Twinge wrote:Tier 0:
Carnelian (Crystal B)
Honestly, I find the Crystal A to be one of the most OP ships in the game. I understand how people think that the Crystal B is the most OP ship in the game, It starts with shields, cloak, 4 man teleporter, and 3 crystal crew, I can see how it is heavily boarding oriented. Maybe I just dislike boarding ships, however, there are so many situations that can cripple this ship in seconds. Lucky missile in between cloak that hits your teleporter while your crew is on the enemy ship? Crippled. Have your other crystal crew member repair it while your other crew membets are still on board the enemy ship? Nope. The next missile gets through your shields and hits another one of your vital systems. Your crystal crew members on the other ship are dead by now and now you barely have enough power to jump away. Now you are crippled to one crew member with no weapons and an obscure ship layout. Your reaction to this is
and you restart in dismay. You can pretty much disable most ships in the first three sectors, but as soon as most ships have more than 2-3 crew and a med bay or a teleporter, this ship is crippled beyond belief, unless you have a weapon that can manage to bypass shields, which you need some luck to acquire in FTL. A ship isn't always worth the sum of its parts. The Crystal A just has so many plus sides to it. For one it starts with four crew, which is always a good thing because you can man all vital systems from the start. It's starting weapons can get you all the way to sector 5 without many problems. Giving you plenty of time to upgrade shields and engines. I got level four shields on this ship without even having to get better weapons. The heavy crystal is a weapon you can keep all the way through the game. I completely wrecked the flagship with a teleporter and cloak. Those two systems are really all that you need to destroy the flagship. I beat the flagship with a Vulcan chain laser, Swarm missile, Ion burst I, and Heavy Crystal I. There are just so many things I can see going against the Crystal B, lucky missiles, large boarding parties from events, certain beams, and more. I would appreciate some feedback on my thoughts and would appreciate any response on this topic. I also have many thoughts on the Simo-H, but I will save that for another post. Happy spaceflights! 
