Flagship guide for beginners | FTL tips
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- 00:00 Intro
01:06 Systems
01:53 Weapons
03:33 Drones and augment
04:13 Upgrades for the Flagship
09:32 "How do you get all that scrap?"
10:45 Flagship phase 1
12:20 Flagship weapons
13:18 Boarding the Flagship to disable it
16:55 Killing phase 1
19:45 Why NOT to shoot down hacks
22:14 Dealing with shield or oxygen hack
24:26 Dealing with teleporter hack
28:36 Flagship shield levels
29:23 Two easy crew kills
30:04 Flagship phase 2
31:03 Immediate boarding to switch off missiles
31:20 Fighting the boarding drone
34:24 Power surge explanation
36:31 Switching off the boarding drone
37:47 Cloaking tactics vs. the drone surge
40:45 Killing phase 2
44:34 Flagship phase 3
45:00 Flagship weapon changes in phase 3
45:23 The 12-point Zoltan shield
46:00 Boarding and mind control
48:43 Cloak the missiles, not the surge
49:45 Kidnapping their crew
50:11 Dealing with a mind-controlled pilot
52:19 The fourth power surge
53:24 Killing the Flagship
57:45 Closing thoughts - Ігри
Me: names every crew member according to their role so they're easy to manage correctly
Mike: F A R B
Something I like to do before facing phase 3 is moving all of my crew to non-critical systems, like medbay/sensors/doors or even oxygen, and then if any of them gets mind controlled ignore them and move my crew back and deal with the flagship accordingly.
This is a great tactic. I left it out from this video because I felt it was a bit too technical for a beginners' guide.
It really shows how difficult the game is when a guide for a single fight (granted, it's the final boss) is 1 hour long
To be fair, this is a real "explain all the things" type of video. In some ways it might be overkill for beginners, but I wanted to provide solutions to all the problems people get stuck on. But yes, it's a difficult game and there's SO much depth.
I have several hundred hours and never realized you can jump away to reroll the hack. Fantastic video.
Thank you for the excellent guide. i have only defeated the flagship a couple of times, but the HUGE tip about stage three and jumping away and dealing with the boarders is just what i needed. I had no issues after that. Thanks again!
Thank you, I'm really glad it helped!
The most useful FTL guide I ever seen. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
thanks to a rabbit-hole of research (and significant help + brainpower from kajelad), I can (annoyingly, maybe) point out that 29:56 to 30:04 (deleting 2 crew by ending the phase when they are sitting in Cloaking and Doors, and then the clarification that this doesn't work on hard) needs a small qualifier:
on hard mode, any crew in Cloaking (or in the empty room between Cloaking and Hacking) at the end of P1 will survive, and will be deposited into the empty room between shields and lasers (empty room between Cloaking and Hacking will go to the empty room between shields and missiles) at the beginning of P2
any crew in the doors room at the end of P1 (even on Hard) will be deleted (or will die, whatever)
in P2, the Drone Control room and the empty room between drones and the rest of the ship are "safe" -> they will be transported to the extra rooms flanking shields.
the vertical empty room next to drone control (the one that is the mirror of Doors from P1) is "unsafe" -> any crew here at the end of P2 will die
I've taken inspiration from your many videos, where your pause and unpause very quickly to be able to really think things through and micromanage efficiently, and I've been playing a lot better 😁
Last night I was finally able to beat hard mode with the Engi B (one of the ships that was resisting me). I'm trying to beat the game at least once with every ship... Including the bad ones...
Next up, Zoltan C 😬😬😬
That's awesome, congrats! Engi B is one of the tougher ships in the game. Zoltan C is also very tricky, good luck!
Thaaank you for this! Thanks to this, and your ship guide I was *finally* able to complete my months-long goal of beating the game with every ship layout on Hard. Slug B had been my final holdout, but no longer, cheers!
That's awesome, really glad it helped -- and congrats on beating every ship on Hard, only a small percentage of players get there!
