On the sector map, there are three groups of sectors: Civilian, Hostile, Nebula. Glaive Beam: Not as safe and easy to set up as the Halberd, but accomplishes the same effect and then some, especially with hacking. Not a single one of your Scrap is used elsewhere until then. It's also rare and 120 scrap. Despite not causing damage and requiring 3 power, its fast cooldown rate at 4 seconds is unbeatable (this is by far the fastest weapon in the game, in fact, with the. The combination of these weapons required all 8 weapon power bars, and. It's very unlikely that you would have encountered a store where you could use this 110 scrap, had you chosen for the engines instead of the 4th shield. Charge Ion. Faster Than Light by Subset Games. Beam length: 80 (1. The halberd, hull, and glaive beams are good finds. Eat your heart out, Flakkening! Experience the Glaivening. So many screenshots of failed runs here have overly slow weapons without system support (e. I'm turning Big Iron into an FTL song and comic! We are halfway through. Combine these, and you make the defence drone miss it's shot by unpowering your drone right after the defence drone shoots. eventually,) but wow, that. Mind control is cheaper (because you probably won't upgrade beyond level 1, like you would with hacking) and it. Pilot keeps getting mind controlled? Hack their mind control and turn the tables. Top. I then gained 156 Scrap, A Glaive Beam, and a quest marker. For weaponry, it begins with a very strong endgame weapon in the Glaive Beam, the rare beam weapon that does 3 damage per room hit at a cost of four weapon power. If FTL was still being balanced, BL3 would be at the top of the buff list. 269 votes, 47 comments. i killed the final boss in just two volleys, three with zoltan shields. Master of Patience - Use only the Artillery Beam to destroy an enemy ship while taking no hull damage. FTL Game Ships Complete Guide by TenLetters. LocalSlasher. Reg. - Mini Beam and Dual Lasers Layout B - DA-SR 12 How to unlock: Earn two of the three Stealth Cruiser achievements. If I have a pike beam, then I can use weapons that cost more power and vice versa if you have a halberd or glaive beam (glaive beams sucks btw). All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. ago. not sure whether i misread or it only happens to me but : arent the beam weapons supposed to 'partially' cut thru shields? how come i never see any beam weapon cut thru even when the enemy only has level one shield? and then just today while playing w glaive beam, my ship at last does cut thru the shields (even level 3!) but suddenly in. 751 votes, 125 comments. Using the Glaive Beam necessitates half of your weapons systems' max power, leaving you a measly 4 power to jury-rig a way to consistently drop your opponents' shields. A subreddit to discuss the Kickstarter-backed "roguelike-like" game FTL: Faster…Simply put, in FTL there's no substitute for quantity. The Glaive beam completely obliterates any ship with only 1 layer of shields and does nice damage to a 2 shield ship. "Destroy a ship at full health during a single cloak in the Stealth Cruiser. . The Stealth Cruiser B would honestly be better off with, for example, the Flak II, which also takes a while to charge but doesn't suddenly suck the instant 2 Shield bubble. Move your finger in the direction you want the beam to go. When using the stealth cruiser, cloaking to avoid the enemy’s first volley is important, and then destroying their weapon system. Charge Ion: The best Ion-weapon in the game. Unfortunately, far too many runs fail to reach that point and get torn apart while waiting around endlessly for the Glaive Beam to fire. Beams Beam weapons never miss a target, however they are stopped by shields. The Weapon Pre-Igniter plus a crazy-powerful weapon like the Glaive Beam. Cost. Fire Beam similarly isn't an all-purpose weapon but has some VERY. With 10 ships available in FTL and each having various sub layouts. 73K subscribers in the ftlgame community. The Voulge Beam, which stands above the Glaive beam, doing 4 damage per room hit. Per page: 15 30 50. Reward!Heavy lazor 1 Ion blast 2 good- Flack 2, Fire Beam, Pike Beam, Hull Beam, Heavy lazor 2, Glaive Beam, Small bomb, Chain Vulcan. Each has its own style and areas of focus. Charge as many weapons as you can. I have a point to add. Award. So the artillery beam is basically a 1 power saving grace if a fight goes terribly and lasts 40 seconds. 