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April 1st:
I am currently Inergon Explorer only because of a recent scan run. Usually Konqul Excavator




Hi all,
Shiplog stats of previous times can be found at the bottom of this post. Ive played GL for about 410 days now. Ive heard of TBP from AU a while back, and always dreamed of being able to reach the same level of elite.

After reaching 143, I decided I should keep a ship log for 2 reasons:
1) In an easily accessible place so I can discuss my future endeavours with others.
2) Record my epic adventure to surpass TBP in the stats he originally achieved by rank 200. And then another comparison once i reach r200.

I am a slow ranker. That should be obvious. I am a proud member of AU. Join us and be untouchable!I am also a reset.
A few things about myself:

My ship is large. Im almost at the decks I need for rank 200. I plan on never passing 2500 decks by end game. I do buy GP, but I am not a cc warrior. I have my exotic from christmas $ and my dyson from birthday $. Most of my gains come from heavy, heavy trading and (previously) watching the GTC like a hawk. I also must give a shoutout to the people who helped me get where I am now. They account for 2 17x RP plasmas, most of my TM funding and 1 maxed artifact planet.
A couple of my best planets to remain from my reset (to be clear, a total of 3 artifact planets and 2 plasmas)


5 digit hull by 150 Check
5 digit shields by 200 TBD
2x kalviums by 200 TBD
5 digit defense by 150 TBD
10k AP by 100 Failed (only by 1500 or so)
3x Aegis by 200 TBD
3x velox by 150 TBD (the main reason Im nearly freeze ranking now)
4x Autoblaster by 100 Failed (Got them at 102)


Ship stats:
Rank 144 (+8)

Battles 27361 (Grand Master)
Player Kills 1939 (+163)
Deaths from Players 195 (+13)(~175 are from alerts)
Non-Player Kills 73 (+14)
Planets Found 730
Planets Occupied 34 (+1)
Planets Captured 60 (+6) <---- footballing for greens
Missions Completed 200 (+43, was not happy about that)
Scans Performed 9384
Successful Hacks 2787 (+2)
Successful Raids 2329 (+333)

Size Class: Heavy Leviathan
Energy: 622 (+195)
Hull: 11664 (+4335, still only 4 fermionics)
Shield: 3209 (+805)
Decks: 1763 (+288)
Attack: 7967 (+426, but Im not Konqul in this update)
Defense: 7841 (+1876)
Scan: 259
Cloak: 165
Cargo: 16938 / 22525
Upkeep: 5.6B (+4.3 B) <---------- accidentally reequipped H Thetas when doing havoc coils. Decided to upgrade entire ship since I can afford it.

Inergon: Energy +10%
Explorer: Scan +20%


112 Engineers (+0)
3509 Tactical Officers (+1075)
1537 Helmsmen (+240, saving for velox, 72 helmsmen waiting atm)
2492 Scientists (+1343)


Mining: 2 8 5 1 <--- apparently a censored number...?
Research: 14424
Artifact (w/out Excavator): 16428

Omoi shiro. Glad you enjoy the unnecessary way. Looking forward to see your progress, but how hard can it be when we are in the same legion? Hah. Join Ancient Untouchables for tips on SSB from Senator, Freeze ranking from myself, and many other builds. We all play a mean PVP game but that doesn't mean we can't be courteous at the same time.

***whistles*** thats quite nice stats for the rank especially since the defense is there.

You've really outdone your self and have exceeded my expectations of a strong LSB.

Your crew and ship has really made you one powerhouse to many people who see you.

Your ship is definitely much better than many of the thousands of LSB ships that appear on my battle tab in my almost 3 years of playing galaxy legion.

This ship you have here should be a role model for anyone who is going to become an LSB.

I hope more new and better high ratio mods will come as you continue slow ranking in the galaxy.

There is one thing I'd like to know and that is how you're doing with medal points right now. It'd be great to see your progress through medals as well.

