How's crew splicing like?

[RaptorSolutions]

In a day or two I should be getting access to crew splicing and probably enough artifacts to get a whole bunch of fleet upgrades, but not enough or even close to get all probably.
So I was wondering what crew splicing is like and whether I should just reinforce once now.
Partly because well, I'm kinda getting bored because I'm not making any solid progress in the ship part, though tbf I still haven't gotten past 118, I'm touching 118 on the previous reinforce and I'm at 114-116 atm.

[adeyke]

I would really recommend waiting until you have all the artifacts before reinforcing.

Splice has a lot of potential in the long term, but it unlocks pretty late and it grows slowly. I just made it to 121 on this reinforce, and my spliced crew is currently giving a 9% bonus to alien research and a 4% bonus to synth speed. It's a pretty complex system with ways to grow, but it's not the sort of thing where just unlocking it instantly makes you super powerful.

[RaptorSolutions]

Okay, that does sound pretty ♥♥♥♥.

[adeyke]

Just to be clear, I'm not complaining about it. There are interesting mechanics, goals to work towards, and ways that one aspect will make another aspect more powerful (and vice versa), so in the long term, it seems like a lot of fun. It's just that if you were to reinforce now but planned to reinforce again after you've fully unlocked galaxy's artifacts, the system wouldn't have a chance to shine.

[RaptorSolutions]

I mean specifically 9% bonus doesn't exactly set the world on fire. Especially since you're at 121.
I can get 700% just from that one fleet node that doesn't even need reinforce...

[Elgareth]

Yeah, it's not worth reinforcing for splicing. I did because I wanted to see what it was like, but didn't want to spoiler myself through reading infos about it.
Turns out it only starts at Sector 117, and it starts off really really slow (it doesn't reset after a reinforce though, so it's a long-term thing).
So slow that it gave me next to no bonuses (like... 1% synth speed or something) when I reinforced again because I had completed all artifact upgrades.
So it's completely irrelevant until you plan to do a long reinforce, aka when you've finished all galaxy upgrades. Even though it's a bit boring, it's most efficient to just keep leveling your alien synths until you go for the big reinforce after Galaxy 5.

PS: To clarify, it doesn't reset after reinforce, but you'll still need to reach 117 and crew supremacy again before getting it to work again. It'll just start up faster if you had some levels the reinforce prior.

[RaptorSolutions]

Originally posted by Elgareth:

Yeah, it's not worth reinforcing for splicing. I did because I wanted to see what it was like, but didn't want to spoiler myself through reading infos about it.
Turns out it only starts at Sector 117, and it starts off really really slow (it doesn't reset after a reinforce though, so it's a long-term thing).
So slow that it gave me next to no bonuses (like... 1% synth speed or something) when I reinforced again because I had completed all artifact upgrades.
So it's completely irrelevant until you plan to do a long reinforce, aka when you've finished all galaxy upgrades. Even though it's a bit boring, it's most efficient to just keep leveling your alien synths until you go for the big reinforce after Galaxy 5.

PS: To clarify, it doesn't reset after reinforce, but you'll still need to reach 117 and crew supremacy again before getting it to work again. It'll just start up faster if you had some levels the reinforce prior.

I see. Thanks.
So not as useful as alien synth then.
Looks like I'm completing Gal 5 and then reinforcing.