253 votes, 14 comments. If you beam aboard and destroy drone control you can hack shields for phase 1 and 2 and then just deal tons of damage with glaive beam. When you first used it, did you think it was the most amazing thing ever, or something so wonderful a religion should be founded around it? I know it has a ridiculously long recharge rate, and since I was using the Torus I basically had to sell everything except my defense and attack drone, so I completely expected to lose (and I did. FTL: Faster Than Light. 53. The mini-beam is actually quite powerfull at that. In boarding support there are many ships where you can tag weapons & Medbay in a limited swipe. Hacking phase 2 flagship was my only option to get through the shields. Thats more damage then most weapons, and doesnt cost you missles. Burst Laser I. 50cal) bullets. Aiming Hull Beam at systemless rooms will not increase damage to Zoltan Shields. Disable enemy med-bay, and keep it down. Ftl ss has ing made the flagship too rng ftl tier some ftl ftl ae victory in hard mode. 40. FTL: Faster Than Light. Beam weapons can cause crew damage, but the beam must hit the specific square the crew member is standing on, not just the room that crew member is in. FTL: Faster Than Light. strong shields: Whereas the Glaive Beam on its own becomes completely ineffective in this situation the Vulcan is guaranteed to break through and score the win. These weapons are ranked based on Damage, Swiftness, and Versatility. You can hit 5 rooms by aligning the beam along the border between the rooms such that it hits the room on each side, but I don't think you can get 6 so unless that one extra room hit is enough to kill it you're better off hitting some key systems (eg. glaive. " 1. ftl bones file. and was able to launch my Flak II, Glaive, and Flak Superweapon all at the same time. . Reply More posts you may like. Beams cannot reduce shield layers by hitting them, but can damage ships through shields if they are strong enough. . Ion mk2, anti-bio beam, fire beam, fire bomb. 1 of the FTL Ship Tier List! I'm glad I was able to push out a second tier list thanks to plenty of reader feedback! Thanks to everyone who replied. (pausing while aiming helps) Drones can also be used for combat, but i'll talk about it in the next sectionIt needs to hit the tile that the crew member is on. Weapons and artillery systems stop charging and cannot target a cloaked ship (unless a friendly or mind-controlled enemy crew is onboard). First of all, all beams completely ignore accuracy checks: you're not allowed to initiate a beam weapon on a currently-Cloaked enemy, but evasion is irrelevant and if a ship initiates a Cloak partway through a beam 'volley', the Cloak won't protect against the ongoing beam at all. To see the stats of the unique crew Sylvan, click here. FTL: Faster Than Light Captain's Edition (or CE for short) is a massive community overhaul mod for FTL: Faster Than Light by Subset Games. . number of shots goes, but once you start seeing ships with 3 or more shields, they're useless without being combined with something else (or having more than one of them). ;) Reg. VICTORY IN HARD MODE. This holy beam of Antioch shall slice your enemy to tiny bits after thou count to three, no more, no less. Keep your eye out for blue options which. FTL: Faster Than Light. The DA-SR 12, better known as the Stealth Type B, is a unique and challenging cruiser, trading away it's precious Shield system for Cloaking and the most. Business, Economics, and Finance. Having a hellish time past the 4th or so warp, just about every attack I'm making is missing. Nice if you have a pre-igniter, but everything's nice then. #10. Anti-Ship Beam Drone I and Anti-Ship Fire Drone deal 1 damage, while Anti-Ship Beam Drone II deals 2 damage. I know all the other weapons do, but while I was playing yesterday waiting for the fire beam to finish, I started wondering if…Suppose you've been on a playthrough with the stealth ship with the glaive beam. Unfortunately, far too many runs fail to reach that point and get torn apart while waiting around endlessly for the Glaive Beam to fire. In the first sector I believe you can 1-shot your enemies 100% of the time with the glaive beam, and you can often 1-shot them with it even into the second a. Layout C – Simo-H. It starts with level 2 cloak, but small engine and no shields. 