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Tried a normal run with B layout, but I couldn't get a decent fucking weapon no matter how many stores I tried, when I got to the final boss with my 4 starting lasers, i just turned off my oxygen, opened all my doors, and let my guys suffocate.
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ThaZenith
Canada3116 Posts
Tried a normal run with B layout, but I couldn't get a decent fucking weapon no matter how many stores I tried, when I got to the final boss with my 4 starting lasers, i just turned off my oxygen, opened all my doors, and let my guys suffocate. | ||
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Tal
United Kingdom1017 Posts
Just a question - are drones ever worth it? It seems like such an epic trial to get any running, and then they eat lots of power and drone parts. | ||
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Scaramanga
Australia8091 Posts
On October 02 2012 11:30 Tal wrote: I bought this yesterday, and I love it. You have so many choices, all the time. You can take your ship in a lot of different directions, and always seem to be on the edge of doom. It's so exciting Just a question - are drones ever worth it? It seems like such an epic trial to get any running, and then they eat lots of power and drone parts. To counter against rockets a defense drone is worth it, a breaching drone is also good but I wouldn't put any more than 5 points into the system. If you come across the drone retraction arm or something along those lines, which lets you reclaim drone parts, then drones are well worth it. With the Zoltan ship achievements, is the reactor the engine? | ||
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seRapH
United States9777 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
My setup: Starting ship B Basic Laser x 3, Burst Laser II Lvl 1 cloak Teleporter Maxed out shield and evade I quickly used the teleporter to take out the triple rockets, and cloaked for the first round of rockets. Cloak for all power surges. After that my lasers chewed through everything. | ||
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poor newb
United States1879 Posts
kestrel type A 2 x burst laser II 1 x burst laser I lvl 3 shields lvl 1 cloak max reactor forgot engines lvl, its not maxed defense drone mk II + drone control weapon preigniter 2x automatic reloader burst laser II is like the best weapon in the game, it's basically gg when i found a second one, i couldnt find a forth weapon but didnt even need it i didnt max shields and engine because they are too expensive at the final lvls, instead i found a defense drone mk 2 near the end and i decided to try it because i cant use my scrap elsewhere and it was definitely worth it between my drone, my evade and my cloak, nothing much ever hits me, and once i pew pew down their shield generator in 1-2 volleys its gg | ||
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ShloobeR
Korea (South)3820 Posts
On October 02 2012 14:01 Chairman Ray wrote: I just beat the final boss after several tries. I didn't even lose a single life. My setup: Starting ship B Basic Laser x 3, Burst Laser II Lvl 1 cloak Teleporter Maxed out shield and evade I quickly used the teleporter to take out the triple rockets, and cloaked for the first round of rockets. Cloak for all power surges. After that my lasers chewed through everything. , howhowwwwwwwwwww | ||
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MisterD
Germany1338 Posts
On October 02 2012 09:56 Spazer wrote: Level 2 is sufficient to dodge the entirety of the phase 2 power surge. It's not strictly necessary since your shields will probably be able to soak up the remaining damage after decloaking, but if you have spare scrap, you might as well use it. For phase 3, depowering cloak to level 1 is optimal to reduce the recharge time. This is correct. As long as you have 40% evade, the extra 60% from cloak means you will dodge any incoming salvo. yes of course cloak can dodge on route projectiles, but not if your helm is unmanned or down or engines are down. That's what i'm saying. you can just go "oh i pull everyone off to repair this thing and when he shoots i cloak", you do cloak then but you don't evade anything, so any projectiles on route WILL hit you despite cloak. | ||
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Eviscerador
Spain286 Posts
Most of the time I arrived last sector, I just had starting lasers and maybe 2 or 3 shields with 35% evade. And 0 scrap. | ||
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Spidinko
Slovakia1174 Posts
$9 on this game would be much better spent than on the more expensive and mediocore dinner in TGIF I had yesterday. QQ | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
