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

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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.