28 votes, 27 comments. Barring that, though, the glaive beam works best in a setup where you can protect yourself well. Board index FTL General Mods Working Mods; It is currently Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:56 pm; All times are UTC [OVERHAUL - USES HYPERSPACE] FTL: MULTIVERSE Version 5. 73K subscribers in the ftlgame community. 5 seconds to charge weapons. Must have for Stealth B. Halberd Beam is the best rounded of the beam weapons. Glaive Beam does 3 damage, so you would need a minimum of 3 shields to avoid taking damage from it. Each laser shot temporarily removes a shield layer. For FTL: Faster Than Light on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "For every 20 terrible runs, there's one where I get Pre-Igniter and Glaive Beam". Stage 2: hack the shields again, use both beams to get it down to 1hp, then power down glaive and utilize flak 1 + hull to finish it off. The Glaive Beam takes so long to charge that even if you hold off on Cloaking until the enemy fires with Cloak 3, it may not be ready to fire before your Cloak runs out. But which of the weapons is the best to use? Before you can answer that question, you kinda have to figure out what your asking about. Or be incinerated by my glaive beams. The anti-drone, shield overcharger, and hull repair drones can do good work too. Charge Ion, Ion Blast II, and Ion Bomb are the superior ion options. You are supplementing them with hermes missiles and boarding parties, not the most efficient combination but one that is working. You then get a flak gun. I say this because even when it's fully upgraded, it's as slow and power hungry as a Glaive beam, but does less damage and can't be aimed. Are there any secrets to getting accuracy up? I've tried hunting down bombs but they are just so excrutiatingly. I'm still not sure I'd do it again, though, unless the circumstances were just right. 9K views 2 years ago. A subreddit to discuss the Kickstarter-backed "roguelike-like" game FTL: Faster…73K subscribers in the ftlgame community. May 24, 2014 @ 11:05pm 120 scrap is a lot in hard mode, especially early on. 5 seconds to charge. 73K subscribers in the ftlgame community. . They dug their grave, they can fucking lie in it. Later on found the hull beam, and with full cloak and hack nothing stood in the way. Beams do damage when they enter rooms. Unpopular opinion but I like Ion 2, it’s not as good as some other weapons but it’s really fun. A third suggestion I saw was after. PortalSoaker999 • 3 yr. Best I've got so far is tele into 4 room (ideally weapons) and MC first responder, then bomb the medbay, send over 2 more. At this point, Easy mode is a breeze. Last edited by King of Mars ; Oct 13, 2013 @ 3:48pm Showing 1 - 15 of 22 comments My best combo i had till now: - Breach Bomb II (3 Energie) -> always focus on the O2 system. Stock beams are manufactured in commonly used dimensions and cut to length when the beams are ordered from a. Diplomatic Immunity - While using the Federation Cruiser, use your crew in four special blue events by sector 5. In most ships, you can do 4. Setting everything to just fire works great. Will probably work with Glaive due to Glaive having 3 damage. Eculc • 8 yr. The Gatling Laser, which fires even faster than a Vulcan once charged. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. Glaive Beam Cost 95->80 Glaive Beam Color Bright Red->Darker Red (Visual tweak only. Yeah, it's seriously an amazing crew to start with. He is a friendly but mysterious merchant that can give you scrap for resources and sell you equipment, which can sometimes be extremely rare equipment. I show off how ridiculously powerful the Glaive Beam in FTL: Faster Than Light is!!Follow me on Twitch: my Discord server:. Quick, choose a weapon! Burst Laser II. You have to endure and explore 7 sectors. It seemed to cause breaches fairly frequently. I was excited to try my new Glaive beam, it was exceedingly powerful whenever I got one. If, during that small range, the beam enters a new room, it will deal damage. I did already try everything you said but i put . 3D design In kit glaive beam from FTL : Faster Than Light created by tristan. FTL: Faster Than Light. . Jan 14, 2013 @ 8:02pm Welp, didn't come across anything heavy this run. Invest in drones later in the game. Suppose my weapons loadout is Glaive Beam, Burst Laser II, Heavy Laser, and Small Bomb. IIRC, the Halberd and Glaive beams can still do partial damage through weak enough shields. 10. 