Glaive beam + Pre-Igniter

[ron42na]

Still fairly new to the game, but I was playing the Zoltan ship and got the Glaive & Weapon Pre-Igniter combo in sector 2 last night...wow! I don't think I took any damage until sector 5. I didn't even worry about defensive upgrades until sector 5. For sectors 5 through 7 I added a 3 shot laser to weaken the shields a bit, and used the 4 second recharge ion weapon and a bomb for the boss. (I did push the shields to 3 and engines to 6 in the latter sectors just in case)

This was my easiest run through yet. Since I took almost no damage the first 5 sectors, I had plenty of scrap for upgrades and augmentations.

Now to start another game and get pummeled again...

[project_mercy]

Sometimes you roll that natural 20. It helps to remember these times when you're sitting in an asteroid field with your shields hacked and an auto-scout with 2 drones regulating on you.

Here's an image of a similar game I had last night on Hard with Engi A. Good times were had by all, and by all, I mean me.

[Reptile]

Similar thing happened to me when I was playing with Stealth B. Very early on I got myself shields and was doing pretty good untill I found Flak II in sector 3 I upgraded my weps as fast as I could and in sector 4 I bought wep. preigniter. What an insane combo. I flied thru the rest of the game and only took 3 dmg total. I was so powerfull I killed the boss in 2 volleys! Unfortunateely 1 rocket hit me in the third phase so ot wasnt a perfect victory But I got a high score so yay. I think that if you can get the preigniter with the stealth B it instantly becomes one of the best ships in the game.
Project_mercy: wow, thats even better then what I got lol.