Volunteering for either security detail or damage control, whichever gets me killed faster in the service of glorious message board.That's also why I suggested Serenity as a ship name. It's a journey where you get slowly picked apart.
Also, I suggest Indus for the ship title, seeing as the crew is not granted a quick death, but is rather forced to boil alive while they fall ever so slowly into the sun (until Fedayeen, but shush).
Knowing how these tend to work out, we'll probably be hoping for an end like that.
Also, I would of thought you guys would be fighting each other for the position of captain or gunnery officer. C'mon, guys!
I've no idea what this game's about but I demand humancy and a senior position!! With sexy humorous plotlines and comedic twists :/officially it's a rogue'alike (read rudimentary RPG) game where you have to cross a number of sectors with a message without getting smoked. also being Rogue'alike it is highly likely that some random encounter will overpower your ship and you will have to start the game again
officially it's a rogue'alike (read rudimentary RPG) game where you have to cross a number of sectors with a message without getting smoked. also being Rogue'alike it is highly likely that some random encounter will overpower your ship and you will have to start the game againThe thing with roguelikes is that more often then not, there was a decision you could of made at some point that would of saved you. If you actually remember to use EVERY resource at your disposal, you will probably do well.
officially it's a rogue'alike (read rudimentary RPG) game where you have to cross a number of sectors with a message without getting smoked. also being Rogue'alike it is highly likely that some random encounter will overpower your ship and you will have to start the game againThe thing with roguelikes is that more often then not, there was a decision you could of made at some point that would of saved you. If you actually remember to use EVERY resource at your disposal, you will probably do well.
Nice one Alex, buying now^^
Well, maybe someone can lend a hand...
How much drone parts do I need to actually use one?
And when upgrading the...engines, at some point it says "System Upgrade required"...uh? And how do I do this?
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Because I started playing this game, and I'll say that you're likely to party wipe multiple times.
yay i'm not dead yet
This game would be vastly more fun as an open-world thing rather than with the time limit.
Headdie has died of Space Dysentery.
Woah, that was close mate :)
But since you got that ship, you finished the game at least once, I'm still stuck with the Kestrel and an Engi ship.
As of now, I got lvl 2 shields, the burst laser and a hermes, till I get enough energy for both weapons, I micromanage them...Hermes to take out the shields, laser for the weapons...my pilot is an engi...should never do away missions without blue options^^
Realy? Started the Engi ship, got an Ion cannon, and some drones...but not the energy to power both, so I could choose: disable shield with one shot (they recharge as fast as the disruptor) or use a attack drone(same here)Woah, that was close mate :)
But since you got that ship, you finished the game at least once, I'm still stuck with the Kestrel and an Engi ship.
As of now, I got lvl 2 shields, the burst laser and a hermes, till I get enough energy for both weapons, I micromanage them...Hermes to take out the shields, laser for the weapons...my pilot is an engi...should never do away missions without blue options^^
I find the Engi ship really helped me get through my first run, I lucked out and got two attack drones and a defence drone, a decent crew (with plenty of mantises - important for the final fight) and full shields, plus several ions. That was a pretty much indestructible ship for taking out the Flagship. I suggest that the Torus might be easier than the Kestrel for your first victory. The Kestrel is versatile, but I find that can often cause problems getting it properly kitted out.
I get DROWNED in drones...despite having a Defense Drone Mk2..
And what sucks the most is the randomness of the items you get. You can end up with weapons that suck so much against the boss you simply cannot win the game.
And what sucks the most is the randomness of the items you get. You can end up with weapons that suck so much against the boss you simply cannot win the game.
Roguelikes are not designed to be balanced. Merely supposedly winnable.
Have an Ion Blaster aimed at their drone controller - it wont stop him from launching those swarms but as long as the system ionized the drones will go out one by one
And what sucks the most is the randomness of the items you get. You can end up with weapons that suck so much against the boss you simply cannot win the game.
Roguelikes are not designed to be balanced. Merely supposedly winnable.
