High score thread.

[Humanvegetable]

EDIT: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=99058725
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5,519 with the Osprey.

[Jesus Cristo]

almost same score than you

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=99666454

[William Sunderland]

Can you be updating the leaderboard? There was another thread like this but the OP dissappeared. Your score is MASSIVE for easy btw. http://store.steampowered.com 4573 is the top for me, on Normal :)

[hghwolf]

Eh, I`ve got 5113 as "top" score on easy, but I was using a mod to deactivate the fleet (unlocking ships). Maybe OP did that too ?

[Jesus Cristo]

i didn't use any modification but this square ship is too easy to use = win

[William Sunderland]

I'm thinking that if you can kill rebel fleet ships easily you can probably increase your score indefinitely by just jumping back and forth in their control area (since they give 1 fuel each time you kill one). Each ship kill gives you 20 points.

[Jesus Cristo]

the problem is that if the flag ship hit your base the game is over

[William Sunderland]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Cabelo:

the problem is that if the flag ship hit your base the game is over

You do it in previous sectors.

On another note I'd really like to know how OP managed to reach that score.

[Humanvegetable]

I did not use anything to help me cheat. Not even FTL wiki to help me on this particular run. I now use FTL wiki to help me make more informed decisions.

My decision making process was heavily influenced by the score formula:
(20 * destroyed ships) + (10 * visited areas) + (scrap).
If there were multiple decisions to be made at one moment, I would ask myself, "Which decision would maximize my score without killing me?"

For example, if I was given the option to surrender for 13 scrap, I would say no because a destroyed ship is 20 points along with the 10-15 scrap it'll drop. 13 is less than 30.

If I had to risk a crewmember for some scrap, I would say yes and in this particular run, I lucked out a lot and lost nothing and gained scrap.

I got 3,039 scrap in that one run! That's 55% of the score!
I destroyed 68 ships. That's 24% of the score.
I explored 112 beacons. That's 20% of the score.

I'll post a high score run in the future on the youtubez and explain my madness :)

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[William Sunderland]

Interesting and overly lucky run. I've beaten the game 20 times (half on normal half on easy) and never got more than 2400 scrap. Did you go to the secret sector on this run?

[baked dōgen]

5478 with stealth ship.
2593 scrap, 41 ships destroyed.
standard sectors, just aim for hostile ships every beacon.

[Humanvegetable]

Secret sector?

[William Sunderland]

Yeah there is one to unlock the Crystal ship. It counts as a 9th sector so it should get your score a bit higher too. It is quite complicated to reach that place so I recommend to read some guide if you want to do so.

[Jesus Cristo]

post your scores Human

[verylifelike]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=100374284

Not as good as some of the others on here, but I did it with no modding or memory editing.

I did save-scum a lot on the boss with the Nesasio there as I tried to work out a strategy though. I didn't have any of the "good" weapons that run, and I wanted to see if I could pull off a victory without them.

[baked dōgen]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=100466355
5951 with stealth ship. no mods, no saves.

strategy - picked combat beacons every time i could. rushed for crew teleporter and got 2x rocks and boarded what i could. ended the game max-ing all upgrades except one level of drone systems.