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This my ranking of most all weapons in FTL.
I evaluate how well the weapons are (at flagship) (not rarity) without the Crystal Weapon , because I haven't the luck to use it.

Laser weapons

The bad one frist.
Hull Smasher Laser MK1 , because it is useles
Hull Smasher Laser MK2 , ''
Burst Laser MK1 , too weak
Basic Laser , a good weapon
Heavy Laser MK1 , obviously
Dual Laser , 2 shoots are better than 1 strong shoot
Heavy Laser MK2 , 2 strong shoots are epic
heavy Pierce Laser MK1 , well shield pierce
Burst Laser MK2 , obviously
Burst Laser MK3 , ''

now Ion weapons

Ion Bomb , well I don't like it
Heavy Ion Blast , because it need no missiles
Ion Blast MK1 , obviously
Ion Blast MK2 , ''

next Beams

Anti-Bio-Beam , because it lose its effectivenessin the higher sectors
Fire Beam , as with the Anti-Bio-Beam ,but fire
Mini Beam , 1 energy and fast
Hull Beam , the best Hull weapon in FTL
Pike Beam , it is so long
Halberd Beam , it can past one shield
Glave Beam , strong past 2 shields
Vindicator , because it is the total annihilation

next Missiles
Leto , because it is weak
Artemis , it is the standard
Hermes , just because it needs 3 energy
Hull Missile , because It is realy a bit better than the Hermes
Breach , 4 Damage PIAN like HELL
Pegasus , because 2 shoots are better than one strong shoot

last the Bombs without the Healing Bomb(it's no weapon)

Ion Bomb , need one missile and only Ion damage
Small Bomb , it is the weak one
Breach Bomb MK1 , beacuse we can't never use it
Fire Bomb , Because FIRE
Breach Bomb , pain like hell

Well Ion Bomb is pretty good, you should give it a try.

A single shot can take down up to three shield bubbles and open a huge opportunity for your lasers. It depends on your ship's setup, but I would rather say that it is the BEST bomb.

I also disagree on your laser ratings.
Best laser in the game is Dual Laser with 2 shots for 1 energy followed by Burst Laser MK2 with 3 shots for 2 energy (and higher slot efficiency). Burst Laser MK3 is very costly both energy- and upgradewise and has a worse shots/energy ratio. Most of the time I can't even use it without huge commitment.
MK2 on the other hand is the best random weapon drop you can get in the game (with Dual Laser being only a starting weapon).

Crystal Weapons are also pretty good, but you excluded them and they are super rare anyway.


About the beams:
I think you should give the Anti Bio Beam bigger credit, its definitely not the worst beam. It might be less useful in higher sectors, but it can generate loads of bonus cash in earlier sectors due to killing crew only, so that you can salvage ships without destroying them. It's pretty much a license to print money.

It's hard to really rank the weapons because so many of them are very situational. Fire beam for example is not very good for straight-up assaults, but it's awesome when you have a Rockman boarding party.

Or The Fire Bomb in addition to the Beam, sooo muuch fire, you dont even need boarders...

Anyway, a good strategist finds use for any weapon. And it's not like FTL let's you choose.

UltraMantis wrote:Or The Fire Bomb in addition to the Beam, sooo muuch fire, you dont even need boarders...

Anyway, a good strategist finds use for any weapon. And it's not like FTL let's you choose.

This is what the rock ship A or B should have been (With a teleporter), none of this missile only or pierce laser stuff.


Seriously, add this to the game NOW.


I'm talking to you, Justin and Matthew.
Or at least add more moddability to ships

Just add a teleporter, fire weapons, and reduce the engine level by 1. Bam! A unique-er, cooler ship.

And still with how terrible some of these are, i would settle for coming across any in my many play throughs that should have been successful.