Also Doek, I think you forgot to calculate green bots or specifically the Tyranos bonus in Accumulator recharge time.

I can see Energy Management is used, but the 5% * Robotics Level is not currently working, at least in the case of the Tyranos.

At the very least being able to buy items that modify production of normal items with said buff/debuff. Or Maybe there could be a post manufacturing process where you could use consumables on the items to give them a specific buff/debuff, so you don't cut out manufacturing.

Its tricky though, how do you make reputation worthwhile to both combat and industry?

Do industrial players keep having to grind rep and missions after they are done? I think its a bit unfair to have to keep grinding missions on potentially hostile beta in a sequer just to get some ammo.

We should at least be able to buy it, say 1K per ammo if we have the rep..

Doek, you are my hero.

BTW, aux accumulator currently do not add on to your accumulator capacity

The market is fine, I can find pretty much whatever I need on it, even T3/T4 stuff.

Its growing as well, you just need to use the "Terminals Near Here" option and go there to pick up what you need. Maybe when the game grows enough you won't have to do that, but as of now yes it is required.

Saying that all corps do not sell stuff on the external market is false. Even ATG, a communist corp sells stuff on the market as a means of income to help buy materials / modules we cannot produce.

I think you are blowing this way out of proportion OP.

Back when I was a newb my second day in with two miners, I sold maybe 160u of Titan and then never mined it again because it was such a waste of time

Who are the suckers who actually mine titan ore? I feel sorry for them.

Kill CIR's potatos

I am at the same crossroads myself, but I decided to start investing in Mechs. The downside is when roaming, I will never be able to use my Tyranos, so I will never see the EP I spend in mech specific stuff while roaming. The upside is with the intrusion changes, being able to defend certain points on a daily basis will be extremely useful when responding to attackers or when launching mech based attack forces.

If you wan't to roam and use mechs, the only option is a Kain. Tyranos/Artemis simply cannot keep up. If you don't think you will be defending/attacking anything and just want to randomly roam, stick with an assult since you are pelistal.

The demand was already high, and since communist beta corps don't need NIC as CIR loves to proclaim, where does this leave alpha players, especially industrial players that we need to support for a healthy and functional market?

1. One less way to get a small amount of epi if they spent alot of time farming
2. Little to no supply of epi on the market for them to buy due to the corps on beta being largely communist

This may be great for people looking for new pets but its not good for the alpha dwelling industrial corps of the game.

I don't understand this thread... I doubt beginners will be competing with new players for a long time on the market due to the kernel nerf. Actually, the first players had an easier time than these new players will have.

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and absolutely nothing has changed, besides minor details.

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