There’s good reason hacking is widely regarded as the best additional system among high level players. It might have been the most powerful offensive ship I have ever flown! LONCHIVARScrap Recovery Arm. . But a drone control with a defense drone I, fire drone and hull repair drone, paired with a drone recovery arm, strong ion weapons and a weapon that does normal damage, is insanely strong. Basically, I'd consider buying drone control over hacking if I have a. If you jump before you Hull Repair Drone disappears you will get the drone part you used for. Launches a hacking drone that attaches to the enemy ship. So in an extreme case, two synchronized drones firing once per ten seconds is more useful than one drone firing every second, despite a 5x theoretical DPS difference. Hull repair drones are quite rare in stores or in general, and buying one (probably the most. I generally think the offensive drones are near worthless, though. Jump to page:What the hell the hack ! I played a perfect game on easy mode with zoltan ship. I'd say defence drones are more useful earlier in the game, and only a minor benefit against the Flagship. I'm using a VERY boarding-heavy loadout, I can either buy a drone recovery arm to save drone parts, or I can buy a backup DNA bank in case my clone bay goes offline. But no, the arm wont recover it. Drone recovery arm does work as. Long-charge weapons, not so. 4: jump to a different beacon, then jump back if the hack lands in a particularly nasty room. If you're already using drones, it can add up, but if you don't have any drone systems then it's a good way to make use of excess drones. For the most part, the experienced players agree though. Or is there another piece of equipment required to recover drones? (a'la FTL's 'drone recovery arm') Presumably the drones would also be used to salvage wrecks?"While using the Rock Cruiser, destroy an enemy ship which has a defense drone deployed using only missiles. SSJ2-Gohan • 9 yr. It can neutralize an enemy hack or enemy mind control, prevent the enemy ship from firing weapons, support a boarding party by hacking the medbay, and provides blue options. " This augment has a 20% chance of failure. If I get one free I keep it of. 1) Deploy the Repair Drone. . and I have both shields and engine at lvl 6,hacking maxed, and drone control at level 4, with maxed weapons and maxed backup. Sector 4 is. Honestly it's not worth the 3 power. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. [deleted] • 10 yr. You can buy level 2 shields for 50 scrap. (Engi C) Although this this starts weak on the firepower with just dual lasers and a useless beam drone, it makes up for it by having hacking and most importantly the defense scrambler augment. Well, the advantages you get from zoltan shields besides protection, like blocking mind control, hacking, boarders, and boarding drones, are only gained from having one at the start of the fight. Similarly, depowering drones right as an anti-drone fires can't get your drone killed. If you really want to go suffocation build more routinely, you need a more specialized setup like massed ion output (enough to routinely lock down 3 systems). Post by UltraMantis » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:20 pm. You have to get 500 scrap just to get the 50 back you paid for it. If you can get a Drone Recovery Arm, your offenses and defenses will get significantly better. You have to get 500 scrap just to get the 50 back you paid for it. hacking uses a drone , if you already use drones and dont have a drone recovery system then that can be a problem , or at least it was for me. I never buy scrap recovery. Depending on how many missiles you have, small bombs is great for wrecking shields so your lasers can pewpew. v 4. You will need to visit a store, which may be marked on your sector map, if you are close enough to one. I find myself buying a few drone parts most of the time. Mr_Degroot • 9 yr. I tend to never get the Ion Field Disrupter, FTL Jammer, Long Range Scanners, FTL Recharge Booster, Adv Navigation, Stealth weapons. FTL Rules Of Thumb. 0. If you win a battle by clearing out the enemy crew, then you do recover the drone part. Crew drones were always kinda useless - their slow. It's too much downside for too little upside. Hull repair + drone recovery arm = infinite free hull Parking a depowered drone in front of an enemy ion weapon permanently blocks all shots because depowered drones are immune to ion damage. I also like drone recovery arm, scrap recovery arm, long distance scanners and weapon pre-igniter, but I almost never have enough scrap for the pre-igniter. Drone Recovery Arm - Very strong for specific builds, especially in Hard Mode where drone parts are going to flow less freely. Given its relatively cheap cost, the benefits of a Drone Recovery