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torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:33 PM

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Hello there!

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

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hm... you may not understand this but

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

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Give me just a moment

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

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pr ships (and ships in general) are far far worse when not limit broken

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

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Yeah, I understand that

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

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so even if you unlock them

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

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If you give me a couple minutes, maybe you didn’t be able to see my current situation sort of

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:34 PM

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if you don't have the blueprints to get more stars on them they're not useful.

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and sure aight sorry for the rush

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:35 PM

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as you can see some I can already start on and others are very close or very far off

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:37 PM

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k so

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you want to unlock the pr ships? is that your problem?

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:37 PM

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that is not all ships I own and all factions though

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:38 PM

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also question, where are you at in campaign?

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yes it's relevant

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:38 PM

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Well Roon is going to take a while and so will other Iron Blood ships based on their current star level and ship level. Also because of my formations I have set up at the moment. Is there a ship that is better than Roon that would be not only a better ship to work on but that I could more easily start now or work towards unlocking a little bit faster? Give me a moment for my current ship formation status and full dock

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Give me a moment for that too

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:39 PM

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no need for full dock

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:39 PM

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I mean Brest and a few other ships I am really close to being able to develop. Iron Blood is going to take ages

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:39 PM

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well, so I'm going to say some fairly basic research stuff

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please understand if you already know it

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but generally speaking, once you have the fleet points to unlock a ship

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completing the missions to get that ship into your dock is considered the easy part of getting that ship

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the actual hard part is getting enough blueprints so that they're useable

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:41 PM

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pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:41 PM

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if you're slow at doing the missions on your pr ships

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then read them again. it's likely you're talking about the exp requirements

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:41 PM

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I’ve been grinding the event, so that’s why my oil is so low at the moment. Might have to stop playing for a little bit and let it get back up there again.

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:41 PM

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farm 3M exp with iron blood ships

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the only way to go about it really just use more iron blood ships of the appropriate hull types

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:42 PM

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pseudo ivy farm 3M exp with iron blood ships

yeah, well I don’t know how to set up a decent iron blood formation since all of my ships in iron blood except for one or under 100 or maybe two ships are over 100

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:42 PM

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it's the best way, and only way of farming them faster. and farm them on a level with good exp to oil efficiency

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honestly roon isn't very useful so you can skip her

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:42 PM

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yeah, well I’m not good at formations on farming with iron blood ships in which ships to use. You’ve seen their current status.

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yeah, well then I don’t know which ship to currently work on at this time. I am farming in the research center blueprints for Anchorage. She only needs one more star and then just needs to level up.

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:43 PM

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people farm for her largely to unlock friedrich nowadays i feel

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who's still a very meta relevant ship nowadays

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:43 PM

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well you can see my current campaign and blueprint status if you scroll up

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also my formation status as well

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:43 PM

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torpid storm yeah, well then I don’t know which ship to currently work on at this time. I am ...

that's a good approach...

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:44 PM

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torpid storm

i only see one iron blood ship in the vanguard

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:45 PM

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pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:45 PM

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it'll take much longer with just one ship than if you used multiple

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the mission is specifically, farm that much exp with iron blood ships

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:45 PM

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yeah, well I don’t know which ships to use and of course again I’d have to redo my formations. I don’t know the best way to do that. Games like this with information overload is hard for me to keep track of everything and hard to understand but I do the best I can.

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:46 PM

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yeah it's ok, azur lane for a lot of things doesn't explain much

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lots of info, you can easily get overwhelmed

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my current issue is I don't understand what's exactly that you want. advice on research?

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focusing on pr4 is the correct thing to do

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advice on unlocking ships??

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just do the missions to unlock the ships, for exp missions use more appropriate ships to get exp faster

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to get more fleet points? well get more of them, i'll go more in detail into that if you want but essentially just acquire more ships and mlb them

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if you feel like the ships of the factions you want ar too weak

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:48 PM

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pseudo ivy lots of info, you can easily get overwhelmed

Well I also play Destiny 2, Warframe, and Genshin Impact (but not recently) and it is also the same exact thing

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:49 PM

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just level them in an easier level till you can use them or sandwich them in between stronger ships

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people farm w12 with the most random trash ever

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it's not considered hard if your levels are appropriate and you have good gear

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i'm cnfused because you're not asking specific questions; instead it seems like you have a general issue around the research/pr system

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:50 PM

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pseudo ivy it's not considered hard if your levels are appropriate and you have good gear

gear is another issue too. I do not have a lot of great gear. Just a little bit. I still have never fully cleared Operation Siren. I have more Elite than SR gear and no UR gear at all.

