Boarding drone tactics | FTL tips

00:00 Intro
01:53 Mantis Scout (medbay), drone into weapons room
05:38 Into teleporter
07:05 Into piloting
08:39 Into shields
10:30 Into medbay
11:53 Into engines or O2
14:56 Without using a drone
17:20 Boarding overflow explanation
18:39 Rebel Fighter (medbay), into shields room
19:33 Into weapons
19:58 Into medbay
21:24 Rebel Fighter summary
23:17 Rebel Invader (clonebay), without the drone
27:42 Drone into piloting
30:29 Into clonebay
33:48 Into shields
36:57 Into O2
37:49 Example where they fix the breach
40:21 Rebel Invader (clonebay) summary
41:02 Final thoughts
Corrections:
-- Enemies run from low O2 at 25% HP, not 20% (that's for fire).
-- Medbay is (normally) a lower priority to defend than weapons, not equal.

[@mikehopley]

Corrections:
-- Enemies run from low O2 at 25% HP, not 20% (that's for fire).
-- Medbay is (normally) a lower priority to defend than weapons, not equal.

[@forgiveness7959]

Haven't played FTL in a long time but always loved the teleporter gameplay, wish I had this knowledge when I played! Cool and very well documented mechanics.

[@mikehopley]

Thank you! Glad you liked it

[@crowrevell2082]

interesting how you use the spill over via 4 person tp to know where the boarding bot will land. Another impressive display of knowledge leading to strategy.

[@mikehopley]

Thanks Crow! I wish there was predictable logic behind the overflow, but at least it's on the ships website now (for one room anyway).

[@farb]

i'd run away too if i have 3000 scrap

[@mikehopley]

All the way to the bank

[@alex_zetsu]

If you have Teleporter-2 and Medbay-2, you can try to take some of the "medium" fights with the assistance of the boarding drone and just evacuate the crew if things get hairy. Of course the question might be "why do you have Medbay-2?" At 27:17, do you have enough oxygen to fix it since the Medbay is also out of order?

[@alex_zetsu]

That first enemy would be terrifying if you were in the Stealth B... that's about as scary as it gets for a ship without beam drones.

[@outryder7773]

Which one comes first - The School of Fine FTL Arts by Mike Hopley or Oxford introducing the FTL gaming course, ha?!

[@mikehopley]

Ha, don't think I can convince Oxford to offer a degree like that! Guess the only option is opening my Fine Arts school.

[@outryder7773]

@@mikehopley Keep up the high standards of the FTL content you have set: every video is worth watching!

[@S4LtyTrIcKs]

Good stuff, thanks for the vid

[@mikehopley]

Thanks!

[@muffledfat6984]

Are you in any servers? I've wondered since you talk about other players sometimes, and surely that comes from somewhere

[@mikehopley]

I'm a moderator in the FTL Discord. There are also other parts of the FTL community, such as players who stream on Twitch.

[@akappaa]

have you ever tried out ftl multiverse?

[@mikehopley]

No. It really does not look like something I'd enjoy, even though I know a lot of players love it. I do have Hyperspace installed now though (independently), so I might give it a spin sometime.

[@joe____]

​@@mikehopleyIs it because of how relatively easier and less minmax-y Multiverse is?

[@mikehopley]

​@@joe____ Sort of. Multiverse reduces the roguelike elements in favour of story and quests. To be honest, the whole thing looks like a mess to me. Too much stuff, massive power creep, juvenile and coarse writing.