The Closest FTL Run In History (FTL)

FTL on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/21...
This came from my stream on July 6th, 2021. Catch me live every weekday from 11AM-4PM here: / northernlion
I watched Dan react to IGN's list of the ten best roguelites and just seeing a little FTL footage got me feeling the itch to dive back in to one of the genre's all-time classics. Check it out!

[@asterisk606]

What a perfect story ending. I can envision the crew of your ship collectively yelling "this is for Malf!" as they continued to fight through on their burning, severely damaged ship eventually getting to shoot their final weapons before getting taken out themselves. It was beautiful. This entire run had a more compelling storyline than some movies

[@Zebo12345678]

And fortunately for them, they got to see the flagship splintering to pieces in their last moments. They got to know their efforts were not in vain, rather than being left guessing.

[@GKinWor]

frick the nl Evangelion podcast, whens the nl ftl anime

[@LeinaDZiur]

I saw the previous video, where finished the flagship with only 2 hull points and thought "how closer can this one be?" and then got to the end of this

[@HackionSTx]

You mean "this a better love story than Twilight"?

[@tzoanast1061]

The crew sacrificed themselves to defeat the Flagship, what an epic tale. Pogs all around.

[@DanimalHype]

I like to think they just rammed their ship into them at the end.

[@masonsundstad9464]

Spoilers 😪

[@kadel300]

Little cardboard discs once popular in the early 90s have nothing to do with this

[@TurtleMansion]

the bit at 53:00 where hes reading the chat history has me crying lmfaoooo

[@PongzeLor]

Lmao that’s not what i expected

[@colehuston1333]

The fact that this man keeps on evolving to a higher level is nuts

[@BigMamaJama]

@Cornelia whos hasan?

[@milan99cz]

That was so funny 🤣

[@Kakaroto3245]

what a legend, he’s actually becoming the ftl prodigy

[@matthewfanous8468]

Tbf he did play it like 7 years ago

[@TheUntamedNetwork]

I played it to death forever ago, and NL's got me so pogged I just downloaded a massive mod pack and started playing again. It's all fun an game until you get the new "ur guy died lol" event for the 3rd time that sector...

[@Trevor21230]

I mean at 50:00 he had 3 levels of shield available against a ship with a volley of 3 projectiles and choose not to power his 3rd level of shields because of the ion storm... What you should do in that fight is just resign yourself to it taking a long ass time, power up all 3 shields and oxygen, use dual lasers to take out the Zoltan Shields then let the Artillery take care of the rest. Zero risk, no hull damage, no scrap wasted on repairs.

[@Kakaroto3245]

@@Trevor21230 i know that's why i said he's becoming lol there are plenty of misplays still

[@Trevor21230]

@@Kakaroto3245 Fair enough, you got me there lol

[@urosstankovic5795]

39:00 Damn MALF is straight up not having a good time. First he got demoted to a room that doesn't even have computer, then he got called an idiot and confused for an enemy 😭

[@TacoSnipezZ]

MALF dying because he vented his room for zero reason, not sending him to medbay, and leaving him at one hit

[@user-gp6lq5mg9z]

malf 🔫 nl nl: who shot malf?

[@GeorgeSmith-sb6xs]

I have started playing again because of NL, great game, thanks NL.

[@jahya7966]

Must concur

[@Jgallstar1]

Same here man

[@EricDeKirkwood99]

Its up 30% this month in steam player count.

[@MrXanderAle]

Yeah me too

[@MrVovansim]

Same

[@bosshunterman]

14:41 After ALL THESE YEARS, he still just assumes that Rockmen suck at repairing plainly because of their repair animation... Some things never change...

[@tyger3170]

Wait... They don't??

[@Aftershk]

@@tyger3170 Nope, they have normal repair speed. Only Mantis have lower repair speed, while Engi have higher repair speed. The only racial features Rock have is 50 extra health, immunity to fire, and slower walk speed.

[@sikic996]

@@Aftershk and contrary to a certain streamer's belief, they do need oxygen to breathe

[@ikop5829]

@@sikic996 I figure he's always confusing them with crystals, they need oxygen but lose half as much health as non lanius to asphyxiation.

