I had a game, where in sector 2 I got a level two shield and that ion cannon with a 4sec cool down.
Got into a fight with a pirate of sort which only had a laser, that could only bring down on shield ring.
Managed to get my full crew of 6 maxed out on engines, piloting, weapons and shields. I only kept firing the ion cannon. Each shot giving one XP for weapon guy. The ion cannon does not damage the other ship, so you have no risk to end the fight early. Every time they fired, they either brought my shield down, one ring (1XP for the shield guy) or I dodged (1XP each to engines and piloting).
Of course that takes quite a while. Leave it running while doing something else.
But you basically get into sector 3 with all the XP you ever need and redundancy by having multiple experts for each station.
A bit exploitive, I admit.
mh
Got into a fight with a pirate of sort which only had a laser, that could only bring down on shield ring.
Managed to get my full crew of 6 maxed out on engines, piloting, weapons and shields. I only kept firing the ion cannon. Each shot giving one XP for weapon guy. The ion cannon does not damage the other ship, so you have no risk to end the fight early. Every time they fired, they either brought my shield down, one ring (1XP for the shield guy) or I dodged (1XP each to engines and piloting).
Of course that takes quite a while. Leave it running while doing something else.
But you basically get into sector 3 with all the XP you ever need and redundancy by having multiple experts for each station.
A bit exploitive, I admit.
mh
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