Re: 110 games and still no victory...what am I doing wrong?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:39 am
I BEAT THE FLAGSHIP! FINALLY! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Okay, deep breath...phew.
Anyway, the ship I was piloting was the Noether, aka Zoltan B.
Shields: 3 shields (plus Zoltan) (manned by level 2 Shields crewmate)
Weapons: 5 power: Ion Blast I x2, Pike Beam, Ion Bomb (manned by level 2 Weapons crewmate)
Crew: 3 Zoltan, 2 Humans, 2 Rock (one died during the battle), one Engi
Augments: Zoltan Shield, Engi Nano-bot Heal, Damaged Stasis Pod (never did get that open)
Engines: 5 (plus level 2 Engine crewmate)
Medbay; 2 (plus Engi augment) (only one power)
Teleporter: 2 (only one power)
Cloak: 2 (only one power, took power away from Medbay sometimes)
Drones: 2 power. Sys Repair (unpowered), Anti-Personnel (powered)
Doors, Pilot, Sensors: All 2
How did I do it?: Got lucky with lots of fuel drops, so I explored EVERYWHERE in the first few sectors. Didn't actually buy any weapons or augments; Ion Bomb was a reward from the "Stealth Ship" mission on Engi Homeworlds, and Engi Heal augment was from a random event (the one where you give them 40 scrap, 2 fuel, and 2 missiles). Almost all Scrap went to upgrading the ship. When I got to the ship itself, put both Ion Blasts on Autofire to the shields, and dropped an Ion Bomb on it when it was up. Then I paused my game to line up Pike Beam shots so it would do 4 or so damage every time, targeting the shields in particular so they would stay down. Dodged pretty well (45%), cloaked when the drone swarms came. Teleported in my Rockmen to take out the weapons. Three ion weapons meant the super shield wasn't so super.
Okay, deep breath...phew.
Anyway, the ship I was piloting was the Noether, aka Zoltan B.
Shields: 3 shields (plus Zoltan) (manned by level 2 Shields crewmate)
Weapons: 5 power: Ion Blast I x2, Pike Beam, Ion Bomb (manned by level 2 Weapons crewmate)
Crew: 3 Zoltan, 2 Humans, 2 Rock (one died during the battle), one Engi
Augments: Zoltan Shield, Engi Nano-bot Heal, Damaged Stasis Pod (never did get that open)
Engines: 5 (plus level 2 Engine crewmate)
Medbay; 2 (plus Engi augment) (only one power)
Teleporter: 2 (only one power)
Cloak: 2 (only one power, took power away from Medbay sometimes)
Drones: 2 power. Sys Repair (unpowered), Anti-Personnel (powered)
Doors, Pilot, Sensors: All 2
How did I do it?: Got lucky with lots of fuel drops, so I explored EVERYWHERE in the first few sectors. Didn't actually buy any weapons or augments; Ion Bomb was a reward from the "Stealth Ship" mission on Engi Homeworlds, and Engi Heal augment was from a random event (the one where you give them 40 scrap, 2 fuel, and 2 missiles). Almost all Scrap went to upgrading the ship. When I got to the ship itself, put both Ion Blasts on Autofire to the shields, and dropped an Ion Bomb on it when it was up. Then I paused my game to line up Pike Beam shots so it would do 4 or so damage every time, targeting the shields in particular so they would stay down. Dodged pretty well (45%), cloaked when the drone swarms came. Teleported in my Rockmen to take out the weapons. Three ion weapons meant the super shield wasn't so super.
