Disappointing End :-(

[Lord Felix]

It's a really great game.

You can play with Permadeath off.

Or you can figure out how to play with Permadeath on but with save and reload enabled.

[Lord Felix]

Incidentally, I got killed by Devourers more than once, but I've had my revenge.

You don't even need big shields or armor, although of course that helps. You just need two decent range 4 weapons. They're slow and have a weapon with a range or only 2 or 3. Just circle around them, outside their firing range, and plink them to death.