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spyder
Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:32 pm Posts: 1543
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While the zolazin battle is active, is it worth NOT finishing it to farm the easy NPCs and getting the debris to sell on?
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:09 am |
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Raptor
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:21 am Posts: 183
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debateable. while they are easy kills, and they are exp powerhouses, the next mission in the chain gives you two more NPC slots. so instead of 2 you get 4. i have a guy in my legion who wont finish the battle just because he wants to beat on the zolazin some more. as a zolazin it makes me sad. but nothing i can do about it lol.
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:13 am |
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spyder
Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:32 pm Posts: 1543
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That's the debate that I'm having. Also, you could sell the extra debris for cash on the forum.
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:15 am |
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Kharak
Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:23 pm Posts: 41 Location: Deep space!
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These are the mission chains that I am currently doing, the Zolazin battle is the next one up tho, I for one will be completing that chain as I wish to become a Zolazin!
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:39 am |
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Kalos
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:09 pm Posts: 953
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I personally love being a zolazin, it makes invasions easier, if you are desperate for cash you can sell out your ability and get some quick cash, it's the ultimate team helper and plus you get a nice big bonus for hacking.
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:28 pm |
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Kharak
Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:23 pm Posts: 41 Location: Deep space!
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Kalos wrote: I personally love being a zolazin, it makes invasions easier, if you are desperate for cash you can sell out your ability and get some quick cash, it's the ultimate team helper and plus you get a nice big bonus for hacking. Once you become Zolazin whats the better class to choose from? Hacker, sab, spy?
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:48 pm |
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Kalos
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:09 pm Posts: 953
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Kharak wrote: Kalos wrote: I personally love being a zolazin, it makes invasions easier, if you are desperate for cash you can sell out your ability and get some quick cash, it's the ultimate team helper and plus you get a nice big bonus for hacking. Once you become Zolazin whats the better class to choose from? Hacker, sab, spy? I chose saboteur, it's done me a lot of good, and so far I've had few retaliations for sabotaging planets. if you are using the race to hack people I'd think you'd want to go with hacker.
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:06 pm |
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Raptor
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:21 am Posts: 183
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and i personally chose to be a spy. 60% to cloak is a major help with hacking. i sat at the computer and definately debated for about an hour over sab or spy.
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:13 pm |
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Kharak
Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:23 pm Posts: 41 Location: Deep space!
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Raptor wrote: and i personally chose to be a spy. 60% to cloak is a major help with hacking. i sat at the computer and definately debated for about an hour over sab or spy. I have a while to go yet before i have that choice but its going to be a tough one between sab or spy i think. Sab is def a unique chose for the ability to take out planet structures, you would be one of the key players in your Legion!!!!
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:18 pm |
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328mark
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:31 pm Posts: 956 Location: basildon uk
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you would think so...i stopped being a sab because it got a bit boring waiting for planets to be alerted. you get no other bonus' with that job...it is great for the team, but detrimental to your own play. i'm a Kronyn excavater these days...awesome ship design and good ability (for myself lol)
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:19 am |
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BinaryMan
Joined: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:40 pm Posts: 1671
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Aside from the race choice, and the NPC slots, if you are considering leaving it (I am), the xp boost depends on whether it spawns random ones regardless of rank, or if it spawns the bigger one if you are high rank. The XP ratio varies from 3.1 to 4.6 . The Zolazin Revenant is the 4.6 -- the highest XP thing I have found and not hard to kill at high ranks.
Anyone observe if you get random zolazin spawns, or if it is around your rank ? Like are you seeing the rank 10,15,30 ones at a high rank or no ?
btw, you can get 2 of the 3 glaviz even if you don't finish it up.
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:53 am |
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blackknightmare
Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:41 pm Posts: 2283
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well the thing is if u wer fortunate enought o do it when it was a weekly mission ( like i did) u have 4 slots AND the zol battle to do ( 4 slots and 2/3 completions with 9/10 for last one) i farm the zolazin all day and tis so easy to rank off it. also i have 500 debris to sell as is needed
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:13 am |
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Revis
Joined: Tue May 03, 2011 3:00 am Posts: 332
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BinaryMan wrote: Aside from the race choice, and the NPC slots, if you are considering leaving it (I am), the xp boost depends on whether it spawns random ones regardless of rank, or if it spawns the bigger one if you are high rank. The XP ratio varies from 3.1 to 4.6 . The Zolazin Revenant is the 4.6 -- the highest XP thing I have found and not hard to kill at high ranks.
Anyone observe if you get random zolazin spawns, or if it is around your rank ? Like are you seeing the rank 10,15,30 ones at a high rank or no ?
btw, you can get 2 of the 3 glaviz even if you don't finish it up. at rank 110 the vast majority of ships were between 10 and 30, so i think its constant no matter what the players rank
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:00 pm |
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spyder
Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:32 pm Posts: 1543
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They all take 3-5 hits to take down, depending on their damage cap.
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:23 pm |
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blackknightmare
Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:41 pm Posts: 2283
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they spawn randomly. u can get teh rank 10 ones or teh rank 230
and your wrong on EXP ratio but thats just bc im human lol
i get 1:7-8 exp ratio with all exp buffs and its epic
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:35 pm |
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Kharak
Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:23 pm Posts: 41 Location: Deep space!
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I know longer understand what you guys are talking about lol!
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:39 pm |
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Annabell
Joined: Sun May 29, 2011 7:33 pm Posts: 1988 Location: Aboard Blackwood Hall
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spyder wrote: While the zolazin battle is active, is it worth NOT finishing it to farm the easy NPCs and getting the debris to sell on? Only if you think the profit from selling Zolazin Debris exceeds the potential missed opportunities for rewards from uncommons, rares, and elites that might turn up in the additional NPC slots.
Kalos wrote: if you are using the race to hack people I'd think you'd want to go with hacker. In all fairness, Hacker gives less of an advantage to hacking than Spy does because the Hacking +30% only applies to the initial success roll and not the critical success roll as well, whereas the Cloak +68% applies to both rolls.
Raptor wrote: and i personally chose to be a spy. 60% to cloak is a major help with hacking. i sat at the computer and definately debated for about an hour over sab or spy. As I just stated above, it's actually Cloak +68% for a Zolazin Spy because the Race and Profession bonuses are multiplied. 
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:09 pm |
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Kharak
Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:23 pm Posts: 41 Location: Deep space!
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Annabell wrote: Kalos wrote: if you are using the race to hack people I'd think you'd want to go with hacker. In all fairness, Hacker gives less of an advantage to hacking than Spy does because the Hacking +30% only applies to the initial success roll and not the critical success roll as well, whereas the Cloak +68% applies to both rolls.
Raptor wrote: and i personally chose to be a spy. 60% to cloak is a major help with hacking. i sat at the computer and definately debated for about an hour over sab or spy. As I just stated above, it's actually Cloak +68% for a Zolazin Spy because the Race and Profession bonuses are multiplied.  So your saying spy is the better race? what your saying actually makes sense.
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:34 pm |
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Annabell
Joined: Sun May 29, 2011 7:33 pm Posts: 1988 Location: Aboard Blackwood Hall
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Kharak wrote: So your saying spy is the better race? what your saying actually makes sense. I'm saying Spy is the individually most beneficial Profession available to as a Zolazin; however, I still feel that Saboteur is far and away the best option when it comes to helping your legion.
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:16 pm |
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Kharak
Joined: Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:23 pm Posts: 41 Location: Deep space!
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Well when i get to that road it will be a hard choice to make, but am more for sab just for its unique ability!!!
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:30 pm |
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