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[Leafsnail]

Yeah don't do either of those events, they suck.

[Leafsnail]

It doesn't seem too strange to me that a law like that exists.  Otherwise you could just have a whole crew full of the same person.

[jaxy15]

The cloning law is absolute bullshit. If the rebels are destroying the federation, and we are the federation's last hope, then why aren't we still allowed to take drastic measures?

[miauw62]

If the nearest repair was only two jumps away, you had plenty of time to restock. Driving the Boss off from the base gives you 5 turns before you have to fight him again.

I did not know that. I don't think I've ever been in a situation where I didn't immediately pursue and destroy the flagship after each phase.

It's best to wait at the base, because the flagship may jump to a rebel controlled beacon, and may have an ASB on the planet.

Flagship + ASB = bad news

The flagship overwrites ASB if you fight it at a rebel-controlled beacon.

[Leafsnail]

The cloning law is absolute bullshit. If the rebels are destroying the federation, and we are the federation's last hope, then why aren't we still allowed to take drastic measures?

I imagine they've learnt about the potential issues with multiple living clones the hard way.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Ah yes, the Jimbot Army incident.

[Solymr]

Or "who's the clone" shenanigans?

[RedWarrior0]

Also, remember that when you do certain crew death options, the clone retains some memory of the death incident. So, if you clone a living person, what happens?

[Mephansteras]

Finally managed to get out of sector 1 with the Mantis A. The RNG just kept sending me against missile-armed automated scouts, who inevitably shot my weapons room right before I could get a bomb off in theirs.

This run is going well, though. Almost to the last stand and in decent shape. I have cloak, drones, Vulcan, Charge Laser II, and the small bomb for weapons. Combined with the boarders I've been able to pretty much tear anything apart I come across.

I have to say, I really like getting the decoy buoy early on. It's not quite as good as a scrap arm for reliably getting more stuff, but it about evens out. Only trick is to ditch it early in the last sector if possible so you can grab a new augment to replace it.

[mosshadow]

Finally managed to get out of sector 1 with the Mantis A. The RNG just kept sending me against missile-armed automated scouts, who inevitably shot my weapons room right before I could get a bomb off in theirs.

This run is going well, though. Almost to the last stand and in decent shape. I have cloak, drones, Vulcan, Charge Laser II, and the small bomb for weapons. Combined with the boarders I've been able to pretty much tear anything apart I come across.

I have to say, I really like getting the decoy buoy early on. It's not quite as good as a scrap arm for reliably getting more stuff, but it about evens out. Only trick is to ditch it early in the last sector if possible so you can grab a new augment to replace it.

Im very certain that the game bases enemies on your weapon loadout. when I get the bulwark, the enemies conveniently have a ton of missile launchers they didnt have when I was in the  Torus, when I get in the Stealth A they suddenly have drones and beam weapons.

[jaxy15]

So, I think I'm able to reliably win on easy now, the last 3 unmodded games I played have resulted in my victory. Should I move on to normal?

[GlyphGryph]

So, I think I'm able to reliably win on easy now, the last 3 unmodded games I played have resulted in my victory. Should I move on to normal?

Yeah, I'd say so. Winning in normal doesn't take learning anything new over easy, it's just improving your prioritization and polishing the same strategies that worked in Easy to work more efficiently. If you're beating it in Easy, you've made it over the hump of "how to build a loadout that works", so the only thing left to work on is "how to build a loadout that works when I can't have every single thing I want".

[Leafsnail]

Im very certain that the game bases enemies on your weapon loadout. when I get the bulwark, the enemies conveniently have a ton of missile launchers they didnt have when I was in the  Torus, when I get in the Stealth A they suddenly have drones and beam weapons.

It's just confirmation bias, you don't really pay attention to the weapons that don't matter to you.

[EnigmaticHat]

I've always figured the clone bay was some sort of consciousness transfer.  FTL is soft enough sci-fi for it to work that way, and it (vaguely) explains why some events can still kill a person even if you have a clone bay.  Also why there is a distance requirement.  And why anyone would be willing to serve on a ship that has a clone bay instead of medbay.

[Leafsnail]

Some of the clone bay events do imply that actually (like the "Newfound respect for flames" one).