Postby The Captain » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:08 pm
Well, I finally got around to trying this on hard. It's so frustrating when you only weapon keeps getting taken out. And it takes so long for the Engi to get there from Engines. I wasn't sure I'd get out of the first sector. Then I wasn't sure I'd ever get my second shield layer. I got L2 Engines before L3 Shields, then wondered if I should have waited on Engines to get to L4 Shields faster.
But of course, I had to pay for repairs before getting to L4 anyway. So much scrap I spent on repairs! I even jumped back to a store to get more, because there were two stores next to each other at the beginning of sector two, and I didn't think I'd see another store.
I wondered how I'd ever get to L2 weapons (60 scrap!) after buying a Flak Mk I. Oh, that was after wondering if I'd ever get another weapon. Had to run from a few ships with two shield layers. If you can call it "running" with only L2 Engines.
Things were better after I got the Flak up. Got through the next two sectors, though I felt I was behind the curve. I never got Drone Control with a Defense Drone. Nor was I ever able to afford Cloaking. Maybe I could have gotten Hacking, but was repairing instead. I did hire a 2* Weapons Human, as I hadn't gotten any free crew before then. I limped into sector 5 with hull in the red, and though Engines were at L4, you can't dodge every missile. Didn't find a store, so had 5HP going into the second encounter of the sector, and of cousre they had a missile weapon. Got blown up.