Power ranking off Talth. Switched to Human, then Inergon to assist me with that. Sooo close to Auto-ranking off the first mission! Just 400 xp left over every time.. . However, Should be Talth in a few days!

In my opinion, Taltherian isn't worth the energy at all.

+1 level of artifact every 40 hours? You're better off with the few more successful invasions you will get with the Konqul's attack buff.

That's arguable. While I love Konqul, and will almost certainly switch back to it sometime, Taltherian is one of the most useful long-term races available in the game. The artifact production gain, while slow, is so going to help me that I think it's worth both the energy and the ranking... Also, as I'm in SSB mode, auto-ranking actually helps me get my low damage cap be more worthwhile.

Taltherian is a great choice for players who are interested in balancing planets and supplementing artifact production. It's no replacement for NPCing, scanning, trading, etc. (if you think your production is going to shoot through the roof just because you're a Taltherian, you're in for a nasty surprise), but it is an incredibly useful skill to have, especially if you possess some semblance of patience and are able to plan intelligently.

I honestly can't think of a single invasion attempt I have skipped or failed due to being Taltherian, and I invade as often as possible. And along those same lines, the vast majority of the PVPers on my "obnoxious energy sink" list are Taltherian or Aerlen. Konqul is great if you are in an all-attack-all-the-time mode (was Konqul while hunting for Lara/Caelon/Drones, and it saved energy against some of the crunchier NPCs), but I personally find the Urbanize ability more useful, and consider the energy used completing the chain to be very well spent .

If you are able to think more than 2 plays ahead (Levrosh seems to get this), it's definitely worth it.

Konqul is superior if you NPC until you've reached a reasonable minimum on hits per kill ratio. If you dont NPC then who cares as you are not trying to maximize your gains anyway. Do as you like.

Rank 456 update: Taltherian!

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Current Goals:

Get tactical officers back on par with engineers.

Get Hyper channel relays.

Get the protean arsenal upgrades.

Rank up Allies.

And, as always, continue having fun!

Wow dude.. Power of the SSB at work on your ship. I applaud your strength and this thread makes SSB's looks so good. We SSB's are taking over galaxy one step at a time. Dat artifact production you got there makes me drool literally.

Nice progress, whats happening with you in terms of the trellith chain? have you begun/finished it or have you not touched it thus far?

Also yay, you auto ranked talth, temporarily easier for me to kill you since slightly higher damage cap

Oh, I already finished the Trellith chain. A while ago, actually. The symiote is doing a lot of good for my arti production.

And no, my damage cap actually went down... I'm not quite a true SSB, so my cap is still determined by decks, so, as I gained ranks but not decks, tough luck!

Thanks!

Poos. anyway still looking nice. i wondered how you jump back up to 12k so quick after resetting haha now i know.

If 12,769 at rank 456 makes you drool....
Try Artifacts 20434 points / hour at rank 417.
As for your ship, Lev.... You need more attack, which I assume you already know.

Of course. And I'm not particularly happy with my artifact production either... However, when I've grayed out 10k scan multiple times, and still haven' found a single planet worth taking.... About half my arti comes my Dyson, Mission Exotic, and 2 year invincible Gaia.

lol. Quite possibly, but, on the other hand, It's still a very nice planet, and has Large Moons.

Just got Hyper-Channel relays for my ship! Energy recharge up to 95/hr. Just the Krionite Transducer (Mission currently ended- 75) to go till 120/hr recharge!

120 nrg recharge reached

So, I'm currently researching cloak-to be able to cloak my good planets, instead of uber-defend them. I'm currently 1/3 on Dimensional Making, so close to max planetary mods.

I've finished hull and sensors, so my next ideas are: Base research up to UST, Proxy Universe Reactors, or Topopolis Rings. What do you recommend?

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