I've been waiting for full hotkeys since playing the beta back in June....but adding Linux support is just icing on the cake.

Matt and Justin, you guys fucking rock.

The location of the exterior blast doors on the stealth ship in particular makes it very susceptible to fires. I can't tell you how many times I've been screwed because I couldn't vent a fire without depleting nearly my entire ship of oxygen.

Didn't have time to look up bombs/beams, I'll try and update that later. Combat in this game isn't a matter of dps. It's a matter of situationality and squared combat. This doesn't consider a few crucial factors such as the burst damage capability, the per-slot capability, or the qualitative factors...

Using the data here , I generated the following table: http://i.imgur.com/GleGT.png In my opinion, the most important statistic is Maximum Damage per Minute per Power, since it gives an idea of how "efficient" each weapon is. In particular, I think both the Burst Laser 3 and Hull Laser 2 n...

I would play several games on easy to get a feel for all of the mechanics of the game. You get plenty more scrap on easy, and you are more likely to get farther. It will teach you the "basics," many of which transfer over to normal (like maximizing the number of encounters per sector to ma...

It would be useful to have a "fast forward" control to speed up the game at will. This would be especially useful for battles where you overmatch the enemy and do not want to wait for your weapons to charge 5 times. It would also be potentially dangerous to overly rely on this mechanic, as...

Having some problems launching from Linux. No big deal since I am dual booting Windows, but figured I would post here anyways.

Ubuntu 10.10
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Card
Installed steam using WINE, installed FTL from Steam.

There have been several threads suggesting adding hotkeys for commonly accessed commands such as crew selection, "Jump" command, etc. However, it would be great if I could play the game without ever using the mouse. For example, every room on the ship (both yours and the enemies) could hav...