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Who would win? One of the most advanced federation ship, whose starting weapon can slice ships like bread, or one mini-laser drone?

I need a mod that changes the glance beam name to “styropyro modified laser pointer”

Poor Hyperion never saw Char coming

@@jaedencastro834 the stealth B should have been red (comet)

It would be cool if the Zerg were a race in FTL

@@ExtraRaven_ they said that infinity war was the most ambitious crossover in history but what you said... *_WAS THE MOST AMBITIOUS CROSSOVER IN HISTORY_*

"this is my last respawn"

@@xymaryai8283 fucking thank you, that made me smile greatly XD!

Literally why I don't buy it. I know myself too well lol

easy just keep two bars empty from engines and buy battery early, and fill those bars with battery,

I have the opposite problem. I invest in it way too early, and then throws off my run. I rely on it in late-stage, but I don't think I should be buying it at stage 2, yet I always want to.

Most forgettable system/subsystem of the whole game. Even more than mind control during non-boarding attacks.

Every goddamn time

I love these anime memes! (I think they're anime references...I don't know enough Japanese to translate, hah!)

@@rand118 nani means 'what? ' and omae wa mou shindeiru means 'you are already dead' . Or there abouts.

Lmao commenting to save this gem

@@SillyBunny5 What they said ^

Thanks, Caden. Every run is good if you can get the win! Just gotta keep plugging away at it and learn the guns/enemies/strategies that work for you. This was just an OP get all the RNG run, hah!

@@rand118 For me i do good for like 4 sectors then somewhere I run into an auto scout or something with shields i can't pierce with weapons I can't resist along with like hacking or mind control. yeah, i don't like rng

this run was easy mode however

@@fracturedyt7377 It makes sense to run from some fights.

Smocky Tubers I believe that should be the career path for all retired politicians and Hollywood actors

Nice, Skavies. I've heard many people talk about using paper with lines to track the pursuing fleet. That's one reason I don't feel like the pursuit indicator mod is cheezy, because you could easily do it yourself with pen/paper.

Tim Wilson yeah, I definitely didn't play the final phase optimally. Thankfully, double glaive beam is still pretty forgiving!

Well, the people that say glaive beam is bad should be more specific. It's bad in some situations, amazing in others. The slow charge time makes it require more defensive support so it doesn't get taken down before it can fire. This, coupled with the high power cost, makes it more difficult to get online than a Halberd or Pike beam. However, hacking and pre-igniter make it OPOP, which is what this video shows!

@@rand118 Plus cloaking. Hacking, Pre-igniter, double glaive, cloaking, 4 shields, 6 engines, goodnight Rebels.

You need the shields or cloak to not get shrekt before it charges unless you have preigniter And if they have 3 or 4 shield there is nothing you can do It's good but you need to have other things to back it up

@@icantthinkofausername2605 Yup, totally agree

Thanks Imrahil! It's definitely super satisfying to one shot multiple phases of the boss!

No such thing as overkill in FTL...well, unless you've seen some of the ridiculous ships viewers have submitted for me to play, hah!

Wow, I don't think I ever knew the Glaive beam had been MORE powerful. Sadly, the only 4 damage beams I've ever used are in modded FTL runs. However, I still can't be mad, one shotting the boss is always fun!

Double Glaive, Pre-Ignitor, Hacking, and Drone Jammer?

Double Glaive, Pre-Ignitor, Hacking, Defence Scrambler and Zoltan Shields Bypass!

With mods, quad glaive. Pre ignited. Two auto-reloaders.

Everything you said + hard mode

Hah, it sure can, although pre-igniter turns many weapons into OP weapons, hah!

Thanks shallowthexgamerz, I appreciate your encouragement! I probably need to be more consistent with posting my videos, which I am trying to get better at.

Well I got FTL on my iPad. It's hard as fuck. But I just gotta keep losing and make a tactic to help me get everything I need for the boss. Highest damage that I've done to the flagship was stage 1. Stage 2 and it's drones just ripped threw my shields.

Yeah, getting your first Flagship kill is super tough, but super satisfying when you finally get it. Getting cloaking and timing the cloak during the drone phase can help a lot. I like to have cloaking OR 4 shields for phase 2. Good luck!