'Rules of thumb' are things that happen with uncanny accuracy across many runs. One-shot beam setups. Besides, at later stages 5 shots will tend to miss a lot. Premium Powerups Explore Gaming. Beam-Drones function very similar to the mini-beam weapon, can hit about 2 tiles and will randomly target and continuely fire at the enemy ship. Also the glaive beam is an overall better weapon than the burst laser mark 3 because it never misses, hits multiple rooms, and does way more overall damage. I play with a stylus and that helps some but. Ion Blast MK II is able to keep down a system permanently provided it doesn't miss (and with a maxed weapons guy, you can miss 1 and still keep the system suppressed - Charge ion does not. There is a trick/exploit where if you power down hacking mid flight, just as the drone fires, then power back up, the drone will miss. 6 power runs are pretty situational but it still happens. Even a level 1 missile will buttress your Glaive Beam significantly. "Take off the oxygen and bring up the Glaive Beam. So I tend to only run it on three slot ships, or if I'm transitioning between sector difficulties and know the power boost will help me without the charge time being a hindrance. Another thing that works well is to have ion bombs or something to get shields down by two, a burst laser and then just Glaive beam. 2 seconds-Increased cooldown of Ion Flooder by 0. Beyond that if the game feels really slow otherwise (say during a fight), it's your computer, and. Ion. in sector 7 i scouted. However, skilled players know that this is not entirely the case. So can the shipboard ones in anti-personnel and system repair, especially since those drone parts are reusable. Too many times have I cloaked yet the enemies missiles still hit me. Artillery Mastery - Get to sector 5 with the Federation Cruiser without upgrading your weapons system. I usually go Pike == Minibeam >> Halberd > Hull > Glaive. Note that the Halberd and Glaive beam will lose one point of damage for each layer of shields they need to go through. The TL humorously switches these two values for ~2000 at the source and ~1000 from arcing. Selling Glaive Beams for just one-twenty scrap. The only other weapons that do that are missiles / bombs, and the Glaive beam. The DA-SR 12, better known as the Stealth Type B, is a unique and challenging cruiser, trading away it's precious Shield system for Cloaking and the most powerful beam weapon in FTL: The Glaive. FTL: Faster Than Light. xthorgoldx • 11 yr. eventually,) but wow, that. Tous droits réservés. If the boss has 4 shields and you flak down 3 bubbles, glaive still does 2 and. I'll start; If you get a Chain Vulcan or a Glaive Beam, enemy shots have an increased chance of causing a fire or breach in your Weapons room. I think it's because the Artillery Beam, as awesome as it is, simply isn't as strong for your early game as a starting Artemis missile. FTL: Faster Than Light. There are mathematical solutions to problems like this. This ship is just like gambling every time you battle. )Changes description and texture of Lasercaster to Glaive Beam from FTL:Faster Than Light. Even the Defense Drone I goes a long way to keep missiles off your tail. Here's my mental list of things you should have for a gunship. OneShot17. 2. It works with your own cloak where the Vulcan doesn't, and vice versa where enemy cloaking will reset the Vulcan's shield penetration. Halberd Beam: Pretty much the best beam weapon to buy; Glaive is a good bit stronger, but too expensive to buy. (10) 2x Pike 1x Glaive (8) 1x Hull 1x Glaive (CHEEKY SWIPE) (10) 1x Pike 1x Hull 1x Glaive (10) 2x Hull 1x Glaive. eventually,) but wow, that. Against high dodge rate opponents, more shots simply means more chances to hit. Discuss Things I'm Reading and Playing FTL-Faster than Light Discussion Area 1; 2. Each player ship can carry a maximum of eight crewmembers of various races, with an initial crew of between one and four members. I find Glaive is only better than the Halberd if you have cloaking or a Pre-Ignitor. Mini Beam. There are also distress signals that may come from different systems. eventually,) but wow, that. You don't have to choose between a good loadout and a second drone, once you're at around 5 weapon bars, the ~100 scrap isn't so much in comparison, and it rips 2-3 shield ships apart. Sectors are zones in FTL: Faster Than Light, each containing between 19 and 24 beacons. Charge Ion: The best Ion-weapon in the game. Also a place to share FTL-related projects and ideas! Jan. Some beams do have shield piercing, like the Glaive beam, but it reduces damage the more shields the beam goes through. See moreEculc • 8 yr. My one and only run with the type b stealth wound up having 2 glaive beams and a pre-igniter. 