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[monk12]

Yeah, the one Tarran is talking about is "shield them with your ship." It has some decent blue options, though, and I don't care about the risk of hull damage since you still get scrap rewards to repair it anyway.

That said, the stuck pirate has a downside too.

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Sometimes you help them, and one of their buddies shows up to fight you. So it's not MUCH of a downside, but if you're in a bad way it's a tricky situation.

I've only ever had that happen when I chose to scrap them.

I'm pretty sure those are the only two options- try to dislodge and scrap them. Unless you have a beam weapon, so you can safely dislodge them and get free stuff.

[Leafsnail]

A teleporter is a substitute for a decent weapon with pretty much any ship, and appears in like a third of shops.

[Sirus]

A teleporter is a substitute for a decent weapon with pretty much any ship, and appears in like a third of shops.

Engi cruiser?

[monk12]

A teleporter is a substitute for a decent weapon with pretty much any ship, and appears in like a third of shops.

Engi cruiser?

Actually works very well, as the medbay is right next to the teleporter for fast cycling. By the time enemies start consistently having medbays of their own you should have crew from random events or the option to purchase better crew/weapons/drones in a shop.

[Lightningfalcon]

A teleporter is a substitute for a decent weapon with pretty much any ship, and appears in like a third of shops.

Engi cruiser?

Actually works very well, as the medbay is right next to the teleporter for fast cycling. By the time enemies start consistently having medbays of their own you should have crew from random events or the option to purchase better crew/weapons/drones in a shop.

Medbays?  My three ion weapons are taking care of that problem well enough.  And if that still isn't enough?  Simply redirect power from my L III medbay to an anti-ship drone.  Problem solved.
The only problem is that teleporting engi ships suck against the flagship, as I learned a few minutes ago. 

[Sirus]

A teleporter is a substitute for a decent weapon with pretty much any ship, and appears in like a third of shops.

Engi cruiser?

Actually works very well, as the medbay is right next to the teleporter for fast cycling. By the time enemies start consistently having medbays of their own you should have crew from random events or the option to purchase better crew/weapons/drones in a shop.

There's that "should" word again. I've gotten to the Last Stand more than once with less crew than I started with, and no new ones. Sometimes you just get screwed over, and if you're already doing poorly and spending most of your scrap on repairs you can't buy any new stuff to help you do better.

[Graknorke]

I'm really doubting that this is purely luck.
It may be due to luck based outcomes; but that's because you're putting too much of your strategy into lucky things happening.

[Leafsnail]

It works fine on an Engi A (Engi A is kindof a decent ship in the first place though, and doesn't need any luck really).  The main ship I was thinking of was Engi B, but that just sucks.

[monk12]

Well, yeah, the Engi B is just terrible at everything. Definitely my least favorite ship, as the only advantages I can think of for it are also possessed by the Engi A, and the A also starts with the best Ion weapon and an attack drone, not to mention some crew to man systems. I'm also starting to really groove to the Engi A, since that Ion weapon is great with whatever beams come your way.

[Neonivek]

I'm really doubting that this is purely luck.
It may be due to luck based outcomes; but that's because you're putting too much of your strategy into lucky things happening.

This is seeming like a game where you need to be Lucky AND you need to be good.

It is far to easy to go through the entire game and never get what you need to beat the boss or enemies long the way. As well if you suck at the game it won't matter if you have a good ship either.

[GlyphGryph]

Neonivek, I'm not buying it. Not getting what you need is HARD. Once you get by sector 3, there's very little luck in the game (there's certainly some luck up until that point, but it's still trumped by player skill and smart decisions)

Meanwhile, the Engi B... well, personally, I like it. It's still given me my highest point victory, after all.

[Neonivek]

Neonivek, I'm not buying

Good thing I am not selling.

Though I am not buying what you are saying either. There must be a trick they don't tell you. It may be involved with the fact that home planets tend to be at the back.

[Sirus]

Strangely enough GG, I'm not buying your view either. Must be the dozens of runs when I couldn't afford anything thanks to constant damage from crappy evasion rolls. Must be the battles where the very first hit from an enemy wipes out my weapons, leaving me incapable of fighting back. Or the runs where I had no choice but to pass through a hazard which proceeded to disable half of my systems while simultaneously dealing with boarding parties and high-level ships.

Fact is, luck IS the biggest factor in this game. If the enemy shots hit you in the right places, you're fucked. No questions asked, and if you're lucky you'll be able to jump away and pray to whatever deity you wish that there's safety on the other side.

[Leafsnail]

Must be the dozens of runs when I couldn't afford anything thanks to constant damage from crappy evasion rolls

Don't waste money repairing too much of it

Must be the battles where the very first hit from an enemy wipes out my weapons, leaving me incapable of fighting back.

Fix them

Or the runs where I had no choice but to pass through a hazard which proceeded to disable half of my systems while simultaneously dealing with boarding parties and high-level ships.

Pause, reroute your power.  Ion storms really tend to hit your opponent harder than they hit you, because they don't have the brains required to prioritize the correct systems (I have been attacked by ships with no functioning weapons in ion storms before).  You may have to turn off your oxygen or engines temporarily, but the fact is your opponent will not be functioning at full capacity either, so you will be able to knock out their weapons and deal with boarders in the normal door-related ways.

[Sirus]

Must be the dozens of runs when I couldn't afford anything thanks to constant damage from crappy evasion rolls

Don't waste money repairing too much of it

If I don't, I die. Or if I buy a new weapon/system, I can't afford the power to use it. In bad runs, there's no good option.

Must be the battles where the very first hit from an enemy wipes out my weapons, leaving me incapable of fighting back.

Fix them

Right, because repairs are instant and the enemy will sit tight and wait for me to recover. You've never had three vital rooms knocked out and on fire/breached at the same time, have you?

Or the runs where I had no choice but to pass through a hazard which proceeded to disable half of my systems while simultaneously dealing with boarding parties and high-level ships.

Pause, reroute your power.  Ion storms really tend to hit your opponent harder than they hit you, because they don't have the brains required to prioritize the correct systems (I have been attacked by ships with no functioning weapons in ion storms before).  You may have to turn off your oxygen or engines temporarily, but the fact is your opponent will not be functioning at full capacity either, so you will be able to knock out their weapons and deal with boarders in the normal door-related ways.

Oddly enough, I've never seen an ion storm where the enemy wasn't at full strength. When I mentioned four weapons, shields, and cloaks earlier, I wasn't exaggerating. That's something I've fought in an ion storm. They're never any weaker than ships outside the storm, and in some cases stronger.