Do you need all hyperdrives?

[Dio Aloke]

Or if you have the Indium Hyperdrive you can jump to all star types?

[BlackWater]

Unless something was recently updated, yes. and place like minded tech next to one another, you get bonuses in tech performance for that.

[Galadhlinn]

More hyperdrives = longer jumps.

[Nabinkemper]

Technically, only the Indium drive is necessary to travel to all star system types. However, as the others are eluding to, have all three drives increase range.

[Hellbound]

The Indium Hyperdrive alone will allow access to all star types. I am interested to know what the average bonus would be for all 3 types.

[Grimlock]

Originally posted by Hellbound:

The Indium Hyperdrive alone will allow access to all star types. I am interested to know what the average bonus would be for all 3 types.

Its not worth it other than to mess with synergy limits. Explorer Class ships with Indium Drives and 5-6 Drive Mods (3 in cargo, 3 in technology) can get you up to near 2k ly warp range.

[Cesar]

There's some confusion here. There are hyperdrive upgrades you can buy and there are the three drives you need to get to the red, green, and blue systems.

I'm not aware of any benefit from the red, green, and blue drives other than letting you get to the red, green, and blue systems. I'm not sure on this. I'm going to check this out tomorrow morning. I would rather have just the blue drive to get me to any system and will remove the other two if I'm not getting any benefit from them.

Then there are hyperdrive upgrades you can buy from the starship tech vendor in any station. These definitely extend hyperdrive range as well as fuel consumption. In my explorer, I have the hyperdrives and three hyperdrive upgrades lined up in my tech slot. Plus two more upgrades in my general slots.

You can put only three upgrades of any type in the general slots and three in the tech slots. You need to be careful because once you max out the hyperdrive range capability of your starship, it doesn't make any sense to add more hyperdrive upgrades.

Likewise, I'm not sure that slotting them together does you any good other than make it easy for you to see how many upgrades you have. I'm going to check that out tomorrow.

[Varagonax]

Originally posted by Dio Aloke:

Or if you have the Indium Hyperdrive you can jump to all star types?

Only with standard ships and the freighter. If you can stomach the grind, Bioships dont need specialty drives to protect themselves from coloured systems. Outside of being slower (at max upgrades), not being able to have storage upgrades, and not being compatible with system scanners, this makes them one of the best ships you can have for an all purpose vehicle. Well that and their fuel is really easy to come by.

[Naewyng]

Originally posted by Grimlock:

Originally posted by Hellbound:

The Indium Hyperdrive alone will allow access to all star types. I am interested to know what the average bonus would be for all 3 types.

Its not worth it other than to mess with synergy limits. Explorer Class ships with Indium Drives and 5-6 Drive Mods (3 in cargo, 3 in technology) can get you up to near 2k ly warp range.

Isn't that a bit low, considering you can get much farther with a freighter?

[Varagonax]

Originally posted by Naewyng:

Originally posted by Grimlock:

Its not worth it other than to mess with synergy limits. Explorer Class ships with Indium Drives and 5-6 Drive Mods (3 in cargo, 3 in technology) can get you up to near 2k ly warp range.

Isn't that a bit low, considering you can get much farther with a freighter?

It depends on what you need doing. 2000ly warp range is a ton for general exploration, more then enough for a massive selection of systems per warp.
If your only goal is to get to the center, then yes, freighters are the go to option once you have their warp drives full upgraded.

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by Varagonax:

If your only goal is to get to the center, then yes, freighters are the go to option once you have their warp drives full upgraded.

Logic question here . . If one is to fully upgrade their freighter hyper drive (we should), why wouldn't one fully upgrade the hyper drive on their ship? Fact . . the hyper drive on a ship can be fully upgraded in about 25 minutes warping to different systems/space stations. Fully upgrading a freighter takes a bit longer.

[Varagonax]

Originally posted by Galadhlinn:

Originally posted by Varagonax:

If your only goal is to get to the center, then yes, freighters are the go to option once you have their warp drives full upgraded.

Logic question here . . If one is to fully upgrade their freighter hyper drive (we should), why wouldn't one fully upgrade the hyper drive on their ship? Fact . . the hyper drive on a ship can be fully upgraded in about 25 minutes warping to different systems/space stations. Fully upgrading a freighter takes a bit longer.

You misunderstand. You can definitely have both, I'm not disputing that.

I'm just saying that unless your goal is to get to the centre, having your primary star ship as your standard warp vehicle is more efficient.

Freighters are harder and more time costly to upgrade, this is true. As well, getting OFF planet, and ON to your freighter then accessing the warp computer takes a good deal longer then just warping. However, BECAUSE freighters have MASSIVE warp range, they are indisputably king for your journey to the centre once you have one kitted out appropriately. That is what I was saying.

Because of this, because of the cost:reward ratio OF maxing out your freighters range, unless you really want to do as such or are trying to get somewhere with as few jumps as possible, your standard bioship/explorer warp vessel is likely the best solution... in terms of jump capability, at least.

And yes, you should max out your freighter even if its not your goal to be heading to the centre, purely because on day it might be.

[Galadhlinn]

Gotcha,
yes I always drag my freighter around with me (or leave it behind). Maybe some day it will be justified to travel by freighter, but not currently, short of A to B to the core.

[Yxklyx]

Originally posted by Grimlock:

Originally posted by Hellbound:

The Indium Hyperdrive alone will allow access to all star types. I am interested to know what the average bonus would be for all 3 types.

Its not worth it other than to mess with synergy limits. Explorer Class ships with Indium Drives and 5-6 Drive Mods (3 in cargo, 3 in technology) can get you up to near 2k ly warp range.

3k actually.

[Cesar]

Got onto my ship this morning and started moving things around.
The various drives, Emeril, cadmium, and indium add a slight bonus to hyperdrive range.
The Indium drive will get you to the red and the green systems.
Having like upgrades adjacent does give you a bonus. It appears to be only up to 3. To max out the hyperdrive range you would have three hyperdrive upgrades adjacent and then the three drives adjacent.

[Varagonax]

Originally posted by Cesar:

Got onto my ship this morning and started moving things around.
The various drives, Emeril, cadmium, and indium add a slight bonus to hyperdrive range.
The Indium drive will get you to the red and the green systems.
Having like upgrades adjacent does give you a bonus. It appears to be only up to 3. To max out the hyperdrive range you would have three hyperdrive upgrades adjacent and then the three drives adjacent.

ah see but the indium drive doesn't say this, NOR does the wiki corroborate this. I could double check myself. the game really outta make this out to be more clear.
You do need to stack the mods in a 2x2 pattern to max out their value, so you'd need a proper double diamond with the center being your hyperdrive to make sure that getting the most out of it.