CIFI: Troubleshooting Slow Progress

First checks: stage and game version, the next meaningful unlock, the limiting currency, any system you neglected, and the best buy versus waiting.

• Cells crawl right after a reset: Crew, first-point installs and tech rebuilt? Automation ON? See CIFI: Rebuild After a Reset
• Many affordable buttons, little progress: Are you buying the bottleneck or just cheap additive levels?
• MP runs stop improving: Are MP mods dried up? Is the next gain in shards, studies or missions?
• Cannot reset quickly: Has the loop requirement outgrown easy loops? See CIFI: Loops and Mod Points
• Runs suddenly much longer than usual: Is a node you can afford being skipped? Check the Mod Tree for buyable nodes you ignored. Check the last reset hold reason.
• Demeter feels unproductive: Ahead of the Curve set before the run? Shard milestones neglected? Run too short?
• Koios stalls: Study rate, scientists, research time, a missing mod. Version change?
• Campaign payout looks small: Is the rank and material multiplier rebuilt?
• More personnel does nothing: Mission already at minimum time. Move them.
• Slow after Ouroboros: Loadouts adapted to meltdown? Hunters growing?
• Copied build underperforms: Do your gems, relics and stats match?

Do not call the account ruined because of one guide's schedule.

A real example: on one account, runs that normally took about 2 to 3 hours stretched to 7 to 9 hours because the game stopped buying affordable Mod Tree nodes. The fix was to find the nodes that were affordable but skipped. If your progress drops sharply, look for a purchase you are not making.

Evidence and version limits: CIFI: What Is Not Verified Yet.