I got a Question, how can you actually beat that thing? I currently got 1.5b Shields and it literally oneshots me the moment I enter the system, cant even move.

I'm actually not sure if it's possible to beat in 2.0. I balanced it with pre 2.0 values in mind.

I think you may actually be the first person to ask me about this here. After it was up for several months with nobody putting a message in this thread I just assumed nobody had bothered trying to fight it.

seems a few players on the server have experienced basically getting deleted on entering the sector lol

could be similar to the Brotherhoods revenge issue

I assure you it's not.

The boss is absurdly overpowered. If you want, I can take a few passes at trying to make it beatable with 2.0 ships.

For starters - I assumed anything fighting it would have at least 3 billion shields with a 100% recharge. I tried fighting it with ten ships that had that 170k+ firepower each (probably could have gone higher but I liked the coaxial rockets) and lost.

But I did manage to knock its shields down a few % so I figured that it would be eventually beatable if someone was determined enough.

Of course, this was pre 2.0 and the balance has changed pretty significantly since then.

if you make that bs not hit hull damage with the beam it would be fantastic cause i can run in there with 34.34 billion shields and i get insta wiped on warp in. it being able to focus a hull damage weapon and fire before you load doesnt just make it impossible to beat but impossible to load

anytime i try to beat your extra mission on a server i have to quit because my pressence in building up to the fight actually wrecks the server as i would need in excess of 15 ships with stupid firepower in omni direction and high range so that whilst the first ship get obliterated the others can fire. and who knows if there is an iron curtain because nobody survives warp in

I literally just copied the code from IDHTX for the laser, which is why it does what it does.

I've been thinking about editing it to make it not do damage directly to the hull. That wouldn't actually be a hard change to make.

That said, the laser should have a grace period before it activates. I thought I had added that at some point but maybe it doesn't work on subsequent reloads? Or maybe I am thinking of a different mission.

Originally posted by bluberdumpf:

if you make that bs not hit hull damage with the beam it would be fantastic cause i can run in there with 34.34 billion shields and i get insta wiped on warp in. it being able to focus a hull damage weapon and fire before you load doesnt just make it impossible to beat but impossible to load

Are you not running impenetrable shields??

Originally posted by bluberdumpf:

if you make that bs not hit hull damage with the beam it would be fantastic cause i can run in there with 34.34 billion shields and i get insta wiped on warp in. it being able to focus a hull damage weapon and fire before you load doesnt just make it impossible to beat but impossible to load

I realize that this is over a year later, but hey! I finally did it.