I would just like to get a view from otehr people, is it worth taking artie shipments when they reach max, or if you get arties from the base, then is it better to wait, I know I wait and can get up to 400k at a time. but what is better? views

Depends what you're looking for.. If you want more of the ship improvements and less MSPs, then drawing often is better. If you want/need MSPs, wait and draw high.

I myself just wait until it is near full then draw as getting msp for me is still a good thing. However I have seen other people say that they like to draw when they are over 4k and sub 5k so they eliminate continuum beacons.

The only thing MSPs are good for in my opinion is the Polychron Vault, and that's a marginal gain for losing at least 5 shots at Rescued Prisoners, Androids, Brackets, or Cells. Given (as has been oft discussed on the forums) that Tesseracts are a better cargo/AP ratio, I say collect early, collect often (I collect down to 4K to ensure that Rescued Prisoners stay on my drops).

what has been said makes sense. I get alot of msp's in my shipments. and i love it, but I only except my artie count about once every week and a half. but everyday I get about 40k artie. so I can accumulate up to around 400k. its like a ship upgrade.