Release the Flakken! 4 FLak 1's + 3 Automated Reloaders = GG

[@icon517]

One man's space trash is another man's salvation against a supremacist uprising.

[@rand118]

My goal is to always produce as much trash as possible and fling it at my enemies. It's like a really weird episode of Mythbusters and Junkyard wars...I'd totally watch that, btw.

[@verinonrenthar9176]

He protect He attack But most importantly He flak

[@phillipmele8533]

The differing directions are because the ships are engaging in evasive maneuvers during the battle. It’s just abstracted through targeting screens.

[@jellyfisharedumb6449]

What about the flagships laser burst?

[@J7Handle]

@@jellyfisharedumb6449 They are actually on opposite side of a planet so when the flagship fires the laser burst it travels around to the other side of the planet in all directions and thus comes in from all directions too.

[@robertharris6092]

@@J7Handle lol the level of gravity a planet produces has no discernable effect on light.

[@J7Handle]

@@robertharris6092 black hole, then.

[@qwormuli77]

@@robertharris6092 Well, there is discernible effect, but not one that would warp the aim in even nearly that amount. ...I know, semantics.

[@SatoKasra52]

The flak that smiles back

[@generalsemyon2369]

Who would win The most advanced ship existing capable of destroying a entire federation OR A trash shooting ship

[@TheNaturalnuke]

One trashy boi

[@cupcakewithatophat1131]

Or scrappy doo

[@catwif]

a literal intergalactic potato gun

[@hotshotstevennonofyourbiz7200]

*a flying dildo firing junk

[@Liberator1917]

Moon Hunter to be fair, being on the end of a spray of razor sharp pieces of shrapnel traveling at high velocity is a TERRIFYING proposition

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

Imagine if flaks required scrap to fire...

[@kunalgahlawat9899]

LUL

[@atanasdimitrov6469]

At some point in the game's history they did, didn't they? What was it back then? Did they do more damage in exchange for the scrap they cost?

[@qwormuli77]

@@atanasdimitrov6469 Must be some mod. They released in the expansion in that form and have stayed such since.

[@resu2026]

actually maybe this might be a good idea to balance things. 1 Flak shot = 1 Scrap or something

[@aronlionel1030]

You all prolly dont give a damn but does anybody know of a method to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid lost my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me

[@williambarnes5023]

The missiles can come from "opposite directions" because both ships are really firing towards the screen where the player is viewing them, to attack the other ship that is dogfighting with them. The fight is happening in 3D but the screen and floorplans are 2D for visibility and ease of control. The outside perimeter of the screen is towards the enemy ship, who is behind the player's head. And in the enemy minimap, they do the same.

[@AdrianColley]

1:29:50 the enemy with two Flak I cannons is only semi-flakkid.

[@walkastray0078]

Rand is too hard to beat ;)

[@aggroknight4259]

I'd look for something to criticize about this playthrough, but then I'd just be giving you flak.

[@rand118]

Oh God, the puns...not the puns!

[@ObsidiaBlack1]

Bah-Dum Tish~

[@kkonstantinosss2]

At the final stage there are many reasons to follow him 1. If you wait until he boards you with most of the crew and jump back to base. 2. If the battle isn't going your way you can just jump back to base. If you wait on the federation base the surrounding beacons aren't safe so you can't jump there with 0 shields and crawling with enemies and half the ship on fire and fare too well.

[@atanasdimitrov6469]

Drinking game: Sip a shot every time the O2 gets taken out or he gets a Kirby. xD

[@rand118]

Hmm...I feel like drinking games with FTL are dangerous...so good luck!

[@Adros2121]

Even better: Every time he say "recicle".

[@cupcakewithatophat1131]

Take a drink every time he shoots his flak XD I may have a problem

[@FederalX2460]

@@cupcakewithatophat1131 I can up you on that, take a drink for every flak shot (meaning at the end, you're having 4 drinks for every barrage, and there's also the artillery as another fifth drink)

[@cupcakewithatophat1131]

I’d say drink every time you use the ftl drive but that would probably kill me

[@aegisrvir9472]

Lets be honest, no amount of point defense will protect you from that absolute unholy spam fest that is 4 flaks and 3 automated reloaders...

