@roxas3000 you should do corruptions only after completing C11 once and even so, try doing lvl 1 corruption only on the last 2 or 3 options. You should be able to complete Ascensions in a minute or so with these corruptions, buy automated ascensions with wow cubes when you can, then you can leave you computer doing ascensions by itself as fast as possible. Opening cubes will boost all of your resources by an insane ammount.
For me the right time to buy the Shop Talisman is when you're trying to complete the Reduced Ants challenge (C11). Also having the extra Quarks from the promo codes is very usefull to buy it, don't buy it if you can't afford at least lvl 8 Ant Multiplier on the shop AFTER buying the Shop Talisman (export before buying just to be sure)
@web_angel The shop talisman is supposed to be the 4th talisman you get. It's not particularly good (it doesn't have a white [unique] bonus, and it's mythical bonus is just +2 quarks/hour). The most useful thing about it is that it gives free rune levels when you fortify it, like the other talismans.
The 9th Tesseract upgrade (gains rune effectiveness per level depending on talisman shards) isn't showing the correct effect. It always shows the same "current effect" even when you level it up.
Finally using Corruption in a way that makes profit. At least for me they were only useful after I could Auto-Ascend in less than 1 minute. The last 3 corruptions are the least damaging to the speed of your Ascensions, you should be able to auto-ascend with 1 level in each of the last 3 corruptions and it will get you 4500+ cubes per Ascension and 3 Tesseracts. Currently getting 75 cubes/s with that method.
Ascend eleven times, on your 11th buy a Vector Tesseract Building, open at least 18k cubes, Get at least 3 levels on the Building Power WOW! Cubes upgrade, then do the Reduced Ants Challenge. It will take you a day but you'll be able to finish it, after that you'll be able to experiment with corruption.
If you're in your first or second ascension, don't be afraid of opening the cubes! You'll get about +1000% ant speed and +50% more obtanium bonus from opening 1000 cubes for instance
Don't be like me and forget to reset the shop and buy the 5 levels Wow! Cube Season Pass before your Ascensions. You can reset it later and +15% Cubes is too good to ignore.
@Lehantol there are 2 upgrades which boost your production a lot AND only work during challenges. If you have these upgrades it's normal to have more production during less diamonds challenge than you have outside any challenge.
@lordpi1 I assume Uncommon Fragments are the things you use to upgrade the talismans, common fragment is the yellow one, I suppose the others are uncommon ones?
I'd buff all the characters if I was you, probably a lot of the equipments too, and some of the mecanics and implement some quality of life changes. For example, when you select a whole bunch of cards because you want to pay for freeze + lock on an equipment, the games uses all of the cards just to unfreeze, even if the total sum was enough to also unlock it.
What happened to this game, it's so much harder. There isn't a single person alive that can consistently win a streak of 4 NORMAL or harder difficulty runs, I bet. I liked it more when it was winnable.
But that's what easy mode is there for, it is very consistently winnable for anyone who gets good enough. If you want something more challenging, play medium or hard. If you're asking us to make "Hard" easier, that isn't a good idea because what are the top players going to play? They are winning it consistently (and Daily Runs even, which are typically even harder!) Join discord to discuss if you disagree. https://discordapp.com/invite/nBfhQ3v
@ssateneth yes tier 5 talents work. It's just hard to see but sometimes you'll pass dungeons you weren't supposed to thanks to it, and it will happen many times during trip. Just look closely at the remaining charges.
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What if we make easy difficulty a bit easier (which does what you want, buffing every character)?