keeping a BERSERK! character alive?...

[Icedfate]

how do I accomplish this?
avoiding getting bit isn't the problem.
it's all the random events on the road.
eventually I inevitably get a random avent that just result in "you got hurt" and my berserker dies instantly with no way to avoid it.

I can understand making a game more challenging by having a character that dies in 1 hit (Lost in Binding of Isaac)
but if you make a character that isn't supposed to get hit and then put cheap forced unavoidable damage in there that basically just kills them, that's really unfair.

[Icedfate]

引用自 fish astly：

if you ever use engi b not ironicly your bad at ftl
also that ♥♥♥♥ ship has anti personell drone

choosing to use a particular ship doesn't make you bad at the game, if you are trying to get a win with every ship. If you can win with that POS, you can do it with ny ship. . .
besides, 2 mantis warriors can destroy a single anti person drone, easily.

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引用自 FeMaiden：

引用自 fish astly：

if you ever use engi b not ironicly your bad at ftl
also that ♥♥♥♥ ship has anti personell drone

choosing to use a particular ship doesn't make you bad at the game, if you are trying to get a win with every ship. If you can win with that POS, you can do it with ny ship. . .
besides, 2 mantis warriors can destroy a single anti person drone, easily.

But laughs as they forgot to fit in weapons for the final siege xD

[Icedfate]

引用自 Skye_0bscur1ty：

引用自 FeMaiden：

choosing to use a particular ship doesn't make you bad at the game, if you are trying to get a win with every ship. If you can win with that POS, you can do it with any ship. . .
besides, 2 mantis warriors can destroy a single anti person drone, easily.

But laughs as they forgot to fit in weapons for the final siege xD

huh? not sure what you mean.

I have beaten FTL many times, with every ship. I was merely pointing out that sometimes, the game just screws you right out the door before you can even establish yourself especially on hard mode.

[Jeff]

just git gud
also use parnoid/cool it to beat bandits

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引用自 FeMaiden：

引用自 Skye_0bscur1ty：

But laughs as they forgot to fit in weapons for the final siege xD

huh? not sure what you mean.

I have beaten FTL many times, with every ship. I was merely pointing out that sometimes, the game just screws you right out the door before you can even establish yourself especially on hard mode.

I once had this Mantis B set up.
It was great, i got Zoltan Quest and Kazaakpletik on board, got good defense systems and even cloaking. Guess what happened on Sector 8 though...
i forgot to install any weapons, not even an attack drone

[Icedfate]

引用自 Skye_0bscur1ty：

引用自 FeMaiden：

huh? not sure what you mean.

I have beaten FTL many times, with every ship. I was merely pointing out that sometimes, the game just screws you right out the door before you can even establish yourself especially on hard mode.

I once had this Mantis B set up.
It was great, i got Zoltan Quest and Kazaakpletik on board, got good defense systems and even cloaking. Guess what happened on Sector 8 though...
i forgot to install any weapons, not even an attack drone

oh, lol, I see. That's too bad. I feel for you.

[Icedfate]

引用自 fish astly：

just git gud
also use parnoid/cool it to beat bandits

we got past that lol.

as I stated earlier, the only place I now really have trouble is at the end, and it's only so frustrating because it takes so long to get there.

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引用自 FeMaiden：

引用自 fish astly：

just git gud
also use parnoid/cool it to beat bandits

we got past that lol.

as I stated earlier, the only place I now really have trouble is at the end, and it's only so frustrating because it takes so long to get there.

Trust me, when you get to the harder modes... it'll be the siege that will keep you up at night.

[Icedfate]

引用自 Skye_0bscur1ty：

引用自 FeMaiden：

we got past that lol.

as I stated earlier, the only place I now really have trouble is at the end, and it's only so frustrating because it takes so long to get there.

Trust me, when you get to the harder modes... it'll be the siege that will keep you up at night.

that's what I'm referring to, the 1.5 and the 4 hours sieges. They can so easily break the run.
I make it there nearly every time. when I die, it's there.

