What can I do agaisnt Zoltan ships when using the Mantis B?

[Zelinar]

My very first encounter was with Zoltan ship and there was nothing I could do to damage it, am I suppoed to just jump and avoid the fight in those situations?

[Gekkibi]

The same you do when you encounter an unmanned ship...

[comnom]

Yes. No shame in running. I also run from auto-ships till I get weapons.

[Zelinar]

Alright, good to know, gotta be more careful then.

[Gekkibi]

Actually, I'd like to add that because of this asteroid fields are "safer" encounters because Zoltan shield goes away quickly, and if you have level 2 teleporter you can destroy the shields of an unmanned ship and let the asteroids do the rest...

[Sebenza]

A real MANtis just walks over there and slaps that measly shield right off with his mighty tentacle.

[comnom]

Gekkibi is absolutely right there. Once you have scrap to spend a whole world of tactics opens up. But on your first encounter(especially in open space) I'd run.

[DarkTwinge]

Publicado originalmente por Gekkibi:

The same you do when you encounter an unmanned ship...

You can kill Auto-Scouts with your starting setup trivially - just send over a Boarding Drone.

For Auto-Assaults, you can deal with them if you have a Level 2 Teleporter or a Rockman - board and damage systems enough to drop the hull to 1 and then have the Boarding Drone finish it off (temporarily occupying an empty room to prevent it from going there if appropriate).

[David]

^ this. For a super-shielded ship, there's nothing you can do without bypass or any kind of weapon- just try to pick up a weapon/any weapon works before encountering zoltans outside of hazard zones.

[Gekkibi]

Publicado originalmente por Twinge:

Publicado originalmente por Gekkibi:

The same you do when you encounter an unmanned ship...

You can kill Auto-Scouts with your starting setup trivially - just send over a Boarding Drone.

For Auto-Assaults, you can deal with them if you have a Level 2 Teleporter or a Rockman - board and damage systems enough to drop the hull to 1 and then have the Boarding Drone finish it off (temporarily occupying an empty room to prevent it from going there if appropriate).

Oh ya, I think I completely forgot about the boarding drone... hmph. Thanks to you I might celebrate this with another Mantis B run! :)

[Bravo]

Publicado originalmente por Twinge:

Publicado originalmente por Gekkibi:

The same you do when you encounter an unmanned ship...

You can kill Auto-Scouts with your starting setup trivially - just send over a Boarding Drone.

For Auto-Assaults, you can deal with them if you have a Level 2 Teleporter or a Rockman - board and damage systems enough to drop the hull to 1 and then have the Boarding Drone finish it off (temporarily occupying an empty room to prevent it from going there if appropriate).

Also some doors have been added in the advanced edition, which means that you have a 4/5 chance of being able to destroy auto assualts with the starting setup with no manual imput needed, 5/5 if you occupy the helm, and can then teleport out. Emergency respirators would work also.