A nice run there. I'm surprised you could run level 7 weapons, max shields, and max evade with 23 reactor bars + a Zoltan. Often I struggle to run 8 weapons, max shields, and level 5 engines with a maxed reactor, although that might be because I tend to leave the odd power bar in cloak or mind control.
My best ever hard run was with Slug A. I believe I had picked up Long Range Scanners at some point, but the real killer was my weapons set up: Dual Lasers, Flak 1, Burst Laser 1, Charge Laser. For 7 power, that was 9 shots every 9 seconds. That allowed me to get a ton of scrap, and I ended up with Mind Control, Cloaking, and Drone Control with a defense 1 and antidrone. That with 2 mantises maxed out on fighting gave me the best defensive setup I've ever managed on hard, short of running a Zoltan shield as well.
Fighting the Rebel Flagship, the weapons were the star of the show as I managed to knock out the missile launcher at every opportunity, never giving it the chance to damage me. In phase 2 I could save the cloaking for missiles, since 51% evade + antidrone meant that the drone surge wasn't an issue. Phase 3 was no trouble since I had my own mind control and my mantises tore the rebel invaders to shreds. Not only that, but I managed to get a bunch of nice rolls and knock out the Flagship's Zoltan shield in only 2-3 volleys. Even better, the combination of a defensive drone + cloak + high evade meant that all the missiles that did get through missed! Then I knocked out the missile launcher, followed by the laser gun, which let me beat the flagship on hard without taking any damage!
Sadly I didn't take screenshots of this
, although the run remains my highest scoring to date.
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My best ever hard run was with Slug A. I believe I had picked up Long Range Scanners at some point, but the real killer was my weapons set up: Dual Lasers, Flak 1, Burst Laser 1, Charge Laser. For 7 power, that was 9 shots every 9 seconds. That allowed me to get a ton of scrap, and I ended up with Mind Control, Cloaking, and Drone Control with a defense 1 and antidrone. That with 2 mantises maxed out on fighting gave me the best defensive setup I've ever managed on hard, short of running a Zoltan shield as well.
Fighting the Rebel Flagship, the weapons were the star of the show as I managed to knock out the missile launcher at every opportunity, never giving it the chance to damage me. In phase 2 I could save the cloaking for missiles, since 51% evade + antidrone meant that the drone surge wasn't an issue. Phase 3 was no trouble since I had my own mind control and my mantises tore the rebel invaders to shreds. Not only that, but I managed to get a bunch of nice rolls and knock out the Flagship's Zoltan shield in only 2-3 volleys. Even better, the combination of a defensive drone + cloak + high evade meant that all the missiles that did get through missed! Then I knocked out the missile launcher, followed by the laser gun, which let me beat the flagship on hard without taking any damage!
Sadly I didn't take screenshots of this
, although the run remains my highest scoring to date.