G5 engineering question

[redy5]

Im new and I dont understand. I know I need to generate G1-G4 upgrades a few times to get forward, but do I need to generate G5 ones more than once, untill its full? The stats dont seem to change and I wonder if I need to, or is it a waste of materials

[martin77]

yes you need 5 generations till full grade 5

[redy5]

Originally posted by martin77:

yes you need 5 generations till full grade 5

Do stats get better?

[CoffeeBean]

No need to bring g5 to 100%, in most case you won't notice the difference.

You can use EDSY https://edsy.org/ and look for yourself.

[madman]

For grade 5, you need to roll 5 times for full grade only if you have sufficient reputation with engineer. If your reputation is lower, you may need more rolls or even have no access to that grade (apply to lower grades as well).

Increasing reputation with engineer can be done in many ways. Look at "Engineer" section in the right panel (very first tab) about what they really need most. Usually they'll accept trading for commodities, cartography, bounty, etc.

[Lich Lord]

It's very tedious IF you do not use the materials traders. Watch some guides on those. You can farm Grade 5 mats and trade them down for very fast low/mid grade materials to support your engineering needs.

[redy5]

I dont think you understand the question.
When I first roll G5 it says "+45%" and some numeric value. When I roll it again it still says the same thing, but the circle progress bar goes forward. The question is there a bonus % at the end?

[Un1k0rn]

Get one module from unegineered up to grade 5 max with one engineer.

Boom, now you have max rep with them and a fixed number of payments to make to get something to max G5 on every module you upgrade via them. It's very easy now between the buff in material acquisition as well as new sources.

Strongly recommend joining Powerplay for the care packages.

[GeorgeKaplan]

The circle bar has to complete to apply the engineering. G5 will take 5 x material requirements to complete. You won't see any value applied until the full circle roll is complete. After that, you can pin the engineering (if you want) so that you can apply it remotely at a station or your carrier. Any special effect can only be applied at the engineer's home base.

[CoffeeBean]

Originally posted by redy5:

I dont think you understand the question.
When I first roll G5 it says "+45%" and some numeric value. When I roll it again it still says the same thing, but the circle progress bar goes forward. The question is there a bonus % at the end?

If you reach 100% with your grade 5 your module stat will increase to their optimum value.

However like I said earlier going to 100% at g5 often doesn't make a big difference.

I also gave you a link to a ship builder for the game where you can add modules and engineering, you can also adjust the % on the engineering wheel to see the difference from grade 5 45% and grade 5 100%.

Take this for exemple, it's a stock alliance cheiftain with a large plasma accelerator grade 5 45% efficient. https://edsy.org/s/vyTNkW0

Select the plasma accelerator and on the right side of the screen adjust the wheel % and look at the sustained dps stat.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by redy5:

Im new and I dont understand. I know I need to generate G1-G4 upgrades a few times to get forward, but do I need to generate G5 ones more than once, untill its full? The stats dont seem to change and I wonder if I need to, or is it a waste of materials

Before they turned materials into all-you-can-eat recently I only ever bothered with 1 click in grade 5 as the gains for more didn't add up.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by redy5:

I dont think you understand the question.
When I first roll G5 it says "+45%" and some numeric value. When I roll it again it still says the same thing, but the circle progress bar goes forward. The question is there a bonus % at the end?

There should be 2 numbers - the max you can get from that grade, and your current value.

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by Sighman:

Originally posted by redy5:

I dont think you understand the question.
When I first roll G5 it says "+45%" and some numeric value. When I roll it again it still says the same thing, but the circle progress bar goes forward. The question is there a bonus % at the end?

There should be 2 numbers - the max you can get from that grade, and your current value.

^ This.

Also, one stat immediately goes to max upon getting the next grade while others increase per click to the max. The negative modifier is usually the one to instantly max out upon going to the next level, the buffs are the ones that increase.

[redy5]

Thank you for explanation, commanders o7