Mantis Cruiser A makes me want to hurt myself.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:02 am
I feel like I do something wrong. I´m less than successful with it.
Played multiple boarder games before, I usually start boarding as soon as I can afford a teleporter without dying and yet I fail disastrously with the Mantis A.
Feels like very bad luck though, as i not once have gotten a decent weapon with this ship ever. Not as a drop and not in shops.
What I got: Fire bomb, Breach Bomb MkII, Ion Bomb, Fire Beam, Hull Beam, Pegasus Missile in Sector 1(way before I can power them.) or of course no weapon at all.
What I could have bought in the few shops that actually had weapons opposed to systems and drones:
Ion Bomb, Breach Missilie, Hull Missile, Hermes Missile, Heavy Ion, Ion Blast(Max 1 Ion weapon per game), Hull Laser 2, Heavy Laser 2(again way before I had the resources to actually use it).
I got one game 3 AI ships in a row, luckily I could avoid one. I always take damage against rockets, as boarding doesn´t allow to shut down the weapons system except with the bomb. I more than once chose to flee from an AI ship as it wasn´t worth the effort.
Zoltan ships weren´t really a problem as the crew is usually small and weak after the shields are down.
I usually opt for lvl 2 shields kinda fast and upgrade weapons as soon as I get *any* weapon. Afterwards I upgrade teleporter to attack AI ships.
I don´t man anything besides cockpit and possibly engine, since I board with everything that´s not an Engi or Zoltan. One game I also got up to 3 Engis and my Mantises to AI ships that rocketed my teleporter/cloaked when I wanted to teleport them back.
So far, this ship has been a lesson in frustration for me. I never noticed how many AI ships I encounter.
Tell me what I could have done better? Can you somehow avoid AI ships?
Or alternately, tell the story of your most frustrating ships.
Played multiple boarder games before, I usually start boarding as soon as I can afford a teleporter without dying and yet I fail disastrously with the Mantis A.
Feels like very bad luck though, as i not once have gotten a decent weapon with this ship ever. Not as a drop and not in shops.
What I got: Fire bomb, Breach Bomb MkII, Ion Bomb, Fire Beam, Hull Beam, Pegasus Missile in Sector 1(way before I can power them.) or of course no weapon at all.
What I could have bought in the few shops that actually had weapons opposed to systems and drones:
Ion Bomb, Breach Missilie, Hull Missile, Hermes Missile, Heavy Ion, Ion Blast(Max 1 Ion weapon per game), Hull Laser 2, Heavy Laser 2(again way before I had the resources to actually use it).
I got one game 3 AI ships in a row, luckily I could avoid one. I always take damage against rockets, as boarding doesn´t allow to shut down the weapons system except with the bomb. I more than once chose to flee from an AI ship as it wasn´t worth the effort.
Zoltan ships weren´t really a problem as the crew is usually small and weak after the shields are down.
I usually opt for lvl 2 shields kinda fast and upgrade weapons as soon as I get *any* weapon. Afterwards I upgrade teleporter to attack AI ships.
I don´t man anything besides cockpit and possibly engine, since I board with everything that´s not an Engi or Zoltan. One game I also got up to 3 Engis and my Mantises to AI ships that rocketed my teleporter/cloaked when I wanted to teleport them back.
So far, this ship has been a lesson in frustration for me. I never noticed how many AI ships I encounter.
Tell me what I could have done better? Can you somehow avoid AI ships?
Or alternately, tell the story of your most frustrating ships.