Encounter Guide

Overview

Normal Encounters are the heart and soul of Outlaw Troopers! By mastering the normal encounter you will:
- earn Credits, Ocuriums, Gears, and Virtual Mechas
- gain Reputation increasing your seasonal Leaderboard rank
- complete A.R.C_Initiator_Quests giving you even more loot
- fight Dominators
- find Fragments

Click Combat Related -> Encounters, then "Normal Encounter". You are now at the Tier Selection screen, there is a LOT of important information here so let's break it down one at a time.

Gear Score Calculation

At the very top you can see which planet you are on. As you progress through the Tiers you will see the same 4 planets rotated through: Themis, Cradea, Zolphis, and Floerian. The planet you are fighting on is important for two reasons:
- Determines what kind of enemy ships you will face
- Determines which Fragments drop from the Dominators

You can also see the encounter buff calculation here. As you progress to higher tiers of Normal Encounters, delve deeper into The Abyss, and increase your empire level by gaining Reputation you will get an increased buff allowing you to: bring more + higher powered gears, have bonus armor+shields, and bonus damage. Having a balanced approach of increasing all three together will make it easier to progress through the normal encounter tiers.

Nodes

On the right hand side of the screen you will see multiple tabs, jam packed with information. The important takeaways from the Nodes tab are:
- Displays which nodes are possible on the level, as well as the "base" reward for each node. You will see as you play how these increase as you play through the encounter. Note you have to clear the "crown" node for the next tier to become available.
- Displays the rules of the encounter. Especially note that each node you clear will cause the next nodes difficulty by 25% and the reward by 10%.

Enemy Type

The "Enemy Type" tab shows you what kind of enemies you will face. These are determined by planet types. Mouse over the various enemies to see what their abilities are. Depending what kind of gear build you pick to use in the future, you might find certain planets easier than others!

Dominators

The "Dominators" tab gives a handy reference to all the Dominators that can show up on this Tier. These are NOT planet dependent, instead they change depending on what tier you are on. Good luck these guys are tough :)

Trovers

The "Trovers" tab gives a handy reference to all the Trovers. Starting at tier 5 you will have a chance to spawn one. On this tab you will see all the possible rewards for defeating a Trover. Good luck!