Thanks!
Does Transcendence support joysticks or joypads?
I hate you.
I don’t think so. Just keyboard…and you need to be fast on your keyboard.
Big player useable ship is the EI500-class freighter according to the Transcendence website.
I’ve completed Cave Story, but I’m working on getting the good ending this time around, with just a few hints from a walkthrough. =^^=
i’m at the Dorado system so far, just after the ‘proceed at your own risk’ sign beyond the Commonwealth home system. all i’ve need, and have been using so far, is the omnidirectional laser cannon which i’d upgraded once. am i missing out on the other more powerful weapons? i find having a 100% hit rate to be a really no brainer when it comes to choosing weapons to install…
another playing Transcendence because of this thread.
I’m using the Laser array boosted up to +100% on damage. It’s a lot of fun. Despite all the big talk about the omnidirectional, I haven’t been able to bring myself to abandon the laser array…I like the three shots at once. Anybody use missiles? I haven’t fooled with them yet, just wondering what success people have had with them.
I also love having the 100MW reactor now. Paid for largely by selling Ice Farm goods to a Corporate Enclave (thanks Lute).
Far and away the coolest thing I’ve come across is the Gladiator Arena (or whatever they call it)…I think it’s in Rigel Aurelius. That’s just plain fun in a shoot’em up way. I did learn a lesson in humility though, when I blew through the first 6 or 7 fights and then came up against some sort of Gunship piloted by a former member of the Penitent Order. S/he had really good shields and my 72 hp shields didn’t last very long (yes I cheated and resurrected after that). But it was great fun…a neat little addition to the game.
I’ve given up at the labyrinth boss with the caterpillar tracks. I must have tried twenty or thirty times now, and the best I’ve done is reduce his points to about 70%. It doesn’t help that you have to slog through a couple of screens to get to the boss, every single time.
Yeah, Subway Prophet mentioned those. I’ve been doing great with 'em, until something goes wrong…like being exposed to radiation in the middle of nowhere or gating into a huge battle between a Korolov post and a Charon fleet.
I have, on occasion. The heat-seeking ones are real nice.
Quite welcome. Ever wonder why those Corporate people are so happy? 
a general warning for other transcendence players! becareful of those unknown alien gem thingys! i tried one of those, having saved the game first in case, but it
ported me (one-way!) to another star system… and thus overwrote my saved game! now i’m stuck way too deep into the game and have to walk the way back…
it appears the only way to prevent this is to backup your savegame manually.
i’ve decided that the omni is the only weapon for me, while using the other weapon slot for fun and added punch when the other is a sitting target. missiles adds more variety as you get to choose different types of ammo, giving you, in a sense, 4+ weapons at one time.
Well, the other way to prevent this is to not experiment with weird alien gems.
Omnis are good, but a lot of enemies are resistant to laser weapons. Early in the game, I like to compliment my omni with a kinetic weapon, like a dual recoilless, which becomes useful in quickly taking down a space station.
Missiles and MAGs are good, but ammo isn’t really affordable until about mid-game. By then, I usually have an omni particle weapon and a howitzer and obscenely powerful shields, and can afford to wade into a conflict with minimal damage.
The trick with that one is that its shield regen is really high. You need something more damaging than the omni laser (missiles!), and once its shields are down it’s not too tough.
You’re supposed to sit that one out. I tried taking on the enemy fleet; they’re way too tough.
Thanks for introducing me to “Home of the Underdogs”. I’m never going to get anything productive done ever again.
Couldn’t. The gate put me in the crossfire.
Just sitting in the gate should protect you. The gate, like planets and stations, blocks incoming fire.
Yeah, I figured that out later on.
Omnidirectional particle beam for one, there’s another omnidirectional turret for a powerful energy weapon I’ve come across that I didn’t have a chance to buy. The omni-particle beam is useful for the holocaust/slaughter of the Fermi miners later in the game. A sad, sad opportunity for much looting 
Tip; the miners’ colony has something valuable that allows you to trade with a race that doesn’t take Commonwealth credit
I’ve seen that one too. When you go back to the Korolov post, you get a map of the pirate stations in the system, is anything supposed to happen once you’ve taken them all out? I just end up with a nearly dead system 
Its fun when you can sit back and lay waste to fortresses or squadrons of many smaller craft. I’m aiming to find a super weapon to take on the Xenophobe World ships. Taking out somewhat larger ships than mine have yielded precious few decent weapons, so I’ll have to build up a few Rins and see what the neo-humans can sell me.
Oh yes, and I’ve an study assignment to complete, room to tidy, book to read, sleep to catch up on… 
I alternated between a +75% X-ray laser and Shuriken cannon for a wholesale slaughter of Helios last night, and the nearest Commonwealth Fortress still wouldn’t let me in the ops room! “Only experienced captains allowed” my ass! I just took out an entire Helios settlement by myself and I’m still not experienced enough? WTF is up with that?