There is a way to (temporarily) disable hacking drones without destroying their ship or wrecking their hacking room. An odd defensive option you have in the. You can try to time the hacking drone by distracting the defense drone with targets, such as swarm missiles, flak, etc, even a boarding drone. Careful management will do just fine and the DRA isn't entirely necessary, but if you're using drones primarily for dealing damage or you're using both drones and Hacking frequently, then it can be invaluable in letting you recklessly use your options without fear of running out. I honestly try to buy as little as possible. 0. You will collect 1000 scrap from Sectors 5+6+7, and accounting for rounding (you only get 8. As long as you jump before it disappears. Anti-Drone Drones do a heck of a job protecting from enemy drones, for only one power. After Batman was flying around the galaxy in his Engi Class A "Batbox" I now respect the power of 3 anti ship drones going at once. What are you even talking about. Hacking Stun. The ions strip the shields, while the offense drones will make mincemeat of the enemy ship because they have the highest DPS in the game. 0. - 1 drone part (so you can deploy the. etc. Cheats. - changed the custom store: the last page will show vanilla and modded drones on the top and just modded drones on the bottom, while the augments section will never show stuff not useful such as Weapon Pre-Igniter and Drone Recovery Arm. Get a Defense Drone Mk I, which is best at protecting the small Engi cruiser. Compared to Crystal B this ship can also defeat automated drones with it's starting setup. You can buy level 2 shields for 50 scrap. ago. This might be old news to many experienced players, but I've learned about this little trick recently and thought some people may find it useful. Since the AI aims the drone randomly, you can always hope they'll hack something useless (O2, Doors, Sensors), but sometimes it will hit something important. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. This is an effective free 2 points of repair each jump (including empty beacons and stores)- possibly more if you want to risk spending a drone part. hacking+beams). What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. 0. But 50 scrap is worth much more early in the game that later. They either need to be cheaper (1 power) or recharge faster to have any real use. You can use the dual lasers and drone or hacking through the first 2 sectors fairly reliably. v 4. Engi ships can get 4 drones pretty easily. Hull Damage: System Damage: System Lock: Clear. FTL Navigation: 3 -> 1 Drone Recovery Arm: 2 -> 1 Explosive Replicator: 3 -> 1 FTL Recharge Booster: 2 -> 1 Hacking Stun: 3 -> 4 Lifeform Scanner: 3 -> 2 Drone power: Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 3 -> 2 Drone prices: Anti-Drone: 35 -> 30 Anti-Personnel: 35 -> 30 Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 50 -> 40A drone Recovery Arm is particularly useful early-on Later, this ship usually relies on its hacking and massive drone army to destroy the enemy ship. Long-charge weapons, not so. This means you can pretty much guarantee that. The guy in the triple laser room gets left alone, for reasons I shall explain below. There are so many problems they mitigate. Priority to target: Weapons, stealth system,. I also like drone recovery arm, scrap recovery arm, long distance scanners and weapon pre-igniter, but I almost never have enough scrap for the pre-igniter. The combo you just described is ridiculously expensive, involves several random items and requires a ton of weapon power. Get defense. Did you get to a sector with 2 shield enemies without finding hacking or a low energy weapon -> get wrecked. Also, random unrelated thing. Boarding drone and ion intruder aren't great unless you're already playing a boarding ship, in which case you really don't need them. E. I wasnt that impressed with either of them , i think hacking is better if you can spare the drones. For FTL: Faster Than Light on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "What combo of systems are your favorite?" - Page 3. Depending on how many missiles you have, small bombs is great for wrecking shields so your lasers can pewpew. Post by UltraMantis » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:20 pm. ago. Iniciar sesión Tienda Inicio Lista de descubrimientos Lista de deseados Tienda de puntos Noticias EstadísticasBusiness, Economics, and Finance. My favourite aspect of FTL is the drones - the idea of sitting back and monitoring your ship while your drones clean up the enemy ships really appeals to me. I'll try to keep it brief since I don't like to read overly long guides myself. Additional comment actions. This is especially powerful with a clone bay. ) Sold the Shield+ drone now, won't be using drone parts on that again; anti-drone is worth keeping. The only