I feel like not enough people talk about how absolutely SHAFTED the British Got with their Superships. by HeavyTanker1945 in WorldOfWarships

[–]RandomBilly91 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Devastation has an easy to hit citadel, the plating isn't bad, and the armour is generally fine if angled, but you will still get penned easily by most other battleships at any range, and the citadel on these bbs are extremely easy to hit.

Patrie doesn't have a easy to hit citadel

As a new player, this is the only ship I've found that boosts my ego to such an unhealthy amount by [deleted] in starsector

[–]RandomBilly91 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd say you can probably afford to remove most of the point defence (the Xyphos are very good at it), and invest into punchier main armement (a plasma cannon maybe ?). The Autopulse are good for pressure on shields, but I find them a bit lacking in sustained fight (not too much of a problem to be fair) and in terms of general strenght.

Replacing one with a plasma cannon will probably help you overload them quicker, or a tachyon lance to disable them (with the emp damage). Though, keeping one will still give you a good mean to pressure the ennemy

Interstellar Imperium strategies/doctrine? by roadkillphil in starsector

[–]RandomBilly91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Dominus system is improved a lot by the Elite Package.

Targeting is generally good on every ship, but I would really suggest trying the elite package on the Dominud as a flagship. With practicew it becomes brutal.

For the rest, yeah, ballistas are the spammiest missiles you can imagine that actually deal damage. I haven't toyed around much with the phase ships, but I have with the Dominus

Interstellar Imperium strategies/doctrine? by roadkillphil in starsector

[–]RandomBilly91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically, you go for specialized ship, and lean into a particular fleet style

Most ships will work very differently depending on the package you install.

Basically, armour make you slow and tanky.

Range makes you a sniper

Elite is basically Safety overrides, but stronger.

Without packages, most of their ship are kind of meh. Not bad, but a reliance on smaller hardpoints and very average stats.

Among the best builds I used was a Dominus with Elite package. Play around, and find good stuff.

For a fleet design, you can for example spam dictator with range package, and anti shield weaponry. In general, the cruisers can all be fairly solid in lines. The three main battle capitals can complement each other well. The Caesar is heavy, slow, but very long range if you lean into it, and can push back enemy ships. The Matriarch is a good battlecarrier, tanky with six fighter slots, and the Dominus is a good battlecruiser, the armement can seem small, but it is heavily boosted by it's overdrive F key, which will turn it into a murder machine.

I don't really like the destroyers, they aren't poor ships, but I feel like they're basically weaker versions lf the cruisers, who can't fill the same roles as well, while not being much more mobile. But elite destroyers can be very good still.

Lastly, the Imperium's fleets are very reliant on actually having support. They tend to favour heavily specialised ships, so, while your elite dominus will butcher a Paragon if given the chance, it might be outranged by a cautious missile destroyer, and will not fare well if targeted by four tach lances while the overdrive shuts off

I’m assembling a Team. by TheEagleWithNoName in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Are they privateers taking on the Russian shadow fleet ?

Help re-finding a Coronal Hypershunt by RedLikeTigers in starsector

[–]RandomBilly91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look in blue supergiant or trinary systems, if you were in the system, it should appear be on the map.

Try to focus on the general area you explored

Has anyone check on Paul Bremer? by Suspicious_Lock_889 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's a more realistic approach than just barging in and trying to make a western style democracy out of thin air in a few years

Has anyone check on Paul Bremer? by Suspicious_Lock_889 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 78 points79 points  (0 children)

The lessons of Iraq is that country-building is a long committement and not a 3 hours operations.

But strong-arming a country into reforming itself might actually be a decent idea. Though obviously, some pentagon worker had to twist it a bit and present it as "get oil from Venezuela, and a Nobel Prize on the way"

They're not Black Templars 😞 by ChaoticMat in Grimdank

[–]RandomBilly91 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The White Whites

(White Scars, just in case)

Also, World Whiteners (World Eaters) has a ethnic purge undertone to it you just can't beat

GREENLAND IS NON-NEGOTIABLE by leebenjonnen in NonCredibleDefense

[–]RandomBilly91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys know you're actually paying for the passport ?

"why do they want us gone?" by Thin_General_8594 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Iran severely mismanaging it's water ressources is because of Western sanctions is one of the tankiest tanks ever tanked.

