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90.154.68.243 at 13:39, 14 December 2015

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	IN essence, you only need what follows "kv_raid_id", an "&", and what follows "kv_hash" to join a raid. Copying this much reduced string and pasting it directly to your raid list will work just as well as the full link. This is also useful for sharing raids cross-platform.<br>		IN essence, you only need what follows "kv_raid_id", an "&", and what follows "kv_hash" to join a raid. Copying this much reduced string and pasting it directly to your raid list will work just as well as the full link. This is also useful for sharing raids cross-platform.<br>
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	'''10. Tactics.''' There are only a handful of usable/acceptable tactics. Using anything else will generally get you yelled at. An important note is that if you don't know/understand tactics, it is best to not place one and either ask for advice in Chat or just let other players place them. Tactics are extremely powerful and an important part of the community's raids. Puny tactics on larger raids will often cause them to be ignored and ultimately fail since optimal tactics often double or triple your damage.<br>		'''10.Tactics.'''(http://zoywiki.com/LotS/items/Tactics) There are only a handful of usable/acceptable tactics. Using anything else will generally get you yelled at. An important note is that if you don't know/understand tactics, it is best to not place one and either ask for advice in Chat or just let other players place them. Tactics are extremely powerful and an important part of the community's raids. Puny tactics on larger raids will often cause them to be ignored and ultimately fail since optimal tactics often double or triple your damage.<br>
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	Before the introduction of Bull/Gorgon Stare/SUH (more on this later) the most commonly used by brand new players and their abbreviations were as follows<br>		Before the introduction of Bull/Gorgon Stare/SUH (more on this later) the most commonly used by brand new players and their abbreviations were as follows<br>
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	Master Wu's Gambit - Obtained from Zone 20 on Nightmare difficulty, one of the best free tactics<br>		Master Wu's Gambit - Obtained from Zone 20 on Nightmare difficulty, one of the best free tactics<br>
	Trojan Horse - Crafted in the Lab from collections obtained from Zone A5		Trojan Horse - Crafted in the Lab from collections obtained from Zone A5

	Asymmetric Warfare (AW) - Only effective on small (10 man) raids, plus Pox/Temple/Luna/Reindeer/Termynx Parasite/CC Commander<br>		Asymmetric Warfare (AW) - Only effective on small (10 man) raids, plus Pox/Temple/Luna/Reindeer/Termynx Parasite/CC Commander<br>
	Stan's Undying Heroism (SUH) - Granted upon reaching level 5000<br>		Stan's Undying Heroism (SUH) - Granted upon reaching level 5000<br>

	Bull in a China Shop / Gorgon Stare - Gold Sun tactics		Bull in a China Shop / Gorgon Stare(Bull/GS) - Effective when separate, especially effective together (Gold Sun tactics)<br>
	Collision Course - Gold Sun tactic		Collision Course - Gold Sun tactic<br>
	Broadside Cannons and Out of the Drift (Drift/Cannons) - Effective when separate, especially effective together. (Gold Sun tactics)<br>		Broadside Cannons and Out of the Drift (Drift/Cannons) - Effective when separate, especially effective together. (Gold Sun tactics)<br>
	Take a Chance (TaC) - an old Gold Sun tactic with a fan following for it's 1.75% chance to double experience<br>		Take a Chance (TaC) - an old Gold Sun tactic with a fan following for it's 1.75% chance to double experience<br>

Yellow47 at 03:43, 14 December 2015

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	Other powerful, free crew include:<br>		Other powerful, free crew include:<br>
	Lineage - Zone 22 (133 ship power with full equipment set and Officer) will fit in Any class slot.		Lineage - Zone 22 (133 ship power with full equipment set and Officer) will fit in Any class slot.<br>
	Fawkes - Zone 15 (Shop for 1m credits)		Fawkes - Zone 15 (Shop for 1m credits)<br>
	Scalding Sussurran - Kleptotherms RS		Scalding Sussurran - Kleptotherms RS<br>
	Huk-Kral Juggler - special mission event		Huk-Kral Juggler - special mission event<br>
	Piranha - Shadow Parasite raid (Saknusemm ship)		Piranha - Shadow Parasite raid (Saknusemm ship)<br>
	Corrupted Paragon - Hard Transdimensional Encounters Operations		Corrupted Paragon - Hard Transdimensional Encounters Operations<br>
	Arcade Bots - Arcade Gas Attack and Monster		Arcade Bots - Arcade Gas Attack and Monster<br>
	Gallassa Diver & Sussurran Biker - Hard Cyan Sea Operations		Gallassa Diver & Sussurran Biker - Hard Cyan Sea Operations<br>

