Ship ranking by nanites

[Данила Тарн]

Hello
Does upgrading ship rank by nanites worth it? Or it's better to try find better rank ship
I have A class sentinels ship and spend ~10 hours trying to find better by its only C rank ships

[Mandrake]

I've always just found the ship I wanted, and then upgraded it to S class so I could add all the slots and more upgrades I wanted. I am probably wrong and others will know more, but I think that's about all there is to the difference.
Hopefully others with more knowledge may post with better information, but I know that much for sure.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

What? The game just gushes credits and nanites on the player. You need a mop to clean up the excess. There are so many lucrative strategies, it only comes down to which one seems fun to you.

[Mandrake]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

What? The game just gushes credits and nanites on the player. You need a mop to clean up the excess. There are so many lucrative strategies, it only comes down to which one seems fun to you.

I think the question was simply if there is any advantage to seeking out a 'natural S' class ship vs. simply upgrading a ship to S class.
I'm not sure there is any difference or not. I've always just found a ship I liked and upgraded it.

[Данила Тарн]

I mean
Which is more efficient in case of ship stats
Finding or upgrading

[Xautos]

if the nanite cost is too much to chase after you can always use a game save editor and set the ship class to S, save and then get back into your save afterwards. that's just an alternative and one you don't need to pursue if you don't want to.

[cruste]

there is no difference
natural s class = upgraded s class

if you have enough nanites you can do the experiment on your own and simply updgrade from c to s and see how the booster slots magicly appear at s-tier

maybe some variety is the base values rng

[SoulCreek]

Originally posted by Xautos:

if the nanite cost is too much to chase after you can always use a game save editor and set the ship class to S, save and then get back into your save afterwards. that's just an alternative and one you don't need to pursue if you don't want to.

You don't need a save editor to upgrade your ship class, inventory/tech slots and your multitool class, tech slots.
Just change your difficulty settings to "creative" upgrade for free at any space station and change back to "normal"! Doesn't work in permadeath!

[gNg]

You can't predict what stats your ship will receive or where the booster-slots will appear when you upgrade and you could be unlucky with the result. Better, in my opinion, to buy a good quality S-class so you know what you're getting, unless you're more concerned with appearance and/or prepared to take a gamble :)

[Norseman]

Originally posted by Adeptus Magnum:

Hello
Does upgrading ship rank by nanites worth it? Or it's better to try find better rank ship
I have A class sentinels ship and spend ~10 hours trying to find better by its only C rank ships

You should not worry about Nanites.
Find Running Mold, set up a base and start farming.
Or go to those who have them open for public and farm till you have enough :)

[Johny_Drifter]

Finding an S Class ship is only part of what you are looking for. You will eventually want an S Class ship with 4 supercharger slots next to each other. Preferably all 4 supercharger slots are connected in the shape of a box. This will ensure you get maximum benefit from your weapons, shields, etc...You cannot always find an S Class ship you like with the supercharger slots connected. You might find the ship you like with connected supercharger slots but its an A Class. In that case, upgrading it using Nanites is completely worth it.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by gNg:

You can't predict what stats your ship will receive or where the booster-slots will appear when you upgrade and you could be unlucky with the result. Better, in my opinion, to buy a good quality S-class so you know what you're getting, unless you're more concerned with appearance and/or prepared to take a gamble :)

^^^
What he said.

Though, technically, there's no difference between an S-Class you find in the wild and one where you upgraded it (i.e. both have the same potential), the advantage of finding one is that you know EXACTLY what you are going to get before you buy it. When you upgrade, you are stuck with whatever the procgen gives you.

Doesn't matter if all you care about is appearance, as gNg said, but it obviously is a significant difference if you care about supercharge slot placement and/or bonus stats.

I do care about both of those things, so I never upgrade. I can't remember the last time I spent nanites to upgrade a ship.