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Opuswild

Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:22am

Ancient Sentry.....Really?

My friends and I recently bought the game, and anytime we seem to get anywhere we end up jumping into a sector with an Ancient Sentry and get auto killed with a single shot.

Why are these things even in the game? It doesn't seem like you can kill them... Don't even get a chance to attempt killing it when it can just one shot through your shield and hull.

Am I missing something, or are these things impossible to kill and a massive sore that hurts the game? :S

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kausticdood Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:31am

check your map, and don't jump to any sector with an exclamation mark, as THOSE are the sectors with the sentrys and bosses.

obliviondoll has PULSAR: Lost Colony

Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:34am

So far, I haven't even found an Ancient Sentry (mostly because I suck and haven't played with friends yet, just a random group and a short solo run). That said, I've seen a few vids with Ancient Sentry encounters.

With a moderately upgraded ship, and a competent crew, I've seen multiple encounters where the Ancient Sentry has been faced, and safely escaped from.

I also saw a video where a well-fitted ship with a skilled crew managed to take one down.

I'm quite confident in saying I'm a long way short of being able to do this myself, but I've seen evidence that it is possible when you and your crewmates know what you're doing.

leafygamesdev [developer] Sep 27, 2015 @ 10:42am

One Ancient Sentry should appear in every galaxy, that's like a 1 in 2000 chance of running into it! Well done!

But yeah, sectors with this label: (!) are meant to be very challenging and should be avoided at least at the start of a new game.

Hope this clarifies!

Spongie

Sep 27, 2015 @ 11:39am

Ive been killed by it twice. :) I should get a gold star.

Noob Van Noob has PULSAR: Lost Colony

Sep 27, 2015 @ 11:54am

Originally posted by ScienceGuy:
My friends and I recently bought the game, and anytime we seem to get anywhere we end up jumping into a sector with an Ancient Sentry and get auto killed with a single shot.

Why are these things even in the game? It doesn't seem like you can kill them... Don't even get a chance to attempt killing it when it can just one shot through your shield and hull.

Am I missing something, or are these things impossible to kill and a massive sore that hurts the game? :S

as long as you have an upgraded ship the sentry isnt actually too hard. you can either keep your distance and avoid most damage using manueverabilty and speed (provided you have solid cyberdefense). or you can come up underneath and inside of it, where none of its guns can target you.

Dhargash

Sep 27, 2015 @ 3:21pm

It really depends on how well-geared your ship is. I managed to kill the Ancient Sentry without it even getting through my shield once.

DarkChiyo

Sep 27, 2015 @ 3:33pm

xD we thought the exclamation marks where actual missions we could start (as we just don't find any), jumped in and got a hit by a strange gunmass ship which oneshotted our shields and took a bunk of our hull. managed to escape.^^

Tajin

Sep 28, 2015 @ 12:50am

You can find missions on the station in sector 0.

3 in total.
(and another one that can be completed directly on the station)

Look for NPCs with weird blue sparks in front of their faces.

Grishyy

Sep 28, 2015 @ 5:39am

Took one down in Beta 2.2. Missiles really help.

Opuswild

Sep 29, 2015 @ 8:49am

Originally posted by Tajin:
You can find missions on the station in sector 0.

3 in total.
(and another one that can be completed directly on the station)

Look for NPCs with weird blue sparks in front of their faces.

I've found those missions.... How do you even complete them? We have no idea how to find out where we need to go. And the missions tab tells you basically nothing :(

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maestro

Sep 29, 2015 @ 11:28am

I've killed two of them, each with different crews. Most important is you have to have a more powerful ship before you fight one. Second, while moving is sometimes not a good idea in fights because it A) Uses up engine power and makes more heat and B) It makes it harder to aim with turrets, you do want to keep moving with the Ancient Sentry because it will pound you if you sit still and it's so big aiming while moving is not a issue.

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