Mike's FTL tips

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Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:56 pm

Full playlist of FTL tips

Kicking off with ion dodging, more planned later. =)

This video starts with some basic ion dodges, then some more advanced ones -- including two or three on Balance Mod that I can almost guarantee you haven't seen before. ;)

I'm demonstrating this using a mod called Combat Sims.
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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:21 pm

Zoltan ion shielding

This covers 3 ways to protect shields using Zoltan crew. Also a little puzzle at the end!

(I lost most of the game audio, sorry. Still learning how to record.)
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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:57 pm

--EDIT-- updated this with BL3 and Ion Bomb, new version is here:

Cloak timing
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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:02 pm

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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:12 pm

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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Fri Aug 02, 2019 12:02 pm

Namrata579 wrote:Those were great tips.


Thanks! Glad you found them useful.
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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:14 pm

Zoltan Shield piercing (part 1)

This video shows how beams can "pierce" Zoltan Shields, and how to use shield-breaking weapons to extend that trick into the late-game.

--EDIT-- if you want to practise this, the mod I'm using is available here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbcnxm4enf6mh ... 0.ftl?dl=0
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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:33 pm

Zoltan Shield piercing, part 2

This time we're back in the early game, looking at Stealth A and C.
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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:25 pm

Same thing for Zoltan A and B:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsY5J8t3_ok
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Re: Mike's FTL tips

Postby MantisManMike » Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:59 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KrfF8NN3yQ

This video explains exactly how shield drones work, and then demonstrates some early-game tactics such as ion dodging.

Even watching this back, I already see another optimisation!