Reached Rank 300 last night, so here are my new pics. Not much has changed as ranking quickly. But have changed to Genetarr Fixer.




The energy shown is my maximum, just before ranking. The hull showen is very low, has a fixer bonus and buffed with nanite swarm. Haven't posted ones showing installed mods as these change all the time. Currently carrying a lot of scan as you need 2500 (and 2900 for the next mission) to do the current mission of the Taltherian chain.
Did some calculations to see if I could auto-rank the rest of the chain by swapping to Human for the XP bonus, but I need another 432 engineers, without advancing in rank. So not gonna happen anytime soon.

Now reached Rank 400, have been working mostly on missions and successful raids on lvl5+ bases for ranking anubix. Have finished Talth chain and currently about half way through the chain to get the Sehrin ally.
I know defence is too low, I rely on the damage cap to limit damage. Also arti production is low.
Soon gonna change to Taltherian, so arti production will increase, will also put on more defence and slow rank for awhile.
Finished researching hull and sensors, thinking of doing energy next.
Any ideas, help, advice, silly comments appreciated.

defence

Defence now up to 1957 with 2 Velox, I could install more but would have to dump some guns?

It seems like you are attempting something between a SSB and a MSB. Defense needs really serious work. Currently, you're running what's basically a glass cannon build. I say this because your hull is too low, your cap is too high, and your defense is not enough to compensate for this difference. Artifact production needs some serious raising.

Your right, I don't want to add more decks so as to mitigate the damage I receive, but need more defence also. I did try to go SSB but I hate the constant swapping in and out of mods and repairing everything. So what would you recommend I get my defence to as a minimum??
Re the arti production, have just changed to Taltharian Excavator and did my first Urbanize, so working on that

~5k should be a decent amount.

Hmmmm, that's gonna take awhile!! Thanks anyway

If you've finished the Talth chain then why aren't you a Talth Excavator yet? Do that asap man

I was helping sab a planet for someone and then sabbing one for me. But I've changed now and starting to Urbanize

Its been a while, but here comes ranks 600 and 700

Rank 600 info, hmmmm seems I didn't crop anything, apologies for that, 700 will be better.

Added production figures

Now rank 700, which I got to today.

All stats are unbuffed (except shield, so about 12K is unbuffed). I could add more hull, but with space at a premium, I've decided to drop a few of those mods. Have changed back to Taltherian to increase arti production, have also made some good steals lately and should reach 30K arti/hour soon. Currently researching the 1st level of Hyper Logistics, when done that will finish off the last couple of levels of cloak and shield.

Any and all comment appreciated.

Big improvement over 100 ranks. Nicely done, sir!

Maybe you've already said this, but what are your favorite parts of the game and your current goals?

Thanks, I hadn't really compared the 600 to 700 numbers, they did improve a lot. I suspect it was mainly down to me purchasing the QSE's and making a 37x rift, which is currently pulling in over 5.1K
It's hard to say which parts of the game I like best, I have been doing lots of NPC's over the last couple of hundred ranks, but I also dabble in PVP. Base battles are a blast and I can finally start to do some decent damage!! Made some good planet steals lately and that drives the hunger to do more scanning. Missions are a bore, but gotta get some of those good missions done.

I guess a mixture of PVP and NPC is what I like best.

So goals, I'd love to get the Tri-Blasters and at the same time get my Bainar (66) and Thraccti (50) to 100, so that will be my main goal to get by 800. I will also get the 2 year medal so will prob use that on a 22x MC Oceanic. 35K+ arti/hr, finish all research, hmmmm, that should do!!

PS - currently sitting on 99 red badges

Rank 800 info, which was achieved on June 8 2014

Rank 850 info, which was achieved on 11 July 2014
Seems I missed getting a screenshot of my ships stats and research, oh well!!

Your forgetting to edit the thread title

Other than that, very good improvement since rank 700, spot on!

As always, more AP is needed.

Your at a good ship size, if your intending to stay MSB, this is a good point to do that.

Rank 900 info, which was achieved on 13 October 2014

Rank 1000 info, which was achieved on 29 October 2014