Hi guys,

I'm relatively new to the game (rank 39 at the moment), and I would love if you guys could post more or less what should be the benchmarks for rank ranges.

As an example:
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Rank 50 (250 Rank Ponits*)
Planets: 13
Decks: ???
Cargo: ???
Energy: ???
Tactical Officers: ???

Atk: ???
Def: ???
Hull: ???
Energy: ???

Research / hour: ???
Artifact / hour: ???
Minerals / hour: ???

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Rank 100 (500 Rank Ponits*)
Planets: 26
Decks: ???
Cargo: ???
Energy: ???
Tactical Officers: ???

Atk: ???
Def: ???
Hull: ???
Energy: ???

Research / hour: ???
Artifact / hour: ???
Minerals / hour: ???

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*I think no points should be allocated to neither hellsman nor scientists; please correct me if I'm wrong)


I think if you guys could provide some input on this, it would be a good guide to new players to know if are on the right track.

I personally think I'm too low on energy, and my resources per hour is kind of low, but I'm not really sure

cheers!
Sharn

"OR CARGO, and deck and energy rather than tac officers is best at your rank"

I know that But at some point both cargo and tactical officers should become important too... I'd just love to know how much you think a lvl 50 player should have, then a lvl 100, etc...
So far all my points have gone into decks and energy, with just a few on cargo space so i can keep energy cores when I'm not using them.

Thanks for the feedback though!

Cargo becomes less important...

NEVER EVER put into cargo. EVER, you will get more cargo than you know what to do with from AP pulls

sigh... ok, let me try again

I know the merits of Cargo, what is it for and what the maximum i should go with. I'm happy with my current Cargo, but this post was not about it

This post is questioning how much Cargo you think a lvl 50 player should have, and then a lvl 100 player, etc. Could you add some more bits about the other and much more important stats please?

IMO, i think you should have as many Tactical Officers, Helmsmen, and Scientists as your rank, twice as many Engineers as rank, then put every thing left in decks. before everyone starts questioning my math, I am talking totals with all artis added in. this method has been working for me quite well but I am going for a all around ship, is you aregoing mostly PVP or NPC you may need to adjust. If anyone else has a better method i would love to read it. BTW i am ranked 212 right now.

Only as many scientists as your rank? I have 3x from arti pulls alone, and many have far more than that...

The thread I made about calculating ship strenght is actually a benchmark. Search for calculating ship str.

http://galaxylegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14783&hilit=calculating+ship+str.

It is nice, but I was trying to get some input on what to do with rank points, and what should I aim to get. Specially when it comes to engeniers and deck space which are my main focus at the moment.
The problem is that I cannot keep up with my current research levels, and I will end up with a big ship with almost no defenses. I guess i could just stop adding decks and add more energy instead, but I'm not sure if it is a good moment to do so.

Also the post above, while helpful, does not tell me what would be the average resource level I should expect to have at lvl 50 / 100, etc (I think I'm very far off... I cannot find good planets so I'm 3 short of what I could have... and the planets I have are rather crappy ).

But thanks for that, it's interesting to read

EDIT: I used the formula on the post and I got a 29.24 ... is that good? hehe

If your rank 50, it can be summed up in two words: MOAR DECKS!!! Eventually, modules will be too expensive to have the best of everything all the time, then yo start switching to tacs and engineers.

Having more than the "Benchmark" is good, that is what a benchmark is for. I have over 3x scientists too, and double helmsmen, also 3x engineers. We do not need to compare lengths here, we are suppose to be helping the lower rankers

Rank 0 to 150-300 ish ... DECKS!
Rank 150ish+ ... Engineers
Rank 300ish+ ... Tactical Officers

That is to say, throw it all into Decks, till you hit rank 75, then do engineers and Decks

When you hit rank 150(ish), put most into Engineers, some into decks.
When you hit rank 300(ish), put all rank points into Engineers and Tactical Officers.

This is not quite what I did, but just by how I did spend my early on points, it's what I WISH I'd done. lol.

by the item you reach rank 150 to 250 you can fit most of your modules you really need and store or re-by others, and NPCing becomes important, energ and helmsmen make you a better NPCer and PvPer.

I actually put a bunch of rank points into research and cargo, and wish I had not, it was a great booster in my early game, especially considering EM used to take up SPACE (OMG! IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!! I SPENT A LOT of GP putting in cargo space it was so bad -______- ::CRIES:: ) but you can avoid using any for those and do very well now.

-Q

You mean Tactical Officers don't you? Android helmsmen will increase your defense. At a certain point only tac officers can increase attack.

yup, sure did, I meant for you to AVOID Helmsmen