Comments by "josh fritz" (@joshfritz5345) on "Scott Manley" channel.

  1. 4 years later and the ship models have been revamped, space stations can be constructed around planets and support planetary defense fleets, there's twice as many npc factions, the combat is smoother, the game economy has been reworked for the better, the UI is cleaner and simpler, carrier/ fighters are completely reworked, many new weapons and ships have been added, along with changes to existing ones, and much, much more. this game has a slow development cycle, but it's far from dead. there are countless other changes and improvements such as how allied fleets can join ongoing battles, often resulting in battles with three or more faction's ships all in one place.
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  2. i may indeed be biased in this subject, but now, as of 2018, with all of the updates... starsector is the best top down fleet based space sandbox out there. i quite enjoyed SPAZ, and have played other, lesser known titles, but new, exciting features are being added to starsector every few months, along with plenty of bugfixes and fixes to existing content.
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  3. You can host your own server to play with friends. I'm teaching a buddy of mine how to build repulsor boosted weaponry.
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  4. and no matter how many changes have been made to the game, one thing will always remain true: it is never a good idea to have your shields overloaded when next to an enemy dominator class assault cruiser armed to the teeth with harpoon missiles and reaper torpedo tubes.
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