There is a lot of things that help. First of all, cloaking is very helpful, if you use it right before the power surges in stages 2 and 3. In the first stage just use it to dodge the missiles. Keep in mind you probably only want 1 power in cloaking, as an extra 5 seconds cloaking duration means an e...

EdenNov wrote:Are there other blue options for the mine thing?
Besides, engines aren't useless, in fact they're the cheapest defense against missiles.

I'm sure there are at least 3 blue options for that mine thing, but I can't remember for sure what. I think some kind of drone is one of them.

You know what event does the best job of upsetting me whenever it occurs? When I get a quest for a "hidden federation base" that can help me more, I have to detour a bit from my planned path to reach it, but when I get there it tells me "there is nothing here at the coordinates you we...

Those aren't bugs, there are good reasons why it was designed that way. The gameplay wouldn't work as well if it went in most of the ways you suggested.

Matthew's been occasionally been posting responses to reports of bugs in the technical support forum saying he'll look into it, so there must be plans for more bug fixing patches at least.

Well I did buy a teleporter in sector 2.

Um, that post isn't much more than "fire lots of weapons at it if you want to destroy it". This really isn't useful at all. It doesn't tell you anything that anyone wouldn't try to do in any case.

If you want to delay an ftl jump with boarders, it's best to send them in the shield room, as that gives the best chance that the pilot will leave his room to fight them.

Um, did something in particular bring about this rant? Because there are very few events that involve the engi being dishonest or thieves.

That's the last jump before sector 8 it sounds like, not the last jump before the boss. You normally have to go through a few encounters in the last sector before confronting the boss, and the sector 8 enemies can be brutal.