I'd like to know how I'm doing at my rank, but I want a unique opinion. I don't want to go looking through threads and see what others have said about other players. Below, you'll find my ship stats, and my research tree. If you'd like to know more, just ask.





I'd appreciate it if you could be as honest as possible. I don't want to end up screwing up again, and having to reset... Again.

Thanks,

XxDarthDexterxX

if I'm right in guessing you focus on PVP then you are doing pretty good. just keep on doing what your doing

you should list how much artifact and mineral production you have as well.

I would, but they're so near zero. This is one of the things I KNOW I need to work on. Should I decide to get my mission Dyson, it'll be for artifact, and I should get a decent amount out of it.

Thanks, varunjitsingh146.

np and i think you should go for it. more artifact production is always good.

Knowing that you resetted 3x+ to get that ship stats, I wouldn't be surprised.
EDIT: What's the point of being an Aerlen Fixer if you don't even have any Researched Defensive Modules? Might aswell go for Konqul Fixer.

npc def can do a good bit.

you need to finish stellar engineering right now since you are right there.

And why is your production that bad? you should know what to take by now.

are you planning on slow ranking forever? if not need to get some energy res done. still might want to anyways. still need energy to raid and hack and other things.

no idea how you are doing as far as npc mods go since i cant see them. doubtful id remember that far back anyways,

+1

He's production is bad 'cause he's only been taking Research Planets to boost his ship/planet mods, instead of Balancing his Research/Artifact/Mineral Planets he's only doing Research Planets.

yeah Dexter you really should try to balance them out. try to have at least 1k in each category by rank 100.

Personally I balance my resource to 40% Research (5k/hr), 35% Artifact (4k/hr), 25% Minerals (2.3k/hr) at Rank 178. Most players go for a higher percentage of Artifact production but when I was at your Rank, I was like you (Dexter), going for nearly every Research Planet I see. There's always ways to comeback from your planetary production, I say from now on focus on VL VR+ Artifact planets (Rich planets are acceptable but only as pure artifact planet meaning no defence). Use your Research wisely, I can only imagine how fast you cap your Research. Finish up +8s then go to Merged Nexus then go back to finishing +10s. The earlier the better the planet production you gain.

res will come in time. arti is the key to this game. arti even gives you res production.

vm gas or metallic (gas preferably) for res only. if you are worried about res get moving on the kronym chain so you can stop taking res planets.

mining planets as need to keep up with upkeep and upgrades and to save a little bit. you dont npc so making toxics is out .

any other slots should be used on good arti planets.

what do you plan to do exactly before i keep going? slow ranking or just getting a head start?

i think you should start ranking at a normal pace now. your not really going to gain anything from slow ranking at this point as your research is so high.

hey. no stealing my thunder.

just saying KJ he really should start ranking normally.

I won't start ranking normally til I am rank 100, with lots of good tech. The reason I'm going so slow at the moment, is so that I can soak up all the good artifact from the base. 80K AP, once a day, for the next 2 weeks, then back to 4 times a week. It's also I can increas my decks with ship bots. I've got 176 at the moment, and am in desperate need of many more.

As for the defense: You only need to look at my death count to figure out I'm not in need of it right now. 15 deaths, only 2 of which have been from people in my rank range. The rest have been ranks 170+, or self disables, on Thetacrons.

I will start defense, when I have all 3 +12's, Obviation Barriers, and Perfect Fermionic Armor.

A LOT of research to go through first, but I'll get there. My BM50's, and my crew, get me just short of 1K defense, buffed.

Your plan is a 1 year plan. You have to realize that 80k every other day doesn't quite help you. Why research +12s if you barely have mining planets for you to affort the modules you're looking to have? Doesn't make any sense. Get the production up before you dream big.
EDIT: I know you can get the modules you're looking for but are you going to able to afford them at the end? Probably not since all your focusing is your Research.

told a legion mate the samething and he didn't listen. now he can't afford the modules he's researched. he's catching up now but still needs frequent loans. thing is you should work on getting mining up as well so you can afford what you research.

@Rank 178 I have an Upkeep of 1.1b, high researched modules. Without my 15x-16x I wouldn't be able to afford them. You have to think about how much they can cost you to build them and to upkeep them.

EDIT:
My Researched Modules

Heavy Null Ray (4 Installed)
Intra-D Collider - Mark IV (3 Installed)
Wormhole Relays (4 Installed)
Exergonic Inverter - Mark III (4 Installed)
Fermionic Armor (Soon to be perfect within Days).
X-Manifold Detector - Mark III (5 Uninstalled)
+10 Planetary Production (Stellar)
+750 Planetary Defence (Researching +1200 after Perfect Ferms).
+650 Planetary Population (Trans-Hub Habitat)
Tier 1 of Sub-Quantum Logistics

wooopie 80k 4x a week. thats so great.
thats like 320k a week
so thats 46k a day
so that like less than 2k an hour.
oh wait maybe thats not so great

I could get a few Toxics. 1K CTP to have it uplifted, by a friend. I can get that no problem. I have ~360MU/hr and 259AP/hr.

I'm very rich right now though. I won't have to worry about that for another 2-3 months.