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:50 PM

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so yeah i'm not sure what to say

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forget about the UR gear, it's not used actually all that much

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:51 PM

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If I could share my screen you could see the full extent of my rough situation with this game. Besides letting my oil regen. Not really sure what I should honestly be doing in game. Too much information and to many things to figure out. Let me just say that is the basic gist

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:51 PM

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well it is, but gold gear is still used more often than rainbow gear even for a lot of late game people

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:52 PM

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well do you have time for a quick private call where I can share my screen?

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:52 PM

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obviously a lot of the rainbow gear is good, but if you don't have it it's fine

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...i do have time but I'd have to bring out some of my audiovis equipment

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which is a hassle. and also i don't it's needed

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because the answer to your problems, as vague as it might be

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is also very simple

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for gear, the best gear in game is obtained via two methods - research, and gear lab (using materials farmed in operation siren)

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:54 PM

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pseudo ivy ...i do have time but I'd have to bring out some of my audiovis equipment

what do you mean? I can just stream the game through my phone. Not sure what you mean. Not like anything needs to be said via voice. Would just be using it to show my screen.

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:54 PM

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do those two, and eventually you'll get better gear

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:54 PM

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pseudo ivy for gear, the best gear in game is obtained via two methods - research, and gear...

Yeah do not have enough materials for anything I do not think for gear lab

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:54 PM

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just play more operation siren... azur lane involves a lot of grinding.

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if you're feeling overwhelmed

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just take it slow

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the focus in research anyways is to get blueprints

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:55 PM

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this is how bad my gear situation is

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pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:56 PM

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i see a lot of just fine budget gear

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sure it's not as good as the best options

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but most of it is just fine

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you'll get better once you play for a loner period of time

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there's no real way to rush it, it really is just grinding more

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:57 PM

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just an example

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:57 PM

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ok so I think you're feeling overwhelmed...

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but again

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it takes a lot of time

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:57 PM

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pseudo ivy ok so I think you're feeling overwhelmed...

I feel like that is an understatement, lol!

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:57 PM

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azur lane takes a lot of time to build great fleets

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and i do mean a lot of time

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 4:58 PM

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Yep

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:58 PM

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you just have to grind

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 4:58 PM

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3 years in and still got stuff to do

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:58 PM

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honestly you don't have any specific problems, i think you're just feeling that you're not progressing fast enough

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in which case my answer is... it might just be that it is what it is

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 4:59 PM

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pseudo ivy you just have to grind

I get the grind part. I have been playing Destiny since Destiny 1 right before Taken King DLC game out. That is well over three years and now into Destiny 2 of course for the last 6 or so years

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 4:59 PM

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i can tell you best approaches or sources

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but that's about it

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:00 PM

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have not even fully unlocked the map yet

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:00 PM

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you haven't finished opsi story have you

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in any case... try to have that done...

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it's best to finish the map

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but it does involve a lot of grinding

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heh i'm being super repetitive

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:03 PM

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what is your opinion of the current gear situation or my current formations. Also so regarding PRs ships is their anyone you would recommend switching to or just PR 4? If so then I can switch to a PR4 ship from Roon

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:04 PM

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gear wise, if that's what you have, then that's what you'll use. Better gear has to obtained via grinding

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 5:04 PM

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My recc is this

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:04 PM

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which is from research system (slowly get equipment bleuprints)

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:04 PM

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well I double checked. I cannot do any PR4 ships at the moment

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:04 PM

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or operation siren grinding

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 5:04 PM

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Clear w12 fully

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Get it down to safe

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Then focus on getting the points

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For PR

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:05 PM

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also you don't need to have the ships unlocked to get blueprints for them

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 5:05 PM

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Yeah

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Keep on PR4 research focus

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:05 PM

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so no rush on that aspect. getting the blueprints is considered the part that takes time anyways

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 5:05 PM

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And catchup on anchorage

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:05 PM

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not the getting points for them (even if you unlock them it's pointless if you lack blueprints)

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:06 PM

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any particular ships then to research while I grind out Anchorage bps?

