Starfield's community keeps getting smarter with their ship builds—we've had AI-exploiting nightmares made of corners, ladderless flat discs, and some sci-fi classics. But what about the little guys of the universe—pilots who don't want some big, fancy warship with 500 autocannons?
Starfield Player Builds Ship Enemies Can't Hit Because It’s a Giant L
08.09.2023 - 11:07 / ign.com / Can
Starfield players have already built ships based on famous craft from across science fiction, but this player did something else entirely — and may have created the most overpowered ship possible.
Redditor Solace_of_the_Thorns worked out enemy ships target your ship’s midpoint, which is calculated by taking the distance the farthest two point on the X, Y, and Z axis intersect. Solace_of_the_Thorns wondered, what would happen if the AI shot at a ship without a midpoint? The answer is the “Fat L”, or the "L-Wing".
The L-Wing is “effectively immune” to frontal damage, Solace_of_the_Thorns said, because the ship’s midpoint is above and to the left of the ship. That is to say, the L-Wing has an offset midpoint not within the ship, but in… SPACE.
Now, it is possible for the AI to hit the L-Wing if they miss, which is an odd thing to say. Stray shots can hit you, but any on-target shot will miss. “This means that as you get closer to the enemy, they actually miss you more, which makes you monstrously good in a dogfight,” Solace_of_the_Thorns explained.
The main part of the ship is piled high with HABS, Starfield’s habitat modules, and on the side is a long, thin arm that makes it look like an L. It will not win any spaceship beauty contests anytime soon, but if I want to emerge unscathed from a dogfight with high-level enemy pirates, this is one L that’s really a W.
If you’re looking to make your own ship, check out IGN’s Starfield ship guide for some useful tips.
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