Arm can sometimes outweigh other augmentations, including the Automated Reloader, Shield Charge Booster, either of those previous two when stacked, Stealth Weapons, and. And you only need 2 power in your drone system to do this. Business, Economics, and Finance. Event tags mod might get some comments. Mind control, hacking, cloaking and teleporter are the elite systems. CryptoMultiple ion weapons if possible, alternatively missile or bomb weapons to take out weapons while the ion blast works down the shields. a drone part -- depending on which one you get, you may lose a little scrap, break even, or gain a little scrap Not even worth participating IMO, unless you are on the lookout for a certain drone and wanna roll the dice. Actually already having something like a Hull Repair drone or a DD II in storage makes it a lot more likely I go for the system at a store. I am annoyed at those green shields when I'm boarding-heavy. @Happiness Officer while I agree with you that the Glaive Beam is unwieldy, you can get past defense drones with just a. You will collect 1000 scrap from Sectors 5+6+7, and accounting for rounding (you only get 8. ago This is not entirely correct. SSJ2-Gohan • 9 yr. You can try to time the hacking drone by distracting the defense drone with targets, such as swarm missiles, flak, etc, even a boarding drone. Honorable mention to drone recovery arm and long range scanner. If the ship comes with drone control, the defense drone is an alright temporary solution, but I'd still pick up cloak and then migrate to other drones, either combat if I can find a drone recovery arm, or system repair drone, anti-personnel if I get one for free. The Crystal B ship is the strongest design in FTL. Try to hit up the shops and look for a drone recovery arm. Nebhead. . However. On-Board Science Lab [] The biggest drawback is the reliance on drone parts. Plus, if you have the DRA(Drone Recovery Arm), it doesn't chew through drone parts that much. AP and Repair can heal in the Drone Controll room though. So, what you can do is attach your Hacking Drone to the enemy weapons, and wait until the laser fires, then engage the Hacking. The one thing it can't do is destroy a ship like a weapon. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. 01 on Jul 7, 2016 Updated to v1. Also, don't forget the blue options it gives. Specifically, I tested the bug with the following drones: Combat 1 (works) Hull repair drone (does not work) Boarding drone (does not work) I know this is not recoverable, but had one to test. Add a Comment. After Batman was flying around the galaxy in his Engi Class A "Batbox" I now respect the power of 3 anti ship drones going at once. Reply More posts you may like. Hacking, cloaking, drone control with defence drone are the most common defences. Report spam using the handy Report Button Mod. Dealing with the defence drone: The Defence drone effectively negates missiles or Hacking probes. But I feel that with AE the OPness of it diminished a bit. They will shoot down hacking and boarding drones. Building heavily around offensive drones is also usually not a great strategy, especially without a Drone Recovery Arm. 2 9 comments Add a Comment RiceEel • 9 yr. Having 3 just means you would need 1500 scrap to get back the 150 you paid for them. Zaloguj się Sklep Strona główna Kolejka odkryć Lista życzeń Sklep punktów Aktualności StatystykiBusiness, Economics, and Finance. To have Hull Repair, AND have Drone Recovery Arm, AND somehow be low on drone parts. [Optional] Defence Drone - [Optional] Drone Recovery Arm You only have 3 weapons slots to play with here… so you need to make sure you get hold of some top-notch kit down the line. Hacking drones, boarding drones, and ion intruder drones are not recovered. Anyway, I don't care anymore. The Drone Recovery Arm is more for use with Defense Drones than it is for anything else. MC their pilot to wreck their evasion, or use it to counter their MC of your own guys. If you're using missiles/hacking, get Defense Scrambler, etc. ) Вход Магазин Начало Опашка за откриване Списък с желания Точков магазин Новини СтатистикиFTL: Faster Than Light is a "Roguelike-like" spaceship simulation game developed by Subset Games. On top of all this, hacking can also be used for things other than shield breaking. You cannot stop this. