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Re:FTL: Advanced Edition by cstuder on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:23AM (#6716703)
I love it too.

The only weird thing I've found: There's an option to show the reachable systems on the map, so you can plan your route through a sector in advance.

This is quite a gameplay change from the route guessing game you encounter with the default settings, making the game easier.

I feel a little bit like cheating when enabling this...

Re:FTL: Advanced Edition by KVFinn on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @03:10PM (#6720593)
>The only weird thing I've found: There's an option to show the reachable systems on the map, so you can plan your route through a sector in advance.

>This is quite a gameplay change from the route guessing game you encounter with the default settings, making the game easier.

>I feel a little bit like cheating when enabling this...

They patched this in and it feels weird, yeah. I wish they would tie the upgrade into the sensor systems: see one level of nodes at level 2, and the whole map at level 3. I like feeling of jumping into the uknown but i can't turn off the minmax part of my brain enough to turn off a free option.

Re:FTL: Advanced Edition by Semaphor on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:41AM (#6716760)
I always turn it on. I feel it removes a bit of the element of luck from the game as being close doesn't mean two points are connected.