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Getting Fwiffo (the Spathi) early was basically a cheat code for the main plot. Kills Slylandros, Kohr-ah, and Ur-quan with a bit of effort at a point in the ga

by splonk 5y ago

Getting Fwiffo (the Spathi) early was basically a cheat code for the main plot. Kills Slylandros, Kohr-ah, and Ur-quan with a bit of effort at a point in the game before your precursor ship wipes the floor with everything. Funny how he's supposed to be weak but is worlds better than any of the other early ships (earthlings, zoq-fot-pik, shofixti, umgah...). Pretty sure you can beat the entire game with just Fwiffo and your own ship.

mdeeks 5y ago
Earthling cruiser can take out an Ur-quan. It takes some tricky gravity and speed management but you can usually do it. I've never had much luck (or fun) with the Spathi. I guess you can just keep playing keep away and slowly butt gun them to death. I usually just try to get Orz or Thraddash as fast as possible. Thraddash is practically cheat mode. Agree that Umgah, shofixti, zoq-fot-pik are all worthless.
- Pxtl 5y ago
  Earthling is risky because it gets owned instantly if you spawn too close to the dreadnaught. IIRC otherwise the ai would not pursue if you were moving away and shooting so you could keep going back and forth keeping them at a safe distance.
ALittleLight 5y ago
The Spathi are cowards, but not necessarily weak, if I recall.
- Plasmoid 5y ago
  "A cowardly, mobile clam armed with a howitzer"
Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
The real cheat code takes a page from Spathi's book: the most deadly ship in the game is the main ship, with one gun put in the rear slot. Add that guiding module, add some power modules, and you can rain homing projectiles at the enemy who is chasing you, without any risk of getting harmed. I rarely lost a crewmember ever, if only for a random collision with a planet.
- dmichulke 5y ago
  I have no idea of the game but from the outside > a random collision with a planet certainly sounds like a huge excuse for your own mistakes ;-)
  - aidenn0 5y ago
    The camera zooms in and out to keep both ships on the screen. If they are close together, you can have the planet appear on screen suddenly
- Zardoz84 5y ago
  I did the same thing when I played this game a long time ago. Also, I used Fwiffi a lot, because the same kind of tatic.
AtlasBarfed 5y ago
In the SC1 campaign mode, super cool with the orbiting stars, If you get a precursor artifact or two the Yehat never run out of power, always shielded, and are invincible unless they get limpet mined unluckily.

by splonk 5y ago

mdeeks 5y ago

Earthling cruiser can take out an Ur-quan. It takes some tricky gravity and speed management but you can usually do it. I've never had much luck (or fun) with the Spathi. I guess you can just keep playing keep away and slowly butt gun them to death. I usually just try to get Orz or Thraddash as fast as possible. Thraddash is practically cheat mode. Agree that Umgah, shofixti, zoq-fot-pik are all worthless.

Pxtl 5y ago
Earthling is risky because it gets owned instantly if you spawn too close to the dreadnaught. IIRC otherwise the ai would not pursue if you were moving away and shooting so you could keep going back and forth keeping them at a safe distance.

ALittleLight 5y ago

The Spathi are cowards, but not necessarily weak, if I recall.

Plasmoid 5y ago
"A cowardly, mobile clam armed with a howitzer"

Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago

The real cheat code takes a page from Spathi's book: the most deadly ship in the game is the main ship, with one gun put in the rear slot. Add that guiding module, add some power modules, and you can rain homing projectiles at the enemy who is chasing you, without any risk of getting harmed. I rarely lost a crewmember ever, if only for a random collision with a planet.

dmichulke 5y ago
I have no idea of the game but from the outside > a random collision with a planet certainly sounds like a huge excuse for your own mistakes ;-)
- aidenn0 5y ago
  The camera zooms in and out to keep both ships on the screen. If they are close together, you can have the planet appear on screen suddenly
Zardoz84 5y ago
I did the same thing when I played this game a long time ago. Also, I used Fwiffi a lot, because the same kind of tatic.

AtlasBarfed 5y ago

In the SC1 campaign mode, super cool with the orbiting stars, If you get a precursor artifact or two the Yehat never run out of power, always shielded, and are invincible unless they get limpet mined unluckily.