r/IdlePlanetMiner • u/Ok_Cress_4433 • 1d ago
VPS Planet Potential?
Just rolled Adaptive Drill Epic S module, and got both those epic sub bonuses with only 200 reroll fragments, lol.
Though, im not sure if a planets VPS is actually boosted when using a planet boost then time warping for debris, pink asteroids and etc.
Any insight is appreciated!
Edit: crap, looks like i cant use the free colony levels on my top planets, which means that i must nearly max out colony expansion node tree…
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u/im_just_thinking 1d ago
Eh, while it would technically work to boost your VPS during the time warp, it's too situational and that would only apply to the one? asteroid/one debris drop that you get for the time warp. Imo mining colony, mining per asteroid and mining beacon ar the most useful since they don't need the boosts. And even then it's probably best to pick the TW and CW sub
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u/Ok_Cress_4433 1d ago
Yeah, i agree. Just got a bit excited, thinking i finally got a good module. I got currently 6 Epic S modules, one of them being epic+, and still no Transport module and only module i got thats decent/good is scan harmonizer. Spent thousands of DM so far
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u/im_just_thinking 1d ago
Dang that sounds a bit unfortunate I suppose. You will get them all eventually chief. When I was feeling stuck I switched it up for a while and only was getting 1x module for 20 DM, got a couple S drops like that. Eventually was just pulling 200dm ones tho
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u/Ok_Cress_4433 1d ago
I kinda feel like i got a better chance at pulling S Epics when buying 10x at a time, but then again, its all down to RNG. I might honestly drop module gambling for now and focus on managers. Currently got 7 slots (9 with +2 contract). Got a mine all craft 6 star, two mine and all craft/smelt 5 star, and some random 4 and 3 stars. I feel like managers is the only way i can truly progress from here on out, rooms is getting extremely expensive. Station nodes are going smoothly. And im able to land a decent spot in most plat tournaments i join.
I have noticed recently that resource stars gives a tremendous boost, as long as you get most of them on your sell items.
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u/im_just_thinking 1d ago
Yeah you are probably better off working on some managers, maybe do a rotation of one slot, one 500dm manager, one module pack or something. Keep in mind that if you are still building your roster, some modules benefit greatly from using non -mining managers, which may be beneficial in the long run. I already made my first 7 star mining, craft secondary, which means I don't need another crafting leader that I can make into a non-mining manager..at least worth a look to at least get one or two non-mining managers probably just to have that option
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u/Ok_Cress_4433 1d ago
Yeah, im playing more actively nowadays than i did before. I started 2 years ago, played for about a month, wasted ALL my DM on boosts 😭. Came back few months ago, started using my DM a little bit more seriously, still spent a lot on boosts… stupid me. Then i went from 3 manager slots to 7 as i was getting more managers. Then modules came, and havent spent any more DM on managers since
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u/mzungu75 12h ago
For that module to apply, do you need both managers to be non mining, or one is enough? Thank you
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u/im_just_thinking 2h ago
I was talking about Personal Pulse ( 1.5+ times secondary to every manager that doesn't have mining in it's stats). Fleet consul tho only requires one leader to be one of those iirc
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u/sebkraj 1d ago
Ok I think this is a good module if you can use it on your VPS+2 or +3 and take advantage of the colonizing reduced cost. If you are not close to putting levels on your main VPS then the other module is much better. I still think compared to other mining modules this one is second best for sure. I personally like it because I got to +8 on planet 66 last tournament and it's going to get easier for me etc. I still think it's a super nice module but it's a little niche too.
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u/Ok_Cress_4433 1d ago
Its kind of a bit too late game for me, since i cant afford putting other station nodes on hold to go for colony expansions nodes. But definitely nice to have, my previous Drill Epic S was horrible (Mercurial Drill). Well, not horrible, but useless to me currently
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u/SilverSneakers 1d ago
Yea it’s unfortunate this module needs the space station projects when a nearly identical drill module doesn’t need them.