(Image credit: Alt Shift) Look before you jump into a new solar system Sub-zero guns and cruisers are an effective combo. But that's because weapons and squadrons often combo together in clever and destructive ways. The sub-zero gun, which temporarily freezes enemies in place for a few seconds, feels particularly toothless compared to other weapons that deal devastating amounts of damage.
Like boomer drones, it's easy to write off different battleship weapons and squadrons as useless. While it might sound like a good idea, repairing them restores their maximum HP to full-and we want them to die quickly so they can blow up enemy squads at the same time. The trick, though, is to never repair those boomer drone squads in between fights. When coupled with any upgrades or auxiliary systems that decrease their respawn time, you can quickly field an army of kamikaze drones to overwhelm your enemy.Īfter beating chapter two, you'll unlock the Kaos class battleship which specializes in this tactic by giving you a hangar full of boomer drones. When boomer drones die, they explode and deal damage to all nearby units. Each sector will have a dozen or so star systems you can explore as long as you stay well ahead of the enemy fleets chasing you.Įarly on, one of the most effective loadouts I've discovered is loading up on Boomer drones along with upgrades that lower the respawn rate of your squadrons. Unlike FTL, which requires you to brave eight consecutive sectors full of random encounters before challenging the final boss, Crying Suns breaks its campaign up into five chapters that each have three sectors.
Spend all your resources before the final sector boss We'll have our full review of Crying Suns early next week, but in the meantime these tips should help make your roguelike runs in the vacuum of space less disastrous. That's half of the fun of any roguelite, but there's a lot to learn before you'll be a capable captain able to survive even the first chapter of the story. You're going to die a lot on your journey to figure out why a 700-year-old space empire has collapsed into chaos overnight. And just like FTL, that's all a lot harder than it seems. You race from solar system to solar system, encountering random events, battling enemy spaceships, and trying your hardest to keep your crew and fighter squadrons alive. Crying Suns is a lot like FTL but with a much bigger emphasis on story and RTS-inspired combat, and it's great.
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