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I can't say that I have much to offer here. It's good at what it does and sometimes you have to cash out in the second level if you don't see a strategy taking shape. I don't see any reason to play on normal, and a fair number of reasons to play with the slow rebels mod in easy to go through the idiotic unlock more ships ritual. It's probably at its best when you are playing boarding-intensive builds, which require not only a teleporter room but ideally a rockman/mantis pair or two to beam in and beat the hell out of people.
It's not what I would call a roguelike simply because the ending is well within your reach once you do the math on what you have available, and also because the last boss breaks all of the rules you've learnt throughout about crippling enemies. Except for the importance of taking out the rocket launcher with a boarding party ASAP. Cloak is a great way to beat the boss because you can trigger it during its drone swarms on the second stage of battle, but there are a number of other countermeasures (defense drones, high piloting) that can help you get over that bullshit hump.
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FTL by fabio 09/15/2012, 2:01pm PDT 
The big problem with this game though by fabio 09/15/2012, 2:48pm PDT
Re: The big problem with this game though by Cannibal Dave 09/16/2012, 10:08pm PDT
The Engi ship? by fabio 09/17/2012, 9:18am PDT
Re: The Engi ship? by Cannibal Dave 09/17/2012, 11:25am PDT
decent Stone Soup players have a 40% win ratio by Mysterio 09/15/2012, 4:24pm PDT
There's just too much randomness by fabio 09/16/2012, 4:40pm PDT
LK apparently has this. Will wait for him to spill the secret. by fabio 09/16/2012, 9:12pm PDT
Re: LK apparently has this. Will wait for him to spill the secret. by Lizard_King 10/23/2012, 8:51pm PDT
Roguelikes are akin to counting cards in Blackjack by Mischief Maker 09/17/2012, 8:03am PDT
Here's what I hate about FTL by Mischief Maker 09/17/2012, 2:57pm PDT
I could've sworn sometimes the stopped charging when you were cloaked by fabio 09/17/2012, 3:19pm PDT
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
Re: The better I get at this, the more this is the game I wanted Weird by fabio 09/18/2012, 11:28am PDT
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
Re: The better I get at this, the more this is the game I wanted Weird by fabio 09/18/2012, 2:19pm PDT
I figured out what ion weapons are good for... by Mischief Maker 09/23/2012, 7:09pm PDT
This game is pretty good by Arbit 09/21/2012, 11:21am PDT
Yeah the max system power is always the bottleneck, never total power available NT by fabio 09/22/2012, 5:01pm PDT
Nerd Interlude by Mischief Maker 09/25/2012, 6:25am PDT
The Next Generation movies dont count by fabio 09/25/2012, 12:48pm PDT
Re: The Next Generation movies dont count by Mischief Maker 09/25/2012, 2:18pm PDT
Look by Arbit 09/25/2012, 2:56pm PDT
Here's a beginner's guide I wrote for gog by Mischief Maker 09/24/2012, 12:29pm PDT
Never found beam weapons terribly useful by fabio 09/24/2012, 1:40pm PDT
I found the halberd beam useful by Arbit 09/24/2012, 7:45pm PDT
Unlocked some ships, beat it once by fabio 09/29/2012, 3:34pm PDT
I dunno how people take out the flagship without beams by Mischief Maker 09/30/2012, 9:27am PDT
I dunno how people get anywhere with beams by fabio 09/30/2012, 11:32am PDT
Ion the bridge, man. by Macho Maker 09/30/2012, 1:02pm PDT
Re: Ion the bridge, man. by fabio 09/30/2012, 1:29pm PDT
and holy shit how does anyone beat this on normal NT by fabio 09/30/2012, 1:49pm PDT
Oh yeah, also: by Macho Maker 09/30/2012, 2:35pm PDT
Re: I dunno how people get anywhere with beams by Arbit 10/03/2012, 11:27am PDT
Just won with flaming invasions by fabio 10/03/2012, 12:29pm PDT
Speaking of useless components... by Magic Underwear Maker 10/03/2012, 3:14pm PDT
Re: Speaking of useless components... by motherfuckerfoodeater 10/03/2012, 3:26pm PDT
Re: Speaking of useless components... by Arbit 10/03/2012, 5:05pm PDT
Slow firing ion guns, one shot lasers, mini beams by fabio 10/03/2012, 8:24pm PDT
The hidden flaw of indie games by WITTGENSTEIN 12/30/2012, 9:55pm PST
Is any game still fun after the gamefaqqots get done with it? by Mischief Maker 12/30/2012, 10:40pm PST
ACTUAL PUNCHLINE: Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. by E.B. White 12/30/2012, 11:01pm PST
This is a great point by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/05/2013, 2:16pm PST
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