I just won the 9 day mode, and i got there and it was so easy this time, I dunno, maybe I got gud, or maybe I just got lucky. all my guys had maxed fitness, one had a sturdy machete, one had a metal bat, one had a nightstick.
I also had an uzi and an assault rifle but I ended up not even using them. I cleared the entire map of the 4 hour siege and leisurely looted all the buildings, found 4 pipe bombs which I used for fun on the last swarm at the gates of canada...it was the first time I actually saved the moose and beavers, I thought those were pretty much set up to always die lol.

p.s.
I also had my BERSERK character in that run and got the achievment that this thread was about.

[Rocketcat Games]

I kind of want to do a cheevo for saving all the mooses and beavers, though it's kind of arbitrary whether they live or not I think.

I love and hate FTL haha. I think they fixed a lot of the stuff that really bothered me since I played, just never got the chance to dive into the big update they did yet.

Congrats on the BERSERK! achievement!

[horse sized nut]

There is tons of RNG and it's getting screwed over by (lack of) melee knockback/stun on zeds even at max strength. Strength is more practical as a stat check than hoping it ever does anything to zeds. That's how 90% of my zerker runs end.

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引用自 Voradam：

There is tons of RNG and it's getting screwed over by (lack of) melee knockback/stun on zeds even at max strength. Strength is more practical as a stat check than hoping it ever does anything to zeds. That's how 90% of my zerker runs end.

BruZerker?

[horse sized nut]

引用自 Skye_0bscur1ty：

引用自 Voradam：

There is tons of RNG and it's getting screwed over by (lack of) melee knockback/stun on zeds even at max strength. Strength is more practical as a stat check than hoping it ever does anything to zeds. That's how 90% of my zerker runs end.

BruZerker?

I happened to come across a strength trainer while trading so I used my cool to max out strength, until then I preferred, just when I whacked the only zed in the tight space I had to get through cause I don't like drawing aggro from the shot or spending ammo excessively, he shrugged it off and ended me. I was running a martial art+ zerk combo but the best run with that ended because of an atrocious single block siege where I had no chance to even get a screens distance before getting swamped and I never found a chainsaw so I just lost.

Highly considering just never taking the zerker out for the achievement, really convinced it's the most optimal way after like 10 failed runs

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引用自 Voradam：

引用自 Skye_0bscur1ty：

BruZerker?

I happened to come across a strength trainer while trading so I used my cool to max out strength, until then I preferred, just when I whacked the only zed in the tight space I had to get through cause I don't like drawing aggro from the shot or spending ammo excessively, he shrugged it off and ended me. I was running a martial art+ zerk combo but the best run with that ended because of an atrocious single block siege where I had no chance to even get a screens distance before getting swamped and I never found a chainsaw so I just lost.

Highly considering just never taking the zerker out for the achievement, really convinced it's the most optimal way after like 10 failed runs

BruZerker is the way to go for melee, while GunZerker is the way to with firearms. Personally speaking, Gun Zerker is a bit... bad. Since you're gonna be running and gunnong with the chainsaw, you can have someone else with 5 or 6 use a hunting rifle and let him/her/it Pierce it through the heaven. As berserker weapons, you gotta treat them with the utmost care. Get the Mega Maul / Bardiche ASAP. Gun Wise, it's better to C-C-C-COOL IT!!! To the Carnage Vendor since you get 6 molly and 1 40 gas Chainsaw. The second best would be with the pipebomb vendor, but that's just me. The biggest threat with a Berzerker is obviously the health issue, but prioritizing Wizard & Spoopy Graveyard might be worth it for the + 2 / + 1 Vitality. As for party composition, the standard
BruZerk + Caranoid + Sharpshooter + Shotgunner might be nice, with Caranoid being replaceable at the end.

[Icedfate]

in the 40+ hours i've been playing so far. . .i've never encountered "the wizard" or "the spoopy graveyard"...
i've gotten the hermits cabin about 4 times, if you ask him for wisdom you get +1 max health