Store balanced to give you what you can't use?

[sanecrip]

I started playing FTL yesterday, and have played it... far too much... in the last two days. I've noticed a consistent trend in all of my playthroughs, and I'm wondering if this is a known thing.

I've steadily seen that stores have an overwhelming tendency to stock the opposite of what my ship needs. For example, if I start with the Kestral or Federation cruiser, the stores will almost exclusively stock drones, and finding a weapon is an absolute nightmare. However, if I use the Engi Torus, I find that stores almost exclusively stock weapons, and finding drone schematics is nearly impossible.

This seems too consistent to be random. It's hurting my enjoyment of the game a lot. Has anyone else noticed a pattern like this?

[Employee 427]

You're thinking into it too much, because you don't need drones with the Torus or really any other ship. "Need" is based on perspective. I might "need" a Heavy laser I and find a Glaive Beam in the Basilisk, yet in another situation much prefer the Glaive.

[stylesrj]

Yeah, there is no pattern. You've just run into bad luck with the RNG.

[VitaliusSch]

Would you like to use MODs? For example, FTL Captain's Edition or Arsenal+?
These modes make a complete re-balance in the game ... IMO