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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-10 19:16:33
October 10 2013 19:14 GMT
#4881
The way to name Pokemon is to pick a progaming team and name yourself after the coach. Your final team should be the team's starting lineup while all the filler Pokemon/HM Slaves/etc. are the B-teamers and dysfunctional teammates that team went through to get there.

On October 11 2013 04:10 Slayer91 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 03:59 ticklishmusic wrote:
FTL too hard

I name mine after characters from Game of Thrones because everyone dies


wat
did they introduce a hard difficulty yet
there was like easy and normal and once i won normal a couple times i didnt care too muc hbout unlocking all the ships
just stack enough of everything and rapp with beams

The game is cool when you have to make do with the Kestrel. Unlocking ships eventually ruins the fun because some of the ships make beating the game way too easy, so all there is to do left is unlock more ships and get achievements, which are in large part just RNG.
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Tooplark
Profile Joined October 2008
United States3977 Posts
October 10 2013 19:17 GMT
#4882
Some FTL tips for the final fight:
Try to bring crew teleporter and cloaking. For weapons, ion bomb, lots of ion weapons, or large amounts of lasers recommended.
Stage 1: save cloaking for when the mothership fires missiles. You want to blow up the weapons as fast as possible, then kill the crew in the weapons spaces. You can also just teleport a couple dudes into the compartment, and if they have enough combat skill they should be able to tear the weapons apart fast enough. IMPORTANT: Do not kill the mothership until you have destroyed all its weapons and killed the crew manning them. Do not kill the mothership until all your dudes are back on your ship. And most of all, do not kill all the mothership's crew. As long as at least one survives, you're fine.
Once you have all the weapons down, kill whatever crew you can as long as you don't kill all of them, and then destroy the mothership.
Stage 2: save cloaking for when the mothership has a drone overload. Again, take out the missiles, then the other weapons, ASAP. They will be fully repaired even though you destroyed them last fight. Fortunately, they won't be manned. Kill them, then focus on disabling the drones. Sometimes you'll just get straight-up RNG'd here and there's nothing you can do. Having huge engines and a well-trained pilot is recommended.
Stage 3: save cloaking for when the mothership fires a barrage. Take out the missiles, then the other weapons. This is actually the easiest part of the fight, as long as you have cloaking. If you don't, there's a moderate chance you'll get completely dicked out of nowhere.
WHAT POW'R ART THOU WHO FROM BELOW HAST MADE ME RISE UNWILLINGLY AND SLOW
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
October 10 2013 19:20 GMT
#4883
2-step guide for people having trouble beating FTL:
1) Unlock the Kestrel B
2) Collect freewins
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Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
October 10 2013 19:21 GMT
#4884
I can't into unlocking of the ships, still only have engi and normal kestrel
Glorious SEA doto
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
October 10 2013 19:22 GMT
#4885
Yango should make some kind of infomercial with those lists
Bronze player stuck in platinum
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
October 10 2013 19:26 GMT
#4886
On October 11 2013 04:22 Nos- wrote:
Yango should make some kind of infomercial with those lists

Yango's secret to all things gaming. Only 5 small payments of $99.99, to unlock the secret of all things gaming!
liftlift > tsm
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-10 19:37:56
October 10 2013 19:26 GMT
#4887
On October 11 2013 04:20 TheYango wrote:
2-step guide for people having trouble beating FTL:
1) Unlock the Kestrel B
2) Collect freewins


I agree Kestrel B is pretty good, but I don't think its a free win. I think the easiest ship/layout for me to get a win was Mantis Cruiser B, and it wasn't even close (beat it on the first try on normal). Having a 4 man teleporter is just so strong early.

I haven't gotten either of the slug or the crystal ships though.

Edit: Wait are we talking about the actual Kestrel B or the Osprey. I assumed you meant the second one. :>
JonGalt
Profile Joined February 2013
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
October 10 2013 19:28 GMT
#4888
On October 11 2013 03:33 Requizen wrote:
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On October 11 2013 03:32 jcarlsoniv wrote:
Their Pokemon name is their identity.

You wouldn't name your son Human would you? Are you going to name your cat Cat?

MONSTER.


Funny enough I see a lot of people name their cats "Katse" which is just cat in sesotho. I actually really like the name and am gonna call any cat I get either Katse or Hobbes (but only if he looks like it).

