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[GlyphGryph]

There's a few other ships I'll run as strike ships IF I get a lucky draw early on. The Stealth B is obviously almost always going to be a strike ship, of course, but it's not the only ship capable of it.

Investing in a cloak is a lot more expensive than a shield, but ALSO allows you to avoid damage from missiles too, and skipping the scrap for a shield can definitely be worth it if you think you can disable most enemy ships early on.

(Oddly enough, the Kestrel often turns into a strike ship for me - the Burst MKII is a great weapon for strike ships, and combining it with a heavy laser or another MKII is more than enough to disable most enemies in the first 2 sectors, and only costs 135 scrap to purchase and power - less than a cloak and not much more than a lv2 shield.)

That's all about rolling with the opportunities though.

[Leafsnail]

That's fair enough.  An early pre-ignitor can turn almost anything into a strike ship too, particularly with a cloak.

[GlyphGryph]

My FTL friends, I have updated my thread and am starting my stream soon, and still need suggestions on what ship to use and volunteers for my crew. Help me out?

[Sirus]

Hell, I'll volunteer. Why don't you attempt a no-new-system run? No getting teleporters, cloaks, or anything that your ship doesn't start with.

[monk12]

Hey, how do you do that thing where you can see where each node connects to before visiting it? Is that a mod?

[Sirus]

Hey, how do you do that thing where you can see where each node connects to before visiting it? Is that a mod?

Seems like every FTL video I see on YouTube has that feature, I sure don't know where it comes from :/

[Dermonster]

Its in the latest version.

[Sirus]

Its in the latest version.

I'm pretty sure I've been updated to the latest version.

[Dermonster]

hmm.

[Jim Groovester]

It's in the options.

[gimlet]

Yeah, options then hover the mouse over each node.  There are some sectors with WEIRD connectivity so I religiously scope it out as soon as I enter a sector to plan out a path that will hit the max number of stars.

[monk12]

It's in the options.

There it is! I salute you, kind sir- many times I've taken suboptimal paths because the connections were wacky and/or nonexistent.


Unrelated, just had a nice little run with the Fed Cruiser B. Would have been a nice little run with any given ship, really, considering I got a glut of good crew early (Zoltans and Engi and Mantis, oh my!) quickly followed by a Teleporter, and was rocking 2 Ion IIs and a Heavy I + Leto combo by Sector 4 (swapped out the latter two for a Burst II just before the last sector.) Given all that, I'm quite surprised I didn't break the high score list- probably spent too much time in stores and not enough time blowing shit up. I am correct that it doesn't detract from your score every time you fight the rebel fleet, right?

[Jim Groovester]

I am correct that it doesn't detract from your score every time you fight the rebel fleet, right?

I believe so.

Score is determined by scrap collected, ships defeated, and beacons visited, so fighting the rebel fleet doesn't affect your score except potentially in terms of scrap lost from the beacons they take over.

[monk12]

I've been operating on the theory that it actually increases my score since that's an extra ship defeated and at least one beacon explored I wouldn't have been able to otherwise, so when my defenses and weaponry are up to the task I deliberately pick that fight. I rather wish the game stored in-depth stats from each run so I'd know WHY my #2 high score is so... high.

[Jim Groovester]

I was doing a Slug A run. I came across a Weapon Pre-Igniter early in the run, either Sector 1 or 2. Naturally, I bought it. I then encountered two more Weapon Pre-Igniters in stores elsewhere on the run.

What the hell, game. You pick the most useless ways to be randomly generous.