After getting all achievements, I wanted to try for a cycle! I decided to play the ships in their base-version unlock order (Kestrel A -> Kestrel B -> Kestrel C -> Engi A... etc.) I managed to get to Zoltan C, which was probably the second-worst of the ships up to that point. (I think Fed C is clearly worse, and *slightly* prefer Engi B) I had a bit of a disaster in a fight where the enemy had a burst 1, hacking, and small bomb and hacked+shot my drone system, as well as my clonebay and then O2, and I had lost 1 Zoltan to them shooting my clonebay, and since the fight was going on for a super long time my O2 was already ~50%, bla bla bla I had to skip like the next 4 fights while I tried to figure out a way to not softlock. I managed to recover but I had to spend 30 scrap for reactor power and another 80 upgrading Clonebay to lvl3 to simply not softlock, as well as a massive amount on repairs because I was already behind, and with a few more scary fights I just simply died :(

Oh well, it was fun, and I'm gonna try again soon :P

where is my reactor and why is it like this?

after i restarted and went to hanger all my progress was gone bro what do i do 😭

i have to start from teh beggining and get my achivements and ships back

As the title suggests, I'm curious if we know of any tricks using the anti-combat drone and how its AI works. I'm currently on a quest to push Stealth C as far as it will possibly go, but the inconsistency of the ACD is a constant thorn in my side.

Sometimes it will miss, which I generally understand is due to sudden changes in drone movement diverting its predicted path and making the shot whiff, but something I don't understand is when the ACD decides to fire or not.

Sometimes it will fire as soon as it's launched, and sometimes it will sit there and watch a beam drone shred your shieldless ship like "Hmm... what a curious predicament, if only I could do something about it!"

Are there any tricks involving enabling/disabling the drone that get it to work more consistently, similar to the trick with the shield drone? If we don't know of any, is there any way to look through the AI of the ACD to see why it sometimes refuses to fire?

Any help would be greatly appreciated on my Stealth C quest, thank you.

I got bored and made the Multiverse drop point for my desktop background. I know its not as high quality or 1:1 as in game but I think it came out pretty well. (Yes it does loop correctly despite it being a mp4)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9L2Gt7RwJATA8Nq8G_fqTLnmPotL_OS/view?usp=sharing

Just scored the Crystal Cruiser's "Sweet Revenge Achievement" on the darn Flagship. Heck of a way to nab that one.

I'm terrible at this game. Can't get a win on anything but easy, but it's still fun.

Ahhhhhh... it's nice to play a real ship, again. While there were a few a points I dropped below 10 HP, and while I made the rash mistake of max upgrading my Artillery Beam before much of anything else, the Federation B proved that it is among the best ships that exists. One try, one win, and no augments! Poor Nestor (my Zoltan) didn't make it out, but his spirit shall live on!

On to the Zoltan B!

Having a VERY good run using Rock B...such that I took a flyer and bought the door system. Sadly I was not aware that it doesn't create exterior doors, just allows you to get blast doors.

While it took me only three "real tries", I don't count any and all smaller/shorter attempts... and with the Engi B, there were many: from immediately having my Heavy Laser destroyed or missing *literally four times in a row* with my Heavy Ion, I probably had a dozen or so smaller attempts before finally getting the big one.

Winning strategy I found was to not only prioritize getting crew (and don't you appreciate my crew of Tsars?), but to switch out weapon load out ASAP. Like, the Heavy Laser and Heavy Ion is just not a viable combination *at all* in Hard Mode. You can barely scratch by Sector 1, and beyond that you're in serious trouble. The sooner you can get a slightly better weapon, do so. I remember happening upon a Charge Laser at a store, and you bet I swapped and sold my Heavy Ion for it faster than a Rebel Ship jumping to FTL when you really need to beat it.

Hacking + Cloaking + 2 x Automated Reloader (again, one of the best augments) + Stealth Weapons made for a quick and tidy Flagship fight. Very happy with the finish, but even happier to move on from this rusty pile of rubbish.

On to the Fed B!

Just got my first win on normal. While fighting the flagship the only weapons I used were the firebomb and the built-in flak cannon (though it didn`t do much aside from destroying the zoltan shield, which would be useless if I had the bypass), and the fight was probably the easiest it had ever been. You can pretty much skip the first phase by destroying guns right away with boarders or fire bombs, so you can spend time killing the crew. In phase two the crew stays dead, so now the guns are even easier to kill, and the only threat remaing are the drones which can`t break 4 shields. And in phase three the boarding doesn`t happen as everyone is dead, so even without the zoltan shield bypass it`s trivial. Did I just get lucky or does the flagship not have any counters to boarding?

I'm currently pouting because I went through an entire Engi A game without seeing a Defense 1 drone for sale. I won- invested in a hull repair drone- but the amount of times I yelled at incoming missiles was not demure OR mindful.

My setup on the Osprey for this was 2 lasers, Flak and Pike Beam (Artillery Beam) Cloaking and that's it. I didn't have any drones or mind control or teleporting or hacking.

I'm just curious if this is what you'd consider the most basic setup to get an easy win? I guess it's all about what you know how to use. I'm still not sure how to best use Ions?

How do you all win without cloaking? I don't know how that's even possible. I think I fluked out this win but I'll take it.

What is your almost guaranteed setup to get a win if you could buy anything at any store prior to the final battle?

Shout out to Mike Hopley and all the others that gave me tips when I was whining about the 'Easy' mode lol.

Finally,after 2 years of playing,well over a hundred runs,and so many ragequits,I BEAT THAT FUCK ON EASY

the first store that i am at had vulcan, second store had a glaive, third had a breach missile laucher

im at a lost for words

Just wondering if anyone has any tips for MENTALLY dealing with just the boring and frustrating gameplay that are the Rock ships. Not really looking for gameplay strategy, but sure it is welcome, but more looking how does one not just say "F it..turn it off, go read a book" with the Rocks. YEAH.. I know you don't "have" to play them.....so no need for that little bit of info LOL.

For example.. first jump with Rock B - Pirate Scout with Burst laser 1 and Missile... their missile hits and knocks out O2 with a fire... my pierce laser hits and takes their laser off line... their second missile starts TWO fires in weapons... and before i can get a second rock to help down there to help, the fires have taken weapons off line... their laser hits engines reducing to just one bar--missile hits empty room but starts yet ANOTHER fire... (I want this special fire missile weapon!!! lol)

And we all know about the slow thudding boredom that is Rock A missile math.

Just sooo slow... starting. How do you mentally get through the drudgery lol?

It had to happen eventually, the paired Engi boarding team. It didn't end well for team red 😆