Store balanced to give you what you can't use?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:28 pm
I started playing FTL yesterday, and have played it... far too much... in the last two days. I've noticed a consistent trend in all of my playthroughs, and I'm wondering if this is a known thing.
I've steadily seen that stores have an overwhelming tendency to stock the opposite of what my ship needs. For example, if I start with the Kestral or Federation cruiser, the stores will almost exclusively stock drones, and finding a weapon is an absolute nightmare. However, if I use the Engi Torus, I find that stores almost exclusively stock weapons, and finding drone schematics is nearly impossible.
This seems too consistent to be random. It's hurting my enjoyment of the game a lot. Has anyone else noticed a pattern like this?
I've steadily seen that stores have an overwhelming tendency to stock the opposite of what my ship needs. For example, if I start with the Kestral or Federation cruiser, the stores will almost exclusively stock drones, and finding a weapon is an absolute nightmare. However, if I use the Engi Torus, I find that stores almost exclusively stock weapons, and finding drone schematics is nearly impossible.
This seems too consistent to be random. It's hurting my enjoyment of the game a lot. Has anyone else noticed a pattern like this?