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Post by Mike_the_Great on Jul 16, 2016 5:17:52 GMT -5
Will these two upgrades help to avoid being boarded or will they only help after I've already been boarded or for damage? I like to use guns for combat and my main cpncern is getting boarded by enemy, especially aliens.
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Post by poryg on Jul 16, 2016 5:20:09 GMT -5
They will help you avoid being boarded, but they will not save you from board builds anyway. Since the strength doesn't cause you to level up yet, you should raise it instead.
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Post by resistor on Jul 16, 2016 11:25:36 GMT -5
In addition to giving you special bonuses to avoid being boarded, raising armor in general will increase resistance to boarding. Pilot, armor, and engines will help you resist enemy boarding roles. Remember, having a QUICK ship will amplify your Pilot skill.
These are the upgrades that I use as a pure gun focused captain: Dreadnought, Bulkheads, Advanced Combat Bridge, Titan Components, and Hyperion Superstructure. All of those upgrades help resist enemy boarding. Also, having more armor than hull will give you a huge bonus to general defense, and getting +11 armor from those upgrades should get it to higher than hull for most ships.
Also, I'd get a Pilot officer and keep Pilot skill at least twice your level.
I don't level strength for pure gun captains.
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Post by Darth Cthoras on Jul 16, 2016 21:11:24 GMT -5
Ugh. I have yet to figure out how to maintain 2x level Pilot while still keeping Tactics high enough to hit things. It would help if I knew how many times I can improve things before the Captain level rises. So far my general strategy is to raise Pilot + Tactics equally, but it's a losing game as my level begins to catch up with them.
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Post by resistor on Jul 16, 2016 21:25:33 GMT -5
Ugh. I have yet to figure out how to maintain 2x level Pilot while still keeping Tactics high enough to hit things. It would help if I knew how many times I can improve things before the Captain level rises. So far my general strategy is to raise Pilot + Tactics equally, but it's a losing game as my level begins to catch up with them. Tactics shouldn't be as high as pilot. Keeping tactics at around 80% of level will do the job. Only time it won't be enough: if on Insane or Impossible difficulty, you'll occasionally find an annoying smuggler who put too many points in pilot and you won't hit him with guns even after 200 rounds. Just ram him or torp at long range. |
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Post by Darth Cthoras on Jul 16, 2016 23:05:45 GMT -5
resistor Thanks, this'll totally change how I play.
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Post by poryg on Jul 17, 2016 3:05:56 GMT -5
Ugh. I have yet to figure out how to maintain 2x level Pilot while still keeping Tactics high enough to hit things. It would help if I knew how many times I can improve things before the Captain level rises. So far my general strategy is to raise Pilot + Tactics equally, but it's a losing game as my level begins to catch up with them. If you look at the game help file, into the attributes, you can find easily that the level equation is divided by 6, meaning you can raise stats 5 times (or 2.5 stealths) before leveling up. |
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Post by Darth Cthoras on Jul 17, 2016 7:15:55 GMT -5
poryg Reading the -entire- manual may have been something I also didn't read. =] For the most part I've just been learning through experimentation.
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Post by poryg on Jul 17, 2016 9:28:40 GMT -5
In that case RTFM next time!!! jk of course  |
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Post by Darth Cthoras on Jul 17, 2016 11:51:53 GMT -5
In that case RTFM next time!!! jk of course Who needs manuals? It's obvious to anyone with a brain the only important thing is the Torp buttons =] |
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Post by poryg on Jul 17, 2016 14:53:17 GMT -5
Against hi stealth builds not even these will help. So you need a spare white flag  |
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Post by Darth Cthoras on Jul 17, 2016 16:13:22 GMT -5
Against hi stealth builds not even these will help. So you need a spare white flag Heresy! The Cadar shall hear of this! ...I might live a little longer if I did occasionally cease fighting until a better opportunity comes along. |
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