Thanks for the compliments, I've put a lot of time into building my ship. Hearing that from someone who's been here almost 2 years my senior means a lot.

And I knew I forgot something! Ill edit my medal points into the post. Pictures will be put up to replace some text, since I know its an eyesore atm

Total Medal Points Awarded: 670 of 2000

Finally got a pic up, although its already out of date. Ill probably put another update up once I get all 3 velox. Older datalogs are kept in the box below.

Currently:
Got 1st velox, halfway to second, just got 1st aegis
broke 10k atk unbuffed
rank 148 now
hit 20k AP
switched back to Konqul Excavator
Hit 2000 kills
3 open planet slots waiting for big planets in a few weeks
Down to just Base research from CTL onward and Proxy Universe Reactors 1/4
Unlocked Research Contracts

Low rank beast. That is all I have to say about that.

Its been nearly 2 months, time for an update, I've also finally picked up all my aegis and velox thrusters.
Attack and Defense are buffed. Unbuffed stats are Attack: 11726 Defense: 10094



Goals:
5 digit shields by 200 TBD
2x kalviums by 200 TBD
5 digit defense by 150 Check
30k AP by rank 160 TBD
40k AP before passing rank 200 TBD ---- part of a new milestone list
200 SSR before passing rank 200 TBD ---- part of a new milestone list
Conquer Exotica before passing rank 200 TBD --- part of a new milestone list
While freezing at rank 200, rank Anubix to Lv100 TBD
3x Aegis by 200 Check
3x velox by 150 Check
4x Triblaster by 200 TBD

Milestones:
Conquer and flag exotica for medal before passing rank 200 TBD
Reach Rank = SS/R = AP/rank before passing rank 200 TBD
*Another way to look at this is Rank^2 = Ship strength = AP/h

The Rank = SS/R = AP/rank playstyle is something new Ive coined and decided to test out. Of course, this is easily achievable in the beginning. It only gets difficult when passing rank 100.
Rank 50 = only 2500 strength needed and 2500 AP/h. This takes a little bit of time but isnt by any means difficult
Rank 100 = jumps to 10k strength needed and 10k AP/h. You can see how quickly the difficulty has jumped.
Rank 200 = 40k strength needed and 40k AP/h. I doubt anyone has ever achieved this before, and I'd like to be the first.
Part of the thrill of this playstyle I coined is I want to see how high I can push Rank = SS/R = AP/rank before it becomes simply impossible to keep up. The reason this playstyle is so difficult is because for every rank you rank up, you must continously improve more in that one rank than you achieved in the previous rank.


Ship stats:
Rank 153 (+9)

Battles 30672 (Grand Master)
Player Kills 2064 (+125)
Deaths from Players 202 (+7)
Non-Player Kills 106 (+33)
Planets Found 751
Planets Occupied 37 (+3)
Planets Captured 70 (+10)
Missions Completed 200 (+0)
Scans Performed 10855
Successful Hacks 2996 (+209)
Successful Raids 2511 (+182)

Size Class: Heavy Star Destroyer
Energy: 1671 (+1049)
Hull: 14094 (+2430)
Shield: 4321 (+1112)
Decks: 2303 (+540) <--- Getting very close to decks I need for a lifetime of MSB when I stop adding
Attack: 11726 (+3759, also switched back to Konqul)
Defense: 10094 (+2253)
Scan: 496
Cloak: 999
Cargo: 18124 / 24125
Upkeep: 5.9B (+0.3 B)

Konqul: Attack +20%
Excavator: Artifact +10%


112 Engineers (+0)
4867 Tactical Officers (+1358)
1546 Helmsmen (+9, blame it on the 3x velox)
3380 Scientists (+888)


Mining: 3556
Research: 16459
Artifact (w/Excavator): 24515

That plan for growth will be impossible to keep up.

