Slot and Slot Points Explained! ~for Newbies.

Hey there,
So this is a short guide on Slot and Slot Points for newbies.
As a newbie once , I didn't really understand the working of Slots and Slot points(call me dumb ).
I never realized its working till I reached mk3 ships; so here's a short guide for all those new members struggling with the same.

• Slots :- Slots are basically the number of colored boxes visible for a specific item type(color).
• Slot Points :- The numbers written in Slots are Slot Points.

First of all,

• Each item type (color) has its own slot and slot points on a specific ship, hence these can't be used for other item types.

Example: Blue slots points cant be used to load additional red items.

• Each item has its own consumption of slot points.

Let me put it down in a simpler way for you:

Suppose you are on an actual ship; let us assume that you are on the following ship :



So, according to above specs, you have 2 red slots(2 red colored boxes), which means that there are 2 places on your ship to mount 2 red items, so the maximum number of weapons you can mount is 2.
There is one blue box, which means you can mount one blue item on the ship.

Easy Enough?!? A bit more to go

Now, pay a closer look at numbers in the red boxes, those are slot points.

Those act as a power cable for your ship. (let us assume that for explanation )
Suppose your ship only has only 2 energy cables(2 slot points, look in the image above) to power red items, then either you can power a single weapon requiring 2 energy cables(requiring2 slot points) or you can power 2 weapons requiring 1 energy cable(slot points) each.
Similarly, since You only have single blue slot with single slot point, you can power one blue item requiring one slot point(energy cable )

• Note:- Total number of slot point available are NOT the addition of numbers in same couloured boxes.
• Slot points available is the highest number present in any box of the particular colour.

So that's it, I hope this helps!
Feedback and suggestions are welcomed.
If you didn't understand any part please let me know in the comment section, I will help you clarify.

Special Thanks to @The Otherguy for help!
Thanks for reading.

 

Huh? What? No. I didn't help. Did I?

Anyway, @Devs, if you could put this in the FAQ and guides section, that would be great.

Edit: Very nice work @Tirth2_, simple and easy to understand.

 

ofc man! with ship tier info thread.

 

@Reboot ?
Can you pin this in guides?

 

true but the ship tier thread is quite confusing

 

@Reboot, can you confirm you saw this?
(sorry)

Edit: Thanks

 

Thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, it's not effective to pin these posts just yet. I'm planning to revamp the FAQs and Guides in the future. Perhaps there will be a system where people can post more comprehensive guides, tips, and strategies; and the community can rate/upvote those guides. The better guides (like this one) will stay on top. It will also help the search function of the forum

 

Nice!
Okay, I can wait.

 

That would be great!

 

yes i really need the guides as i have lost half my infamy in a day lol