Yea. I got cloak for the main ship once. But because I hadn't had it in use. I forgot I had it. If it weren't for my friend watching and paying attention.i wouldn't have dodged a killer missile. Now on to something different. Here's a fun challenge. Use any ship that has drone control, bonus if it comes with fire beam drone. Next. Only weapons available are ion weapons. Then for that use. The only drones you can use will be fire beam drones. See how far you can get and how many ships your drones burn to hell. If it's possible then have a go. If not then that's fine.

Interesting, I've done drone only runs, but never fire beam drone plus ions. I might have to try that, hah!

Whoa, what, really? But it's like an hour long run, how is that in the top 20?

If I had to rely on drones for offense, double ion burst 2 sounds like the best weapon system you could have!

Luke McNiven he knew that he even said i don’t wanna do it in 2 shots, he waited to get a one shot kill

It wouldn't blow away the shield. Beams don't knock out the shield layers directly, and even two Glaive Beams don't do enough per-room damage to fully disable a maxed shield room.

4 shields will negate glaive beam damage entirely.

Lol, hope you enjoyed it...because I sure did...way back when I did this run, anyway, hah!

Wow that was an hour I didn’t notice went by.. subbed, you’re my way back into FTL Rand

@@qwertyious Hah, thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! This is an old run but one of my favorite runs ever. Feel free to come hang out at the live stream, as well!

True, although it just FEELS better to me to cloak later...and I do everything by feel, apparently!

This is a bit late, but if you cloak while the bullets are being shot from the enemy ship but before it gets on your screen then you effectively double the down time for that weapon as they have to charge 2 full times to use it.

I use extended pursuit indicator (gives you the lines for the pursuing fleet jumps) and better planets and backgrounds. I get my mods from the FTL forums. Slipstream mod manager is the main program I use for the mods, here's the link: subsetgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17102

Hmm, I don't remember. I've been playing the game so long, but I can tell you every time you beat a ship when you start, you unlock a new ship. So however long it took me to get a win, that's how long it took to start unlocking ships! I watched a bunch of streams before I played, so I knew some good tips and strats to help win some runs.

rand118 And this video is one of them XD You play so well!

NP, hope you enjoy, Tyler!

Me too, this ship can have the CRAZIEST runs, but also super squishy early game.

No, mini beams, please don't go bweiiiII!

Nice, I'll have to check it out. You're a braver gamer than me to use only missiles, hah!

Casually gonna say "thanks" to this casually nice viewer.

Oh certainly, it's possible, and I actually do have another run where I get double glaive beam on hard mode, no pause. I never found weapon pre-igniter on that run, though, so finding this setup is fairly rare and probably why it is my most viewed video, hah!

Wow, that is impressive! I regularly beat hard mode with sick ships, but I just can't do the no pause thing, I get way too stressed out and lose my ability to think!

Yeah, it was a long time before I started playing hard mode no pause. I've been streaming FTL for 3-4 years now, and after a while, you got to keep upping the difficulty!

I will take your word for it, never had that setup, I don't think. However, in FTL, I will say that Overkill is best kill!

@@rand118 so 4 room hits, glaive does 3 damage per room hit, halberd does 2 damage per room hit. 3*4+2*4 = 20 hull damage. each stage has 20 hull health so that's a one shot. Since you already said that you'd take my word then I guess this was unnecessary. Just pointing this out as a halberd plus glaive may be easier to obtain in hard mode. I have gotten both myself, albeit without a pre- igniter. Something I didn't know was how to hack against a defence drone; you just stop the hacking module. I will be using this in future runs for sure. Thanks.

@@spectro742 Nice, I didn't realize how much overkill Glaive was, so it's good to know halberd plus Glaive works to one-shot the boss. The hacking past def drone trick is super useful, glad I could provide some useful strats! Think I originally learned it from LethalFrag, epic twitch streamer.

Years later: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esWqrKVmtJmRgpc.html@@rand118 You'll notice I use the defence dodge trick on the second stage.