Rank 300 = 90,000 / 76 = ~1184 ap per planet. - possible
rank 400 = 160,000 / 101 = ~1584 ap per planet - hard to do but possible
Rank 500 = 250,000 / 126 = ~1984 ap per planet. - very difficult but still possible.
Rank 600 = 360,000 / 151 = ~2384 ap per planet. - closing in on impossible.
rank 700 = 490,000 / 176 = ~2784 ap per planet - I am going to call this the line where impossiblity is reached without buying resequencers, and fueling the creation of multi-accounts to provide both them and melters.

if that isn't the line where it becomes impossible without what I mentioned then it certainly does beyond one of these points.

rank 800 = ~3184 ap per planet. rank 900 = ~3584. rank 1k = ~3984.

Yup I know it will become impossible in a short while, thats kind of the whole point. I want to see how high I can get before it just isnt feasible anymore. It would be an interesting endeavour though dont you think?

Oh definitely most interesting, and the baw from your hapless BT victims along the way should be quite priceless.

With another 50 days passing by, I guess I'll drop the ball on another update. I think this one is my biggest jump in stats yet. Picture will be up once I get the screens cropped. I dont like how the earlier posts came out.

Days Played: 513/656
142 more days until I measure up to TBP...
I HIT 7000 TOs
I STARTED AND FINISHED UST

Goals:
5 digit shields by 200 TBD - Progress: 6743 (67%) (Seems easy, if I equipped 5x obs, Id be there right now)
2x kalviums by 200 TBD
Reach 20k Attack TBD - Progress: 14459 (72%)
30k AP by rank 160 Check (29768, Dropped back slightly below though for temp)
40k AP before passing rank 200 TBD - Progress: 30k (75%)
200 SSR before passing rank 200 TBD - Progress: 160.3 SS/R (80%)
Conquer Exotica before passing rank 200 TBD
While freezing at rank 200, rank Anubix, Thraccti and Bainar to Lv100 TBD
4x Triblaster by 200 TBD
Max out CK69 by 200 TBD (I have a feeling this one will be impossible, I need 2200 more yellows as of now)

Milestones:
Conquer and flag exotica for medal before passing rank 200 TBD
Reach Rank = SS/R = AP/rank before passing rank 200 TBD (basically there) - Progress: Rank 162 | SS/R 160.3 | AP/H 183.8


Ship stats:
Rank 162 (+9)

Battles 35216 (Legend)
Player Kills 2278 (+214)
Deaths from Players 203 (+1)
Non-Player Kills 122 (+16)
Planets Found 751
Planets Occupied 41 (+4)
Planets Captured 75 (+5)
Missions Completed 201 (+1)
Scans Performed 10855
Successful Hacks 3600 (+604)
Successful Raids 2766 (+255)

Size Class: Heavy Star Destroyer
Energy: 1673 (+2) Added an engineer by accident
Hull: 17685 (+3591)
Shield: 6743 (+2422)
Decks: 2347 (+44)
Attack: 14459 (+2733)
Defense: 11502 (+1408)
Scan: 511
Cloak: 1702
Cargo: 21173 / 26055
Upkeep: 7B (+1.1 B)

Konqul: Attack +20%
Excavator: Artifact +10%


112 Engineers (+0)
7000 Tactical Officers (+2133)
2461 Helmsmen (+915)
4692 Scientists (+1312)


Mining: 5161 (+1605)
Research: 19614 (+3155)
Artifact (w/Excavator): 29768 (+5253)

Total Medal Points Awarded: 725 of 2065

64 days pass....I actually didnt get too much done unforunately. Still some progress. Lost a key planet...set me back quite a bit.
Couple more projects finishing in a few weeks. And that rift planet will be remade by then as well.

