Upgrades are not best?
Published on Sunday, April 7, 2024 By
I am at the end game of a long campaign, and I went to upgrade a custom ship I had made. As I looked though, I started to realize that the latest upgrade isn't the best.
Example:
Singularity Driver: 16.2 Kinetic, 5 Thulium, 5 mass, 12 manufacturing cost
Quantum Driver: 13 Kinetic, 3 Thulium, 5 Mass, 12 manufacturing cost
Graviton Vulcan Gun: 11 Kinetic, 1 Thulium, 3 Mass, 8 manufacturing cost.
Breaking it down by manufacturing efficiency:
S - 1.35 Damage per cost
Q - 1.08 Damage per cost
G - 1.375 Damage per cost. Graviton is most efficient at manufacturing cost
Thulium is almost self explanatory with G having 11 for 1.
Break down by space usage (most important)
S: 3.24 dmg per mass
Q: 2.6 dmg per mass
G: 3.66 dmg per mass. Again, most efficient by far.
Edited to add: In the research order, Singularity Driver should be top dog (last upgrade), Quantum Pulse in 2nd and Graviton in 3rd.