles jumping you that squashed the game for me.
After doing this for a while and barely pulling a profit on Normal, I deleted the current build. I've sadly played click games that are less grindy.
I realize there is an 'easy' mode - but the stats made it too easy. It also heavily neutered combat, where the trouble I had was in the personal economy and budget pressures.
Once you bring in mods there's a number of options that are arguably superior to any vanilla design, but yeah, the Mantis is amazing.
And before anyone takes offense again, I don't mean it's overpowered, I simply love that ship.
For stuff that can fight back a Desdinova might work pretty well too, but she's a bit on the expensive side so whatever you're chasing better be worth it.
At this point, I can't imagine playing the game vanilla with the tiny ship variety.
The mantis is really nice, just kinda fragile. I guess the Feldspar has broken my sense of how survivable a frigate should be.
I have a new pair that is my current pursuit fleet.
For smaller stuff like shuttles, 4-7 mantis with a rail cannon, some phoenix II missiles, and a few assault guns(I forget the Diable Aveonics explosive small ballistic).
For heavier things, especially things that can fight back, 2-4 Hayle with three rail cannons, and 6 Phoenix II missiles. The alpha of a those missiles when fired linked is hilarious.
Dark Revenant has gone to great pains to keep the Templars balanced from the beginning.
the hermes and mercury are PERFECT the way they are
as pointed out they are civillian ships, not meant for combat. they are shuttles ... for transporting CEO's and food critics and insurance inspectors around the galaxy
the fact that ships exist that the player will never have any interest in is awesome ...... it adds depth and immersion to the universe.
complaining about them is like walking into a BMW dealership as a trucking company owner and shouting because they cost the same as a mac truck but cant pull any trailers and demanding they make BMW's capable of pulling an 18 wheel trailer so that u have a use for it!!!!
I've always cheated in SP games and I always will, it's how I play my games and that's about it, anybody who thinks my choice of playing a game how I want is wrong or unfun as it is clearly fun for me for over a decade now and I prefer to avoid this "oh you shouldn't cheat" boll yotz, are we clear? Good. Because I'm having none of the anti-cheat arguments anymore as I'm too old for that dren.
