We have said many times that this is not a pay to win game. However, there are in-game purchases that accelerate your growth. There are many more in-game purchases that are nice things, but best when you already know the game well and are highly advanced in your research and training. Therefore, it is common to hear “well, where should I spend then?”
Sections:
- Monthly Plans
- ACE Badge
- Weekly Packs
- Daily Specials
- Gift Packs
- Rookie Packs
Monthly Subscriptions
The first place to look at for spending is in the monthly subscriptions. There are two different plans and both are vital to fast growth. The Elite Plan offers items that you must claim every day and gives you 3,000 Ir up front. The Adventure Plan offers passive bonuses.
Elite Plan
The Elite Plan is $5/mo and you collect from the Galaxia Store every day for 30 days. So what do you get for that $5?
- 3,000 Ir
- 2 Lucrative Encounter Probes
- 3 Stamina Contracts
- 8 5min research speed-ups
- 3 5min base relocation speed-ups
- 20 Basic Memory Transplants (gives recruits 100 exp points)
- 50 Ir-Ti Alloy minerals (Gold minerals)
- 200 Oxide Crystal minerals (Purple minerals)
- 800 Superconducting Ceramic Body minerals (Blue minerals)
- 3,200 Hydrocarbon Polymer minerals (Green minerals)
- 12,800 Semiconductor Gel minerals (White minerals)
Adventure Plan
The Adventure Plan is $3/mo and the benefits are automatically added to your account. You do not have to click on anything to receive them, and you will notice when they expire as they make a huge difference in your account’s efficiency.
- 2 Free Daily Ship Restorations (PvE loss only)
- 20% savings on Research time
- Increase of 6 Trading Post sale slots
- 50% savings on Production time
- 50% savings on Decryption time
- 30% boost in Stamina Recovery rate
- 620 stamina added to your pilot level max stamina.
ACE Badge
The Badge is similar to any other game’s battle pass. It runs for 8 weeks and you get rewards based on the level you hit by doing the challenges each week. As with most battle passes, there is a free and paid tier. There are two paid tiers with the ACE Badge, but the more expensive does nothing more than add 10 levels automatically. It is NOT worth it to get the more expensive tier if you do the challenges.
The benefits with the ACE Badge come with the 1.5x exp for doing challenges over the free version and the loot you will get to collect. Once you hit level 50 of the ACE Badge, you will receive a guaranteed Master Recruit. If you do every challenge for all 8 weeks with the basic upgrade, you will hit level 75. The other 10 levels include 1 senior recruit contract, 2 hour research speed-up, 3 million gala, 50 advanced memory transplants (1200 recruit exp points), and a 2 hour base relocation speed-up. However the cost is much higher.
Weekly Packs
The weekly packs are packs that you can purchase once a week, and are often a nice addition to the Daily Specials. I honestly prefer to only do the dailies, because they offer a 7-day option on many of the packs. However, the Fleet Expansion and Implant Bundles in the Weekly Specials are great ways to boost your account. There are 5 levels of the bundles, each one is more expensive than the previous. The Corp Bundles are nice for those who are looking for fast credits and helping their corporation out, but please know … the Gala is Corp Gala, not personal gala. You will not receive any funds outside of the Iridium and Credits.
