Shroud - Psionic Avatar

[Sarno]

I managed to get a psionic avatar from my first contact with The Shroud, and I have to say, that thing is brutal:

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Weapon stats - Psionic blast
Type: Energy
Damage: 300 - 700
Cooldown: 4.35
Accuracy: 90%
Tracking: 100%
Range: 85
Average damage: 103.44
Ignores 67% of armor.
-34% shield damage


This is how it looks in system view:

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I have already used it in a liberation war, and it can on it's own just eat through a cloud of corvettes without taking any serious damage.

[Oku]

The shroud is absolutely disgusting as a mechanic and has made Spiritualist empires amazingly powerful. But the fact that it can utterly ♥♥♥♥ you over too makes it all the more fun to mess with.

[NixBoxDone]

Yeah, it can significantly alter your mid game play state - it's enough to take out the crystaline nest by its own (that crystal station thing) by flying in, wrecking half of them, emergency exiting when its shields are down and then returning to finish the survivors. ^^

They're stronger by far than the repaired dreadnought, pretty fast and as most of their tankiness comes from their humunguous shields, they need no repair pause - they either survive without a scratch or die, usually.

Edith: Gotta agree: the shroud has some of the best potential rewards if you draw lucky, but given that it also gives you a once in a lifetime opportunity to get invaded by rampaging avatars (53 k fleet power of delicious rage and homicidal wrath!), it's not really OP.

Add to that the cooldown and you're much more likely to get "meh" than "ABSOLUTE COSMIC POWER".

Also: I tried stealing secrets from the Fallen but all they do is hide behind planetary shields - GIVE ME YOUR BUILDING PLANS ALREADY.

Daddy wants a new titan!

[Sarno]

Originally posted by AarkTheDragon:

The shroud is absolutely disgusting as a mechanic and has made Spiritualist empires amazingly powerful. But the fact that it can utterly ♥♥♥♥ you over too makes it all the more fun to mess with.

Yeah. I was tempted to go for the Ship Repair empire modifier that was also presented, but the red text stating that this choice is extremely risky (or something like that) made me choose the avatar instead.

Basicaly it looks like anomalies on steroids. Higher rewards, but also way higher risks if you fail.

[vindicator]

I got living metal tech from xenophobic FE via shroud. Bad thing is galaxy without single ringworld and undeground ocean anomaly - so no place to mine it.

[Mr. CIA]

Does anyone know how to spawn these things via the console?

[BlazingAngel86]

Yea they are pretty bad. I got one myself in my game. Most of the boons arent bad especially if you are still starting and trying to build.if you don't like what you get just leave come back in 60 months, or scum save and reload til you get what you want.

[BlazingAngel86]

Also how do you get the titan?

[Reverend Belial]

Oh geez, I didn't realize that was a thing that could happen. Kinda reminds me of something I pitched on the forum before release, when people were talking about superweapons. I wonder if that's coincidence.

[BlazingAngel86]

I read that one actually. I thought it was pretty neat. i mean why not have a super weapon it would make sense.

[Japi]

I dont get it. I got an avatar too.. its a useless ground army at the surface of my home planet. wooopdidooo...

[McGeeZac]

Originally posted by Japi:

I dont get it. I got an avatar too.. its a useless ground army at the surface of my home planet. wooopdidooo...

That thing is a monster, you should use it to spear head your planetary invasion, wins everytime.

[H11DN-D4NG3R]

Titans are FE/AE only (unless playing with mods.)
Corrupted avatars arent bad. They disapear in a year. And dont move