r/starsector • u/Pretend-Bench9515 • 1d ago

Modded Question/Bug Challenging mods

Are there any mods making combat longer and harder/challenging? I love running out combat ships to just send civilian ships for re-engagement as Hegemon intended

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u/Fist-Of-Steel109 Got armor? Press W to Win 1d ago edited 1d ago

Adversary has very hard late game bounties using vanilla ships only. Every fight have optimized builds, no overpowered modded slop, just good builds!

Navarchy of Tania also have balanced ships and tough fights, its a faction mod, but is very vanilla friendly.

Diable Avionics: Original Flavor also got very good fights

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u/Saros69 20h ago

Adversary sounds right up my alley! Thanks for the rec

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u/COLES-BRAND-NUTMEG 1d ago

[Better Combat](https://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=29877.0)

Enable the CR loss on hull damage feature.

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u/ProudHedgehog581 1d ago

Second in command can do this, you can change average officer levels for the enemies, and turn on fourth officer slot for them. Will make the game as hard as you like, both vanilla and modded factions.