When the duel began, the flagship's Hacking drone wound up landing on my Drone. Main Page; Discuss; All Pages; Community; Interactive Maps;. If you don't go full drones and only buy a few, maxbe 2 points in the drone system you can easily swap the defense drone out for an anti peronnal or hull drone. Engi A: Drone-recovery Arm. 98% from these sectors rather than 10%) that's about 90 extra scrap, minus 25 for the net cost of the SRA = 65. 2 power combat augment. You have to get 500 scrap just to get the 50 back you paid for it. FTL: Faster Than Light Ship System FAQ . CryptoThere are some people strongly against pausing hack drones (without ever complaining about pausing other drones). A combat drone maybe shoots 2 instead of 4 times, beam drone maybe 2 instead of 3. Then just let the drone do the work, if you can get your hands on drone recovery. Iniciar sesión Tienda Inicio Lista de descubrimientos Lista de deseados Tienda de puntos Noticias. (But this. Teleporter is. fandom. If you have ridiculous luck and get a Drone Recovery Arm and a Hull Repair drone, it's pretty much a "push me to win" button. Scrap Recovery Arm Option Category page. The Defense Scrambler is much more expensive at arond 80 scrap, but allows for free Hacking and missile use, which, naturally, pairs really well if the ship that. As hidden Augment: AUG HIDDEN id --- adds the augment as hidden, it will still retain its effect but it will not take up a slot, you may only add 2 hidden augments this way. See full list on ftl. It doesn't cost much, and saves you scrap in drone parts and hull damage in the long run. 7 Reverse Ion Field - 7. ?Boarding Drone [] Giant alien spiders; Odd moon ; Combat Drone [] Auto-ship sits dormant; Defense Drone [] Small asteroid belt distress beacon (equivalent of Repair Drone) Hull Repair Drone [] Fuel Engi ship repair; Lanius absorbing jump beacon; Mantis ships battle for Rock freighter [no benefit] System Repair Drone [] Fire on small research. What are you even talking about. v 4. This function can be 'toggled' before a fight or anytime by clicking a button on the top left of the screen ( ) at any moment. Does Drone Recovery Arm augmentation allow me to use recover Hacking drones on enemy ships that I destroy? Drone Recovery Arm augmentation description: Non. 1) use defense drones to shoot them down mid-flight. 90% of the time you have it, you've got enough drones to use Hull Repair at your leisure. Drone Advantages: + Power can be toggled, especially quickly powering up a Def I to shoot missiles and then re-routing power to engines. etc. But it was a little hard to tell because I had 4 mantises (and a bomb for the medbay) to beat the flagship crew into submission, which makes defeating the flagship easy when your mantises are destroying. You're probably thinking of discussions about the hacking drone depowering trick, where there's some disagreement over whether the hacking drone is invincible or just close to it. "Outperform" is tricky because raw DPS isn't a good measure of anything in FTL. It's also possible to drop a bomb or missile directly on the shields system, but it's less effective. =( . In addition I've picked up: Ion charger Burst laser mark 2 Drone recovery arm…FTL: Faster Than Light. Cloaked but only have 80% dodge -> can still get wrecked. It only recovers ones flying in space. Hull Repair Drone + Drone Recover Arm, however, is the most OP combination in existence. Nevertheless drone control is a viable purchase and sometimes it's the correct play -- just a lot less often than hacking, cloaking, or mind control. If you're using missiles/hacking, get Defense Scrambler, etc. Also, hacking drones get shot down by pretty much everything. Engi get both defence drones and the anti-drone, so to get four drones they would need level 7 or 8 in drones. 5 seconds instead of 12. Looks like an easy way to run out of drones. The mkII seems to get easily confused/overwhelmed during intense combat. etc. No, that would be pre-igniter, hacking and flak 2 x2 + glaive x2. origamiscienceguy • 2 yr. For me it's the damned drone recovery arm. + The chance of the Drone Recovery arm (in comparison, Stealth Weapons isn't great unless you have an Ion Blast II) + Cheaper to buy. Can be used together with Hull Repair Drone : the drone vanishes after repairing 3-5 hull points, so jumping after 2 repairs makes those repairs. For the most part, the experienced players agree though. LRS are useful here as well. This is especially powerful with a clone bay. If you don't go full drones and only buy a few, maxbe 2 points in the drone system you can easily swap the defense drone out for an anti peronnal or hull drone. Notable mentions, although not due to being in a specific combo: Weapons Preigniter is amazing, I've only had it once it was a dream, but at the start of a game I'm always looking for the three I mentioned first and the FTL scanner thing which says what's up with nearby nodes. There are lots of great combos for the drone system. 