Got the achievement for Energy Hard Cap but I'm not there actually

[kevinshow]

It say 9 quintillion for energy hardcap achievement, but I'm currently sitting at 7.9 quint (modified with gear and upgrades). But anyway, that's a minor thing..maybe I did hit 9 quint somehow, even if for a brief moment.

The more important question that popped up because of seeing this 9 quint max that I have related to this is, I still have many levels of Energy Cap in Sadistic Wishes and PP Perks and even Questing Quirks to finish up. As an example, I'm currently working on Wish Energy Cap V (the first one available in Sadistic) and I have not even allocated any PP towards Perks Energy Cap IV (which was an Evil level perk that needs 100K PP for each level).

I've just recently finished level 100 of the gear from Back to School zone, and haven't even touched on IT HUNGERS gear or The West World gear. So along with all those new gear that will be coming eventually, it seems I wouldn't need to prioritize on Energy Cap upgrades for the time being. Is that a valid assessment of things right now?

If I'm this close to the cap already, including even touching upon 9 quint at some point meaning somehow all my modifications and upgrades may have gotten me to 9 quint already, is it any benefit to still be working up through all the remaining perks and such (based on them needing the least points or taking the least time to finished)? I already finished Sadistic No Equipment challenge so apparently that wouldn't be affected by having only Energy Cap not adjusted for gear.

Thanks in advance!

[Hypertext Eye]

You will eventually want to have enough so that you reach the hard cap with only one emcap accessory (it's a particular accessory that comes from a future zone). But if you are already reaching the hard cap now, maybe don't focus on it so much.

How much base cap do you have?

[Fel]

For the achievement, it's possible that it reached the hard cap very temporarily when switching your equipment (when using loadouts for example).

The only real benefit in investing exp in cap at that point is to reduce the amount of equipment you need to reach it, freeing slots for other more beneficial bonuses.

[Myu]

And here I am sitting at 828 quad energy at a similar spot. (Not all 100 yet, just daycaring the items to 100 and idling in tower/questing)

But yes I'd assume that it allows you to free up slots for other things and not have to worry about giving up so much energy to do it. (IE: Blue eyes ultimate chestplate for the wishes/hacks, though I could be wrong about if these gains are decent...mostly accessories are a lot of that.)

[kevinshow]

Good point about being able to free up the accessory slots for something else, or even the main gear slots for something else. i had been thinking of the armor gear pieces only, and how wearing the recent zones would probably be the most likely option in the effort to keep moving forward to get further in adventure zones or titans. So it looks like there is still value in working up those wishes/quirks/perks, then. Thanks!!

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by navorskatie:

i had been thinking of the armor gear pieces only, and how wearing the recent zones would probably be the most likely option in the effort to keep moving forward to get further in adventure zones or titans.

try this
https://gmiclotte.github.io/gear-optimizer/

[Fel]

Yeah, the optimizer saves you a whole lot of time and has a lot of options to fit everything just how you want it to be.

[kevinshow]

Just a small update...I reached 9 Quint about 2 days after my original post. I felt bad that additional efforts for raising energy cap were going to be wasted, even including what I buy with EXP points.

But then as I worked through West World zone, and put on those gear items, my Energy cap fluctuated even down to 8.5 or right now, 7.1 Quintillion (using 9mm Beretta as the offhand weapon). So there is definitely room for continued improvements to base cap that is not dependent on gear modifications. My earlier concerns about having reached cap so soon after getting into Sadistic with the whole Sadistic zones and gears still to come, was unfounded.

Yes I like the gear optimizer page. I forgot when I started using it but it has definitely come in handy so many times.