A federation level guide. I will see you boys on deck.🖖
Thanks so much for the guide. Just beat the flagship for the first time because of this!
Excellent, thanks so much for mentioning it! These comments make it all worthwhile. =)
Thank you for this guide, i used this and the basic guide, and got a almost perfect loadout and beat the flagship after my first time seeing him after this video.
It was a very good playthrough and was my first time beating the flagship, so thank you!
Congrats on the win, and thanks for mentioning it! It makes the effort worthwhile when I get comments like that. =)
@@mikehopley I also found out, if your playing with AE off, drone control with two system repair bots are really good as they add fixing boosts and for some reason, on easy the boarding drone and the enemy crew will prioritize the bot whenever it comes in to do repairs, allowing your crew some breathing room.
@@BericLightning They prioritise crew / bots based on where they are standing. So if your bots go to the top two tiles, the first two enemies will be standing there and will fight them. Generally I'd rather protect my bots with the crew. Also typically I'd rather have another drone, but double repair drone can be helpful for sure.
@@mikehopley I guess it also depends on play styles, bc i find most drones kinda annoying to use, and I value crew a lot
Great vid. Made stage 1 and 2 a breeze.
For stage 3 I was fully ready to kidnap the crew. However they ported right on top of my souped up mantis and rock and were dead before the next ported in. So I just killed them as well.
Combined with an S bomb and zoltan bypass I could take out the weapons without issue and were never in danger.
Even though my other weapons would have had a tough time getting through the 4 shields.
Nice, congrats on the win! Glad the video helped.
I think optimal beam swipe is to start in shields and you can still reach 4 rooms, but also get 2 damage to shields.
Learning to use beam drone for the third phase was worth the time spent watching this alone, as third phase screws me on Mantis B too often.
This video isn't about optimising, it's for beginners. Besides, the Hull Beam doesn't do 2 damage to shields, and if you're optimising for damage you don't use it on shields. It has a 9 damage swipe on Hard, BTW (8 on phase 3).
@@mikehopley ah, good point. I get my beam damages mixed up sometimes.
I only commented that because you. Says aloud in the video that the beam swipe you used may not be optional. Definitely meant to put "I think" at the beginning of that comment, sorry if it came off as rude, and I fixed that at least.
Super helpful video, and an impressively quick response to my comment!
@@brianfox340 Oh good point, I completely forgot about that! Yes, I remember mostly thinking at the time "this feels weird, I don't have the usual 9-swipe". But also that my beam was getting cut off without hacking (tighter volley control can help there, but also Hull Beam is slow-moving).
I once misclicked and bought the drone control early on instead of cloaking, and decided to run with it and it’s not too bad. The defense and stun drones do a lot in the second boss phase.
My second time through I managed to reach the flagship and died on the 3rd round. I had no additional systems because I was never able to afford them. I feel like that was pretty damn good getting that far before dying without any of the 3 systems. I also only had 4 missiles from the start of the fight and still got that far.
Nice video! I had no idea that the flagship had quite low evasion. It’s nice knowing the stats and I never thought about depowering teleporter if it’s hacked. Do you think you will make one for hard difficulty?
Thank you! I might do, yes. Maybe some more "specific" tips about it, as opposed to a general guide?
@@mikehopley I think it would be nice to go over different stratergy for different situations (drone based, not enough weapon power, hacking and beams ect.)
@@zuggo Thanks for the suggestion! That's something I might try -- maybe the save game editor would be handy for it.
@@mikehopley i vote for the above suggestion too in my experience having the missiles connected to the rest of the ship is a huge issue, being able to repair the missiles and not being able to kill all the crew in the main area of the flagship makes it a lot harder
@@glupshitto5019 Thanks, I'll take a look sometime. Just finished a very technical Flagship video so my appetite for it is low right now!
Thank you so much for the video, it was INCREDIBLY helpful for beating the flagship, only took two runs after watching this to get it done
We will see how my performance continues to evolve and grow as I keep playing.
