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I'll take a crewman as well. Speleo Thing.
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This is great for teaching the game. Throw me into a crew position.
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Sep 10, 2014 18:28
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I've been lurking for a while, I haven't played much - I've unlocked a few ships but never beaten the rebels yet. Throw my name into the pot and yell at me when I fail to dodge lasers too, please!
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Sep 10, 2014 20:15
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Fun run! I'm glad I could end my bastardly captaining days on a high note, a mighty *psssssh!* to mark the conclusion to all our aspirations. Feel free to toss me into the roster again if you have a slot open, and I'll show my pugilistic ways with a belt sander and a miter saw or however those engi folk do it. You good on ship names? Otherwise I wouldn't mind serving on the We Come In Peace or the No You Shut Up or the Khan Did Nothing Wrong.
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Sep 10, 2014 23:21
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ProfessorBooty, have you looked into Captain's Edition at all? It's a mod that adds tons of crazy stuff and you might like it. Requires some setup but the thread where you can get it does a good job outlining what needs to be done. http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15663 It adds so much stuff it is like going in blind again. edit. Also down to being a part of your crew if you want some more variety!
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Sep 11, 2014 01:34
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JossiRossi posted:ProfessorBooty, have you looked into Captain's Edition at all? It's a mod that adds tons of crazy stuff and you might like it. Requires some setup but the thread where you can get it does a good job outlining what needs to be done. I'll look into it. I'll take your post as an indirect challenge  . My only concern is how compatible it is with the Linux version - But if necessary I'll dig up my registration key for FRAPs and do all this from Windows.
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Sep 11, 2014 03:13
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ProfessorBooty posted:I'll look into it. I'll take your post as an indirect challenge I have not tested it, but at the very least the mod manager tool does seem to support linux, so I am thinking it all ought to work out.
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Sep 11, 2014 03:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIhU3C5tSCU The Rifle, starring Leylite in the Engi B. There was a lot of discussion between me and Jack on this one and I'm going to address it quickly here: It would have been a good idea to get the 30 scrap ion weapon. My guess is any 30 scrap weapon (other than repair or heal burst) would be a good idea. I still stand by my decision to wait and hope for something better, though.
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Sep 12, 2014 14:30
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Video's private, but looking forward to it! Edit: Fixed, watching now!
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Sep 12, 2014 14:31
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This ship is odd, since it has so many systems to start. I would have tried to get more crew, myself, but that's just me being paranoid about certain things.
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Sep 12, 2014 16:57
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That drone seller only does damage if you waste his time by not buying anything. Oh, and the third thing he sells is a system upgrade.
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Sep 12, 2014 16:58
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Yeah, Prof.'s commentary about the Engi B is pretty much accurate. The ship is bottom-tier for a reason, especially on Hard mode where enemies man their engines for that 5% extra evade per projectile. He also got pretty lucky in that he didn't run into many boarding encounters, and those that did never boarded in the piloting. That's basically the worst thing that can happen to this ship. I think he did a fine job piloting the ship for the most part - the only thing I'd mention is that it's a bad idea to buy repairs in the first couple of sectors. Instead it's better to cruise around at 10 to 15 hull, but with some extra spending money for weapons, engines 2, piloting 2, and such.
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Sep 13, 2014 05:38
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That drone distraction technique with the second weapon was great. While this thread has taught me how to win this game at all, I'm by no means good at it. And I'm far from unlocking all ships. Today I had a run with the Federation Cruiser B. I happened to run into some good weapons and thought I was set for the boss. But in the end apparently my defence wasn't as good as I thought. I won. With one hull point left. That last battle was intense.
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Sep 14, 2014 18:56
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ProfessorBooty posted:I'll look into it. I'll take your post as an indirect challenge It's a really good mod, it actually makes jumps with no enemies not a waste of time, adds trading, adds morale(aka don't be too much of a dick or the crew might mutiny, etc) It also has the option to add randomly statted weapons(think borderlands prefixes), and it also rebalances some of the ships. If you do a video with the mod I'll throw my name in the hat, just in case you'll get some of my horrible luck
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Sep 15, 2014 12:33
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Nalesh posted:It's a really good mod, it actually makes jumps with no enemies not a waste of time, adds trading, adds morale(aka don't be too much of a dick or the crew might mutiny, etc)
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Sep 15, 2014 23:37
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Does killing enemies when they want to surrender counts as 'being a dick'?
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Sep 16, 2014 07:58
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Shei-kun posted:This discourages Clone Bay Boarding Tactics and that makes me sad. Morale only comes into play with certain event options like if you buy slaves or attack a civilian for no reason there is a random chance a crewmember will turn hostile. Although some ships come with special blue options by default and let you do certain things with no penalty, so if you're on a Slug ship you can accept a surrender then kill them anyway with no fuzz because when you're captain of a Slug ship people expect you to be a huge rear end in a top hat.
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Sep 16, 2014 10:52
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It's actually not a random chance they turn hostile afaik, each of them has a hidden morale meter, and if you do enough bad poo poo in a row they leave at the end of the fight, and if it goes high enough in one shot they turn hostile instead.
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Sep 16, 2014 11:24
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SovietPotatoe posted:when you're captain of a Slug ship I'd expect doing nice things to lower morale, in that case. Or accepting surrender in a Mantis ship.