Days Played: 577/656
79 more days...
Starting Hyper Logistics

Goals:
5 digit shields by 200 TBD - Progress: 9632 (96%)
2x kalviums by 200 TBD
Reach 20k Attack TBD - Progress: 17597 (88%)
40k AP before passing rank 200 TBD - Progress: 30k (75%)
200 SSR before passing rank 200 TBD - Progress: 175.2 SS/R (88%)
Conquer Exotica before passing rank 200 TBD
While freezing at rank 200, rank Anubix, Thraccti and Bainar to Lv100 TBD
4x Triblaster by 200 TBD
Max out CK69 by 200 TBD - Progress: 810/2940 (28%)

Milestones:
Conquer and flag exotica for medal before passing rank 200 TBD
Reach Rank = SS/R = AP/rank before passing rank 200 TBD - Progress: Rank 174 | SS/R 175.2 | AP/H 172.6


Ship stats:
Rank 174 (+12)

Battles 35216 (Legend)
Player Kills 2411 (+133)
Deaths from Players 205 (+2)
Non-Player Kills 148 (+26)
Planets Found 794
Planets Occupied 41 (+0)
Planets Captured 75 (+7)
Missions Completed 201 (+16)
Scans Performed 13044
Successful Hacks 3834 (+234)
Successful Raids 2906 (+140)

Size Class: Heavy Star Destroyer
Energy: 1625 (-48)
Hull: 22035 (+4350)
Shield: 9632 (+2889)
Decks: 2355 (+8)
Attack: 17597 (+3138)
Defense: 12894 (+1392)
Scan: 376
Cloak: 1171
Cargo: 28456 / 32615
Upkeep: 6.5B (-0.5 B)

Konqul: Attack +20%
Excavator: Artifact +10%


116 Engineers (+4)
9615 Tactical Officers (+2615)
3664 Helmsmen (+1203)
6420 Scientists (+1728)


Mining: 6502 (+1341)
Research: 21922 (+2308)
Artifact (w/Excavator): 30040 (+272)

Total Medal Points Awarded: 745 of 2065

Think this post is slow and unnecessary. Can you say, 'please praise me' for logging on to collect?

At this rate , by the time you retire (from a job in real life) your ship will get the 'view from above' medal.

Keep up the low level terror.... noobs everywhere beware!

As much as I know you don't look praising toward slow rankers... I don't think you can exactly make production progress rom just collecting. I've gained production without increasing that planet count. I've also admitted to being slightly inactive due to irl. Honestl I don't see it as collecting if I post positive gains in all productions, even after losing my just finished rift-to-be to some untimely flux jack while I was on vacation on the road

Trinity,


I just giving you a hard time. I think you obviously know that relative to 'peers' of your level that the ship , statistically, is good.
It just continues to intrigue me that people aren't really playing. So many forum posts have become a pants unzipping contest of slow rankers. Sure, if you divide by a smaller # everything looks bigger....and hey, if that's enjoyable for you, i say kudos! We all play our own way and have fun. But, as your title suggests, it is a SLOW and UNNECCARY way to play. WINK!

Day 656 is finally here, and wow, many things have happened in the last few weeks.
Made the rift finally, an unexpected legion war, unexpected ranking, meeting old and making new friends, watching our legion fly up the leaderboard, its been pretty productive.

I guess now its time to finally return to my grass roots and compare to my ol' mentor and inspiration to slow rank the way of a hopeless lost child lol.

The original and true slow ranker of GL: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26847

My new shiny stats:
I immediately auto-ranked trellith the next day...the results of that are in the last chart and below all of this





Days Played: 656/656
Hyper 1/3, Proxy Reactors 3/4. Finish Hyper and do CTL for Genius?

