High Tinker Steve

[Redright]

Is he really only viable with "Prodigy"? I was leveling him up in a staff slot and the negatives just keep going up.

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[WeaverSong]

Well, there's viable and there's useful. People often use him early-game without prodigy, to slow their xp gain.

[Redright]

Originally posted by WeaverSong:

Well, there's viable and there's useful. People often use him early-game without prodigy, to slow their xp gain.

What would be the reason to slow down xp?

[Jaasrg]

Originally posted by Redright:

Originally posted by WeaverSong:

Well, there's viable and there's useful. People often use him early-game without prodigy, to slow their xp gain.

What would be the reason to slow down xp?

Bigger window to get battle rush done.

[kinggraves]

Originally posted by Jaasrg:

Originally posted by Redright:

What would be the reason to slow down xp?

Bigger window to get battle rush done.

Or just in general. XP gain is way fast on the start, so no big loss. His other negatives, fleet acceleration and crew efficiency, probably also won't matter much at first. Tech level advancement though? That's very useful. Tech level is usually the hardest to level.

The real loss is giving up the free copilot that could go to more powerful copilots if you unlocked them.

[Zarinthal]

Slower leveling means lower level of marauder warp-ins while you acquire more money and better gear

[HellSlayer]

Originally posted by Zarinthal:

Slower leveling means lower level of marauder warp-ins while you acquire more money and better gear

I believe marauder warp ins is based on the sector level. I never saw low level marauders invade in high level sector and i never saw high level marauders invade low level sector.