Greetings, Privateers!
This week, we’re taking a look into the tech trees for Pixel Privateers, and the path from scrub to kicking some alien butt! At the start of your journey, your future may not feel too bright. You’ve gotta take lessons from a wise-cracking space rabbit, that can’t be a good sign, right? Luckily, there’s hope for your brand new space-faring life. When you start exploring the tech tree, you find that you’ve got a good shot at successful privateering after all.
The tech tree breaks down into Tiers, clusters, and sub-level techs which you unlock via research points. Each tier requires progressively more techs to be unlocked from the tier before it, and each sub-level tech requires you to take the primary tech for that cluster. They are designed to help each class advance, but also to augment your overall progress in the game. Some techs apply to your ship, or abilities such as being able to see planets at a greater distance. Others, such as permanent consumables, offer you the chance to take your combat to a whole new level. Requirements for each tech are displayed so that you can plan ahead before spending points. If you select a tech you didn’t want, you can click the reset button before confirming to undo that selection.
As you explore the tech trees, you’ll be able to plan your advancement in a way that suits your play style. For example, if you’re more inclined to a tank-heavy, mow-down-the-enemy style of combat, you’d be less inclined to take techs suited to engineers or scouts. Instead, you would tend toward vanguard and marine techs, before accessing generalized abilities like the teleporter consumable or advanced radar. If you’re a jack-of-all-trades player, you’ll want to be sure to spend points in techs that keep each class progressing steadily and making them more effective.
The tech tree, alongside the leveling system, allows you to stat and advance your squad for the way you play the game. We put you in the captain’s chair, and the future of your squad is in your hands! Thanks as always for reading, and we’ll see you next time for QD News!