I realized that I'm becoming a bit of a high-ranked (well, mid-ranked) tin can. I'm trying to work on that. ^_^

Rank 61 Inergon Biologist
Energy: 204
Hull: 310
Shield: 121
Credits: 43,921,454
Upkeep: 45.1K
Size Class: Heavy Frigate
Attack: 161 ( )
Defense: 141
Scan: 32
Cloak: 106
Cargo: 120
Minerals: 301 units/hour
Artifact: 118 points/hour
Research: 395 points/hour

Highest completed research:
Weapons: Plasma Filtering
Energy: Plasma Relays
Shields: Force Projection Fields
Cloaking: Wideband Jamming
Armor/Hull: Durtanium Alloy (Working on Microgels)
Defense: Inertial Dampening
Sensors: Subspace Sensors
Planetary Construction: Hyperspheres
Base Modules: Galactic Commerce

Any thoughts? I feel like I'm doing something terribly wrong.

boost ur resources by getting more planets,increase att and def and some more stuff that u feel isnt good

Okay, thanks. I've reached my rank limit for planets at the moment (got a few not-so-great ones back when I didn't know what I was doing), but I'm trying to improve.

well, put it this way. im rank 29 and i have phase cannons, force shields, spacial docking, and quantum capacitors. so im beating you in 4 lol

dont listen to him lol that is the power of a strong base

You should be adding every single rank point into decks for now, and research hull. If you can maintain at least 10 (above 15 attack per rank is ideal) attack per level, with 5 hulls that don't take longer than a week to fully research installed, and add in some extra def, you should be in great shape. (Or if you like maths, follow BinaryMan's advice about "Which cost more decks? Doubling your Hull or doubling your defence?" Answer that question and do whichever one costs less decks.

Right now at rank 113 I have

Space: 694 / 694
Attack: 1980
Defense: 1048
Hull: 5732

and it works quite well with both NPCs and PvP.

I think my problem with research is that when I first started, I focused way to much on mining, and everything else fell behind. :/

Thank you for the advice, everyone.

By the way, this is what I have equipped at the moment.

Space Used: 195/200 (I'm a Light Cruiser now. Woot.)

Weapons:
Heavy Plasma Cannon x2
Prototype Mech XV

Defense/Shields:
Harmonic Resonator
Heavy Force Shield
Inertial Dampener - Mark III

Hull:
Hardened Durtanium Plating x2 (I've researched the first Microgel, but I'm not going to use it until I get to the third)

Devices:
AI Supercomputer
EM Scanner - Mark II (Just wanted a small sensor to carry around, instead of using the most advanced one I've researched.)
Kronyn Anomaly Engine
Wideband Jammer - Mark III

So... what should I uninstall?

i know shields look awesome and can be usefull as they regenerate and all, but for heath:size ratio - hull is more efficient

thats just something to consider, there are numerous debates about which one is superior if you want to check them out. be cautious tho - it requires a lot of reading as the debates are excessive

These have changed. I finished researching Microgels. My hull is now 655, and my upkeep is now 82.7K. I can't believe I practically doubled my upkeep. xP

Working on researching Phased Energy in weapons now.

If you don't mind me asking, how many decks do you have?

I think I forgot to reply directly to this post.


I have 205 decks at the moment. What should I uninstall to make room for the hull, weapons, and defense?

EDIT: I just got rid of my shield, and installed another hull module instead. Someone could now get past my shield in one punch (it's only 35), but my hull is 850. Now I just need to find a way to fit one more hull module in and I'll have 5.
I'm researching Phase Cannons, and they should be done tomorrow night. Not sure how I'm going to get my attack up to 620, but I'll try.

here is what i got .

Rank 325
Size Class: Heavy Star Destroyer
Space: 2425 / 2431
Attack: 4956
Defense: 4884
Scan: 1122
Cloak: 2052
Cargo: 4193 / 6650
Upkeep: 1.7B

i was going to tell what i have researched /installed but changed my mind

anyway, i would only install mission and NPC dropped mods if they are better than your researched ones, so if your research is better drop the NPC and mission mods and max your hull, attk then def.. then add the dropped mods as you get space, and cloak as you need to when offline and scan when NPC hunting

but if your research isnt better than the drops, install them after your hull is maxed - weapons if possible, then as much def as you can afford to install - maybe more def before the dropped mods then add them as you get the space

no shields until you are upto my rank
and all points into decks

I'm curious, how do you have nearly 5k attack at rank 325? From your upkeep, I know you probably only have heavy nulls and all NPC attack modules installed. Thats about 3300 attack or so. The only thing I can think of is tactical officers, but you'd need a lot and I mean a lot of rank points worth of tac officers to go from 3300 attack to 5k. Thats 1700 attack worth of tac officers, or about 850 rank points worth of tac officers.

Thanks, everyone. This is really helping. I'll go shuffle some things around.

EDIT:
Okay, this is what I have now.

Weapons:
Heavy Phase Cannon x3
Prototype Mech XV

Defense:
Harmonic Resonator
Inertial Dampener - Mark III
Thrust Stabilizer

Hull:
Merged Microgel Armor x5

Energy:
Omicron Injector

Devices:
AI Supercomputer
Kronyn Anomaly Engine

Space Used: 204/210

My plan right now is to get to rank 64 so I can get another planet (387 XP left), and after that, rank as slowly as I can.

yeah sorry, i have a normal attk of about 3700 and i have Crimson Amplification : Attack +15%,, Crystal Focus : Attack +5%,, and Crimson Obelisk Power : Attack +10%

yeah at your rank all you need is a few traps , maybe a couple other things, so not much space needed for that..

and if your researched mods arent as good as the drops you should scrap them.. (but never scrap the dropped ones) ( if you need more cargo to hold all your dropped mods you should sacrifice a few points into cargo , BUT make it a little as possible!
cuz atry draws will bring that up in later ranks)

Well, I did scrap one dropped one, because I was ahead of it in research. :/

By the way, I edited that last post and added what I currently have equipped.