Jophiel wrote:
idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
Can you give a specific instance, or general FTL examples, so I can understand better?
Started a game, on the second turn had a ship send in a boarding party that absolutely raped my crew (maybe literally, hard to tell with those tiny sprites). Was 4 vs 3 and they were obviously better fighters than my 0 skill starting humans.
Ok, that IS terrible luck. I don't think I've ever seen boarding parties of more than 1 in the first sector
Another hint: if you have extra scrap, it can be worth investing in med bay 2, oxygen 2, and blast doors (2). They're only 20-25 each IIRC, and they can really make a huge difference with some of the random events that may otherwise spell instant death. Blast doors, for example, will give you time to suffocate most invaders; med bay 2 gives you enough healing to fight off most invaders (as well as some blue options), and oxygen 2 can save you if you get bad luck in some ion storms or against an enemy's ion cannon.
Edit: Obviously, none of that will help you if that was your second turn. On the plus side, that means you only had invested less than 5 minutes into the game
Edited, Jun 11th 2013 5:56pm by LockeColeMA