What are effective strategies for countering Mind Control?
Don't get me wrong, I like the new advanced content, but I am at a loss as to how to counter mind control.
When I am boarding, and get mind controlled, it usually is the end for at least one of them...
When a crewman gets mind controlled on my own ship, I usually leave them to attack whatever system they want. But that's not always a good idea.
What can I do when my crewman gets the purple spiral of doom above him?
Best Answer
Make the Mind Control system on the enemy ship a high priority target. Yes, taking damage is bad. But losing a crew member, even in advanced, can be worse (I say even in advanced because it's possible to get crew who come with experience in certain skills; it is easier, but by no means easy, to absord the loss of a well experienced crew now). If you have hacking, dump it on the mind control and then attempt to damage it for good measure.
If you have a heal bomb, you can target your own ship and keep crew alive more easily. Though it won't heal the mind controlled crew. All bombs can target your own ship. If there is a stunning bomb, you could use it to help deal with a controlled crew member onboard.
Stunning weapons can be used to deal with one of your boarders getting mind controlled.
The Crystal race ability to lock down a room could service in a pinch, but crystal crew members are rare (unless you are playing the Crystal Cruiser).
But really, there's nothing better than taking the Mind Control device out of play. I consider it to be an extremely high priority target.
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- spending time with loved ones.
- listening to calming or uplifting music.
- taking a walk.
How do you deal with mind control in FTL?
You must have vision of a unit in order to use Mind Control on them. Once you begin mind control you cannot turn it off or power it down until the effect ends. You can undo the effects of an enemy Mind Control with your own. You can use the Crew Teleporter to bring a controlled unit to your ship.How can you tell if someone is controlling your mind?
They criticize you all the time- exaggerating your flaws at work (always pointing out typos in an email, for example)
- never acknowledging when you do something right.
- becoming irrationally angry if you don't answer your phone right away.
- making mean jokes about you in front of others.
- criticizing the way you dress or speak.
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Answer 2
The other answers are great, however I want to add some basic tactic you can follow:
Let the Mind-Controlled unit to damage the system all alone until is about to finish damaging one power to the system, then send your crew member with more life to fight against the MCed unit. This way you minimize the damage taken to units and prevent damage to systems. When the crew member recovers his sanity your current system point being damaged will recover too.
This works specially at the beginning of the game, where the Mind Control is level 1 and then the damage taken will be minimal.
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