Had my first win on Normal mode today. With the Kestrel no less.
By the time I got to the flagship I had three laser mark II, for a total of nine shots per volley, and a heal burst and auto-reload. My boarding crew was a rock and mantis at lvl 2 fight, and I had lvl 2 crew on all stations, plus a slug and a zoltan.
lvl 4 and 5 shields...no sweat. I could usually disable all weapons before they could even get a shot off. I would knock out guns, then med bay, then board, and let my fighters pick off the rest.
Grabbed full cloak and full power in sector 7 and early 8. Tore the flagship to pieces. The only bad part of the run is when I accidentally sent my mantis over without the rock and he died before I could get him back, but by then the flagship was pretty much dead anyway.
Man I love this game. Best $10 I ever spent on a video game.
Finally won on normal
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UltraMantis
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Re: Finally won on normal
Congratz. 
The Kestrel ain't no slouch.
The Kestrel ain't no slouch.Report spam using the handy Report Button Mod.
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megaman1111
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Re: Finally won on normal
Congrats!
I also recently won on normal!
Endgame ship:
KESTREL CRUISER(1st ship in the game)
Augmentations: 2x 15% less cooldown before shots(not sure) ,1 repair when getting scrap
4 crew members. Two of them had 2 stars(Weapons and Piloting) and 1 of them had 1(Engine).
The reactor was maxed out.
6 shield levels(3 shields), 4 engine levels(45% evasion i believe),7 Weapons levels(Artemis,Burst Laser 2,2x Burst laser 1),4 drones levels(1 defense1 drone,1 hull repair drone and 1 anti ship 1 drone in the cargo),2 door levels, 2 sensors levels
All of those could have been powered at once.
I had a lot of Fuel,35 missiles and about 20 drone parts. Had no problems with the first two boss forms mostly hitting the shield. The third got my health to half before i managed to disable both of it's weapons and finally managed to defeat it.
I was a beginner to this style of games. Took me 61 tries all on normal to finish it. I usually restart after 1st,2nd or even 3rd beacon if i'm unlucky so about 2/3 of the retries weren't complete.High Score 4160!
I also recently won on normal!
Endgame ship:
KESTREL CRUISER(1st ship in the game)
Augmentations: 2x 15% less cooldown before shots(not sure) ,1 repair when getting scrap
4 crew members. Two of them had 2 stars(Weapons and Piloting) and 1 of them had 1(Engine).
The reactor was maxed out.
6 shield levels(3 shields), 4 engine levels(45% evasion i believe),7 Weapons levels(Artemis,Burst Laser 2,2x Burst laser 1),4 drones levels(1 defense1 drone,1 hull repair drone and 1 anti ship 1 drone in the cargo),2 door levels, 2 sensors levels
All of those could have been powered at once.
I had a lot of Fuel,35 missiles and about 20 drone parts. Had no problems with the first two boss forms mostly hitting the shield. The third got my health to half before i managed to disable both of it's weapons and finally managed to defeat it.
I was a beginner to this style of games. Took me 61 tries all on normal to finish it. I usually restart after 1st,2nd or even 3rd beacon if i'm unlucky so about 2/3 of the retries weren't complete.High Score 4160!
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Stormalong
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Re: Finally won on normal
At last! Used the Osprey (layout A), after several attempts realized taking down shields as top priority worked better. Made sure I got to a sector exit before the Rebel cavalry showed up. Hadn't enjoyed teleporter use before, but was a blast this time: nothing like sending over "the twins" (a pair of Mantis) to distract enemy crews from fixing junk I was either blasting or ion-bombing... imagine two Starship Trooper "bugs" let loose on the Enterprise. 
Final ship loadout at Sector 8:
Weapons -- Pair of Burst Laser MkII and Ion Bomb. Glaive (I know, a lucky find) in the fourth slot, which I powered-up (and turned off the lasers) only when enemy shields were weakened or ionized.
Augments -- Pre-igniter, Med nanobots, shield recharger.
Drones -- Hull repair and Defense 1
Full crew (all eight, with specialists manning their stations... only bought one, all others were rescued from slavers--why pay more?)
The boss was quick to dispatch. Waited 'til its cloak expired, then the twins 'ported over to disable the tri-missiles, hammered the shields, ionized the helm or other systems, then enjoyed watching the glaive and artillery beam make the final slices.
Love this game! Now back to work...
Final ship loadout at Sector 8:
Weapons -- Pair of Burst Laser MkII and Ion Bomb. Glaive (I know, a lucky find) in the fourth slot, which I powered-up (and turned off the lasers) only when enemy shields were weakened or ionized.
Augments -- Pre-igniter, Med nanobots, shield recharger.
Drones -- Hull repair and Defense 1
Full crew (all eight, with specialists manning their stations... only bought one, all others were rescued from slavers--why pay more?)
The boss was quick to dispatch. Waited 'til its cloak expired, then the twins 'ported over to disable the tri-missiles, hammered the shields, ionized the helm or other systems, then enjoyed watching the glaive and artillery beam make the final slices.
Love this game! Now back to work...