Why does the Starborn Guardian ship suck so bad?

[skunkmonkey]

I mean even the Frontier would kick its butt, and that's saying something. BGS dropped the ball on this one. The ship doesn't even have so much as a chair to sit down on to pass time, let alone a bed, or the ability to upgrade its pathetically weak weapons / shields.
I would have much preferred that they made the Starborn Guardian a quest reward in ng+ and actually made it useful. It's like pulling up to a valet with a Ferrari, only for the valet to discover that it's powered by a dying hamster.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Yea I concur I mean the armor is good, but the ship really lacks .... everything really

[wtiger27]

The whole Starborn quest line sucks. But that aside, I don't think it was meant to be a permanent ship, just one to help the player do a quick NG+ run to get the Powers and do another NG+ run.

It has some benefits. A 30 Ly jump range and it will cloak when accelerating. Which means it was not meant to be a combat ship, but one for exploring, finding those temple for the powers.

[Krash Megiddo]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

The whole Starborn quest line sucks. But that aside, I don't think it was meant to be a permanent ship, just one to help the player do a quick NG+ run to get the Powers and do another NG+ run.

It has some benefits. A 30 Ly jump range and it will cloak when accelerating. Which means it was not meant to be a combat ship, but one for exploring, finding those temple for the powers.

Have you used the Guardian in that space battle above the Buried Temple? Even in my fast runs, I work on a Battlecruiser just for that, but maybe its not needed. I know you play on Very Hard. I'm on Hard and find space battles much more of a challenge.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Originally posted by wtiger27:

The whole Starborn quest line sucks. But that aside, I don't think it was meant to be a permanent ship, just one to help the player do a quick NG+ run to get the Powers and do another NG+ run.

It has some benefits. A 30 Ly jump range and it will cloak when accelerating. Which means it was not meant to be a combat ship, but one for exploring, finding those temple for the powers.

Have you used the Guardian in that space battle above the Buried Temple? Even in my fast runs, I work on a Battlecruiser just for that, but maybe its not needed. I know you play on Very Hard. I'm on Hard and find space battles much more of a challenge.

I cheated and turned the difficulty down to a reasonable setting for that fight. No way I am going to get frustrated trying to do that fight in the tissue thin Starborn ship on Very Hard. I am not that good at ship fighting on Very Hard and rely a lot on turrets. Which are awesome for us clumsy pilots.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Problem for me is really the interior I mean there are rumors to introduce some sort of survival mode in that case those ship are useless .... no cooking, no sleeping, etc