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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 09:28:52 pm »
Strangely enough GG, I'm not buying your view either. Must be the dozens of runs when I couldn't afford anything thanks to constant damage from crappy evasion rolls. Must be the battles where the very first hit from an enemy wipes out my weapons, leaving me incapable of fighting back. Or the runs where I had no choice but to pass through a hazard which proceeded to disable half of my systems while simultaneously dealing with boarding parties and high-level ships.

Fact is, luck IS the biggest factor in this game. If the enemy shots hit you in the right places, you're fucked. No questions asked, and if you're lucky you'll be able to jump away and pray to whatever deity you wish that there's safety on the other side.

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General Discussion / Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« on: January 31, 2013, 09:21:15 pm »
Quote from: Aklyon on January 31, 2013, 09:20:33 pm
Quote from: GlyphGryph on January 31, 2013, 09:13:51 pm
Quote from: Barbarossa TSG on January 31, 2013, 06:35:56 pm
Quote from: GlyphGryph on January 31, 2013, 06:11:19 pm
I took a shower today! It was glorious. Uncomfortable, almost painful, tiring and awkward, but glorious nonetheless!
Are you a wicked witch, or just an unwashed liberal hippie-communist?  :P

I sprained my ankle last friday and today was the first day I could stand long enough to take a showever.
Why didn't you just take a bath before then? You don't have to standup in those.
I'm guessing lack of a tub.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 31, 2013, 08:51:21 pm »
Quote from: penguinofhonor on January 31, 2013, 08:34:24 pm
Your 1 and \ keys appear broken.

Prescription: amputation via pliers.
I believe it would be called an "extraction". Like pulling teeth.

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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 08:46:33 pm »
Quote from: monk12 on January 31, 2013, 08:42:55 pm
Quote from: Sirus on January 31, 2013, 08:36:41 pm
Quote from: Leafsnail on January 31, 2013, 08:35:04 pm
A teleporter is a substitute for a decent weapon with pretty much any ship, and appears in like a third of shops.
Engi cruiser?

Actually works very well, as the medbay is right next to the teleporter for fast cycling. By the time enemies start consistently having medbays of their own you should have crew from random events or the option to purchase better crew/weapons/drones in a shop.
There's that "should" word again. I've gotten to the Last Stand more than once with less crew than I started with, and no new ones. Sometimes you just get screwed over, and if you're already doing poorly and spending most of your scrap on repairs you can't buy any new stuff to help you do better.

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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 08:36:41 pm »
Quote from: Leafsnail on January 31, 2013, 08:35:04 pm
A teleporter is a substitute for a decent weapon with pretty much any ship, and appears in like a third of shops.
Engi cruiser?

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 31, 2013, 07:46:30 pm »
Meh.

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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 07:04:12 pm »
Quote from: Haspen on January 31, 2013, 07:02:07 pm
There's a penalty for not helping the asteroid-struck guys? o:

* Haspen learns something new everyday.
Not always. Most of the random events have random outcomes for the different choices.

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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 06:58:06 pm »
Quote from: Tarran on January 31, 2013, 06:45:21 pm
Quote from: Graknorke on January 31, 2013, 06:32:31 pm
You have the choice to ignore pretty much every random event.
Emphasis on "pretty much".

I'm still upset at the one time I decided to not help a ship in a bunch of asteroids which resulted in it speeding up the rebels.
I got that once when the fleet was right behind me. First sector. I did not survive :(

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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 06:39:18 pm »
I'm talking about random events like, say, your engines are disabled. If you're in the Stealth ship especially, that's the vast majority of your defensive capability down the drain in an instant. Or if you have to choose between losing a crew member and fighting a battle that you might not be ready for. Or hell, those fun encounters in a plasma field, where your power is cut in half while the enemy has four guns blazing along with shields and cloak.

Any and all of these have the potential to screw you over, no matter your equipment.

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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 06:28:27 pm »
Quote from: GlyphGryph on January 31, 2013, 06:08:10 pm
This will almost occur within the first 3 sectors, thankfully. The longer you play, the lower the chance of the RNG asserting dominion over you.
Still a chance, though. The Last Stand can be especially brutal at times. And some of the random events can be absolutely punishing to certain setups.

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General Discussion / Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« on: January 31, 2013, 05:42:41 pm »
Quote from: Dutchling on January 31, 2013, 05:37:45 pm
You can safely laugh at this though. :P
That crap just makes me ashamed of humanity :(

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General Discussion / Re: The Crossover Thread
« on: January 31, 2013, 05:33:59 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on January 31, 2013, 04:06:26 pm
Dr. Manhattan & Superman.
Meeting or fighting?

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General Discussion / Re: Cartoon/Western Animation Thread. -- Excuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!
« on: January 31, 2013, 05:33:35 pm »
Quote from: Karlito on January 31, 2013, 05:29:53 pm
Mostly fair criticisms there, but despite that, Korra is at least a B-grade show. It's by no means flawless, but there's still plenty of enjoyment to be had by watching it.
This is my view, basically.

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Other Games / Re: FTL - Faster than light - spaceship crew management and roguelike.
« on: January 31, 2013, 05:32:39 pm »
I think the common consensus is "Yes, a skilled player can win most of the time, but every once in a while the Random Number God will screw you over just to remind you who's in charge".

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General Discussion / Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« on: January 31, 2013, 05:28:27 pm »
Quote from: penguinofhonor on January 31, 2013, 04:27:43 pm
I don't like using a GPS because getting lost is fun.
Better not use this attitude if you ever apply for some job requiring driving :P

Quote from: Jopax on January 31, 2013, 05:26:24 pm
Gypsy fight

Not so much happy as it was holy crap laughing my ass off XD
Yes, because gang beatdowns are hi-larious  ::)

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