FTL: Advanced Edition: First thoughts?

[Shamanic Rhythm]

How have I died in this update? Let me count the ways...

-Jumping into a pulsar with a high level enemy.
-Jumping into an asteroid field with an enemy with the flak gun.
-Being kited and stunned by that fucking intruder drone while the enemy rails on my ship.
-Missing too many shots at a rebel powering its FTL drive up, having the fleet overtake me and then being owned by the anti ship battery and elite fighter.
-Getting my shields knocked out in fight where a fire drone was deployed. IT BURNS.

I haven't even made it to the boss yet.

I think it's a great update though, because it takes me back to those first feelings of playing FTL where every death was another lesson to be absorbed.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

I did 3 or 4 runs last night and I think hacking may be a little OP at this time.

I concur that hacking is currently OP. The most powerful effect isn't even the actual hacking pulse: it basically has the same effect as a crystal lockdown, even when the cooldown is on. For one bar of power that's just insane, as you can delay the enemy from repairing a damaged system, escaping your boarding party or getting to a place where they can heal up.

RNG still seems to be a pain though.

Can confirm. I encountered seven consecutive AI drones as the Mantis B. Three of them in an ion storm.

The backup battery was pretty much useless. I tried it in three games and never found that burst of power to be useful

Two reasons. 1) Can exceed max reactor capacity. 2) Works during ion storms.
Also I found that it's a good way of powering the systems with a long cooldown, because you don't have any power locked into it when the battery runs out of charge.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

ok now ive lost twice agaisnt the final boss with ships i thought were pretty good, thatll teach me to never have hope again


the first form is extremely vulnerable to hacking, but after that, theres either the defense drone or the super shield

 

[Thetntm]

Dna storage is the most broken thing ever. As if the clone bay wasn 't broken enough, one of the least expencive augmentations in the game basically says your crew cannot die unless you are in a very specific condition.

Still cant beat the final boss on easy, so i guess its still the same great game. I'm glad i beat it that one time with the engie cruiser a while ago.

 

[Aeshi]

My only gripe with the game is that there's no game mode that allows you to just fly around the galaxy and explore without having to worry about rebels pursuing you.

Allow me to introduce you to the FTL: Infinite Space mod. [http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3542]

If that mod actually works, then you may have just encouraged me to pick up FTL.

 

[Cerebrawl]

After several false starts I hit the end boss with my Torus ship, and beat the snot out of it. Weaponry: Starting heavy ion 2, an auto laser, burst laser 2, heavy missile drone, heavy anti-ship beam drone, light anti-crew missile drone. Extra systems: Mind control and Cloak, subsystem Battery backup. Augments: Drone recovery arm, Engi med-bot dispersal, and Teleportation disruptor.

I also have the Captain's Edition installed, which is where some of that is from(new drones, teleport disruptor).

I found the mind control system somewhat useful to disrupt the enemy, but often it was more useful to just counter enemy mind control with it(even the first level breaks enemy mind control if you target your own guys). The hacking system is probably the better system, though mind control+boarding should be excellent, but that means you won't have cloaking, which is extremely useful for the final battle(cloak when boss sends out his mass missile salvo or bunch of drones to avoid most damage).

Backup battery was very useful in the boss fight, even with 3-4 zoltans onboard, powering everything is tricky.

Sidenote: Don't get the cloning bay if you've got Engi med-bot dispersal, the augment stops working without medibay, learned that the hard way, and didn't get the cloning bay on my winning run.