downside is the drone part drain w/o recovery arm, but you can always just avoid using offensive drone outside bad encounters/emergency/RFS if you don't have one. Only 50% chance to kill an attacking drone, and the reload is too long to protect against hacking or boarding drones. ftlgame) submitted 3 years ago * by Denske203. You can use a bomb or deal weapon damage to temporarily disable. FTL Navigation: 3 -> 1 Drone Recovery Arm: 2 -> 1 Explosive Replicator: 3 -> 1 FTL Recharge Booster: 2 -> 1 Hacking Stun: 3 -> 4 Lifeform Scanner: 3 -> 2 Drone power: Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 3 -> 2 Drone prices: Anti-Drone: 35 -> 30 Anti-Personnel: 35 -> 30 Anti-Ship Fire Drone: 50 -> 40A drone Recovery Arm is particularly useful early-on Later, this ship usually relies on its hacking and massive drone army to destroy the enemy ship. Can be used together with Hull Repair Drone : the drone vanishes after repairing 3-5 hull points, so jumping after 2 repairs makes those repairs. Upgrade medbay to save your own crew and have higher chances of saving/getting new crew through events. You can use the dual lasers and drone or hacking through the first 2 sectors fairly reliably. Also, random unrelated thing. If drone parts are at all an issue, I would say defense drone 2. The mkII seems to get easily confused/overwhelmed during intense combat. If you're already using drones, it can add up, but if you don't have any drone systems then it's a good way to make use of excess drones. If you have ridiculous luck and get a Drone Recovery Arm and a Hull Repair drone, it's pretty much a "push me to win" button. And like my previous game, the rebel flagship used hacked and fu**ed me up ! The previous game it hacked my weapons system. My new favorite augment is probably Reconstructive Teleport. 10. Cloak is definitely much more powerful, I highly recommend getting it on most ships. You want to get as many systems as your ship has slots for every run if you want to maximize your chances at winning. 5 seconds instead of 12. It doesn't cost much, and saves you scrap in drone parts and hull damage in the long run. I like it a lot more than most do, but even I'm not buying it that often. #7. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. FTL Navigation - 3. 1. In addition I've picked up: Ion charger Burst laser mark 2 Drone recovery arm…FTL: Faster Than Light. please answer soonAnd given that the ship has lots of 1x1 room, beams and flak may be a pain to deal with, so the starting 5 crew you'll receive will have all skills at level 1, plus you get a free 100% shield recharge boost and a free 100% FTL. Chancing an asteroid field and taking 2 damage, because risk means reward. For me, all it does is just a nice chunk of scrap to be sold on drone ships. If you don't go full drones and only buy a few, maxbe 2 points in the drone system you can easily swap the defense drone out for an anti peronnal or hull drone. + There is a decent chance of getting at least 1 of the following: a) Hull. I'm in a Torus with the standard ion blast 2 and combat drone 1. Also offensive drones tend to be a bit weak for the player, at least compared to alternative purchases like hacking. Add a Comment. Looks like an easy way to run out of drones. Most drones are disappointing as well. Also, don't forget the blue options it gives. Stealth A is considered one of the best ships in the game. So it's usually probably just best to take the drone parts and not bother going for that quest beacon, especially when it's far from your planned route (like mine was). This means you can develop a subversive sort of hacking strategy through judicious use of the pause button: Launch your drone, then, when you see/hear the. v 4. You're totally right that hacking is a much more desirable system than drones. I'm in a Torus with the standard ion blast 2 and combat drone 1. You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. System Repair Drone; Hull Repair Drone; Defensive drones. Being able to share power is one of the system's benefits. Almost. In particular, most of the ship unlocks. c tier. It's generally not worth it unless you have a drone recovery arm, but even then you can probably find a better use for the second drone slot. And drones isn't the most important subsystem for victory. Drone Mods. I've always thought that 50% chance seemed a bit low. I generally think the offensive drones are near worthless, though. Another point for having a spare missile in a weapon slot: You can use the missile to keep enemy defense drones busy while you sneak your hacking drone through. That might seem overpowered, but consider this: the Drone Recovery Arm recovers drone parts 100% of the time (except Boarding Drones I believe), which basically allows you to deploy them with absolute impunity and. I wasnt that impressed with either of them , i think hacking is better if