Fastest/Best way to raise rank

[Horus_Re]

i dont know if this was already posted, but i couldnt find any in the search, i dont know why...anyways, what is the best/fastest way to increase my rank???

[Setesh]

raise stats

[Ynnej]

Raise your lowest ranked stat. Try and get them all equal.

[Horus_Re]

like...which ones? spy and mothership?

[Ynnej]

Yes all 4 count toward your total rank.

A vet would have to comment if any are weighed heavier, but I think they are all equal.

[The Xeno]

They are effectivly equal as to the proportion they give to your total rank...
HOWEVER... some stats are easier to raise than other, and some (such as strike) don't have to go very high before they start kicking in.


Personally my stratagey has always been covert, Defense, Mothership.
Boost those and strike can come later. Once your Def, Covert, and Ms are in place, you only need to increase your strike by a little bit to catapult forwards in rank.

Rank 651
Strike Action Ranked: 2,792
Defensive Action Ranked: 1,091
Covert Action Ranked 505
MotherShip Action Ranked: 116


Remember, the Final rank is almost always going to suggest you are stronger than you really are. Exspecialy if you have all your stats balanced. Skew the slides slightly, and you will won't jump in to far over your head. Something I have done, and may be doing

[Kaizoku_Vaizard]

Most people neglect attack, so consequently, attack is the easiest to raise (Especially for Tauri)

Lets look at if you have 2 billion in all your stats.

2 billion attack: Rank: 500~
2 Billion Defense: Rank: 1500~
2 Billion Spy Level: Rank: 2000~ (if that)
2 Billion Mothership (Total): Rank: 1750~

[Ynnej]

Oops, I only tried answering the fastest way.

The best to me is to stay low work on gaining UU, with no defence and only a few attack weapons.

Spent all my resources on Covert and Slots for the Mothership.

I had started the mothership before and a new player bashed it because I stole ~60Mil Naq from a new player in the Alliance. Whatever the reason....

I find that having a mediocre Mothership or Defence is useless. Get your covert up so the new players stop attacking you and you can view more sources of Naq. Buy lots of Mothership SHIELD and weapon slots.

When your ready to make your move then move your defence up... A lot of players told me about 20k Best weapons and Best Defender. Don't bother buying any cheap weapons.

Fill your mothership also at this time.

Then as you move your attack up you will move up in rank quickly.

This is my personal strategy, Always also try not pissing people off and if you do then hit them as hard as you can, if your way overmatched then sell all your weapons before they are destroyed and bide your time.

The person that hit me had a nicer mothership but no covert, I quickly was leading in dammage done, now we are trusted mates.

Have Fun, Be Patient and Good Luck

[Kaizoku_Vaizard]

Oops, I only tried answering the fastest way.

The best to me is to stay low work on gaining UU, with no defence and only a few attack weapons.

Spent all my resources on Covert and Slots for the Mothership.

I had started the mothership before and a new player bashed it because I stole ~60Mil Naq from a new player in the Alliance. Whatever the reason....

I find that having a mediocre Mothership or Defence is useless. Get your covert up so the new players stop attacking you and you can view more sources of Naq. Buy lots of Mothership SHIELD and weapon slots.

When your ready to make your move then move your defence up... A lot of players told me about 20k Best weapons and Best Defender. Don't bother buying any cheap weapons.

Fill your mothership also at this time.

Then as you move your attack up you will move up in rank quickly.

This is my personal strategy, Always also try not pissing people off and if you do then hit them as hard as you can, if your way overmatched then sell all your weapons before they are destroyed and bide your time.

The person that hit me had a nicer mothership but no covert, I quickly was leading in dammage done, now we are trusted mates.

Have Fun, Be Patient and Good Luck

That's the oppisote way most people do it. Most people have minimum attackers at the beginning, and build up their defense and covert. Since most farms have no defense, you only need 1 attacker with your weakest weapon to beat them. STill most people get 100-1000 with their strongest weapon, and find a bunch of farms, then build their UU, Def, and Covert up high.

[Ynnej]

Well Attacker are the last thing I build up!

I just build covert up before defence. Defence you have to keep spending Naq on repairing evertime someone hits you. Covert levels suck up lots of Naq. Of course storing it in Defence weapons is not a bad idea to me.

I built my UP up to ~2,500 a day until somone told me over 2,000 cost you lots of Naq to ascend.

When I started everything went into UP and Covert

Now it all seems to be going into buying UU.

[Kaizoku_Vaizard]

The way I do it is:

Build up Defense/Covert equally. Spending the occasional bit on Attack until I have 100 attackers with the best weapons, then I fill up covert and Def for a while, add a mothership.

Then I start adding trained attackers, and when it's all set, I buy all the weapons, and jump in the ranks. Since all my farms are 3 def, there's no point in having 20K attack weapons to raise my repair bill!

[Ynnej]

Exactly, I didnt bother buying Attack until I wanted G&R points.

[Rukia]

Raise your lowest ranked stat. Try and get them all equal.

actually its harder to raise it by being all equal...its better to hab a high stat that is reasonably higher than ur lowest stat ^_^

[darkness5723]

well, the most stable ranks are strike and covert. If you want a quick guarenteed rank boost, they are the easiest. Defense and MS are much more volatile. In the 300 rankings for defense my rank slipped around 40 ranks in one day (a lot of movement in the high rankings), and mothership is just crazy.. it goes up and down and up and down. So.. there you go. If you're going for rank only focus on strike/covert then defense/ms. Unfortunately if you want a strong account you have to focus on defense/covert then strike/ms, but such is the way of life.

[The Xeno]

and mothership is just crazy

Idk... my M/S used to be in the top 80, then for about two weeks now i've let it slide. It hasn't gone that far

Once you get past all the 'little guys' and those not willing to spend but a certain amount, you can hold ranks easily.