On October 02 2012 19:41 Spidinko wrote: On gog it doesn't mention linux. It was supposed to run on linux as well. Does anyone know whether it's working or not? $9 on this game would be much better spent than on the more expensive and mediocore dinner in TGIF I had yesterday. QQ http://www.ftlgame.com/?p=426 Steam! Costs $9.99 in the US Windows and Mac only. (FTL will be on the Linux beta in a few months but not now) Standard Steam conversions of £6.99 / €9.99 / 249 rubles / $7.99 in CIS territories. GOG.com! Costs $9.99 in all regions. DRM free build for Windows only! You will also receive a few bonus items: 5 songs from the soundtrack, a mini-artbook, wallpapers & avatars. Our Website!! DRM-free builds for Windows, Mac and Linux. Costs $9.99 in all regions (you can give us a tip too). You will also receive a Steam key. | ||
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Spidinko
Slovakia1174 Posts
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Spazer
Canada8033 Posts
On October 02 2012 18:58 Eviscerador wrote: I don't understand how you are capable of getting to the end with cloak and fully upgraded ship. Most of my scrap is used to repair the ship, and you can't do a lot of scouting due to fuel shortage and rebel wave. Most of the time I arrived last sector, I just had starting lasers and maybe 2 or 3 shields with 35% evade. And 0 scrap. The core of the game is scrap efficiency. Any scrap spent on repairs is scrap which could've been spent on fuel/upgrades. Thus, the goal is to minimize any damage caused to your ship. How you achieve this is entirely up to you. | ||
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Emnjay808
United States10660 Posts
Ended up using engi ship with 2 Anti Ship (rank 1) drones and one Defense Drone (rank 1). Coupled with Default Ion Blaster and Rank 1 Burst and Rank 1 Laser weapons. I finally learned that you should level your shields and engine to at least rank 3. Ended up with 3 layers of shields and 40% evasion (with experienced crew). Man that was really fun. Im gonna try hard to unlock the other ships now ^_^ | ||
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Spazer
Canada8033 Posts
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Schickysc
Canada380 Posts
After reading this thread I may have to give it a try anyway. | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On October 03 2012 11:29 Schickysc wrote: My best friend has been playing this (can see him on steam always). Him and I usually have equal interests in games, but for some reason I just cannot see myself playing this. I guess maybe because I have never been a fan of space games. After reading this thread I may have to give it a try anyway. I got the game b/c of this thread. I thought I was going to hate it. 6 hours later and so many dead comrades... so many dead... | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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ThaZenith
Canada3116 Posts
Here's my ship 1 second before i blew up the final boss. + Show Spoiler + I was drowning in missiles this game, and was never low on fuel either. Also managed to get the crystal guy, though not in time to try and get the crystal ship. Breach missile OP. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/27TL3.jpg) Here's my stats, won easy on 8th play, normal on 10th. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/pkMXY.png) Fun game, worth playing, though I think I'm done with it. I rarely play games past beating them. Just a couple tips that might help a bit if anyone's just starting. + Show Spoiler + Make sure you pause a lot! The game is too fast to do without pausing to issue orders/think/micromanage everything. Being able to beam over your crew is awesome because killing their crew without killing their ship results in more resources on winning. Not to mention chances of free crew members, extra weapons/tech, etc. The earlier you can do this the better, the extra crap you get really adds up. And laser weapons are obviously the way to go, beam weapons are vendor trash. Missiles can be good in certain situations, but it's important to be able to get through their shields without relying on them. Drones are a heavy investment if you want them to help a lot, I personally didn't find them worth it past one defense drone to help with missiles. And that's useless against the boss, it shoots three missiles at once, and you'll probably be disabling it right away anyway. | ||
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AntiGrav1ty
Germany2310 Posts
Ended up with: Drone recovery arm Stealth systems Weapon charger Ion Blast II Burst Laser II Ion Bomb Anti Ship Drone I Anti Ship Drone I Anti Ship Drone II Was probably the easiest run I've ever had. With the drones and ion blast enemy shields went down really fast. Burst laser and Ion bomb can then either target shield or weapon systems. Stealth to dodge triple rockets before they are taken out or the power surge drones in Phase 2. I think i took less then 5 hull damage during all 3 Bossfights. Not so lucky with unlocking new ships though. I don't seem to get the special events in the respective homeworlds. | ||
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