01 on Jul 7, 2016 Updated to v1. It works reliably even when shops are. As OP already has drone systems, lest it be really necessary, he can give it a try. It costs 3 power, and since DC is cheap to upgrade to level 3, it can easily replace a shield bubble if you need the extra scrap for something else. Hacking, cloaking, drone control with defence drone are the most common defences. Often it's better to think of the starting kit as your early game build, rather than feeling you "ought" to stick to that for the whole game. * Zoltan Shield Bypass - Oh, wow. Flaks are a little less useful because Ions take out shields (but still go for a Flak I if you don't have better options). Mantis B is just not even close to Lanius B early, even if it can snowball into insane setups later on. 2) let it perform 2 repair actions 3) Jump away. What kind of proof is needed is another discussion, there it is more of a split. If it hacks shields or weapons, maybe drone control, hack the hacking system (chance to destroy the probe) or jump away. Would much rather have hacking drones have a chance to miss like any other projectile. Does drone recovery arm work with boarding drones? Drone Recovery Arm Does not recover Boarding Drones, Ion Intruders, or hacking drones. The ions strip the shields, while the offense drones will make mincemeat of the enemy ship because they have the highest DPS in the game. Hello ! i am a ship captain and , i'm wondering , what is th best loadout for PURE BRUTE FORCE ? ( drone , weapons , systems . " This augment has a 20% chance of failure. I am annoyed at those green shields when I'm boarding-heavy. Drone control is not popular among high-level players. The door control from hacking has way more value, as well as being able to suppress weapons or another threat. Situational tier (Depends on your equipment. Works on the flagship phase 2, too. * Stealth Weapons - Ions and other fast-charge weapons love this. Struggling with only 3 weapon slots & currently have only 1 combat drone that doesn't do much. Other random events when traveling. Hello ! i am a ship captain and , i'm wondering , what is th best loadout for PURE BRUTE FORCE ? ( drone , weapons , systems . FTL: Faster Than Light; The augment you always want, but rarely find. It will help you deploy hacking + recoverable drones. Automated Re-loader This handy item decreases the charge time of weapons. Looks like an easy way to run out of drones. I still think it's probably your best bet, but I wouldn't fancy my odds at all in this fight. . There are also augments that are good, but build specific. It is still quite reliable for missiles and much better for the flagship. No, it. Additionally hacking + cloaking can make the vast majority of fights 100% safe. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. ago This is not entirely correct. Defence Drone 2 can also be good as a way of mitigating damage earlier in the game. 6 combat drones and 2 beam drones is really hard to defend against. 5) Disable their weapon systems. This is a quick guide to beating the flagship on hard mode in FTL. ago. )Pre-AE, your basic ways to break shields are with a bunch of fast lasers or a bunch of ions. They will give you an option to repair your hull on the left side of the store panel. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Making Missiles sellable would make using missile weapons even less fun. All you have to do is 1) hack life support, 2) shoot life support out as the hack ends, 3) mind control the enemy repairman just before they finish repairing 1 bar of the life support system. