There is only one ship in this tier as it easily stands above every other ship in the game. To unlock the third layout layout c of any ship for those ships that have a layout c the player must reach sector 8 with the b layout of the ship in question.
Ftl Tier List
Ftl ship tier list advanced. The purpose of a tier list is not to discuss what could potentially happen but rather to evaluate relative strength in a vacuum. If this tier list were based on my experiences the zoltan a would be lower than the slug b. I may attempt to add the new ships to the tier list after some derusting and playing the new ships however i am currently in college nearing finals and am also invested competitively in other games so no promises. I havent sunk my teeth into it but ae discussion starts with captain teddys tier list here. The only ship ive piloted which more restarts let alone anywhere near as many is the dreadful engi b. Faster than light ftl is a realtime strategy game with a space setting in which your crew must survive a highly lethal trek to search out and destroy the rebel flagship.
All third layouts require advanced edition content to be on to unlock and play. With the advanced edition update ive started playing ftl again after a half year hiatus. It was released on thursday april 3 2014. Everything below is obsolete with ae. Since ftl is a game of rng you want to minimize any variance as much as possible. Each ship starts with varying systems weapons power levels.
Halberd beam and leto is an awful awful starting arsenal good for sector 1 2 if youre lucky. So ftls been out for a while and i figure weve all had enough time to let our opinions of the different ships settle and i thought itd be fun to rank them. Also released along with the new update is the ipad edition of ftl which features the new content. The crystal cruiser and the lanius cruiser do not have a third layout. This new version of the game adds features to the original and is a free download for players who already own the original. Each player ship can carry a maximum of eight crew members of various races with an initial crew of between one and four members.
Advanced edition introduces several new features to the game. Every ship in ftl can become strong eventually with the right weapons and upgrades just as every civilization can become powerful in the civ games and every champion can dominate in league of legends with enough gold. One of the best parts of ftl is the variety of ships you can play with. The one exception in amazing tier would be the pike beam and thats because its fairly easy to get something to break through shields and the trade off is immense. These ships come in a variety of layouts and can be equipped with various systems and subsystems weapons drones and augmentations. Advanced edition is a major update for ftl.
The universe of ftl is inhabited by friendly and enemy ships. This game is highly randomized for each playthrough and death is permanent for both crew and ship alike. The weapons at the top of the list are consistently effective in almost any ship set up. However all ships were not created equal thus i have created a tier list of them based on their ability to beat the game on hard ranking them 1 28.
Gallery of Ftl Ship Tier List Advanced
