FTL: Faster Than Light - SECTORS TIER LIST - The Key to Victory!
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Hey guys, welcome to the long awaited Sectors Tier List for FTL!! This is just my opinion, but I always have fun making these videos! Let me know what y'all think in the comments!
Links to all my Tier Lists!
Augments - tiermaker.com/...
Races - tiermaker.com/...
Sectors - tiermaker.com/...
Music - tiermaker.com/...
Last Stand is S-tier for sure. I go there every time I see it!
Oh 100% absolutely, it's the only sector that has an event which could result in winning the game!
r/technicallythetruth
@Alpha_Wave when you dont get the joke
..at least there are no Giant Spiders.
Yea, the game is un-winnable without it
Rebel stronghold is my personal favorite just because it's cool fighting the Flagship in its preemptive stage
Yeah lol I always go to abandoned sectors because I like the lanius so much
@@lukemelvin9497 on my first visit in the abandoned sector, I bought multiple Translating devices because I thought it was just hilarious
I just started playing and got that as my second sector in a run. I didn't go to it because I had bad weapons
I never knew that encounter existed. I’m always learning more about this game. I’m attempting to master it. Watching Star Trek has put me in the mood.
Personally I've never seen the Rebel Stronghold.
“mantis boarders are super dangerous”
me; *presses airlock open button and puts crew in/around medbay* you have no power over me
It's all fun and games until the doors go red
Me with a bunch of zoltans and a cloning bay: LETS GOOOOO!!!
@@tristanbritz6909 or the o2 systems
Literally just had this situation. And then they shot my O2 and my entire crew died. The rng in this game is so bad sometimes, its unbelievable.
@@ASOIAF-Henrik That's the truth, I started a Stealth A run last night and got five encounters with beam drones in the first two sectors. The only store in the first sector was at the first beacon I jumped to, with no scrap. So I had no shields going into the second sector. It was a miserable run but at least it was short
Crystal sectors are nice because they are an extra sector. You get a whole extra sector to your run so they can really set you ahead.
yeah but if its early then it can kinda screw you over fast. since the next sector is completely random. I've gone into it top sector top path, only to be deposited in the 3rd bottom sector pathing when I first did it.
I will be expecting an "FTL blue event tier list"
Space spiders S tier
@@fahrettinuysal4589 The proper procedure is to just let the spiders do their thing, I ain't risking my lads for randos who don't practise good pest control
@@matthewtaylor2890 unless you got a clone bay
@@fahrettinuysal4589 Giant alien spiders are no joke. That event makes the anti-bio beam mandatory.
@@fahrettinuysal4589 I only found out the other day that you actually can profit from that event (even without a blue option). I've played this game for years and always thought it was a 100% chance loss event.
Solid content, +1 to Blue Event Tier list!
Worth noting:
Nebula sectors are brutal if you get unlucky - lot of empty beacons and oxygen hack event straight up sucks.
Rebel Stronghold - holy crap proto flagship is the best event in the game and you get to test your ship against a weak flagship. Loot rewards are insane, esp if you kill crew. Worth going there for this alone.
Crystal Worlds - if you have a crystal crew member and get the event to get in, its a free bonus round.
’’Zoltan Homeworlds, they’re peaceful, quote unquote’’ I know right?? Those guys have zero chill.
"Were you breathing in Zoltan space? Prepare to be arrested."
half the battles are just your party being unwilling to put up with their beaurocracy and shooting your way out
@@posthistoricdino422"You have no time for this"
@@posthistoricdino422'beaurocracy' 😂
Rebel Stronghold should be S Tier. Two flagships, one run. Let's go!
The under construction flagship event is definitely one of the best events in the game. You get a ton of resources and a guaranteed weapon spawn, which is huge. Plus, there's some scaling going on with the shields relative to what sector you're in, I've definitely fought a flagship with only 2 shields before (on Hard mode).
@@simonlindner693 Yup, getting to face the unfinished flagship early is a neat treat.
@@simonlindner693 in my mind it the best cuz zoltan sheilds dont help u that much in the flag ship fight
I think Mantis controlled is almost S-tier. So long as you haven't been screwed on crew, repelling boarders is easy enough, and Mantis ships tend to be pretty weak, and easy to shut down in the opening volley, since Mantis suck at repairs, and half their crew are suffocating on your ship.