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. Looks like hacking then as I have the recovery augment but no drone system. This means if it targets shields, weapons, or any other vital system, you'll have those systems operational a couple seconds after the flagship decloaks. To have Hull Repair, AND have Drone Recovery Arm, AND somehow be low on drone parts. But I feel that with AE the OPness of it diminished a bit. MC their pilot to wreck their evasion, or use it to counter their MC of your own guys. The crew is ok, but lacks the edge of the last ship. AP and Repair can heal in the Drone Controll room though. It's not as good as hacking, but I'll take anything to keep me alive. Heal 4 hull damage per drone part, on demand, as many times as you want. Basically, one of the dangerous factors in Wave 1 is the enemy Hacking Drone, which can end a run if it cripples something key - especially as they seem to have infinite hacking drones so will keep launching them even if you shoot one down. but if you can make it work with the drone recovery arm, its basically priceless. 0. Only drones I buy in non-modded FTL are the hull repair drone, the shield drone, or the defense drone mark 2. Source : wiki. Dealing with the defence drone: The Defence drone effectively negates missiles or Hacking probes. The first fight dropped an Adv FTL Navigation augment and the second a Drone Recovery Arm, both better to just sell. Depending on how many missiles you have, small bombs is great for wrecking shields so your lasers can pewpew. Cloak is definitely much more powerful, I highly recommend getting it on most ships. . )One of my all time FAVORITE situational strats is having the Drone Recovery Arm with multiple Combat Drones. 1) use defense drones to shoot them down mid-flight. The only downside is the drone part drain w/o recovery arm, but you can always just avoid using offensive drone outside bad encounters/emergency/RFS if you don't have one. Mr_Degroot • 9 yr. You don't buy it for combat drones or for hacking. Cloaking Advantages: + Provides guaranteed miss of enemy weapon of your choice + Massively reduces the danger of Flagship's power surges + Can be used to stop enemy boarders from returning and healing + Negates an enemy Ion Blast II + Negates enemy cloaking, especially if they charge all their weapons and fire them all at once +. Its all fun and games till engi A gets 3 combat drones with a drone recovery arm. v 4. being able to do things such as fixing the hacking exploit, rearrange crew members in the crew list, add hidden augments to ships, show all of the beacon connection lines at once, etc. Then the trick is to time the flagship's cloak. It only recovers ones flying in space. if you have a Drone Recovery Arm, you can get 2 repair points for free: Fire up the drone, let it repair twice, and then jump away, and it'll get collected instead of used up. You will want to build a drone recovery arm. Some even more build-specific augments would be the explosive replicator, hacking stun and the defence scrambler. . Upgrade medbay to save your own crew and have higher chances of saving/getting new crew through events. I get Teleporter early and do a boarding heavy strategy. It can neutralize an enemy hack or enemy mind control, prevent the enemy ship from firing weapons, support a boarding party by hacking the medbay, and provides blue options. Honestly it's not worth the 3 power. Anti-drone drones can also be largely ignored with micro. The Drone Control system powers drones, which act automatically and cannot be controlled directly. ftl jammer is fine in b tier. Would be things like the reconstructive teleport, backup DNA bank, zoltan shield bypass, drone recovery arm. Drones hit by an ion shot are stunned for 5 seconds for each ion damage. CryptoThere is also a drone which repairs hull damage, the Hull Repair Drone. Keep in mind that if you toggle a drone that was already deployed (marked with. 10. I'd say defence drones are more useful earlier in the game, and only a minor benefit against the Flagship. I have had a few long fights I know I would have lost but firing at the essentials and keeping them disabled is far more important. I had no drones or teleportation. 4: Removed redundant images. Pre-igniter definitely isn't necessary. I'd say that winning a fight without hacking is quite harder than lacking cloaking or drone control. Scrap recovery arm is extremely overrated (it gives 1-5 scrap for each scrap reward, early on it is 1 scrap). Rew. Actually already having something like a Hull Repair drone or a DD II in storage makes it a lot more likely I go for the system at a store. CryptoThere are some people strongly against pausing hack drones (without ever complaining about pausing other drones). Having a weaker option that's also hard-countered seems pretty bad. Probably not worth picking up in, say, Sector 7. Otherwise, you're only using 1 or fewer drone parts per fight anyway and the game will tend to supply you with enough. Engi ships can get 4 drones pretty easily. Also makes phase 3 dropship way easier. 