Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Upgrading guide

All these upgrades are in chronological order. Use as a guide only.

Crusader: upgrade mod tech to 15 first (use Comwave and Anom), then weapons all the way to 298. (use HRX) then reactor to 30. At AI 20, get weapons to 379, reactor to 56. If your seers cannot give you 186% extra firerate by the time you get Obliterator, then upgrade mods to 66, and use 1 or 2 Weapon Amplifiers as needed. If you dont need wamps, then upgrade mods to 30, and use 2 Tc7. From now on, upgrade mods to 102, so you can use 2 Master Fire Directors, and then weaps to 676 to use Ravager. After that, payload to 920, then reactor to 60 for Tribolt Hydron, then payload to 960, then reactor till 102 for Mag Pyro. Once you get AMFDs, then 110 mod.

Reaper: weaps to 32, then reactor to 10. Weaps to 78, reactor to 15, {weaps to 122, reactor to 20, payload to 241} OR {weaps to 158, payload to 241}, weaps to 226, mod to 10, reactor to 20, payload to 321 if you want to use Immob+Magnatron+Tsub, and to 385 for 2 Magnatron, Tsub, SubNuke. After that, reactor to 56 for Magmatic, payload to 425. After that, payload to 465, weap to 308, use Rayden+Magnatron. Or, if you can afford the upgrades to do this before Rayden, then upgrade payload to 545, reactor to 60, use Tribolt Hydron, then reactor to 102, payload to 625. if you're still using Reap after that, then start upping mods to w/e you want, and payload to fit.

Sentinel: upgrade shields to 60, then reactor to 10. Shields to 81, reactor to 15. Shields to 152. (I'm assuming armour def strat during pre-plasma period and you are saving the ups) then shields to 250, reactor to 30, payload to 696. Reactor to 46 for Hydron MkII , payload to 720, then payload to 766, for Pneu, Motion, 3 Anamorphs. After that, projection all the way

Bulwark: mods to 15, weaps to 21. after that, weaps to 182. after that, weaps to 319, reactor to 56, use shield neut, hrx, phalanx, railgun, magmatic reactor, 2 mag accs (delta). once you have 15 more upgrades after this, upgrade to 720 payload, and switch the phalanx for another hrx(alpha). chuck it away once you get levi!

Leviathan: mods to 15, then weaps all the way to 122. Use 4 Punishers/Thors, 2 Shatter Cannons, 1 Immob, 1 Mines weapon for blockades. Then reactor to 30, weaps to 182. Use 6 Thermal Dawns if you have them, otherwise just upgrade the Thors to Good Samaritans. Reactor to 56, weaps to 298. Use 2 Shield Neuts, 2 HRX, 1 Railgun, 2 Immobs, 1 Mines. Upgrade weaps to 379, and swap a Shield Neut for Oblit. Once you get Storm tech, and upgrade payload enough to fit the new weaps, use 2 Storm Bringers, 2 Oblits, 2 Hail Bringers, and 2 Immobs. Use HRX instead of Oblits/Hail Bringers until you can fit the payload. After that, reactor to 60, then mods to 66. Then to 102 for both mods and reactor. Unless you have 2 Pneu, then keep reactor at 56. If you like, upgrade reactor to 102 and payload to firt, but not necessary.

Seers are very hard to plan for, because everyone has a different amount of seers, or different AI's. Basically, aim for a certain amount of fr/shield def that will allow you to do something, i.e. 200% fr for 3 spt, and then try to not go over too much.

Another important thing to know is not to spend upgrades 5 at a time. If you want to up your reactor to 5, then add 4, not 5 - that way you save upgrades and you can use them ONLY when you will actually be making use of them.

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