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The more I play the more true this gets
Mantis C shieldless
Brief testing on smart target timing
For dragon Ball z watchers who also play ftl
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Rate my ship :) (end of sector 2)

The more I play the more true this gets

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 06:13 PM PST

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Mantis C shieldless

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 12:03 PM PST

https://www.twitch.tv/collections/u39ESI7YSRZDrQ

^ That's the first video in the run. Hover over the title in the top-left of the video for the playlist.

I expected this ship would be utterly dreadful without shields, but it was quite smooth sailing. I got pretty lucky though.

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Brief testing on smart target timing

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 01:04 PM PST

It seems weapon smart targeting is decided as soon as the weapon animation begins, even though the "charge bar" (from sensor / hacking info) is still full.

These are conclusive enough for my tastes / purposes, at least for now. Thought I might as well just dump the data here, rather than sit on it.

# Conditions

150 rooms

13 systems

0 smart targets except weapons

P(w if off) = 0.5(1/150) + 0.5(1/13) = 4.2 %

P(w if on) = 0.5(1/150) + 0.25(1/13) + 0.25 = 27.3 %

I'm assuming smart targeting falls back to a random system, but it could be a random room. These data seem to suggest random system.

Power on = just leave the weapons powered

Power off = just leave them off

Normal = depower before weapon animates (charge bar is full)

Animate = depower when weapon animates (charge bar is full)

(Both cases, repower when charge resets)

Count how many shots directly target weapons.

# Ion Blast 1

34.6 % power on 18 / 52

5.8 % power off 3 / 52

33.0 % animate 17 / 52

11.5 % normal 6 / 52

Second try:

15.3 % animate 8 / 52

3.8 % normal 2 / 52

Total:

animate 25 / 104 = 24.0%

normal 8 / 104 = 7.7 %

# Leto

animate 16 / 52

normal 3 / 52

# Heavy 1

animate 13 / 52

normal 0 / 52

# Burst 2

animate 17 / 108

normal 9 / 108

Note: I mostly got two frames where the BL2 was green, before the charge reset -- so "animate" tests were mostly: pause when weapon is green, depower, next frame is still green, next frame charge is reset and re-power

# Mini Beam

animate 16 / 52

normal 2 / 52

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For dragon Ball z watchers who also play ftl

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 06:51 PM PST

Do you fell like you are using the ka me ha me beam when using the glance beam

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Looking for old post

Posted: 23 Nov 2020 02:03 AM PST

Someone did a really nice study on this subreddit where they systematically measured scrap rewards for every sector type. Can anyone point me to it? It's the reason that I focus civilian and rebel sectors at this point and I would love to see the data again.

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Rate my ship :) (end of sector 2)

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 05:48 AM PST