[@rand118]

And that is the beauty of FLAKS!

[@punman5392]

1:24:22 that ship somehow can power two Vulcans and a beam weapon

[@growen6474]

Cursed FTL ship

[@grzegorzkapica7930]

I think these missiles coming form different directions is an attempt to simulate ships spinning.

[@The_Gray_Fox947]

If the shots all come in at different times and directions it could be to resemble both ships moving in all directions in space attempting to dodge/outmaneuver the enemy.

[@Salted_Fysh]

To come into this a bit late, this kind of firing pattern wouldn't be unnatural if the ships were 'broadsiding' each other. Keep in mind that you don't really have a sense of up and down in space. So any way they are in relation to each other is a parallel line. If the flagship is bigger and has weapons spread out across the hull, it would need to aim in a cross pattern to hit the federation ship. The result is lasers coming from every side. For other ships the weapon shots would come in randomly at different times because of inertia. Objects in space will rotate wildly as long as you don't spend fuel to counteract the movement. Trying to think in 3-dimensional terms where you don't have an up or down is a pretty sure way to get a headache because it's usually outside the scope of our experience, so it's not surprising that it's confusing.

[@williambarnes5023]

If you take them off autofire for the first volley, you can stagger them. Wait until one is 1/4th full, then fire, wait until it's 2/4, then fire, wait until it's 3/4, then fire, and then back around and you're ready to fire. From then on the autofire will just keep up a constant rain of hot garbage that lets you take systems down the moment they come back up.

[@shxdyneo7298]

but one single flak machine cannot take down 4 layers of shields...?

[@PointOfViewUk]

Missed Opportunity to name the ship "Release The Flaken!"

[@cameronmcallister7606]

Perhaps the differing directions is a symptom of how quickly the ships are travelling and changing direction, maybe they travel at speeds just barely sublight?

[@rand118]

I love how people have different ideas of how the incoming shots come in at different angles. I feel like you'd need a degree in physics to come up with a viable answer, hah!

[@grzegorzkapica7930]

That would work, if the trajectories would be curved.

[@netbotcl586]

If they are travelling just barely sublight, shouldn't they be able to dodge beam weapons?

[@clementineoof6135]

@@netbotcl586 The beam weapons could move at the speed of light, and since they'd be the only weapon who's "projectile" moves faster than a ship can move, they're the only ones you can't dodge

[@nopushbutton]

Each ship is inside its own washing machine.

[@Aerotides]

Good to know Sean Evans can always fall back to high level FTL playthroughs if the hotsauce thing falls off

[@uberdayo]

The omgkirby for the whole ship reminds me of space balls. Lord Dark Helmet: How many (OMGkirbys) we got on this ship, anyhow? [All (OMGkirbys) stand up and shout 'YO!'] Lord Dark Helmet: I knew it, I'm surrounded by(OMGkirbys). [Dark Helmet pulls down mask.] Keep firing, (OMGkirbys) !

[@AUS_Palladium]

The mantis is supposed to sound like a bug when dying.

[@imthejman85]

4 flak 1's, 1 weapon pre-igniter, 2 auto reloaders. Best OP combo in the game, particularly if you use this ship and have it's built in flak cannon too.

[@adamhakimi323]

if the federation had a flagship the flakening 2 would be it

[@christianspradlin3929]

I absolutely love the music in this game!

[@Eric4bz]

I am SO going to be using the Flakken in my next voyage. That is ridiculous.

[@cupcakewithatophat1131]

Eric4bz RELEASE THE FLAKKEN

[@rand118]

Flakkening is the BEST...I may even have a shirt for purchase because of this run, hehehe

[@Eric4bz]

See, I always avoided Flak weapons because they seemed underwhelming, but you've proven they're more than garbage.

[@rand118]

@@Eric4bz You're puns would fit right in with my chat....and I'm not happy about it!

[@kazaakas]

Never thought I'd see a run where someone would sell TWO Burst Laser MkII's and still end up for a maximally OP weapon setup.

[@bobmcbob4399]

Oh man, time is a harsh mistress. You look so fresh and young here. I'm going to have some harsh words with time.

[@finaladvance5085]

This whole run left me breathless

[@rand118]

Hah, nice Final Advance, glad you enjoyed it!!