you can spare the drones. This list I put together as a passion project for anyone looking to get a better grasp on how strong any given item is in a general sense. If you don't go full drones and only buy a few, maxbe 2 points in the drone system you can easily swap the defense drone out for an anti peronnal or hull drone. All you have to do is 1) hack life support, 2) shoot life support out as the hack ends, 3) mind control the enemy repairman just before they finish repairing 1 bar of the life support system. Get a Defense Drone I to minimize missile damage. It's awesome. But when I just tried it the other day that didn't seem to be the case and the hull repair drone was consumed even when I had the recovery arm. But I feel that with AE the OPness of it diminished a bit. - Drone Recovery Arm. Certain drones are 'toggleable,' meaning they can act as one of two different drones. By SSP. This way the hacking and cloaking stay synchronised. Mr_Degroot • 9 yr. Drone can be shot down in transit but can only be removed if destroyed by the hacking system being hacked (so you can't move it either, choose wisely). Would much rather have hacking drones have a chance to miss like any other projectile. 4: Removed redundant images. See full list on ftl. I would grab cloak over mind control in almost any scenario. Drone Advantages: + Power can be toggled, especially quickly powering up a Def I to shoot missiles and then re-routing power to engines. hacking uses a drone , if you already use drones and dont have a drone recovery system then that can be a problem , or at least it was for me. I never buy scrap recovery. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. ftl jammer is fine in b tier. 3 [For those pesky Anti-Drones] ftl charge booster, never a buy, if u need it to run your offense is weak af anyway and the run is bad. Drone Recovery Arm is fantastic for deploying pretty much unlimited defense drones, which I love. To support that the fast firing weapon can help with knocking out their weapons or just damage their crew even more. It isn't very synergetic, but works well against missiles while shutting down the medbay for offense. Having 3 just means you would need 1500 scrap to get back the 150 you paid for them. Once you have the arm, your goal should be to add a 2nd attack drone. Automated reloader. What are you even talking about. repair arm. It is incredibly effective against Flagship 2 without defense scrambler or some other means of hitting the FS drone system. Business, Economics, and Finance. In short, my normal FTL strategy has worked pretty well against the Hard/Advanced flagship. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. This is the near-universal opinion of the online community, and I share in that view. I could of sworn that they recovered them if the ship isn't blown up. Or maybe you get a Drone Recovery Arm. v 4. )The hacking drone will almost always get through even against two defense drones. Sold Small Bomb, repaired to 20HP, bought Mk1 Combat Drone. No easier than running an engi ship. Does Drone Recovery Arm Work on Hull Repair Drones? : r/ftlgame 2 comments Best Add a Comment chewbacca77 • 6 yr. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Multiple combat drones can work, but rarely, because you need the drones and Drone Recovery Arm. 252h in and I still didn't know that the outcomes for going to that quest beacon without specific equipment aren't worth it. 6. It can neutralize an enemy hack or enemy mind control, prevent the enemy ship from firing weapons, support a boarding party by hacking the medbay, and provides blue options. If you have ridiculous luck and get a Drone Recovery Arm and a Hull Repair drone, it's pretty much a "push me to win" button. Long-charge weapons, not so. ?FTL: Faster Than Light. The ions strip the shields, while the offense drones will make mincemeat of the enemy ship because they have the highest DPS in the game. I'll try to keep it brief since I don't like to read overly long guides myself. Basically, one of the dangerous factors in Wave 1 is the enemy Hacking Drone, which can end. It will help you deploy hacking + recoverable drones. This means they are somewhat limited, but can be very good when combined with EMP weapons. "-Achievement. If I get one free I keep it of. This is especially powerful with a clone bay. I like the Halberd Beam and by the end max Hacking, which can take down 4 Shield bubbles. The drone combination is always the same during the battle, so it might be worth jumping away if you get something really bad like that. 2) Increase power to the engines to boost your dodge rating - works with enemy lasers too. Requires drone part to launch. Drone control is not popular among high-level players. I prefer defense drone mark 1. External and boarding drones are lost when jumping to a new system and have to be redeployed at each new location or encounter, though a Drone Recovery Arm lets you. Anti-drone drones can also be largely ignored with micro. It is still quite reliable for missiles and much better for the flagship. Automated Re-loader This handy item decreases the charge time of weapons. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. There is a way to (temporarily) disable hacking drones without destroying their ship or wrecking their hacking room. Cloaking is awesome, too, but given the choice I'd probably take hacking over cloaking. Post by UltraMantis » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:20 pm. please answer soonThe Drone Recovery arm is almost always one of my 3 ship augments. And given that the ship has lots of 1x1 room, beams and flak may be a pain to deal with, so the starting 5 crew you'll receive will have all skills at level 1, plus you get a free 100% shield recharge boost and a free 100% FTL. Its all fun and games till engi A gets 3 combat drones with a drone recovery arm. Hacking uses 1 drone part every time and is not affected by drone recovery arm. In multiverse, with the ship Ajaccio, faced quite a few 5 shield ships. You cannot stop this. Reviews. Building heavily around offensive drones is also usually not a great strategy, especially without a Drone Recovery Arm. [Optional] Defence Drone - [Optional] Drone Recovery Arm You only have 3 weapons slots to play with here… so you need to make sure you get hold of some top-notch kit down the line. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. by FatRatKnight Updated to v1. You will basically never lose shields except phase 2 of the final boss once your dodge is 40% and you have a fully trained shield guy. High evasion (that means engine upgrades) and really fast weapons can also be effective. Defense Drone I; Defense Drone II; Anti-Combat Drone;. I just found an exploit that allows free repairs. Cloaking Advantages: + Provides guaranteed miss of enemy weapon of your choice + Massively reduces the danger of Flagship's power surges + Can be used to stop enemy boarders from returning and healing + Negates an enemy Ion Blast II + Negates enemy cloaking, especially if they charge all their weapons and fire them all at once +. And if you manage to get a drone recovery arm, you’re laughingIn sector 3. You get 20 seconds charge time when cloaking and hacking are synchronised. And you only need 2 power in your drone system to do this. As you approach endgame, use your extra scraps and resources for lots of internal upgrades. This phase is about getting the cloaking system (and sometimes hacking) offline, along with shields, and usually the missile launcher. No, that would be pre-igniter, hacking and flak 2 x2 + glaive x2. I'd say defence drones are more useful earlier in the game, and only a minor benefit against the Flagship. If I get one free I keep it of. A ship with 4 Engines, 3 Shields, and 1 Cloaking is about as effective at preventing most damage as one with 6 Engines, 4 Shields, and a Defense 1 drone, if the cloak is used optimally. etc. This is not entirely correct. Make use of the "special" tradersIf you have the drone slots and a drone recovery arm, or are near the end of the game and have lots of drone parts, defense drone 1. advertisement. Business, Economics, and Finance. Basically, I'd consider buying drone control over hacking if I have a. 12! Zoltan Shield. You need scrap ASAP on normal and hard. Even though Defense Drones misses sometimes, their odds of hitting a missile are far better than your odds of evading a missile uncloaked. If you win a battle by clearing out the enemy crew, then you do recover the drone part. (pre ignite) Scrap recovery arm is a yes, drone recovery arm is a no, since you already get all drones. Drone can be shot down in transit but can only be removed if destroyed by the hacking system being hacked (so you can't move it either, choose wisely). My absolute favourite run of FTL was one game where I found TWO fire beams and an Ion MkII with the Engi B. i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. Drone recovery arm does work as. A readable [hopefully] tier list of every obtainable item in FTL my passion project ( self. I am annoyed at those green shields when I'm boarding-heavy. Jump to page:What the hell the hack ! I played a perfect game on easy mode with zoltan ship. CryptoBusiness, Economics, and Finance. ago. Once you have the arm, your goal should be to add a 2nd attack drone. At this point you can use hacking AND drones in every battle. CryptoThere are some people strongly against pausing hack drones (without ever complaining about pausing other drones). First of all, to answer your P. 3: have a high enough level oxygen that you can refill faster than the hack can drain. . If you're doing a heavy drone build, get Drone Recovery Arm. ?i was wondering if it recovers the hacking drone from the hacking bay. Does not recover Boarding Drones, Ion Intruders, or hacking drones. Tips: If you have drone recovery, pop the defense drone for every fight where the enemy has hacking or missiles and you'll save a lot of damage. The engi med-bot dispersal is free scrap you can use to buy weapons or the Drone Recovery Arm which is very good for this ship. One more thing you could do here, if you are on Hard mode, is remove the power from the weapons just before the. 5) Disable their weapon systems. As long as your drone is targeting a powered system, there are a few passive effects. So OK, i never saw the hack in action before. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Use the HRD and let it repair twice then jump before it repair a third time, the DRA will give you back the drone part you just used. . Using a Hull repair drone will create a drone around your ship that patches up 3-5 hull damage and then disappears. If you have missiles, consider using these to overwhelm the defence drone and sneak a hacking probe onto whatever system you. This neutralises the Flagship’s offence. So it lets you essentially have infinite health for. Tough to justify only defense drones for a ship with 4 weapon bays and only 2 maximum drone bays, but the odds of a boarding or hacking drone getting to you are reduced to a slim margin, and it only take 3 reactor to power them both. You can actually bypass defensive drones with your hacking drone, and avoid it being shot down. Hull repair drones are quite rare in stores or in general, and buying one (probably the most. You have to get 500 scrap just to get the 50 back you paid for it. 0. 5) Disable their weapon systems. But 50 scrap is worth much more early in the game that later. 0. I. Teleporter is. I get Teleporter early and do a boarding heavy strategy. The Drone Control system powers drones, which act automatically and cannot be controlled directly. For the most part, the experienced players agree though. I just won a game yesterday with the Engi A where I ended up with 2 combat drones and 2 flak 1 on auto shoot and annihilated the Flagship on Hard AE. This is not entirely correct. please answer soonInteresting hacking drone trick. Honestly speaking, I wouldn’t invest more than 1 extra bar into the Drone Room (so a max of 4). )It's pretty similar with drones, but I wouldn't say that drones are weak as they are (Hacking and Drone Control are both very strong systems) so it should be pretty fine for them. The Crystal B ship is the strongest design in FTL. What is this nonsense with Drone recovery arm, not recovering Hacking. ) Вход Магазин Начало Опашка за откриване Списък с желания Точков магазин Новини СтатистикиFTL: Faster Than Light is a "Roguelike-like" spaceship simulation game developed by Subset Games. Scrap recovery arm Drone recovery arm -> Drone control Defense/Hull repair drone Reverse ion field Least common purchases Any weapon. Additionally hacking + cloaking can make the vast majority of fights 100% safe. Drone control would be nice, but it doesn't come with a defense drone (90% of the reason anyone should ever by drone control), you don't have many drones to spare, and you already have hacking. So in an extreme case, two synchronized drones firing once per ten seconds is more useful than one drone firing every second, despite a 5x theoretical DPS difference. Hacking Edit This page describes content that only appears in Advanced Edition. g. You have other uses for the drone parts you saved (combat drones or hacking) otherwise the recovery arm is a bit of a waste One last minor consideration is that the drone consumes one cargo space and the augment one augment slot. ?Firstly, (on easy and normal) I teleport into the room with the triple missile launcher, kill the guy manning it then smash it up. The intent of using Hacking and the Beam Drone is also Drone Part-intensive, and you don't have a Drone Recovery Arm to halve the costs; in practice, you should tend to be reluctant to use your Hacking unless you successfully switch away from relying on the Beam Drone for damage. Source : wiki. ago. I was not prepared. 18 votes, 12 comments. I got a free Hermes in Sector 7 I ended up firing a few shots with pretty much only bc. Hacking, cloaking, drone control with defence drone are the most common defences. Jun 27, 2014 @ 1:27am One good use of the Hacking system is to un-synchronise enemy weapons, for example:. FTL is as it stands pretty well balanced in my opinion (with a few exceptions). 