Question - Overseer Strategy

[tomahawkeer]

Since coming back, overseer is something that is completely new. I have only been back for about a month give or take, however I kind of dove into overseer head first without really knowing what im doing. Up to this point, I have been manually running the conversion quests, and only running the conversion when I have at least 3 duplicates total (can be 1 dupe for 3 different cards), however is this the best strategy? Should we be focusing on just obtaining as many Elite as possible as fast as possible? (I currently have over 90 unique commons and the numbers shrink dramatically with each rarity above it) I do have a few elites, but ive seen mentions in some threads of people have hundreds? What is the most efficient way to get the most rewards from the overseer game?

Also I do run the overseer Lua, however I have default settings for the conversions in there. I believe the numbers area 2 for common uncommon rare and elite? Does this mean that the Lua will run a conversion when there are at least 2 of each card (1 dupe) in that rarity category?

 

[Redmonkey]

Depends on which rewards you want. Overseer currency? Collects, exp, merc exp, agents etc?

I am all about the collectables that are given on 12 hour quests. So I start at the top of the list, find the 12 hour ones, click view reward to see if it will be a collect and if it is then I do "auto fill" and start the quest.

On some lower alts I want the experience quests which the 24 hour ones give the best and then the 12 hour ones. So same as above, go thru them till I find the 24 hour ones then the 12 hour ones. Auto fill.

If there is a "recruit Joe Special" then I select that first but don't bother with other standard recruits. Agents seem to build up via the other quests.

Every now and then I do conversions, common then uncommon then rare. Retire some to fill in experience for which ever category needs it.

I did buy the beginner's pack last marketplace sale but that was only to get agent Fippy whom you need to complete to get the Gnome Transport Device. And they no longer offer Fippy via any quests. Other than that I don't buy any.

Once you get all the /ach done there is not much it is good for the whole game of Overseer other than collects.

 

[Psy]

Hiya Tomahawkeer,

For my take, I run it on all toons to get it to max so I can farm TS items, collectibles, and refresh xp lost in raids. You should set it up for what is best for your toon(s) and change it as they max out overseer levels.

I also use the overseer Lua and I highly recommend it. I set it to run all quests, including conversation right from the start. I also set it to keep only 1 of all levels since only one can be run in a quest at a time. If you have 2 of the same name, only one can be used so the other will sit idle. Best to convert them IMO and I let the Lua do that as well all the way up to elite. There is also a tab on the Lua that shows you how many of each are available, how many you have, and how many duplicates you have.

I personally continue to recruit and convert (keeping 1) until I have at least one of each and then I simply stop recruiting and converting. When you complete all the overseer achievements with regards to recruitment, there really is no where else to go with it that I now of. As long as you have enough agents to run any quests you want and keep 5 going at all times, you win!

 

[tomahawkeer]

Hiya Tomahawkeer,

For my take, I run it on all toons to get it to max so I can farm TS items, collectibles, and refresh xp lost in raids. You should set it up for what is best for your toon(s) and change it as they max out overseer levels.

I also use the overseer lua and I highly recommend it. I set it to run all quests, including conversation right from the start. I also set it to keep only 1 of all levels since only one can be run in a quest at a time. If you have 2 of the same name, only one can be used so the other will sit idle. Best to convert them IMO and I let the lua do that as well all the way up to elite. There is also a tab on the lua that shows you how many of each are available, how many you have, and how many duplicates you have.

I personally continue to recruit and convert (keeping 1) until I have at least one of each and then I simply stop recruiting and converting. When you complete all the overseer achievements with regards to recruitment, there really is no where else to go with it that I now of. As long as you have enough agents to run any quests you want and keep 5 going at all times, you win!

Ok that's about what I was thinking. I will change my conversion over to 1 for all of the tiers and let it automatically convert if it will do it, if not ill continue to manually convert every few days as I get dupes. My main just hit 115 last night and I have literally done nothing for achievements and very little for collections. He has been doing ONLY experience from overseer, so I may need to change his stuff over a little bit. Ive never done much TS, even back when the game first came out, it wasn't enjoyable to me, but I may dabble a little with it again since I have about 14 characters able to run overseer now. It would be easy to get TS stuff if I need it.

 

[shearhack]

honestly i just check the reward for the highest exp and autofill for those it nets about 3-5% exp which is pretty good on the daily grind

 

[B_I_G__D_A_D_D_Y]

Run recruit quests until you get at least 1 of every agent.