[@kennethmoses4900]

A fully operational flaking station

[@pallingtontheshrike6374]

1:29:15 uhm, no, they can go in opposite directions, because one goes left one goes right the thing dodges upwards and bam it crosses

[@gunchbandit4422]

Hey what if those missiles are like sidewinders and corkscrew through space and hit from random angles. It's possible don't hate.

[@AC-hu7zh]

45:36 I really wonder how you got the stealth ship.

[@IRMentat]

33:33 yep, that’s my standard (but not deliberate) boarding tactic.

[@awesomepork101]

I like the Lanius B as it allows for me to send in my lanius crew members to any ship

[@spunkmire2664]

the flakening 2, electric boogaloo!

[@jahya7966]

My second or third video I’ve seen and it’s about time to subscribe 👍

[@rand118]

Thanks, Jahya, I appreciate the sub!

[@jahya7966]

@@rand118 My pleasure, thank you for the amazing content 😁

[@konradschulz7567]

You wont believe what just happened to me. So I was on a ftl run with engi a I was like in sector 4 or 5. I started watching your video and I thought lol this is fun. I'm now in sector six and I found 4 flak ones and a flak 2. But I can only use 3 of them cuz it's engi a. But I have 4 flak 1s on my ship. It's really funny how life is full of coincidences. Edit:I now found a fith flak 1 in the store. What is this luck

[@VVishq]

Luck is flak.

[@xenxander]

1:24:20 illegal setup. two Vulcan and a beam all powered? That would take 9 power bars. I hate when the computer cheats.

[@jameskarg3240]

Exactly. RNG my ass, this game is completly rigged to be impossible 99% of the time with a complete " haha, fuck you, god save the devs" moment

[@rand118]

This happens fairly regularly with diving in later sectors. I had a run the other day on stream where the enemy had 4 shields (with a value point, that's 9 shield power) and 10 weapon power. It's crazy, but I think the devs wanted there to be challenge late game when the player can have insane setups, like 4 flak 1's and 3 automated reloaders ;)

[@jameskarg3240]

@@rand118 Luck only serves someone for so long man. The only reason I even have the cruiser is cause I beat the under-construction flagship by lucking out on an asteroid field with it. Somehow, beating that gave me the cruiser. Only time Ive ever "beat" this luck-based lunacy of a game. You try staying positive when you fight your FIRST enemy on the last stand, whos got max shields, 2 flaks IIs, a hull missle, hacking, teleporter with max-fighting dudes, AND enemy ASB. Theres getting robbed, then theres THAT. Certain combinations of factors simply SHOULDNT exsist. Ever

[@rand118]

@@jameskarg3240 Lol, you sound like me when I'm playing Stealth B and get an auto assault ship with cloaking, beam drone, mini beam and heavy laser in an asteroid field on first jump. Stealth B has no shields, of course, so that's just an instant restart. You're not wrong that there are ridiculous enemy setups and they make me RAGE, but there are times when the player gets crazy setups, too. That's the rollercoaster ride that is FTL, and it's frustrating as hell sometimes, but super satisfying when you get the OP run or make an insane comeback!

[@AntonVasilev-t3m]

Thats not the cheat. The cheat is when boss is hacking you weapons 3 times in a row, making impossible to do anything with almost fully upgraded slug b which steamrolled through all the game ( at ~ 30 attempts)

[@GordanCable]

Of course its possible for the flak to seem to be coming from opposite directions. His Osprey would have to be very large in comparison of course.

[@LethinGabbins]

Orks love da dakka. We love the flakka!

[@Yato_q]

this is flakking cool man

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

why human and mantis boarders, wouldn't the rockman do better than the human?

[@reynoldszelaya4559]

Recycling has never been so grim.

[@drewduncan5774]

Why hack the game when you can F L A K K T H E G A M E

[@williambarnes5023]

You could abuse the fact that the front flaks hit before the rear flaks. Aim the front flack at their shields, and the rear flak at what you want to hit.

