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Re: Ion the bridge, man. by fabio 09/30/2012, 1:29pm PDT
Macho Maker wrote:

Once their dodge is down to 0%, (1 power) artemis missile plus a salvo from the burst lasers will guaranteed take down even the flagship's shields, then it's playtime for your beam weapons.


That limits the usefulness of beams to games where the RNG was kind enough to give you an ion bomb.

It's kind of ridiculous how pointless it is to try damaging engines. They can still FTL charge at one bar and causing multiple bars of damage still isn't near as effective as inflicting one damage on the bride. You should at least lose total energy, making engine damage more of a "I want to weaken everything collectively rather than a specific systems."


Fun fact: the four weapon systems of the flagship are inaccessible from the rest of the ship. Kill the gunner manning the station and take that weapon out, it's out for good. (unless you kill everyone, in which case the flagship apparently starts operating as an automated ship: very slow repair, but everything is repaired at once.)


Most times you want to spend the entire first flagship stage on killing off the crew. Hold off on destroying it if you have to. Destroying the missile launcher and drone control ASAP is mandatory the 2nd phase and it's a lot easier with no one repairing it or repelling your boarding party.
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    The big problem with this game though by fabio 09/15/2012, 2:48pm PDT NEW
        Re: The big problem with this game though by Cannibal Dave 09/16/2012, 10:08pm PDT NEW
            The Engi ship? by fabio 09/17/2012, 9:18am PDT NEW
                Re: The Engi ship? by Cannibal Dave 09/17/2012, 11:25am PDT NEW
    decent Stone Soup players have a 40% win ratio by Mysterio 09/15/2012, 4:24pm PDT NEW
        There's just too much randomness by fabio 09/16/2012, 4:40pm PDT NEW
    LK apparently has this. Will wait for him to spill the secret. by fabio 09/16/2012, 9:12pm PDT NEW
        Re: LK apparently has this. Will wait for him to spill the secret. by Lizard_King 10/23/2012, 8:51pm PDT NEW
    Roguelikes are akin to counting cards in Blackjack by Mischief Maker 09/17/2012, 8:03am PDT NEW
    Here's what I hate about FTL by Mischief Maker 09/17/2012, 2:57pm PDT NEW
        I could've sworn sometimes the stopped charging when you were cloaked by fabio 09/17/2012, 3:19pm PDT NEW
            The better I get at this, the more this is the game I wanted Weird Worlds to be. by Mischief Maker 09/18/2012, 9:34am PDT NEW
                Re: The better I get at this, the more this is the game I wanted Weird by fabio 09/18/2012, 11:28am PDT NEW
                    Re: The better I get at this, the more this is the game I wanted Weird by Mischief Maker 09/18/2012, 1:18pm PDT NEW
                        Re: The better I get at this, the more this is the game I wanted Weird by fabio 09/18/2012, 2:19pm PDT NEW
                            I figured out what ion weapons are good for... by Mischief Maker 09/23/2012, 7:09pm PDT NEW
    This game is pretty good by Arbit 09/21/2012, 11:21am PDT NEW
        Yeah the max system power is always the bottleneck, never total power available NT by fabio 09/22/2012, 5:01pm PDT NEW
        Nerd Interlude by Mischief Maker 09/25/2012, 6:25am PDT NEW
            The Next Generation movies dont count by fabio 09/25/2012, 12:48pm PDT NEW
                Re: The Next Generation movies dont count by Mischief Maker 09/25/2012, 2:18pm PDT NEW
                    Look by Arbit 09/25/2012, 2:56pm PDT NEW
    Here's a beginner's guide I wrote for gog by Mischief Maker 09/24/2012, 12:29pm PDT NEW
        Never found beam weapons terribly useful by fabio 09/24/2012, 1:40pm PDT NEW
            I found the halberd beam useful by Arbit 09/24/2012, 7:45pm PDT NEW
    Unlocked some ships, beat it once by fabio 09/29/2012, 3:34pm PDT NEW
        I dunno how people take out the flagship without beams by Mischief Maker 09/30/2012, 9:27am PDT NEW
            I dunno how people get anywhere with beams by fabio 09/30/2012, 11:32am PDT NEW
                Ion the bridge, man. by Macho Maker 09/30/2012, 1:02pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Ion the bridge, man. by fabio 09/30/2012, 1:29pm PDT NEW
                        and holy shit how does anyone beat this on normal NT by fabio 09/30/2012, 1:49pm PDT NEW
                Oh yeah, also: by Macho Maker 09/30/2012, 2:35pm PDT NEW
                Re: I dunno how people get anywhere with beams by Arbit 10/03/2012, 11:27am PDT NEW
                    Just won with flaming invasions by fabio 10/03/2012, 12:29pm PDT NEW
    Speaking of useless components... by Magic Underwear Maker 10/03/2012, 3:14pm PDT NEW
        Re: Speaking of useless components... by motherfuckerfoodeater 10/03/2012, 3:26pm PDT NEW
        Re: Speaking of useless components... by Arbit 10/03/2012, 5:05pm PDT NEW
            Slow firing ion guns, one shot lasers, mini beams by fabio 10/03/2012, 8:24pm PDT NEW
    The hidden flaw of indie games by WITTGENSTEIN 12/30/2012, 9:55pm PST NEW
        Is any game still fun after the gamefaqqots get done with it? by Mischief Maker 12/30/2012, 10:40pm PST NEW
            ACTUAL PUNCHLINE: Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. by E.B. White 12/30/2012, 11:01pm PST NEW
        This is a great point by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/05/2013, 2:16pm PST NEW
 
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