10. Glaive beam on Stealth B looks good, but it can't one-hit kill or even fully cripple a ship with 2+ shields, meaning you are likely to take a hit while your cloak recharges. FTL: Faster Than Light. Damage is done to every room and system, and anyone in the rooms (ally or enemy). A subreddit for (almost) anything related to games - video games, board games, card…not sure whether i misread or it only happens to me but : arent the beam weapons supposed to 'partially' cut thru shields? how come i never see any beam weapon cut thru even when the enemy only has level one shield? and then just today while playing w glaive beam, my ship at last does cut thru the shields (even level 3!) but suddenly in sector 3 the 'glitch'. Glaive does yet more, at a price. Beams. I like all, will be awsome if you make a multiplayer option so we can fight with another players with navy. For FTL: Faster Than Light on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Opinions on beam weapons (and actually weapons in general)". Love this game. The flagship went from max HP to zero instantly, and I don't think I took any damage in the meantime on account of cloaking and three layers of shielding. To be clear, it's fine to enjoy or prefer others, but in terms of general use value Glaice and especially artillery shouldn't be in the conversations. If you can get a hacking or a mind control system, I would say ditch the Glaive altogether and go with the Flak and Laser weapons. A subreddit to discuss the Kickstarter-backed "roguelike-like" game FTL: Faster…A beam against a shield is wasted, even if a halbert can go through 1 level of shield it only does half damage. Shields are usually more important than a pre-igniter or powerful weapon. Beams are the only. It's OP as hell. two beam drones working together will do roughly 1 DPS, which is slightly more than the glaive beam. = 8 Energie. The bonus of this weapon though, is the 2x damage multiplier it receives when hitting. So it goes with Vulcans. ago. 73K subscribers in the ftlgame community. Showing 1 - 10 of 10 comments. The objective is to deliver important information to the remains of the Federation fleet in a distant sector. Missiles, bombs, and the Artillery Beam bypass all shields. Full Lvl 4 shields, of course. 24, 2016 00:38:40. strong shields: Whereas the Glaive Beam on its own becomes completely ineffective in this situation the Vulcan is guaranteed to break through and score the win. Hull Laser will lose half its potential damage output from one shield layer, and all its damage from 2, Glaive hits for 2 damage per room through one layer of shields, 1 damage through 2 layers, and is only completely blocked with 3 layers of shields. Drones are mildly useful on offense. . I think I've only had one run where I saw 5 shield autoscouts at the final sector on hard. And it pairs best with Glaive/Flak II. This leaves you just short of destroying the Flagship in a single volley, but if you throw in a Beam Drone they'll be full. (C) ittarter 2023. XD find, 3 glaives and a burst laser III You can only power 2 of those. Also, while the Glaive Beam may be very strong, you will probably be taking more damage in this ship, since it takes much longer to charge. Hull, Halber or Glaive beam work best, you can also use mix of burst and hull lasers. Glaive can always do 12 damage/25 seconds. And lastly if you unpower a hacking/boarding drone in flight, they stop moving. It really doesn't look like a first sector screenshot to me. The Vulcan has the potential to take down any ship, including the. Use hacking 3 to drop shields and mind control to distract pilot. 9. Master of Patience - Use only the Artillery Beam to destroy an enemy ship while taking no hull damage. Nice if you have a pre-igniter, but everything's nice then. Glaive Beam. I do tend to shy away from mustache twirling villainy. Sure, they do a lot of damage, but you have to get the shields down first. You can then immediately repower it while the defence drone is on cooldown between shots. Glaive Beams, Breach Bomb Mk II and such things -- all these are quite slow recharging compared to what you have. Damage: 3 damage per room hit 6. 