Hopefully this post will be a little better thought out that my last post in strategy...

My aim is Heavy Thetacron Cannons at 250, as well as Perfect Fermionic, Trans Temporal Arrays Mk 3 (aswell as energy nullifiers).

Now, looking at that, my instant reaction is that it is going to be very very expensive. Anyone got an idea of how much mining needed to upkeep, before I devote myself to a freeze?

are you installing max of mentioned modules?

Apart from the Thetacrons, that set-up isn't a tually too expensive. I'm running it right now on 4.2k mining. Only need space for the last Nullifyer

Perhaps not all 8 defenses yet. Perhaps yes. It'll be Energy Nullifiers which I might be short on, so it won't make a huge amount of difference anyway.

4.2k? Egh. That means doubling my mining in the next hundred ranks. But if it's not too expensive, I might get syncos too. I like having the best I can afford.

Obvious move is +12 buildings, and buy up a couple 16x toxics. Okay.

i wouldn't try running 8 thetas unless you have at least 8k mining/hr

i was able to keep mine just because i had a friend helping me with credits

Wait what? 8k/hour? Your yanking my chain...

Off of rough numbers, 5K/hr should cover Heavy Thetacrons x8, Trans-Temporal Nacelle - Mark III x4, Energy Nullifier - Mark III x4, Perfect Syncopated Plating x5, and Heavy Obviator Shield x5.

You won't have a ton of surplus there, but depending on how often you colonize/invade/repair, you should be able to swing it for well under 8k/hr...

im using light thetacrons, they're 66mil per day as a builder.
I sort of worked out that around 3300 mineral production is 100mil per hour average, if that helps you work it out.

I think a major flaw in the slow-ranking strategy is that you probably won't be NPCing much, which means less Harvesters, hence a lower mining.

i had about 6k but was constantly hitting elites alot bigger than me so i was burning through about 2bil in repairs a day

i was able to afford my heavy thetas but was never able to upgrade planets with +12s and if i wanted to invade a planet it meant waiting a day or 2 or asking for credits

8k/hr will let you do whatever you want whenever you want without worry

what he said

I tried running 8 thetas, and im at 7.8k / hour, way too expensive, course im also supporting a base so...

?? im running 8 thetra (mid one) , last def module , last hull module , Supernova generator , last relay and I only have 6k mining hour and im not struggling ???

4-5k should do the job storm

whats your rank?

430

im at the same point as atlas and i have to say being a builder is keeping me from dying

at your rank you will be getting a lot more bang for your buck

at 250 the mining doesn't yield that much aidonium

I would say around 6000 mining. I myself had Theta's at a very low rank, this was the income needed to support it.

Although I don't remember if I was builder or not..

I like this estimate better.



Considering that there is no intention for synco (unless I could afford it easily, which is seems not), or obviators I should be able to make it off of 4k/hour, as those are the most expensive parts, aren't they?


Yes, but I can sell artifacts anyways. High AP is characteristic of slow ranking.