My emerald nuzlocke begins right now.
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Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
October 10 2013 19:29 GMT
#4889
On October 11 2013 04:28 JonGalt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 03:33 Requizen wrote:
On October 11 2013 03:32 jcarlsoniv wrote:
Their Pokemon name is their identity.

You wouldn't name your son Human would you? Are you going to name your cat Cat?

MONSTER.


Funny enough I see a lot of people name their cats "Katse" which is just cat in sesotho. I actually really like the name and am gonna call any cat I get either Katse or Hobbes (but only if he looks like it).

My emerald nuzlocke begins right now.

MUDKIP MUDKIP MUDKIP
It's your boy Guzma!
Doctorbeat
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands13241 Posts
October 10 2013 19:30 GMT
#4890
On another note, finally got my last thing in Binding of Isaac: 200 Mom kills. Already got Platinum God, but now I have that too.
- TEAM LIQUID - doctorbeat on LoL
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
October 10 2013 19:34 GMT
#4891
On October 11 2013 04:26 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 04:22 Nos- wrote:
Yango should make some kind of infomercial with those lists

Yango's secret to all things gaming. Only 5 small payments of $99.99, to unlock the secret of all things gaming!

1). Make lists and do math
2). Collect free E-sports dollars
Bronze player stuck in platinum
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
October 10 2013 19:42 GMT
#4892
On October 11 2013 03:12 Requizen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2013 03:07 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
On October 11 2013 02:41 Requizen wrote:
I think what I'm going to do for my run is let OT choose my starter and naming scheme. Because I love you guys.

Name them off of TL memes.

FishPuns, Romanians, Pokemon, RequizenSucks, They'reallAsians, Mathies, RufflesHaveRidges, etc

I will excommunicate you from the church.

Unchain my heart pls
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
October 10 2013 19:43 GMT
#4893
I like Ghandi's idea, "NA>EU" plz.
liftlift > tsm
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-10 20:11:08
October 10 2013 20:10 GMT
#4894
I played only with the original Kestrel, and didn't really try much with any of the other ships, but i never used crew teleporters or cloaking, seems like a lot of wasted money when you can just stack on some defensive drones and high level shields and then have like 3 auto fire beams

i guess i just think they're gimmicky and like to win man mode lol
Doctorbeat
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands13241 Posts
October 10 2013 20:13 GMT
#4895
On October 11 2013 05:10 Slayer91 wrote:
I played only with the original Kestrel, and didn't really try much with any of the other ships, but i never used crew teleporters or cloaking, seems like a lot of wasted money when you can just stack on some defensive drones and high level shields and then have like 3 auto fire beams

i guess i just think they're gimmicky and like to win man mode lol


Same for me. Beams+Missiles and a defense drone (lvl 1 or 2, doesn't matter that much, lvl 2 drones can be pretty stupid) all the way to victory.
- TEAM LIQUID - doctorbeat on LoL
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
October 10 2013 20:18 GMT
#4896
They should release a hard difficulty so you really have to min max this shit to win
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
October 10 2013 20:23 GMT
#4897
Cloaking is definitely more cost-efficient than the later defensive upgrades.
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zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-10 20:33:24
October 10 2013 20:31 GMT
#4898
On October 11 2013 05:10 Slayer91 wrote:
I played only with the original Kestrel, and didn't really try much with any of the other ships, but i never used crew teleporters or cloaking, seems like a lot of wasted money when you can just stack on some defensive drones and high level shields and then have like 3 auto fire beams

i guess i just think they're gimmicky and like to win man mode lol


Hardly wasted money. I did beat the game with the Osprey with neither drones or cloak, but it was an absolute pain in the butt.

Probably the most reliable way of consistently beating the flagship involves both the cloak and boarders. At least if you're looking at it from the persepctive of you will almost always be able to purchase a cloak and teleporter and then build your ship around it.

Also they unlock blue options for events, which tend to give way more loot, so they pay for themselves if you buy them early enough. Cloaking in particular unlocks a ton of blue options.
Pooshlmer
Profile Joined August 2008
United States1001 Posts
October 10 2013 20:35 GMT
#4899
The problem with making it harder is that the weapons have clear tiers, so it could be reduced to whether you find that Burst Laser II or not.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
October 10 2013 20:39 GMT
#4900
Boarding is the best way to not get owned by RNG if you're just trying to beat the game. Non-boarding strategies require either shop RNG for good weapons or require that you play the Federation Cruiser and abuse Artillery Beam.
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