im currently working on finishing Trans-Temporal Travel then i was thinking about getting more energy? what would you suggest and how good is my current tech for my rank?

Quasi-Chaotic Force 1/3

Supernova Generation 2/4

rift fields 1/3

cloaking fields 0/3

Syncopated Phase Matter 1/3

Trans-Temporal Travel 1/3

Continuum Analysis 0/3

Stellar Engineering 1/3

Stellar Engineering

i feel u really should get obviator shield

ur mine might offer the same amount of invasion defence, but i feel shield is a bit more important while fighting the population wars

dude, you should finish an entire tier before starting a new one
but you should finish supernova generation, then finish trans temporal travel.
then I would suggest getting obivitaion shields and then finish stellar engineering.

do this in reverse

I would help, but then that makes it not as easy to take your planets. That does not work for me.

Depends on what he wants, if he wants to fast rank, do my order, if he wants to slow rank, then do it in reverse order

i researched quashs for the base that's why these only 1/3 same with hull even though i have it installe. shields 1/3 is because i only did that for the structures. and defense I'm working on.

Blake, Lava has stellar stuff and he's not your rank. Get the buildings!

true. once i finish this defense tier ill do a shield tier (should only take a day lol) then ill go for level 12,s

obviously..... but that wasnt a statement of what he is doing here, he said, quote "i was thinking about getting more energy?" and "what would you suggest" end quote.

but thank you for the eyeroll...

Assuming you mean finishing all steps of a given tech rather than completing the first step of a tech and then going to another branch of tech, why should he?

Planetary attack and defense unlock on round one of a new weapon or shield tech. At least for scanners, you get the biggest bump in scan/space by jumping from 3/3 of the previous tech to 1/3 of the next tier. I'm assuming that this is generally true across the whole tech tree as well. Mining structures unlock on the first step of planetary structure tech, so if your mining is low, you can bump it without neglecting some other branch of research entirely. Base contributions are locked until you complete the first step of the required base tech.

All in all, I can see good reasons to jump around the tree for specific needs as long as individual steps of tech are being fully completed. Please let me know if I'm missing some disadvantages here.

your not missing any disadvantages, personally I finish an entire tech section because im like that. however i do see people running around without the 3rd (or 4th) tier of whatever it is that they have on their ship and i dont understand that cause it just costs money, so that may have been the point.

The way that seems best for saving creds and minerals is to research to the 3rd or 4th tier, then put the modules on. That way you don't waste creds on the 1st and 2nd tiers.

This is true at the higher levels, though I think the principle is the same whether you jump from the first to first or last to last, e.g. jumping from light nulls to light thetas or jumping from heavy nulls to heavy thetas, only paying out once per tech rather than at each step in each will save credits and minerals.

It really bugs me when people don't finish researching the whole tier. I don't know why, it just does

Order in which you should research:
1. Shields
2. Planetary Construction(1 and 2 can be switched up)
3. Defense
4. Energy
4. Stealth(get this high up, you're lacking in this)
5. Scanners or Hull(vice versa)
6. Do Attack last because, chances are, you will not need them until you have enough mining to support upkeepp

It's called OCD, and we each express it in different ways.

OCD = Obsessive Compuslive Disorder

I do not think about it 24/7 and I'm not doing things to change it, therefore, it is not OCD.

I fail to understand why some people research 1/8 of their tier and then spontaneously switch to a different one

my personal reason is when i get to the end of a tier that it took me a decent amount of time to get to i always decide to just push it into a tier it takes a while to research just so i get better tech bu then i go to something else cause it would take me forever to finish that tier

I was exaggerating for (failed?) humorous effect.

I would go obliviation barriers first and then buildings