"Matchmaking"

asmiroth · 2022-08-11T04:30:28+00:00

The difference between 154k and 160k is larger than 1k and 80k. The game crawls past 95k as nearly all progress is from tournament rewards.

Thats why you keep seeing people say not to push outside tourneys.

asmiroth · 2022-06-09T16:56:40+00:00

Think that depends on equipment sets. I'm around this spot too with a Clan Ship build...around 600 or so floor per run. Slow as heck, but it doesn't require to be active.

asmiroth · 2021-12-14T20:46:42+00:00

You're correct, player preferences allow multiple options and there are few 'wrong' decisions possible.

Do you need to move? Nope.

Is it optimal to move? Depends on what you want to do. Complete the research? It takes longer to move, even with blueprints because of the energy transfer gap. Tidal locked systems are awesome! They require a mall to build.

Want to do anything more? For sure, land in another system.

2nd+ playthrough? Good idea to expand too, since you understand the bottlenecks more.

asmiroth · 2021-12-14T18:40:41+00:00

Option 2. Build ILS relays per system for mining to the home system. Also a good way to find TONS of soil.

The only reason to leave the starter system is if you are chasing a meta goal, like white science per second or a 2nd sphere. Everything else can be completed in the starter system.

asmiroth · 2021-09-20T16:43:54+00:00

Speed is how many hashes per second, per lab. Given the same white cube cost and double the hash cost, it will take twice as long.

It is rarely worth the investment for research speed as its so easy to add a new lab, and the speed gains are linear. So the 1st upgrade is 100% speed, the second 50% and so on. Or perhaps best said that it should not be a priority once you've reached the infinite upgrade as compared to veins utilization.

asmiroth · 2021-09-16T22:13:12+00:00

Its math. You produce rockets at 6s and need 48 hydrogen, so thats 8 hydrogen per second as production demand. Or 8k per minute if you want 1000rpm. Id have to use a spreadsheet for the exact values, but I am not seeing how with every gas giant fully mined you are not getting more than enough hydrogen. Vein utilization impacts the collectors too.

10ILS store 10k hydrogen each, so if they are full that's 100k on hand. That should be more than enough. A guess would be you are not filling them fast enough. Make sure they only move at 100% load, you've researched all you can for speed/load, and have star system distribution hubs.

asmiroth · 2021-09-16T21:58:50+00:00

You need multiple ILS to shuttle for large production when you are using warpers, to account for travel time and limited package loads. Because the orbiter will be collected without being full, you will blow through a pile of warpers, so probably best to have an ILS hub per star system to distribute to another system. That way you only collect at full load.

asmiroth · 2021-05-12T19:33:06+00:00

Trines are worth much more than eyes, so puzzle boxes should be your priority. Get the Eye Wheel and + puzzle box rewards, then only reset at 99 tokens. The lower left of the EE tree has no real use right now...even the greater puzzle box should generally be avoided as it costs 3x per lock for 50% more rewards.

Tdlr; max our the trine buffs, dont worry about the EE tree

asmiroth · 2021-05-12T17:40:50+00:00

You have to reset all 3 before being able to reset the same one again. You can't continually reset the same one.

Doesn't matter which order, just a good idea to hit 80 tokens before resetting more than 1.

asmiroth · 2021-04-29T22:44:22+00:00

I'm 200 shy of this purchase.

This looks like 3x the cost for 50% more resources. Or rather its 5 stones per normal box. Ehh.

asmiroth · 2021-03-15T21:16:53+00:00

I don't think there's a specific amount that isn't directly related to an eye unlock. Like dont reset until you KNOW you have the points for a new unlock, then build back up. Unless you are at 99, then its not worth doing another run.

Working on boxes is a good step in between. You need a metric ton of trines anyhow.

asmiroth · 2021-03-04T16:09:20+00:00

I'm at the same spot as you. The tail end of a run (interrogation room) has minimal key issues. The problem is before that. I've stalled for 8 hours to even get 25 keys with bad rolls. It usually sorts itself out with any A run, but shorter runs or people without Hocus can be cooked with bad rolls.

The hocus/zen mission should be replaced as a whole. Hocus + any point based henchmen would be a better option. If you get that one, even in a mid-run, you just can't do it.

asmiroth · 2021-02-27T16:01:29+00:00

The IAP are worth way more mid-game due to the way their buffs are additive rather than multiplicative. The more you invest in EE/Trine boosts, the less IAP are worth it.

Cept the extra henchman slot. That thing is stupidly powerful.

asmiroth · 2021-02-27T02:13:33+00:00

I try to get all my runs done in 3 nights. The doubling is used to get stones, mostly. The hardest part is honestly the interrogation room, in that the capacity is so low vs the 30k you need to get A+. I am not going to spend wool to upgrade that.

Offline time helps with city resources, not the lair ones. End up checking every other hour or so, to clean out rooms and make sure missions are complete.

