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[GlyphGryph]

Well, I've gotten to the point where I can consistantly get to the final boss with any ship I've unlocked, if not beat him. Like many games of this sort, luck will always play a role, but its a surprising how much skill can overcome that.

But I just can NOT figure out how to get the alternate layout for the stealth ship. I can, again, consistantly get to the final boss - but while I've taken down many a ship in a single cloak, I just can't manage to do it with a full hull. I have killed plenty of ships with a full hull, too, mind you.

I think lasers might just not kill fast enough. As awesome as the glaive beam is. I might end up trying for a hold full of rocket launchers, and switching to those so I can ignore the shield and focus on lethal damage. Or maybe two rockets and a glaive beam... Rocket the shields, then glave beam to finish the ship?

[Zangi]

Rocketing the shields and glaiving seems the most sound tactic.

Or 4x breach missiles might do.

[Jim Groovester]

I managed to avoid 9 points of damage by cloaking in the third phase of the flagship by cloaking through the superweapon.

Getting to Sector 8 without going through a single environmental danger is doable, but requires friendly map layout.

I didn't get the kill a single enemy in a single cloak achievement until I unlocked the B layout for the Stealth Cruiser.

It starts with a Glaive Beam. Getting the achievement after that is trivial.

[Darvi]

So I bought the game a few hours ago and made it to the last sector within two playthroughs.

Holy shit that's a difficulty spike.

[GlyphGryph]

I made the mistake of forgetting to turn off my defense drone, or I probably would have had the 9 points of damage one. DARN.

The avoiding hazards one was just exceptionally easy.

But I need to either get back to the boss or get the kill now...

So, maximum damage for the minibeam is 4, right? Anyone done better?

[10ebbor10]

Having a great run. Only 2 jumps in, got an engi crew member and a weapon preigniter, and didn't really have to do anything.

Also, using the Kestrel this time.

Edit: third jump, free rockmen.

[Zangi]

Lady Luck, AKA RNG looks kindly upon you this day. 

Advice #1: Do not squander it.
Advice #2: She is fickle and it is only a matter of time before she gets a mood swing.

[Sordid]

Lady Luck, AKA RNG looks kindly upon you this day.

Oh come on, don't you know you're not supposed to speak her name lest she turns away from you? You better not have jinxed him.

[Neyvn]

Lady Luck, AKA RNG looks kindly upon you this day.

Oh come on, don't you know you're not supposed to speak her name lest she turns away from you? You better not have jinxed him.

Well if Zangi didn't you just did. The word Jinx is a jinx in itself. Saying "Opp hope I didn't jinx myself" or "Don't jinx him" is like, AUTO RNG HATE!!!! TO THE MAX!!!!

[Dutchling]

Lady Luck, AKA RNG looks kindly upon you this day.

Oh come on, don't you know you're not supposed to speak her name lest she turns away from you? You better not have jinxed him.

Well if Zangi didn't you just did. The word Jinx is a jinx in itself. Saying "Opp hope I didn't jinx myself" or "Don't jinx him" is like, AUTO RNG HATE!!!! TO THE MAX!!!!

You just, ehh... skoodelepooped yourself four times there.

[Shadowlord]

Also, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!

And there are some oddities, like there fair amont of folks that experience slow fps. (As I do.) And other performance issues.

Really? I get ludicrously high FPS (way above my monitor refresh rate).

[Jacob/Lee]

Hehehe, one of the Engi crewmen (of my Engi ship ) defaulted to the name "Notch."

[palsch]

Messed around a bit on normal the other day and didn't get that far. Unlocked the Engi ship but that's about it.

Played today on easy and won three times straight through.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I had a loss first with the Engi ship, using two Ion Burster II's and a single Fire Beam, plus teleporter room and Rockmen. At one point I had five Rockmen in my crew. I added a Defence I drone just before the final boss which helped with the drone section but it wasn't enough.

I got my first win with a similar run only using an Ion Bomb instead of the second Burster, plus better drones and upgrades (although fewer Rockmen; two were enough). This actually scored less overall than the first run, but it was easier to knock out shields with the ion bomb before letting the burster suppress their other systems and setting them on fire. A Defence II drone is far superior for that final fight as well, although it was pricey when you are depending on an anti-ship drone for your killing blows.

Second time used the Federation Cruiser. Managed to find four Laser Burster II's and the weapon pre-igniter by sector six. GG.

Third time used the Federation Cruiser B. This time I only had one Laser Burster II alongside my starting dual laser, but I supplemented them with two Pike Beams. The lasers were always enough to knock out the shields, then time the beams to cut absolutely any ship into four pieces. Again, weapon pre-igniter and GG.

I've got a couple of ships to unlock and some achievements I want to take a run at, then I'll go back to banging my head against Normal.

[GlyphGryph]

Wooh, Mantis ship!

I kind of thought I'd need a Mantis for this, but nope! Just a teleport and lv2 medbay, apparently!
(And making good choices, obviously)

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   I know someone suggested making a lets play thread but I don't really feel like it. I am mostly just playing it for myself and having it recorded is a side benefit so anyway here is another games worth of videos:
Beggining
Middle
End