Things have changed since 4.0 dropped that Ancient Weapons and Defensive Outfits are worth utilizing now since the limiting factor was the Minor Artifact cost. The Ascension Perk was buffed from 10% to 20% cost reduction and with the Economy overhaul, the Archaeostudies building swaps Biologists for Archaeo Engineers and gives them 0.5 Minor Artifact production on Relic Worlds. The Ascension Perk grants 0.5 Minor Artifact production on any world, including Ecumenopolis, and doubles it to 1 Minor Artifact per 100 Archaeo Engineers for Relic Worlds. That means generating enough Minor Artifacts is no longer an issue since you can generate 50% more minor Artifacts on Ecumenopolis than you can on Relic Worlds(Ecumenopolis has x3 Job multiplier for their Zones, hence 1.5 Minor Artifacts per given District compared to 1 on Relic Worlds).
So it’s worth using Ancient Pulse Armor despite the higher Alloy cost and Power usage, worth using Ancient Miner Drones for Strikecraft and Nano Missiles since they bypass Armor on top of Shields(and +25% Hull Damage).
So it’s worth using Ancient Pulse Armor despite the higher Alloy cost and Power usage, worth using Ancient Miner Drones for Strikecraft and Nano Missiles since they bypass Armor on top of Shields(and +25% Hull Damage).
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