blizgerg wrote:
You can see the rank you are with some factions by pressing F2.
F2 doesn't do anything in my game. Unmodded 1.01. Do I have to use it while in a certain screen?
Well, things are looking not so good again. I was in Qilin, about eight or nine systems past St. K's. It had two Teraton nests, two Commonwealth stations and the CSC Asia. And lots of enemies. This system turned into the biggest scrap heap I've seen yet. An endless amount of Ventari destroyers spawned and they and some of the other reds destroyed each other, and somehow one of the CW stations kicked the bucket too. I did pretty well though, after I got the octocarbide the Ventari seemed unable to damage my devices, and with them out of the picture things settled down. I destroyed one of the Teraton nests.
The next system, Li, had four destroyed CW stations and various red bases I took care of. There are two Xenophobe worldships on patrol there that I seem unable to defeat.
After that it's Point Juno. I had been there previously, very shortly, when I exited Elysium and went through star gates in the wrong direction (thinking to myself, "Why is everyone else flying in the wrong direction? Idiots.") Back then, I got the "Point Juno is under attack" message, but since I felt way too weak to partake in whatever happened at that point, I just left the system again. Now when I arrived, I found a single ship attacking PJ, and upon its destruction by the defenders, I got a "Mission completed" message. Yay, I did it! Somehow. Though I'm worried I missed something important. Particularly since there's this large ring of Ares sentinels that seems to serve no purpose at all. Anyway, after returning to the CSC Asia for a few missions to get my rank up, I completed all the missions PJ offered, and took out all the reds I could find.
On to the next system. Scouting, I found two Teraton nests and lots of nasty enemies, some of which seem, like the worldships, too tough for me. The Phobos Dreadnought for example. I still haven't found a single ringer exchange, and I'm desperate for a better shield. Seems like it goes down in a second against the big guys, and soon after I'm toast.
Current setup:
Wolfen with 1GW reactor
Ares positron cannon
Omnidirectional thermo cannon +10%
Fusionfire howitzer
Ares launcher
Plasma Shield Generator +30%
Smuggler's Cargo Hold (I need it, let's face it, I'm a pack rat)
Longreach I autocannon
2 Patch spiders
4x Octocarbide armor +EMP-immune
I got a transpace jumpdrive and a howitzer loader I occasionally swap in, and a Heavy Ion blaster in reserve. Also got a R9 shield, but it seems like it would only be a small improvement over the Plasma, and I don't want to spend crystals on it. I haven't seen a better shield in the nests, and there isn't any other green anymore except for the CSCs. I have 20k rin and about 400k credits. Should I backtrack to an outpost and try to order a better shield?
And about saving stackable upgrades for my endgame equipment ... since this is my first game that went this far, how do I know when I got something that I'll keep until the end? Just check the Wiki and hold out for the highest ranked stuff?