i was, as i sometimes am, struck with the urge to finally beat that game on normal difficulty. i never have despite logging about 175 hours (not a strict count, ofc) in the game. i've beaten it on easy. i've gotten to the flagship before on normal. but something always seems to hold me back and i'm not sure what. i've got an array of walkthroughs and tip guides open and i'm watching videos.
my runs usually crumble in sectors 3-4 because i can't properly figure out how to mitigate hull damage from certain encounters, and i very frequently have enough scrap to spare to repair my hull but no store at which to do it. maybe i'm getting unlucky, and maybe i'm playing in such a way that is minimizing my potential to hit that luck without noticing it.
judging by the lack of response on this post i'm forced to conclude i'm the best FTL player on here [exhales on fingernals and polishes them on her shirt] no surprise there i guess