1) Deploy the. Get a Defense Drone Mk I, which is best at protecting the small Engi cruiser. Make use of the "special" tradersIf you have the drone slots and a drone recovery arm, or are near the end of the game and have lots of drone parts, defense drone 1. Did you get to a sector with 2 shield enemies without finding hacking or a low energy weapon -> get wrecked. ( drone , weapons , systems . If you're using missiles/hacking, get Defense Scrambler, etc. Zoltan Shields only matter if they have 3 power in weapons, which is somewhat uncommon in sector 1 or 2. As long as weapons and defenses are even competent that system combo will carry runs to easy wins. Chancing an asteroid field and taking 2 damage, because risk means reward. 1. You have to be able to handle shield regen to do damage. please answer soonAnd given that the ship has lots of 1x1 room, beams and flak may be a pain to deal with, so the starting 5 crew you'll receive will have all skills at level 1, plus you get a free 100% shield recharge boost and a free 100% FTL. Advertisement Coins. hacking uses a drone , if you already use drones and dont have a drone recovery system then that can be a problem , or at least it was for me. The best way to avoid hull damage is to kill the source, enemy ships, quicker. However, I use the other augments I mentioned on a pretty regular basis. With Hacking (which you should have in every run), the Hull Repair Drone itself, and probably another drone (since you have drone system) drone parts are pretty short. Looks like hacking then as I have the recovery augment but no drone system. However. There is a trick where you use a hull repair drone, then FTL out before it disappears. From sector one, you have to take into account that you'll have to be fighting that guy, and consider how your choices in weapons and augments are helping you with it. The objective is to deliver important information to the remains of the Federation fleet in a distant sector. Having a Drone Control helps, particularly if you have a Drone Recovery Arm, since you can actually choose whether to focus on Weapons or Drones instead of being forced to scale Weapons period. Drone Recovery Arm - Very strong for specific builds, especially in Hard Mode where drone parts are going to flow less freely. . Do not ignore burst laser 1 just because burst laser 2 is better. And you only need 2 power in your drone system to do this. Drone recovery arm does work as long as you don't destroy the enemy ship. External and boarding drones are lost when jumping to a new system and have to be redeployed at each new location or encounter, though a Drone Recovery Arm lets you. I'd say defence drones are more useful earlier in the game, and only a minor benefit against the Flagship. What kind of proof is needed is another discussion, there it is more of a split. Do whatever you want, I'll just play without recovering drone parts from hacking drones. I also like drone recovery arm, scrap recovery arm, long distance scanners and weapon pre-igniter, but I almost never have enough scrap for the pre-igniter. (Engi C) Although this this starts weak on the firepower with just dual lasers and a useless beam drone, it makes up for it by having hacking and most importantly the defense scrambler augment. and I have both shields and engine at lvl 6,hacking maxed, and drone control at level 4, with maxed weapons and maxed backup. In the event that they do get a volley off, the drone will decrease the shots that get to you by 2-3 per volley, essentially acting like an extra 2-3 shield layers. Great start, should be able to win this. Hacking Edit This page describes content that only appears in Advanced Edition. You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. So yeah, I'll buy the Automatic Reloader, Drone Recovery Arm, Shield Charge Booster, Scrap Recovery arm and the Weapon Preigniter (When I. Anti-Drone Drones do a heck of a job protecting from enemy drones, for only. FTL: Faster Than Light. I am annoyed at those green shields when I'm boarding-heavy. Also, random unrelated thing. CryptoSo I'm halfway into a Zoltan A run on easy (and I've never won with this ship yet). . Drone Recovery Arm augmentation description: Non-destroyed drones will be retrieved when jumping, allowing their parts to be reused. Intuitively I'd expect to either select the drones, or the drone bay, to issue the a recall order. However, I use the other augments I mentioned on a pretty regular basis. 