FTL

I just can't win

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There is nothing wrong with playing on easy, with the advanced options enabled. You will have more room for errors and will probably get a better understanding of how to spend scrap more efficiently. I could give you a hint on where it probably lacked, if you made a screenshot of your ship, since you can't tell a lot from the scoreboard.

What, are they all on the capital ship? Because it's basically a check if you have the right combo by the time you get to it.

It's not a ship problem, it's enemy having 2-3 ion weapons and drones shitting on me while my shields are disabled problem. I relied on 4 shields and high evasion + cloaking, that fight basically was determined by who had more luck evading ion weapons.
This one isn't, the other 2 on sector 8 are.

This game is fun, but filled with bullshit.
I haven't played it in a long while, was it the Flak 2 that was just better than anything else?

>4 shields and high evasion + cloaking
That should more than enough defense to get past the flagship if you use cloaking(lvl2) smartly to dodge incoming fire. I guess it lacked in offense then, since finding a way to disarm really dangerous ships is crucial to avoid getting in desperate situations. 27 ships defeated is more in the lower spectrum and to win on normal you kind of have to check as many beacons as possible to up your scrap gain as much as you can.
As I've said, if you are frustrated, I recommend playing on easy with the advanced options, since it's still hard and will allow for a more pleasant experience to play and learn.

Flak2 is pretty slow expensive in terms of power, but can be great if you have something to support it. Flak1 and Burst Laser2 were the strongest in terms of power to damage ratio, if I remember correct and it's always nice to find one, but there are a lot of potential builds that can get you through the game. Having too many styles can often lead to inefficiency, like mixing drones and weapon offensive often lacks as soon as you get to ships with three or more shields. Same goes for lasers, as they seem pretty good, but you kind of need to build around them or have them as support, since they are useless with enemy shields up.

>Same goes for beam weapons
is what I meant, still mix laser and beam weapons up

used to play this game a lot a couple years back and i loved all the stupid build that you could try, like defeating the flagship on normal with only a fire bomb as a weapon.
i bought it on steam and i see that some things have changed, like the extra options you have to unlock every ship instead of only some RNG bullshit that you could never find for some rare ships.
say, to quickly unlock all ships, wins on easy still count, right?

Yeah, you can unlock ships usually by getting two of the challenges or defeating the flagship. Unlocked most ships on easy, since it takes a bit to get used to the different layouts and their advantages/disadvantages.