3) Cloaking when the enemy fires missiles or lasers also guarantees pretty much an evasion. It's to allow you to permanently keep a Defense Drone or 2 active in every fight for the rest of the game using only an emergency 4 or so Drone Parts for the rare scenario where the drone itself gets hit by. Rew. The player controls the crew of a lone spaceship affiliated with The Federation, which is currently on the losing end of a massive rebellion. The one thing it can't do is destroy a ship like a weapon. You're right. Boarding drone and ion intruder aren't great unless you're already playing a boarding ship, in which case you really don't need them. Iniciar sesión Tienda Inicio Lista de descubrimientos Lista de deseados Tienda de puntos Noticias EstadísticasBusiness, Economics, and Finance. laerteis • 9 yr. about how to keep the thing from "jumping", the flagship has three phases, the first phase, the drone phase, and the super shield phase. The Defense Scrambler is much more expensive at arond 80 scrap, but allows for free Hacking and missile use, which, naturally, pairs really well if the ship that. + The chance of the Drone Recovery arm (in comparison, Stealth Weapons isn't great unless you have an Ion Blast II) + Cheaper to buy. Please use [SPOILER] if relevant. FTL: Faster Than Light; The augment you always want, but rarely find. @Happiness Officer while I agree with you that the Glaive Beam is unwieldy, you can get past defense drones with just a. On drone ship runs, I can win the game without it, so it seems there's really no need for it. Nevertheless drone control is a viable purchase and sometimes it's the correct play -- just a lot less often than hacking, cloaking, or mind control. FTL: Faster Than Light PC . v 4. Drone Recovery Arm augmentation description: Non-destroyed drones will be retrieved when jumping, allowing their parts to be reused. It might have been the most powerful offensive ship I have ever flown! LONCHIVARLearned lesson & switched loadout: Ion bomb, heavy laser, heavy ion, defense drone. On drone ship runs, I can win the game without it, so it seems there's really no need for it. Drones hit by an ion shot are stunned for 5 seconds for each ion damage. ?Cloaking Advantages: + Provides guaranteed miss of enemy weapon of your choice + Massively reduces the danger of Flagship's power surges + Can be used to stop enemy boarders from returning and healing + Negates an enemy Ion Blast II + Negates enemy cloaking, especially if they charge all their weapons and fire them all at once +. Anti-drone is straight-up crap. Was this just for kicks?Re: Boarding drone lost with drone recovery arm installed. r/ftlgame • [MOD] I made a graphical enhancement mod that swaps the map icon with a custom icon depending on which ship you are playing by using a hyperspace script!View community ranking In the Top 5% of largest communities on Reddit Does drone recovery arm recover intact hacking drones?With cloaking-3 drones are still scary, but your window of vulnerability is at least smaller -- nominally 7. Equip an attack drone to take their Zoltan shield down while your weapons charge. Currently my ship is outfitted with the following: halberd beam…FTL: Multiverse adds a wide range of new drone types into the game. etc. FTL: Faster Than Light. You can try to time the hacking drone by distracting the defense drone with targets, such as swarm missiles, flak, etc, even a boarding drone. You would be tempted to think the earlier in the game you get it the better. using hacking+ 3 non-crew drones during a fight will quickly drain your drone part supply. Business, Economics, and Finance. ago. Originally posted by Maine Cheldan: Hull repair drone requires a Drone system, two reactor bars, and as you said, a big stack of drone parts. I am annoyed at those green shields when I'm boarding-heavy. Log In to add custom notes to this or any other game. It would be nice if the Engi B would start with this, because that. fandom. If. Even though Defense Drones misses sometimes, their odds of hitting a missile are far better than your odds of evading a missile uncloaked. They will shoot down hacking and boarding drones. You don't buy it for combat drones or for hacking. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. There are so many problems they mitigate. 2) Increase power to the engines to boost your dodge rating - works with enemy lasers too. I kind of hate how hacking drones freeze in response to cloaking/depowering because it breaks physics. There are a few ways to get past defense drones. I like it a lot more than most do, but even I'm not buying it that often. Hull Repair is quite a rare (and expensive) drone. SSJ2-Gohan • 9 yr. Drone Recovery Arm: Dependant on how often you are using your drones. 7 FTL Jammer - 4. ago. It might have been the most powerful offensive ship I have ever flown! LONCHIVARScrap Recovery Arm. Dealing with the defence drone: The Defence drone effectively negates missiles or Hacking probes. Hacking uses 1 drone part every time and is not affected by drone recovery arm. The first fight dropped an Adv FTL Navigation augment and the second a Drone Recovery Arm, both better to just sell. Drone Recovery Arm, Explosive Replicator, Zoltan Shield Bypass are interesting options on some ships. 4) Hacking.