18 votes, 12 comments. If drone parts are at all an issue, I would say defense drone 2. Edit Edit source View history. Basically, I'd consider buying drone control over hacking if I have a. 1 power combat augment. Since technically hacking uses a 'drone part', but it's not referred to as a drone. You can buy level 2 shields for 50 scrap. If I get one free I keep it of. . It does not work with hull repair drones. FTL: Faster Than Light. #7. 4) Hacking. Drone recovery arm is almost a requirement for any Drone build that starts before sector 6. I'll try to keep it brief since I don't like to read overly long guides myself. "Controls mapping drones that can scout the entire sector. The door control from hacking has way more value, as well as being able to suppress weapons or another threat. CryptoDrone offense builds are still strong, but they also still require the most pieces to fall into place compared to nearly any other kind of build so they are pretty high RNG - it's easier to get hacking and a good beam then it is to get a bunch of drone schematics and a drone recovery arm. Drone parts [] "Allows you to deploy drone schematics you've found. You can buy level 2 shields for 50 scrap. The ships with max 10 power in shields are also the ones that can get abnormally high shields in earlier sectors -- like 2 shields in sector 2. While the extra income is very noticeable, dropping 50 scrap on the augment early on the game can set a build behind substantially. This will only rarely happen, though, even if you're obsessive about trying to shoot down Drones in this manner; the window is limited and doesn't repeat (That is, once they're inside the ship, they won't go back outside to be. In the rare rare case you get drone recovery arm, this becomes quite advantageous, because if the ship isn't destroyed, you can recuperate the hacking drone too. CryptoBusiness, Economics, and Finance. Using the ions to keep the shields down whilst burning up the whole ship was just glorious. " In order to unlock this achievement, no other weapon except for missiles can be used during the battle, regardless of whether or not they do damage. I wasnt that impressed with either of them , i think hacking is better if you can spare the drones. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. I prefer mark 2. )It's pretty similar with drones, but I wouldn't say that drones are weak as they are (Hacking and Drone Control are both very strong systems) so it should be pretty fine for them. FTL Navigation: 3 -> 1 Drone Recovery Arm: 2 -> 1 Explosive Replicator: 3 -> 1 FTL Recharge Booster: 2 -> 1 Hacking Stun: 3 -> 4 Lifeform Scanner: 3 -> 2 Drone power: Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 3 -> 2 Drone prices: Anti-Drone: 35 -> 30 Anti-Personnel: 35 -> 30 Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 50 -> 40A drone Recovery Arm is particularly useful early-on Later, this ship usually relies on its hacking and massive drone army to destroy the enemy ship. If you really want to go suffocation build more routinely, you need a more specialized setup like massed ion output (enough to routinely lock down 3 systems). By the time you've waited 8 seconds for the drone to bring up the first point, those things have already gotten past it. Ship itself is more defensive. 5: Minor text fixes. CryptoMultiple ion weapons if possible, alternatively missile or bomb weapons to take out weapons while the ion blast works down the shields. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. 64 posts Page 3 of 7. It is still quite reliable for missiles and much better for the flagship. The player controls the crew of a lone spaceship affiliated with The Federation, which is currently on the losing end of a massive rebellion. You should choose the "nice" option most of the time because they tend to have good rewards. System Repair Drone; Hull Repair Drone; Defensive drones. ?Apart from that if you want to do an attack drone run you have two choices: Either go for shield piercing drones, which do smaller dps but can pierce shields, or go for beam drones which do higher dps but can't pierce shields. The DRA replenishes the drone part since the drone didn't actually expire. or in dodgier runs where you still have 2 shields at the beginning of sector 5-6, you wait that much longer for shields and. Business, Economics, and Finance. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. same as aboveHello ! i am a ship captain and , i'm wondering , what is th best loadout for PURE BRUTE FORCE ? ( drone , weapons , systems . This means you can pretty much guarantee that. Cloaking is good, and is particularly good against the boss, but is not a must-take. I'm using a VERY boarding-heavy loadout, I can either buy a drone recovery arm to save drone parts, or I can buy a backup DNA bank in case my clone bay goes offline. Crew drones were always kinda useless - their slow. In no particular order: 1. Decent weapons, great defenses (4 shields + 6 engines is my preferred setup), a defense drone. "Attempts to scramble the enemy drone communication, disabling one to two drones. FTL hard mode: how to reach the flagship and kick its ass. It's too much downside for too little upside. On-Board Science Lab [] The biggest drawback is the reliance on drone parts. This is not entirely correct. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. etc. Drone Recovery Arm: Dependant on how often you are using your drones. It doesn't cost that much. ago Yep. The ions strip the shields, while the offense drones will make mincemeat of the enemy ship because they have the highest DPS in the game. I could of sworn that they recovered them if the ship isn't blown up. We'll buy some from you if you have extra. Fixed in 1. Hacking-1 can typically delay weapons by 8 seconds: 4 seconds of "reverse charge", followed by 4 seconds of getting back what charge was lost. S. There is a way to (temporarily) disable hacking drones without destroying their ship or wrecking their hacking room. Nice purchase if you have just the right. Hacking uses 1 drone part every time and is not affected by drone recovery arm. If you're using the stealth ship that comes with the more efficient 2-power version then yeah power that sucker up all the time but good luck against any form of combat drone or ion weapon. #7. origamiscienceguy • 2 yr. Always try to get hacking, and always use the hacking drone on the FS’ shield room. Topped off to 20HP and refrained from scrap recovery arm & beam drone at end of sector. 4: Removed redundant images. If you're doing a heavy drone build, get Drone Recovery Arm. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. There are a few ways to get past defense drones. 5) Disable their weapon systems. (Drone Recovery Arm does not recover Hacking. I would grab cloak over mind control in almost any scenario. 1: break the hacking room, just like weapons or shields. Scrap Recovery Arm - Going to pay for itself if you get it by Sector 4, though the opportunity cost of losing that 50 scrap in the present is very relevant on Hard. What's worse is that beams, drones, ions, or pretty much any hazard completely negate the shield drone. Having 3 just means you would need 1500 scrap to get back the 150 you paid for them. I'll usually have cloaking, but on three ships I'll typically have hacking instead (because you can't have both). Drone parts can be recovered from some external drone types after they have been deployed and weren't destroyed - with the Drone Recovery Arm augment. Of course, the downside is using twice the drone parts and drone slots. More ions help if you have a Drone Arm. 9: Why not. You can buy level 2 shields for 50 scrap. To add to your second bullet point, the Hull Repair drone will repair between 3-5 HP a pop and disappear, with the specific amount being chosen randomly. If you win a battle by clearing out the enemy crew, then you do recover the drone part. Having 3 just means you would need 1500 scrap to get back the 150 you paid for them. But if offence is sub-par against the Flagship, Hull Repair Drone could single-handedly save the game. @Happiness Officer while I agree with you that the Glaive Beam is unwieldy, you can get past defense drones with just a. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. It's unlikely but possible to lose potential scrap from accumulating drops without a chance to sell them Generally drones need to be micromanaged to get the most out of them -- meaning that you switch their power on and off a lot. Next to go is the triple ion cannon. Additionally, hacking takes time, and enemy drones can destroy your hacking drone before it reaches the ship. Once you have the arm, your goal should be to add a 2nd attack drone. TIL you don't want to try deliver the drone parts. Contents. Simply ftl-jump before the last repair is done. (Assuming you're using Drones at all, anyway) Not to mention it makes the Hull Repair Drone a lot more viable in a non-exploitable way, since it's a lot easier to justify spending Drone Parts on it when your. Equip an attack drone to take their Zoltan shield down while your weapons charge. They will shoot down hacking and boarding drones. 