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On December 20 2013 13:21 SchierkeWiking wrote:For those who don't know a while ago a free expansion called FTL: Advanced Edition as well as a port for Ipad were announced. Today the new race was revealed as well as a few other details: http://www.ftlgame.com/?page_id=106
Also, word is Chris Avellone is doing some writing for it. Should be good 
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Picked this game up, I am so terrible, after 12 hours of play I have made it to the boss one time and was promptly defeated on easy.
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well, i stream ftl quite often. if anyone is having a hard time, come watch and maybe learn how i deal with various situations. i'm experienced at ftl; i've won with every ship and layout, and due to a reformat i'm going through and unlocking all ships again (only have the crystal cruiser left to unlock now). i typically win regardless of ship i use and have come back from some pretty terrible beginnings to win.
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On December 31 2013 15:38 insectoceanx wrote:
Picked this game up, I am so terrible, after 12 hours of play I have made it to the boss one time and was promptly defeated on easy.
Good for you... I have played like 30+ hours and never made it to the boss... Although I have never tried playing on easy.
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Has their been any news on when the new content update is coming? Im itching to get back into it, but id like to wait until "the expansion" is out.
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wow sick, I didn't know they would release an expansion. This game was fantastic while I played it! Unfortunately (or fortunately?) I unlocked the crystal Cruiser on my second try getting it. I read that people spend like a huge amount of hours trying to unlock it. The sort of spoiled all the fun.
The game is fantastic tough. I highly recommend for anyone!!
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FTL:A launched.
It adds a ton of content.
Chris Avellone hype!
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MUST......NOT.....PLAY.....ANYMORE.......FTL..........
Okay.......just........one more run........you know........to see what's new...
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Hard mode makes me want to cry. 
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Sick! Logged into GoG and saw FTL was updated! Ive been waiting for the expansion to start playing again, time to go nuts on this shit!
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The iPad version is amazing. The controls are really good.
Also, hard mode is insane. I've only made 3 sectors before dying so far. I run out of resources so easily and all the ships after the first 2 sectors are like twice as good as they are on normal or easy.
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I spent over 100 hours trying to unlock the Mantis ship. I never seemed to never get the Mantis homeworlds or I got there in the 2nd sector, when I could not possibly have all the prerequisites. Now all you have to do is finish the game with a Zoltan ship...
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So here is my feedback after chain dying for at least 5 hours last night !
Overall :
amazing content for a FREE expansion, every other game would have make us paid 5 $ for that kind of content. Graphic and ergonomy upgrades, new weapons, redesign of enemy ships, new modules , new player ships , new random events every single aspect of the game has been improved ! it is that simple! One of the best expansion I saw for a game so far.
Graphic and ergonomy upgrades:
There is a lot to it but the best part is maybe to see the links between forward jump points on the FTL map.
New weapons and modules :
The amount of choice has become insane especially for weapons where you have now for each class of weapon at least 6 more weapons.
Those new weapons are not that great in terms of brute force. They are all weaker compared to their " classic" counterparts but they all have nice unique features. basically advanced weapons can do several things from accumulating the energy for a big blast , firing faster as the combat goes on etc...
for the new modules , hacking is by far my favorite because it can hurt where you need to with a high success rate so this is something reliable! Mind control is funny and also can be used defensively to cancel a mind control from ur opponent !
New events :
Countless of new events make the game more unpredicable which is great! New choices are available for a lot of races and new events are quiet fun I must say.
Increased difficulty of the game :
Here is the big deep part that all my friends noticed so far. I am not even talking about the hard mode (didn't try it yet) , the normal mode have increase so much in difficulty for several reasons.
First : the new ennemy ship layouts are less "boarding" friendly , one easy way to beat the game on normal mode was to abuse heavy boarding tactics, these tactics are less efficient because of the new layouts.
Second : Hacking drone , this module in 80% of encounters is not a problem as it will disable a module expandable to the victory. However , it needs just one hit at the right of your module to make you die horribly! Your shield disabled as a big laser blow destroy everything valuable on your ship. Your weapon system disabled when u need it to destroy weapon module of the enemy etc.... Among the 7 death I made last night 6 were involving a good hit with an enemy hacking drone!
Third : the new weapons! Basically the choice of weapons has so much increased that most of the time you will not find in the stores the "reliable" weapons you were used to. You have to deal with those new fancy weapons that have all a common feature :
All new weapons are bad for the first shots compared to old one. A key to beat the game in normal mode was to be able to disable the main weapon system of the enemy ship ASAP to avoid taking dommage. the new weapons don't give the ability to disable enemy ship in the first or second blow anymore. They are slower and more effective overtime.
Conclusion : To conclude on game difficulty , I would say that new strategies have to emerge as the old "EZ" ones are not so reliable with the advanced edition. I think it's great they manage to change the game to force new kind of strategies. I think Hacking drone is a key element to consider both as a threat and a solution to many problem.
Overall Conclusion : Be prepared to die and be frustrated as hell, this new expansion makes normal edition feels like a game for noobies! I didn't even try the Hard mode but I can assume it would require a perfect concentration and a lot of pause thinking to be beaten (+ an insane amount of luck ) . This FTL advanced edition gives a new challenge for people that already have beaten the game with almost every kind of ship. I guess I will spend 120 Hours more on that title
Good luck guys, you will need some
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Didn't play that much of vanilla FTL, but the expansion is certainly a good one, making a good game better
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I loved FTL and I will give this a shot immediatly after I come home tonight!
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FTL is so amazing. I was so confused at the beginning but once I learned the basics it was so addicting!
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Here's a fun strat. Getting the Lanius ship, suck all the air out of it (except the pilot seat which has a human), then pull enemies over to your air-less ship using mind-control and teleporter. Straight up guarantees a kill (don't have to try to disable their med bay).
Another trick with mind control is that if the enemy mind controls one of your important guys, you can just use your own mind control to get him right back.
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This game is just one of the most well designed game of the decade. nuff said !
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On April 04 2014 18:22 klup wrote:
So here is my feedback after chain dying for at least 5 hours last night !
Overall :
amazing content for a FREE expansion, every other game would have make us paid 5 $ for that kind of content.
Omg, just wanted to read about the new contend and then decide if I buy it. I'm absolutely surprised that it free. Had to stop after this line to comment ^^
Absolutely loved FTL and will play some new things today for sure!
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Anyone beaten hard mode yet? I'm scared to try it, still unlocking ships.
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