Salvaged drone swarm processors

[MightyMonte88]

I am only able to acquire them by taking out harvesters and swarms on drone planets. At the rate they drop from these POIs, it's about 20 POIs per Aux core. Is there a better way to acquire these? This method is overly grindy and getting really boring..

It seems like you need at least 6 or more aux cores to be able to take down Drone targets in space, because they're weapons hit so hard they just melt shields. My current ship has a 21k shield, and it's down in 5 seconds against anything other than a drone harvester....

[Yascherrica]

21k shield with a full pack of lasers and beams is pretty much enough to destroy drones in space... I've never atually raided planetary drone pois as getting mats from space was easy enough for me.

I set my automatic turrets to shoot only turrets and disarm the drone, with direct firing beams I disable the drone so it can't fly away and then just go streight for the core. Then loot.

There are a few drone types that are nasty but you can avoid those and just go for salvagers, miners and other utility drones, they are easy targets.

[MightyMonte88]

Originally posted by Yascherrica:

21k shield with a full pack of lasers and beams is pretty much enough to destroy drones in space... I've never atually raided planetary drone pois as getting mats from space was easy enough for me.

I set my automatic turrets to shoot only turrets and disarm the drone, with direct firing beams I disable the drone so it can't fly away and then just go streight for the core. Then loot.

There are a few drone types that are nasty but you can avoid those and just go for salvagers, miners and other utility drones, they are easy targets.

That's the setup i have lol, yeah it only works for the low tier drone enemys, trust me i've tried like 10 times. A 21k shield, is gone in literally 5-10 seconds against a needler or the other one, i forgot the name, but it just tears shields to nothing within seconds....

So the lower tier drone enemys in space payout more than 5 salvage processors at a time? If so that helps allot, the land POIs ive been hitting are easy to take down but only payout between 0-5 processors , making it a pretty grindy method .

[UncleBadTouch]

Originally posted by MightyMonte88:

I am only able to acquire them by taking out harvesters and swarms on drone planets. At the rate they drop from these POIs, it's about 20 POIs per Aux core. Is there a better way to acquire these? This method is overly grindy and getting really boring..

It seems like you need at least 6 or more aux cores to be able to take down Drone targets in space, because they're weapons hit so hard they just melt shields. My current ship has a 21k shield, and it's down in 5 seconds against anything other than a drone harvester....

If you can take out a Drone Matrix in the sector space, they cough up about 75+ parts. When I first started, I had to take out first: the flying scouts, harvester, nulifiers, in that order. Then, you are left alone to work the Matrix(s). The Assemblers are good, but not as many parts as a Matrix. The key to the Matrix is get the shields to ZERO, the on 1 end of the cylinder of the structure, there is vertical tube like structure. In the dead center, is the core, a couple well placed 375 rounds from the Artillary will destroy it. For me is was a single volley 375s.

Also, if the shield continues to recharge on you, it too is at the on 1 end f that tube, hanging off an extension. pop it with 1 round.

[MightyMonte88]

Originally posted by UncleBadTouch:

Originally posted by MightyMonte88:

I am only able to acquire them by taking out harvesters and swarms on drone planets. At the rate they drop from these POIs, it's about 20 POIs per Aux core. Is there a better way to acquire these? This method is overly grindy and getting really boring..

It seems like you need at least 6 or more aux cores to be able to take down Drone targets in space, because they're weapons hit so hard they just melt shields. My current ship has a 21k shield, and it's down in 5 seconds against anything other than a drone harvester....

If you can take out a Drone Matrix in the sector space, they cough up about 75+ parts. When I first started, I had to take out first: the flying scouts, harvester, nulifiers, in that order. Then, you are left alone to work the Matrix(s). The Assemblers are good, but not as many parts as a Matrix. The key to the Matrix is get the shields to ZERO, the on 1 end of the cylinder of the structure, there is vertical tube like structure. In the dead center, is the core, a couple well placed 375 rounds from the Artillary will destroy it. For me is was a single volley 375s.

Also, if the shield continues to recharge on you, it too is at the on 1 end f that tube, hanging off an extension. pop it with 1 round.

Thank you, big help!! I can't take a matrix on yet, my shields aren't strong enough and drop down too fast. I think once i have 1, or 2 more aux CPUs , i can afford shields to be able to take those down.

I think i'll keep grinding the land POIs till i'm able to hit matrixs

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Yascherrica:

21k shield with a full pack of lasers and beams is pretty much enough to destroy drones in space... I've never atually raided planetary drone pois as getting mats from space was easy enough for me.

I set my automatic turrets to shoot only turrets and disarm the drone, with direct firing beams I disable the drone so it can't fly away and then just go streight for the core. Then loot.

There are a few drone types that are nasty but you can avoid those and just go for salvagers, miners and other utility drones, they are easy targets.