Mantis Homeworlds has more dangerous events, so there's more risk/reward involved, but Mantis controlled is almost free.
Mantis ships often have missiles though and those make me want to die
Mantis boarders are even more fun when you have Lanius crew XD
One of the things thats great about FTL is there is alot of options and balance. One of my best runs was with a slug ship with some anti bio weapons going through mantis sectors to start. Got so much scrap and goodies from knocking out crews and leaving the ships intact.
I actually always hated ENGI sectors though. Probably cuz I got a soft spot for Rock ships.
Abandoned sectors are a weird one as they are always very easy for me in the earlier stages of the game and I get a tonne of scrap, but later on they are very tough. The music is the best though
Thanks for milking this! Theres a weird merit to clickbait shit like this...like I hadn't played FTL since high school, but I saw your Weapon Tierlist and I was like "hmmm" and I watched it and now I'm getting back into FTL!
Glad to hear you’re getting back into FTL!
If you get bored or want some more variety in terms of events,crew, weapons, etc.., I’d recommend Multiverse.
You can find an installation video on WitherBottom’s channel and also through discord if you run into any errors while installing Multiverse.
You can find the discord link in the description of Puffy McBill’s channel (lead dev of MV).
Same. I saw the race tier list and I was like, "Oh hey, FTL I remember that game" and now I'm watching all the Multiverse playthroughs and occasionally watching the tier lists and stuff. Really wanna get the game again (I only ever had a cracked copy lol).
Personally I would put Zoltan Sectors/Homeworlds in A tier, since there's such a high likelihood of being able to recruit 3+ zoltan onto your ship if you hit every store. Getting all that excess power to the reactor is key!
I also find Zoltan Sectors tend to have more/bigger nebulas than other sectors but that might be a coincidence. Nebulas are nice in non-nebula sectors because it basically doubles your potential scrap because it halves rebel speed.
You should make an enemy ship tier list which would compliment your sector tier list.
I'd put the Rock Sectors WAY lower, like C or D. The fact that they almost always have missiles is a guaranteed damage taken and therefore guaranteed waste of scrap repairing it. If you end up going there you NEED an answer to missiles, be it in the form of defense drones (which can miss shots more than it should in the mark 1, or target useless laser fire in the mark 2) or cloaking (which is super hard to come by in advanced edition and 150 scrap if you do find it)
Yeah, I have the Mantis and Rock switched around. I tend to slightly defensive runs with boarding and related styles, Rock sectors are a nightmare.
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You can do an enemy ship tierlist. It's not really that useful since you don't ever get to choose, but I think it would be cool to listen to you beloviate about the power, the reward and how much it's worth/dangerous to fight them.
"A crazy zoltan that achieved space warping powers welcomes you at the beacon and asks you to chose your doom" event, where you chose between a rock ship, a mantis ship, and a slug ship, is an instance where you get to chose.
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curse you for making such good content and having youtube recommend it to me. I never had intentions of getting FTL, I saw my roommates paying it in the past. But I just bought the game like two days ago and I'm addicted. Well done, I am now binging FTL.
Me too
It's a nice tier list, but I'm still very disappointed that he didn't talk about the event in the Civilian sector where you can win the game instantly
I've never heard of that, how does that happen?
Lul
Just the other day I came across Rebel Stronghold while playing the Mantis Cruiser, it was amazing how much scrap I got. I even boarded the prototype flagship, and it delayed the fleet two jumps.
Very surprised rock sector made it so high, the ability to ignore shields with missiles makes talking minimal damage when going through the sector very unreliable
Especially early to mid game when stealth or defence drones are probably not installed yet
Different playstyles for different people obviously :)
Nice vid
Yeah, I never felt like the Rock sector is easier than Mantis or any other hostile sector to be honest. This tier list doesn't honestly make too much sense to me in general, but hey.
I normally try to avoid rock unless I have long range scanners. Zoltan definitely depends on the ship Im using if those shields just skrew me over or not. Other than that I usually avoid nebulas like the plague.
Have hundreds of hours on the game, but plenty of things I'm still learning. Very helpful vid, thanks
Shoutout to that one Engi monster with two mk2 defense drones and lv 4 shields
B tier is appropriate for Civilian sectors.
