Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[GlyphGryph]

Honestly, I feel like I paid too little for it. A game of similar quality produced by a big studio would be going for $25, and this is much, much better than the standard $25 dollar game.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   I have to agree with Gryph about this. The game if produced by a big company would have been much more to buy and probably contain nasty DRM, it cost hardly anything and if you buy from the website has no DRM which honestly in a modern game is worth the amount of money the game itself costs to me.

[EnigmaticHat]

After some thought, I think my next playthrough will be with the Federation Cruiser. As much as I'm interested in the Zoltan ship, I really can't turn down the cool laser weapon lol. The first episode with the new ship will likely be up tomorrow or the day after.

Out of curiosity though, is there some rhyme or reason to where the homeworlds appear? For example, is there always a homeworld at a certain numbered sector? Or are the sectors which are at the edge of the map more likely to be homeworlds, etc? I assume that each racial ship tends to be unlocked in their respective homeworld?

I want to know this too, I've been trying to unlock the mantis/stealth ships because those are the only ones that require me to have specific crew members, yet I only find the homeworlds around half the time and when I do I get unlucky finding the beacon.

As far as I can tell though, it's just a completely unbiased random chance to find them anywhere past the second sector.  I used to think the edges were more common but I'm not sure any more.  If it's any help, rock/mantis are red, slug is blue, and engi/zoltan are green.  And yes, you assumed correctly, with the exception that the engi one unlocks a federation ship for some reason.  Oh, and the Zoltan and Rock quests are quite easy, I completed them both in the same run, on the first try too.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

I think it's a decent price. It's a great game and it's only real flaw is the lastability. I think I would very much like to see a sequel to this that adds more depth however and perhaps elevate it beyond the current "random encounter" mechanic. A FTL and SPAZ (FTLSPAZ) mash-up would make for a wonderful game.

[GlyphGryph]

I want to know this too, I've been trying to unlock the mantis/stealth ships because those are the only ones that require me to have specific crew members, yet I only find the homeworlds around half the time and when I do I get unlucky finding the beacon.

My method is generally to aim myself at regions that I know are the right color - whichever path has the most. Mantis homeworlds are always red, Engi homeworlds are always green. Once there, it helps if you have long range sensors - for the Mantis, I believe you're looking for a ship square, and for the Stealth ship, I believe you're looking for a not-ship square (distress maybe?)

[Tarran]

After some thought, I think my next playthrough will be with the Federation Cruiser. As much as I'm interested in the Zoltan ship, I really can't turn down the cool laser weapon lol. The first episode with the new ship will likely be up tomorrow or the day after.

Out of curiosity though, is there some rhyme or reason to where the homeworlds appear? For example, is there always a homeworld at a certain numbered sector? Or are the sectors which are at the edge of the map more likely to be homeworlds, etc? I assume that each racial ship tends to be unlocked in their respective homeworld?

I want to know this too, I've been trying to unlock the mantis/stealth ships because those are the only ones that require me to have specific crew members, yet I only find the homeworlds around half the time and when I do I get unlucky finding the beacon.

As far as I can tell though, it's just a completely unbiased random chance to find them anywhere past the second sector.  I used to think the edges were more common but I'm not sure any more.  If it's any help, rock/mantis are red, slug is blue, and engi/zoltan are green.  And yes, you assumed correctly, with the exception that the engi one unlocks a federation ship for some reason.  Oh, and the Zoltan and Rock quests are quite easy, I completed them both in the same run, on the first try too.

I have no idea how it actually works. But, looking at sector_data.xml, I see some "minSector" values in there.

So if I had to guess, I'd say some sector types have minimum sector numbers before they're generated.

Sectors that have minSector values that aren't 0 are:
Final: Minsector 7.
Engi home: Minsector 2.
Mantis home: Minsector 2.
Slug home: Minsector 3.
Slug sector: Minsector 3.
Zoltan sector: Minsector 1.
Zoltan home: Minsector 2.
Rock sector: Minsector 1.
Rock home: Minsector 4.

Do note, since "Final" is 7 when there are at least 8 sectors if I recall correctly, the game engine could be counting the sectors as one number lower than what it says in-game.

[GlyphGryph]

I can pretty much say right now it does. Starts counting at zero, of course.

[Darvi]

Interestingly enough there's no regular Mantis sector listed. I don't know if it's an oversight on your part or actual fact, but if it's the latter it's kinda interesting to see that they, being the most aggressive species by far, are also the least expansionist along with the Engis.

[Tarran]

Interestingly enough there's no regular Mantis sector listed. I don't know if it's an oversight on your part or actual fact, but if it's the latter it's kinda interesting to see that they, being the most aggressive species by far, are also the least expansionist along with the Engis.

I only listed sectors that have minSector values higher than 0, which is no minimum. Mantis sectors have a minSector value of 0.

[Darvi]

Welp.

[ToonyMan]

I get to Sector 5 on my first game.  Launch my second game with my new Engi ship, die in my first battle.  This is ridiculous how the heck do the Engi survive unless they run from every fight.

[Sirus]

I get to Sector 5 on my first game.  Launch my second game with my new Engi ship, die in my first battle.  This is ridiculous how the heck do the Engi survive unless they run from every fight.

1) Ion blast enemy weapons, set to autofire.
2) Launch Anti-Ship drone.
3) You basically win, unless the enemy has a lot of shields, and by the time they do you should have additional weapons.

[Darvi]

3) You basically win, unless the enemy has a lot of shields, and by the time they do you should have additional weapons.

Not actually guaranteed.

[Sirus]

3) You basically win, unless the enemy has a lot of shields, and by the time they do you should have additional weapons.

Not actually guaranteed.

Very few things in this game are

[Mephansteras]

Anyone have a good strategy for the Federation Cruiser? I always get a great start and then get curbstomped around Sector 5. Not sure why it's so much harder than the Kestrel. I've tried upgrading Shields a lot, Engines a lot, the Artillery Cannon, regular weapons...nothing seems to work for me and I can't really tell why.

Hmm. I usually die to robot ships in Ion Storms. Maybe I just need to invest a bit in Excess energy so I can get past those.