Thread 717250323

what am I getting into? good game?

Steep learning curve but its pretty fucking great once you get the hang of it. Space smuggling is my jam

Great game if you like action strategy stuff
You are going to lose multiple campaigns watching your ship AI act completely retarded, then you'll start making builds to tard wrangle them

>>717250323 (OP)
yes

Retard here. Can you play this for the story or is it all gameplay all the time?

>>717250554
Anon, just go discuss movies on reddit. You shouldnt be on this website.

is this game comparable to ai war or is that way off?

2D mount and blade in space

>>717250621
I just have a hard time getting invested into space games without story. Not sure why.

>>717250323 (OP)
Sacrifice wang

>>717250856
Play Starcom Nexus.

>>717251054
I have one of the Starcom games on my wishlist. Thanks for the recommendation!

>>>/vst/
whens the update though

>>717250856
There is barely any story in starsector. 90% gameplay.

>>717250323 (OP)
Yeah it's a lot of fun.

>>717250776
sounds like my jam, but what do you really do in this game? Can I find cool shit by exploring? Join a faction and help then do war against other factions and shit like that? Is the world static, or simulated?

>>717250323 (OP)
Okayish space fleet arcade
Get bigger ships with bigger weapons until you run out of enemies to beat
Ships you capture magically start costing 1/10 of their price if you try to sell em
No nation bothers to expand (unless some weirdo starts colony half a sector away from the closest settled planet)
Can't conquer existing colonies (can destroy some tho)
The only part i really liked is smuggling stuff from colony to colony but core sector is really small (like what 30 planets?) so you quickly run out of profitable things to do
Story is like 5 mid arcs and repeatable trash(which brings you close to no money(except for transport quests which bring you 100x amout))

>>717252576
>Join a faction and help then do war against other factions and shit like that?
You NEED to join faction to get specific ships SOLD to you(unless you got your own starforge going lol)
You can only help them protect themselves from raids and do said raids
>Is the world static
You can colonize and destroy some colonies but thats it
Economy is simulated somewhat but eh

>>717252576
Game is very barebones without mods with built in malware written by trannies that hate you. The entire game is about the fleet battles, everything else is borderline nonexistent.

>>717250323 (OP)
We really need to talk about the modding community shitstorm and how latest patches have ruined the game

>>717252576
>Can I find cool shit by exploring
Yes, that's one of the draw and main gameplay loop
>Join a faction and help then do war against other factions
Yes, you basically need to
>Is the world static
Sadly yes, although maybe some mods fix that

>>717252762
You can conquer existing colonies... This game has mods you know.

>>717252576
Game is 30% smuggling, 30% fighting, 30% exploring, and 30% kitting out ships

>>717253218
>LE MODS FIX EVERYTHING
I am very happy for your nonbinary xirsonality
But i like playing games vanilla and without malware(fixed!pinky promise!)

don't listen to the retards talking about smuggling, the system is not that complex and gets boring fast, its a means to an end

the end being combat. starsector is a 2d space combat game at heart. the dev even explicitly states his goal in all quests is to lead you to combat encounters, because that's the fun part of the game.
the basic loop is explore (fun)->fight (fun)->get stronger so you can explore more dangerous places and fight stronger opponents
smuggling is for grinding money, its like saying morrowind about is spamming potions to sell to creeper

>>717253568
retard

>>717253658
>don't listen to the people that will tell you about what you spend half your time doing to get ship in working condition to fight with

>>717250323 (OP)
It's alright

>>717253724
>half your time
you only need a couple of mil to make a combat fleet+maintain it for a while, which takes less than an hour irl time smuggling. my point is that smuggling is a side activity you do to grind up money and you won't enjoy the game much if you overestimate how big of a system it is

>>717253658
>Fight(use meta to not lose all your progress)
Fixed that for you
Before you answer remind us when was the last time you played without derelict operations skill

>>717250323 (OP)
I suppose it could be, it's a very detailed game almost autistic in the level of detail, for my part the "combat" and the UI killed it for me.
Story/plot isn't that great too.

>>717253910
i've never used it, i don't like spamming shitty ships
my fleets are normally a capital flagship, usually odyssey or something fast modded like a maelstrom or whatever
ai capital fleet anchor
3-4 cruisers
horde of omens (thats the metafagging part)
i find combat fun so i play the game in a way that makes me fight personally a lot

>>717250554
>Story
>Starsector
The only story you'll get in starsector is you being a retard for not having tutorials parading as a story. You'll cry within the first 10 seconds for not knowing what to do.

If you play and realize it's complete ass then it means you have tastes and standards regarding videogame design. Just saying, don't go wondering what's wrong with you, it's poorly constructed and the fans know that more than anyone else. Welcome to a lower quality of existence.

>>717250323 (OP)
>RTS shit
probably boredom

>>717250323 (OP)
hey hey les peopole! xD

>>717252576
>Can I find cool shit by exploring
only three unique and interesting things can be found in the uncivilized areas (90% of the map)
>Join a faction and help then do war against other factions and shit like that?
you can fight whoever but you can't officially join a faction
>Is the world static, or simulated?
more on static than simulated
territory doesn't change hands, the economy sim is barebones, there are no diplomatic interactions between factions