So I bought 2 Invictus

Short video on what I am currently testing with hard content.
Vanilla Starsector (patch 0.96a-RC8)
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Fleet : 2 Lashers LP, 2 Invictus, 4 Eradicators P and 1 Legion XIV (240 DP total).
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[@MisterG_Gaming]

Today, big nerf for Invictus with patch 0.96a RC9. I will cover the new loadouts on the next video.

[@Aereto]

RC10 also came out recently

[@mipacem]

o m g damn your music choice + large caliber shell impacts and explosions is not getting old any time soon

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Shield wall formation (Eradicators are escorting Invictus) seems to work. Really slow build but I need to capture objectives fast to get 240DP, if I can. While Invictus are firing, Legion EMP everything (flameout) and clear missiles/fighters on the way.

[@Pyrokan]

My God, that rate of Mjolnirs' fire! That saturation! How expensive is that behemoth to field? 120 CP?

[@MisterG_Gaming]

It costs 60DP each, compare to 40DP Onslaught you don't have the same firepower and defense at all.

[@Pyrokan]

@@MisterG_Gaming So the same as Paragon, huh? Though it seems to outclass it!

[@MisterG_Gaming]

@@Pyrokan Don't underestimate the Paragon. They play 2 different roles 😀

[@seniorbob2180]

@@Pyrokan A bet a beamer paragon would annihilate this ship... from a safe distance.

[@Pyrokan]

@@seniorbob2180 I have to simulate that battle one day :D Both under AI, for fairness.

[@akatsukiwolf2735]

This is the formation I don't want to see the enemy fleet is using. Dedicated escorts using Invictus ships as frontline walls are hard to PEEL off. Using Eradicators as escorts are SO unfair.

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Too bad the gameplay is not like before with the new ships. At least we are doing it more efficiently.

[@ntma]

lol dat frontal barrage tho. is dat sum mjolnirs? 😍

[@MisterG_Gaming]

My Beloved Mjolnirs!🤪

[@acrazedgunman3388]

I glanced over mjolniers only tested them once good to see they at least we're good

[@fahrieffendi7423]

I haven't try the new update, but it seems flanking is even more important against invictus. Am i right?

[@MisterG_Gaming]

They have large ballistics on each side, you can still be in danger if you are not aware of what weapons they have when your try to flank. With heavy EMP damage you can counter their guns but you need a lot of explosive damage to kill one. For example, 3 volleys of 2 Cyclones Reapers at the same spot can probably wipe that thing fast. Maybe it's not that accurate because I tested once a Radiant against it. Afflictor can be handy here 🎉

[@TheClassyRob0t1]

giant floating scrapyard vs state of the art technology

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Guess who is supposed to win on the next video 🤘😜

[@TheClassyRob0t1]

@@MisterG_Gaming Ludd

[@leobracken2316]

I've just had a brilliant/awful/brilliantly awfully idea for a modded ship: Phase Invictus, the lowest of low tech and the highest of high tech. If some madman was able to shunt that thing into phase space, it would become a lot more agile. The lack of shields wouldn't be a problem either, because it's still an Invictus. Imagine... You see an Invictus, but something is wrong, it's covered in eldritch machinery. Then it disappears, and guess what it's behind you now. :] Ok, it probably wouldn't be quite so fast, but it's entertaining to think about. I have this mental image of an Afflictior captain jumping into phase space to avoid a fusillade of fire only to see of all things a nightmarish Invictus race-drifting by, then promptly deciding it would be better to take his chances in normal space. Oh and that reminds me, there's a modded hullmod for phase ships that pushes them away from phase space instead of into it, tripling their time rate. 300% time + lidar array 2/300% firerate = No survivors. If anyone feels like making this abomination please tell me, now in the meantime I'm going to go and try to learn Starsector modding to do it myself. Any advice would be appreciated.

[@MisterG_Gaming]

It feels like too OP with phase anchor. 😈

[@leobracken2316]

@@MisterG_Gaming Do you have any ideas on how I could go about balancing it? I know I can't just slap a phase anchor into an Invictus and call it a day.

[@MisterG_Gaming]

@@leobracken2316 you should probably go to the unofficial Starsector Discord server, in the modding section. The guys will give you better advice on this.

[@leobracken2316]

@@MisterG_Gaming Thanks for reminding me about the server existing, I had been wondering why there was (seemed to be?) so little activity in the modding section of the forum. I suppose I know now. Now, to find the time. D:

[@michatomaszewski9388]

Holy Joseph Browning that's a lot of Dakka

[@carltheoneeye9353]

Big ass brick covered in guns. ❤

[@epser5842]

very nice very cool

[@ImJustJass]

Since you used invicti on this video got any plans on the other 4 new capital ships? Would like to see any good ideas for executor/pegasus.

