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Have you braved the hellish void today, anon?
Im trying
>>332938543
I'm about to retire my Derecho-class for a new cruiser. She's been getting pounded a lot lately. Also, my Vapors keep getting vaporized. They're only really good at the player's hand.
I wish Neutrino would stop fucking us in the ass so I can buy some of their ships.
Whats a good way to make money? I've been killing pirates for bounties but its barely covering the costs of fighting.
So Alex posted this on his twitter, an experiment with 2D planet views apparently. What do you guys think its all about?
Planet scanning? Mining?Industry?!
>>332940401
The big ass bounties or the commissions? Get some leadership skill for reduced maintenance costs. I have a relatively huge fleet but my maintenance cost is 2.6 a day. Mostly because I installed those maintenance reducing hullmods on my tanker and freighter.
>>332940653
Atmospheric fight soon? Cool.
>>332940401
That means you're not fighting effectively enough, or that your fleet is wasteful somehow.
Why is she so perfect anons?
>>332940998
Is that a mod?
I was trying a simulation but couldnt find that huge as battleship
>>332942250
You referring to the Maelstrom-class? The big red one? Diable Avionics mod.
>>332942392
>Diable Avionics mod
Thanks!
How do IBBs work in SS+? Do I have to clear some normal bounties before they show up? I imported a large ass fleet ready to hunt some of these fuckers down but nothing has showed up so far after like 2 hours of playing, I've only gotten a bunch of 800k+ normal bounties and "assassinations."
>>332942860
They are scattered and randomly generated for a game, I think. I dunno if raising market procurement raises their chance of spawning.
I'm thinking of doing a low level run of all of the factions so I can figure out good loadouts/etc to share for new players. If anyone already has some to share in the meantime, please free, I'll try and collect them all for the pastebin.
Starting with hegemony.
Can I just get a huge battleship with fighters guarding my shit or do I have to make a huge fleet to stay relevant in this game?
>>332938543
Everyday.
>>332938543
what the fuck is this scale?
>>332942223
That's not the Mod-type.
>tfw all those large forward firing guns
>tfw I beat it but wasn't given the opportunity to board it
At least I have the mod-battlecruiser... At this point the outfit was still WIP because I couldn't find enough weapons. Two forward firing auto pulse lasers are boss.
>>332942860
I've found plenty of them, although I only have two starsystems in this game. Just go through all the markets
>>332943471
Without enough carriers the fighters wont be able to respawn. You could try one BB + a carrier with 7 flight decks + 42 fighter wings
Or try getting that mod-Leviathan which has four flight decks and lots of guns.
>>332943227
Hammerhead with 2x Heavy Auttocannons, 2x Light Assault Guns on the front, 2x Harpoons and 2x LR PD Laser is a good, easy to pilot and cheap early game destroyer for new players. Its what I used when I first started out.
>>332943471
You can but carrier/fighter fleets aren't really viable unless you intend to put a few couple of destroyers and at least one cruiser on the field. Also they die like flies unless you're fielding Diable fighters and even then they get exhausted fast because they have 0 shields.
This also makes them ridiculously expensive. Every fighter wing scrapped takes a bite out of your supplies.
>>332943759
>>332944225
>>Without enough carriers the fighters wont be able to respawn. You could try one BB + a carrier with 7 flight decks + 42 fighter wings
K, then Im just doing a trader run
>>332943471
If you get one really huge battleship you can solo the game but it will be hard mode, not impossible but hard. Fighters are not really needed but can be helpful. Or do you insist on fighters? Then you need something with flightdecks or they will not respawn=useless.
I recommend an appro light BS if you wanna go solo, those are borderline broken.
>>332943227
>>332943832
only playing the base game, I've found wolf frigates with a pulse laser to be a good all-round early game choice. The blink ability is just super-useful, and AI buddies can kite/kill enemy ships forever.
Ignoring the heavy slot on a sunder and just throwing 3 medium beam lances on the front was easy to fly and absurdly effective.
>>332944545
If we're talking about Wolfs we cant neglect the good ol Graviton Beam, 2x Harpoon and 3x Tactical Laser loadout. Also really easy to fly and can safely kite most early frigates.