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	'''6. Raid Difficulty.''' If you summon a raid, make it either Normal (N) or Nightmare (NM) difficulty - Hard and Legendary raids are (with a few exceptions) worthless. Normal raids cater to stat farmers and NM raids cater to AP farmers, either way they will ensure your raid gets hit if you post it. For the early raids that you get, it generally makes more sense to summon them on NM difficulty, otherwise they simply die too fast. And these are also some of the smallest and rarest raids that almost always have epic loot that is available on NM only, therefore a newer player should typically summon all their raids on NM.<br>		'''6. Raid Difficulty.''' If you summon a raid, make it either Normal (N) or Nightmare (NM) difficulty - Hard and Legendary raids are (with a few exceptions) worthless. Normal raids cater to stat farmers and NM raids cater to AP farmers, either way they will ensure your raid gets hit if you post it. For the early raids that you get, it generally makes more sense to summon them on NM difficulty, otherwise they simply die too fast. And these are also some of the smallest and rarest raids that almost always have epic loot that is available on NM only, therefore a newer player should typically summon all their raids on NM.<br>

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 Before you become able to seriously pump stats, your ship power will be all your damage. Eventually you should upgrade to a GS ship, one will generally be posted on the front page every few months and available for typically 1 weeks You will also need crew to fill your ship; you might look for a Noir 1 raid with BtR/ToW on it as this raid has some of the best free crew that are reasonably available to a newer player.<br>
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 '''6. Raid Difficulty.''' If you summon a raid, make it either Normal (N) or Nightmare (NM) difficulty - Hard and Legendary raids are (with a few exceptions) worthless. Normal raids cater to stat farmers and NM raids cater to AP farmers, either way they will ensure your raid gets hit if you post it. For the early raids that you get, it generally makes more sense to summon them on NM difficulty, otherwise they simply die too fast. And these are also some of the smallest and rarest raids that almost always have epic loot that is available on NM only, therefore a newer player should typically summon all their raids on NM.<br>

Yellow47 at 03:27, 14 December 2015

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Yellow47 at 08:25, 1 October 2015

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	The Human History Museum (Besalaad Exhibit Rampage: 100-500m)<br>		The Human History Museum (Besalaad Exhibit Rampage: 100-500m)<br>
	Smythe R&D Vessel (Fungal Invasion: 100-500m)<br>		Smythe R&D Vessel (Fungal Invasion: 100-500m)<br>
	~~The Saknussemm (Shadow Parasites: 100-500m)<br>~~
	Vengeful Pinata +Mechanized (Pinata's Revenge: 200m-1b)<br>		Vengeful Pinata +Mechanized (Pinata's Revenge: 200m-1b)<br>
	Legacy of the Ancients +Cosmic (Ruins of the Forgotten: 500m - 6b)<br>		Legacy of the Ancients +Cosmic (Ruins of the Forgotten: 500m - 6b)<br>
			The Saknussemm +Psychic +Cosmic (Shadow Parasites: 1-5b)<br>
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	It is also important to hunt down the officers Anita (from the Rylattu Exterminator alliance raid), Svana Spunbracher (from crafting word axes dropped from Blobs), and crew that synergize with both of them (Zombie Rautha and Zombie Ragnar from the Haunted House alliance raid, Mecha-Drakes from the Mecha-Wyrm alliance Raid).<br>		It is also important to hunt down the officers Anita (from the Rylattu Exterminator alliance raid), Svana Spunbracher (from crafting word axes dropped from Blobs), and crew that synergize with both of them (Zombie Rautha and Zombie Ragnar from the Haunted House alliance raid, Mecha-Drakes from the Mecha-Wyrm alliance Raid).<br>

