GEE, I SURE DO LOVE IT WHEN MY ALMOST PERFECT RUN GETS FUCKED COMPLETELY BECAUSE OF THAT ONE SMALL IMPERFECTION!

>>713851819 (OP)
I stopped losing runs when I started always finding and buying cloak and weapon pre igniter

>>713851819 (OP)
The rebel flagship is so much harder than the rest of the game, it’s retarded.

>>713851942
Dude, that’s what made me lose
>Glaive beam, flak 2, getting ready to melt the flagship
>At federation base
>Flagship hacks my weapons (stunlock when combined with its cloaking)
>reallynigga.png
>Jump away
>Jump back
>Base will be destroyed next jump, hopefully it targets something el-
>hack targets my weapons A-FUCKING-GAIN
>scoop and start new game with salt pouring out of every orifice

>>713852318
>>713851942
What made it even worse was that I did the Zoltan quest and I would’ve been perfectly fine (likely would’ve won) had I not gotten that fucking pacifist nigger and actually gotten the shield

>>713851942
I don't know, the flagship never gives me trouble, it's always the things that wear me down along the way.

>Flying through sector
>Every enemy ship has a missile launcher on it
>Targets my weapons bay first without fail
>Finally get defense drone
>Never find a ship with a missile launcher again

>Automated Rebel Ship
>Has a cloak, shield, and high engines
>Fire volley after volley at it only to miss three or four shots in a row, dealing very light damage
>Before I can follow up, the ship cloaks and the damage is repaired

>Run going well
>Fire beam spawns in a shop
>Lose the run because I like setting things on fire more than winning

>>713852318
I would highly recommend not taking any power 4 weapon except for maybe the Vulcan if you have a buffer or excellent defenses. They're simply too vulnerable to hacking, attacks against the weapons bay, or just bad luck in general. The Vulcan gets a partial pass because the weapon is strong enough on its own to kill any ship, so anything else you get with it is icing on the cake.

>>713852731
>last one
I mean that’s kinda based doe
The satisfaction of burning the ship’s systems to death and then watching the dudes asphyxiate will never get old.

>ftl
>slay the spire
>darkest dungeon

the trinity of bullshit roguelikes. these games always find a way to give you the middle finger and ruin your fun
ftl has good music tho

>>713852948
It's the worst when you buy the fire beam and then the next three ships you fight are automated scouts. Makes me want to scream.

>>713851819 (OP)
>nu /v/ unironically finds FTL hard
It's a risk management game with very little risk
How are you niggers so dogshit at video games, you faggots are even worse than the casuals 15 years ago that caused the LE PREPARE TO DIE XD meme for Dark Souls of all things

>713853056
>the game’s easy difficulty can fuck you over at any corner
>Fucking EASY difficulty
low quality b8
>>713852883
Yeah I can see that. I usually don’t see them that much anyway. Don’t even think I’ve seen a Vulcan at all in my current FTL binge.

>>713853306
This is your brain on SEA

>>713853306
I think the Glaive Beam should be a 3 power weapon, its 25 second warm up is already enough of a drawback on its own. Maybe make it a little longer cooldown if its overpowered, but needing four power and having a huge cooldown is too much.

Flak II is bad when directly compared to other weapons, but the fact that you only have to find it and it will pretty reliably strip shields off for other weapons and potentially deal some damage too makes it a good situational choice. But ideally you just get a lot of Flak I guns since their rate of fire and tighter grouping makes up for the smaller volley.

The Vulcan and the Ion II are somewhat special in that they're not super great in practice but in theory it gives you the capability to kill any other ship in the game with them. The Vulcan can do it outright, the Ion II fires fast enough to permanently lower enemy shields so long as it can continually hit. I like them both early in a run because it means I don't have to hope to find other weapons on top of them.

Hacking is probably the strongest subsystem though, you can reliably disable enemy shields in any class of ship to strike where you want, and it doesn't have a long windup like some weapons. I used to not use it because of the drone cost but it's well worth it because you can usually alpha strike enemy weapons/drones long before they do any real damage, especially with a beam weapon.

>>713851819 (OP)
Play the superior game

>>713853983
Yeah I find a lot of lil’ flaks. I’ll try a run where I do those mainly. And I’ve been sleeping on hacking (I have never went for it because I haven’t grasped how overpowered it is.)

*teleports bomb into your cloning bay*

>>713851881
>weapon preg
lol

>>713858182
>drones kill you before you can kill the crew
>drones repair the clone bay

>>713851819 (OP)
Welcome to roguelikes, bitch.

>>713852986
>these games always find a way to give you the middle finger and ruin your fun
Unironically skill issue.
Except DD, the devs did their darnest to kill any fun you might have during EA.

How long does it take to finally beat this game because I've been playing for 20 hours and still haven't

FTL might be the only game that makes me mad that I choose to play.
There's too many aspects about it that I like and few that I don't, but those few are more intense.
Obviously I like it when the dice roll in my favor and not when they don't.

>>713858705
Unlock mantis
Unlock mantis B
Go to sector 8 with mantis B, unlocking mantis C
Put your Lanius and mantis into the teleport and amass enough mantises/Lanius for the 4-man teleporter
Molest everything
???
Profit!

>>713852731
>Lose the run because I like setting things on fire more than winning
One empathizes