How to win an FTL run! Rock A, no pause, hard mode edition!

[@bluejay7058]

Man, who knew that when you turn your Rock A ship into a Stealth A ship, it's good! XD Loved the run, absolutely agree about how FTL can be horribly punishing, kinda why I strayed away from it, but I'll always love the game!

[@rand118]

Lol, yeah, my main strat for winning with Rock A: turn it into any other ship, ...., gg! And even though I often rage and say I hate FTL, I keep coming back. It's like an unhealthy, abusive relationship...I better stop talking now...

[@eclipsor7080]

1:40:57 The music syncs perfectly with the shield hack.

[@S4LtyTrIcKs]

Great comeback can’t believe that boss fight works

[@rand118]

Thanks Tricks! Comeback victories are sometimes the most satisfying!

[@vladwilliam]

Loving your FTL's videos Rand! So much fun but rockmen are sooo slow... >.< hahahaha!!

[@rand118]

Yes...yes they are, lol.

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Now that I know you read all the comments, I want to ask a burning question I have. When do you consider it optimal to upgrade the systems/subsystems for blue events. Never once Upgraded o2, but apparently it is good in slug land? Piloting in nebulae? Sensors for blue events, but when? Any tips would be helpful, thanks rand

[@cameronhendricks5967]

Just heard the explanation for o2 after commenting that lol

[@rand118]

This is one of those things that is tough to give a definitive answer for because, like many things in FTL, it depends. I usually will upgrade certain subsystems when I know (or think) an event has the possibility of appearing and I have the spare scrap. In hard difficulty, you could argue that you NEVER have spare/enough scrap, but if you gamble on an upgrade and get a blue option with it, it's usually worth it. So if I don't have clone bay and I'm about to go into multiple nebula jumps, the level 2 piloting upgrade is something I might do. Level 2 sensors is something I think I should do MORE often, but because those blue options often overlap with Long Ranged Scanners and that's the #1 augment I will almost always buy, it's a little lower on my priority list. Hope this helps!

[@cameronhendricks5967]

@@rand118 For sure it did help Rand! I'll start upgrading piloting more often in nebulae, something that will probably save me in my next slug run to unlock Slug B. Sensors always seems so close to worth it on the opportunities, but I agree with you that most of the time I either want to save my scrap for a weapon or system, or just hope I get long range scanners

[@Majora96]

Rock A is the worse... you just have to get super lucky so that you can totally abandon the missle only strat by sector 2 which requires a ton of luck on hard. There needed to be some kind of augment that reduces missle usage or gets you more missles or makes missles never miss or something to make missle only ships viable and Rock A not a total shitshow.

[@Ash-iu7bu]

Got my first win with the engi c ship a while ago also a rats game that is fun in my opinion is the c&c series

[@Ash-iu7bu]

Rts auto correct is annoying you have to pay quite a bit of attention in the c&c games like tiberium wars

[@rand118]

Grats on the Engi C win! Yeah, I'm a big C&C fan, I loved the original game and many of the expansions/sequels. Still love the music from the original game!

[@Ash-iu7bu]

Always good to see another c&c fan I still play tiberian sun occasionally

[@RackaGack]

Step 1: hope you manage to find a way to further your offense relying on good rng, while having no depth as far as offensive strategy is concerned. Step 2: Cry

[@rand118]

The true FTL strategy as explained by Racka Gack, that is FTL wisdom right there!

[@tarikwasthere]

Sorry but, it is sorta satisficing to see someone else get as frustrated with this game as I do. Such a fun, but hateful game!

[@rand118]

Yes, salt and frustration are definitely a part of the FTL experience. I try to use the frustration to inspire me to improve and overcome...but sometimes it causes me to tilt, and we can always improve!