With the advanced edition update ive started playing ftl again after a half year hiatus. This game is highly randomized for each playthrough and death is permanent for both crew and ship alike.
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Ftl ship tier list advanced. Each ship starts with varying systems weapons power levels. There is only one ship in this tier as it easily stands above every other ship in the game. Advanced edition introduces several new features to the game. Advanced edition is a major update for ftl. Each player ship can carry a maximum of eight crew members of various races with an initial crew of between one and four members. Faster than light ftl is a realtime strategy game with a space setting in which your crew must survive a highly lethal trek to search out and destroy the rebel flagship.
To unlock the third layout layout c of any ship for those ships that have a layout c the player must reach sector 8 with the b layout of the ship in question. One of the best parts of ftl is the variety of ships you can play with. If this tier list were based on my experiences the zoltan a would be lower than the slug b. Also released along with the new update is the ipad edition of ftl which features the new content. The crystal cruiser and the lanius cruiser do not have a third layout. Halberd beam and leto is an awful awful starting arsenal good for sector 1 2 if youre lucky.
Arguably several zoltan or drone ships early on could screw you over but its well known that a 4 man boarding bay and 3 crystals and a cloak to start is laughably op rock b. However all ships were not created equal thus i have created a tier list of them based on their ability to beat the game on hard ranking them 1 28. This new version of the game adds features to the original and is a free download for players who already own the original. These ships come in a variety of layouts and can be equipped with various systems and subsystems weapons drones and augmentations. It was released on thursday april 3 2014. Within each tier the ships are organized in descending order of my perception of their power.
I may attempt to add the new ships to the tier list after some derusting and playing the new ships however i am currently in college nearing finals and am also invested competitively in other games so no promises. Since ftl is a game of rng you want to minimize any variance as much as possible. The purpose of a tier list is not to discuss what could potentially happen but rather to evaluate relative strength in a vacuum. All third layouts require advanced edition content to be on to unlock and play. The weapons at the top of the list are consistently effective in almost any ship set up. The one exception in amazing tier would be the pike beam and thats because its fairly easy to get something to break through shields and the trade off is immense.
Every ship in ftl can become strong eventually with the right weapons and upgrades just as every civilization can become powerful in the civ games and every champion can dominate in league of legends with enough gold. The universe of ftl is inhabited by friendly and enemy ships. The only ship ive piloted which more restarts let alone anywhere near as many is the dreadful engi b.
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