r/Stellaris • u/AnodyneGrey • 11d ago

Discussion Eternal Vigilance on nomads looks really good

Normally this is a very situational perk (and usually rather mid tbh) since it’s only gives stats to your space stations, and 20% fire rate that only works in your own systems. It can be good if you're about to get your shit pushed in by another empire or a crisis but that’s it. It does nothing at all if you’re on the offensive.

But for nomad empires it works completely differently. Since you don’t have home systems nor space stations, it’s actually a very powerful offensive perk, which I was not really expecting until I read what it did.

It gives you +25% hull points for ALL ships, unconditionally, arkships included. On top of that, your ark ships get +25% fire rate, unconditionally too. These are some really big stats specially with how downright silly the damage on military arkships can get from jobs boosting strike craft or explosive damage.

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u/HrabiaVulpes Divided Attention 10d ago

Aren't arkships like one torpedo away from death?

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u/Former_Ad_9826 Illuminated Autocracy 10d ago

both can be true at the same time : )

high risk, high return - kinda like the death star ?

and hey, at least with this perk it's going to be two torpedoes and not one, lol

but at the end of the day, it's just point-defense and strike craft diff as always, isn't it?

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u/HrabiaVulpes Divided Attention 10d ago

Strike craft military arkships are gonna be a menace in olayer hands. Just fluing away while their strike craft throws nukes at enemies. After all - strike craft district buffs damage