I've beaten the game a couple times on Easy now, so I thought I'd try it on normal. I've tried it a couple times and I just get systematically whomped every goddamn time. Most recently I ran into "The Dread Pirate Pico" who had a 2 shot burst weapon, hull missle and anti-ship drone...on my first jump. I had nothing, he just annihilated me.
I know it's supposed to be harder, but I'm feeling like it's ridiculous.
So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
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Re: So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
I played on Normal from the beginning, did not even try Easy. Now, I am far from even having a moderate knowledge of this game, but it's somehow intuitive. I managed to get to the final boss in my 4th run. Still in fight, waiting on some answers here on forums so I don't screw it up.
So, I guess you just picked up some bad habits on easy which are not working on Normal.
So, I guess you just picked up some bad habits on easy which are not working on Normal.
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Re: So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
Once the enemies get 3 shields I get slaughtered because my weapons never seem to be able to go up against the shields I guess I need atleast a missile or ion
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Re: So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
Moosicorn wrote:Once the enemies get 3 shields I get slaughtered because my weapons never seem to be able to go up against the shields I guess I need atleast a missile or ion
A Teleporter works great to when they dont have a Medbay and you should always remember that you can escape if you cant withstand the enemies power (expect if you're fighting the boss or your jump isn't ready^^).
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Re: So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
cuthawolf wrote:I've beaten the game a couple times on Easy now, so I thought I'd try it on normal. I've tried it a couple times and I just get systematically whomped every goddamn time. Most recently I ran into "The Dread Pirate Pico" who had a 2 shot burst weapon, hull missle and anti-ship drone...on my first jump. I had nothing, he just annihilated me.
I know it's supposed to be harder, but I'm feeling like it's ridiculous.
That enemy would have only had 1 shield, so target your first volley on their weapons. Bam, they can't hurt you any more. Sure, you'd have taken a bit of damage first, but it'd have been clean sailing from there.
Maya wrote:and you should always remember that you can escape if you cant withstand the enemies power (expect if you're fighting the boss or your jump isn't ready^^).
You can escape from the final boss, you just have to remember that you have to come back again. I've won a couple of times by jumping away and then coming back once my systems were repaired. (Though the boss repairs too, so it's not a viable tactic unless you got unlucky and think you can do better with a fresh start.)
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Re: So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
Haha, I can't even beat this game on EASY. That's how sad my play-throughs have been. All unlucky things happen to me EVERY TIME. I can't even surpass my high score of 1300 on Normal, so frustrating.
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Re: So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
I've done normal runs since launch and gotten utterly squashed on each one. I got to the 7th sector yesterday and almost couldn't stay ahead ofe the Rebels on a beeline to the next sector. Then, that 4-layer shielded, incendiary cannon-toting, 2 anti-ship owning son of a slug cut in, so I thought of doing an easy run to heal my ego a bit, and got run over on the 6th sector.
This game can get so patronizing it actually pisses me off sometimes.
This game can get so patronizing it actually pisses me off sometimes.
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Yeah, the game is insanely difficult, but I actually like that. Too much handholding and "you can't fail no matter what" in modern games.
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I've just beaten the game on normal for the first time. I was actually just trying to get the Mantis cruiser. Started with the Engi cruiser, went for Teleporter and Mantis crew as soon as I could get them. Ended up killing everything I ran into. Found so much scrap I didn't know what to do with it. Boss was a cakewalk. Didn't find the Mantis cruiser though
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Re: So normal mode, anyone finding it rough?
I managed to finish the game in normal only once so far (but haven't played "easy" yet") and I think it was more luck than anything else. Sometimes you fly through 1 system without even seeing a shop, sometimes you have all 3 at the same spot. It really depends on what shops offer and that you can find them.