1 Order and Chaos. Wondering if anyone has had success with FTL in general on the Steam Deck, and if they've attempted multiverse on it. I'm wondering how to make these work. Subscribe. For FTL: Faster Than Light on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Opinions on beam weapons (and actually weapons in general)". 2 Damage to rooms with Systems. Using the ions to keep the shields down whilst burning up the whole ship was just glorious. Valheim Genshin. use "Wait" at a repair beacon will repair you again). These ships come in a variety of layouts, and can be equipped with various systems and subsystems, weapons, drones, and augmentations. Doesn't take as much power or as long to charge as the Glaive. Stage 1: hack shields, have both beams powered up, and 1 shot it. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. Had a lot of fun recently with hacking + hull beam +. Lexar_ (Topic Creator) 9 years ago #11. The Stealth B has several crushing advantages: it starts with a Cloaking unit, and not only that, one that begins already upgraded to level 2. 3. It works by selectively. SO after i figure that out ill do as you said. FTL: Faster Than Light >. Lasers are general-purpose energy weapons. Date Posted: Feb 25, 2014 @ 11:29pm. Date Posted: Jul 27, 2016 @ 5:00pm. The Burst laser 4, shooting a barrage of 8 laser projectiles. Beating the game for the first time. The engines must have power for the FTL to engage. 3. Vulcan Cannons, Glaive beams and some larger missile systems. 8 tiles diagonally) 5. And the Glaive integrates far better with the rest of the game. They work worst with long cooldown weapons that take the shipdown with huge burst. eventually,) but wow, that. Every layer of active shields takes one damage off the beam. . This weapon seems to be much maligned, largely because of its long (19 second) recharge time. The beginning was very nice: I found a Fire Beam. r/ftlgame • Two Glaive beams One Flagship. You start off with 2 in Cloak, but your engine is much lower than Type A. Beams are unique in several ways. ) Fire Beam Cooldown 20s->19s Fire Beam Swipe Speed 5->7. . FTL: Faster Than Light has several ships, and they are all unique for a number of reasons. Measured charge times for Pike Beam with 0,1,2 and 3 automated re-loaders were, respectively, 14. Augmentations (also known as augments) are items that provide benefits to your ship. FTL: Faster Than Light. Also, target the shields first with the Glaive Beam if you can hit both them and the weapons; damage to the enemies' shields may cause their shield level to drop so you can do more damage to the weapons once the. ago. The fact that we're getting posts like this is amazing. It beat the flagship. When you first used it, did you think it was the most amazing thing ever, or something so wonderful a religion should be founded around it? I know it has a ridiculously long recharge rate, and since I was using the Torus I basically had to sell everything except my defense and attack drone, so I completely expected to lose (and I did. I now always play with captains edition and infinite loot add on with fleet disabled and once I got two optimized burst laser 3s ( optimized means they take. Missiles, bombs, and the Artillery Beam bypass all shields. A Burst 3 with any laser that takes 2 power and any beam will destroy, it just won't destroy as well as Burst 2s do. 8-Fiddled with shield code, hopefully solves the bad. You need that badly to avoid asteroid belts. In phase three be defensive, have a big. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. Cloaking is a defensive system. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. FTL: Faster Than Light > General Discussions > Topic Details. (If I remember correctly) If you have more than 8 weapon power total and a preigniter, it's possible to launch all of them at once when you start a battle if you. STORY: You play as a Federation Ship and it's crew as you traverse the Galaxy in an attempt to outrun a rebel fleet. Glaive Beam is super powerful but a glass cannon, and needs a lot of support and strong defense. A subreddit to discuss the Kickstarter-backed "roguelike-like" game FTL: Faster Than Light by Subset Games. I learned a lot by watching and reading about other people's strategies, so I wanted to share my own. Vbeam is a non-invasive laser treatment that uses a pulsing beam of light to target and reduce redness, rosacea, acne scars, and other skin concerns. Cooldown Module [3] .