They are a great opportunity for free upgrades. I like to upgrade my sub systems and I dont use drones or missles all that much. This can usually lead to a couple of free reactor upgrades, a crew member, maybe an upgrade to piloting and a free item to sell later. Yeah its a dice roll on events, but thats everything on this game
Quick note: green sectors generally give MORE scrap early and midgame on Hard than red sectors. How? Free shit. Green sectors have WAY more events where the blue option is like, high scrap / double scrap rewards / free augment / free guns. This mostly applies to engi and engi homeworlds though. Oh, and who could forget, the sector with the most double scrap rewards is civilian.
Also, 100% agreed, the Zoltan Fun Police event is probably the #1 event that kills my good runs. You run into an energy bomber and have 4 zoltans in your shields and you're just like FUCK.
@@IntrusiveThot420 Truer words have never been spoken. I always manage to get a good run going only for Zoltan police to arrive and blow me to smithereens.
Like half my deaths lol.
This is my fav game and I normally win with a half-decent ship on normal. Just saying to help you take my advice, not to brag (it's a game, who cares).
I enjoyed watching this vid. He does say this is for newer players, but I think some of the tips he gives just help newbies get a little farther. They could handicap your chances of winning runs more consistently (which should quickly be the goal). I'd say it's worth having a bunch of shorter runs to learn to win runs more consistently. In general, I like to follow this:
S - Homeworlds (rewards are usually good plus the challenge of finding them is fun, even if you don't get it)
A - Green Sectors
B - Red
C - Purple
D - Whoops
1. Homeworlds - Zoltan Homeworld = chance to get the Zoltan Shield, the best defensive augment in the game (arguably best period). Once you know the correct responses, even the chance of getting the shield (plus the extra stores) makes this sector my fav. Other homeworlds could give you unique events/rewards/unlocks, so learn how to do them asap. They aren't as good, but homeworlds are just fun imo and when they pop you up and you can spawn the specific event, you are usually strong enough.
2. Green Sectors = more stores. Just make sure you save up some cash at the end of every sector. You should almost always go for a green sector over a red because hacking (80 scraps) is the easiest way to increase your odds of winning a run. Even if you already have hacking, stores are more likely to give you awesome weapons, augments, etc than beating random ships. One lucky find can completely change your run and you want those key systems and the ability to buy fuel, etc. Zoltan ships can be tough early on, but once your weapons can deal with their extra shields, don't be scared, homie.
3. Red = more ships = more cash. Unless you have cloak and/or defensive drone + too many drone parts, rock sectors are the most annoying red because missiles will chip away at you. I think he rates them too high. If you can deal with boarders, the Mantis sector is easy. You want to learn how to use lvl2 doors to suffocate boarders asap, so don't avoid them.
4. Purple = nebula = kills fuel. Unless you have a long-range scanner and way too much fuel, it's a recipe to run out.
In general, just fight and murder as many ships as possible like a psychopath. It rarely pays to be the good guy in FTL. Good hunting!
Some factual errors here:
Civilian sectors average the highest scrap. They're not especially low on fights either. Civilian also have the same number of stores as Engi and Slug -- 2 or 3. Red sectors don't really generate more scrap than green, it's pretty even overall.
Engi Virus event appears in all Engi sectors, you're confusing it with the Engi Fleet Discussion event.
Homeworlds are not more difficult than regular sectors. You don't fight harder enemies in Homeworlds, you fight the same enemies. So it makes no sense to put Rebel Stronghold in D tier with Rebel Controlled in S tier -- Stronghold is exactly the same sector, except it also has possibly the best event in the game (Huge Rebel Shipyard).
That is the general pattern with Homeworlds -- they are identical to regular sectors apart from their unique event. There are two exceptions. Rock Homeworlds also has the unique Ancient Device event. Engi Homeworlds also has a very slightly higher chance of hitting NEUTRAL_ENGI events (1 more entry in the event pool). Also worth noting that Engi Fleet Discussion is 100% a dead beacon unless you have an Engi.
