My first playthrough ever and I won?

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TwoEdge
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My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby TwoEdge » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:57 am

On normal, no less. I guess watching Dewmahn and Darthcaboose stream prepared me way too much for this, even though I lucked out and got another burst laser II right in the second sector.

Hard mode incoming? :)
Leon
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Re: My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby Leon » Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:44 am

I've played like 60 games and only managed to get to the boss once or twice, and even then I've never come close to beating him.

One of these days..
Spleenling
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Re: My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby Spleenling » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:03 am

Leon only 44 hours?
I have 99
icepick
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Re: My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby icepick » Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:01 pm

I watched plenty, but it didn't help me. I call luck and skill. :)

My first runthrogh (on easy no less) ended in getting torched by a sun. :p

The second ended in me stupidly getting all my crew killed.

Sigh.... Much to learn I have.
fall_ark
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Re: My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby fall_ark » Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:17 pm

icepick wrote:I watched plenty, but it didn't help me. I call luck and skill. :)

My first runthrogh (on easy no less) ended in getting torched by a sun. :p

The second ended in me stupidly getting all my crew killed.

Sigh.... Much to learn I have.


Technically they still get killed :mrgreen:
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TwoEdge
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Re: My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby TwoEdge » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:08 pm

I think the most important techniques I've learned by watching streams were properly assessing if an encounter should be avoided, upgrade priorities and if I had to pick the most important one I'd say it's how Caboose almost always went for that bit of extra dodge early on, makes a world of difference.

It's not the surprise bad luck encounter that ends most games, it's the constant damage buildup added to a lack of proper resource and route managing.
Leon
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Re: My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby Leon » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:10 pm

Spleenling wrote:Leon only 44 hours?
I have 99

I've got maybe 46 now, I've been trying to lay off it for a while so I don't lose all interest in it once it's released
Paul
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Re: My first playthrough ever and I won?

Postby Paul » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:38 pm

7 hours played in one day since beta key came through

....imagine if i'd kickstarted more.....