[@AndrosynthNuclear]

52:04 Laughing my ass off at public shaming of Captain Hindsight in chat

[@exavian6]

2:47 I've played a lot of FTL and I don't think I've ever seen two laser shots collide before. I didn't think that could even happen. Edit: And NL is definitely why I started playing FTL again recently.

[@Zebo12345678]

I've definitely seen it before. I've had missiles collide with lasers before, and I've been lucky enough to shoot missiles down with my burst lasers too.

[@Threedog43]

I have close to hundred hours and saw it for the first time a couple days ago

[@KoopaKrump]

Its pretty cool when it happens and saves damage because of it. Another cool thing that you can do is shoot drones down with your weapons, if you wait to fire them until the drone's in front.

[@davekachel]

Ive seen it back when the game was new. Pretty much anything can collide.

[@JMetal_enjoyer]

@@KoopaKrump I had a run, there was a half power nebula, and my single ion cannon got blocked by their combat drone, then he unpowered his drone bay, so it just literally shut my only gun down and the combat drone I had couldn't kill him

[@scull0234]

Him reading the chat history was so good

[@Walterthefriendly]

ooo aaa oooaaa asterisk notices bulge

[@TheMightyP00tis]

Really hammers home the fact that NL used to be a teacher

[@blue_bloodstar6949]

the piss in a cup and drink comment came out of nowhere

[@timothykeir163]

NL claiming it was not Friday and actually wednesday gave me a slight heart attack

[@loafbreed7246]

1:46:53 "losing one man in the line of duty.. it's not great but life goes on." I mean, for said man it quite literally doesn't lmao but the sentiment still stands I guess.

[@yamlynn]

insane ending (i saw it on stream)

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

Seeing those two behemoth ships rip apart in unison, it puts a tear to my eye

[@absoluteloser989]

When you went to the next store and there was cloaking my heart honestly broke for you. I think a part of me died.

[@kosmosyche]

First they killed MALF, then they killed the cloaking dream... Bastards.

[@gamelover2222]

Lots more FTL please. It brings back many memories that I enjoy

[@omyyer]

49:14 The best play here is to turn off engines entirely and make use of the 3 shields. The enemy has the capacity only to throw out 3 shots so you could have been completely safe.

[@fredrikbystrom7380]

12:52 I began playing FTL again due to NL and continued playing because I enjoyed myself, he's not wrong.

[@raoulduke2924]

I'm loving the return of FTL, this is great stuff!

[@almoghh123]

Holy S**t that run was insane! congratulations!

[@nicholashale2815]

This series got me playing ftl again, loving it

[@rooster4011]

This game was so over my head when it first came out. I played it, failed like 30 runs in a row because I didn't understand the power management aspect and how good things like cloaking and hacking are. Thank you for waking me up 7 years later, Egg and Spearmintz.

[@judahbennett483]

Ryab, the FTL content is so POG, you got me back into this game. Please don't stop, this is some of the best content you've put out. I love your stuff, but man, FTL just hits different.

[@yawzheek6722]

What a play at the end! Well done!

[@emperorxenu519]

Love the FTL keep em coming

[@douglaslopes5913]

These bring me joy

[@lord_whosit6194]

18:48 when he says theres only 1hr 20 left but vod has 1hr 40..

[@richiehettwer]

Definitely bought this game a few weeks ago because of you and I love it. Thanks NL.

[@davidballantyne4492]

This madman and his extra challenge runs of not using his available reactor power!

[@Novius8]

59:30 NL locks his doors before going to a bad neighbourhood

[@suitcees1115]

Amazing video, was actually on the edge of my seat at the 3rd fase.

[@timturner7609]

44:20 the fact that it made the dude cry is what gets me.

[@FrostyFyre]

That double store cloaking mishap near the end almost killed me, I dunno how NL didn’t lose his freaking gourd

[@cyanomical]

NL is definitely why I started playing FTL again. So good!

[@jaredglasser9591]

Watching the flagship fight live on this one was pretty pog ngl

[@Moley1Moleo]

Captain hindsight here. At around ~50 when you were in the neula with 50% power, the enemy ship could only attack with a volley of 3 projectiles, and you had just upgraded to 3 layers of shields. You could have simply powered all 3 layers of shields and been untouchable.