>>332938543
whats the biggest meme faction
>>332946454
Appro-chan's ships of space superiority.
>>332946454
Define meme faction.
>>332946454
tri-jew
>>332946454
PACK and Junk Pirates are literal joke factions.
Knights Templar and ApproLight are pretty memey.
NGO is a /pol/ meme faction.
Downloaded this from mega, played it non stop for 3 days straihjt with one sleep break.
I can't fucking stop.
>>332947218
I remember when I first discovered this game and couldnt stop playing for months.
Good times.
>>332947218
It's surprisingly replayable given how little content there is (although mods help a lot)
fucking shit framerate man why must life be so cruel
>>332947753
>>332947343
The only problem so far i have is the fact i went woth Tri-Jews and now everybody hates me and i'm already at the point where i got my 1st flagship/capital ship.
And for the love of god where i can get Tempest and Hyperion frigates?
Got only ONE from random boarding event and that's it.playing vanilla
>>332947887
It would be fucking amazing to get 60 FPS at 500+ battle size. It would make fighting Diable pretty fun when Starsector doesn't chug with all the fighter and missile spam.
>>332948226
>And for the love of god where i can get Tempest and Hyperion frigates?
Tri-Jew stations and planets. Have you tried searching on the Hybrasil star system? There are a good amount of big tri-tachyon stations there.
The Hyperion is pretty rare though, you might be searching for a while.
>>332948531
Tri-jews are all over my dick atm 100/100 and never even once on their stations i've seen one.
I was trying since i need decent frigates got 3 wolfs and 1 Tempest. That's all.
>>332948764
Bad luck anon
>Flying to Hybrasil system to fight shit
>Fly around for awhile, can't find any Tri-Tachyon fleets
>Go to check factions board to see if there's a ceasefire
>Tri-Tachyon doesn't exist anymore
oh.
>>332948506
turning off sound and the UI helps a lot but then you don't have sound or a UI so
goddamn java games
>>332942223
Because.
>>332948764
Tempests are high-end ships, and hyperions are literally technological marvels. You wont seethem often, if rarely.
>>332949936
Hyperions skirt the very EDGE of technological advancement
>space game
>2D
are you fucking serious
>>332950724
>>332943227
You can often find lasher, hammerhead, and enfercer on the military shipyard tap.
Starting with lasher:
-general mix of kindtic and explosive with motre kinetics: 2 LAG with 3 LMGs, or 2 dual-LMGs with a LAG with 2 vulcans.
-for missiles, reapers if you're gonna pilot it for your self, harpoons/sabots for AI controlled.
-prioritize vents but you also need caps
-hammerhead
-2 hypeevelocity drivers/2 heavy autocannons/2HMGs on the front, depending on playstyle(longrange/standoff/assault)
-2 LAG or vulcans on front
-2 LAG or vulcans on back
-try to use ballistics instead of energy, got to take advantage of the ship system in maximum effectiveness
-reapers or harpoons on the front. Single jarpoons r sabots cost zero OP wth optimized assembly.
-MORE VENTS
Enforcer.
-3HMG&2Assault chainguns can gind down most foes in an instant if you can get close
-2HMG, 1 assaultchangun, 2 Flak/dualflak is preety solid and is extremely survivable
-5 hypervelocity is nuts at range and can shut down cruisers but takes a long time to kill something. Use with support, pilot it yourself, it's flux is going to be horrid
-Hardened shields can prevent a suprise overload
-harpoons with expanded racks is the boring yet solid choice
-full on reapers are OP light while being very helpful against those pesky herons
-MORE FUCKING VENTS
>>332950620
Did I imply anything else?
Like, look at the CR drop per deployment, noship is delicate and advanced than this, even amongst mods.
Man, boarding to capture ships just to sell them is not worth it. It costs more to repair the damn things, not to mention the marine losses you sometimes suffer.
>>332951476
Dude. Selling ships are never worth it.
>>332951476
capturing ships is the alternative to being a bitch
>>332951847
I just scuttle them now. Used to be when you capture one, you also get a bonus on loot.
>>332951887
I just wanted to capture their officer if it was possible, senpai.
