Should I use missles with the artemis with the starting ship?

[hat15]

This is on normal mode, I usually notice that it doesn't really fire fast enough to prevent missle damage at the start and then twin blasters usually take care of it.

Also I usually go for shields 2 first and then like a teleportion bay is this right?

[hat15]

like i'll use em my shots miss on the weapons first, that is what i target is that right?

[hat15]

or when they are powering up their ftv drive

[hat15]

and i usually don't buy a crew unless i get a teleportation thing

[Wasted]

the enemies missle launcher fires a little bit faster than yours. artemis is great weapon , it does 2 dmg with a decently fast charge time. Save your missles unless the enemy also has a missle launcher, then take out their weapons , or if the enemy is likely to cause damage to you.. aim for weapons. missles shoud be used sparingly for so you don't run out and also if you have extra sometimes you can trade them for scrap. Its best not to sell artemis until you have replaced the weapon with something better.

[hat15]

ty

[Skinny Pete]

You usually can't fire the missile fast enough to stop the first incoming volley. You can the second, though. I usually take out the shields with the Artemis (with 2 damage it is guaranteed to drop a shield layer if it hits) and then use the laser on the weapons. This is often sufficient to destroy both rooms completely.

If you just hit the weapons once, it can be fixed pretty quickly and then you need to waste another missile. If both rooms are wrecked, their personnel are tied up (and possibly the cockpit is empty dropping evasion to 0).

So you can focus the burst laser on whichever target you want. They usually won't recover from this, but they might if you just hit the weapons first.

[Shogal]

I use missile weapon when laser weapons are not enough to penetrate shields (or enemy have good evasion and chance to damage shield is too low to waste time trying to do this) - then artemis is good to damage shield, and lasers can do the rest. But if i'm using missiles too often - then new shield-breaking gun is the first candidate to buy (flak or lasers).

[Wasted]

usually in the first 2 sectors i take out weapons 1st then shields.. as taking out 2+ systems will often cause the pilot to come down and help repair thereby reducing evasion often to 0 especially in the first few sectors. When playing kestral, firing an artemis missile at shields during the initial volley and then using BL2 to take out weapons often is good strategy, but there may be times where it is better to focus on the enemies weapons or drones and bring them down first. good points made by skinny pete. Everything in FTL is situational. The primary focus should be on preventing damage from being taken, and then secondarily focusing on not running out of missles. imo

[hat15]

ty everyone