Epsilon Gate

hello,

i am building Epsilon gate, just before jumping is there any consideration to use a certain ship and a good perspective how the gate is hard for lvl 16 pilot and other recommendations pls..

thanks a lot

 

Hey, back in the day when they introduced it, they suggested that the aliens in the gate a little faster. If I recall correctly, if you're using a goliath variant, I believe it was 8 speed generators and 7 shield generators for optimal experience before you get enough equipment to power through the gate with no shield, full speed full damage config and moth formation.

TLDR:
- until you get equipment: full damage, 8 speed, 7 shield generators (assuming you use goliath, if you use other ships, calculate speed to shield ratio)
- if you feel powerful enough: full damage, full speed, moth formation regardless of ship is optimal.

Reasoning for moth:
In gates the shields of NPCs absorb less damage (60% absorption I think, or maybe 50-50) which means with moth each shot is at peak efficiency as any alein dies with having shields leftover.

EDIT: Try this suggestion for the first wave or two and see how it feels. Maybe 8 shields and 7 speed is more optimal. You'll figure it out

 

thanks a lot, looks very challenging i have reviewed the gate info in game guide, i think the difficulty of waves is cumulative and i can adapt configs accordingly, but i fear last 2 or 3 waves. however:
-i have solace ship
-very good lasers
-with moth formation i use full speed on config-1
and half speed on config-2
thanks..

 

It's easy, you'll smash it

 

thanks for your response, preparing & getting ready