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. Another point for having a spare missile in a weapon slot: You can use the missile to keep enemy defense drones busy while you sneak your hacking drone through. Hard to get but worth it. CryptoThere is also a drone which repairs hull damage, the Hull Repair Drone. if you have a Drone Recovery Arm, you can get 2 repair points for free: Fire up the drone, let it repair twice, and then jump away, and it'll get collected instead of used up. Using a Hull repair drone will create a drone around your ship that patches up 3-5 hull damage and then disappears. We'll buy some from you if you have extra. Notify me about new: Guides. Topped off to 20HP and refrained from scrap recovery arm & beam drone at end of sector. Anti-drone is straight-up crap. You can use drones to help defend, but watch out if you're using hacking and defense drones since they burn through drone parts extremely quick. Get a Defense Drone Mk I, which is best at protecting the small Engi cruiser. Most drones are disappointing as well. Explore. Iniciar sesión Tienda Inicio Lista de descubrimientos Lista de deseados Tienda de puntos Noticias EstadísticasBusiness, Economics, and Finance. First store I sold all three of those augments and the hull missile to buy Long-Ranged Scanners, and also a Flak and even defense drone control. Great start, should be able to win this. * Drone Recovery Arm - Throwing six or eight power of Combat Drones is funny with that laser spam. No easier than running an engi ship. Event tags mod might get some comments. Phase 1 (hardest to deal damage). On drone ship runs, I can win the game without it, so it seems there's really no need for it. The objective is to deliver important information to the remains of the Federation fleet in a distant sector. ( drone , weapons , systems . The defense scrambler not only makes it impossible for your hacking drone to be shot down, but also missiles. v 4. Can be used together with Hull Repair Drone : the drone vanishes after repairing 3-5 hull points, so jumping after 2 repairs makes those repairs. Hull Repair is quite a rare (and expensive) drone. 1) Deploy the Repair Drone. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. - 1 drone part (so you can deploy the Repair Drone) The repair drone is supposed to be destroyed once it's applied 3-5 repair actions. Free repair : You need a Hull Repair Drone and a Drone Recovery Arm. That pesky…Hello ! i am a ship captain and , i'm wondering , what is th best loadout for PURE BRUTE FORCE ? ( drone , weapons , systems . Rocking L2 cloning and have a Stun B and Ion Stunner, only L1 weaps. If you defeat the ship through crew death, you get any and all drones back, including hacking, MrDNA86 • 9 yr. You can use the dual lasers and drone or hacking through the first 2 sectors fairly reliably. I <3 Ion-drone loadouts. It's absolutely essential in any drone-centric strategy, but most of the time I just end up spending a ton of scrap on drones instead. 5 seconds instead of 12. No, that would be pre-igniter, hacking and flak 2 x2 + glaive x2. 3 Adv. ID: UPG_ARM_MAGNETIC; Drone Arm [] "Combat and Defense drones will be retrieved on jump if not destroyed" Costs 50 and 3 ; Refunds the droneparts for combat/defense drones that are deployed at the moment of jumping, allowing for sustainable usage of drones. There are so many problems they mitigate. Magnetic arm (I do not use it because it feels wrong to use it) and repair arm are broken. 1. As are all in-game achievements, this is most expediently achieved on 'easy' difficulty, mostly on account of increased scrap rewards. 6 combat drones and 2 beam drones is really hard to defend against. * Zoltan Shield Bypass - Oh, wow. Reactor 12 from event. This list I put together as a passion project for anyone looking to get a better grasp on how strong any given item is in a general sense. ftlgame) submitted 3 years ago * by Denske203. When you smash the ship or jump away the Boarding Drone is destroyed. Lasers go with lasers. The first fight dropped an Adv FTL Navigation augment and the second a Drone Recovery Arm, both better to just sell. If you send it out and let it repair 2 damage after each battle and then jump away, the drone will be re-added to your inventory. Done that on pc, ended up with zoltan shield, max everything, weapon preigniter, cloak, hack, flak 2, flak 1, pike beam and ion bomb, two combat ii drones, drone recovery arm, four zoltan sat in the shield room, and enough power for seven engines, six shields, all weapons online with level one cloak, level one oxygen and level two hacking. Cheap and usefull effect. BGround:. You need to send out a new one each time you want to use it - and it'll be on full health. So it lets you essentially have infinite health for. It does not work with hull repair drones. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. It will help you deploy hacking + recoverable drones. So yes, I think that drone control is a solid bet, especially if you happen to have a Scrap Recovery and/or Drone Recovery Arm (but you'll want to replace these before the last sector). If the ship comes with drone control, the defense drone is an alright temporary solution, but I'd still pick up cloak and then migrate to other drones, either combat if I can find a drone recovery arm, or system repair drone, anti-personnel if I get one for free. Then the trick is to time the flagship's cloak. It doesn't cost that much. The crew is ok, but lacks the edge of the last ship. Drone recovery arm. same as aboveHello ! i am a ship captain and , i'm wondering , what is th best loadout for PURE BRUTE FORCE ? ( drone , weapons , systems . Business, Economics, and Finance. Main Page; Discuss; All Pages; Community; Interactive Maps;. You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. Having a weaker option that's also hard-countered seems pretty bad. My new favorite augment is probably Reconstructive Teleport. Cheats. You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. Did you get to a sector with 2 shield enemies without finding hacking or a low energy weapon -> get wrecked. Compared to Crystal B this ship can also defeat automated drones with it's starting setup. Having 3 just means you would need 1500 scrap to get back the 150 you paid for them. by FatRatKnight Updated to v1. You will basically never lose shields except phase 2 of the final boss once your dodge is 40% and you have a fully trained shield guy. - the Teleporter system and Hacking system have been given a rarity of 0 to avoid finding them in stores; - the augments Drone Recovery Arm, Hacking Stun and Reconstructive Teleport have been given a rarity of 0 to avoid finding them in stores and/or receiving them as rewards; - the Engines system has a level cap of 5;i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. Defense Drone I; Defense Drone II; Anti-Combat Drone;. ?Cloaking Advantages: + Provides guaranteed miss of enemy weapon of your choice + Massively reduces the danger of Flagship's power surges + Can be used to stop enemy boarders from returning and healing + Negates an enemy Ion Blast II + Negates enemy cloaking, especially if they charge all their weapons and fire them all at once +. v 4. If you can get a Drone Recovery Arm, your offenses and defenses will get significantly better. Saving 0. Basically, one of the dangerous factors in Wave 1 is the enemy Hacking Drone, which can end a run if it cripples something key - especially as they seem to have infinite hacking drones so will keep launching them even if you shoot one down. I like it a lot more than most do, but even I'm not buying it that often. You can actually bypass defensive drones with your hacking drone, and avoid it being shot down. The DRA replenishes the drone part since the drone didn't actually expire. In the hangar of FTL: Multiverse, each miniship will display small icons overlaying the ship, which provide information about gimmicks and crew numbers of each ship. It's often not worth the scrap until later in the game. I'd say that winning a fight without hacking is quite harder than lacking cloaking or drone control. CryptoTrade: selling drone parts station. ?What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. The ships with max 10 power in shields are also the ones that can get abnormally high shields in earlier sectors -- like 2 shields in sector 2. An odd defensive option you have in the event of hacking drones is hacking their hacking room. I like it a lot more than most do, but even I'm not buying it that often. Lanius boarders can be actually threatening under unlucky cirumstances, and Lanius bombers are one of the most dangerous enemy-types that you can face late. Keep in mind that if you toggle a drone that was already deployed (marked with. FTL: Faster Than Light Ship System FAQ . Only drones I buy in non-modded FTL are the hull repair drone, the shield drone, or the defense drone mark 2. It's awesome. Yeah, Anti-Personell, Boarding and Repair Drones aren't recovered. Repair when you need to up to 25/30 hull so you don't waste extra scrap by having a repair event pop-up and do nothing. it's a pretty rare scenario. Provides a blue option after destroying any Loot Transport event (gives medium. After Batman was flying around the galaxy in his Engi Class A "Batbox" I now respect the power of 3 anti ship drones going at once. Or maybe you get a Drone Recovery Arm. It's not as good as hacking, but I'll take anything to keep me alive. Each deployment costs one drone part. I had no drones or teleportation. The earlier you get it the earlier that +10% scrap bonus will pay back the 50 credits you had to spend on it. ?FTL: Faster Than Light. FTL Navigation: 3 -> 1 Drone Recovery Arm: 2 -> 1 Explosive Replicator: 3 -> 1 FTL Recharge Booster: 2 -> 1 Hacking Stun: 3 -> 4 Lifeform Scanner: 3 -> 2 Drone power: Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 3 -> 2 Drone prices: Anti-Drone: 35 -> 30 Anti-Personnel: 35 -> 30 Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 50 -> 40A drone Recovery Arm is particularly useful early-on Later, this ship usually relies on its hacking and massive drone army to destroy the enemy ship. actionhero112 wrote:So yeah, I'll buy the Automatic Reloader, Drone Recovery Arm, Shield Charge Booster, Scrap Recovery arm and the Weapon Preigniter (When I have long cool down weapons). Does Drone Recovery Arm Work on Hull Repair Drones? : r/ftlgame 2 comments Best Add a Comment chewbacca77 • 6 yr. Drone recovery arm does work as long as you don't destroy the enemy ship. Jun 27, 2014 @ 1:27am One good use of the Hacking system is to un-synchronise enemy weapons, for example:. 