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Sep 16, 2014 13:02
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCnFESIbvnY Sectors 3 and 4 for The Rifle. I'll be looking at recording a Captains Edition run. I haven't installed the mod yet, and I'm also out of ship names. What I would like is for some votes on ship names, ship layouts, and the game difficulty (normal or hard). As far as ships are concerned, it would be good if people chose Captain Edition layouts only (I'm assuming they exist. I'm avoiding spoilers on the mod). But otherwise I'll just fly whatever. ProfessorBooty fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Sep 16, 2014 |
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Sep 16, 2014 13:30
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First you ignore the firebomb, then you ignore the teleporter. 
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Sep 16, 2014 13:59
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Ya really need to pay attention when you decide to backtrack this is at least the second time you have passed a visited node rather than an new one.my dad posted:First you ignore the firebomb, then you ignore the teleporter. I don't think a TP would be all that useful when he dosen't even have a full crew, and the best combat guys he has are a rock and a buff engie. Best boarding ship 2 Lanius and 2 boarding drones, That I think would be hillrious. Captains addition is a odd mod I found it to have a few questionable alterations from the moment I installed it, some weird nerfs and odd buffs Flak I for example only fires 2 shots and the Glaive beam is no longer on the stealth replaced with a long beam that only does 2 dammage.
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Sep 16, 2014 15:18
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my dad posted:First you ignore the firebomb, then you ignore the teleporter. Only three weapon slots. Three weapon slots is an extreme disadvantage, and really narrows what weapons you should use (unless the weapons are free). I'll board with the Engi B, but its typically not until sector 6 or 7 when I make that decision. The lack of crew and resources in general necessitate that. Unfortunately the Engi B just isn't an exciting ship, whether things go well or not, and its gimmick only lasts the first four sectors until you adapt some sort of 'known good' strategy.
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Sep 16, 2014 15:20
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If I remember right, captains edition actually tries to make the engi B worthwhile by giving it an AI system where you can try and start up holograms to use other systems.
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Sep 16, 2014 15:23
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Calling it now, the run will end when a 4 damage missile gets past your defense drone because it decided to shoot down a laser instead. Its really dumb how this "upgrade" of being able to target anything completely cripples the Defense II.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:10
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Yay, I am on a ship. It is always funny listening to people guess what the JF is. After they know me for awhile they can get it. No, I won't tell you it would spoil the fun. As for my avatar's moving. You try running while weighing 550 pounds. I'm not fat, this is solid rock baby!
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Sep 16, 2014 17:48
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ProfessorBooty posted:I'm also out of ship names. No you're not. From earlier on this page: Karate Bastard posted:You good on ship names? Otherwise I wouldn't mind serving on the We Come In Peace or the No You Shut Up or the Khan Did Nothing Wrong. Or if those suck I guess you're out of ship names 
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Sep 16, 2014 18:40
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Major_JF posted:As for my avatar's moving. You try running while weighing 550 pounds. I'm not fat, this is solid rock baby! I'm the same and I moved faster. 
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Sep 16, 2014 18:41
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ZeeToo posted:I'm the same and I moved faster. You were on a mantis ship! Mantis pheromones! unfair advantage!
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Sep 16, 2014 18:47
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Karate Bastard posted:Or if those suck I guess you're out of ship names Oh hey! I forgot to jot those down. Thanks for correcting me ZeeToo posted:I'm the same and I moved faster. You also teleported everywhere you went.
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Sep 16, 2014 18:57
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Here, have a few more. I'm on a roll here!
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Sep 16, 2014 19:10
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D'aw looks like I got skipped over for crew, I'd like to sign up again, maybe I'll make it in for the next wave. Uh ship names? How about : Mountain Dew Refueler Cheeto Dust Dirigible lastly, Sacrifice Engine for any clone bay ship.
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Sep 16, 2014 22:18
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From the Neverhood action-platformer, Universe Enema could be a good one for an absolutely lethal ship that flushes the galaxy's colons of rebel detritus. My other suggestion is Spaceballs: The Spaceship. Otherwise I vote for Khan Did Nothing Wrong.
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Sep 16, 2014 22:21
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On balance, the Defense II becomes ridiculously good if paired with a Defense I, and the Engi B is one of the few ships that can reasonably swing that later on, especially once you've got enough crew you don't need the personnel drones, and even more so if you have a drone recovery arm (which typically makes this strategy 'warp into sector, activate god-mode, laugh all the way to the bank'). It's still a VERY niche role, however. The one time outside of that that I got much use out of the Defense II involved an unwise decision to remain at 2 shields all the way up to sector 7 or so. That run didn't go so well.
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Sep 17, 2014 01:05
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Defense I + Defense II is a classic drone defense setup. If you're going Drone Control in the first place, then you will have a Defense I drone (because why the hell else would you get Drone Control?); if you have some spare scrap towards the end then it can be worth picking up a Defense II to go with it. A Defense II on its own is going to let you down more often than not, though.
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Sep 17, 2014 01:27
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I totally could have outrun that automated Rebel scout in the nebula.
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Sep 17, 2014 01:37
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For a ship name how about The Sitting Duck, the Rebels wouldn't even see it coming.
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Sep 17, 2014 01:50
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logger posted:For a ship name how about The Sitting Duck, the Rebels wouldn't even see it coming. The making GBS threads Duck, and it only has flak weapons.
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Sep 17, 2014 02:56
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Deadly cat-like reflexes 
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Gregen posted:D'aw looks like I got skipped over for crew, I'd like to sign up again, maybe I'll make it in for the next wave. Holy crap, I totally missed you! Sorry man. You'll get first priority in the next run we record. Unfortunately this won't be the Slug A hard mode because we already finished recording that  I also realize I somehow missed Gildiss, whom I did put on the list, then subsequently forgot to add to the runs. He should have been in the Zoltan run. I would blame being a scatterbrain but the real reason is likely stupidity v  v
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