Radiant Pillar Question

[luther84695]

Is it worth it to fully upgrade it? It has 21 tech lots which you cannot obtain from regular ships. Other ships give you 14 slots. I am at the point where it costs over 100 million to get one slot, but I am not even half way done.

[SumGumption]

It's worth it. But you don't seem to be aware that it is easier and cheaper to farm S class Exotics for the storage augmentations.

[Caramirdan]

Buying then scrapping A-class ships (even S that you don't like/need) will net you Storage Augmentation modules which can be added to your starship.

[SumGumption]

A class are iffy. You may and may not get one for your troubles. S class exotics give you 1 - 3 every time.

[luther84695]

Originally posted by SumGumption:

It's worth it. But you don't seem to be aware that it is easier and cheaper to farm S class Exotics for the storage augmentations.

What?????? I wish I had known this sooner.

[Aurumworks]

Actually any S-class ship will yield 1-3 augmentations. Which are somewhat more common in outlaw systems and planetary ports generally have the better traffic flow.

[Menel]

There are other ships with 21 tech slots.

[luther84695]

Originally posted by Menel:

There are other ships with 21 tech slots.

This is another confusing aspect of the game. I have read lots of blogs claiming that any ship when upgraded to S class have 21 tech slots. I don't know what they are playing, but currently in my game, I have 3 other ships, an exotic, an explorer, and a living ship. None of them can be upgraded to 21 tech slots. I tried to upgrade my explorer in a space station, but I got a message saying that the maximum has reached. I think there are lots of blog authors who just copy contents from other blogs without playing the game. But anyways, I think not all S class ships are created equal. It is possible that some could be upgraded to 21 slots.

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by luther84695:

Is it worth it to fully upgrade it? It has 21 tech lots which you cannot obtain from regular ships. Other ships give you 14 slots. I am at the point where it costs over 100 million to get one slot, but I am not even half way done.

Depends on your personal preference and what you want.

It would be cheaper and faster to trade up to a ship with more slots, but if you like the looks of that ship or have an emotional attachment to it then keep it.

[Wile E Coyote, Super Genius]

If you like that ship, then sure. I've done ship hunting since the beginning. I found a lot of great looking S ships on my own - and also have scrapped a lot too.
However, to do so I have to make room/slots. I got rid of the Radiant Pillar early and now regret it. I've never seen another Rasa ship with that exact pattern in the wild ever.

My advice is keep it. Find ships that looks good to you. Don't overthink about base /core stats unless you're a perfectionist, sort of like me. The difference in stats isn't night and day and any type of ship can defeat the pirates in this game + there are modules. However, if you need more hyperspace, (if your goal is to get to the next galaxy) get an explorer cuz it has the highest core hyperspace stat. Exotic and Haulers are good too. Fighters? Core hyper always 101.x ;)

[mbrowne999]

Originally posted by SumGumption:

A class are iffy. You may and may not get one for your troubles. S class exotics give you 1 - 3 every time.

A Class Shuttle with 27+x slots seems always good for 1.

[Wile E Coyote, Super Genius]

Originally posted by mbrowne999:

Originally posted by SumGumption:

A class are iffy. You may and may not get one for your troubles. S class exotics give you 1 - 3 every time.

A Class with 27+x slots seems always good for 1.

Yea one time I got an A class for 1m -or maybe less -but it gave me 3 modules after scrapping -which I think it's rare. The cool thing is that this same A class ship will always give the same number. Too bad I can't remember where I got it from.

Basically if you find a lower class ship that gives aug modules farm it because they come more often than S class. Conversely, I sometimes find an S class ship that give only 1 aug and skip it the next time if cost/return ratio not good enough.

[Lucky Luc]

Buy and scrap S class ship to get free augment

[Johnny in the Clouds]

Originally posted by luther84695:

Originally posted by Menel:

There are other ships with 21 tech slots.

This is another confusing aspect of the game. I have read lots of blogs claiming that any ship when upgraded to S class have 21 tech slots. I don't know what they are playing, but currently in my game, I have 3 other ships, an exotic, an explorer, and a living ship. None of them can be upgraded to 21 tech slots. I tried to upgrade my explorer in a space station, but I got a message saying that the maximum has reached. I think there are lots of blog authors who just copy contents from other blogs without playing the game. But anyways, I think not all S class ships are created equal. It is possible that some could be upgraded to 21 slots.

The number of slots ships can have has been adjusted in the most recent updates. Either Sentinels update or recent Outlaws update distributed ship slots more efficiently across ship types. Haulers for example can now be equipped with the largest number of storage slots compared to fewer slots in a fighter. The updates introduced smuggling of Pirate illegal goods which arguably is now best achieved with a Hauler because of the large amount of goods that can be traded, while supported with your very own 4 person Squadron (unlock and manage squadron pilots on your freighter). The trade goods and loot drops has also been adjusted to have more variety and more of them, particularly when attacking freighters in pirate systems and more generally tech drops are more frequent.

With all the extra items that can be collected increasing slots across all ship types is done by visiting the Ship Salvage platform at space stations. When a slot limit is reached for any particular ship type, then the Class of the ship must be increased through C to B to A and finally S. Once the class of the ship has been improved, the slots can then continue to be increased until the next max limit. Repeat the process increasing ship class first before increasing slots and so on until the ship reaches the current top class of ship S.

In the current game different ship types Explorer, Hauler, Fighter, shuttles, exotics, solar and living ships now have more appropriate slots for the type of tasks they are expected to achieve. In earlier versions of the game it was possible to make all ships equal and increase the slots of say a small fighter to be comparable to the expectation of a massive Hauler. The slot system is fairer in the current game. However previous ships during earlier versions of the game that already have had capacity at max limits will still exist,

New to the recent updates were added Cargo slots for star ships, which vary in capacity across the different ship types.

Living ship slot capacity and living ship technology is managed in a different approach. The ship must be in use to 'earn' the upgrades. Other threads explain how to upgrade the living ships.

Use Creative Mode If you want to check (anything) and compare ship slot capacity between ships. There is no restriction in that mode and you can quickly increase ship class and capacity to compare maximum slot limits for ship types, simply by clicking away endlessly at the Salvage Ship platform. No resources or basic currency is needed in that mode.

[SumGumption]

Originally posted by Lucky Luc:

Buy and scrap S class ship to get free augment

None are free. You lose units in buying and scrapping all ships. S class Exotics are generally cheaper and you will never lose out in getting at least one augmentation. If you have units to waste and don't mind the gamble then go for the S class anything. If you don't mind the gamble, go for any ship. I never liked the gamble which is why I chose to farm S class Exotics for augmentations to begin with. So to each his own, really.

[rdouglass1]

If you Up-Grade any ship to S Class, it should have the same 21 Slots in Tech that other S Class have. Should not matter that it starts out as a C Class, or other...