Goals:
5 digit shields by 200 *Check* - Progress: 13432 (134%)
2x kalviums by 200 *FAILED*
Reach 20k Attack *Check - Progress: 23308 (117%)
40k AP before passing rank 200 *Check* - Progress: 43k (108%)
200 SSR before passing rank 200 FAILED - Progress: 192.0 SS/R @ 200(96%)
Conquer Exotica before passing rank 200 FAILED - But achieved at rank 209
While freezing at rank 200, rank Anubix, Thraccti and Bainar to Lv100 FAILED - You know, Im just gonna blame most of the extra ranking on that war...but I regret nothing. It was irreplaceably fun for the first while
4x Triblaster by 200 FAILED - Nearly 3/4. War as usual...and rift ranked me faster than I thought
Max out CK69 by 200 FAILED - Progress: 1120/2940 (38%) - Well...I now have Thraacti...so it was bound to take longer. Also...that ranking speed

Milestones:
Exotica conqured
Passed 40k AP unbuffed before rank 200

Reacquire SS/R = 200 TBD - Progress: Rank 267 | SS/R 152.8 | AP/H 212.7
Reach 70k AP unbuffed before rank 300 TBD
Rank Anubix/Bane/Bainar/Cuniculus/Thraccti to 100 TBD - Progress: 21/14/4/3/13



Ship stats:
Rank 267 (+93)

Battles 35216 (Legend)
Player Kills 2896 (+485)
Deaths from Players 249 (+44)
Non-Player Kills 811 (+663)
Planets Found 784
Planets Occupied 52 (+11)
Planets Captured 111 (+36)
Missions Completed 356 (+155)
Scans Performed 17745
Successful Hacks 4743 (+909)
Successful Raids 3596 (+690)

Size Class: Heavy Star Destroyer
Energy: 3389 (+1764)
Hull: 33178 (+11143)
Shield: 14181 (+4549)
Decks: 2373 (+18)
Attack: 24001 (+6404)
Defense: 16058 (+3164)
Scan: 556
Cloak: 708
Cargo: 44184 / 58115 (+25500)
Upkeep: 8.3B (+1.8 B)

Konqul: Attack +20%
Excavator: Artifact +10%


1198 Engineers (+1082)
14125 Tactical Officers (+4510)
5856 Helmsmen (+2192)
9528 Scientists (+3108)


Mining: 11512 (+5010)
Research: 31741 (+9819)
Artifact (w/Excavator): 56783 (+26743)

Total Medal Points Awarded: 915 of 2065 (+170)

jesus mate, you must have invested so much gp to get that ap at that rank

i dont think he does tbh....spends a bit, but probs not as much as me...he uses trading for planets to gain CTP and then buys projects etc...with a little help here and there from people like me and a few others....but by no means a CC warrior

One set of 550 GP can immediately be turned into 80-85k ctp if used wisely...which when reinvested can turn typically into about 125k I find if you do it right. Then you mess around a bit more and it eventually turns into 200k ctp worth a few months later. I've done that specifically twice.

This is an initial GP:CTP ratio of 1:150. Which after all the investing turns into 1:365.
In comparison, selling a storage for 800 ctp has a GP:CTP ratio of 1:50.

That puts me at about $100 spent on trying to work the market (20% of the resulting 400k ctp has gone towards base related stuff), $100 on mission planets, $25-30 on GP base mods, $75 over the 2 years on seasonal mods, allies and the necessary Trinity Core and Fathers. With $20 or so in refills...total expenses are....: ~$325? I think its about alright, seeing what Ive managed to do and accomplish with it. My actual ship growth itself seems to have cost $275, with $100 coming from Dyson + Rift, and $75 on that imo overpriced seasonal stuff.

I stuck with the mentality that 10k ctp should equal at least 1k AP prod when spent, and it seems to have stuck. 320k ctp put into buying people's projects makes me 35k of my total AP, 12.5k from the mission planets, and the remaining 8k or so from reset.

So I guess Im willing to spend a bit, and my gains are GP assisted...but most of the final output just comes from a lot of hard work trying to milk every drop of ctp I can get out of the GP Im willing to pay for.

Also...having great friends helps a lot
Of course, that only works if you reciprocate at some point. A nice chunk of what I make also went into the base a few months ago, and I regret none of it