3: have a high enough level oxygen that you can refill faster than the hack can drain. If you have ridiculous luck and get a Drone Recovery Arm and a Hull Repair drone, it's pretty much a "push me to win" button. I placed a hacking drone into the medbay of a…please answer soonSector 4+: 1470 (77%). Having a Drone Control helps, particularly if you have a Drone Recovery Arm, since you can actually choose whether to focus on Weapons or Drones instead of being forced to scale Weapons period. . The simplest is to get the Defense Scrambler which disables all enemy defense drones. Plus it got me my watch people burn achievement :D This was back before hacking was a thing - this setup would be even better now. Teleporter is. I prefer defense drone mark 1. The ship's weapons are fully charged and ready to fire after an FTL jump. S. Scrap Recovery Arm Option Category page. As OP already has drone systems, lest it be really necessary, he can give it a try. First of all, you may have a pretty bad first sector where nothing happens and thus no loot, I would restart but it´s up to you. In addition I've picked up: Ion charger Burst laser mark 2 Drone recovery arm…FTL: Faster Than Light. 18 votes, 12 comments. If you had Drone Recovery Arm, you essentially had infinite hull left. explosive replicator is niche, but its on the same level as drone recovery arm, useful for weaker builds, missile oriented is weaker though, so one tier below, b tier. Top tier weapons: flak 1, burst laser 2, heavy laser 1, halberd beam. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. ago. ?please answer soonBusiness, Economics, and Finance. There are so many problems they mitigate. If you are using 2 drones a fight though, you'll run out quickly without a drone recovery arm. The Drone Control system powers drones, which act automatically and cannot be controlled directly. 10: Least favoured: Abandoned sectors. v 4. One frustrating thing is the small amount of room for using drones - with only 3 drone slots, I either have to severely gimp my attacking power for the sake of anti boarding. If you really want to go suffocation build more routinely, you need a more specialized setup like massed ion output (enough to routinely lock down 3 systems). Bombs and missiles are also helpfulAs long as you find a way to conserve drone parts, either by recovery arm or damaging weapon, your offense will be good until sector 5. You have other uses for the drone parts you saved (combat drones or hacking) otherwise the recovery arm is a bit of a waste One last minor consideration is that the drone consumes one cargo space and the augment one augment slot. More ions help if you have a Drone Arm. Drones perform tasks such as attacking enemy ships and crew, defending your ship and crew, and repairing your ship. Post by UltraMantis » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:20 pm. CryptoGetting dc + defense drone + hull drone + the drone parts is both harder to get, more expensive, and generally worse than cloaking. or in dodgier runs where you still have 2 shields at the beginning of sector 5-6, you wait that much longer for shields and. . From sector one, you have to take into account that you'll have to be fighting that guy, and consider how your choices in weapons and augments are helping you with it. 4. The flagship isn't even the hardest part of the game (especially on hard), it's surviving the early to mid game. Can also occur at an exit beacon. When activated, this will prevent (or interrupt) their hacking process. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. Mr_Degroot • 9 yr. External and boarding drones are lost when jumping to a new system and have to be redeployed at each new location or encounter, though a Drone Recovery Arm lets you. Additionally, hacking takes time, and enemy drones can destroy your hacking drone before it reaches the ship. Drone control is not popular among high-level players. 3) Cloaking when the enemy fires missiles or lasers also guarantees pretty much an evasion. Long-charge weapons, not so. I have expiremented with having two defense 1 drones vs one defense 2 drone. ago Yep. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. Costs Loot System Map. System Repair Drone; Hull Repair Drone; Defensive drones. Get defense. Even though Defense Drones misses sometimes, their odds of hitting a missile are far better than your odds of evading a missile uncloaked. (Assuming you're using Drones at all, anyway) Not to mention it makes the Hull Repair Drone a lot more viable in a non-exploitable way, since it's a lot easier to justify spending Drone Parts on it when your. Create your own mod-implementable event for the game FTL: Faster Than Light. Ship itself is more defensive. If drone parts are at all an issue, I would say defense drone 2. Originally posted by Drain: If it's an increase of some kind, it'll stack (weapon charger). . If you have a hull repair drone, you can get 2 points of free repair every fight by jumping away in the middle of the hull repair animation (the recovery arm saves it if you jump. Does Drone Recovery Arm augmentation allow me to use recover Hacking drones on enemy ships that I destroy? Drone Recovery Arm augmentation description: Non. A Combat Drone 2 is fast enough to take down multiple layers of shields, and with two of them you're taking down just about anything pretty quickly. I would grab cloak over mind control in almost any scenario. For the most part, the experienced players agree though. Other random events when traveling. If you have a Drone Recovery Arm and jump away BEFORE it disappears though, you actually can get the drone part back. You're probably thinking of discussions about the hacking drone depowering trick, where there's some disagreement over whether the hacking drone is invincible or just close to it. You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. This phase is about getting the cloaking system (and sometimes hacking) offline, along with shields, and usually the missile launcher. No easier than running an engi ship. Anti-drone drones can also be largely ignored with micro. Either way, you certainly need a drone recovery arm as you will be using 2 drones for every enemy. But 50 scrap is worth much more early in the game that later. By the time you've waited 8 seconds for the drone to bring up the first point, those things have already gotten past it. Notable mentions, although not due to being in a specific combo: Weapons Preigniter is amazing, I've only had it once it was a dream, but at the start of a game I'm always looking for the three I mentioned first and the FTL scanner thing which says what's up with nearby nodes. I've always thought that 50% chance seemed a bit low. This means if it targets shields, weapons, or any other vital system, you'll have those systems operational a couple seconds after the flagship decloaks. Boarding drone and ion intruder aren't great unless you're already playing a boarding ship, in which case you really don't need them. Adds over 500 new enemies, over 100 new weapons and 100 new drones! Also expands heavily on the lore, with new factions, sectors, and races included in an immersive new galaxy and story. since you can live off the land and still end up selling / leaving some behind most runs Any crew other than zoltan. Pre-igniter definitely isn't necessary. . I actually sold off the defense drone because I use them all the time and I wanted to see how good two shield drones are with max level cloak. Even better is a 3-drone ship with Combat Drone 2 and Combat Drone 1 x2, though you need more drone parts. This means they are somewhat limited, but can be very good when combined with EMP weapons. Adv. - changed the custom store: the last page will show vanilla and modded drones on the top and just modded drones on the bottom, while the augments section will never show stuff not useful such as Weapon Pre-Igniter and Drone Recovery Arm. Business, Economics, and Finance. Originally posted by Maine Cheldan: Hull repair drone requires a Drone system, two reactor bars, and as you said, a big stack of drone parts. If you have ridiculous luck and get a Drone Recovery Arm and a Hull Repair drone, it's pretty much a "push me to win" button. Hello ! i am a ship captain and , i'm wondering , what is th best loadout for PURE BRUTE FORCE ? ( drone , weapons , systems . Assuming you don't have a Zoltan shield, the enemy hacking drone can be shot down (if you have a defense drone) or at least run through its hacking cycle before the flagship decloaks/fires. But it's definitely a lot harder. 4: Removed redundant images. please answer soonThe Drone Recovery arm is almost always one of my 3 ship augments. Drones are sold at better price and unless they are necessary for your survival it better to sell them. Business, Economics, and Finance. Don’t get too happy though, as it’s still a long charge-up that leaves you open to many volleys before it can fire. Careful management will do just fine and the DRA isn't entirely necessary, but if you're using drones primarily for dealing damage or you're using both drones and Hacking frequently, then it can be invaluable in letting you recklessly use your options without fear of running out. Rock Plating - With the Flagship fight being more of a DPS race now, having ~18% more effective HP can actually be pretty relevant. