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FTL: a game about managing a spaceship in an infinite galaxy
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Yep, the game also makes me want to hunt out all those achievements. Will keep me busy for a while I guess.
My best helper was a heavy attack drone (and 4 basic shots). Helped me to get down even the 4 shield boss. I couldnt repair myself in between the next boss fight though and got helplessly massacred then
I saw the in-game achievements, but only now noticed that there are no Steam achievements. Kinda odd, ah well.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Anyone has any tips? The end boss is hard even on easy settings. Using the Engi ship at the moment.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
Does anyone know if you're more likely to pick up crew members of a certain race in one of their controlled zones? Or are you just more likely to run into a certain enemy type. I really want some more ships/configurations and I need alien crew members for those events/achievements.
Yeah I agree with that. In Binding of Isaac, there was a huge amount of luck for sure, but how you "spent" that luck made a big difference - usually for the better. Going straight for powerup rooms, spending bombs finding secret rooms, using hearts/armor on sacrifice rooms...those all affected the playthroughs a lot. So far, with FTL, it's been "should I spend this scrap now, or save it for a shop".
Yeah I agree with that. In Binding of Isaac, there was a huge amount of luck for sure, but how you "spent" that luck made a big difference - usually for the better. Going straight for powerup rooms, spending bombs finding secret rooms, using hearts/armor on sacrifice rooms...those all affected the playthroughs a lot. So far, with FTL, it's been "should I spend this scrap now, or save it for a shop".
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
Another question: is there any benefit to actually completing an escort quest? You get some reward for it immediately, I know. But when when you actually get to the quest site, it seems just like a normal event. You don't get any significantly better rewards for completing it, do you?
Got to the third or fourth galaxy in my first try, any tips what I should focus on with my weapons and what to upgrade? Shield seemed like a good thing to do but I never got past the standard starting weapons and was always out of money when I got to a shop :/
Edit: Or are there any sites with some helpful stuff? Couldn't figure out what to do with the drone parts e.g.
Edit: Or are there any sites with some helpful stuff? Couldn't figure out what to do with the drone parts e.g.
I think they're more likely to be store recruitable in their zones, but many of the events you're mentioning are also exclusive to said zones as well.
It just depends, sometimes you get an extra reward, sometimes a shop, sometimes a fight.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
For the drone parts, you need a "Drone Controller" system on your ship, which has 2 slots for different Drone Schematics. Launching one of the drones from the controller costs a drone part.
I got no advice for you though, since I've barely gotten to sector 4 and also seem to run low on money. I'm going back and watching some of The Idle Thumbs Saturday Morning Live Stream from a few weeks ago to see how Chris was playing. One good tip I've picked up so far is not bothering to repair your ship to 100%, since there are repair events and also if you're gonna get blown up, an extra 10% health wont help you that much.
It completely depends on which ship you start with.
With the first ship - layout B, I didnt upgrad anything on my ship up to sector 4 and did pretty well, only buying stuff from the shops.
With my current ship, I NEED more ion weapons/drones to start so I'll probably restart the game until I find a drone/extra ion weapon in the first store.
And with the first ship - layout A, I didnt buy anything in shops at all and got pretty far... *shrugs* All just depends on what you have currently.
Thanks, I pobably should just play a little bit around anyways to figure some stuff out, it's a rogue-like afterall.
Yeah, luck definitely plays a big part. Remember though bliz, sometimes luck works out for you in a big way. I'm glad there are interesting achievements. Those'll add some replay value to it once I finally get to the end. I think the dev is also working on a mode that'll let you fight tougher and better equipped ships post game until you bite it.
In light of me wanting to know more, I came across this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c_QY0dnI-M
Some guy just plays through it and is quite funny. He also has a British accent! Can't say no to that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c_QY0dnI-M
Some guy just plays through it and is quite funny. He also has a British accent! Can't say no to that.
Affeinvasion
Member
This game is worth the price for sure, but boy is it hard. The most intense battle was against some slugs where my o2 was disabled and they were planning on using fire bombs. All power to weapons and drones and won with 51 oxygen.
goldsoundz
Member
I'm having a hard time noticing if putting more than one crew member in a room makes any difference in recharge times or stats, so maybe you dudes can answer that for me instead.
Yes, you get Windows/Mac/Linux DRM free, and Steam-key as well if you want.
Only one dude can help the stats at a time, but more than one dude can repair at the same time.
Yep.
Fragamemnon
Member
Only one crewmember is used when determining bonuses for occupying one of the station rooms (engines, weapons, navigation,sheilds). Any more is just excess unless you are repairing.
Once you start getting 6 crew members you should seriously think about getting a teleporter and capping ships.
goldsoundz
Member
Thank you for the responses.
And if anyone is on the fence about buying this game--BUY IT. NOW. RIGHT NOW.
