Harbinger vs Ziggurat but after the nerfs, Starsector 0.95.1a

[@arcangellord5372]

The ass blasting reapers will forever hold a place in my memories

[@atomic_bomba]

*destabilizes your lobster market*

[@nervehive2768]

Glad to see a Harbinger's Reaper Fards are still reliable after the nerf.

[@metaouroboros690]

Oh my God I NEVER thought of rear facing weapons on Phase ships. This changes so much.

[@dustinnabil798]

Same, my mind is blown.

[@MoshiKnight]

That's one way to fight the Zig on a budget

[@DCdabest]

Who would win? An esoteric spaceship whose completely inhuman design makes it seem otherworldly and incomprehensible? OR One ghosty boi with explosive farts.

[@pendragonchen]

genuinely the best way to take this thing down.

[@Aereto]

The most economical way, though combat and technology skills are a must to squeeze more out of the Harbinger.

[@roarkedunn2688]

Well don't I feel stupid for losing a quarter of my fleet fighting this thing now

[@Marth667]

The way you finesse this boss ship is disgusting. I love it.

[@Am_Yeff]

I just brought in 3 onslaughts and the AI glitched out causing it to just sit there for 20s before blowing up

[@SusanoRipper]

Holy shit, after that crap NERF i though it is now impossible, wp mate

[@randallporter1404]

OK, so it's possible, but... Early game? What, min level 8? Lucky to have found Adaptive phase coils. Lucky to find multiple Harbingers floating around or for purchase. Showing the Harbinger can still do this is cool but... You know what would be more meaningful and interesting, at least for me? Start a new game with the goal of getting the Zig early using Harbingers. And record it because I want to watch your adventure.

[@Kuba_K]

Ziggurat speedrun seems like interesting idea, i will try to do this but idk if i will upload whole thing, depends how long it will take

[@randallporter1404]

It's OK to split into segments and edit for time. Actually that is preferable. I'm okay with NOT seeing every detail, highlights are fine. And no need to hurry.

[@Vsolid]

@@Kuba_K This sounds like a cool idea lol

[@mortache]

Just buy 3 Harbingers and switch your player around, they can be bought pretty quickly from TT

[@DrinkingDeuterium]

Tried this myself. It’s definitely even more powerful with mods, VIC fervor protocol made my reapers do enough damage that I two-shot the ziggy, although it did take me out with its death explosion. Good thing I put phase anchor on my harbinger!

[@Kuba_K]

Modded stuff ate crazy once i put rift torpedo on harbinger, essentially unlimited unblockable reapers every 10s

[@JenkoRun]

I'd love to see methods for speedrunning the ziggy, getting it as early as possible.

[@Kuba_K]

You need 3 harbingers and it is yours, here is something i tried a while ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6ak2t-a7KIeck

[@JenkoRun]

@@Kuba_K Perfect, ty

[@lucaputz5907]

That makes me just sad to see how ez it got to kill the poor zig it was such a good ship for that you had to rip your a** open to get your hands on it and now it is nothing more than a joke...

[@aierce]

It's still amazing artillery ship, patch nerfed phase ship speed, but buffed offensive power

[@geoyt8321]

You kidding? It still BTFOs you unless you use cheesy shit like this

[@lucaputz5907]

@@geoyt8321 that might be but even if i use just 2 capitals and 1 frigat it still preety ez if done right

[@Kuba_K]

It was even easier to do that before nerfs

[@zxbc1]

Game is imbalanced to the extreme without mods and some discretion on using certain combos. I think phase ships are really boring and not fun to use. You're already fighting dumb AIs, using clearly broken mechanics is like scamming a retarded kid. It's a much bigger and interesting challenge to design ships that don't need to be abused to be effective, i.e. the kind that can be flown effectively even by AIs without you manually flying them. It's also a lot more fun to get a wolfpack fleet doctrine and design different ships to work well together just naturally (i.e. by choosing the right ranges and speeds to have synergy) and play it like an actual RTS instead of an action game.

[@NuniaBiznaz]

Spathi strategy right here.

[@LowSettings]

reapers go brrrrt

[@pavel1269]

"9.5.1a" should be "0.95.1a-RC6" (presumably) or at least "0.95.1a"

[@Kuba_K]

Ok i will change that, thx

[@user-xp8nq5mf9y]

Phase ships are op

[@freedomfighter2054]

Iggy ziggu ziggurat

[@breadbutcooler]

oh

[@bencehegedus3154]

Kinda cheesy

[@Kuba_K]

Very cheesy indeed

[@Aereto]

In fairness, the Harbinger is built to be a tank-killer. Will struggle against anything that can outmaneuver it, more so with phase coil nerfs, but high tech ships are what it fares best against due to shield and phase disruptions. A Vanguard and Monitor can be quickly taken out when other ships are fighting them. But it's up to the captain to bring the potential out of the ship.

[@barsnack7999]

what a braindead game

[@rehpotsirc]

Theres soooo much more to it than this 2min video

[@Kuba_K]

Wdym, its just a silly gimmick, have you tried actually playing it?