Hidden sector. Odds of finding it.

[Woody]

I have yet to find the hidden sector and know what needs to be done to get there.

After finding the pod I usually just end up carrying it to the last sectors. If I do get it opened I can not get to or find the Rock Home Worlds.

Is it really so rare that every thing lines up to get there?

[Aurora Yukihime]

I've heard that trying to do the quest the legit way is like trying to pee into a shot glass, on top of a moving train about to run into a tunnel, with James Bond pursuing you at gunpoint, accompanied by an airstrike dropping it's payload on you, and while you are blindfolded on a turntable.

People have recommended that if you are intent on reaching the hidden sector to use the Rock Cruiser Layout C (The Tektite). This starts you off with a Crystal crew member and the only requirement you must fuffil is to reach the Rock Homeworlds.

[anarcher]

you newbies have it easy... us oldtimers did the quest the hard way, no c-types or anything just dozens of games where you first had to find the stasis pod, then proceed to find zoltan homeworld and then rock homeworld. personally i must have gotten beginners luck though, since i got it while just trying to unlock the slug ship.

[Aurora Yukihime]

Originally posted by anarcher:

you newbies have it easy... us oldtimers did the quest the hard way, no c-types or anything just dozens of games where you first had to find the stasis pod, then proceed to find zoltan homeworld and then rock homeworld. personally i must have gotten beginners luck though, since i got it while just trying to unlock the slug ship.

I feel you, man.

On the bright side, almost every time I use Rock C I never run into Rock Homeworlds. The only time I ever saw it and made the right jump I had a Fedearation B or something like that. I was a bit mad.

[Skinny Pete]

Originally posted by anarcher:

you newbies have it easy... us oldtimers did the quest the hard way, no c-types or anything just dozens of games where you first had to find the stasis pod, then proceed to find zoltan homeworld and then rock homeworld. personally i must have gotten beginners luck though, since i got it while just trying to unlock the slug ship.

Because the optimal way of doing that involved using the Rock ship, I tried getting Rock for literally weeks. I kept having ridiculously bad luck actually getting the Rock ship, but decided I couldn't complain because I unlocked literally every other ship without even trying.

Then I got the Crystal ship on something like my second game that went anywhere, after getting Rock. And I had switched to Normal at that point, because I was worried if you got the "Fleet Of Your Own" achievement on Easy you wouldn't be able to get it on Normal (turns out this particular achievement isn't ranked by difficulty).

[Aurora Yukihime]

Originally posted by Skinny Pete:

Originally posted by anarcher:

you newbies have it easy... us oldtimers did the quest the hard way, no c-types or anything just dozens of games where you first had to find the stasis pod, then proceed to find zoltan homeworld and then rock homeworld. personally i must have gotten beginners luck though, since i got it while just trying to unlock the slug ship.

Because the optimal way of doing that involved using the Rock ship, I tried getting Rock for literally weeks. I kept having ridiculously bad luck actually getting the Rock ship, but decided I couldn't complain because I unlocked literally every other ship without even trying.

I had gotten the Rock ship as my first one in, like, my first playthrough. I didn't even know what was going on when I got it. xD

Of course, I'm paying for it now in how hard it's being to find the Slug and Stealth ships. I know where they're at, but I can't get to the homeworlds for them.

Rock A kind of sucks, Rock B is actually a playable ship that I liked (It's Shivan Dragon, man), and Rock C is really just a tool to get Crystal to me.

[anarcher]

Rock C is a fine boat on it's own, even if it's a bit underwhelming.

[Dr. McWeazel]

Underwhelming?! What are you talking about! The Swarm Missile Launcher is more than enough to kill anything on it's own, and it's got one of those Crystal weapons, too. Thing's awesome.

[anarcher]

It's underwhelming because of the layout, I was talking about the hull not what comes installed in it.

[Dr. McWeazel]

I'll give you that much. It seems that's the biggest disadvantage of the Rock cruisers: They all have half-decent layouts at best.

[zverozvero]

I did it with stealth-A. Had better luck rolls with stasis in asteroid fields, then finding 'unshiped' beacon for Zoltan research, then Rock Gateway. And for Asteroid field too btw.

[Aurora Yukihime]

Originally posted by Dr. McWeazel, PhD:

I'll give you that much. It seems that's the biggest disadvantage of the Rock cruisers: They all have half-decent layouts at best.

I used to play Rock B as my main, but I agree that it could have been a lot better.

[Dormammu]

Originally posted by Yuyuko Saigyouji:

I've heard that trying to do the quest the legit way is like trying to pee into a shot glass, on top of a moving train about to run into a tunnel, with James Bond pursuing you at gunpoint, accompanied by an airstrike dropping it's payload on you, and while you are blindfolded on a turntable.

People have recommended that if you are intent on reaching the hidden sector to use the Rock Cruiser Layout C (The Tektite). This starts you off with a Crystal crew member and the only requirement you must fuffil is to reach the Rock Homeworlds.

I also recomend FTL Editor XD

[Aurora Yukihime]

Originally posted by LBPrime2324:

Originally posted by Yuyuko Saigyouji:

I've heard that trying to do the quest the legit way is like trying to pee into a shot glass, on top of a moving train about to run into a tunnel, with James Bond pursuing you at gunpoint, accompanied by an airstrike dropping it's payload on you, and while you are blindfolded on a turntable.

People have recommended that if you are intent on reaching the hidden sector to use the Rock Cruiser Layout C (The Tektite). This starts you off with a Crystal crew member and the only requirement you must fuffil is to reach the Rock Homeworlds.

I also recomend FTL Editor XD

Ah, but why bother to even bother doing the quest at that point? Of course, your entire save file will be tainted with lies afterwards though.

[anarcher]

Who cares, it's a single player game. Even the 8bit nintendo had hacking tools.