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. You could use a drone recovery arm or just be mindful about the number of parts you have left, saving them for the flagship or when you really need it. Internal offensive Drones can be shot down by weapons fire like external Drones when they're on their way in. If you're good at saving them, here are some upgrades to look out for:No, boarding and ion intruder aren't recovered also. Once you have the arm, your goal should be to add a 2nd attack drone. Rew. The ions strip the shields, while the offense drones will make mincemeat of the enemy ship because they have the highest DPS in the game. Edit Edit source View history. (Though there are about half a dozen other minor bugs. What you need: - Drone Control. I was not prepared. For me, all it does is just a nice chunk of scrap to be sold on drone ships. You don't buy it for combat drones or for hacking. 2 power combat augment. In particular, most of the ship unlocks. It's such a convenient system; hack shields for beam-heavy ships, or pilot/engines for lasers or flaks (or hack shields anyway). Cloaking is good, and is particularly good against the boss, but is not a must-take. You can buy level 2 shields for 50 scrap. However, I use the other augments I mentioned on a pretty regular basis. Drone Recovery Arm - 9. When the Drone Control system is bought at a store, it always comes with 2 slots and 2 system levels. I never buy scrap recovery. . Reduces need to buy droneparts at stores, as intended. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. I let the hacking drone through first time before deploying defense drones. origamiscienceguy • 2 yr. Hacking-1 can typically delay weapons by 8 seconds: 4 seconds of "reverse charge", followed by 4 seconds of getting back what charge was lost. I honestly try to buy as little as possible. Anti-drone is straight-up crap. I'm using a VERY boarding-heavy loadout, I can either buy a drone recovery arm to save drone parts, or I can buy a backup DNA bank in case my clone bay goes offline. Once you have the arm, your goal should be to add a 2nd attack drone. First one sold both cloaking and hacking, so really no need to go to the second one (and nothing left to spend anyway. But when I just tried it the other day that didn't seem to be the case and the hull repair drone was consumed even when I had the recovery arm. The Recovery Arm is retrieving Drone Parts, not a complete drone. ?i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. If you don't go full drones and only buy a few, maxbe 2 points in the drone system you can easily swap the defense drone out for an anti peronnal or hull drone. You have to get 500 scrap just to get the 50 back you paid for it. . 3 [Economizing] Drone Reactor Booster - 8. Drones hit by an ion shot are stunned for 5 seconds for each ion damage. Decent weapons, great defenses (4 shields + 6 engines is my preferred setup), a defense drone. The intent of using Hacking and the Beam Drone is also Drone Part-intensive, and you don't have a Drone Recovery Arm to halve the costs; in practice, you should tend to be reluctant to use your Hacking unless you successfully switch away from relying on the Beam Drone for damage. r/ftlgame • [MOD] I made a graphical enhancement mod that swaps the map icon with a custom icon depending on which ship you are playing by using a hyperspace script!View community ranking In the Top 5% of largest communities on Reddit Does drone recovery arm recover intact hacking drones?With cloaking-3 drones are still scary, but your window of vulnerability is at least smaller -- nominally 7. Look for a Drone Recovery Arm. Requires drone part to launch. Mantis B is just not even close to Lanius B early, even if it can snowball into insane setups later on. ago Nope. If you're doing a heavy drone build, get Drone Recovery Arm. Ions go with ions. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Decide you need to run, have fun with level 2 engines and no shields. However. Having a hack there is awesome. I prefer defense drone mark 1. )31 views, 0 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Premium Hacks: FTL Hack Download Here -Extra. * Drone Recovery Arm - Throwing six or eight power of Combat Drones is funny with that laser spam. Yeah, Anti-Personell, Boarding and Repair Drones aren't recovered. Now all you need is another ion. . And given that the ship has lots of 1x1 room, beams and flak may be a pain to deal with, so the starting 5 crew you'll receive will have all skills at level 1, plus you get a free 100% shield recharge boost and a free 100% FTL.