[@MegaRomans01]

Hey nl, i watched the old ftl playlist twice cuz it was so fun glad to see it in the mix again.

[@coconutologist]

GGs!!! That was intense AF. I know I'm late, but that was a magical gamer experience.

[@pickleplayer33]

1:11:38 lol only northern would buy the long range scanners and then proceed to avoid all combat locations pointed out on the map. Never change

[@sammyaboud609]

On the edge of my set for this one😂 love still going back for old content

[@WolfHunter732]

always love watching these .

[@robobo1236]

That runs ending was close to the frostpunk ending

[@simonmasset2238]

1:11:30 It's not just a meme, flak moved to be in front of the ship is indeed the strat since flak's shot do travel slowly and need to firstly Travel trew your own ship screen before arriving to the enemy ship's one, it will be faster and not just for the first shot but for charging the next ones, it will make you gain around 2 sec per shot, it's just the compound interest of ftl

[@menamorado16]

Egg-Padre keep this series going plz. This is good. Gracias

[@vavakxnonexus]

Seeing NL aim Flak at a 2-square room on the side of the ship unaware of the fact that the spread means that like 40% of the flak will miss hurts every single time.

[@Rivers256]

9:32 That human and mantis in the zoltan ship were like "these zoltan shields block everything, we'll be invincible!"

[@flobbingdonkey]

I had the closest run in FTL history. I limped through to the flagship. Only half hull left. Managed to JUST about get through to the final phase. I had good weaponry, so stood a chance. Gave it everything in the final phase. And with my final laser burst I blew up the flagship. Unfortunately, a stray missile snuck past my defences and blew my ship up killing everyone on board. I still won. But I got the "in loving memory of" my crew screen. May their sacrifice never be forgotten amen.

[@scarletanguish]

The human mind can not even comprehend the amount of poggery unleashed upon us.

[@ThatOneWarrior]

Actually an amazing ending! Well played! (kind of!)

[@ProjectOccasus]

I started playing FTL again because of your videos. great game

[@martinkaufmann5205]

Really loving the FTL

[@TedTabaka]

I love it! More FTL!

[@Tecnicman1]

What an absolute legend

[@TheDilla]

Breeding Drone? wait, that means... MY MAN!

[@LaserStorm117]

Dude, congrats. You do be tearing it up.

[@OrangeVision]

what a nailbiter of an ending

[@jackgraham5555]

Hey NL! You mentioned a lot in one of your previous videos about whether or not to chase on phase 2 or phase 3 Basically, you sit on the base for phases 1 and 2, and after defeating phase 2 you chase This is because you get bordered like crazy in phase 3. When they all board your ship, you let your engines charge and jump back to the base, thereby letting you kill the flagship crew in peace (called the kidnapping method) You chase after phase 2 because that gurantees you a safe retreat point (the base) for when you kidnap the crew of phase 3 Also, the crew is the one thing that doesn't regenerate between flagship phases. If you kill their man in the missile room in phase 1, that room will be empty for phases 2 and 3. Love the FTL content, keep it up! It's a groovy game.

[@LoreleiBlaine]

oh man this is some god tier Intel it never even occurred to me to beat the 3rd phase like that, i always just wait on base because the enemy batteries scare the F out of me but that's such a smart way to handle the boarding.

[@essam007]

Going down with the ship in blazing glory after defeating the final boss. What a win.

[@blacksun3884]

Destroyed the flagship with a heroic sacrifice. what a run!

[@litapd311]

vine compilations are some of the best content on youtube

[@dracolover214]

Nice work! I knew you could do it!

[@torger7324]

Sips enjoys working that wrench.

[@manowar200]

Oh boy, a good run

[@alienrenders]

What an intense run. I just wish the Flak and beam was timed better. He's getting better on the Flak. But he seemed to wait for the enemy ship to have shields back up before firing the beam weapon instead of firing it right away. Really fun run to watch though!

[@tatebronze]

nl talking about vine in 2021 is pog

[@Bee_Holes]

Thank you for the pog.