Which also gives more scraps and might have a higher chance of getting weapons.
On another note: Unlocked my 3rd ship and layout B of my second ship in the same run! Woo!
Do they both get trained or only the active one?
Pretty sure only the active one.
Me too. He died pretty quickly
I guess naming characters was part of the kickstarter rewards?Me too. He died pretty quickly
Might just be a random gaming joke. Wouldnt be too surprising of Indie devs to call a char "Notch".
Against Toma's advice I tried it out, played through the tutorial - definitely seems like something I'm up for.
Itching to play more of it and get my little crew people out into space, but I can't, I can't..
The tutorial itself is rather tame , but the main game will immediately grab its hooks into you. Then you notice you can unlock new classes/ships that play differently by working towards some achievements and THEN you are doomed. Cant stop playing this damn game.
The only thing missing is a Steam Friends Leaderboard. An addon with a few new ships/galaxy designs/random events and races would be awesome too.
Me too. He died pretty quickly
Yeah I think there was a reward tier to name NPCs. Although they do usually come from special missions.
Like I've found 'Scoops' and 'Nick Breckon' on missions.
Glass Rebel
Member
Reached the Last Stand and actually destroyed one of the big ships with my first ship. Then another appeared. Fuuuuu-
FlutterPuffs
Member
I think I might enjoy this game more if the end game wasnt so bloody hard.
Oh god yeah, happened to me too. Layout B is totally worth it though. From the 3 ships I have so far, Ship 1- Layout B is the strongest in my opinion. I can get to sector 4 without upgrading anything on that ship.
The "6 aliens" was the last one I did I think. The repair achievement was super easy and I got the third one even before that.
Shorty11857
Member
Played it for a bit maybe it to sector 4 or so, the lack of a shield isn't that big a deal if you get some upgrades to your cloak but seems really annoying at the first sector
That is sort of the reason I think easy should be normal and "normal" should be hard. The reward/progression on easy is the perfect line between challenge and rewards for me.
You can get more scraps by invading enemy ships btw, so if you want more, you might want to try that feature.
Can you give me an example how your fights are supposed to be with that ship? Sort of like:
1. Fire your first missile
2. Put up shield after enemy shot his missile
3. Fire second missile
4. ...
etc. I cant seem to understand how that ship is supposed to work.
Definitely requires a different play style early on. Take advantage of your long range sensors and avoid asteroid fields, they will wreck you without shields. In combat you'll want to generally cloak the enemies first salvo and respond with laser and beams which in the beginning should be enough to drop shields and disable weapons/helm/shields depending on enemy configuration. Don't underestimate the beam weapon, you can do up to 4 damage in a single shot if you aim it properly. Don't be surprised if you take 2-4 damage an encounter early on. If your hull starts to get low you may need to start avoiding ships as well. If you find stealth weapons at a store I highly recommend picking it up, trade in the titanium plating if you have to. Other than that be frugal and save for shields. You can divert energy early on from engines to power them.
Shorty11857
Member
Well the way I played it was
1. Fire all weapons
2. Wait for enemy to fire and cloak
*repeat*
If you get the upgrade to your cloak to make it 15 seconds and allow you to shoot while cloaked it's not too difficult, you basically have 15 seconds to do some damage unopposed
Thanks, that should help a bit. That last upgrade mentioned would be awesome of course, but no guarantee you'll see it in a stealth playthrough so I'll try not to bet on it.
Thanks for linking this, watching it here now at work to pass this slow afternoon. Definitely some good laughs
edit: pew pew pew vs weeeeeeeeeeeeee had me cracking up. lolJust beat the final boss for my first time on easy mode. Only took around 6 tries (>_>).
Going into it I thought I had no chance as I was fairly tanky and didn't think I'd have enough to do damage through his shield. Had to time volleys so they matched with my drones; also had a boarding party of 1 mantis to take out the weapons, makes it much easier since the weapon rooms can't be reinforced!
Best $9 I've spent in a while I think!
Going into it I thought I had no chance as I was fairly tanky and didn't think I'd have enough to do damage through his shield. Had to time volleys so they matched with my drones; also had a boarding party of 1 mantis to take out the weapons, makes it much easier since the weapon rooms can't be reinforced!
Best $9 I've spent in a while I think!
Thanks for linking this, watching it here now at work to pass this slow afternoon. Definitely some good laughs
lol no problem!
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCScFxVycRc&feature=relmfu
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhUqb0sJQBM&feature=channel&list=UL
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al7ZC5IrhSY&feature=g-u-u
How can I avoid damage during a cloak for the stealth ship achievement? When cloaked, the ships dont shoot at me and dont shoot anything that makes damage. If I start the stealth mode AFTER the enemy shot, the cloak doesnt work.