[SC] What should i do first?

Well, I'm already level 18 and i have 9 drones level 5 and 15 lf-4

What should I do first?
- Get more lf-4 (How many)
- Use keys on zeus event
- Upgrade all my drones to level 16

 

You've already got a decent amount of LF-4 I would say, personally I would stay hoarding up the booty keys and go for the Zeus events, get that 10th drone and hopefully pick up a couple bonus LF-4 on the way.

On a side note though, I would leave upgrades until last, they are important for sure but the uridium that gets spent on them is just too much to justify if you don't have all LF-4, Havoc and Hercules etc.

Good luck on getting the rest of your equipment though, hopefully you get lucky and find a full Zeus.

 

hey.
if you got an active clan, go for hades.
I got about 20 lf4 from hades and I did about 8 on the weekend and manage to get about 6 as it get doubl on reward day and best part is its quick.
x4 and you still save lots of time and x4.
Don't waste uri on booty keys unless you don't have players who will do hades with you.

 

Okapi32 and Peo0pl3GA5 have loaded while I got around to my offering but here is my opinion/advice for what it is worth, which as you see is different to theirs... you will choose your own route to greatness...

Drones must be the first as they give a % boost to anything you put on them i.e. 6% to laser power and 15% to shield power and this counts on every shot fired.... I would also suggest you think about your Rocket Launcher for the same reason...

Booty Keys is now becoming an interesting subject as there are a number of new items that can be acquired this way so one must assume that the drop rate of those items that were there before must go down but maybe they will reduce the cost of the purchase of the keys to offset this as their aim must have been to draw more players into using this item... Zues day does not mean you wont get Apis parts until you have you full 45 spare drone parts and well the chances...

LF4s are always useful and once you have them then their upgrade may be something you'd like to consider costs against your other interests as again 5% each shot adds up... Gates, especially now we have this new promo of 'items doubled' on some gates and other opportunities you have much choice how you acquire LF4s and Hercs and Havocs

 

Upgrades are actually statistically one of the worse things a player can go for in terms of uridium cost to damage output. On each LF-4 the bonus 6% is only increases the individual lasers damage to 212 from 200, on LF-3 it goes up to 159 from 150.

Each upgrade from lv1 to lv16 costs the player 72,975 uridium if they have rebate and premium - 729,750 uridium for 10 drones or 656,775 uridium for 9 drones in this users case.
Again if they had premium and rebate, they could buy 625 booty keys or do a bunch of Zeta on a double reward weekend. Either of which would increase the damage output and therefore their ability to make uridium more than upgrades would.

If he isn't UFE then he is going to die to any competent UFE and the 15% extra shield will not matter. The effect upgrades provide only becomes noticeable when people are out hunting, hitting over 70k etc, that's when the 6% bonus damage begins to matter. Not so much for someone farming away trying to get their equipment.

 

I would say Take the uri for upgrades spam Zeta's on 2x GG Rewards Day. IF your halfway lucky you could have
all you Drone covers an several hundred Log Disc and Booty Keys. Use the LD to build up your Bio. Then use the BKs
on Zeus/LF-4 day to go after LF-4s and Drone parts. When you get all your Havoc Drone covers Repeat, do the same
thing with Kappa. By the time you get full Herc's you should have all UFE equipment. The way the game is now with
premium and rebate this should take no more than 4 to 500 hundred hours of game play, if you buy uri even shorter.
Definitely save upgrades for last as your gonna need several million in uri to do it.

 

I agree with most of what has been said above but if you catch the Upgrade Bonus Hour (used to be seen every other friday @1900) with Premium and Rebate you reduce the cost to 54731 Uridium for a complete upgrade to level 16 (this of course is spread out over several UBH's as even the lower level upgrades only allow 4-5 to be started in the hour period) but you upgrade as many as you can during the time frame (the UBH discount is applied when started not when finished). Other than taking advantage of this discount I agree with Okapi32 that the Uridium is better used for getting UFE equipment. Personally I would not waste my money buying Booty Keys but building Galaxy Gates as _-DarkOverLord-_ and Peo0pl3GA5 have said. Again building them on a "%" day and running them on "Special" day/weekend.

As per your question of which to do first I think it has been pointed out to really do all 3 but taking advantage of discounts while accomplishing that goal. Use any keys you have on Zues Days (I do not condone buying them) which will increase your LF-4 and Zeus parts (if you have a full Apis ready to be built), and Upgrade items during UBH (taking advantage of the 47.5% discount) and if spending Uridium build Zeta Kappa and Hades depending on what is needed (havoc, herc, LF-4, or Booty Keys) again trying to run them on the Special rewards day (whether double or Package reward) you decide what you want more. As far as how many LF-4's you need is strictly up to you and how many "ready to fly" ships you want to have. With this new Hangar system you can have 49 ships (more to come) ready to fly but can only have 10 available to warp into, say you are doing daily quests so you have your Leonov ready in the lowers maps but you would not want to warp into it so you change ships in the hangar and go into the maps as a Leo finish messing around in the lowers you can warp into another ship or log and change to another ship "parked" in another map, again in Hangar and does not need to be a Favorite assigned ship, to continue your game play. Yes it used to be easier, you were flying a goliath select design in Hangar and poof you are there as a different ship, but you had 10 ships that could be equipped and ready to fly. To equip my 10 Favorite ships I need 296 LF-4's but then some people like to mess around equipping their ships and are happy with 24 as they do not use a PET or 100% drone equipped lasers but 45 used to be the number to shoot for.

Hope I helped with some of my information. Enjoy the game.

 

I also think you have a decent amount of LF4s for now, what you really should be aiming to get is all 10 drones (perhaps work on getting designs for them as well). Working on your pilot sheet should be a top priority as well, unless you have say 20-25+ points in it already ; Also important to have are the most commonly used drone formations (drill,moth,diamond,heart etc) and a decently built pet - as others have already mentioned, upgrades aren't really worth the price unless you're nearing UFE status