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Beat the Game! MY thoughts.

Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:56 am
by RHA Defiled
Hi guys, im new and this is my first post. Just beat the game on normal and bought it yesterday. Probably have done 20-30 runs and with some luck/research i was able to fairly easily beat the game.
Luck is what happens when opportunity meets preparedness.
That being said i was actually extremely frustrated at times when i'd face a ship way out of my league at times.
So I absolutely love this game. It takes strategy and thought and THANKFULLY doesn't play like other strategy games and just cheat. It's a perfect combo of luck and skill and i can see myself playing for much longer.
I used the Engi ship and was fortunate to have some blessings along.
4 engis
1 rock
1 human
Shield - 6
Engine - 4
O2 -1
Med -1
Wep - 7
Drone - 5

Weapons

Ion blast II
Heavy Ion
Burst laser I

Drones

Anti ship I
Beam I
Repair Drone

So i was lucky early on and got an ion bomb early on. An event got me the heavy ion which i gladly took instead, unfortunately i lost my weapons expert, but quickly got new crew due to obliterating some slavers. Saving a station got me the repair drone which saved my ass more than a few times and finally i got a nice burst laser to make it allll good. I debated whether to get defense or offense drone wise, but had plenty of scrap and bought the beam drone and some engine upgrades. By sector 5 i had 3 shields so i was set and basically just upgrading little perks here and there.
It was a great run and just wanted to share my experience with you all. Sorry if it wasnt too in depth with my thoughts, it's late and i honestly have nothing but good things to say about the game.

Re: Beat the Game! MY thoughts.

Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:16 pm
by UltraMantis
Welcome to the forum.

Glad to hear you're enjoying the game so much. I agree with the sentiment that it'sa great mix of strategy, luck and a bit of planning. And no the game doesn't cheat, it just doesn't show you all it's cruelty in the first few runs. Also uses randomness to great effect, rather than just as another faceless feature.

Hope you have a lot of fun with the game, and not a bad time to join because the Advanced Edition is coming out soon.