Wow, this thread is full of nostalgia. Does the invincible-class deflector even exist nowadays?

I like that idea, perhaps it is somehow related to the quarantine?

1. Have you made it to Heretic? (D.) Loads of times 2. How do you set up your ship? (B.) I know what some (most) items do, but I really just wing it. 3. How many times have you beaten Transcendence? (D.) 5+ times 4. When you see a Phobos coming, you: C. Hide amongst the planets and kill it through ...

I haven't played in so long, but I remember this game fondly. So I'm gonna take a crack at this: Firstly: 3. [Atarlost] We know that the Ares claim to be followers of someone called Domina. Call this entity D3. UNKNOWN: I forget whether this is revealed in-game or from my design notes or commentary ...

Really? They only appear in the last two systems, all you have to do is be very careful. Give the pteravores some respect and they'll die just fine.

No res, but I use as much insurance as possible.

The tracking missiles are enough of a reward IMO. If you don't happen to have a NAMI though, you're just hoping for the centauri barrels

What about savescumming?

IMO the only reason no one has figured out the fabricator without spoilers is because we are too lazy to try. If we didn't have access to the XML, I think there would have been a few of us savescumming to figure it out.

2. Some secrets make the game easier for experienced players. For example, knowing about the Ice Farm/Hotel trade route makes the game easier. In general, these secrets should be discoverable and obvious once you know about it. [The Teraton fabricator fall in this category, but fails the test of be...

I have no problems with the sisters as such, though I am very interested in what the Ares have to say about Domina. Just because NPCs in the game make prophecies, doesn't mean that they are right. True, this is highlighted by the disagreement between the Sisters and the Iocrym computer. I don't beli...

Boosting armor instead of putting something back into shields does leave the shieldbuster MAG completely useless. It's predicated on the old shield stats. I believe you have also argued that its completely useless anyways. Anyways, even even if it were completely removed, it wouldn't change much. T...

IMO, launchers should be compared to launchers, not other weapons. That said the MAG isn't as useful as the NAMI, and has similar ammunition problems late-game (where it would be totally ineffective). The nice thing about MAGs is that if you get the BM angry, you have a large supply of free MAGs tha...

So who are the developers? Some time ago I thought it was just George. Then GambitDash made the linux port. Recently, I saw digdug post a "fixed in RC3" notice. I'm glad if the dev team is growing, but it would be nice to have somwhere where that information is kept up-to-date.

No need to increase viral load crazily at the start. Just increase it to 1 and leave it there, keep neural damage at 50 and then wait until its time to bring it back down. This gives you about 500-1k free virus.