You managed to get your turrets to hold fire after disabling all the enemy weapons? How did you do that?

Every time I get into a huge ship-to-ship fight the enemy core usually ends up getting destroyed.

[Yascherrica]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Originally posted by Yascherrica:

21k shield with a full pack of lasers and beams is pretty much enough to destroy drones in space... I've never atually raided planetary drone pois as getting mats from space was easy enough for me.

I set my automatic turrets to shoot only turrets and disarm the drone, with direct firing beams I disable the drone so it can't fly away and then just go streight for the core. Then loot.

There are a few drone types that are nasty but you can avoid those and just go for salvagers, miners and other utility drones, they are easy targets.

You managed to get your turrets to hold fire after disabling all the enemy weapons? How did you do that?

Every time I get into a huge ship-to-ship fight the enemy core usually ends up getting destroyed.

They do not shoot core if you set them prior to shoot turrets only.

Matrix's good but don't hit it with arty's as you eventually destroy the cantainer that's just near it (or is it somewhere else?..)

And yes, usually stuff in space have better yeld than on the planets

[MightyMonte88]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Originally posted by Yascherrica:

21k shield with a full pack of lasers and beams is pretty much enough to destroy drones in space... I've never atually raided planetary drone pois as getting mats from space was easy enough for me.

I set my automatic turrets to shoot only turrets and disarm the drone, with direct firing beams I disable the drone so it can't fly away and then just go streight for the core. Then loot.

There are a few drone types that are nasty but you can avoid those and just go for salvagers, miners and other utility drones, they are easy targets.

You managed to get your turrets to hold fire after disabling all the enemy weapons? How did you do that?

Every time I get into a huge ship-to-ship fight the enemy core usually ends up getting destroyed.

I keep my turrets set to target generators only, and by doing this, i am able to salvage all weapons from enemy ships i defeat in combat

[Amrak]

Originally posted by MightyMonte88:

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

You managed to get your turrets to hold fire after disabling all the enemy weapons? How did you do that?

Every time I get into a huge ship-to-ship fight the enemy core usually ends up getting destroyed.

I keep my turrets set to target generators only, and by doing this, i am able to salvage all weapons from enemy ships i defeat in combat

Have to keep in mind that some creators put the generators next to the core and fuel tanks. Thus blowing up valuable loot. Learned this the hard way. I no longer target generators.
The most valuable loot is more often than not around the core. The same goes for ships battles. Taking out the generators has its price.

[MightyMonte88]

Originally posted by Amrak:

Originally posted by MightyMonte88:

I keep my turrets set to target generators only, and by doing this, i am able to salvage all weapons from enemy ships i defeat in combat

Have to keep in mind that some creators put the generators next to the core and fuel tanks. Thus blowing up valuable loot. Learned this the hard way. I no longer target generators.
The most valuable loot is more often than not around the core. The same goes for ships battles. Taking out the generators has its price.

The ships i target the generators on, the loot for me is salvaging the weapons and so on.

The loot in the ships your talking about better be SUPER high value, because taking out all the thrusters / weapons on any ships that would contain that kind of loot, is an absolutely significant cost, lengthy fight, consuming allot of ammo and pentax because your going to have to soak allot of hits.....

Also, i'm playing on a server, not solo. So if my ship gets lost during the fight, there's no save file i can revert too or anything like that. Disarming a ship completely just doesn't seem like it's a viable option in Reforged Eden.

My team and i take down tovera class zirax ships by targeting gens, the valuable loot normally doesn't get blown up. If you tried to disarm a tovera, you'd literally be there for hours as it is plated in turrets.....

[Amrak]

Originally posted by MightyMonte88:

Originally posted by Amrak:

Have to keep in mind that some creators put the generators next to the core and fuel tanks. Thus blowing up valuable loot. Learned this the hard way. I no longer target generators.
The most valuable loot is more often than not around the core. The same goes for ships battles. Taking out the generators has its price.

The ships i target the generators on, the loot for me is salvaging the weapons and so on.

The loot in the ships your talking about better be SUPER high value, because taking out all the thrusters / weapons on any ships that would contain that kind of loot, is an absolutely significant cost, lengthy fight, consuming allot of ammo and pentax because your going to have to soak allot of hits.....

Also, i'm playing on a server, not solo. So if my ship gets lost during the fight, there's no save file i can revert too or anything like that. Disarming a ship completely just doesn't seem like it's a viable option in Reforged Eden.

My team and i take down tovera class zirax ships by targeting gens, the valuable loot normally doesn't get blown up. If you tried to disarm a tovera, you'd literally be there for hours as it is plated in turrets.....

True as for the long battle. But I do play offline SP so do not have the lag issues is a good fight.
Glad you have such luck in not loosing loot blowing up the gennies. I personally have and watch Spanj who has as well. He generally no longer targets gennies for this reason. He will to speed up the fight for streaming reasons but very rarely.