[@cupcakewithatophat1131]

I thought you said rear so for my bad reading you get a pun. Instead of trying to bend the spoon simply realize the flakt that there is no spoon I am very sorry

[@elim9054]

I've run 4xBL2 and one or two combinations of BL2 with Flak 1 before. I forget how many of each I had, but it almost literally doesn't matter with those weapons. If you're spitting 12 projectiles every 10-12 seconds then the run is basically already won, unless you get a nearly-impossible RNG streak or make some truly terrible defensive decisions.

[@rand118]

Very true, both BL2 and Flak I are so strong, that any 8 power combination of those weapons is just insane. I just love the Flak memes, since it always feels like I'm throwing all my trash at my enemies...which DESTROYS them, lol.

[@dtfe3]

Flakening 2: scraptric boogaloo

[@slowpnir]

Your enemies were fl*k'd

[@killerdragon5584]

GG cookie time!

[@matthewmcneany]

Maybe the missiles don't travel in straight lines. Like guided missiles, it's just the the ships are so far from each other and they appear to be in straight lines because the length of the arc subtended is very short compared to the whole path traced by the missile. In fact if you wanted to minimise the chance of someone evading both of two missiles then two arced paths would be highly advantageous compared to the missiles travelling in straight lines from the same direction - 1st class Hons Bsc Pysics (University of Warwick)

[@gamerguythai7558]

What difficulty was this on? I have difficulty even finding a weapon in stores on this ship on hard mode lol. Got to sector 7 on one of my runs without encountering a single weapon xD

[@rand118]

You can see at the beginning of the video that this is on easy difficulty. I'm sure, just like my Double Glaive Beam preignited video, that I didn't care about difficulty since we were going all out for the ultimate meme build, heh.

[@gamerguythai7558]

@@rand118 Appreciate your response! Sorry I must have missed that haha, very fun video

[@AUS_Palladium]

We flakked him down before the first clone phase?

[@Mahaveez]

Cruiser C is definitely nothing to sneeze at.

[@jorgemendoza8990]

How did you show the map where the rebble will show the outlines?

[@rand118]

Google a mod called "Extended Pursuit Indicator"

[@Tonatsi]

1:15:36 more importantly I am death incarnate

[@AntonVasilev-t3m]

The Federation's Flakship

[@Cool_Goose]

What do we have here kind KZbin algorithm?

[@paxton_wulgus]

flak on fleek

[@Bawbalicious]

Hey what's wth the lines showing how amount of rebel jumps? That's mad useful

[@rand118]

It's a mod I use called "Extended Pursuit Indicator," it's super useful. Many players use lines drawn on a sheet of paper to get a similar effect, this mod just saves you that hassle! I highly recommend it!

[@Tonatsi]

Considering how much metal you are throwing at them at this point you are practically throwing another ship at them to kill them

[@ekothesilent9456]

There’s a few things wrong with this but it’s so much to type.

[@sael1337]

The lines showing how fare the fleet is moving each turn is a mod is it not ? what is it called ? also though using mods would disable achievements and unlocks.

[@rand118]

Using mods doesn't disable achievements or unlocks. If you're using slipstream mod manager, steam no longer records your hours played, however, so that's why I don't know how many thousands of hours I have in FTL. The mod is "extended pursuit indicator" and here's the link: subsetgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26289

[@netbotcl586]

@@rand118 Why? Even with the mod steam records my play time.

[@rand118]

@@netbotcl586 I have no idea, but when I look at my hours played on Steam, it shows 1359 hours. I have more than that recorded just on my KZbin channel. I have a feeling I'm in the 5-6k hour range, but it would just be a guess because steam doesn't seem to track my play time when loaded through slipstream mod manager.

[@netbotcl586]

@@rand118 ah, I loaded the game through steam, and the mod is still on

[@hudsonberkan3232]

flak flagship

[@termin1071]

What are these rebel fleet position prediction arcs? This is mode or smth?

[@rand118]

Yup, it's a mod called "Fleet Pursuit Indicator," you can download it if you Google it.

[@superdahoho]

how does he get the lines that tell you how far the rebels jump?

[@rand118]

It's a mod called "Extended Pursuit Indicator", I highly recommend it!

[@robertharris6092]

Wouldn't the cloning teleporter combo be absolutely broken with the zoltans and them exploding when they did?

