FAQ and Useful Facts

Q. It says Premium account required to join a clan, or to upgrade my workshop past hydraulic! (Even though I entered a code wtf?)

A. That's a bug that all new accounts (since a couple months ago I think) are affected by, simply pm or send a message to an admin (Griswald / Agent Smith / Ehlana) and they will fix it for you when they get it.

Q. Okay I'm at max trp and have AMFDs, what do I do now?

A. For missions, only do mining and blockade (abort/change the rest), because they give the best mrp/kc value. On the way to those missions, only attack enemies that definitely give you mrp (bunkers, patrols [not infantry], firebases) and dessies/BCs. For targeting, set your crus on highest mod uplink, and levi on highest shield projector, and equip syphons on all your seers, with rayden on cyseer (highest shield proj for all of them). That way you can auto everything.

Q. I can't join a clan for some reason, it just says Details updated, or nothing happens =/

A. If it says Details updated, that's because you pressed the enter button instead of clicking the join button. Pressing enter in account tools just updates login info, not clan. If nothing happens, then it's because not all your squads are in your workshop (you can't join or leave a clan while you have any bots in patrol). The only other reasons why you may not be able to join a clan is you have entered incorrect clan name / password, or if it's full (15 members), but there will be a message that says so if that is the case.

Q. How does deflection work?

A. Deflection is the nullification of damage to a certain percentage, and can come in three forms - shield, armour, and drain. They all work the same way, and there is no theoretical set limit to the amount of deflection you have.

To show how it works, I'll use an example: if you have a total of 1k shielding including projected shields, and have 10% shield deflection, you will completely deflect 100 shield damage the first time you are hit by the enemy. It is re-calculated each time a shot is fired, and not each turn.

Q. I'm trying to say something in cycom, but the system tells me it's inappropriate even when it's not!

A. The filter is a little pedantic - if you use 2 words such as "finish it" then it will see the 'sh it' bit and stop that message getting through. Other words such as 'd*k' and 'f*k' also won't make it through even if they are tagged onto the beginnings/ends of other words.

Q. How do Sulphur exp bonuses work?

A. If you have less than 20 mil exp, then you will receive a bonus of 1250 exp for each bot in your squad each time you defeat an enemy squad in patrol. If you have more than 20 mil exp, this drops to 500 bonus altogether. These bonuses are not affected by exp multis. Also, when battling renegade workshops you receive 2k exp bonus, which is affected by exp multis.

Q. Which Cy-Chassis do I get?

A. Cyseer, Cysent, or Cymara? The first two are for people who want to rank, and Cymara is for basing purposes. It's a tossup between the first two, and comes down to personal preference. Cyseer is a little harder to use than Cysent, because of the mods involved. Although Cysent allows you to quickly have a high amount of shielding, which would make your squad safer, Cyseer allows you to have a much higher firerate early on. This means you can drain or kill your enemies faster, which in turn makes your squad safe too.

Q. Can I do MCs with only 2 reaps?

A. Yes - and they can be the same AI as normal 3 reap setup. The only difference is that you have 1 less reap with immob/pulse, and if possible, put immobs on your val/bul. If not, then dw you should still be fine. Targeting goes like this - 2 immob reap on tammy first round, immob/pulse reap on crims, baal on tammy, then 2nd round 2 immob reap on opto, immob/pulse on stonehead 2 (if he's drained already then move on to hextra), 3rd round just keep the ones above drained, then target Fridge, j4f, Royi, and win.

Q. Why aren't I getting any cash/exp from my clan?

A. Only once you reach 10k kc used then you can receive/contribute exp/cash from/to your clan. Also, for base attacking, you will need to contribute 10k exp before you can attack.

Q. I can't find bulwark/magma squads!

A. You meet bulwarks at 100k bm on the plateau, but beware - they have drain deflection, so you might want to use reaps with syphons better than EMs. Magma squads are at 250k bm, and because many of them have 5k reactor, having reapers with syph elite or better is recommended (as well as outpost and scaven mercs ofc).

Q. How does Guerrilla align work?

A. You get guerrilla align by either helping them in a battle, releasing them from compounds, or doing missions for them. Those give 5, 3, and depending on the mission, 2 or 5 align (medical and 10 fed squads). You can't get missions before 10 align, and after that, 25 align you become friends, and you may get 1 exp chip per mission in a ruins from them, 50 align for x2, 100 for x3, and 200 align for x4. At 300 align (299 really coz of a bug), you could receive a Pneumatron reactor from them.
PLEASE NOTE: There is no point whatsoever getting negative guerrilla align unless it is a side effect of getting evil align for use back in vulc.

Q. How do I get riot guns/oblits from annis?

A. You need over 10 mil bm to start having a small chance of oblits, and 15 mil for almost certain.

Q. What are the Talsian Battle Awards?

A. Order of Merit - Received at 800 trp, you get 500 accolades reward.
Crimsons Cross - Received at 1600 trp, you get Radial Laser technology as reward.
Order of the Regiment - Received at 3200 trp, you get 1 Leviathan as reward.
Star of Talsia - Received after 50 warship victories, you get 1 Pneumatron as reward.
CyCorps Commendation - Received at 75 missions at 75% success rate, you get access to Y-Link module (you buy it, but don't it sucks).
Union of Service - Received at 100 missions regardless of success rate, you get 1 Rayden Device.
Order of the CyLegion - Received at 150 missions at 90% success rate, you get access to Y-Link MkII module (you buy it, but don't it sucks).
Master of Talsia - Received at 200 missions at 80% success rate, you get access to Advanced Master Fire Director modules (you buy them, because they rock).

Q. I have a levi, now what do I get rid of?

A. Kick out either your bul (or crus if you have 2) or reaper. Both work, but I find that without the availability of spread drain on your own reap, it's tough going. If you do lose the reaper, then hire 1-3 bas per mission, just see how you go. If you lose the bul/crus, then try not to fight anything at all, because with your 1 spt oblit crus killing will be slow. Leave when your levi is about AI 10 or more, that's when it starts to get useful.

Useful fact: Fallen Dark Union, Fallen Imps, Angels, and Lucky 7 Eclipse all count as mercs, and because you can't get more than 3 mercs at 1 time from an outpost, it is advisable to get your outpost mercs before any of the above.

Useful fact: Energy saving is capped at 80%, and uplink rate for (cy)seers is capped at 100%. Accuracy is capped at 100% plus whatever manually enhanced accuracy on the bot. The effect of critical hits is capped at 100%, although the display is not.

Useful fact: 1 spt oblit/rav/rayden is 186% enhanced fr, 2 spt is 472%, and 3 spt is 758%.

Useful facts: For a crus to be fully developed (rav, pyro, 2 amfds, and enough weight) it needs to be AI 30.

For reap (rayden/mag, pyro, tsub/anom detector, and weight) it needs to be AI 28.

For a sent (3 anamorphs, pneu (but enough tech for mag), motion, enough weight, 29% shield proj) it needs to be AI 21. From then on it's all shield proj.

For Cysent (4 anas, pneu (but enough tech for mag), motion, enough weight, 50% shield proj) it needs to be AI 18.

For a seer (3 amfds, 100% uplink, pyro, enough weight) it needs to be AI 42.

For Cyseer (4 amfds, 100% uplink, pyro, enough weight) it needs to be AI 30 (with rayden, AI 47).

For levi (8 storm weapons/oblits, pyro, 2 amfds, enough weight) it needs to be AI 44.

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