Also the most painful experience I've had so far in FTL is shooting four Burst Laser mk 2's and all 12 shots miss an uncloaked target... I can only imagine seeing it happen with the BL mk 3's. 20 shots... that would suck
Congrats on the win! And thanks so much for leaving the comment, it makes all the effort feel worthwhile when I know it's actually helping people. =)
12 shots missing is kinda incredible. I'm gonna guess that was a late-game Auto-scout / Surveyor.
@@mikehopley the flagship itself, funnily enough.
@@epicsandvich014 Oh that also makes sense, phase 3 has 38% evasion. Still pretty crazy to miss all 12.
You can't have 20 shots all miss. Burst Laser Mk III requires four power. Can only have two of them. Four Burst Mk II is the most you can shoot at one time.
@@invisibleman1734 true, didn’t consider that
I think having fully upgraded engines helps more than fully upgraded shields
Considering the amount of projectiles the flaghip throws at you, blocking 3/4 attacks every once in a while is good, yes
But taking your dodge from 40 to 55 means that on average you'll be hit by 15% less projectiles
When the projectile count in a fight is over 20, which is going to be when fighting the flagship, is way better than having one extra shield
Trust me, it doesn't. Maxing engines is WAY worse. This is not even a question among high-level players, let alone top-level players; every single one agrees. I could spend a long time explaining this, but the main reason is that shields are guaranteed but engines are luck-based. Average damage doesn't even matter, what matters is surviving the worst cases.
Where are you getting a 20 projectile burst from, anyway? The power surge in phase 3 is 7 lasers, so even if it times out with the laser weapon that's only 10. In theory a really bad drone surge could do it, combined with the laser weapon, but it's still over the course of ~7 seconds. And don't forget that the fourth shield recharges faster than the third shield, which recharges faster than the second shield. Four shields is far, far more resilient against the drone surges than max engines.
Oh also, your maths is wrong or misleading. Taking your dodge from 40 to 55 means on average you get hit by 45% of projectiles instead of 60%, meaning you're getting hit by 25% fewer projectiles compared to before. So the engines are actually more effective than you said, while still being a bad decision.
I'm curious what your thoughts are on the Hull Repair drone? I currently try and buy the thing early game and then proceed to only use it to repair between flagship phases, and I was wondering if you had any tips for using it more effectively.
HRD is weird, in that it's potentially quite strong but also mostly not worth buying. 85 scrap is a lot, and you can generally use that scrap better by improving your ship. Even keeping a free one is costing you 42 scrap. I do like HRD, but I find in practice I don't often use it.
The funny thing is the flagship is the only time I'd rather have a beam drone instead of a combat drone. If I have a drone system and get to sell a beam drone for a combat one in Sector 6 or earlier, I'll still do it. The combat drone does miss a lot in phase 3, but while it will struggle to take down the ZS by itself, it's descent in helping your weapons blast it. I've taken it down with Stealth ships without drone systems, Kestrel A gunship plus a lone combat drone is a lot easier than trying to take it down with Glavie Beam + Burst Laser II + Small Bomb.
Beam drone is also good earlier in the game for removing Zoltan Shields.
@@mikehopley The beam drone is, but the combat drone is almost as good at removing ZS and better against other ships. In fact, I'd argue the combat drone is still better against Zoltan ships if you don't have hacking yet despite the fact that it burns through the ZS a tiiiiny bit slower. For normal Zoltan ships, both drones are pretty effective, but the Flagship's ZS is a bit harder to burn through.
I've made to to the final boss several times by now and havn't beaten it once, by big problem in general is that even when I pause I tend to hyperfocus on one things like timing my weapons correctly, while ignoring energy micro or managing my crew to do repairs, I know I'm supposed to do everyhting at once and time isn't an issue since I'm pausing already, but when I want to fire my weapons correcly (for example) my brains just forgets all the other stuff I have to manage at the same time and I unpause without checking and doing anything I need to do. This means that I often end up with damage that's not beeing reapaired or a mind control or usable hacking/clocking/mind control I don't use becosue I'm focusing on something else. This applies to the entire game (and other games as well) but it's the reason I think I always use against the flagship since there just to much going on at the same time there. Also for that reason I really don't like the teleporter since it adds even more to micro manage even tough it's probably the best system.
