They really need to tone down the amount of misses late game. Its pretty damn stupid when you cant even damage the engine to increase hit chance
Third playthrough, decided to try it on easy and made it to the last sector but I was killed before I got to the flagship. I think what really fucked me over were a couple of fights where there was an insane amount of misses which depleted all my missiles and then not being able to find a store to get enough more to get through a whole sector was an issue, meaning I get boarded and the intruders do more damage while I try to destroy the enemy ships and stuff. I had more or less lost the last battle half-way through the game but now I have a better idea of what I'll come up against next time I guess. Now to do it on normal.
Is it better to go for evasion and dodging or simply upgrade your shield?
Dodging is great for evading missiles, shields are good against lasers. But laser can also miss. What is a better choice?
[QUOTE=junker|154;37806534]Is it better to go for evasion and dodging or simply upgrade your shield?
Dodging is great for evading missiles, shields are good against lasers. But laser can also miss. What is a better choice?[/QUOTE]
There's no better option, it's a choice, that you have to make on your own based on pros and cons you already described.
[QUOTE=junker|154;37806534]Is it better to go for evasion and dodging or simply upgrade your shield?
Dodging is great for evading missiles, shields are good against lasers. But laser can also miss. What is a better choice?[/QUOTE]
I usually max shields, and then try for 40% evade. If you've got defence bots you will probably do fine with a focus on shields.
Should I get the Glavie beam or Burst Laser Mark III? Come to a shop that offers both and I have enough money for 1 of them. I have an Ion Blast II as well so I will disable shields with that and then use my main weapon to rape. So which one should I go for?
[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;37806986]Should I get the Glavie beam or Burst Laser Mark III? Come to a shop that offers both and I have enough money for 1 of them. I have an Ion Blast II as well so I will disable shields with that and then use my main weapon to rape. So which one should I go for?[/QUOTE]
I'd go for the beam because it can't miss and takes out multiple modules per shot. If you can keep shields down then beam > laser.
Cheers, I'll do that.
[QUOTE=Jack Trades;37806575]There's no better option, it's a choice, that you have to make on your own based on pros and cons you already described.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I thought so. The game is laid out that way.
I just had a run where I had constantly bad luck and my Kestral got fucked over so many times. Always near death and on the verge of destruction. My weapons sucked so much and I generally played bad. But somehow I nearly managed to destroy the flagship :v: I spammed my last missiles.
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/FTL.jpg[/img]
Did anyone else just get a 7MB update?
[QUOTE=junker|154;37807133]Yeah, I thought so. The game is laid out that way.
I just had a run where I had constantly bad luck and my Kestral got fucked over so many times. Always near death and on the verge of destruction. My weapons sucked so much and I generally played bad. But somehow I nearly managed to destroy the flagship :v: I spammed my last missiles.
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/FTL.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
That's only the first stage lol
Oh crap, it gets even worse? :v:
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Also who bought this on GoG? How can I actually update my game?
[thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/GOG_ShipArt2.jpg[/thumb]
Can someone make a replacement with the more detailed version?
[editline]2th September 2013[/editline]
where are my saves at? i broke my game with mods :v:
Wait what he left looks way better.
I keep fucking up right before I get a new ship, I either choose the wrong option or something else happens
FUCK
I'm sick of using the Kestral all the time
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;37807659]Wait what he left looks way better.[/QUOTE]
I guess it's because the high quality on the left would take way longer to build all the other ships with
Tbh they should start updating them to high quality because at the moment the ships look like they should be in a flash game, which isn't terribad but this is a commercial game now
Engi is easy to unlock and actually really damn good, you just have to adapt your playstyle.
Engi masterrace!
[IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/Faster-Than-Light_avatar-engi.jpg[/IMG]
No I've got the engi and stealth ships but I'm sick of them
Also Engi are good on your ship but you're fucked if someone boards.
Engi aren't master race
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Plus Engi can't be too smart considering they designed a ship for combat WITHOUT SHIELDS
Only issue I see with the high def ship style there is the scaling doesn't seem to fit anymore... with every room divided into squares like that, the engine room would need to be 3 spaces wide in order to allow easy access to the console in the center like that.
Plus, what is that room next to Helm?
[editline]26th September 2012[/editline]
Additionally, half of those rooms have 2 consoles.
[QUOTE=WhatAmI;37807749]No I've got the engi and stealth ships but I'm sick of them
Also Engi are good on your ship but you're fucked if someone boards.
Engi aren't master race
[editline]26th September 2012[/editline]
Plus Engi can't be too smart considering they designed a ship for combat WITHOUT SHIELDS[/QUOTE]
The Engi ship is GLORIOUS
the stealth cruiser? Utter Crap.
Today I discovered the magical work of art that is the Anti-Bio Beam. Cost me 50 scrap to get it and another 20 to upgrade reactor power.
In 2 jumps I made back that money and then some. I should try doing a boarding run at some point.
[QUOTE=swampie;37807589][thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/GOG_ShipArt2.jpg[/thumb]
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So basically they made it look worse because they were lazy? That's the only thing I can imagine would make them drop that style.
God I want that first artstyle so bad.
Hopefully with the financial success of the game, they'll work more on the art, among other things.
[QUOTE=EcksDee;37807962]So basically they made it look worse because they were lazy? That's the only thing I can imagine would make them drop that style.
God I want that first artstyle so bad.
Hopefully with the financial success of the game, they'll work more on the art, among other things.[/QUOTE]
The Current artstyle is much more clear and new player friendly
[QUOTE=The Jack;37808002]The Current artstyle is much more clear and new player friendly[/QUOTE]
That it is. While I would prefer the first artstyle, the second was seems easier for newer players to get a grasp on. Not to mention the slightly lower detail is easier to produce for the 50 some odd ships they had to make for the game.
[QUOTE=EcksDee;37807962]So basically they made it look worse because they were lazy? That's the only thing I can imagine would make them drop that style.
God I want that first artstyle so bad.
Hopefully with the financial success of the game, they'll work more on the art, among other things.[/QUOTE]
This kind of shows that they rushed it to just sack the money with the game being done and them not having any responsibilities anymore.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;37806743]I usually max shields, and then try for 40% evade. If you've got defence bots you will probably do fine with a focus on shields.[/QUOTE]
32% evade and max shields was enough so that I was p much immune to the 1st flagships attacks after i had destroyed it's missile launcher.
[QUOTE=SEKCobra;37808520]This kind of shows that they rushed it to just sack the money with the game being done and them not having any responsibilities anymore.[/QUOTE]
So they MADE a more complex group of visuals and then scrapped them for more simple ones.. purely for money and time efficiency?
No. I do like the old style... But then we'd have people running over the engines and computers. It would take longer for us to internaly learn what's what. I mean sure you can LEARN that the engine graphic thing represents the engine. But you can KNOW that the engine symbol means engine.
[img]http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/23/feb96975e6324dee899a577.png[/img]
Zoltans. Best damn bakers in the galaxy.
You realize you can just slap the symbols ontop?
[QUOTE=The Jack;37808943]
No. I do like the old style... But then we'd have people running over the engines and computers. It would take longer for us to internaly learn what's what. I mean sure you can LEARN that the engine graphic thing represents the engine. But you can KNOW that the engine symbol means engine.[/QUOTE]
if you'll notice with the graphics in-game, it still has all of the computers and shit in the rooms, it's just faded, so people are still running over computers. The icons for the rooms are just superimposed on top, and so are the doors.
right now the game looks like something that you would find on newgrounds or somewhere similar.
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