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Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:22 pm
by SgtFrog
BOARDING DRONES IN AN ION STORM. FUCK FUCK FUCK.
And I use three fucks for a reason. Half-power, so I can only power two or three systems at a time. Boarding drones cause hull breaches, which I can't see because NEBULA. So it's either I die of oxygen deprivation, or hull explosion as I try in vain to repair the hull breach AND the shields the drone is targeting AND the weapons the ship is targeting AND the drone control which is on fire!
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:17 am
by SgtFrog
Reddestiny wrote:I'm probably gonna get a lot of flak for this, but I decided to copy+paste a save-game for the following scenario:
Scenario: Mad man at distress beacon. You can try taking him on-board, but if you do, he could kill a crewman and die, or he could go sane and join your crew. Or you could just leave him behind.
I kept doing this over, and over, again with my save-game file, and it failed 7, SEVEN, times in a row. Succeeded on the 8th time.
Meaning that if I encountered this 8 times, my odds of getting screwed were 7/8. D:
Durus wrote:Ouch about the mad man. I found with a slug crew member there is a blue option to check if he's dangerous.
There's usually a blue option when face with these dangerous choices, but only if you have the right upgrade/crew member on board.
I managed to "cure" his psychosis with a Level 2 Medbay. (it was a blue option).
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:26 pm
by SgtFrog
Why is it that whenever I want to try something new and awesome, it always kills me? Playing as Engi A, I buy a second Anti-Ship I, but sell it a little later for a Boarding Drone. At first, it's hilarious to punch holes in their ship and kill the enemy crew, but apparently one got away and decides to return the favor with Burst Lasers and Fire Bombs. And the first thing they fire-bombed? The oxygen. And, hey, lucky them, they breached my hull too!
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:20 pm
by Elhazzared
Stealth cruiser, run to try and get the second stealth cruiser. Jump into a new sector and what do I have? Only one location available to jump and it is an asteroid field... there goes the atempt of getting to the end without navigating throght it.
Sometimes I wish the archievements necessary to unlock ships weren't the kind that would require you to make a run all the way to the last sector.
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:05 pm
by SgtFrog
Elhazzared wrote:Stealth cruiser, run to try and get the second stealth cruiser. Jump into a new sector and what do I have? Only one location available to jump and it is an asteroid field... there goes the atempt of getting to the end without navigating throght it.
Sometimes I wish the archievements necessary to unlock ships weren't the kind that would require you to make a run all the way to the last sector.
I've only unlocked two ships: Both Engis. And they were easy (Reach Sector 5 for Engi A; kill a ship using only drones and use three drones simultaneously for Engi B). I'm at a loss on how to unlock anything else. "Get 6 different alien races on one ship" is almost entirely luck-based, and "Repair ship from 1 HP to full" requires a ridiculous amount of Scrap, as does "Install all systems and subsystems on to the ship".
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:29 am
by Elhazzared
You have the wiki to tell you how to unlock the other ships. The crystal cruiser is a pain in the ass, the rest can be done with time.
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:35 am
by SgtFrog
Elhazzared wrote:You have the wiki to tell you how to unlock the other ships. The crystal cruiser is a pain in the ass, the rest can be done with time.
Which wiki? There's FTL.Wikia and "FTLWiki"
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:30 am
by A-Dawg
So here I am having unlocked the stealth ship and attempting to learn its mechanics. About my third attempt, I can only go to one beacon. This thing had a Voltan shield, a beam, and a believe a drone (forget a bit since I tried to block it from my memory). Needless to say it was my quickest wipe yet.
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:32 am
by 5thHorseman
SgtFrog wrote:Elhazzared wrote:You have the wiki to tell you how to unlock the other ships. The crystal cruiser is a pain in the ass, the rest can be done with time.
Which wiki? There's FTL.Wikia and "FTLWiki"
Both. Either.
I just go to google and type "FTL <shipname>". One (or more) of the first couple links will get you there.
Re: Your "Fuck you, FTL" Moments
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:58 pm
by hybridfive
SgtFrog wrote:"Get 6 different alien races on one ship" is almost entirely luck-based
Attributing events to luck that are skill-based is a great way for FTL to blow up your life repeatedly.
The sectors you visit affect what alien races you are likely to encounter. To get the 6 different races achievement, you have to pick a path that has a mix of green, purple, and red sectors. Ideally you want 2 of each. Getting the individual guys is still luck, but you control the odds more than you think.