Zoltans are OP as a frozen hell

[Ashaira]

Started today my 50th something playthrough using the zoltan cruiser A. By the end of the game i had so much luck that:

1) Never lost a crew member (i actually dismissed about 3 of them for better ones)
2) Maximum shields/engines/cloaking
3) 5 zoltans on board
4) 2 halebard beams, 1 burst laser mk2, 1 hull laser mk2, weapon preigniter, zolten shield

Can you guess what happened at the last boss?
I killed the sucker without my zoltan shield ever going below 3 points. God i wish i took a screenshot but i was too shocked and didn't realize until the credits.

Every where i looked everyone says weapon preigniter losses effiency later on same as zoltan shield.

Well thnx to those 2 i beat the boss in the second mos humiliating way possible (most humiliating being beating him without getting hit even once).

Godam those zoltans and their shield. i had so much power i could probably have defeated 2 bosses at once.

[UltraMantis]

Yep, you struck gold in that game. 2 Halberds + Burst Laser MkII/Breach Bomb MkII is the best weapon combo i ever had. It was the only time i said "No, not today." to an Ion Bomb! 2 halberds really really anihilate everything so damn quick and hit pretty much all the rooms you want.

The Adjudicator is one of the strongest ships imo, but it is still pretty weak in the early and mid game if you happen to be very unlucky.

I don't know where you read that Pre-Igniter is anything but a blessing. The Zoltan shield is also very powerfull, in fact on a good run i would only upgrade to 3 shields late in the game, to help against the boss. It is so effective that my shield operators struggle to improve their skills.

Hell of a win there. It's nice to feel OP once in a while.

[Marinealver]

Still I would say the federation cruiser with the arty beam is more OP as it ignores shields like a missile. Get that upgraded to level 4 and the last boss becomes so surprisingly easy.

[UltraMantis]

I would disagree on that. The Fed is even weaker than the Kestrel, and the only good thing about it is that you have the srty beam as a string late game weapon.

The Adjudicator is off to a decent start and is one of the strongest ships in the game. In my opinon of course.

[postman]

I think both the Crystal ships are far more OP... Crystal A piercing makes the early game stupidly easy and if you play Crystal B right, your opponent's weapons are dead before they can even take a shot at you.

[BKT]

Dunno... I found the Crystal_A kinda meh. And the Crystal_B? Well... It's a 4x telepad ship.

[postman]

I played Crystal A twice on Normal to get the achievements to unlock Crystal B and won both times with absolutely no trouble whatsoever. Having all enemies with one shield less than normal... just add some other laser and you're set for the game. I did die in the game that I intentionally played to get the Vengeance achievement (hit a ship until it has 1 hull left, sit and wait with shields down until you get lucky and kill it).

[BKT]

I never had any problem with it either... I didn't find it to be any more powerful than other ship though; in fact, it's worst IMO.

But that just me...

[tallman]

I got one better. It's basically the same, except I had 2 ion bombs and two halberd beams, as well as stealth weapons. Blew up the first two phases of the boss before my cloak ran out and the third only took one more volley of ion bombs to get through its zoltan shield.