Just how far can I push the Afflictor? | Starsector (0.95.1a Vanilla) 

Maybe Insulate Engine Assembly/Automated Repair Unit? Most common issue with phase frigates I see is that, while they have as much presence as they have operating time, if their engines get shot, they're screwed (wastes operating time and messes with flux management). Same goes for engine malfunctions from low CR, which is why Hardened Subsystems works well, but with your skills, it's not as important. You could add Unstable Injector, as it could maybe beat shield rotation speed, and the extra speed is nice too. Heavy Armor/Armored Weapon Mounts may help reduce the logistics cost of fielding Afflictors, but Damage Control already helps with that, so there's not as much need.

Auxiliary Thrusters is a solid pick for the Afflictor, having more forceful manouvers is going to get you into those perfect rear positions faster. But pairing a Monitor with SO to draw the enemy attention would be a bigger boon

try to use an alternative variant with "loose" phase coils and an unstable injector(no ITU), sometimes, especially at the start of the battle speed is much more helpful than dps

6:00 Oh hey there. Should've watched the whole video before commenting, god damn.

In my testing I decided against Unstable Injector as I found myself getting clipped by Capital explosions too often for it to have been worth it. The idea of different Afflictors for different jobs has some merit, though, and Unstable Injector might be good at hunting Carriers, but again Carriers tend to be cruiser size or larger, which is an explosion size that's very difficult to thread in the heat of battle while you're also avoiding other stuff. As I've begun hunting High Tech fleets with Paragons in them, the extra range from Integrated Targeting Unit is essential for bypassing the shields of Shield Accelerated Paragons that would eat an Unstable Injector Afllictor alive. "Why did you ignore kites for so long?" Two reasons. Number one is threat assessment; if a ship isn't an immediate threat to me, I tend to ignore it and go after more valuable ships instead, that's why you often see me ignore frigates and Conquests in favor of hunting down carriers. Number two is that when you're outnumbered to this degree, you don't want to kill things too quickly to give them access to that DP again. If I open the fight and just kill all the kites, the DP those kites were using can be recycled for bigger threats much earlier in the fight alongside the other threats I was already facing. Leaving them around, their CR will drain and then they're stuck on the battlefield using that DP while unable to harm me. That's why you'll also see me critically wound some ships and then not finish them off right away, allowing them to make the slow journey to the top of the map to escape. If I just killed them immediately, that DP freed up would allow something to replace it immediately, but if I let it run away, that's 20 to 30 seconds of it going to the top of the screen, and then 20 to 30 seconds of whatever replaces it coming back to me, which gives me a lot of breathing room and alone time with whatever is left. That's why there were so many nearly-dead ships in the Pursue portion of the fight after they surrendered. Basically, if the enemy has 400 DP worth of ships and they can field 200 of it, and of the 200 they can field maybe 100 of it is nonthreatening and can be safely ignored, it's in your best interest to keep those ships alive holding that DP hostage so that you only ever have to face 100 DP worth of threatening ships at a time as opposed to 200.

@@YourSponsor unstable injector allows you to be much faster where you need, you might cripple stuff to the point you force them to retreat but not finish them off. The issue with kites is that they actually constantly harassed and zoned you with missiles and those 4 DP won't allow OpFor to deploy anything really intimidating. Moreover, an unstable injector allows you to much easier to slip behind shields with more speed. Yes, finishing off cruisers and capitals is tricky and must be done almost always completely manually, reverse speeding with precise time to shot, but you are getting there much faster because fighters are not really a threat anymore, they are too slow to follow afflictor with the speed of 300.

untill you get just a tad too close to a capital ship as it explodes or a random missile slaps your ass and you explode. It's very fragile.

The ship is built with wet tissue paper. This is all on the pilots skill

It is when the pilot is this good 😄

It demands the skill of the pilot and the build

The main disadvantage is that in every battle you need to be 100% involved and focused. It is super fun but after like 30 battles it is not so fun anymore.

yep, the amplifier is a very strong system, most cruisers die within one salvo

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@@YourSponsor thank you… i can die peacefully now…

Does it really? Like the afflictor is only this effective when used by the player. AI rarely uses any ship to its full potential.

@Jon Titor there shouldnt be a frigate that can consistently 1v4 capital ships and fleets.

​@@DustyPazner Nerfing a ship because of the skill of some players sounds a bit much. I can destroy an onslaught with a kite with reapers and expanded missile racks 1v1. Should we nerf kites? Surely a DP 1 ship shouldn't be that powerful!

@Jon Titor yeah you're right kites are broken as fuck. Friggets, in general, are insanely meta. What's the point of crusers battleships and capital ships if you can just stack friggets.

@@DustyPazner maybe because the AI doesn’t use them nearly as well as a player with a brain and a lot of practice. But I’ll say I’m willing to relent if you can show me you can consistently do what the vid showcases and 1v1 an onslaught with a kite. While it seems OP, don’t discount the amount of skill these players require to do this shit.