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Hey Everyone,

I recently uploaded a new FTL youtube video on my channel. My channel is really new, in fact the Faster Than Light video was my first one, I am inexperienced with FTL. Therefore i have come to the forums to ask if it was possible for two things.

I would very much appreciate it if first, you could take your time out to check out my video and give me some pointers on how i can improve from my video and any advice you could give me on that basis would be greatly appreciated.
The Second thing i ask is it would also be great if you could give me advice on things that i am doing within the video, for example as this is my first time playing FTL i am clearly not that great, therefore i would greatly appreciate as well as a comment on how to improve my Videos, but also improving my abilities within FTL.

My Channel : http://www.youtube.com/PerryDoesGames

Faster Than Light:

Ep 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ORn2biwLjw
Ep 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj07yMZ9yPo
Ep 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6bUFVc5F1k

Faster Than Light Advanced:

Ep 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn6mHL6twJg
Ep 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8eLdn3uQ8
Ep 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIr0cU6e1fU
Ep 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvnx5_t_mmM
Ep 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A3veXKUxgU
Ep 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aMliK2o5eM

My Youtube Wikia: http://youtube.wikia.com/wiki/PerryDoesGames

Many Thanks,
Perry.

Regarding general quality: You're fine. Good even. No problems.
Regarding format: I suggest cutting out most of the beginning stuff. It's cool when you're learning (as that's why we're watching, to see you learn) but once you've got it down, you should cut out the naming the ship and crew parts. Do it all first, start recording, mention the name and that you're the pilot and away you go.

I'll keep the advice general:
Easy mode in this game is like normal mode in most games. Normal is like Hard mode. Hard is like Nightmare mode
Hit the spacebar to pause. All the time. Pause like every 5 seconds. Seriously.
Don't use your missiles too much. They're a tactical support weapon for the burst laser. You only start with a handful of missiles and they're expensive. I tend to use one per battle, to take out the shields so the BL can wreak havoc.
Also, that drone was shooting down your missiles, so you were essentially just throwing them away.
The store had a "Page 2"
You can right click anywhere on the screen to get out of weapon target mode. Easier than powering down the weapon (and sometimes you don't want to power weapons down just to unselect them)

5thHorseman wrote:Regarding general quality: You're fine. Good even. No problems.
Regarding format: I suggest cutting out most of the beginning stuff. It's cool when you're learning (as that's why we're watching, to see you learn) but once you've got it down, you should cut out the naming the ship and crew parts. Do it all first, start recording, mention the name and that you're the pilot and away you go.

I'll keep the advice general:
Easy mode in this game is like normal mode in most games. Normal is like Hard mode. Hard is like Nightmare mode
Hit the spacebar to pause. All the time. Pause like every 5 seconds. Seriously.
Don't use your missiles too much. They're a tactical support weapon for the burst laser. You only start with a handful of missiles and they're expensive. I tend to use one per battle, to take out the shields so the BL can wreak havoc.
Also, that drone was shooting down your missiles, so you were essentially just throwing them away.
The store had a "Page 2"
You can right click anywhere on the screen to get out of weapon target mode. Easier than powering down the weapon (and sometimes you don't want to power weapons down just to unselect them)

Thank you very much for the reply, i appreciate it greatly. I will take this into account when recording future videos.
Many Thanks,
Perry

5thHorseman wrote:Regarding general quality: You're fine. Good even. No problems.
Regarding format: I suggest cutting out most of the beginning stuff. It's cool when you're learning (as that's why we're watching, to see you learn) but once you've got it down, you should cut out the naming the ship and crew parts. Do it all first, start recording, mention the name and that you're the pilot and away you go.

I'll keep the advice general:
Easy mode in this game is like normal mode in most games. Normal is like Hard mode. Hard is like Nightmare mode
Hit the spacebar to pause. All the time. Pause like every 5 seconds. Seriously.
Don't use your missiles too much. They're a tactical support weapon for the burst laser. You only start with a handful of missiles and they're expensive. I tend to use one per battle, to take out the shields so the BL can wreak havoc.
Also, that drone was shooting down your missiles, so you were essentially just throwing them away.
The store had a "Page 2"
You can right click anywhere on the screen to get out of weapon target mode. Easier than powering down the weapon (and sometimes you don't want to power weapons down just to unselect them)

Just want to thank you again, i've tried to use these tips in my latest video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn6mHL6twJg

Part 2 FTLA is up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8eLdn3uQ8

Been having problems getting onto the forum. But in the meantime i have uploaded Episode 3 through to 6.
I would appreciate it very much if you guys could fill me in on if i am doing alright or not like horseman did for my first play through.
Ep3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIr0cU6e1fU
Ep4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvnx5_t_mmM
Ep5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A3veXKUxgU
Ep6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aMliK2o5eM

nice links