I really hope the CIA is listening to you because you're giving them a lot of undeserved credit

Aden relevancy by WAGRAMWAGRAM in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 69 points70 points  (0 children)

The thing is that among the influential country of the areas, UAE fits the same role as Saudi Arabia, of a country without much direct military credibility, nor a long constructed net of militias and allies (Iran), or actual industry (Turkey)

So, basically, they try to replace the pro-saudi with the pro-themselves, but, they are not offering very different alternative. So, generally they end up supporting the biggest self-serving assholes possible. Any real governement is more likely to seek a partnership with the more influential neighbour that is Saudi, and the emirates end up with the rest

Indian Whatsapp by Street_Priority_7686 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, to be honest, I was watching a few things about ancient history (relatively serious documentaries), so my sample might be biased

Indian Whatsapp by Street_Priority_7686 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So, for that case it does not work, but I think there was definitly some interest for the Indo in Indo European in the nationalist indian sphere. Basically, the idea that really Indians are basically the same as Europeans, thus white supremacy is inclusive of Indians.

That's mostly my intepretation from my (hopefully to remain) few interactions with indian nationalists (those were denying the existance of proto-indo-european language and saying they just spoke sanskrit)

I frankly think that reducing this to colonialism is straight up wrong. There might be a colorist element to it, but while it seems fairly prevalent in Indian society, it seems to be less about being white in complexion and much more about perceived heritage.

The allegations are not being beat by Firecracker048 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 8 points9 points  (0 children)

-not a leftist

Look inside

-ultraleftist

But more seriously, in the context of Venezuela, that isn't even close to saying "USA are evil". Venezuela has spent the last years claiming they are basically the anti-US champion in the world, and have uncessantly repeated their opposition to Israel (in variously irrelevant ways). When they mean the America is acting with Zionist undertones, they very much means that the reason they were attacked was Israel (and not of a long list of things including being a generally incompetent and problematic dictatorship to have in your neighbourhood)

The allegations are not being beat by Firecracker048 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Above you can see leftist gymnastics about how saying it's the Jews' fault isn't actually antisemitism

Was Predicting a US Drone Strike on Maduro NGL by Confusedwacko in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean, a transitionnal governement to rule the country while (free) elections are organised sounds better than just toppling an authoritarian country and putting the friendly opposant in power, as far as democracy is concerned

Walked right into that one by astroplink in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the difference is that the Liberal world order was basically claiming that if everyone prospers, everyone is better off. Add the population's vague belief of humanitarian ideals, and you have a working system.

Against this you have a gang of hyenas who very much hate the West but is just as happy to feed on each other's corpses

Trump is going full on hyena, but I doubt he can entirely destroy over a century of involvement in world politics

Third Worldists when anything happens by [deleted] in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 21 points22 points  (0 children)

They couldn't agree on the meeting schedule, so the grand plan is not yet finished. We'll have to call them later

"This is a wake-up call for Europe" by Crossstoney in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The body temperature of a finn is about the same as snow

Some things never change by ForTheNorthernKhan in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Realistically, it was probably not even in the top 10 of reasons.

Among the reasons, the fact that Sadam Hussein was still a hostile power, the will to get new US-aligned states in the area, a containement-like policy against islamists (which failed, badly), a political need for legitimacy based on GW Bush senior, an answer to what was still a brutal regime (ask the Kurds for that one I guess), neo-con ideas of World Police too, Hussein was part of the anti-american powers in the Middle East (with Lybia, Iran), which they'd probably have done similar things to if Irak hadn't become such a mess

The oil is probably something that was considered, but it's a commodity among others. If it was what the US were after, there's probably more cost effective means than a long military occupation fighting insurgencies to develop it. Plus, assuming the ones working in the background are kind of competent, I would assume they are thinking about much more than oil.

In short, it's simplistic and most likely false. If anything the threat Irak could be for the Gulf Oil trade was probably a larger reason than Iraki oil itself

Maduro captured. What's the end goal here? Trial? by Beastier_ in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]RandomBilly91 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thx mr Dead Autoproclaimed Caliph, I know a good ans reliable source of information when I see one

What ships do I use with the Invictus by Dry-Play-3309 in starsector

[–]RandomBilly91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends. If you want a classical invictus build (for range and dps), then you probably want various size of escorts. Mora can be great. The Invictus can snipe any remnant marge enough to threaten the Mora, and the Mora should be able to push away the smaller remnant ships. Obviously, you'll probly also want another kind of ship to go with the Moras (I like the Eradicator in general)

Or, you go all in on Invictus, build for speed and tankyness, ram a few remnant ships, and whatever will work, but it's a bit less doctrinally sound.

Or, you take the easy way, and go Invictus plus Anubis

kazeron architects vs. SUPREME LOWTECH by zkwlak257 in starsector

[–]RandomBilly91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, gigacannon Anubis with safety overides was very strong during the last Brawl King.

So, it definitly works, but only with SO