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[Tarran]

Huh, interesting... I start a new game in a Stealth Cruiser and first enemy in the game? It has 2 of those 1-power Ions and a single laser.

Game: "Lololol Ion lolololol you doomed oh wait you won wat."

I wonder what are the chances of two of the same weapons on an enemy ship.

[Sirus]

I've seen ships with nothing but heavy lasers, and more than a few late-game enemies with at least two Hermes missiles (the big nasty ones that do 3 damage each). So I'd say the odds are pretty good

[Tarran]

Heh, this game is tempting me. First shop in the game in sector one? Burst Laser MKIII.

Problem: I'm heavily damaged and don't have enough scrap anyway without selling either my Mini Beam or Dual Laser. And even if I got it, I can't power the damn thing.

[GlyphGryph]

Sell your titanium!

Seriously, that's what it's for! Hell, even sell the titanium and both weapons to grab it, and you should be able to afford the power, right?

[Kilroy the Grand]

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Another almost perfect run, got a fully upgraded rock ship, breech missile, mark III burst laser, Heavy laser 2. Get to the boss, rip him a new asshole all the way to his third form.
Then I run out of missiles, and the fucker kept regenerating his shield, and then his fucking burst attack destroyed me

[GlyphGryph]

It couldn't have been THAT fully upgraded, then.

[Tarran]

Sell your titanium!

Seriously, that's what it's for! Hell, even sell the titanium and both weapons to grab it, and you should be able to afford the power, right?

Like I said, I was seriously damaged too. I had to spend 58 scrap to repair. The gun wasn't worth it to me.

Even if I had got it, it wouldn't have saved me. Burst Laser MKIIs vs unshielded Stealth ship=pain and suffering.

[Kilroy the Grand]

It couldn't have been THAT fully upgraded, then.

maxed out power, shields, engines, weapons. I'm started to get really pissed off, I can't even get the quest for the mantis ship!

[GlyphGryph]

It couldn't have been THAT fully upgraded, then.

maxed out power, shields, engines, weapons. I'm started to get really pissed off, I can't even get the quest for the mantis ship!

You can't say you're fully upgraded if you don't have a defense drone or a cloak.

But still, with maxed out shields and dodge, how did the final form even /hit/ you. I just beat that with my rock ship, and he never actually touched me.

[Kilroy the Grand]

It couldn't have been THAT fully upgraded, then.

maxed out power, shields, engines, weapons. I'm started to get really pissed off, I can't even get the quest for the mantis ship!

You can't say you're fully upgraded if you don't have a defense drone or a cloak.

But still, with maxed out shields and dodge, how did the final form even /hit/ you. I just beat that with my rock ship, and he never actually touched me.

My lasers kept missing, it was so fucking annoying.

[GlyphGryph]

Sounds like a screen-punch-worthy situation.

My rock shop didn't even /have/ any lasers - I had a hermes launcher (and started the match with a single missile) and a heavy laser 1 Heavy Ion.

Apparently I got luckier than you though, since I still managed to take him out.

[Mephansteras]

Sounds like a screen-punch-worthy situation.

My rock shop didn't even /have/ any lasers - I had a hermes launcher (and started the match with a single missile) and a heavy laser 1.

Apparently I got luckier than you though, since I still managed to take him out.

0.o

[Leafsnail]

With boarders you could probably win the whole thing with a single missile to the medbay and literally any damage dealing weapon to finish off the shieldless boss (or you could sacrifice a guy each time).

[GlyphGryph]

Today I learned I apparently have a mental division between "the real lasers" and "the crappy pretenders called heavy lasers" hah.

It took several rereads to understand the contradiction in what I wrote. Regardless, that was actually incorrect. I meant to write "Heavy Ion".

[Sirus]

Heavy lasers aren't that bad, actually. They only use 1 power and charge faster than most normal lasers. Not so useful against standard shields, but if the shields are down you can deliver a powerful hit that has a pretty good chance of starting fires or breaching.