There are two ways of making cryonite:
-By doing white missions.
-By hunting mantis harvesters.
I will be focusing on the second, as the first is not much hard to understand.
So Mantis harvesters are the ones that give the best cryonite, thus they are most preferable for cryonite hunting. You can always shoot other mantis as well, but you wont be making as much cry as u make by shooting harvesters.
Not every ship is good for harvester grinding. I am afraid that you will have trouble if you have an engineer or a shock ship. Only storm and tank (and sniper, when you find it in Sol or unlock it in draconis) are good for this type of grinding. So before you buy a ship, you might want to consider what kind of player you are and if you are the grinding type, a storm or a tank will be the best ships for you.
Now you have 2 choices:
-Shoot harvesters in your current system. They will be harder and will take more energy, but they will drop more cry or...
-Shoot harvesters in the previous systems, preferable 2 systems below yours
I prefer the second one, as the lower lvl harvesters are much easier and the cry difference is not that big. If you choose the first one, skip down the page to see Harvester killing tutorial.
Now, unless you have the unlimited membership, your goal must be to save as much energy as possible. How can this be achieved?
-Always use only the blaster on harvesters, do not use rockets on them. Considering that you are 2 systems below your current one, the harvesters only take 2-4 blaster shots.
-Do not use your thermoblast, aggrobomb or Orbital strike on Harvesters. These items have to be saved for the interceptors, except the thermoblast which is useless on them but the storm got rockets instead.
-Avoid repairing too often. As you may have already noticed, repairing costs energy and you don't want to waste energy. So only repair when you have very low HP.
Now if you do not collect the cryonite dropped by the interceptors because its too small, it would be a good idea to get away from them using your afterburner, so they leave and you dont have to waste energy on them. If you collect their cryonite, which I strongly suggest, then you can kill them.
Remember, grinding takes a lot of time for the higher systems, so you need patience. You might want to set a goal such as making 20k cry a day, that will help you.
1.Harvester killing tutorial.
Have you ever kept shooting and shooting the harvester and suddenly found yourself in trouble because of the interceptors. That has happened to almost anyone in this game. So when you decide to go shoot some high lvl harvester for experience or cryonite, consider reading the following guide.
Before we start you need to know the interceptor waves. As you know, the Hit Points bar is separated in 4 parts. A wave of interceptors will drop each time you take 1/4 of the harvester HP. So there are 4 waves in total. However they do not have the same number of interceptors:
Wave 1- Only one interceptor
Wave 2- Two interceptors
Wave 3- Three interceptors
Wave 4- Four interceptors
Now as you may have realized, if you keep shooting the harvester all 4 waves will drop and unless you have a good armor, you will find yourself in trouble. So here is what you do. When the first interceptor lands, stop shooting the harvester and shoot the interceptor instead. Only use the blasters for this one, save the rockets or aggrobomb for the latter waves. After the interceptor's dead, start shooting the harvester again. Do the same thing when the second wave lands, and then again when the third wave lands. This time you must be low on HP so repair as the next wave will be hard. If you used your rockets then wait until they reload.In case you are in a tank ship do not worry too much as you will most likely survive the last wave. Repeat the procedure with the last wave, then give the last shots to the harvester.
Follow this link for an overall Pirate Galaxy guide:
http://forum.pirategalaxy.com/viewtopic.php?f=321&t=19606
-By doing white missions.
-By hunting mantis harvesters.
I will be focusing on the second, as the first is not much hard to understand.
So Mantis harvesters are the ones that give the best cryonite, thus they are most preferable for cryonite hunting. You can always shoot other mantis as well, but you wont be making as much cry as u make by shooting harvesters.
Not every ship is good for harvester grinding. I am afraid that you will have trouble if you have an engineer or a shock ship. Only storm and tank (and sniper, when you find it in Sol or unlock it in draconis) are good for this type of grinding. So before you buy a ship, you might want to consider what kind of player you are and if you are the grinding type, a storm or a tank will be the best ships for you.
Now you have 2 choices:
-Shoot harvesters in your current system. They will be harder and will take more energy, but they will drop more cry or...
-Shoot harvesters in the previous systems, preferable 2 systems below yours
I prefer the second one, as the lower lvl harvesters are much easier and the cry difference is not that big. If you choose the first one, skip down the page to see Harvester killing tutorial.
Now, unless you have the unlimited membership, your goal must be to save as much energy as possible. How can this be achieved?
-Always use only the blaster on harvesters, do not use rockets on them. Considering that you are 2 systems below your current one, the harvesters only take 2-4 blaster shots.
-Do not use your thermoblast, aggrobomb or Orbital strike on Harvesters. These items have to be saved for the interceptors, except the thermoblast which is useless on them but the storm got rockets instead.
-Avoid repairing too often. As you may have already noticed, repairing costs energy and you don't want to waste energy. So only repair when you have very low HP.
Now if you do not collect the cryonite dropped by the interceptors because its too small, it would be a good idea to get away from them using your afterburner, so they leave and you dont have to waste energy on them. If you collect their cryonite, which I strongly suggest, then you can kill them.
Remember, grinding takes a lot of time for the higher systems, so you need patience. You might want to set a goal such as making 20k cry a day, that will help you.
1.Harvester killing tutorial.
Have you ever kept shooting and shooting the harvester and suddenly found yourself in trouble because of the interceptors. That has happened to almost anyone in this game. So when you decide to go shoot some high lvl harvester for experience or cryonite, consider reading the following guide.
Before we start you need to know the interceptor waves. As you know, the Hit Points bar is separated in 4 parts. A wave of interceptors will drop each time you take 1/4 of the harvester HP. So there are 4 waves in total. However they do not have the same number of interceptors:
Wave 1- Only one interceptor
Wave 2- Two interceptors
Wave 3- Three interceptors
Wave 4- Four interceptors
Now as you may have realized, if you keep shooting the harvester all 4 waves will drop and unless you have a good armor, you will find yourself in trouble. So here is what you do. When the first interceptor lands, stop shooting the harvester and shoot the interceptor instead. Only use the blasters for this one, save the rockets or aggrobomb for the latter waves. After the interceptor's dead, start shooting the harvester again. Do the same thing when the second wave lands, and then again when the third wave lands. This time you must be low on HP so repair as the next wave will be hard. If you used your rockets then wait until they reload.In case you are in a tank ship do not worry too much as you will most likely survive the last wave. Repeat the procedure with the last wave, then give the last shots to the harvester.
Follow this link for an overall Pirate Galaxy guide:
http://forum.pirategalaxy.com/viewtopic.php?f=321&t=19606
