bitslizer wrote:Blue = rare
As in the item from the easy level event
Thanks
That ... depends.
Looked it up and maxed it gives you: A) .8 rate of fire improvement and B) 35,000 system points.
The system points will not matter much for a heavy cruiser as the other two items will get you 210,000 system points which is more than the requirements for level 10. That is all that the heavy cruiser allows.
The Rate of fire improvement is I think the equivalent of a very rare normal component at max.
So if you have any rare or very rare and spare plasma (not much required really) and not much time either, relatively to upgrade it might be well worth the effort.
So if you get all three I imagine-I haven't gotten the Legendary version to max yet-the totals would be: A) 245,000 system points and B) rate of fire improvements of 0.8 times 0.72 times ~0.66 equals ~0.38 improvement.
If you have 3 Legendary Auto-Loaders maxed it would be 0.72 times 0.72 times 0.72 equals )~.37
Of course you would be saving 2 system level increase slots for damage enhancers. But if you already have a Legendary Auto-Loader you would be a net loser in the rate of fire.
<shrug> Like I said depends. Also when the next ship upgrade comes out how much power will be required for the next levels.
Right now do to the fact that I experimented a bunch (still am) I am running 2 Auto-Loaders, purple and orange versions which at my current upgrade level for the Ballistic Enhancer (level 8) gets me a rate of fire of 0.26 which if I am accurate will become ~0.246.
To give an game comparison it allows me,right now to have 4 out going waves of missiles almost 5. I expect it to become 5 when maxed.
Still allows me to have to damage increasing components and a BeWeaps Suppressor upgrading for future experiments already have one maxed.
Part of my problem with not going with max damage type stuff is personal philosophy and the way the defenses in the game work.
The current Boss is a perfect example.
My first 2 waves of missiles are basically wasted. His defenses knock virtually all down, the shields absorb the remainder (mostly). So those two waves instead of doing 4,500+ points or so of damage do nothing. But the next 4 waves which are already on the way will destroy him. I roll after knocking down the incoming first wave and suffer shield's down to zero and damage to one or two systems(sometimes not even that still working on my roll timing).
Probably a more detailed answer than you were looking for but I am a little detail oriented
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T2M
PS I do have other Auto-Loaders I could put in but biggest problem is then just getting the fire buttons to accept input, once the battle is in progress, is ... chancy ... much less if I want to change missile types.