Yes, this is an older video when I didn't know you could only get AE items from the Lanius event.

I often do that, Ryan, but that is totally dependent on the weapons you're facing and what level cloak you have. Level 3 cloak is better to cloak asap so they never get a shot off. If they don't have beam weapons, I usually DO cloak right after their weapons fire with cloaking 2. This video is pretty old by now, so there may be times when I haven't solidified some of those strategies.

Extended Pursuit Indicator is the mod for the lines on the map. Better planets and backgrounds is the prettier space backdrops mod.

@@rand118 nice :D thanks but i got another issue ..... how to install mods in FTL on steam ???

@@maniac6655 I use slipstream mod manager for all my FTL mods. Here's the link: subsetgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17102 Good luck!

Thanks, en ly, it was a super fun run, and one-shotting all three phases of the boss was SO satisfying!

Thanks Gustavo, this was super fun run!

Yes, it's called Extended Pursuit Indicator, I highly recommend it!

@rand118 thank you!

Very true, and getting those come-back wins or truly OP setups is rare enough that it keeps you coming back for more! Glad you're enjoying the videos!

Yup, it's a common strategy used by players to get your hacking drone past the enemy defense drone. It's also the only way this build (or any build that relies on hacking) can kill the boss phase 2.

@@rand118 TIL

legion999 Thanks, always fun to get an op run going, and not much is more op than double glaive beam, hah!

I explain this more in my "beginners' guide to FTL" video, but basically you just have to depower your hacking system the instant that the enemy defense drone fires at your hacking drone. The mechanics of the 2 moving projectiles allows hacking to get by. There are many tutorials out there you can check out to learn about it.

@@rand118 thanks rand! I'm loving your FTL videos. I got my first victory on normal with a few ships based on your guide. The Slug A is still a struggle though

Nice, you're talking about the vulcan? Double Vulcan is insane, too, I bet that was a fun run!

Had that once too, its a dream combo, just have to avoid them hitting your weapons as you spool up.

Yup, I go over exactly how to do this at the end of my "FTL beginner's guide" video. You basically depower the hacking drone right as the def drone fires and it cause the defense drone to miss (just like my defense drones miss shooting missiles down ALL THE TIME). Works like a charm!

@@rand118 Awesome! I accidentally did this exact strat last night (Only with Halberds), it was AWESOME until I got to the boss and couldn't break it. Thanks for this tip! I'll keep it in mind for next time.

I think it's just the FTL battle music, although there's probably a track name and I just don't know it. I'm pretty sure the FTL OST is on a youtube playlist, just gotta find that track!

I believe there is sometimes a bug where the enemy will not board you 3rd phase if you counter the mind control fast enough. It doesn't happen often, but I've seen it a few times

If you cut power from hacking, the hack drone freezes in place. If you do this after the defense drone fires, it'll miss and you can repower hacking while the defense drone is on cooldown. Ignore how this completely violates the second law of motion, and physics in general.

@@andrewmaraldo9556 waw countless hours in FTL neve knew that trick, thanks😲

There's a trick (or exploit, depending on your point of view) where you can de-power your hacking drone right AFTER the enemy's def drone fires and the shot will miss the hacking drone. This sometimes fails depending on the angle, but it's a widely known and used tactic to get hacking drones past defense drones.

@Mowne Latt I learned it from watching streamers, so you're learning the same way I did! Many of the strats I use are not my own original ideas, although I certainly have refined my strategies to the ones that felt most consistent and strong to me.

Yeah, it seems like that happens more frequently when you're playing a shieldless ship. FTL is so mean!

I believe I've had one double vulcan run. It's probably buried in one of my playlists, so I can't give you the link off hand, but you should be able to find it if you dig through the playlists!

@@rand118 coolies, I always have either one or the other or i have a glaive and Vulcan, its never double both! NYEH

Does one Glaive ACTUALLY get through the boss's zoltan shield? Regular zoltan shields do get one-shot by one glaive, but I'm 95% sure the boss's zoltan shield has more HP than normal Zoltan shields. Whatever the case, I wanted the satisfaction of one-shotting the boss's hull 3 times, so I wouldn't have done it your way for this meme run, anyway, lol.