Am I supposed to like that?Have an Ion Blaster aimed at their drone controller - it wont stop him from launching those swarms but as long as the system ionized the drones will go out one by one
that's assuming your'e lucky enough to get an Ion Blaster.
What happens if oyu got mostly missile weapons? And the enemy flagship has 2 defense drones? you are frakked.
Koba Yashi Maru, my friend ...
EDIT: That is: Accept that you have lost, analyse how you played and try again ... It's not like a playthrough takes you several days (it's 2,5 houres max for me) so you can easily go back to square one and start over (maybe with a playthrough just to unlock a new layout)
And how do you do such things?Koba Yashi Maru, my friend ...
EDIT: That is: Accept that you have lost, analyse how you played and try again ... It's not like a playthrough takes you several days (it's 2,5 houres max for me) so you can easily go back to square one and start over (maybe with a playthrough just to unlock a new layout)
When life gives you lemons, take those lemons and showe them down lifes throat.
I just modded the game to facilite better scrap income and an improved starting ship. (2x burst laser III's niggaz!)
Kobayashi Maru indeed.
And how do you do such things?Koba Yashi Maru, my friend ...
EDIT: That is: Accept that you have lost, analyse how you played and try again ... It's not like a playthrough takes you several days (it's 2,5 houres max for me) so you can easily go back to square one and start over (maybe with a playthrough just to unlock a new layout)
When life gives you lemons, take those lemons and showe them down lifes throat.
I just modded the game to facilite better scrap income and an improved starting ship. (2x burst laser III's niggaz!)
Kobayashi Maru indeed.
Don't upgrade shields! Upgrade engines!
Fully upgraded engines give you a 50% dodge chance if both engines and bridge are manned ... allowing you to dodge missiles and bombs which go through shields
When life gives you lemons, take those lemons and showe them down lifes throat.
I just modded the game to facilite better scrap income and an improved starting ship. (2x burst laser III's niggaz!)
Kobayashi Maru indeed.
Signing up to man the guns on our glorious Kestrel. Though really, it ought to be "weapons".What? You aren't going to be the captain of the Rebel Flagship this time?
What? You aren't going to be the captain of the Rebel Flagship this time?
What? You aren't going to be the captain of the Rebel Flagship this time?
Playing the adversary is only fun when they take an active role in the story as whole.
When life gives you lemons, take those lemons and showe them down lifes throat.And how do you do such things?
I just modded the game to facilite better scrap income and an improved starting ship. (2x burst laser III's niggaz!)
Kobayashi Maru indeed.
Oh, put me up as shield/security officer... or captain.
I'd reccomed you start a game with increased crew numbers (yes, it's a mod...yes, I can put it up)
I -only- want to be able to modify and rename the ship's starting crew, for the purposes of having everyone who wants to be a crewmember at start. If I do a third playthrough, could I get you to modify the starting crew for me? Thanks.
Oh god, three stages? Say it ain't so.
Open command prompt.Well I got how to come to the stage where I can fidle with the xml files...but don't get them to bake a new data.dat file...and I'm using exactly your instructions o.O
Copy the data.dat file from the game/resources into ..let's say d:\modding
run the following command:
ftldat unpack d:\modding\data.dat d:\extracted
and it will create a data.dat-unpacked folder. (you can re-name it if you wish..it's easier)
Edit the files in the folder and then run the opposite command
ftldat pack d:\modding\data.dat d:\extracted\data.dat-unpacked (or whatever you re-named it)
Presto. You get your new data.dat file
Plop it in the game and play
Hm...I can't find any screenshots I made. WTF does Steam put them????
Or....use breach and fire bombs and focus fire on the O2 systems. Let them all die.
Or....use breach and fire bombs and focus fire on the O2 systems. Let them all die.
