Quote:The two shot version of the Charge Laser is one of the weakest lasers in the game
Nah. It's fine. 2 power for 2 shots in 12 seconds is just about identical to the perfectly serviceable Burst Laser 1. It's no BL2 or flak, but I'm usually happy to find one. I always feel the four shot version is the weak one, since either it's wasting power (3 power for 2 shots in 10 seconds) or wasting charge time for faster weapons if they wait for more shots. Its best companion is the Halberd Beam with similar charge time and a great need for the four-shot shield penetration... and you just did happen to grab one of those.
Quote:However, their own weapons were an Ion Stunner and a Pike Beam, which meant that so long as I had two Zoltans stand in the shield room, they could never damage my ship either.
The Zoltans weren't even necessary there. The Ion Stunner is not fast enough to stack ion damage with itself, so only one of your two shield bubbles would ever get ionized, so the Pike Beam would always still get stopped.
Sometimes the way to win these fights is to actually aim at the Defense Drone II, by timing your shots just as it's about to orbit into the path where your laser will fly. Eventually they will run out of drone parts.
Quote:That Rock guy was the subject of an intense debate in chat regarding whether or not he should replace the Zoltan pilot
I'd do this in a heartbeat. Rocks fighting off boarders actually doesn't work all that well, since they take forever to get there. I love a Rock on piloting, since that obviates their speed disadvantage since the pilot never moves. And the Rock holds his own fine in the cockpit against boarders or fires, which are tough for a fragile Zoltan. And of course you get to apply the Zoltan's power somewhere if he moves off piloting.
Quote: I told you the Zoltan C was a good lategame ship.
No, the Zoltan Shield is a good lategame augment. It's only that. The ship has nothing else for lategame. Zoltan C is just worse than the other two Zoltans, which sport the same shield and endgame-quality beam weapons and not C's crippling start problems.
Not to sound like I'm nitpicking, but you don't need me to tell you about the things you've done right. I hear that Hacking is pretty good.
