Make your D cannons a top priority. I am trying to get my ship combat-ready so I can do just that.

If you want some goals for when to get certain mods, I switched to Heavy Nulls at roughly rank 250 (still rocking them), Perfect Fermionics at roughly 300 (still got these), Intra-D Colliders can't remember, probably at 250ish (just upgraded as they aren't that bad for their upkeep), Energy Nulls Mark III are really nice and affordable. Add Trans-Temps when you can but don't stress it, as having 8 defenses makes your ship really bulky (I've got both of these defenses still). I'm currently rank 467 and run a cost-friendly ship build btw. Alright, thanks! I will try to go ahead and get those out of the way.

Like said before, ditch the shield recharge and scrap any you get in the future until you get the TeraPulsers. Uninstall the cloak whenever you aren't hacking. I am freeze ranking at 212 and hacking right now. It makes sense to wait until the TeraPulsers.... I don't know why I didn't.

As far as research goes, try to hit the goals I listed above and make +12s a top priority as well. They will be extremely expensive at 1st, but well worth it. Whenever you need a break on a certain tree or feel like you should scan soon, research into scanners. In regards to base research...I think you should stop at Hybrid Theory Dynamics for the CT Lab. If you really want to donate to a level 5 base, then Sub-Quantum Logistics isn't bad. If you really want the UST, then that's a good 26 mil from Sub-Quantum Logistics and a heck of a lot of RP. Thanks for giving me the numbers on how much RP it would actually take to research the UST! Oh, and I guess I will try to get +12s soon.... I'll have to save up quite a lot for those.

Anyways, I hope that helps a bit. Best of luck to ya and enjoy the game I believe it will.

I am currently a rank 161 Vygoid Excavator (soon to be Kronyn Excavator). Here are my current stats, and I am planning to freeze rank soon to get more decks, attack, defense, and better planets (Kronyn).

1575/h Artifact

Successful Raids 112

Criticism is welcome if there is a reason for it!

If I need to add anything else, such as what I have researched, please tell me.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Erm..... Check on the second page. I have updated it since then, as that was about 3 months ago.

EDIT: My artifact is now at 6019/h.

Erm..... Check on the second page. I have updated it since then, as that was about 3 months ago.

EDIT: My artifact is now at 6019/h.

even so still not beneficial for you to freeze rank. you arti production is still tiny and thats only hurting you long run.

Question.... how is it hurting me? I am trying to get to where PvP is a feasible option. Also, I am in a legion that gives out 60k AP a day.

I think what they are referring to is planet slots, if you don't rank you don't get planet slots to fill up with artifact planets.... result being that your artifact production doesn't grow. Anyone who ranks enough and is able to colonise more artifact planets will be able to out do your strength gains as they will be getting more rescued prisoners.

My recommendation is to rank based on planet slots and the planets you have available to you on your scans. If you want to slow/freeze rank only do that when you have no artifact planets to colonise or invade(when you have already colonised/invaded them). Once you go on a scan run and find artifact planets you will need to rank enough to have the planet slots for them though. it's finding the right speed to rank and scan.

I understand that you are trying to help me, but I would like it if you would answer my question, which is, "How does freeze ranking with my AP/h HURT my ship?"

said very well.



with your current productions you probably get what? 2 prisoners? on a good day? Yep, that sounds about right.
thats 12 attack a day. Yep.
if you ranked 1x a day you could almost double that.
not to mention adding more planet slots and arti planets too.

Agreed, people argue all the time about slow-ranking vs. fast-ranking, but in the end it depends on your goals (and how much time you have to play). Slow rankers go for rank-efficiency, while fast rankers are good for time-efficiency. Neither is better or worse. Especially if you're like me and you usually don't have time to sit at the computer NPCing.

I've nothing against slow ranking. (ICBLF and Elerian being great examples of it done right)
Its freeze ranking that I think is a horrible idea.