I don't see any topics about this stuff, and I'm too lazy to go through the entire discussion thread, so: So far for money (if you still need it even after playing through story + order missions), this seems to be the fastest method: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16808932 Potential story spoilers if you watch the video, but it's just using a Mass Blade on story mission 09. Gives you about 1,000,000 Au and takes less than 30 seconds. Now, for maxing weapon performance, fastest method I've found (besides just buying parts that people sold in the shop) is to do: Order Mission 06 (Marine Facility) Equip the tank legs with the highest charge attack power, Sonne generator, everything else as lightweight as possible, and the 4 weapons you want to max out Scan mode, glide boost towards the AC, stop right before you get to him, then tackle him (usually 1-2 hits to take him down) And this also takes less than 30 seconds, and gives you 100,000 Au. The performance bar goes up about 1 or 2 bars after each time. Stat increases can be pretty random on each weapon, so you may have to do this a lot of times to get what you want. welp, if anyone knows faster methods for these, please share.