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puppykiller
United States3137 Posts
Artillery beam is like one of the easiest ways to win the game. Just make a defensive ship with cloak, drones, and hacking and watch your beam do all of the work. Rock B is better for teleportation because you can use firebombs to aid you to kill shit faster, mantis A and B are soso, and Slug B does better with cloning than a medbay | ||
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Eliezar
United States481 Posts
On April 10 2014 17:36 puppykiller wrote: I disagree with some of the ship to ship advice. Artillery beam is like one of the easiest ways to win the game. Just make a defensive ship with cloak, drones, and hacking and watch your beam do all of the work. Rock B is better for teleportation because you can use firebombs to aid you to kill shit faster, mantis A and B are soso, and Slug B does better with cloning than a medbay No kidding, he stated the federation beam is a waste. The federation ship is so overpowered I refuse to play it. The beam will just autokill each stage of the final fight no matter what else is on your ship. Way, way, way, way to good. I can't even think of another weapon that is half as good. I guess 4x burst lasers is as good? Probably now 4x of the chain lasers, but still...you can have that and the beam... | ||
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Hondelul
1999 Posts
So for me it read as if he wants to give advice to new players and then I must agree. Spend you scrap on other stuff and get familiar to the game until you regularly get to the end sectors (and that was not that easy for me he made it sound, still having a hard time to unlock C ships). | ||
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Xafnia
Canada874 Posts
On April 10 2014 17:36 puppykiller wrote: I disagree with some of the ship to ship advice. Artillery beam is like one of the easiest ways to win the game. Just make a defensive ship with cloak, drones, and hacking and watch your beam do all of the work. Rock B is better for teleportation because you can use firebombs to aid you to kill shit faster, mantis A and B are soso, and Slug B does better with cloning than a medbay I haven't unlocked Rock B. I only played Rock A once. Cleared boss but didn't get any of the achievements. I think the artillery beam is pretty garbage. You could have a breach, an ion blast II and 10scrap. Pre-igniter + small bomb. 2x Burst II. Small Bomb + Burst III. All of those and you'll still have a rank I artillery still. If you have enough tanking to for defense to not matter at all, or just enough to avoid the first volleys, A chain Vulcan is cheaper and will wreak anything. Requires 4 power, has an initial cooldown of 11.1 seconds and reduces the cooldown by 2 seconds with each volley. Caps at a 1.1 second cooldown after 5 volleys. Obviously you have to see these weapons, but yea I'd only upgrade the artillery if you can't find anything in shops. | ||
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Obsidian
United States350 Posts
Also, compared to the cost of a full suite of weapons and the upgrades to use them, the Artillery beam isn't bad. | ||
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Xafnia
Canada874 Posts
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On April 10 2014 17:36 puppykiller wrote: I disagree with some of the ship to ship advice. Artillery beam is like one of the easiest ways to win the game. Just make a defensive ship with cloak, drones, and hacking and watch your beam do all of the work. Rock B is better for teleportation because you can use firebombs to aid you to kill shit faster, mantis A and B are soso, and Slug B does better with cloning than a medbay Mantis B is outrageously good, possibly only beaten by Crystal B. I agree that Rock B is the stronger boarder than A. Art beam is... slow and you can't direct it at systems. It's free damage and never bad, but don't build the ship around it unless you have no other options. As for the post you were quoting: drones are fantastic, defense I will save you a ton of scrap on repairs/general damage, especially vs the flagship. You do not need hacking or MC if you have cloak/drones because you're avoiding the vast majority of damage and MC can be mitigated with micro. Obviously if you can't break 4 shields, then hacking is pretty important. | ||
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puppykiller
United States3137 Posts
Crystal B most imba ship in the game that I have played after the Fed ship. | ||
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jampidampi
Finland386 Posts