Tried that - doesn't work
As soon as all crew members of the flagship are dead there is a pop-up telling you that an AI has taken control of the ship and continues fighting
Fought the flagship once so far and notice the fire control rooms seem to be independent of the rest of the ship so can the crew move into those rooms to repair the fire control if you destroy it and kill the crew member
Or....use breach and fire bombs and focus fire on the O2 systems. Let them all die.
Tried that - doesn't work
As soon as all crew members of the flagship are dead there is a pop-up telling you that an AI has taken control of the ship and continues fighting
Hm...the Zoltan Elder usualyl gives you some nice stuff. Some special stuff.
Also, I don't recal manually searching the wreckage resulting in crew death. Some hull damage IIRC. Possibly a pirate attack.
I've never seen the Zoltan Elder kill someone; occasionally cause a fight, but not kill.I did, one of my rockmen aged backwards and disappeared...
Mate, I once entered the boss fight with 40 missiles...and during the second engagement...I ran out of them...tough luck^^
You could have bought a second Scrap Recovery Arm...you should have bought a second scrap recover arm.
The profitssssss
(http://i.imgur.com/Fb75e.png)he did get one
But the shop had a lot of good stuff with not enough scrap to buy it all - I really had to ponder my purchasing decisions in that particular shop.
A drone recovery arm allows you to be far more aggressive about how you use your drones, as you are unlikely to ever run out. Additionally, the drone parts saved by the recovery arm can instead be used for hull repair drones, as opposed to having a repair arm eat up your scrap.
I have since figured out that stacking similar enhancements is a very good way to get nice stats.
niclely done unlocking the rock cruiserWas a bit underwhelming actually.
niclely done unlocking the rock cruiserWas a bit underwhelming actually.
I was expecting, I dunno, some huge ship-consuming inferno, or at least for the rock ship to stay around longer then it did. The solar flares were hardly given any time to pick apart my ship - most normal battles last longer.
How did you unlock the second pattern?All alternate layouts for ships are unlocked through ship-specific achievements.
I dont think I have even found that encounter yet. sofar have:The Type B Engi Ship doesn't allow for the same type of drone spam as the Type A does. Can't really ditch those sys repair and anti-personnel drones when you start with only 1 crewmember. In fact, even with four crewmembers you might still want to keep at least some of those drones.
Engi ship which is a good alrounder once you get a burst laser to complement the Ion, and it's alt layout
stealth ship, lots of potential in that one but cant seem to get the best out of itStealth Ship is very much a glass cannon, especially the Type B variant which comes with a glaive beam (!) Your top priority should be saving up for and buying a shield system, although with the Type B Stealth Ship finding a weapon pre-igniter early on would lead to much hilarity.
Zoltan Cruiser which is very meh imho but then only run it once so might not be giving it a fair chanceType A Zoltan Cruiser is absolutely horrid for damage control, and trying to put out fires in particular. The Engine Room, Shield Systems, and Weapon Systems are all right next to each other, and arranged in such a way that venting the engine room into space will also vent the weapons and shields!
You should have kept the reloader and ditched the drone recovery arm.Too late, already recorded a huge segment of my playthrough :P Can't use any of your so-called 'advice' in this run :D
I'll just toss this in here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nwDzKRRPE
Oh BTW Steam is using the screenshot of the "Shivan" paintjob on the store page for the game. Congrats!
Whoops yeah, there's a slight difference in that one UI window is up on Hartnet's and not theirs. Nevermind, I'm a derp. :(Oh BTW Steam is using the screenshot of the "Shivan" paintjob on the store page for the game. Congrats!
It was doing that on release day. I think they're just hard to tell apart.
Why do you only send 1 guy over to board? I?m sure oyu cna spare one more from one of the less important positions.
I volounteer for boarding suport.
I warned them. I warned them not to buy those mashrooms and eat them. That vendor was shiftier than a slug, why was the only one to see it?"Obnoxious little frog."
Ya know, I expected the crew to be sick or chained to a restroom for a while, but what happened was crazier. Can you say halucianations? Those shrooms got everyone high and the effects started manifestign suddenly.