[Yascherrica]

Originally posted by MightyMonte88:

Originally posted by Amrak:

Have to keep in mind that some creators put the generators next to the core and fuel tanks. Thus blowing up valuable loot. Learned this the hard way. I no longer target generators.
The most valuable loot is more often than not around the core. The same goes for ships battles. Taking out the generators has its price.

The ships i target the generators on, the loot for me is salvaging the weapons and so on.

The loot in the ships your talking about better be SUPER high value, because taking out all the thrusters / weapons on any ships that would contain that kind of loot, is an absolutely significant cost, lengthy fight, consuming allot of ammo and pentax because your going to have to soak allot of hits.....

Also, i'm playing on a server, not solo. So if my ship gets lost during the fight, there's no save file i can revert too or anything like that. Disarming a ship completely just doesn't seem like it's a viable option in Reforged Eden.

My team and i take down tovera class zirax ships by targeting gens, the valuable loot normally doesn't get blown up. If you tried to disarm a tovera, you'd literally be there for hours as it is plated in turrets.....

Best loot (quantoom, epic, etc.)is always destroyed with the gens.
Gens usually heavyarmored and take long to destroy
Gens are 7sed as decoys so you trash the whole ship with little valuable left
Some prefabs cheats and destroing gens doesn't stop the ship, sometimes core doesn't count as a generator.

Best option is to snipe the core with direct firing weapons (beams are better). Aiming for enemy turrets on your approach vector give you time to shoot a tiny whole where it is needed and destroy the core without ruining the whole ship full of gas, oxygen, loot and valuable stuff.
No need to destroy all the turrets and engines, just those that don't let you get to the core in your cv.

[UncleBadTouch]

Originally posted by Amrak:

Originally posted by MightyMonte88:

I keep my turrets set to target generators only, and by doing this, i am able to salvage all weapons from enemy ships i defeat in combat

Have to keep in mind that some creators put the generators next to the core and fuel tanks. Thus blowing up valuable loot. Learned this the hard way. I no longer target generators.
The most valuable loot is more often than not around the core. The same goes for ships battles. Taking out the generators has its price.

I must have something set in the settings because, when I pop the core, in the Matrix, the 2 containers in the Matrix can be destroyed, but their contents are still there in the floating box. So, I do not worry about destroying the core.

Now, I do know when hitting multiple enemies at same time because, I get jumped by a Battleship, Destroyer and Frigate (as example), and by the time I get to the ships to loot them, some of those floating boxes from destroyed containers have timed out and disappeared. But, what can you do? You can't get to them until coast is clear.

[Dr.doom]

after i get a core 9 ship i always try to get emp cruise missiles then take out a few legacy ships for quantums, then when i have a few of quantums i go after swarm ships. the best way for drone parts is the lvl 6 swarm combat site often found in drone territory u can often get like 7 aux cores per site there

[Amrak]

Originally posted by UncleBadTouch:

Originally posted by Amrak:

Have to keep in mind that some creators put the generators next to the core and fuel tanks. Thus blowing up valuable loot. Learned this the hard way. I no longer target generators.
The most valuable loot is more often than not around the core. The same goes for ships battles. Taking out the generators has its price.

I must have something set in the settings because, when I pop the core, in the Matrix, the 2 containers in the Matrix can be destroyed, but their contents are still there in the floating box. So, I do not worry about destroying the core.

Now, I do know when hitting multiple enemies at same time because, I get jumped by a Battleship, Destroyer and Frigate (as example), and by the time I get to the ships to loot them, some of those floating boxes from destroyed containers have timed out and disappeared. But, what can you do? You can't get to them until coast is clear.

Yes the loot can/will be floating in crates BUT those crates will disappear after a certain amount of time. Some can be totally destroyed, I believe as well. So be sure you do not have other enemies around while you try to gather them. Not always the easiest situation.

[Yascherrica]

Originally posted by Amrak:

Originally posted by UncleBadTouch:

I must have something set in the settings because, when I pop the core, in the Matrix, the 2 containers in the Matrix can be destroyed, but their contents are still there in the floating box. So, I do not worry about destroying the core.

Now, I do know when hitting multiple enemies at same time because, I get jumped by a Battleship, Destroyer and Frigate (as example), and by the time I get to the ships to loot them, some of those floating boxes from destroyed containers have timed out and disappeared. But, what can you do? You can't get to them until coast is clear.

Yes the loot can/will be floating in crates BUT those crates will disappear after a certain amount of time. Some can be totally destroyed, I believe as well. So be sure you do not have other enemies around while you try to gather them. Not always the easiest situation.

With multiple turgets it's even better to disable them first and leave untill battle is over and only then core and loot one by one or they despawn.