Finally, this is ultimately a personal ranking based on my opinions. In other words, low skillcap ships like the Engi A don't receive more weight for being easy to use. The ranking was also done with the assumption of an experienced player using these ships to the best of his or her ability. The boarding ships with a Teleporter don't get extra weight because of their ability to rack up a higher in-game score (although I have indeed factored in the additional scrap and other rewards that they can reap from boarding). Ships were evaluated under the assumption of Hard difficulty with the goal of defeating the rebel flagship and winning the game as efficienty as possible. Some of the intra-tier ranking was truly splitting hairs, however, and these ships should be regarded as roughly even in strength. Ships within tiers are intended to be roughly comparable in power, although they are also ranked within tiers as well. I've divided the 28 ships into five main tiers based around different levels of overall strength. After seeing so many FTL tier lists floating around on the Internet, I decided that I might as well put one together myself and post it here on my website.