[@rand118]

Exploding zoltan boarders with clone bay is pretty good, but they don't do enough damage before they die to usually kill off crew. I prefer Mantis, Lanius, Rock, and Crystal boarders, myself.

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

Zoltan bording with clonebay is definately something the developers had in mind. However, as you can see in quite a lot of games, sometiems the developers don't consider everything. Simply put, the Zoltan boarding is cool, but it is objectively worse than normal boarding. The explosion doesn't make up for the fact that zoltan's are terrible at fighting. Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't a zoltan boarding crew lose to an equal number of humans (even with the explosion)? I know for a fact that it loses if you fight mantis or rock. Also, since the plan revolves around the clone bay your zoltan's won't ever get training, so they will be forever bad at fighting.

[@rand118]

@@hamsterfromabove8905 I'm not sure if 2 zoltans would beat 2 humans if they're equal in fighting skill taking the explosion into account. They probably will because 2 zoltans would do 30 explosion damage, but still, I agree that sending untrained fighters over and over is sub-optimal when you can just send rock and mantis crew over. That's why we did this challenge, to try and make it work!

[@ShadowHunter120]

I always go early engine upgrade so diving isn't a massive problem for me...

[@masonwoowoo]

I heard it in the video but now that I'm coming back to it I forgot- what mods are you using?

[@rand118]

I use Better Planets and Backgrounds for the pretty space backdrops and Extended Pursuit Indicator for the lines on the Fleet Pursuit screen.

[@masonwoowoo]

@@rand118 Thanks! By the way, do you have the Crystal Cruiser?

[@rand118]

@@masonwoowoo Yup, I have played thousands of hours of FTL, I've unlocked everything multiple times, although the crystal cruiser is definitely a pain to unlock!

[@masonwoowoo]

@@rand118 Woah, that's impressive!

[@aerheart]

You came really close to accidentally winning with the artillery beam at the end there instead of the flak

[@neattricks7678]

his artillery was flak lol

[@ukquestionnaires5842]

Tbh using the gravitational pull of an object (planet) it is entirely possible to hit a ship from two opposing directions at the same time

[@Tank22080]

Why were you targeting shields? Flak ignores shields just like missiles right?

[@rand118]

Flak does not ignore shields...only missiles do (and one random pierce laser that is only available on the Rock B ship). Flak is unique in that all its projectiles hit shields AT THE SAME TIME, which makes Flak weapons uniquely effective at shield busting. It's one of the reasons that Flak I is one of my favorite weapons.

[@Tank22080]

@@rand118 ty 😊

[@commmander64]

Flak only was a mistake

[@SpicyFiur]

I don't Play this game. From what are you escaping from?

[@rand118]

FTL is about a ship running from a rebel fleet to warn the federation base about a super strong flagship coming to wipe out the federation. It's kinda like Star Wars: A New Hope, in that the Death Star is trying to destroy the rebel base....I think I just found out where they got their story from, btw...

[@SpicyFiur]

lol :D

[@jahya7966]

Only 5 years late 🎉

[@vikbob4356]

I've played quite a lot of FTL in my life but HOW did you change the properties of the artillery weapon? I thought it was always a beam?

[@rand118]

I've done nothing to the artillery beam, the Fed C has always been a flak artillery. Ever since the Fed C came out with Advanced Edition, this has been the case. Are you sure you've played a lot of FTL? Maybe you've always played on standard and not advanced?

[@vikbob4356]

@@rand118 I definitely thought I had, but it was a long time ago. Maybe I just forgot or haven't played the C ship before. This new information kind of makes me want to revisit the game. Thanks.

[@rand118]

@@vikbob4356 You definitely should play if you got the itch! Even with my raging at RNG, FTL is still endlessly varied in the runs and builds you come up with.

[@Bakumatsu1]

Shooketh

[@BeginswithPIE]

I'm a physics major, and since gravitational fields caused space to bend, and that is the scifi excuse for how space ships move, it is 'maybe' possible for two missiles shot from the same ship to end up approaching from different angles.

[@gamerguythai7558]

It's simply simulating that the ships are maneuvering on a 3d plane but isn't represented in 2d so it just shows the artillery coming in at different angles to simulate it.