Yellow47 at 22:51, 30 September 2015

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	This document is intended to provide a quick way for new players to gain power.<br>		This document is intended to provide a quick way for new players to gain power.<br>
	It will likely be useless to veterans.<br>		It will likely be useless to veterans.<br>
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	'''1. Save your Golden Suns (GS)''' - If you don't intend to spend money on this game, you should never spend GS on anything other than front page ships (e.g. [http://zoywiki.com/LotS/~~Carnage_Crusader Carnage Crusader~~] and premium officers/crew (the ones that cost 150 GS). Spend them on anything else and you'll probably end up regretting it. There are some very few exceptions to this rule, you can generally see people mentioning said exceptions in chat when they occur ([http://zoywiki.com/LotS/items/Best_Items Best Item]). <br>		Updates needed to this Guide:<br>
			1. The powerful equipment progression guide (Robot Rioter -> Noir -> Plasmatic/Multiverse gear from Transdimensional Operations)<br>
			2. Sakmussemm is the strongest free ship at the moment (especially vs. Psychic or Cosmic raids). The simplest way to search for a better ship is to go the wiki Ship page and sort by Power Bonus, scroll past all the Gold Sun ships, and look for a free ship that's currently available. Make sure to look all the way down to at least 200 Ship Power Bonus, and down to 100 when you are just starting.<br>
			3. The way to hunt for Officers to fill your ship, is to sort the Officer wiki page by SP (Ship Power) and then by the Race/Role/Ability slot that you need for your ship. For example, scroll down to the Human section and they will be listed by their SP. You can do a similar sort on the Crew page to help fill restrictive slots (e.g. Piscarian).<br>
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			'''1. Save your Golden Suns (GS)''' - If you don't intend to spend money on this game, you should never spend GS on anything other than front page ships (e.g. [http://zoywiki.com/LotS/The_Demoiselle The Demoiselle] and premium officers/crew (the ones that cost 150 GS). Spend them on anything else and you'll probably end up regretting it. There are some very few exceptions to this rule, you can generally see people mentioning said exceptions in chat when they occur ([http://zoywiki.com/LotS/items/Best_Items Best Item]). <br>
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	'''2. Hit raids with 1 Stamina (AKA tagging)''' - The links people post in chat are generally all raids. In particular you should target the following raids (the more common ones are noted with *):<br>		'''2. Hit raids with 1 Stamina (AKA tagging)''' - The links people post in chat are generally all raids. In particular you should target the following raids (the more common ones are noted with *):<br>
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	*Fleet Commander<br>		*Fleet Commander<br>
	*Sludge Serpent<br>		*Sludge Serpent<br>
	Robot Uprising<br> Hit Robot Uprising only if it has the tactics ''Better To Receive'' or ''Teachings of Wu'' on it. Otherwise wait till you can hit the first dmg tier before hitting this raid.		Robot Uprising<br> Hit Robot Uprising only if it has the tactics ''Better To Receive'' or ''Teachings of Wu'' on it. Otherwise wait till you can hit the first dmg tier of 5m and 7.5m before hitting this raid. <br>
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			Since Robot Uprising is a great first raid, you should either ask someone in chat or in your Alliance to give you a private Robot Uprising raid so that you have enough time to reach the 5m and 7.5m tiers (after you have a few levels under your belt and built up a sufficient supply of stamina to be able to hit your tier within 1-2 levels). Or you can gamble and try to hit a Public raid in time before it dies. Also, while you are wearing/using the gear for your raid damage, be careful not to craft the gear for stat points in your Lab.<br>
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	These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>		These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>
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	Keep in mind that tagging will not always give you what you want from a raid. The loot system is set up so that dealing increasing damage up to the raid's Fair Share (FS) will give an increasing chance of 1 Epic tier loot drop that is guaranteed at the FS mark, which is total raid health divided by the maximum number of participants possible. Some raids go past that to an Optimal Share (OS) mark, which is a theoretical point determined by players that maximizes the damage per epic loot ratio. <br>		Keep in mind that tagging will not always give you what you want from a raid. The loot system is set up so that dealing increasing damage up to the raid's Fair Share (FS) will give an increasing chance of 1 Epic tier loot drop that is guaranteed at the FS mark, which is total raid health divided by the maximum number of participants possible. Some raids go past that to an Optimal Share (OS) mark, which is a theoretical point determined by players that maximizes the damage per epic loot ratio. <br>
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	Typically, hitting fair share will give you 1 epic loot; and optimum share will usually give you 3 epics. Hitting far beyond fair share/optimum share on a 'general' raid may give you 4 epics, but at a loss of common tier loot ('diminishing returns' that peaks at 5-10x fair share depending on the raid). Over damaging small/rare raids is generally frowned upon.<br>		A new feature that the developers have been providing on some of the newer tiered raids is a 'new player' tier at 5m and 7.5m. Current examples of raids with these beneficial tiers include: Krakak Plague, Infected II, Mothership, Hwang, Death Flora II, Tourniquet 7.5, Hyper-Con, Sapphire, Multheru, Bonderbrand, Noir (III), A G Attack, A G Monster, and Robot Uprising. The 5m tier typically provides 1 epic and the 7.5m tier provides 2 epics; with the 7.5m tier being the highest value tier on the entire raid. Veteran/strong players will typically hit to the Optimal Share loot tier of 500m to obtain a far greater amount of loot for a reasonably similar value to the 7.5m tier as these tiers are mainly designed as a means for a new player to quickly gain access to powerful items early in their career.<br>
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			Typically, hitting fair share will give you 1 epic loot; and optimum share will usually give you 2 epics. Hitting far beyond fair share/optimum share on a 'general' raid may give you 3-4 epics, but at a loss of common tier loot ('diminishing returns' that peaks at 5-10x fair share depending on the raid). Over damaging small/rare raids is generally frowned upon.<br>
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	Therefore you should target hitting OS on a raid and then using your stamina to hit another raid unless you need to save the raid (something you shouldn't be worrying about if you're reading this). The Fair Share and Optimal Epic damage marks are listed on the zoywiki.com/LoTS page. If you login through Kong and have the raid script, you can ask RaidBot what FS/OS is for any raid by typing "/raid (partial raid name) (difficulty 1-4)" into Kong chat.<br>		Therefore you should target hitting OS on a raid and then using your stamina to hit another raid unless you need to save the raid (something you shouldn't be worrying about if you're reading this). The Fair Share and Optimal Epic damage marks are listed on the zoywiki.com/LoTS page. If you login through Kong and have the raid script, you can ask RaidBot what FS/OS is for any raid by typing "/raid (partial raid name) (difficulty 1-4)" into Kong chat.<br>
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	'''5. Get a good ship''' - Ship power is a VERY large factor in the early part of the game for deciding how much damage you deal to raids. Good free ships drop from:<br>		'''5. Get a good ship''' - Ship power is a VERY large factor in the early part of the game for deciding how much damage you deal to raids. Good free ships drop from:<br>
	~~Cosmic Cow~~ (~~Giant Kwelshax~~)*<br>		The Blue Drake (Professor Bonderbrand: 5m or 7.5m*)<br>
	The ~~Immelman~~ (~~Void Master~~)*<br>		Flying Saucer Mothership (Tourniquet 7.5: 5-7.5m*)<br>
	~~Blue Dwarf~~ (The ~~Tyranness~~)<br>		The S.S. Suck It, Humans! +Human (Robot Uprising: 5-7.5m*)<br>
	~~Vampire~~ of the ~~Void's Dracula~~ (~~Crimzo~~ the ~~Killer Clown lab experiment~~) <br>		The Orbit Racer (level 200 Evolving Hero Vault)<br>
			The Human History Museum (Besalaad Exhibit Rampage: 100-500m)<br>
			Smythe R&D Vessel (Fungal Invasion: 100-500m)<br>
			The Saknussemm (Shadow Parasites: 100-500m)<br>
			Vengeful Pinata +Mechanized (Pinata's Revenge: 200m-1b)<br>
			Legacy of the Ancients +Cosmic (Ruins of the Forgotten: 500m - 6b)<br>
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	It is also important to hunt down the officers Anita (from the Rylattu Exterminator alliance raid), Svana Spunbracher (from crafting word axes dropped from Blobs), and crew that synergize with both of them (Zombie Rautha and Zombie Ragnar from the Haunted House alliance raid, Mecha-Drakes from the Mecha-Wyrm alliance Raid).<br>		It is also important to hunt down the officers Anita (from the Rylattu Exterminator alliance raid), Svana Spunbracher (from crafting word axes dropped from Blobs), and crew that synergize with both of them (Zombie Rautha and Zombie Ragnar from the Haunted House alliance raid, Mecha-Drakes from the Mecha-Wyrm alliance Raid).<br>

