GENERAL fillaments and damage: exotic = scourge/vespas firestorm= inferno/hammers electric = mjolinir/infiltrators gamma = nova/valkyries dark = explosive overall, thermal for overminds (ship damage bonus > all) best drones - t2/faction/augs: t2 for all. faction if u cant t2. augs on ephialtes. faction have better tracking and tank but less dps than t2 due to the drone spec skill. augs have more on-paper dps, but less actual dps than t2 due to split damage and weather hole (in t3 and up).
good BPC to produce/sell/invent vedmak, drekavac, leshak, all veles, iki, zarmazd Loot per (cruiser) tier, per run t1: 5mil t2: 10mil t3: 20mil t4: 40mil t5: 100mil Abyss vs EC (Emerging Conduits) t3 abyss = single ship EC MTU vs Bio-cache only t1-t2: bio only t3: user's choice, as long as you don't have to wait for the MTU t4-t5: loot all loot (plasmids) in different fillaments exotic: webs and scram/dis electrical: batteries, and neut/nos fire: amor plates and reppers gamma: shield ext