I dont have that feeling. In fact I hope to complete it with every ship. So far I´ve won with 6 ships on normal.

1 of the reasons for keep playing is that you can beat the game in so many ways. With or without cloak, with or without teleporter, with or without missiles, with or without drones etc.

Emnjay808

United States10662 Posts

October 05 2012 20:13 GMT

#203

Any tips on how to unlock the Engi Cruiser? I keep replaying into Engi homeworlds and help EVERYBODY out as much as I can. But I still cant unlock that ship T_T

AntiGrav1ty

Germany2310 Posts

October 05 2012 20:45 GMT

#204

You only have to reach the fifth sector to get the Engi cruiser.

Post under mine definitely wrong for Engi cruiser.

Simberto

Germany11686 Posts

October 05 2012 20:46 GMT

#205

I think you need Engi crew for that, which then gives you a blue option in some event which makes you go to one of two worlds, then to another world, and then you should get the ship. I randomly got it on my first playthrough, though, so i am not completely sure if i remember it correctly.

seRapH

United States9777 Posts

October 05 2012 20:57 GMT

#206

On October 06 2012 05:46 Simberto wrote:
I think you need Engi crew for that, which then gives you a blue option in some event which makes you go to one of two worlds, then to another world, and then you should get the ship. I randomly got it on my first playthrough, though, so i am not completely sure if i remember it correctly.

You're thinking stealth ship. Engi is making it to sector 5

Deleted User 101379

4849 Posts

October 05 2012 21:39 GMT

#207

Is it even possible to win with the stealth cruiser when you don't have extreme luck and get a shield in the first 2 sectors?

A single drone can completely screw everything up unless you get lucky and shut it down before it destroys your weapon system.

Simberto

Germany11686 Posts

October 05 2012 21:54 GMT

#208

Yes. Easily. I have won twice with the stealth shield, and both times did not get shields until sector 4-6. Basically, just get as many weapons as you can, and always target their weapon system/drone system with an alpha strike. Cloak enables you to dodge their first salva, and you should get enough weapons system that a single drone hit won't ruin your plan. You can avoid hazardous enviroments due to long-range scanners. You should be able to take out anything that is not a zoltan ship without taking any damage.

DaCruise

Denmark2457 Posts

October 05 2012 22:07 GMT

#209

On October 06 2012 06:39 Morfildur wrote:
Is it even possible to win with the stealth cruiser when you don't have extreme luck and get a shield in the first 2 sectors?

A single drone can completely screw everything up unless you get lucky and shut it down before it destroys your weapon system.

Stealth cruiser can be tricky and is definetly not the easiest ship to play. Its all about getting the max out of your scrab and using the items you find as efficient as possible.

Emnjay808

United States10662 Posts

October 05 2012 22:09 GMT

#210

Sorry, I meant Stealth Cruiser, not Engi Cruiser.

MisterD

Germany1338 Posts

October 05 2012 22:42 GMT

#211

slug ship layout B is still the best .. no feasible weapons, only three slugs with a teleporter and a heal bomb INSTEAD of a medbay. x) still managed to beat the game with it somehow, but that ship is tough to get going with.

Coriolis

United States1152 Posts

October 06 2012 00:09 GMT

#212

I've won with the stealth ship. You just have to stack weapons, preferably ones with short cooldowns (so you can fire while cloaked.) On the game I won my weapons were mini beam, dual lasers, burst laser II. I didn't get a shield until sector 5 because I simply didn't need it due to large amount of front loaded damage.

Khul Sadukar

Australia1735 Posts

October 08 2012 02:11 GMT

#213

Definitely a fun game. I've played it several times on normal at first before switching to easy. Managed to unlock the Engi cruiser and got to stage 2 of the boss with that, but i wasn't equipped for it. Not enough systems upgraded etc. A few times when I had a really good setup I died prematurely due to some OP ship (cause I just have to kill everything in my way lol).

I'll have to get a TP and mantis crew. I ran into the Mantis guy u need to impress but not sure how to get the ship. I either destroyed him or he killed me and I didn't get anything. Anyone know what you need for that?

Also I found rockmen with just 1 lvl in medbay repair even remotely will kick the crap out of enemy mantis.

I got into this game by watching this vid -

but his 2nd vid I couldn't watch cause its soo bad lol all those newbie mistakes.

Simberto

Germany11686 Posts

October 08 2012 02:15 GMT

#214

Pretty much anything kills anything else as long as they fight in their own medbay.

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

October 08 2012 02:17 GMT

#215

On October 08 2012 11:11 Khul Sadukar wrote:
Definitely a fun game. I've played it several times on normal at first before switching to easy. Managed to unlock the Engi cruiser and got to stage 2 of the boss with that, but i wasn't equipped for it. Not enough systems upgraded etc. A few times when I had a really good setup I died prematurely due to some OP ship (cause I just have to kill everything in my way lol).

I'll have to get a TP and mantis crew. I ran into the Mantis guy u need to impress but not sure how to get the ship. I either destroyed him or he killed me and I didn't get anything. Anyone know what you need for that?

Also I found rockmen with just 1 lvl in medbay repair even remotely will kick the crap out of enemy mantis.

I got into this game by watching this vid - http://youtu.be/eD_xlFUS7uY
but his 2nd vid I couldn't watch cause its soo bad lol all those newbie mistakes.

For the mantis ship, you need to kill him by boarding him. You also need a level 2 medbay to unlock the blue option.

Khul Sadukar

Australia1735 Posts

October 08 2012 02:23 GMT

#216

On October 08 2012 11:15 Simberto wrote:
Pretty much anything kills anything else as long as they fight in their own medbay.

I was using the Engi remote medbay lvl 1. (they weren't in the medbay) In fact they could prob kill them without it but havent tested it.

Oh I completely forgot. I unlocked the Zoltan cruiser as well. It's cool and all but I hate the starter setup. A single Halberd is useless against elite ships, doesn't even tick away at them just dont penetrate at all. I had this sweet setup of 2 halberds, a weapon pre-ignition and was carving up ships in 1-2 shots. Then I had to travel back into rebel space cause systems didnt link up to the exit and I couldn't dmg the rebel elite fighter.

I reackon if you could outfit the zoltan with tons of alpha burst that would be awesome, while ur shield tanks the first salvo or 2. Unfortunately it just seems kinda costly given the starting gear. I'm hoping the B version is closer to what I want.