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[Leafsnail]

Yeah Rock Plating is pretty decent, but on Hard Mode no way is it better than a 40 scrap injection in the first sector.

[i2amroy]

I think it's safe to say that this game officially hates me . My last 6 runs all have ended horribly due to incredibly bad luck before sector 3 (3 of these were on easy mode too), culminating in a Engi A run where I died on my very first jump, before my FTL drive even managed to power up (missile weapon on the first ship alternates hits between my engine room and drone bay until I was dead, without me being able to do anything about it or even damage them). Another three of the losses were due to times when my missiles or drones got shot down by random laser shots right when I really needed them, and the other two losses were due to running into beam drone + beam weapon scouts lurking inside of random asteroid fields that love to target my weapon and shield systems. So much RNG hate .

I guess the game was right when it told me I should just give up after I lost during the tutorial (I accidentally opened all the doors to my ship and didn't notice right away).

[Trapezohedron]

If you haven't been fleeing, then try fleeing battles that seem to cost you more than it would gain you scrap. I can't teach anything about the Engi-A though, was never fond of it.

[Neonivek]

For the most part each ship relies on a certain amount of luck to succeed.

The Engi... relies on a ton of it. Especially since its main attack is a weapon with a VERY limited ammo capacity.

It is why I prefer ships that can reasonably survive until the 6th.

[Sirus]

I'd say the Stealth A relies much more on luck in the early sectors. If a single enemy ship has attack drones, you WILL take damage. Beam drones especially, since you can't count on your evasion protecting you. Or the times you are forced to go through an asteroid field.

[Trapezohedron]

I feel more comfortable with the Stealth A/B series than the Engis, but then again, both of them suffer from massive amounts of scrap sinking. Of the two, though, I find Stealth B to be more easier for some reason.

Take off oxygen power when cloak is ready, cloak for a bit, then fire away at the weapons. chamber. If target has shields next to the weapons, make sure shields go first.

Then fully upgrade cloak with adequate reactor energy, save up for a shield, but once you get to above shield threshold, spend on engines.

[Mephansteras]

I think it's safe to say that this game officially hates me . My last 6 runs all have ended horribly due to incredibly bad luck before sector 3 (3 of these were on easy mode too), culminating in a Engi A run where I died on my very first jump, before my FTL drive even managed to power up (missile weapon on the first ship alternates hits between my engine room and drone bay until I was dead, without me being able to do anything about it or even damage them). Another three of the losses were due to times when my missiles or drones got shot down by random laser shots right when I really needed them, and the other two losses were due to running into beam drone + beam weapon scouts lurking inside of random asteroid fields that love to target my weapon and shield systems. So much RNG hate .

I guess the game was right when it told me I should just give up after I lost during the tutorial (I accidentally opened all the doors to my ship and didn't notice right away).

Maybe try doing some Kestrel B runs? The Redtail is one of the easier ships to use and relies a lot less on luck then many others.

[EnigmaticHat]

For the most part each ship relies on a certain amount of luck to succeed.

The Engi... relies on a ton of it. Especially since its main attack is a weapon with a VERY limited ammo capacity.

It is why I prefer ships that can reasonably survive until the 6th.

I mean sure having no hull damaging guns is bad, but its easy to fix.  Its also not that hard to keep your drone count up if you're strategic about which surrenders you accept.

The trade off for that is starting with a drone control system and being able to disable any amount of shields indefinitely with its starting gun.  The Engi A's starting loadout could kill some ships that are in the Last Stand.  In fact I know that it could kill at least one of the Flagship's forms.  It rips through ships in the first two sectors.  Think about it, once you disable their shields (which for a 1 shield layer ship should happen before they can fire) there are 4 systems (helm + engine, shields, weapons, drone bay) that the enemy has to keep down in order stop you, and you have an engi repair crew.  Engi A is seriously powerful early game.

[Darkmere]

Redtail has a pretty good starting loadout until you start meeting ships with level 3 shields.

But it also starts with 4 bars in weapons, which is nothing to sneeze at when the upgraded guns start coming in. That's one of the big mid-game sells which directly stacks with the early-game loadout that makes it so powerful.

[i2amroy]

Maybe try doing some Kestrel B runs? The Redtail is one of the easier ships to use and relies a lot less on luck then many others.

Yeah, I've gotten to the final ship several times with other ships. It's just that I'm trying to unlock the Federation ship (being 1 of 3 I still haven't unlocked), so I was doing engi runs.

[Mephansteras]

Maybe try doing some Kestrel B runs? The Redtail is one of the easier ships to use and relies a lot less on luck then many others.

Yeah, I've gotten to the final ship several times with other ships. It's just that I'm trying to unlock the Federation ship (being 1 of 3 I still haven't unlocked), so I was doing engi runs.

Ah. I've found it is helpful sometimes to break up a bad streak with a completely different ship type. Helps me get back into the swing of things.

[miauw62]

Yeah, if you're really frustrated with a game you won't succeed. You just won't. I have tried to fight a boss in games many times one day and just failed because of my frustration, but came back the next day and defeat the boss at my first try.

[Mageziya]

I just realized something.

Why the hell are missiles aerodynamically shaped?

[miauw62]

Because everyone would complain if they didn't look like missiles.

[Neonivek]

I just realized something.

Why the hell are missiles aerodynamically shaped?

There could be multiple reasons

1) So they are still functional in situations where space isn't empty space (such as a nebula)
2) So they can function against planets with atmospheres
3) For shield penetration
4) Aesthetics

Honestly... I am going with 2 and 1... most of these space ships seem like they can land and take off of other planets.

Heck why don't you ask why most of the ships are aerodynamic? (Mind you that is because of reason 2... They are built to be able to enter and leave planetary atmospheres)