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 5:06 PM

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Eh not really

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All the PR1 to 3 ships barring obvious exceptions have been powercrept

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:06 PM

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PR3 or 5-6 or lower than PR3? What about just ones I know I already develop and have enough tech points to easily work on for the time being?

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 5:07 PM

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Work on whatever for now

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Main focus starts when you can develop FDG

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:07 PM

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I can develop Kearsarge at the moment which is PR 6. Even if I do not choose to unlock her when finished. I can at least develop her

wise wing Nov 25, 2023, 5:07 PM

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You can if you want

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But there's no real reason or benefit to do so now

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:09 PM

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well since Iron Blood is so bad right now. Seems fitting since it should be easy to work on. Will just get everything researched but not unlock and switch ships when done. Hopefully by that time I will have Anchorage MLBd and started getting my other factions more tech points

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:10 PM

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getting more points for iron blood is commonly done through war archives -> divergent chessboard or something

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lots of iron blood ships that can be obtained there

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fdg is in fact recommended to be obtained asap, since you can start coining her earlier

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:11 PM

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oh I have been grinding it when the events are not present. Just running low on oil. So probably need to work on OS for a bit while I get that back up

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I think last I checked I was at 1k or 2k oil which is not a lot. I think my cap is like 10k something or 11 k something. Which I do not know what the max cap is, but 10k can be burned through real quick

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which btw what is the max credit and oil cap in game to work towards

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:13 PM

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... i don't think anybody cares about that

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:14 PM

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was just wondering since I feel like I am probably still pretty low compared to others with my current cap but idk

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:14 PM

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10k cap oil is a fine and dandy limit

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i'm at commander level 139, i have eh 16k oil softcap rn

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:14 PM

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ok and I see

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:14 PM

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again, this softcap is kind of meaningless unless it's really low

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so nobody cares about that

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:15 PM

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I know my credit cap is 50k something. I do not know the exact number without scrolling back up

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looks like 10,350 for oil and 60k for credits is where I am at right now

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:16 PM

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yeah that's fine... if you think it's too low you could get guild technology i guess... but again i think those limits are fine

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besides, those are softcaps

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:16 PM

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not even close to either at the current moment with what I have

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:16 PM

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you can easily exceed them with no trouble

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just that you can't collect from canteen or merchant

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a lot of endgame players just forget about the merchant

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and just accumulate hundreds of thousands of coins

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and completely forget about merchant coin gain because they're far above softcap

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:19 PM

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pseudo ivy just that you can't collect from canteen or merchant

this is the only consequence of exceeding softcap

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:21 PM

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btw regarding OS. Which nodes help you unlock new areas of the map? Is it the ones with the red box with an "!" inside?

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:22 PM

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hm? i might be wrong because it's been so long

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but i don't recall having to unlock regions in opsi

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:22 PM

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that is a node I am working on at the moment and is why I asked

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:22 PM

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you just access them using AP points and that's it

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:23 PM

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also really off topic question. How come I have the Eagle Union symbol next to my name?

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:23 PM

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torpid storm that is a node I am working on at the moment and is why I asked

show screenshot please

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:23 PM

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torpid storm also really off topic question. How come I have the Eagle Union symbol next to m...

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you previously selected eagle union

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:24 PM

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Yeah I see I selected it now in roles, but why is it the only one that shows up when I selected more than one role?

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:24 PM

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only one role shows up even if you selected more

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don't ask me the logic behind which is shown

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:25 PM

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lol!

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I do not know about you. I wish there was an option to skip the battle animation. When you have seen one battle you have seen them all.

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:28 PM

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... if that was available i'd skip everything, but then there wouldn't be any combat in the game

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:28 PM

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I guess, but it just gets boring after a while

pseudo ivy Nov 25, 2023, 5:29 PM

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it's nicknamed auto lane for a reason...

torpid storm Nov 25, 2023, 5:29 PM

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like unlock the feature once you get to certain point in game and of course you could turn it on or off

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