Mike's FTL tips

[MantisManMike]

Full playlist of FTL tips

Kicking off with ion dodging, more planned later. =)

This video starts with some basic ion dodges, then some more advanced ones -- including two or three on Balance Mod that I can almost guarantee you haven't seen before.

I'm demonstrating this using a mod called Combat Sims.

[MantisManMike]

Zoltan ion shielding

This covers 3 ways to protect shields using Zoltan crew. Also a little puzzle at the end!

(I lost most of the game audio, sorry. Still learning how to record.)

[MantisManMike]

--EDIT-- updated this with BL3 and Ion Bomb, new version is here:

Cloak timing

[MantisManMike]

Shield manning

[MantisManMike]

Pulsars

[MantisManMike]

Those were great tips.

Thanks! Glad you found them useful.

[MantisManMike]

Zoltan Shield piercing (part 1)

This video shows how beams can "pierce" Zoltan Shields, and how to use shield-breaking weapons to extend that trick into the late-game.

--EDIT-- if you want to practise this, the mod I'm using is available here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbcnxm4enf6mh ... 0.ftl?dl=0

[MantisManMike]

Zoltan Shield piercing, part 2

This time we're back in the early game, looking at Stealth A and C.

[MantisManMike]

Same thing for Zoltan A and B:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsY5J8t3_ok

[MantisManMike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KrfF8NN3yQ

This video explains exactly how shield drones work, and then demonstrates some early-game tactics such as ion dodging.

Even watching this back, I already see another optimisation!