Upgrading Weapons
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:00 am
As you all probably know, a lot of FTL relies on getting the right weapon at the right time from a shop or random encounter, or else you end up unable to get through someone's shields/cloak/drone and get blown to bits in the later sectors. However, wouldn't it be nice if you could just go to your ship screen and upgrade that MK1 burst laser into an MK2?
Thus, I suggest: Upgrading weapons.
Upgrading an item would be relatively easy; You go into your ship screen and then the weapons section, click on your weapon and press 'upgrade'. It would cost a pretty big amount of scrap, about the same as buying the new weapon in a shop, but would be less reliant on RNG. You could only upgrade MK1 weapons into MK2s and MK2s into MK3's, no missile launchers or beams could be upgraded.
So, that's it. What do you guys think? I think that, while it could make the game a bit more easy, it seems like a realistic way to get better weapons when you can't get past that one ship's 4 shields.
Thus, I suggest: Upgrading weapons.
Upgrading an item would be relatively easy; You go into your ship screen and then the weapons section, click on your weapon and press 'upgrade'. It would cost a pretty big amount of scrap, about the same as buying the new weapon in a shop, but would be less reliant on RNG. You could only upgrade MK1 weapons into MK2s and MK2s into MK3's, no missile launchers or beams could be upgraded.
So, that's it. What do you guys think? I think that, while it could make the game a bit more easy, it seems like a realistic way to get better weapons when you can't get past that one ship's 4 shields.