The engi virus encounter is the most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ encounter in the entire game.

[DefraggedSSD]

So my run just got ♥♥♥♥♥♥ by this one. I was perfectly fine but then i got the encounter. Chosing 3 ends up killing my crew member 90% of the time (i have never had it not kill one of my crew) 1 which i tried this time ♥♥♥♥♥♥ most of my ship power up and forces you to fight an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mental engi ship which i can't break through outside of luck. (and my engines got hacked so i can't flee) and 2 just pits you against the mental ship so i would still lose.

[Lawlzer]

Just wait until the giant alien spiders see the post :)

[DefraggedSSD]

Originally posted by Lawlzer:

Just wait until the giant alien spiders see the post :)

actually i just say "no ♥♥♥♥ you i won't help you" if i get that one.

[fiffy]

if you are worried next time, choose option 2 and just flee if you can't beat it. And if you didn't know, option 3 (by which i assume you mean the Engi Crew blue option) does kill an Engi crewmember-- but if you are able to beat the ship, it "reforms" into an Engi crewmember named Virus, fully maxed in all stats

[DefraggedSSD]

Originally posted by fiffy:

if you are worried next time, choose option 2 and just flee if you can't beat it. And if you didn't know, option 3 (by which i assume you mean the Engi Crew blue option) does kill an Engi crewmember-- but if you are able to beat the ship, it "reforms" into an Engi crewmember named Virus, fully maxed in all stats

Considering how the last attempt at it ended up with them jumping away a second before the fire killed off my ship i don't think i can beat it. They had 2 defense drones taking out nearly every projectile i could fire at it (6 1 burst laser, 1 chain laser and a charged missle launcher firing 2 missles per shot) while they hacked my engines so i couldn't run away while they just shredded me to complete destruction. I couldnt do anything. i was using the engi cruiser B attempting to unlock C.

[anarcher]

Nope. The rock mine event is.

[Baron von Dapper]

Originally posted by anarcher:

Nope. The rock mine event is.

[DefraggedSSD]

Originally posted by Baron Von Dapper:

Originally posted by anarcher:

Nope. The rock mine event is.

dont think i had that one, can someone quote it?

[Baron von Dapper]

Originally posted by Defragged:

Originally posted by Baron Von Dapper:

dont think i had that one, can someone quote it?

http://ftl.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_Live_Mine I've only had it 1-3 times myself.

[DefraggedSSD]

Originally posted by Baron Von Dapper:

Originally posted by Defragged:

dont think i had that one, can someone quote it?

http://ftl.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_Live_Mine I've only had it 1-3 times myself.

Oh i had that one. They just defused it with no problem. but with the virus one i nearly get it every run.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by Defragged:

Originally posted by Baron Von Dapper:

http://ftl.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_Live_Mine I've only had it 1-3 times myself.

Oh i had that one. They just defused it with no problem. but with the virus one i nearly get it every run.

The Virus one is a great event if you have an Engie.

Can't really blame the event on you not being able to destroy the ship, you know?

[DefraggedSSD]

Originally posted by Jimmy Hunter:

Originally posted by Defragged:

Oh i had that one. They just defused it with no problem. but with the virus one i nearly get it every run.

The Virus one is a great event if you have an Engie.

Can't really blame the event on you not being able to destroy the ship, you know?

well it did solo destroy my run as i couldnt penetrate their defenses with 6 projectiles and i couldnt escape due to them hacking my engines.

[Quyzbuk]

There's another blue option if you have... I think it was either improved hacking or sensors (lvl 2+). The virus sees the error of its ways and you get some free loot. Just something to consider for value sake if you don't want to run from the encounter.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by Defragged:

Originally posted by Jimmy Hunter:

The Virus one is a great event if you have an Engie.

Can't really blame the event on you not being able to destroy the ship, you know?

well it did solo destroy my run as i couldnt penetrate their defenses with 6 projectiles and i couldnt escape due to them hacking my engines.

Guess I'm a little confused here. What point of the game did this happen at?

if you couldn't pierce shields with 6 projectiles fired at once, it sounds like Sector 7. But at the same time you're saying you didn't have enough time to charge your engine, but by Sector 7 you should have 4/5 engines which still charges decently quick, even when there's a hacking drone on your engines preventing the "Manned" bonus.

But if it was earlier in the game with 2 shields, not being able to pierce that with 6 shots per volley seems like a RNG impossiblity.

[DefraggedSSD]

Originally posted by Jimmy Hunter:

Originally posted by Defragged:

well it did solo destroy my run as i couldnt penetrate their defenses with 6 projectiles and i couldnt escape due to them hacking my engines.

Guess I'm a little confused here. What point of the game did this happen at?

if you couldn't pierce shields with 6 projectiles fired at once, it sounds like Sector 7. But at the same time you're saying you didn't have enough time to charge your engine, but by Sector 7 you should have 4/5 engines which still charges decently quick, even when there's a hacking drone on your engines preventing the "Manned" bonus.

But if it was earlier in the game with 2 shields, not being able to pierce that with 6 shots per volley seems like a RNG impossiblity.

I was in sector 7 yes with 3 shields and my weapons powered up in the engi B set up. I dident upgrade engines or any of the other systems since they really dont seem of much use to me. so i was still on one bar. and im guessing the system purge shut down my engines aswell.

[fiffy]

i feel like an old nagging uncle, but: Upgrade your engines before you play in space!!!!