I've been playing for a few days now, haven't got super far (two destroyers, two light carriers and a bunch of frigates and fightes) but it's fun
I installed starsector+ after fooling around with the vanilla game and it feels like a big upgrade
I managed to capture a Stheno and a Thunderstorm while bounty hunting, how lucky did I get?
Also is there a way to buy supplies/fuel without buying the whole stack or shift clicking?
>>332952229
Shift click drag
>>332952304
Thanks dude
>>332952229
Stheno is probably one of ths best destryoers. If not it's definitlyreally up there interms of powerlevels. Keep it.
>>332951887
>game's intended design is being a bitch
I bet you even consider kiting as being a bitch
>>332952637
Easy mode is also an intended design
My fleet.
Pandemonium is my shipfu. The other whores can stand back.
>>332954040
don't you guys just get bored of becoming unstoppable? since there is no end game goal I just stop playing after I get so much steam I can fight anything I want
>>332954040
your captains portrait is from what mod? never seen it
Man, i don't understand how to get a nice income for money at all.
Small pirate fleets are very hard to find, and supplies and fuel are expensive as fuck.
Is there a trick to this game that i'm not getting or something?
>>332955264
I make 22k every month from my faction and that usually pays for supplies and fuel expended. Fuel per light year is fucking ridiculous though, that's where the real cash sink is.
Buy from black market or military for supplies. If you really need cash then fight fleets by yourself, you'll see 200~ credits to 1200 credits~.
emergency bump
>>332955264
all you need to do is bounty hunting, trading is a waste of time
don't try to maintain a fleet bigger than you can support, learn to kill pirate fleets by yourself
>>332955264
Start off with the objective of a destroyer and three frigs. Join fights with patrols against pirates with your ship only and kill stuff. If you get the aformented ships start going for fleet bounties. The cheaper ones first, and as you kill them gather money and buy ships from chizmocoztoc black market or nortia militaru market.
>>332954934
Most likely from the one some anon made which isn't available in the forums.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/i5fv2c6a68po3va/Messy_Portrait_Pack.zip
>>332956774
We're losing steam...
Din't die on me you dumb dumbs
>>332957093
Good trick!
>>332957093
Mod?
>>332957378
really nigger?
>>332957579
Really, and I'm not a nigger, I swear.
>>332957378
Yes.
>>332955264
The supply cost for deploying a ship is fucking ridiculous mechanic which serves no one. It's arbitrary. Your ships already take a hit on CR when fielding them and getting them up to snuff again costs even more supplies later. I don't know why it was added there.
>>332957579
There's new blood among us, nigga. Where's that fucker that's supposed to make an info pic anyways?
>>332957792
>Where's that fucker that's supposed to make an info pic anyways?
I see spinning, that's a good trick, of course, but that's all I got from the Webm.
Thank you anyway.So, which mod is it?
>>332957927
Blackrock Drive Yards.
>>332958190
Thank you, Brother.
WHERE THE FUCK IS PORTRAIT ANON?
Also... Rate my fleet. Do I need something? I think I have the money to buy stuff.
>>332958448
I'd invest in a mini-carrier or Condor light carrier.
>>332957010
unless he updated, cause i already got anons pack, will download this one and check
>>332954884
I think I reached my highest peak. I'm starting a new playthrough tomorrow.
Which faction should I join? Not Diable this time.
>>332958792
Shadow Yards
uhh, do you guys have an activation key?
>>332958792
I second Shadowyards
With only Shadowyards ships and Shadowyards weapons
>>332958609
It's a different pack from the old 9mb anime pack someone made long ago. In any case, I don't think it's the pack you're looking for as it is lacking one portrait (the top right one with the red tubes). I think >>332954040 has a custom made portrait pack.
>>332958871
No one has leaked a new key yet for the latest version. You can use a crack for the time being.
https://www.4shared.com/archive/FmONLyGSba/com.html
>get winrar
>back up starfarer_obf.jar from starsector-core folder
>open starfarer_obf.jar
>paste crack
Are there any modders in this thread willing to help a noob?