This is very common, don't worry about it. There's so much to take in, but with more experience you'll find some things become more "automatic" and you need less concentration for the same result.
I don't play it often enough for it to becomes autmatic. With Roguelikes(and to a lesser extends all games I play) I usually play a few runs for a few days/weeks before getting bored and forgetting about the game for months or years. And while I'm good at remembering the mechanics of how a game works I never really get to the point where my brain can partially do stuff subconsiously.
This is also probably why in terms of skill I still play somehting like Isaac like a new player despite having over 200 hours in it.
brilliant!
Thank you!
I'm honored o7 hahaha
Can never have enough farb in your life, damn I really want that LUL emote here right now ;)
Also sorry I carelessly got you killed. At least I still had plenty of farb left on the ship.
Tell that to my wife :)
@@farb Hahaha
Can you “bait” other crew into the left and right with system damage? Then they will die when the left or right part of the ship breaks off? Less to deal with in phase 3.
Edit: One more question. Is it worth it to buy the upgrade to the cameras to see weapon charge in the final fight? It seems like it would be helpful when you’re less experienced. (If you have the spare scrap of course.)
Yes, that's a good idea to bait crew into the parts of the Flagship that fall off. To be honest I've not tried using it much, because on Hard difficulty it doesn't work, so I can't say for sure how effective it would be. I do think it's a smart idea though!
Unfortunately you won't be able to see the weapons charge using sensors-3, because the Flagship caps your sensor level at 2. I would prefer it not to, personally. However, maxing out (and manning) your sensors can be a pretty good idea for learning some things about the game in general, especially if you want to get a feeling for how ion weapons work. It's not an efficient use of scrap, but it is interesting to see all that info on enemy ships (apart from the Flagship).
Thanks a lot for the guide, Mike! It helped me a lot to activate level 2 O2 and open all internal doors against boarding drones during phase 2. And today I learned that having a room opened with a Lanius crew member inside was a bad idea 😆It counts like another hull breach (and even level 2 O2 cannot compensate 2 hull breaches with all doors opened).
I can't say for sure, but probably it's enough to open doors on a path between level 2 O2 room and a hull breach.
Thanks, glad it helped! There's nothing special about the O2 room itself for the purpose of oxygen flow -- it's not like more O2 is produced in that room. For overcoming a breach, it's just about having enough rooms connected.
A few years ago I arrived with 4 Blast Lasers and full shields. It was before the update. It was fun going Captain Kirk on their ass. Blam blam blam BOOOOOOM!
Failed on first try because i didn't accumulate enough money and crew but was fairly easy on the second try, didn't even had to kidnap anyone because they boarded me with only one guy leaving behind only pilot.
Nice, congrats on the win!
You reloaded the save? how? what am i missing here?
They added a room connection to the missiles PepeLa
I realized i hadn't upvoted this video and couldn't imagine how I could have made such a mistake. Then I saw the roster...
What can I say, once you get one on your ship they multiply like rabbits.
@@mikehopley told you not to feed him after midnight
@@crowrevell2082 Hahaha
"Farb & Farb" 🤣
D'ont froget something , PLAY ON EASY AT FIRST . If you do so 90 % of the time you will wreck the flag ship to dust pretty easily. ( I did so without sending any crews in ) . What he explains here its for nromal / hard + diffculities ^^
No, this guide is specifically for beginners who are playing on Easy and still getting slapped down by the Flagship. I was playing on Easy here too, as you can see in the video. Some of this advice cannot be directly applied on Hard, due to the Flagship layout change.
Yeah thats just on easy difficulty..
That's because it's a guide for beginners. If this is some "bro you don't even play Hard" type comment, well ... ua-cam.com/play/PLYGAjVZPcf_Ts6tR1LFk3LxEG040ly9EI.html
>easy mode