a great strategy is to start with a medium grade gem and max out purchase on grade 1 gems and combine the higher lvl one w/ the lower ones individually. once you get to +80 speed it's unbelievable
f you have the chainsaw and another weapon, you start firing the chainsaw while pressing spacebar a bunch of times, then stop and switch weapons, you get 99 ammo for whatever other weapon you have
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