Rock ships don't especially have more missile weapons -- it's just based on their allowed weapon lists, and Rock have 25% missiles vs. 22% for Rebels. Lanius ships don't always have hacking -- Bombers never have it, and Scouts don't always get it.
yes a agree with everything but im pretty sure rocks have more missile wepons like thats what i have herd every yt say and every single rock ship i find has a missile
@@aquapotato.. It's literally what I said -- they have a list of weapons, and Rock ships are marginally more likely to get missile than Rebels. There's nothing in the game "programmed" to give them more missiles, other than the small increased proportion of missiles on their weapons list. People are influenced by perception / theming, when in reality it's just random. The real issue with Rock ships is that they often get cloaking too, which makes those missiles a lot worse.
You could do a ship system tier list. Though it's so dependent on the ship you're playing if you approached it from a kestrel A point of view it might work. Maybe I don't know.
Beating the mini-flagship in the rebel stronghold is the single most rewarding thing in the game. Guaranteed weapon, high scrap and 5 each of fuel / missiles / drone parts.
Civilian sectors tend to have a lot of slavers. Great for crew stock up!
Zoltan homeworlds is Top tier. Zoltan envoy quest is worth going there on its own.
Ive absent mindedly gone to a rebel stronghold and done the prototype flagship multiple times cus I was clicking through options
I think it's a pretty good sector to go to, personally.
The only thing left I could think of to make a video about would be the achievements tier list from easiest to most difficult. And maybe throw in some tips on easiest ways to get each one.
I mean that one is pretty easy to determine with steam stats
Late abandon are scary but have many losses more losses to late zoltan at the moment: I’d be like 1 jump away from zoltan shield/envoy quest at homeworlds and get owned by 4 zoltan free boarders, mind control and an enemy zoltan ship with big weapons near a pulsar.
crew member names tier list when?
Tier List idea: Best and game build for each type of play style (boarding, missiles, hacking/cloak, etc.)
Any chance of a Rooms/Systems tier list
FTL backgrounds tier list when?
Its great to see that after so many years of this game being out there is a lot to talk about and to appreciate
I actually gone to rebel stronghold in my first run then fought the flagship there and won (unbeliveable, i know) that was very cool.
idk why i got recommended this but here's a comment to boost you in the algorithm
I would have liked a recommendation for the first sector jump. For scrap, events, if you need more weapons or crew or repairs...
4:46
in my first victory run
i manage to get two viruses and the special Zoltan too
and also a hellberd laser with readied weapon system thing
of course it was still hard for me to boss fight cause i can't really micro manage or multi-task but i won with my stupid luck
Wait, what? C tier for Mantis?
You just need doors level 2 and you can vent them. The only time it's an issue is if they warp into your cockpit.
Use stagger venting so that they'll stay in a room for a while.
Easy A tier, IMO.
how does knowing how to fight mantises properly make the sector A tier? they don't have good rewards and the events in the sector are some of the actual worst. Especially late game when they have 3-4 shields and a 4 man boarding party, unless you're also god tier at that point the run is over.
Lets gooooo new spearmint vid 😵
I think a system/subsystem tier list would be valuable. Factoring in both buying and upgrading them.
Thanks for your lists. I recently got heavily into the game and they help a lot.
Keep in mind Rebel Stronghold has a very good event where you fight an unfinished flagship, which is typically easier than whatever else you'd be fighting. And it gives amazing rewards.
So taking into account how much lanius factor into why abandoned sectors are trash tier, I would argue they should’ve been higher on the race tier list. My high score ship is Lanius B the boarding I think is so good
Once I got rebel stronghold as sector three and found the construction flagship, but I was playing mantis b and had four mantis so I just ate their crew and won
Unless I have literally two crewmembers, I'd usually prefer to fight a Mantis ship over Rock or Slug. Boarders can usually be fought by just lumping more crew in the same room or by sending everyone to the med-bay, leaving you fighting a ship with fewer weapons and systems than your equivalent Rock or Slug.
Rocks are the most annoying bc of the missiles
Slugs just seem to have really strong weapons for whatever reason
Rock controlled and rock homeworld should be S-Tier for the music alone.
I got that quad Zoltan ... Definitely ended my run. I totally forgot about the extra 15 damage.
how is Zoltan homeworlds not S tier, there you can get the best argument in the game that you can't buy anywhere else
So good to see this content. Keep it up!
Will you also include Captain's edition eventually?
where do you get the captains edition?