Keep converting UP until you get multiple Elite agents. Retire the duplicate Elite agents and use the reward to obtain 2 Rares. Then retire the duplicate Rares for Uncommons and then finally retire those duplicate Uncommons to obtain duplicate Common agents. Then do conversions back to Elites. You can keep doing this until you obtain every single "free" agent.

Once you have every agent you'll retire Elites and put Experience into every quest type until you Max out experience. When you are done with this step you can stop doing Recruitment quests entirely!

Eventually you won't need experience or agents at which point you can retire Elites for the Echos and just let them stack up in your bank somewhere. Maybe some day DBG will come up with a use for the Echos so keep them although they are just dead weight at this point.

 

[Wild Beagle]

Starting new your best chance outside recruitment quests to get agents is to do the faster 6 hour missions so you can get more chances at critical successes and the associated agents (assuming you do them every time they are available). It also is a very slightly better overall character experience gain IF run every time when its available. If you wont be available to collect until 12 or 24 hours then those will provide more xp.
As said collecting all of the agents gets you some boosts/items. But what you do once overseer or character is maxed kinda depends on you.
There are some items available in the overseer currency shop that are nice to pick up that way vs trying to farm otherwise. TS items especially if you need a few for recipes and not 1000's is a good way to get those rather than farming and collection item dispensors allow you to collect back expansions worth of collections. Remember you can get exp from completing those too. In the end the strategy's once you get farther in are as varied as the character.
That said... it is a tremendous source of XP if you are working to catch up to max level

 

[Many_Whelps]

Since coming back, overseer is something that is completely new. I have only been back for about a month give or take, however I kind of dove into overseer head first without really knowing what im doing. Up to this point, I have been manually running the conversion quests, and only running the conversion when I have at least 3 duplicates total (can be 1 dupe for 3 different cards), however is this the best strategy? Should we be focusing on just obtaining as many Elite as possible as fast as possible? (I currently have over 90 unique commons and the numbers shrink dramatically with each rarity above it) I do have a few elites, but ive seen mentions in some threads of people have hundreds? What is the most efficient way to get the most rewards from the overseer game?

Also I do run the overseer lua, however I have default settings for the conversions in there. I believe the numbers area 2 for common uncommon rare and elite? Does this mean that the lua will run a conversion when there are at least 2 of each card (1 dupe) in that rarity category?

Only ever convert dupes. Don't ever convert the last copy of any one agent, even the commons. The quests usually target a specific agent for each slot based on the job type and attributes. you'll want to get to the point where you always have the specific agent that fills all the bonus criteria. So take all your dupes, convert them up to the next tier until you get an elite. If the elite is a dupe of another elite you already, retire it and take the "2x Rare" option and keep converting until you pokemon collect them all.

 

[tomahawkeer]

Only ever convert dupes. Don't ever convert the last copy of any one agent, even the commons. The quests usually target a specific agent for each slot based on the job type and attributes. you'll want to get to the point where you always have the specific agent that fills all the bonus criteria. So take all your dupes, convert them up to the next tier until you get an elite. If the elite is a dupe of another elite you already, retire it and take the "2x Rare" option and keep converting until you pokemon collect them all.

I didn't know about the retire and get 2x rare! Thanks!

 

[Many_Whelps]

I didn't know about the retire and get 2x rare! Thanks!

You can technically retire any agent and get 2x agents of the next lower rank, but it only really makes sense to retire elites that are dupes. When you retire an agent, there are several choices for rewards so make sure to look at which option you're selecting.

Another piece of advice: The quest categories (diplomacy, plunder, etc.) have xp bars and level from 1 to 5. The quest offerings get harder as you level them up such that they start to require higher level agents to complete. Don't level any 1 category too fast, try to keep them all around the same level.

 

[shearhack]

i realized i had said you can check the exp and to do that you just go to preview reward which should open a window that tells you what rewards there are and in the included part it will say how much you will recieve thats how i aim for the highest amount of exp hopes this helps you all

 

[bolerus]

Only ever convert dupes. Don't ever convert the last copy of any one agent, even the commons. The quests usually target a specific agent for each slot based on the job type and attributes. you'll want to get to the point where you always have the specific agent that fills all the bonus criteria. So take all your dupes, convert them up to the next tier until you get an elite. If the elite is a dupe of another elite you already, retire it and take the "2x Rare" option and keep converting until you pokemon collect them all.

didnt know you could do that (the retire) very useful, thanks.