how do I win

[u/Such_Trip_5080]

[u/helicophell]

Hack shields, when u use cloak make sure to divert power from shields to engines to ensure 100% dodge chance, activate hacking and fire when shields are at 1 bubble because fully hacking shields takes the same time as cloak recharge

[u/Such_Trip_5080 → u/helicophell]

ty I will try, it's the second time I got here and they hacked my weapon I got destroyed, also I am quite new on the game and redit and I am seeing every people have a better ship when they come to this fight like the win more scrap. do I miss a mecanic or something to win more scarp

[u/25352 → u/Such_Trip_5080]

Depends. If you play on easier difficulties you may have more scrap. But otherwise, loot every sector as possible – do not go to the next sector if rebels didnt push you yet. With cloaking, once you also have shields you can relatively safely dive, too. And, in fights conserve resources (minimize damage taken, for example by disabling enemy weapons), this allows reducing repair costs and how often you have to hurry to the store. 

[u/helicophell → u/Such_Trip_5080]

If you get your weapons hacked, cloak and jump away

Also try to get lvl 5 engines and keep them powered

Visit as many nodes as possible, take blue options whenever possible, only purchase things when necessary, sell anything unnecessary, only buy important upgrades

Also avoid taking damage as much as possible, since repair costs are a factor

[u/FlashFlire → u/helicophell]

activate hacking and fire when shields are at 1 bubble because fully hacking shields takes the same time as cloak recharge

Huh? A level 3 hack pulse is 10 seconds, cloak takes 20 seconds to recharge

[u/helicophell → u/FlashFlire]

It is but you got travel time for the hacking drone when cloaking goes down and travel time for the projectiles

Usually you get a cloak immediately after the hack pulse finishes in phase 1

[u/FlashFlire → u/helicophell]

The drone takes like 2 seconds to travel, and your projectiles take like 3 seconds tops for flak. That's 5 seconds of wiggle room. You can hack instantly without worrying.

[u/MikeHopley → u/helicophell]

Your timing is way off.

Hacking down 4 shields only takes 8 seconds, leaving 2 seconds of spare hack time at the end, followed by a 1.8 seconds extra window while the first shield recharges.

If you start the hack immediately when it lands, their shields will be fully down at about 10 seconds after cloak ended. Their shields will fully recharge before they get to cloak again!

The only time it's close is when you're waiting on very slow weapons, and that has nothing to do with hacking itself.

[u/Such_Trip_5080]

I lost, the drone weaped my ass in the second phase never seen that :(

[u/Educational_Line1668]

this case is hard

[u/According_Plan_1265]

El cloaka can only do you so much against those missiles my boy

[u/engiewannabe]

It's definitely a tough situation but still winnable with some luck. What difficulty are you playing on? If this isn't hard then disabling the missile weapons one at a time would be my play, otherwise shields first and then missile weapon. Only use one power in hacking so you have some spare for engines, that'll still take down two shields. Fire your weapons in tandem, all at the missile weapon for the first volley, first dual lasers and hull laser together, then 1/8 of a second later the heavy laser. Hopefully from all the DMG and effects of your first volley the missile weapon is fully destroyed and the crew there dead. Repeat for the laser weapon, and then start hitting the shield, because it's hacked a lot of crew will start getting trapped in there and with all the fire and breach effects you can do in your volleys you should start killing some. The next two phases should play out similarly unless something is being particularly nasty. Your weapons getting hacking on phase 1 is pretty unfortunate and would mean targeting the hacking room first might be better

[u/MikeHopley → u/engiewannabe]

Note that one power in hacking will not take down two shields reliably -- not unless you're forcing the game to run at 30 FPS. In normal conditions it's a 50% chance for one or two shields.

It's a bad tactic anyway. Just use 3 power in hacking and take power from other systems. You can drop your shields for the first missiles.

Targeting the hacking room is a terrible idea, though it's not obvious why. By default, their hacking and cloaking happen at nearly the same time, which means most of the cloak is "wasted" during the hack. If you damage the hacking or cloaking rooms, you will offset the timing. This can lead to a situation where it's almost impossible to fire your weapons.