@@jacksonjessup6331 it's a fan-made mod (very easily applicable) you can find by googling it.
There's several, very well made mods for the game that spice up your gameplay.
Captain's edition adds new sector types, enemy ship's layouts, rebalance some weapons, modules, costs, and adds new events, weapons, modules/upgrades, and a better AI.
Abandoned Sector is my favorite. Lanius crew are the best.
It really, really depends on which ship you are using. For instance the Stealth Cruiser should avoid Engi sectors at all costs because of how brutal drones are without shields, but the Mantis Cruiser should seek them out because of how easy Engi are to defeat in boarding. But the Mantis needs to avoid Zoltan sectors unless they have a Shield Bypass or supplementary weapons.
Personally I will always go to mantis controlled or homeworld.
Hear me out. Once you know how to deal with boarding parties efficiently, their ships more often than not tend to be some of the weakest ships in the game. They tend to rely so much on boarding that sometimes, you'll come across sector 4 mantis ships with like 2 dinky lasers.
I also personally will almost always choose Nebula sectors, regardless of whether or not I have the long range sensors. While the fleet movement isn't as limited, its still significant enough that I'm able to visit much of the map. When compared back to when I used to dodge nebula, I found the resource gains to be significant enough to convince me to always go nebula when able.
On the other hand, I will vehemently dodge Zoltan anything when able. I hate fighting zoltan shielded ships, especially if RNG has prevented me from getting decent weapons by sector 3 or 4.
I definitely agree on uncharted nebula. They are the most annoying sector in the game, jump after jump of just nothing.
It's been a while since I played FTL. For whatever reason your tier list videos ended up in my play next section. I was like hey I remember this game it was kinda fun, let's see what this guys opinion is. Though I don't agree with everything. After a few videos I started the game back up for old times sake, and have done a few playthroughs already.
Your playstyle is definitely diferent from mine your aversion to drones baffles me, and I tended to play on hard not normal. Still been entertaining to watch though, I started some runs on normal after watching your runs and felt totally OP after spending so much time in Hard. Definitely a ego boost when you get so much more scrap and can curb stomp some weaker ships.
Would recommend turning the difficulty down from time to time for anyone who plays primarily hard if you get tired of getting blown up in hard.
Did you forget that the zoltan sector's have stores
Zoltan homeworld S tier
Zoltan controlled C tier
Engi homeworlds S tier
Rebel Stronghold A tier ( if not s tier )
Rock sectors A tier
Mantis sectors B tier
Rebel controlled A tier
Abandoned S tier
Last stand D tier
Uncharted Nebula D tier
Slug controlled C tier
Slug Home Nebula S Tier
Crystal Worlds S tier
Why I choose these:
Zoltan homeworlds are a must have for either a great crew or Zoltan shield
Zoltan controlled are crap
Engi homeworlds have Virus PERIOD and good scrap
Rebel stronghold has great scrap ( 197 scrap for defeating 1 ship )
Rock homeworlds have crystals and they are EZ
Mantis Cont are Ok, but homeworlds have kazaaakplethkalik
Rebel controlled are EZ and have good scrap
Abandoned have EZ crew unlock and have lanius and almost every race
Last stand is hard and has no stores
Nebula=crap other than home nebula
Home nebula has slug unlock with the slug armor!
Crystal sectors have tons of Crystal guys
This is my input!
As someone who aims for boarder/crew-kill strategies, Mantis sectors are a gift - their boarding parties fall to my door control, their onboard weaponry is crap, and if you knock out the teleporter while their crew is aboard your ship, it doesn't matter how good their medbay is...
doesn't really matter if they have a clone bay...
@@Scortch-lo3xy If they still can't hurt you, then a clone bay just prolongs their agony. Worst case, you end up having to destroy their ship after all, but if they have a clone bay, you can focus on taking that out instead of their teleporter, and still avoid fighting enemy mantis in a hostile medbay, which should give you back the advantage.
When I saw the title I thought you were going to rank sectors 1thru 8 lol
I feel like I'm the sole Abandoned sector fan :
Asteroid fields is an auto win tbh
Just focus on enemy shields and win
Tier list of which aliens can get it
Im ready for "crew name's tierlist"
I am 11 minutes in and everything sounds like a pain in the *** XD
do a quest tier list!