[@milan99cz]

That was a crazy ending

[@jessie4351]

holy shit what an ending. the martyrs on the ship Mario Golf saved the galaxy. their statues will be built on every planet to honor their sacrifice.

[@arciks11]

Looks like another one that goes balls deep.

[@RackaGack]

You really need to be firing your flak first, and your heavy laser last

[@rmiah]

Holy shit this flagship fight was better than that crazy slug cruiser comeback 7 years ago

[@JobroskiSwaqqman]

Don’t be afraid to upload a 5 min, it would be very epic as a one off.

[@LetsRocka]

1:30:20 this was just too much! The quickest shop window closure LOL!

[@XzMondayNightzX]

Can confirm the run is very close. So close I need to rewatch this several times to make sure my brain processes this. Nothing to do with promoting the algo or anything. It's all for POG.

[@Awesomewithaz]

Okay.

[@SpookyAqua]

pog

[@Total2Gamerz]

the chat history reading is prime pog in a jar

[@Parpeing]

1:18:08 The way that drone got blasted was very satisfying

[@funkdungus839]

nl describing the single most popular vine in existence

[@youtubeisawebsite7484]

oml amazingly close game

[@covya]

7:15 I like the idea that, when this ship blows up, you refuse to collect any scrap on principle, because you'd already accepted a crew member in return for a truce. It's not like we're trying to save the galaxy, or anything.

[@Goldfish_Vender]

You're either not gonna read this or you've already been told, but: You chase 3rd phase(and not 2nd) after a bunch of their crew teleports to your ship and you jump back to base with them and kill them. It makes the rest of the 3rd phase very easy. If you chased 2nd then you may not be able to jump to a safe waypoint with intruders during phase 3.

[@Anonymous20789]

I love this game, and I like anything you play with the others, mario golf included :3 late to the party, but been watching a lot :P

[@jcbro86]

Subset games new board game “Mantis in the Medbay” fun for the whole family.

[@biggie_kellogs7919]

its simply a super aerodynamic profile

[@TrainmasterGT]

I got back into FTL because -and I'm not kidding here- I heard someone use part of the soundtrack in a Minecraft Speedrun Review video.

[@justinwill7420]

What a race!

[@kevski_021]

The mental dilemma of choosing between playing among us with friends whilst being inherently a "sussy baka" and watching the potential pog moments of a Northernlion FTL runis almost too much for me... But, you've got me Egg Father.

[@sampsonite951]

Flak 2 is nuts. It was the shield destroyer that you wanted.

[@nicolasandreallenspach2418]

Doubt that you will see this but i really recommend mind control and crew teleporter You can teleport mindcontrolled units so you vacuum your teleport room and teleport them to your ship right before the mindcontrol runs out That way they will suffocate and you can empty out an enemy ship, however DO NOT kill all the crew during the bossfight

[@TheMrTangamandapio]

THE CLUTCH

[@yunchunsa]

That was intense

[@saphojuiced6243]

22:13 :impressed Yoda grunt: * 25:07 _m'lord_ 52:58 * 1:06:15 the lion's lean mark II 1:11:09

[@3run3r]

HE'S DONE IT

[@dantedamean]

"stream will go 10 minutes long." 25 minutes left in the video.

[@covya]

Probably the biggest tip I could give you is that you should care about fixing breaches less. I've seen you go to repair them mid combat a few times, despite them being in empty rooms. Doors hold in oxygen perfectly, so as long as you have no need to be in the room, the breach shouldn't be a priority (and can even sometimes be left intentionally in order to depressurise rooms that you can't easily vent via external doors)

[@Morethanlikelyaperson]

My goodness. I can't Pog enough

[@omyyer]

For the next like month, "I Think You Should Leave" Season 2 is required reading.

[@xiricada7121]

We need 143 ep more, Egg

[@Walterthefriendly]

*Referring to astronaut diapers* If you throw up on the earth it stays in a nice if not gross pile. When you throw up in 0 gravity, that stuff flies in every direction and wont stop bouncing off walls easily. Better safe than sorry with body fluids in space imo

[@LurasaPomya]

I want a series where he rads random users chat haha