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[Sordid]

Yeah, 'normal' is hard as fuck.

all crew members? shops don't have them/not enough random events

That's just a matter of luck, I've managed it without even trying.

recover from 1 HP? always die.

You don't do this one in combat. You sit in an asteroid field with your shields de-powered, your warp drive charged, a shop a single jump away, and enough scrap/stuff to sell to pay for the repairs. Alternatively, get yourself to a store and use a weapon that can target your own ship to damage yourself (I've never tried this, but reportedly it works).

[Mephansteras]

all crew members? shops don't have them/not enough random events

That's just a matter of luck, I've managed it without even trying.

Sadly, the one time I managed this I had an Engi ship. 

[Knirisk]

I also discovered that whenever you encounter a random event that has a chance of taking away a crew member, say, a ship with fires or giant arachnids, it always takes the crewmember at the bottom of the list. Basically, the last crew member you picked up. I was saddened much when a random event ate up my Crystalman.

[GlyphGryph]

Oh yes, there is a whole list of events I just no longer attempt for that sort of reason.

I THINK you can handle all events with a mantis, rockman, and engie, plus an Ion Weapon, Teleport, and Advanced Sensor without any risks. Are there any events with bad outcomes that can't be avoided without at least one of these

[ukulele]

Oh yes, there is a whole list of events I just no longer attempt for that sort of reason.

I THINK you can handle all events with a mantis, rockman, and engie, plus an Ion Weapon, Teleport, and Advanced Sensor without any risks. Are there any events with bad outcomes that can't be avoided without at least one of these

You need a slug for the lone madman in a planet or adv. medbay, others require long range scaners (when out of fuel) and some require misiles, cloaking helps on other events. Basically everything gives you extra chances.

[10ebbor10]

Oh yes, there is a whole list of events I just no longer attempt for that sort of reason.

I THINK you can handle all events with a mantis, rockman, and engie, plus an Ion Weapon, Teleport, and Advanced Sensor without any risks. Are there any events with bad outcomes that can't be avoided without at least one of these

You need a slug for the lone madman in a planet or adv. medbay, others require long range scaners (when out of fuel) and some require misiles, cloaking helps on other events. Basically everything gives you extra chances.

Also, advanced weaponry allows you to threathen smugglers into giving you free stuff.

[ukulele]

Realy? never seen that one.

[Tellemurius]

Oh yes, there is a whole list of events I just no longer attempt for that sort of reason.

I THINK you can handle all events with a mantis, rockman, and engie, plus an Ion Weapon, Teleport, and Advanced Sensor without any risks. Are there any events with bad outcomes that can't be avoided without at least one of these

You need a slug for the lone madman in a planet or adv. medbay, others require long range scaners (when out of fuel) and some require misiles, cloaking helps on other events. Basically everything gives you extra chances.

Also, advanced weaponry allows you to threathen smugglers into giving you free stuff.

i like to know whats advance as i had a glaive beam they still felt like battling to the death.

[lemon10]

Its probably dependent on either A) the amount of power that you can/are directing to weapons or B) the number of weapons you possess.

[Silfurdreki]

Just noting this: enemies do not have unlimited missiles. Right now I'm up against a Zoltan ship with only an ion cannon and a missile launcher. Their subsystems are all fine, but they have stopped launching missiles.

[GlyphGryph]

and one beam weapon (that one with a ship stuck in an asteroid)

This one can be done with teleporter, actually.

Which events have a bad outcome option without LRS? Obviously there's a bunch of stuff you can do with better equipment. But I'm talking the minimum amount of equipment to avoid "bad results", not "suboptimal results"

You need a slug for the lone madman in a planet or adv. medbay

Ah, I forgot about this one. So I guess I can advanced medbay to the list (easier than getting a slug anyway)

Also, is there a bad outcome to encountering alien animals and trying to talk to them? I know bringing them on my ship just kills people.


And yeah, enemies do run out of stuff. The question is whether them doing so nets you less stuff.

[Levi]

Just noting this: enemies do not have unlimited missiles. Right now I'm up against a Zoltan ship with only an ion cannon and a missile launcher. Their subsystems are all fine, but they have stopped launching missiles.

Oh yeah, I noticed that too in sector 8.  I was up against a rebel ship with two missile bays and two other guns, and my defense drone was reliably shooting down all the missiles.  Then after a while they stopped firing them, and their two other guns weren't enough to break through my shields. 

[GlyphGryph]

So the defensive drone basically seems like the best thing in the game, honestly. Enemy missiles are just the worst, the absolute worst.

Hmm... it doesn't stop bombs, though, but bombs are much less common. Does anything stop enemy drones?

[Levi]

So the defensive drone basically seems like the best thing in the game, honestly. Enemy missiles are just the worst, the absolute worst.

Hmm... it doesn't stop bombs, though, but bombs are much less common. Does anything stop enemy drones?

Bombs apparently don't hurt your hull, so they aren't as bad in some ways.  Drones I have no idea, but man are they annoying. 

[Tarran]

AHAHAHAHAHAAAA! I GOT A VICTORY WITH 1 HULL! Oh my god, all I had to take was one missile and I would be toast, or one system taken down by the boarders. But my 45% evasion dodged not one, but THREE missiles and I got one more hit, and won the game!

Oh god, that was freaking intense.