EPTBought 2 Burst Lasers before end boss and my mantis crew was op, but wow RNG is RNG.
Still best 10 euro i've spend on game since long time.
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Narw
Poland884 Posts
Bought 2 Burst Lasers before end boss and my mantis crew was op, but wow RNG is RNG. Still best 10 euro i've spend on game since long time. | ||
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Hesmyrr
Canada5776 Posts
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ShloobeR
Korea (South)3820 Posts
4 straight times that thing has just buttraped me mercilessly. I beat the first incarnation without taking a single hit and yet this one just kills me in a second. I use double DEFII drones and yet i still end up with like 2 assault drones and 8 breaches in my deck simultaneously and then there's like a power surge and four thousand attack droids are on me and every single system is failing and I go from 100% oxygen to -50% in 20 seconds because of the aforementioned breaches. I try to fight the assault drones with my (maxed out) mantis dudes but HURR there's no air so I can't do anything I just don't get what tactic you're supposed to use with the boss. Even when I take out the drone control with my missiles I still get those random 5 or so drones attacking me. | ||
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Qbek
Poland12923 Posts
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On September 29 2012 00:51 ShloobeR wrote: Can anybody explain to me what I'm supposed to do against the second incarnation of the boss??? (with the drones) 4 straight times that thing has just buttraped me mercilessly. I beat the first incarnation without taking a single hit and yet this one just kills me in a second. I use double DEFII drones and yet i still end up with like 2 assault drones and 8 breaches in my deck simultaneously and then there's like a power surge and four thousand attack droids are on me and every single system is failing and I go from 100% oxygen to -50% in 20 seconds because of the aforementioned breaches. I try to fight the assault drones with my (maxed out) mantis dudes but HURR there's no air so I can't do anything I just don't get what tactic you're supposed to use with the boss. Even when I take out the drone control with my missiles I still get those random 5 or so drones attacking me. I always rely on cloak to dodge the power surges, but it is still really hard. | ||
Spazer
Canada8033 Posts
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iGrok
United States5142 Posts
Just kill him first duhh | ||
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tyr
France1686 Posts
On September 29 2012 00:51 ShloobeR wrote: I use double DEFII drones That's the problem. Two def2 drones is 8 power. Which is absolutely ridiculous with extremely limited effect as far as I'm concerned. I prefer having 4 shields, 55% dodge and full weapons. I don't think I have used a single drone in my "serious" runs, ie. not playing a certain style and sticking to it. To get past phase 2 you basically have to fuck the boss up really quickly. Get his shields, then get his drone control thing. Repeatedly. Try to kill some crew in phase 1 so his repair effectiveness is lower. Try to kill more during phase 2. A big volley of lasers on a room with people repairing a module should do the trick. Also, don't forget cloak. It's a life saver. With 4 shields and 55% dodge, the power surge thing won't do anything pretty much, if you still get hit a lot, cloak and you'll be fine. | ||
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iGrok
United States5142 Posts
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On September 29 2012 01:05 tyr wrote: That's the problem. Two def2 drones is 8 power. Which is absolutely ridiculous with extremely limited effect as far as I'm concerned. I prefer having 4 shields, 55% dodge and full weapons. I don't think I have used a single drone in my "serious" runs, ie. not playing a certain style and sticking to it. To get past phase 2 you basically have to fuck the boss up really quickly. Get his shields, then get his drone control thing. Repeatedly. Try to kill some crew in phase 1 so his repair effectiveness is lower. Try to kill more during phase 2. A big volley of lasers on a room with people repairing a module should do the trick. Also, don't forget cloak. It's a life saver. With 4 shields and 55% dodge, the power surge thing won't do anything pretty much, if you still get hit a lot, cloak and you'll be fine. on my first attempt I was at 50% dodge with 4 shields and power surges still raped me  | ||
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Simberto
Germany11686 Posts
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DragonSharp
United States85 Posts
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iGrok
United States5142 Posts
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:13 iGrok wrote: Has anyone managed to win with the stealth ship? For the life of me i can't figure out how. With no shields i end up spending way too much on repairs tobe able to afford things. You can buy shields for 150 scraps at a store. I´ve gotten to phase 2 twice on normal but I didnt have any ion weapons, which makes phase 2 really hard. | ||
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randombum
United States2378 Posts
Like no matter what starting ship I use I eventually turn to a two mantis + teleporter combo. The only time this has backfired on me is when I relied on it so heavily I couldn't get past 4 shield + lvl 3 medbay the boss has. | ||
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
On September 29 2012 03:13 iGrok wrote: Has anyone managed to win with the stealth ship? For the life of me i can't figure out how. With no shields i end up spending way too much on repairs tobe able to afford things. The stealth ship is really good because you can basically take zero damage for ages if you are careful, especially with the two absolutely amazing starter weapons (best in the game imho) In fact, i advocate no shields until near the end really, you should go for a weapon layout that can basically alpha strike everything Requires a bit of luck though. | ||
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Coriolis
United States1152 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11686 Posts
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
On September 29 2012 09:03 Coriolis wrote: Honestly keep the two starting weapons pretty much forever, maybe upgrade to a pike beam/burst laser II later on. Whats more important is getting a bomb of some sort, it really doesn't matter what kind. Just something to nuke their shields with so your weapons can wreck everything else. I think you'll probably ditch the mini laser for a burst weapon later on since it's hard enough getting the enemy shields down Also only 3 weapon slots Even a burst laser 3 + bomb + dual laser should be good enough though. It is kinda tough dealing with 1 less slot, esp on the second stage A sys bomb makes things WAY easier | ||
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
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