[@MisterG_Gaming]

I will see what can I do with Midline (after Pegasus nerf) and High Tech capitals. Maybe they can fit with Conquests. For now, Retribution doesn't inspire me.

[@ImJustJass]

@@MisterG_Gaming but Nova is fun the ai equivalent. Sadly it has a suicidal tendency when in combat but its great at capturing buoy's and eliminating frigates and destroyers

[@seniorbob2180]

Why dual flak over devastators in the corner slots? With heavy ballistics integration, devastators would cost less op.

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Devastator: 290 flux/sec, 900 range, 3 seconds refire delay. Ideal for fighters (seems okay with Armored Weapons Mount and Gunnery Implants against missiles) Dual Flak: 150 flux/sec, 400 range, 0,33 second refire delay. Ideal for missiles and fighters. Because you are nearly overflux after your Lidar Array, your Mjolnirs can start to shoot at the enemy and that means less flux to shoot with Devastators. Devastators are also terrible for long range and during your Lidar cooldown, they will start to shoot for no reason. The cooldown with Devastators can also be a downside when you deal against missiles. Without using Devastators, if you start shooting long range you save 580 flux, almost free shot of 1 Mjolnir.

[@Aereto]

Definitely better to save flux for ai ships. For player controlled, it may be preferable to just directly control them to fire when they are needed most.

[@radioman5825]

the only thing stop me from using invictus is how much crew it need to operate. still, low tech is best tech :D

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Don't worry about the crews. Life is short, you can do it 😉

[@istvansipos9940]

these space rocks in the middle and an agile flagship having some homicidal fun around them. devastating. Besides, you need a nice flagship anyway, otherwise this fleet is just too ugly. a mothership only her mother could love :- )

[@MisterG_Gaming]

It is AI only run but at this point, it will be easier with a flagship yeah

[@kermitthefrog1176]

i would still go with onslaught instead of this, my man is as practical as a brick. you can put it down somewhere and it will be there years later, and it hurts to be on the wrong end of it but thats it basically

[@MisterG_Gaming]

nice, can you share your loadout?

[@kermitthefrog1176]

@@MisterG_Gaming make it as tanky as possible, heavy armor, bulkheads, insulated engine assembly is a must, lots of hmgs, and hellbore on the large ballistics, and for missiles reaper or the annihilator pod(could use shield shunt but against the invictus i would skip it). for general use i build for tank, and put something anti-armor in the middle large, devastators in the side ones, medium anti-shield of choice, and lots of pd.

[@kermitthefrog1176]

with shield shunt i think it breaks the enemy ai, since it can max out flux without consequences and the enemy rushes it since high flux

[@MisterG_Gaming]

@@kermitthefrog1176 Sounds fun since a lot of the Starsector community stack armor.

[@kermitthefrog1176]

@@MisterG_Gaming more armor means more damage reduction so its just a win-win situation

[@mortache]

Ludd's bricks

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Did you like them?

[@skullowner3999]

hm is that a new remnant toy in 0.96 0:15

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Yup! Nova is very scary on this patch

[@skullowner3999]

@@MisterG_Gaming Nice can't wait for nexerelion and other mods to be updated

[@johnx140]

LOWTECH BEST TECH LOWTECH BEST TECH!!!!!

[@MisterG_Gaming]

Glad you enjoy

[@edgufibot8669]

It’s all fun and games until those 8000 crew need to be paid their wages And also Jesus imagine 3 of them exploding, you’d recover them but you’d need to actually go to 5 luddic church planets to get the minimum crew back it is definitely all worth it

[@MisterG_Gaming]

I don't like having losses :D To give you an idea, the fleet costs around 150k credits / month for fixed costs; not to mention fuel and supplies. It's expensive to pay but a bounty brings in 300 to 400k. After a few months, I'm swimming in millions of credits.

[@seniorbob2180]

Invictus is a great ship for farming [REDACTED] and attacking enemy starbases, not for exploration.

[@MisterG_Gaming]

​@@seniorbob2180unless you use 6 Oxen lol

[@seniorbob2180]

@@MisterG_Gaming and efficiency mod. 4k skeleton crew!? omg. Efficiency mod will save you 8k/month in crew salary alone.

[@MisterG_Gaming]

@@seniorbob2180 you have better hullmods to put on Invictus. Money is not a problem in the endgame