Possible to get 6000 score (without mods)?

[asher1611]

Klarth got over 7k: O.o

http://i.imgur.com/EwjvR5P.jpg

My only with was about 3.2k...........I suck.

I bow before my FTL god.....

I just want to know how he got that high of a score. Did he board all the time? Did he fight every ship possible? Hrm.

[Kenshkrix]

Klarth got over 7k: O.o

http://i.imgur.com/EwjvR5P.jpg

My only with was about 3.2k...........I suck.

I bow before my FTL god.....

I just want to know how he got that high of a score. Did he board all the time? Did he fight every ship possible? Hrm.

113 beacons explored (116 jumps survived), 63 ships defeated, and 71 kills on one mantis tells its own story.
Namely, some gruesome boarding and well planned beacon exploration.

[asher1611]

Klarth got over 7k: O.o

http://i.imgur.com/EwjvR5P.jpg

My only with was about 3.2k...........I suck.

I bow before my FTL god.....

I just want to know how he got that high of a score. Did he board all the time? Did he fight every ship possible? Hrm.

113 beacons explored (116 jumps survived), 63 ships defeated, and 71 kills on one mantis tells its own story.
Namely, some gruesome boarding and well planned beacon exploration.

Here's a bit of my beef then, in a way. I have no freaking clue how people are getting scrap numbers in the 3K. I just finished a game with very similar numbers in terms of ships killed and beacons explored. But I finished with 1.1k less scrap DESPITE getting a scrap recovery arm in sector 1. And yes, I was fire bombing and boarding as much as I could with the Shivan. Still finished with "only" a 5600ish score. I guess he had to have gotten triple scrap recovery arms. Maybe...that's the only thing I can think of.

My scrap record remains 2582, and that was from a game where I got no arm.

Blerg. There just seems to be some luck I am missing somewhere. I guess that goes a long way into the calculus as well -- would not be the first time that has been said about FTL.

[wissenschaft]

The most important part of getting a high score is the late game sectors, especially getting into as many fights as possible during the Last Stand.

Then again, I can't break the 5k mark. But I know its because I have bad luck running into empty sectors. Get long range sensors and hunt down every ship you can find.

And yes, FTL is all about luck. LOL. I replay the first few sectors several times before I get a start I'm happy with. Seems to be working well with getting me victories on normal rather quickly.

[wissenschaft]

YES, FINALLY VICTORY! I finally beat normal with the stealth ship A. And the countless attempts this took netted me my highest score yet so I say it was well worth it.

And with my victory I got a score of 5903 - 2613 scrap earned and this is with not a single augmentation found. I still swear my luck is cursed with this ship. lol If I had a bit more luck this run I'd have gotten over 6k.

As I suspected, starting with Long-Range Scanners makes a HUGE difference in getting a sky high score. Unfortunately, because of the lack of crew and teleporters until quite late game, I couldn't do much boarding. If I was able to do that I likely would have gotten even higher. I can see how someone got over 7k with excessive boarding when I nearly got 6k with just straight up shooting. Seriously try to get into as many fights as you can in sector 7 and 8. The pay off is huge. If you can, always get Long Range Scanners.

My final armament was a Burst MK 3 + Dual Laser. It turned out to be BY far my closest victory since I won with only 2 health bars left and missiles soon to be fired at me. It turns out all the repair stations spawned at the bottom left of the map which was quickly overrun by the rebels. I should have kept my Burst MK 2 instead of the Halberd. Extra Laser shots help a lot vs 4 shields.

I also managed to unlock the achievement Phase Shift by cloaking with 105% dodge chance against the Flagship's phase 3 super attack.


Basically, what got me near the 6k was that in the 7th and the final sector I was lucky enough to run into a gauntlet of ships which earned me a ton of money. I also grabbed some extra beacons and just fought the rebel fleet in a few sectors.

[asher1611]

Yep, that was part of my problem on my most recent run.

Sector 6: Oh look, slug home nebula. tons of ships to fight, right? Nope, 4 of 5 last jumps were non combat encounters :\ or blank.

Sector 7: had to choose between civilian and engi sector. yuck.

[Dontmindme]

Yesterday finished a run with Kestral A for 6291. 2753 scrap collected. 110 beacons explored.

Sector 8 was a complete wash too. I started surrounded by the store and repair stations and rebels took over almost all the good beacons between the boss and the base. Cashed scrap on just 2 beacons before I had to drop the boss.

I didn't do anything special. Never had more than 1 jump into the rebels at the end of any sector. Been playing with paths off, so don't take chances that beacons link poorly to the exit.

[wissenschaft]

Alright, I just got over 6k with the beastly Basilisk.

Score: 6457 Sectors: 8 Scrap: 2856

Most Pilot Evasions 376! Yeah, you read that right. lol. My last record was only around 150. lol

Starting with the teleporter gives you a ton of extra scrap and I was lucky enough to find a scrap arm early in I think sector 3. I think the Mantis Ship A is more balanced and a 4 pad teleporter isn't really necessary but I wanted the challenge of starting with a ship with no weapons. Took a bunch of tries but it was a lot of fun.

Oh, and my Engi, Lana, mastered 4 skills. Thats right, 4 skills. lol

[Neoviper]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the score you receive for scrap does not include the additional scrap from a recovery arm. I haven't tested this myself, but it sounds fairly plausible, can anyone confirm?