BlazingSpeed: Clarification of Robot Uprising raid

2015-09-01T03:37:03Z

Clarification of Robot Uprising raid

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	*Fleet Commander<br>		*Fleet Commander<br>
	*Sludge Serpent<br>		*Sludge Serpent<br>
	*Robot Uprising<br>		Robot Uprising<br> Hit Robot Uprising only if it has the tactics ''Better To Receive'' or ''Teachings of Wu'' on it. Otherwise wait till you can hit the first dmg tier before hitting this raid.
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	These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>		These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>

BlazingSpeed at 03:33, 1 September 2015

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	*Fleet Commander<br>		*Fleet Commander<br>
	*Sludge Serpent<br>		*Sludge Serpent<br>
			*Robot Uprising<br>
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	These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>		These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>

BlazingSpeed: Removed Robot Uprising from Raids list.

2015-09-01T03:16:14Z

Removed Robot Uprising from Raids list.

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	*Fleet Commander<br>		*Fleet Commander<br>
	*Sludge Serpent<br>		*Sludge Serpent<br>
	*Robot Uprising<br>
	<br>		<br>
	These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>		These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>

BlazingSpeed: Added Galactic Uprising

2015-07-30T16:53:47Z

Added Galactic Uprising

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	*Fleet Commander<br>		*Fleet Commander<br>
	*Sludge Serpent<br>		*Sludge Serpent<br>
			*Robot Uprising<br>
	<br>		<br>
	These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>		These raids give you early access to some solid gear (the Sludge Scale gear). As soon as you have enough stamina and raid damage to hit Fair Share (FS) on early raids like Colonel, Sentinel, and Warmaster, you should stop tagging and strive to reach the Fair Share damage mark on as many lower FS raids as possible.<br>