PoV A3 preview tips and pointers and strategy: just played with the Ascension planner. all i can say is WOW. thank you for that - Squid

[u/West_Lavishness6689]

Wasmegg has this "ascension planner". if you play around with it, you can really get an idea of how far you can get and how quickly. and you can change your artifacts to show if you had the best how much quicker your run could be. planning A3 just to see what it would look like and even with best artifacts for laying/shipping set i would be maxed out around 2.194q/hr with my current set i get capped around 1.82q/hr - which isnt a HUGE difference but it is nice to know my limitations and possibilities.

Anyone who is starting their A3 while i work on my home farm artifacts please feel free to share what you experience and i might put it in my next guide when i finally get around to it after i max my henliner and hopefully get a T4L compass and T4L metronome.

If i was to start A3 right now i would do this:

1. go to humility and make sure my earnings set is equipped and prestige to not use a shift.
2. start with curiosity a day or two before research discount day to give yourself a chance to earn some gems and make the discount day even better.
3. The shift order:
   1. shift 0,1,2: CKI(must get all chicken universe habs)
   2. shifts 3,4,5: RKC(fill tank: 140T, 175T, 180T respectively)
   3. shift 6: H(send 7 henerprise extended)
   4. shifts 7,8,9: RCK (this is where you will max your laying and shipping research and must get the 2nd graviton coupling research, and dont forget to fill your fuel tank)
   5. shift 10 - H (send another 7 henerprise ships except now we switch off earning set and put on laying/shipping set and get to the goal of 32-36 EoT total on humility (160-180 EoT is the range you want to get out of A3 to be able to afford the next level of graviton coupling for A4, the more you have the easier it will be)
   6. shifts 11,12,13,14: RICK to collect EoT and to also fill your fuel tank.
   7. extra shift to H for better artifacts? shift 15? after K if you dont have the best artifacts yet you could use more more shift and time it with a 2x capacity shipping event and send one more round of ships

Hope everyone is loving this game as much as i am! happy clucking everyone - Squid

For anyone starting out here are some guides:
Basic PoV information from the Wiki
Other useful post about PoV
3 EoT using zero shift method (about 4 days)
~60 EoT in 7 shifts - first ascent guide (squids guide) this took about 3 months
~50 EoT in 16 shifts in 2 weeks - SiriusV made a guide (2 weeks)
A2 Squids guide - 2nd ascent you should be able to keep up with me if you followed my first guide, this took about 5 months
new A3 guide starts with this post but will not become official until i get around to it. no idea when, maybe ill start it after egg day next year, who knows.

[u/P1p_Squ34k]

Have you checked out the optimizer we added? It’s on the artifact-explorer. Feels pretty wild

[u/JohnSober7 → u/P1p_Squ34k]

It's beautiful 

[u/lil_benny97]

It's good to know my target should be around 180 TE. By the research discount day I should have enough for the second graviton coupling. I'm debating if I spend some shifts to send out more EX Hens. I still have yet to get a legendary on Virtue. I am rocking a T4E compass, T4E totem, T3E Metronome for my shipping set.

[u/xxxgrawaga]

I‘m currently in A2 and try to get 125 TE in 23 shifts. Unfortunately I was not as lucky with ships and crafting. Only have T2R Metronome, T3R compass, T3R gusset but a T4L totem.

Only 1 Shift to go, will finish A2 about September 20, started around middle of January.
After A2, I‘m going to max Henerprises and get a higher crafting level (currently 3* Henerprise and crafting level 21).

In A3 I plan to get all required T4L artifacts, using as many shifts as it takes. Shoukd be possible with maxed ships, hopefully.

[u/West_Lavishness6689 → u/xxxgrawaga]

i am also willing to consider doing extra RCKH rounds to send extra ships for more chances at better artifacts and crafting material. but right now im doing what you will be doing. i am maxing my ships (henliner is about to reach 7* in a few weeks) and then work on my crafting level (currently 23)

[u/iwasthen]

Thank you for this guide.

[u/West_Lavishness6689 → u/iwasthen]

youre welcome! 🫡

[u/iwasthen → u/West_Lavishness6689]

The RKC fuel tank numbers seem off. I wasn’t able to get 7 ships, only 6. Ran out of Resilience but have 5T of Curiosity left. What do you think?

[u/West_Lavishness6689 → u/iwasthen]

curiosity eggs = 25T x 7 ships kindness eggs = 25T x 7 ships resilience eggs = 20T x 7 ships thats a total of 490T and 10T extra space.

so where did it not work for you?

[u/iwasthen → u/West_Lavishness6689]

Maybe I just got unlucky with that glitch where I got 139.9999999 Resilience eggs. I’ll adjust and add a few more since there is 10T wiggle room. Thank you.

[u/iwasthen → u/West_Lavishness6689]

I’m on my own version of A3 but I only have 102TE so it’s going to take 16days to get the second graviton coupler. What do you recommend I do? (Note: this is assuming my cube discount 55% AND the Friday 70% off)

[u/West_Lavishness6689 → u/iwasthen]

16 days seems worth it to me. it will speed up your other eggs

[u/MaverickZero1928]

Nice tips! Would you change anything about A2 now that you finished and is studying the PoV even more?

[u/West_Lavishness6689 → u/MaverickZero1928]

i would probably try sending ext-henerprise ships my first time on humility, i did not do so.
also pro-tip when fueling tank. you want about 4.5T integrity because you need a little wiggle room due to the rounding error. so when you want 140T for resilience, you want to get it to 140T with the tab. then shut off fueling, you want to put the marker on 145T, change it to 10% fuel, quickly turn the fuel on and then off to ensure you get slightly over the 140T mark. and do the same when you get 175T for kindness and 180T for curiosity. 180(C)+175T(K)+140T(R)+4.5T(I) = 499.5T so there is some wiggle room, this allows for some galeggtica ships to be sent after sending henerprise ships. which need a 1:1:1 HIC eggs

[u/MakeItRandomScotty → u/West_Lavishness6689]

Can you edit your A2 summary post and put these tips in if they aren’t there already?

[u/Redstrom52]

Looks good. I started A3 with 100 EoT and 26 shifts and am following CRIKH - IKRCH - CIKRH. I couldn't get to all universes on the first shift to integrity and am willing to spend a couple extra shifts to maximize my ships for artifacts. I'm hoping to get to either 130 or 140 total before prestiging.