How do you mitigate the massive amount of luck required to beat any given run?

I did really enjoy this game, Multiverse also. But I could never get much mileage out of either as you are never really building toward anything except maybe unlocking a new ship. This is fine and dandy for a little while. I unlocked quite a few ships in Multiverse, but there came a point where I was no longer content with unlocking slightly different ships just to repeat what is a pretty short-lived space adventure. Absolutely love the gameplay itself. Combat is really satisfying. I've just had a long...

I had assumed that enemy crew would always attempt to repair damaged systems. In this particular battle, enemy Drone Control was the first system I damaged. I didn't set it on fire or breach at, and at that point, all enemy crew were at full health. At no point did any of the enemy crew make a move to go repair it. I do not think I have ever seen enemy crew just completely ignore a damaged system, when crew was at full health, not fighting boarders, and had no other repairs to make. It didn't occur to...

Hello! Recently purchased FTL and I've been enjoying it quite the bit, though I still feel like, in some aspects, I'm playing "wrong" or not as efficiently as I should be. Thus, I request some potential advice on what I should/shouldn't be doing in my runs to potentially have more consistent runs. My current best run is to phase 2 of the Mothership in Sector 8. If I need provide more info regarding how I play - what I buy, how I target ships, what decisions I make at event markers, etc. - I'd be glad to e...

This is one of the best games I've ever played, and this is going back more than a decade. I've played lots of "clones", they're all garbage compared to this game. This is truly an inspiring game. I wish they would add to it, but I know they said they wouldn't. So how about making a second one?...