On April 10 2014 17:25 Xafnia wrote: Best crew are Engi > zoltan>rockmen for manning. Mantis/crystal > rockmen > others for boarding. I prioritize boarding crew, because I always go for a boarding build on all ships. I would rather have a Zoltan manning weapons/shields/engines than an Engi. The power they provide can't be ionized, so you can keep these core systems running. Two Zoltans in shields will let you have 1 shield bubble even against heavy ioning. Particularly helpful in pulsars. Another piece of advice for new players: Pause. A lot. Pausing lets you take your time with decisions. Do I need to use my bombs/missiles/drones/hacking for this enemy? Should I power shields or engines? Should I cloak a laser volley or a missile? Should I repair weapons or shields? Is it necessary to extinguish the fire right now or can it wait? Whenever you need to make a decision fast you should just pause instead. | ||
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Xafnia
Canada874 Posts
On April 10 2014 23:56 jampidampi wrote: I would rather have a Zoltan manning weapons/shields/engines than an Engi. The power they provide can't be ionized, so you can keep these core systems running. Two Zoltans in shields will let you have 1 shield bubble even against heavy ioning. Particularly helpful in pulsars. I did not know that. Engi B has to be the worst ship in the game. So bad. | ||
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
On April 11 2014 00:34 Xafnia wrote: I did not know that. Engi B has to be the worst ship in the game. So bad. Heh my first victory ever was with that ship layout. I don't mind it too much as long as you are able to pick up some crewmembers relatively quickly. It starts with a lot of drones, and while I usually sell the system repair drones early, the anti-personnel drone can be useful all game long. | ||
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jampidampi
Finland386 Posts
On April 11 2014 00:53 ZasZ. wrote: Heh my first victory ever was with that ship layout. I don't mind it too much as long as you are able to pick up some crewmembers relatively quickly. It starts with a lot of drones, and while I usually sell the system repair drones early, the anti-personnel drone can be useful all game long. If you're able to pick up some crewmembers, bordes shouldn't be a problem. Just vent the room they board and guide them to the medbay. Or watch them suffocate as they try to get past your upgraded doors. I would almost always sell the anti-personnel drone for doors 2 and 10 scrap. | ||
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Alzadar
Canada5009 Posts
On April 10 2014 17:36 puppykiller wrote: I disagree with some of the ship to ship advice. Artillery beam is like one of the easiest ways to win the game. Just make a defensive ship with cloak, drones, and hacking and watch your beam do all of the work. Rock B is better for teleportation because you can use firebombs to aid you to kill shit faster, mantis A and B are soso, and Slug B does better with cloning than a medbay Did they change it so the Federation Cruiser can get Cloaking? In vanilla it couldn't since the Artillery Beam replace the slot. | ||
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puppykiller
United States3137 Posts
Engi B is my favorite ship in the game because it makes no sense lol. I have a soft spot for tha ship. Pausing is lame... you're an RTS player so act like it! Personally I stick my zoltans in things like oxygen if I have a full crew. Otherwise I will put him in engines because if he has to leave his station it is less disorienting than losing a whole shield level or having a gun go offline. | ||
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Eliezar
United States481 Posts
Many of the other ships just can't be basically built to be invulnerable. Having said that, I haven't won on hard with the new stuff yet (also haven't played federation) so we'll see. | ||
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puppykiller
United States3137 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
But once i can defend vs rockets, its easy cruising, the beam not only eventually kills all ships, it also disables a lot of systems very easily. However, i have not played advanced yet. | ||
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jrkirby
United States1510 Posts
On April 11 2014 01:22 puppykiller wrote: You can cloak it. Engi B is my favorite ship in the game because it makes no sense lol. I have a soft spot for tha ship. Pausing is lame... you're an RTS player so act like it! Personally I stick my zoltans in things like oxygen if I have a full crew. Otherwise I will put him in engines because if he has to leave his station it is less disorienting than losing a whole shield level or having a gun go offline. In the advanced edition, this is less of a worry because the modules slowly dischage rather than losing the entire charge at once. | ||
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3772
Czech Republic434 Posts
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klup
France612 Posts
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