Hard run tricks and tips
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:37 pm
Hello there and here is my list of tips to survive in hard difficulty and maybe have a successful run.
Personally, I have completed the game in HARD mode about 4 time (only 1 time with a teleport/maylay build)
MAIN STRATEGY
First, and this is a MASSIVE requirement, be PATIENT. Seriously. A successful run is a run out of 30 fails, due to RNG issue.
Second, the only way to beat the game is a super aggressive technique. No ion/drones, no teleport, no RGN technique (like missiles)
Third, you must already be a game veteran, and know all the mechanics and all events and how to react for the best. The wiki will be your best friend
SHIP STRATEGY
The best ships in hard are:
-The osprey (3 runs in this ship): start with good crew (no need to buy additional crew) , artillery that will save your life : if a fight is too long , it’s that you are losing , but the artillery will most likely charged up badly damaging enemy ship , and it’s also deadly versus the end boss.
Weapon tactics with this ship: having burst lasers will rip shields pretty fast and you can queue it up with beams like either glaive (pretty rare) or a pike beam (having 2 of them if you are lucky is better) will pretty much one-shot every “classic” enemy or badly damage a “larger” enemy
Never really used flack myself, but if that’s your thing … (too much RNG based)
-The other great ship is the crystal B (1 run, was pretty epic, got kazaak early) , being every one favorite (not mine though) no need to explain it.
Additional tips:
Focus door system over others secondary systems; you can easily de-pressurize the entire ship and all the crew (except the driver) can retreat in the medbay.
Both medbay and oxygen are unimportant if you are doing a osprey run , as you can easily repair a damage oxygen station from your medbay if a intruder is on the ship and damages the medbay.
Also if you do a teleport ship replace the medbay with clone bay , like that you can send your crew to suicide itself.
The only augmentation you want to have is of course the Weapon Pre-Igniter , 2 out of my 3 osprey run had one
Got any questions? Ask me !
Personally, I have completed the game in HARD mode about 4 time (only 1 time with a teleport/maylay build)
MAIN STRATEGY
First, and this is a MASSIVE requirement, be PATIENT. Seriously. A successful run is a run out of 30 fails, due to RNG issue.
Second, the only way to beat the game is a super aggressive technique. No ion/drones, no teleport, no RGN technique (like missiles)
Third, you must already be a game veteran, and know all the mechanics and all events and how to react for the best. The wiki will be your best friend
SHIP STRATEGY
The best ships in hard are:
-The osprey (3 runs in this ship): start with good crew (no need to buy additional crew) , artillery that will save your life : if a fight is too long , it’s that you are losing , but the artillery will most likely charged up badly damaging enemy ship , and it’s also deadly versus the end boss.
Weapon tactics with this ship: having burst lasers will rip shields pretty fast and you can queue it up with beams like either glaive (pretty rare) or a pike beam (having 2 of them if you are lucky is better) will pretty much one-shot every “classic” enemy or badly damage a “larger” enemy
Never really used flack myself, but if that’s your thing … (too much RNG based)
-The other great ship is the crystal B (1 run, was pretty epic, got kazaak early) , being every one favorite (not mine though) no need to explain it.
Additional tips:
Focus door system over others secondary systems; you can easily de-pressurize the entire ship and all the crew (except the driver) can retreat in the medbay.
Both medbay and oxygen are unimportant if you are doing a osprey run , as you can easily repair a damage oxygen station from your medbay if a intruder is on the ship and damages the medbay.
Also if you do a teleport ship replace the medbay with clone bay , like that you can send your crew to suicide itself.
The only augmentation you want to have is of course the Weapon Pre-Igniter , 2 out of my 3 osprey run had one
Got any questions? Ask me !