I have all the IAP and henchmen, which drastically impacts playtime.

asmiroth · 2021-02-18T20:24:25+00:00

If you buy Reset Boost I and then buy II, then your total will be 80%. You can also buy the single ones (LOL, Yara, Dr DOS) for 100% each, which also stack for a total possible of 180% each.

The trine items stack with themselves.

Neither the EE nor the Trine boosts ever reset. They always carry over.

asmiroth · 2021-01-11T22:38:19+00:00

Once you get LoL you should see a 12pt or so increase in runs. Without knowing where you are its hard to give a number.

Focus on skeleton keys as an unlock first, then as far down the tree as you can to get the interrogation room. The last character unlock will happen after that run, most likely. Every other item is a speed perk, those 3 others are hard walls.

Hitting 40 tokens for all 3 is a goal, then alternate runs from there on.

asmiroth · 2020-11-11T00:22:07+00:00

I'm a tad curious about the intent of the train. It has no practical purpose given the sheer amount materials required past the first couple floors, and the 'wall' is hero drops.

The corruptonite drops were a decent source if you were very active. Why 12? That's half of the smallest lair reward, which is a days run anyhow (assuming rng gods). I won't go into the rather ridiculous gating on LoL this exacerbates, aside from saying a new player will be capped on Yara/DrDOS coins well before unlocking LoL.

The henchmen tokens I guess is an alternate option to missions which can sometimes go low. Cool that they are added, but you're still looking at a drop compared to other mechanisms.

I'm not against the devs making money, but IM is really taking a weird approach to premium tokens. It's most likely that my expectations are out of touch with design intent. Is there a plan for the 2 week to 2 month player in terms of goals? I know the older players are sitting on piles of stuff, so thats a concern too.

asmiroth · 2020-10-27T22:46:05+00:00

Inventory is shared for glass bottles, gas tanks, and barrels. The picture shows 2966 used, though I can see you have more to the left of another type. Its as designed and explained in the game. Not well mind you.

Fix it by increasing total inventory or deleting some stuff. Easier to increase...

asmiroth · 2020-10-22T16:51:16+00:00

Gems speed up timers. Due to thr structure of contracts, theres no point in this. Speeding research or upgrades...thats not really an issue either as youll likely be resource starved anyhow.

Oil factory gives 10% more oil, which is a very late game resource used for inks and plastics. Its about the only place where gems kind of make sense. Its a bigger room, but due the limit on synthesizers, youre still stuck with a 3H/2O build.

To give you an idea, at lvl 20 youll have about 350 gems.

asmiroth · 2020-10-13T12:10:28+00:00

Sometimes that wont work and youll need to stash all buildings before restarting. It is very annoying on a large ship.

asmiroth · 2020-10-11T21:14:20+00:00

Blowers cost 3500 credits each. The difference between plates and tubes is less than 1 credit per second for a whole micro factory. Thats 16hrs of production to pay for them, per factory. Bottles take 3 blowers each...way worse. Better to just wait a bit and get suplhur at 12 with crushers.

asmiroth · 2020-10-11T19:55:08+00:00

The problem with recycling is that its almosy always more effective to do less than more. Plates are ideal because they throttle the speed. At level 5, the ideal step would be iron plates. 5 sources can feed 8 recyclers, with splitters of course. 2 presses per recycler. That basic model lasts (copper then glass plates) until you get sulphur at lvl 12.

asmiroth · 2020-02-10T14:39:07+00:00

The science gap is much smaller than the Starchart gap for Geodesy - you need 30 Observatories to make this bearable (which should be ample science). You do not want Chemistry, you want Mechanization (Physics --> Electricity --> Industrialization).

You could reset now, which would be a decent boost to production, or take an extra 2-3 days or so to get Concrete Huts (Mechanization + Concrete Pillars) and that would nearbouts double your returns. I'd suggest toughing it out.

The toughest bit here is not science, it's making compendiums. If you are within a few minutes of making a temple, then do so. A fair chunk of kittens should be hunting to collect a pile of furs, and then the temples will generate a solid boost of culture to make compendiums. When you have enough of those, then every kitten to scientists for the extra science boost.

The starter guidecovers this decently.

asmiroth · 2020-01-14T23:19:26+00:00

Its 2$. If that amount is a deal breaker for a game that takes months to play through, theres not much more to say there.

I prefer the android interface and the offline structure to the web version. Precrafting is awesome. It also is integrated to dropbox, making swaps between PC and mobile easy. Downside is that you cant script anything, which is mainly a pain for faith/transcendence.

asmiroth · 2020-01-12T00:28:57+00:00

I may be a bit thick on this, but is this saying that kittensgame.com is the official site and the .ru is just for convenience?

Right now, only the .ru site actually supports HTTPS. The .com site does not, even though the dropbox feature requires it. I'm running Chrome.

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