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At the exit beacon with a Damaged Stasis Pod, my choices are Zoltan Homeworlds or Rock Homeworlds.

Fortunately, I already have the Crystal ships. But I went to Zoltans and didn't find the event to fix the pod.

Oh man.

I nearly had a Fuck Me! moment... i was playing a modship, and after a rough rough start got into a nice groove of pillaging and kicking FTLs ass (for a change). I was ready for the bossfight at the end of sector 6 and pretty much just beelined for him from there.

So i herp-a-derped my way, picking up some final upgrades, lvl3 Doors, an extra level for drones and weapons just to be safe, and just FLATTENED the flagship in stages 1 and 2. Stage 3 was hillarious though. Clearly i had just stopped paying attention because i made a proper mess of EVERYTHING.
The hull smashed to bits, life support and medbay breached and destroyed, and ... then i left the ship doors open. And tried to vent a fire. With ship doors open. No medbay, no air, and 2 crew already on minimal health. Well, if you thought i repaired life support first, congratulations! You're NOT and idiot. I am, and i repaired the medbay before realising what i did wrong.

I must re-iterate that i FLATTENED the flagship in stage 2, which is rightly regarded as the killer stage... the notion of actually losing this run was forgotten long long ago, way back in sectors 4 or 5, and yet i managed to (nearly) snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with such appaling stupidity like you've never seen.

So 2 crew dead, one nearly there, one Rockman still trying to wreck the triple missile launcher, and i'm shitting myself now. AND the Super-Duper Mega-Shield pops back up. I scrambled the Rockman back onboard and tried to restore life support but no dice. There was no air to breathe and the last human died. What a mess...
At this point it was a race between one lonely Rockman barely surviving in an airless medbay, and the badly damaged Flagship with the triple Heavy Laser, triple Missile Launcher and one more surge multishot. If you're gonna be dumb you better be lucky. I was, the cloak still hadn't burned down completely and no enemy shots hit the weapons bay.

The flagship was sliced by a Pike Beam, my ship had 3 hp left and one Rockman will have a hell of a story to tell his grandchildren. And I have a victory to be proud of. The dumbest and least-deserved win ever. By far.
By far...

UltraMantis wrote:Don't worry, i still hate Zoltan more.

and who are you calling hunam?

We and Him Are Super Mantses:P WE WILL BOARD YOU!!!!!

Ok, so I judt loaded up the Descent into Darkness mod.

Literally just started playing for the first time, and this happens:

1st event: Station attacked by giant spiders, I try to help, Engi gets killed.

2nd event, couple of jumps later: Station distress signal, crazed scientists, my Zoltan has a spasm and basically dies, and then my last crew member (me) gets killed by the scientists.

Best.

PLAYTHROUGH.

EVER.

Engines. I now hate them so much I nearly froth at the mouth when I see an auto ship.

Tell me HOW EXACTLY 4 BURST LASER MK2s ALL FIRED AT ONCE MISS. AGAINST AN AUTO-ASSAULT?!

As I'd invested solely in weapons and neglected my shield, and my ship was desperately in need of repairs...

XxLOLdudexX wrote:Tell me HOW EXACTLY 4 BURST LASER MK2s ALL FIRED AT ONCE MISS. AGAINST AN AUTO-ASSAULT?!

As I'd invested solely in weapons and neglected my shield, and my ship was desperately in need of repairs...

You answered your own question. The RNG* know what you've neglected and what you've upgraded, and will put up an enemy specifically to thwart that.

I can't tell you how many times I've chosen to upgrade my engines instead of getting that 3rd weapon online, and the very next jump they disable my engines and have an extra shield.

*Random Number Gods, not Random Number Generator

5thHorseman wrote:The RNG* know what you've neglected and what you've upgraded, and will put up an enemy specifically to thwart that.

The RNG doesn't cheat that way. Ships are indeed random but the developers tried to make sure that every combination is possible and that no matter what upgrade path you choose you allways remain vulnerable to some kind of death. It costs too much scrap to make your ship indestructible by enemies or events, so you wont be safe for a long time, if ever.

UltraMantis wrote:

5thHorseman wrote:The RNG* know what you've neglected and what you've upgraded, and will put up an enemy specifically to thwart that.

The RNG doesn't cheat that way. Ships are indeed random but the developers tried to make sure that every combination is possible and that no matter what upgrade path you choose you allways remain vulnerable to some kind of death. It costs too much scrap to make your ship indestructible by enemies or events, so you wont be safe for a long time, if ever.

You stripped out the important disclaimer at the bottom

*Random Number Gods, not Random Number Generator

Appease the RNG or face their wrath!

I was doing an Engi B run in my quest to beat Normal with every ship. I had some close calls, but managed to weasel my way out acquiring an Ion Blast to pair with the Heavy Ion, and even managed to find a Heavy Laser 2 in a store. Everyone trashes the HL2 due to functioning terribly against shields, but dang, 4 damage every 13 seconds against an endlessly unshielded ship? Yes please. But alas, I eventually run into a Mantis bomber that refused to miss with its Hermes missile and BL2 and my great loadout goes up in smoke.