Special event tier list? Could even make it more than one video.
Why is rock in a and rebel in d ?
Thank you!
Make a background art tier list
Zoltan sectors are sectors of the highest highs and the lowest lows.
Finally a tier list I need.
Doesn't matter when you get 0 repairs when fighting Rebel ship :D
man this games RNG.
when the good song starts after he finishes the tier list:
must ... click ... off ...
*music ... too ... powerful*
Sometimes sector choice is incredibly situational.
If You're vulnerable to missiles Rock controlled sectors are terrifying, but if you have even a single defense drone, they're some of the easiest sectors in the game.
Mantis controlled sectors are terrifying on low crew, but if you have a solid boarding crew or just a full roster they're easy.
Zoltan controlled and rebel controlled sectors require having a decently defensive ship with lots of offense.
Engie sectors require being able to counter drones or board.
Lanius sectors and abandoned sectors just suck. Lanius sectors can give you some really nice augments and weapons, but their ships are always brutally hard and their tactics leave you hurting.
I do agree that civilian sectors and certain green sectors are less useful than the red sectors, unless you need to duck out of danger because your ship got beat up.
Enemy ship tier list
You could make a strategies tier list where you talk about the different strats that are in the game
Hate Nebulas, flying in that thing... no. Slugs shutting down Your ship, double no.
do a quest tier list
Mods for the game tier list
How could you forget, in the civilian sector you can beat the game instantly!
i cleared Abandoned sector on the first try
Environmental hazard tier list please lol.
1 Meteors
2 Sun
3 Planet Defense
4 Pulsar
5 Nebula Storm
My personal opinion lol
I take that back, Pulsars are by far the worst if they manage to hit your shields and miss the enemies weapons/shields
Nebula's are op bro
we need a tier list of the FTL tier lists that you made.
Zoltan sectors are desirable not just for plenty of enemies, but they always have Nebula in them
HAZARD TIER LIST!
Unfortunately, this video gives some misinformation, including that red sectors are better than others for scrap. Here is some empirical data: www.reddit.com/r/ftlgame/comments/bwk4ot/sector_profit_data_from_200x_sector_4_hard/. Note that a sample of 20 isn't enough for high confidence, so these could shift around a bit. Though we already start to see some trends at the more extreme ends, and this information already refutes red sectors being significantly more profitable.
The threat of the combats can shift around sector priority a bit, and homeworlds are just better on average than non-homeworld counterparts. Among generic sectors, civilian makes a case for top tier in most cases, not a middle of the pack choice, because you get lots of scrap for relatively easy fights. In the late game, lanius/slug sectors have some really nasty ships. Both can run 3 systems against you with dangerous weapons. Rocks spam missiles and aren't great for scrap to compensate, so they shouldn't be too high.
Note that you could go to 6 of the worst sector type and still win pretty reliably on hard. Below hard, sector choice for scrap farming does not matter, because principled play will never have issues with farming enough (normal runs visiting 100 unique beacons will have hundreds more scrap than needed for a well-built ship every time). Players struggling below hard have dozens of places to look before even thinking about sector choice for money. Though if we are going to pick, we should pick the ones that perform empirically the best or the ones that have the lowest risk of ending runs.
You know, it’s not out of the question to maybe do a “Multiverse Tier List” for each of these lists you’ve done, since there’s a lot more to consider in terms of almost everything. Then again, there’s a lot you haven’t experienced yet, so it wouldn’t be fair to give a tierlist just yet.
Exept last stand (Because of flagship) i think crystal world is the hardest sector
Also when the abandoned sector beat drop at the right moment it makes a much cooler fight
Why is this tier list flipping me off?
15:35 - FWIW, the fleet advances 1/5 slower, not 1/3 slower. I made a ruler to measure fleet jumps and it lines up 4 normal to 5 nebula sector
If you have a engi or lanuis crew, there's a lot of blue events for them in their sectors.
A tire list for FTL... Multiverse ships! Seriously though. Multiverse tier lists would be cool because i just started playing today.
bro you have to play into the breach (the game is made by the same people who made
ftl)
You could make a tier list for other games by the same developer. Like Into the Breach commanders if you are familiar with that game.