In other news the Vindicator isfucking slow.The Gungir Cannon is cool but this ship feels more support instead of head-on fighting. Not exactly what I wanted for my cruiser but GG. It's also cancer to pilot, I miss my Sunder's infinite flux capacity.
How do I fix the condor?
>>332959425
Find a Vindicator (O), you'll appreciate it.
>>332959274
Thanks, I will buy this game, eventually.
>>332958792
>>332959049
Well then.
By the way, I just downloaded the new Templars Final update, why are all their ships pink colored? Is it normal?
>>332959584
>>332959679
They're probably catholic priests
>>332959679
>>332959679
Mod author taking the waifu shit way too seriously.
>>332959679
Did you checked the release date? You should...
>>332959679
Haven't you heard? White and Pink are the new trend this year!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9DaYOk6y9E
>>332957093
fixed this bug, sorry lads
>>332959679
>>332960061
>fixed it
Your mod just became hot garbage.
>>332958792
SRY has some nice phase cruisers, slapping on 4 Scatter CEPCs with Expanded Mags is pretty painful on whatever you get behind.
>>332961017
You are right, I'll pull down my download links and quit modding.
>>332961017
>>332961385
Good.
>>332961385
nice try anon, too bad your posting is shit
>>332960061
Beyblade-class experimental ship when
>>332961220
How much supplies per day when at full CR?
>>332963181
1 a day per Scylla with maxed Leadership and Fleet Logistics. Then maxed Logistical Oversight makes Fuel per light year 1.75.
I swear I'm probably retarded, but I can't for the life of me get a good SCY game going. Tried solo frigate and small combat patrol starts but I can't get the hang of their ships or weapons.
Doesn't help that the two frigates I started with as the small combat patrol got blown up by the first pirate I came across.
Keep in trucking I guess. Maybe try a mining or trading fleet.
>>332963876
Bleh, skills really need that complete revamp. I hope it's for the next update.
>>332964074
They are fast, try trading and only picking on stragglers at first. They also have the reputation of being slightly under-powered compared to vanilla.
>>332940653
Ground based combat would be the tits. Or even just building structures.
>>332964394
>They are fast, try trading and only picking on stragglers at first. They also have the reputation of being slightly under-powered compared to vanilla.
Under-powered huh? That's probably why I've been having trouble. Though they'd be like other mods factions and be slightly above vanilla standards.
>>332940653
>>332965518
Do you think they'd restrict combat to ships outfitted for atmospheric and space combat or could all ships fight on planets?
Anyone got a link to 7.1 Pegasus Belt Council and other updated mods? Since they all haven't updated i don't want to go to 7.2 yet but didn't grab P9C or NGO, so those two would be much appreciated.
can someone give me a cd key to the latest version?
>>332966448
>cd key
thats so oldskool it warms my heart
>>332966448
Refer to this post
>>332959274
FINALLY I've got my fighter implemented in the game world. Never realized that SS+ used a separate mod structure for ship implementation. Now I can start working on other fighters.
>>332965518
>>332966038
scope creep, i'd rather have assaults on space habitats and stations, now THAT would be insane
>>332966030
They need a bit of a different approach: they vent really super fast, but can't dissipate shit the rest of the time. They shine with their high burst damage weapons but can't apply constant pressure. Better invest in Leaderships for command points and use those Engage and Avoid orders liberally and gang up on isolated targets. They aren't that expensive compared to other mod ships, so while you can expect some losses you should be able to replace them.
If you want to focus on combat, I found them quite more enjoyable when mixing their "hammer" ships with some low tech "anvils" like Enforcers or Dominators, instead of running a pure Scy fleet.
>>332966038
I can see fighter-only battles being a thing.
Also, orbital bombardment.
>>332966672
I was thinking ground combat would be big mechanical sand-crawler type vessels or hovercraft.
Station assaults would be awesome too. Have a more hands-on approach with marines rather than dice rolls.
How do I install portraits? Also, any tips for Appro-light?
>>332967025
I keep bad like going pure for my fleets. Fun house rules and all that jazz.
I'll keep all those pointers in mind though. Can't be too picky.
Reading through the SCY lore makes them seem more hit and run then the usual protracted engagements I've been conducting. Gotta be more active in combat I suppose.