Yeah, actually, I doubt it now! You are entirely correct that it has much more HP, namely: 12. However, I also believe that beam weapons hit a Zoltan shield for as many points as they theoretically would've done hull damage with no shields. So 4 rooms times 3 damage should be exactly enough if the previous premise is true. Not as cool as a one-shot obviously, but a little safer ;)

It’s actually really bad

It only add ~100 scrap a run

I use 2 mods regularly: "Better Planets and Backgrounds" and "Extended Pursuit Indicator." Google will give you download links. Helm upgrades give ZERO extra dodge EXCEPT when your pilot is not in the piloting room. Only way to increase dodge is by upgrading engines and activating cloaking...I assume you know these things.

I think he said how to do this in his FTL guide he uploaded a few days ago, but here’s the gist of it. Launch the hacking drone, as soon as the enemy defence drone fires, depower hacking (pause to get the timing right). This will make the hacking drone stop moving and the defence drones will miss. Then repower the hacking drone.

@@Sir_Budginton wow, that's 1 hell of a trick, thanks!

@@Sir_Budginton I checked his channel, both youtube and twitch, couldn't find the FTL guide. do u know where I might find them?

@@superdahoho I don't know why you had trouble finding it, but here's the link. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/irSPn89ykrWlZYU.html

Are you talking about my final weapon setup? Double glaive beam uses 8 weapon power, which is max unless you play modded (and this run is not modded in that way). You're absolutely right that small bomb is an AMAZING complementary 1 power weapon for certain setups, it just doesn't fit when you have 8 weapon power.

nono, before you went for dual glaive you had two instances to get small bomb, which you did not consider, and you should had. With this setup probably, only ion bomb is better than that. Setting aside... with this amount of scrap and 1~3 shops ahead to harvest better option was to retain flak 1 in the array than sell it, at least if you prefer 2 flaks 1 over 1 flak 2. If w. sys gets shot or ion it can be even handy. At that point your advantage was probably decisive to be important though.

Well, I don't remember the entire run, but I'm pretty sure my goal was to get exactly the setup I ended up with. One of the times I had the option for small bomb, I got Flak 2. And with pre-igniter and glaive beam, flak 2 is WAY better than a small bomb. Sure, I could've gotten the small bomb as well, but the goal of this run was 2 glaive beams...so I didn't want the small bomb!

Well dude as you said, you can have glaive flak 2 and small bomb all at the same time, and that's what im saying, many times happens that you want certain something but aint sure that you will get it or not. At That point, before the second glaive, you were better with small bomb plus flak2, 'i dont want it' its a fair answer, but playwise should be consider.

He says it in the video. Better backgrounds and pursuit indicator

Hah, you're right, that planet from better planets and background mods looks like it's earth as viewed from a satellite. Not sure if I ever noticed that before, good eye!

Thanks

Hah, well I do have a few hats, sadly, no Space helmet. I have a Jedi Robe that I wear sometimes, is that close enough?!?

Great, that means I clean it really well...I think.

Is that like being arrested for concealing deadly weapons when putting your fists in your pockets?

Yeah, I think 2xGlaive beam might be the most potential damage, although 4x hull beam all hitting empty rooms might beat it, Never really compared those 2 setups.

or LOOK MA! SIX HANDS

@@Jack_Evans 6 hands...what happened to your other 2?!? I didn't raise my giant alien spider to only have 6 hands!

@@rand118 they got cut off

This is a super rare build that you have to get super lucky to achieve...but when you do, man is it fun!

@@rand118 the build I normally (almost) win with is 3 shields max hacking (for stupid shields) and 2 hull beams plus a flak 2

Nice! Vulcan to take out shields, Glaive to WTFROFLSTOMP cut ships in half! Sounds slow, but fun. I hope you have good defense to back it up!

I had a hacking drone and a lvl 3 cloak, didn't have anything in the systems slots other than a long range scanner and 1 shield cell booster though, got bad luck with those.

Still a great setup, nice!

You max out your weapon energy with two. Anything more doesn't help.

For Triple Glaive you need to install additional weapon system. So, you need mods.