It never occurred to me that you guys would find that unusual. That's totally normal. I routinely pause with incoming shots in positions like that, so I can do things like fire a weapon just before it gets hit, or pull power out of a system just before it gets ionized, or even jump away just before the piloting gets hit.
It's not any kind of crazy robotic timing. The window is maybe a third of a second. That's plenty. If you've ever stomped a goomba in Mario or struck a note in Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution, you've hit a timing window narrower than that.
I can certainly do crazy robotic timing - I full combo songs in Guitar Hero like Sullla does in DDR, and do this in 2d shmups - but FTL isn't that.
It's not any kind of crazy robotic timing. The window is maybe a third of a second. That's plenty. If you've ever stomped a goomba in Mario or struck a note in Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution, you've hit a timing window narrower than that.
I can certainly do crazy robotic timing - I full combo songs in Guitar Hero like Sullla does in DDR, and do this in 2d shmups - but FTL isn't that.