Expansion and iPad version have been out the best part of a day and nobody's mentioned it in here, so I thought I would.
Notable changes I noticed so far:
- All standard ships unlocked to start with.
- Third layout added for existing ships.
- New race that doesn't breathe, but sucks all the air out of a room.
- New ship, to go with the new race.
- Cloning room to revive dead crew.
- System hacking to remotely disable bits of enemy ships.
- New weapons, events, etc.
- More systems can be crewed (they've got different icon for it, but I don't know what that means).
- Hard mode, for anyone who's actually managed to get so good they're beating normal.
There's probably an official list somewhere, but I can't be arsed to look for it. Game can be played with or without new content enabled.
Mind control is a killer - the drones with it always seem to target your gunner, who then disables your weapons...
Playing without the new stuff for a bit (and on Easy!) for some ipad fun
Erm got this on iPad and I am doing ok I guess, got about 4 system jumps in (get to exit then choose new system) but I die every time i get boarded.
4v4 I die.
If I get everyone to run off and open the doors to space the pirates just run around the ship at will and then eventually get to my closed area and kill my men.
Why does the oxy not instantly get vented to space it seems to take ages?
Hints please!
Upgrade your doors - slows down boarders (and fire spread).
If you can, get one of the insect type guys as crew as they're much better at hand to hand fighting.
If possible, fight in the infirmary room as your 3 guys that you can fit in there will be getting constantly healed.
Oh, and play on easy - it's a brutal game.
Pull everyone except your pilot into the med bay, starve the rest of the ship of oxygen. The boarders should try to fight you in the med bay, which is a terrible idea as it only heals your guys.
Try upgrading your doors too, it'll take them longer to get about your ship.
Right ok thanks. I did actually use that Medbay tactic on my second boarding but the pirates still wandered around my oxygen less ship destroying all rooms until they got into the Medway and killed everyone in there too.
So I'll upgrade the doors as well and try again.
Were the boarders from the new race that doesn't breathe oxygen? Can't see how they'd be able to do that otherwise. Usually as soon as the oxygen goes they stop smashing shit and head straight for the nearest supply.
Ok, got to the last sector and ran out of missiles which means I couldn't get thru a 3 level shielded ship which in turn meant death.... Oh well lesson learned.
Spent a few quid here and there on the wrong things in that run through so I will take extra care next time. Not bad, seems to depend on a run of decent scrap and shop items tho!
And more chance of being boarded when entering a solar flare or asteroid belt...ARGH! Terror, just thinking back to those dark flightless days in deep space hanging on by nothing but a pike beam whilst the last remains of your hull shatter, block by block.
"Better than a tech demo. But mostly a tech demo for now. Exactly what we expected, crashes less and less. No multiplayer." - BnB NMS review, PS4, PC