FTL: No Weapons - Part 1

Today we're back with FTL: Advanced and a new challenge - how far can we get through the game without using a single weapon? It's time to get the teleporter and drone control fired up...
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[@maddiewilliams9377]

"The Sorry Excuse Me" "AHH f***sticks" Jon you made me cry why do you insist on hurting me in this way

[@HitmanReborn9999]

MATN: "This has accidentally been a pacifist run" *Hacks medbays to cause them to kill their own crew then murdering them with mantis*

[@ouz450]

Best comment i have seen in years!

[@rollfizzlebeef5384]

He only said no ship weapons, no boarding restrictions.

[@deathsheadhawkmoth1]

"The 'Sorry Excuse Me'" - That is the most English thing I've ever heard.

[@e.eriksson8191]

Also the reason why your defence drone exploded at 19:20 is because the enemy laser shot it down. Yes, drones can be shot down if a projectile hits it.

[@ManyATrueNerd]

I've seen that before. I also once accidentally shot down a missile that was about to destroy me.

[@Bullet25fxbx]

"The Sorry Excuse Me" I'm dying.

[@e.eriksson8191]

Well, there is one other ship you could have used. The carnelian (Crystal B) (SUPER SPOILER ALERT) It begins with 3 crystals, 4-man teleporter and cloak when you, all it is missing are weapons (it has a weapons system but no weapons attached) and a drone system and you got a VERY good ship. (END OF SUPER SPOILER ALERT) The basilik or the "Sorry Excuse Me" is also a good ship but there are better ones :)

[@maxherman3884]

Actually John, this ship can be used to fight drones, your boarding drone can be sent to destroy subsystems and eventually the enemy ship will just explode. It's slow and painful but it's totally feasible.

[@iGetPoints]

First time I had a teleporter, I sent everyone into an automated drone. Little to my knowledge, everyone suffocated and died quite tragically.

[@florianmaslofski]

why didnt you repair the weapon room? its a free decoy room that theyll love to target and free repair xp

[@ArticulateDuck]

Florian Maslofski Fires in the room that damage the weapons systems will do hull damage, whereas if the system is already broken, it can't be burnt out like that. There are benefits to either choice.

[@florianmaslofski]

but any toher rooms damage would be also hull damage, so it would be a great decoy

[@TheShadow7771]

Going the moral route with Engi occasionally causes them to give you stuff anyways out of goodwill, the reward being more significant than if you had accepted their surrender. So more of the usual risk/reward nonsense.

[@TheDuck700]

Finally more FTL! This is one of the best series MATN does :D Oh and here is a little tip to take care of automated ships : with level 2 teleporter you can send your crew and get them back before they die of suffocation. Be careful though, this will not work with Zoltans because of their lower health

[@bredivil96]

I demand daily FTL videos. Don't even care if it is 30 raw uncut minutes of just you talking about the news (although I'd really rather you not). For some reason I love watching you play FTL.

[@felixawsome]

FTL is a good game.

[@felixawsome]

***** As are you.

[@toaofpi]

I do enjoy the 4 room teleporter of the Mantis B (and also one of the hidden ships), but I've never tried it without weapons before. Thanks for the video!

[@hororskull]

FYI, it still would have been technically possible to use the boarding drone to take out the automated ship at 8:55. I agree it's best to avoid them though.

[@ManyATrueNerd]

True, but as most automated ships are 3 separate rooms both with two or less systems, so it would take a while of letting it take out both those systems, then waiting for them to auto-heal so the drone can destroy them again. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no way to aim a boarding drone, right? It just goes somewhere at random, I think, which I understand, because if you could just pick a room to put a hull breach into guaranteed, it might be too powerful just for that.

[@hororskull]

Many A True Nerd Everything you said there is correct. I agree it's pointless to get into battles with automated ships without weapons. I'm just the kind of person that feel like they need to incessantly correct everyone, even if it doesn't matter.

[@Healermain15]

You can also do it with a maxed out teleporter (if you're fast) , or a cloning room (suicide tactics). But both are risky and are probably not worth the effort.

[@205badger3]

4 years later and still playing FTL. Hope to catch the stream tonight!

[@thecolorpurple6401]

MATN: I need more people Also MATN: **passes on a store with exactly 55 scrap which is almost perfect for buying mercenaries* 🤦‍♂️

[@nahuatl3092]

Finally some more ftl

[@noahkeiser7910]

I love this, you should do something with mount and blade with just fists?

[@ChoKuReiii]

The Crystal ship is pretty good for this kind of run too.

[@CommissarMitch]

2:30 Did Jon really swear there? Wow times has really changed.

[@TheRisingAnarchy]

this would work if you could find a Zoltan shield bypass. Without that, completing the game is impossible.

[@JacobEllinger]

16:50 you could have used that battle to keep letting them board your ship and level your guys attack up to max.

[@Jaxvidstar]

23:10 Why doesn't the game allow you to use your enemy ship's teleporter?

[@CeIIsius]

What? You are offered a Scrap Recovery Arm in the first sector and you don't buy it? What do you even need that boarding drone for? Oh wait, there is a use of automated drones when you have anupgradet teleporter: You can deal some damage and teleport your crew back before they die. Then you can deal the last damage boint by a boarding drone.

[@WhiteValkery]

So.... How are you planning on dealing with the final boss' last phase?

[@ManyATrueNerd]

It's just doable if you fully upgrade engines so you're depending on evade. As for killing him, when a system breaks, the enemy suffers a point of hull damage. If you destroy the system, let the autopilot repair the system, then destroy it again, you can keep doing enough damage to kill him. That's the plan...

[@WhiteValkery]

Many A True Nerd But... how would you get through the super shield that replenishes itself every time it goes through a power surge?

[@ManyATrueNerd]

WideWings There's an upgrade for bypassing Zoltan super shields, so I pretty much have to find that in a shop...

[@WhiteValkery]

Many A True Nerd Ah! Good luck!

[@britfaic]

Ah yes, your first no gun run.

[@DeimozOne]

How do you come up with these challenges for yourself? Is it purely from your own imagination or do you like read it somewhere online and go "I'm gonna do that."? :D I'm really curious and I love your gameplay, really fresh commentary in my view!

[@ManyATrueNerd]

Sometimes I just make it up, sometimes I get suggestions from the comments and community

[@darndude5088]

You've really diddled yourself thistime

[@heatherv6965]

y did u not use crystal b

[@RetroGames1979]

You have loads of power, why do you keep unpowering things?

[@FirstLast-gm9nu]

I dont care if this video is 3 years old. Damn it jon drone recovery is great with defense drone because you can use it every fight

[@soylentWill]

Hello Jon...please revisit this for new FTL.

[@GNRoberts12]

This is great!

[@_Azeem_]

He swore!!!

[@keith9313]

WOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@danieljames6138]

yay FTL

[@orangepenut8554]

thanks

[@esteban20969564]

is it me or this looks more like hard mode than normal mode?

[@tendopain8254]

Hack the oxygen room >:3

[@PerfectAlibi1]

And have 4 Lanius boarders ^^ Air is for suckers... XD

[@Nota-Skaven]

engi think one weapon is armed to the teeth who knew

[@kinger4027]

hi

[@maddiewilliams9377]

Hello

[@000Stickman]

10,000th view!!!!