Overview
Having trouble beating the flagship? Get it down to one hull point right before your ship explodes around you? Need some tips? Then this is the guide for you! These are a few tips I’ve picked up by seeing them in other places and learned through experience. Just a little heads up, I have about 150 hours of gameplay at the time of me writing this.
Basic Tips
Here are just a few tips that are basic and always helpful:
1. The spacebar is your best ally. Pausing the game allows you to think about your shots before you shoot them. It allows you to time your missile to take out the drone unwisely flying in front of your launcher. NEVER neglect using it.
2. Don’t do anything stupid. Only go after giant alien spiders if you have a blue option for the event. Basics, people!
3. Always have a bit of extra reactor power. Say someone hacks your backup battery. That takes out 2 power bars right there. Say it’s hacked inside of a nebula during an ion storm. That’s a lot of power. The more extra power you have, the more prepared you can be for these events.
4. Keep extra scrap on hand. You never know when you will find a weapon pre-igniter in a shop.
5. You don’t need to keep power in the medbay at all times. Only keep power in the medbay in between fights or when in danger of death.
6. You can grind XP for shields and engines by just letting a weak ship barrage you with lasers. This is an easy way to get good crew for the future. (Thanks That_SpyStaples!)
7. Don’t be afraid to run from a fight. If you have a huge fire breaking out on a ship, just run and put it out. If almost all of your systems are destroyed, just run to fix them. What if you get an intrusion while near a star or while sensors are jammed? Run the **** away.
Those are the basics. This is only a guide for the most important, game changing tips. I’m not going into detail over which system to upgrade over which.
Signs of a Great Run
1. You get a swarm missle system. You have pretty much won already if you have a swarm and 20 missles by the time you hit the flagship.
2. Having 8 crew members. My dream combo for crew is 3 mantis, 1 rock, 2 engi, 1 slug, and 1 zoltan. Lanius are good to have, but not my favorite crew members due to their oxygen-sucking abilities.
3. You complete the Zoltan quest. The Zoltan ship quest is easy and really useful. The rewards are either a zoltan shield, or a master Zoltan crewmember.
4. You get the “Holy Crap, a weapon just floating in space!” event multiple times in one run. It’s either free scrap or free firepower, depending on what you get. I’ve gotten a glaive beam and 2 swarm missles from the event.
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