157. A ship with a Crew Teleporter also has some wiggle room to reduce focus on Weapons, and same for Hacking, but only so far in both cases;. I generally think the offensive drones are near worthless, though. Any flavour of Defence Drone and Anti-Combat Drones will shoot down an incoming drone or a Zoltan Shield will block it. 2) Increase power to the engines to boost your dodge rating - works with enemy lasers too. There’s good reason hacking is widely regarded as the best additional system among high level players. The drone recovery arm gives you a drone part back for every still deployed drone after each jump (Not counting drones within the ship). You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. At least with the Engi ship you'll run across the Drone Recovery Arm every few sectors, and I don't think there's a more OP setup than hacking and 3 beam drones going simultaneously. It's fine. Due to the Defense Scrambler, Anti-Combat drones should not be a problem, and the drones destroy Zoltan shields pretty easily. A Drone Recovery Arm is very handy. So OK, i never saw the hack in action before. I'll usually have cloaking, but on three ships I'll typically have hacking instead (because you can't have both). Drone recovery arm does work as. You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. You're right. . Drone Recovery Arm - Very strong for specific builds, especially in Hard Mode where drone parts are going to flow less freely. 3 [For those pesky Anti-Drones] ftl charge booster, never a buy, if u need it to run your offense is weak af anyway and the run is bad. The Torus – Engi A – Great starting weapon + drone. I have expiremented with having two defense 1 drones vs one defense 2 drone. I'm fairly sure every enemy gets 4 drone slots, but enemies cannot roll a duplicate drone unless they are out of other options. Keep in mind that some augments only exist as locked versions and thus you will be unable to remove them afterwards. Cheap and usefull effect. This guide assumes that you know how to play FTL and know the basics and can beat the game on easy or normal, but are struggling. Drone Mods. 1) Deploy the Repair Drone. If you have a Drone Recovery Arm and jump away BEFORE it disappears though, you actually can get the drone part back. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. For the most part, the experienced players agree though. Just last night I completed the game using the Engi cruiser, type B, using that tactic. I was not prepared. ?FTL: Faster Than Light. I tend to never get the Ion Field Disrupter, FTL Jammer, Long Range Scanners, FTL Recharge Booster, Adv Navigation, Stealth weapons. Each deployment costs one drone part. please answer soonThe Drone Recovery arm is almost always one of my 3 ship augments. Hull Damage: System Damage: System Lock: Clear. This neutralises the Flagship’s offence. by FatRatKnight Updated to v1. If the ship comes with drone control, the defense drone is an alright temporary solution, but I'd still pick up cloak and then migrate to other drones, either combat if I can find a drone recovery arm, or system repair drone, anti-personnel if I get one for free. Get shield/emp weapons on your ship. You have to get 500 scrap just to get the 50 back you paid for it. Post by UltraMantis » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:20 pm. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. No easier than running an engi ship. Combat and Beam drones are also pretty great, but they don't do anything unless you can get the shields down. A ship with 4 Engines, 3 Shields, and 1 Cloaking is about as effective at preventing most damage as one with 6 Engines, 4 Shields, and a Defense 1 drone, if the cloak is used optimally. 0. 10: Least favoured: Abandoned sectors. 3 Adv. Boarding drone and ion intruder aren't great unless you're already playing a boarding ship, in which case you really don't need them. Anti-Drone Drones do a heck of a job protecting from enemy drones, for only one power. For FTL: Faster Than Light on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "What combo of systems are your favorite?" - Page 3. Hacking to take down the flagship's shields. It is not recovered (along with Hacking and Ion Intruder) with a Drone Recovery Arm. E. a drone part -- depending on which one you get, you may lose a little scrap, break even, or gain a little scrap Not even worth participating IMO, unless you are on the lookout for a certain drone and wanna roll the dice. FTL Navigation - 3. I noticed it was a recurring theme in my shopping list). Time a shield drone to block a missile.