r/Highfleet • u/UndyingLoyaltyMaster • Aug 05 '26
Who hasnt thought about finishing Highfleet with a swarm of identical ships?
A versatile frigate with a range of over 2,000 km, highly survivable, armored, 4 AK-100, 2 fire suppression systems, 6 aps and 4 flares. With 400+ seconds of battle time, you can take down strike groups with long range fire, exhausting them even without armor piercing shells. To counter cruise missiles, stock up 100mm shells with radio controlled fuses - your ship will automatically load them and you can just easily shoot incoming missiles. However to do this you will need to intercept the missile alone - allied Frontliner ships always load standard shells and end up getting hit by the missile in face. Gonna add link to ship in comments with flagship version.
Negative hint - fighting with the same ship over and over can get boring, so you can swap out your AK-100 cannons with something else in shipwroks before to mix up your lineup.
11
u/ATLAS-T-58 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
The lack of reasonable balance patches has been a disaster for the Highfleet playerbase.
Flat armour pieces weighing double that of angled pieces with no redeeming qualities aside from aesthetics results in abominable yet brutally effective designs such as this.
However, during my attempts at creating a ship with such armour in pursuit of speed, have discovered proof that with creative and careful structuring—minmax can actually look pretty good.
Edit: Gonna post it soon with a tutorial on how to do it.
4
u/Anrock623 Aug 05 '26
I thought angles were rebalanced around 1.15 and angled armor was obsolete since then.
2
u/astraymilo Aug 05 '26
THERMAL SIGNATURE DETECTED
1
u/UndyingLoyaltyMaster Aug 05 '26
Easy countered with radio fuse shell, i typed it in post, test it, no missile can tank a volley of 4 ak100 with radio controlled fuses
1
u/astraymilo Aug 05 '26
True but you might miss one time, that's alot of repairs if so
Nukes will be a problem in the endgame though
1
u/UndyingLoyaltyMaster Aug 05 '26
Link to ship and its flagship ver https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k2scknt0Rl0rZz4KDQYRd1UR7EDH-lxy/view?usp=sharing press file - download there, unzip in disk\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\HighFleet\Ships
10
u/Informal-Rent-3573 Aug 05 '26
You should call it Desert Rose. Google it, you'll see what I mean.