[@tylerbrooks6063]

Hey, I found another video where you play on easy mode! :D

[@solarwolf1336]

I’m new to the channel, do you stream on KZbin or twitch? Considering subscribing :p Edit : Scratch that, read description, think I’d like to subscribe :)

[@crazyfakar1]

Why remove them from combat? You have a clone bay.

[@ElFillDelSele]

Why focus the shield room, tho.

[@rand118]

If I hack shield room and attack it, their crew usually congregates there to try and repair it and you can get a lot of crew kills. Can make phase 3 boarding boss much easier. Also, it's just my habit to attack the boss's shields first.

[@treelee6527]

the shape of the ship looks just like ....

[@avrahamschapiro4003]

you should try 4 burst laser 2 very funny

[@Reece8u]

39:55 You had 8 total jumps you could make, because the 2nd to last one still wouldnt have been a dive

[@acat4701]

Why didn't you call this "Flaknarok"

[@rand118]

Hah, so many good names for Flak builds, the "Flakkening" just became the stream meme (I might have stolen that name from another streamer like LethalFrag, I can't remember, lol)!

[@matthewboutros2813]

I like these videos, but why such low quality?

[@rand118]

This video is from 3 1/2 years ago, and I didn't have the same setup I have now. My videos are much better quality now, although I do have some complaints about audio desync because I use a 2 PC setup to improve video/audio quality. Someday, I'll actually have a stream that is perfect quality...maybe!

[@matthewboutros2813]

​@@rand118 No such thing haha! Thanks for your videos I've just been checking them out randomly (which is fitting). The double Glaive run was so much fun

[@rand118]

@@matthewboutros2813 Yeah, we've had some pretty crazy runs, I always like taking OP ideas and running with them or ridiculous challenges and seeing if we can complete them, keeps the game fresh...and salty!

[@HaydenLau.]

Isn't it better to have 2 flak 2s?

[@rand118]

In my opinion, no. The main reason: charge time. Flak II's have a 21 second charge time, compared to a 10 second charge time for Flak 1. So 2 flak II's would be 14 projectiles every 21 seconds, 4 flak I's would be 12 projectiles every 10 seconds. Even if you added an extra flak 1 to the Flak 2 setup, you still get more projectiles over time because of how fast flak I's fire. So four flak 1's give you 24 projectiles every 21 seconds, compared to flak 2. Charge time is a HUGE deciding factor in many weapon choices.

[@justinsu8793]

*sells burst 2* 1:11:06

[@zandbergx9747]

Woah you upgrade your engines way less than me. Welp you're way better at the game than me so I won't criticize (give you FLAK)

[@rand118]

Rofl, you can give me Flak ANY time! But yeah, I think other people upgrade engines more than I do. I seem to prioritize other stuff like value points more.

[@birdmandavid659]

FLAK 2 AND HEAVY LASER 2 ON SECTOR 1. BRUH.

[@JohnSmith-ty2he]

480p? :x nope

[@rand118]

This video is from 3 years ago and I didn't have as nice a setup as I do now. Sorry I haven't been stream amazing quality since the dawn of time!

[@JohnSmith-ty2he]

@@rand118 It's ok man. TBH I wanted to watch the video, and you seem pretty chill. However I'm watching on an LCD TV and 480p upscales horribly to 1080p. I suffer from double vision due to an eye injury so the blurriness would just end up giving me a terrible headache.

[@rand118]

@@JohnSmith-ty2he Yeah, you might not be able to make it through some of my older videos, then. I used to stream on just my laptop, and streaming in higher quality/resolution wasn't as feasible back then.

[@RackaGack]

*nuts*

[@handbanana5888]

The rng in this game hates me. I swear, shops rarely have weapons but plenty of people and drones but no drone module.

[@omgopet]

How could you miss the opportunity to call it Flakakke? Disappointed.

[@BillyBoze]

480p? Are you serious in this day and age? 3 potatoes a wire and a lens can make better quality then this.

[@rand118]

Sorry, Bozebilly, this is one of my earlier videos. I'm not sure why it was at 480p, I'm pretty sure I have always streamed at least 720p since I started streaming. This video is about 3 and 1/2 years old, it's also possible the upload process from twitch to youtube wasn't as high quality as it is now. Hopefully my other videos will be up to your quality standards.