Yes i know im years late but i only really got into ftl a year ago and i finally feel ive played it enough to create my own weapon tiers. Is how i would rate them.
Ftl Faster Than Light Strategy Tips Top Tier Tactics
Ftl drone tier list. Again its most similar to the lanius a and the slug c the two other ships in ftl that also start with hacking. This is not an alignment chart. The endgame of this tiers list is a mod to tweak a few of them ive already been playing an engi b with a an extra drone slot and a vanilla boarding drone. Since ftl is a game of rng you want to minimize any variance as much as possible. Basically defence drones are great as they protect you from missiles and save you on repairs. This is a tier list.
I find engi c to be the weakest of the lot. The weapons at the top of the list are consistently effective in almost any ship set up. 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. Quadrant view view community rank. Faster than light drone tier list. Starting weapons can only be found aboard the ship that has them i include crystal weapons because getting to the crystal sector to buy them is an extremely rare and difficult.
Now despite everything just mentioned this ship is still above average on the tier list and thats because the hacking drone control combination truly does offer a lot of value. Its a surprisingly small tweak because of how limited you are but it makes the ship so much more fun to play. Now this list is split into two starting weapons and store weapons.