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Oh MY GOD, THIS GAME IS ORGASMICALLY AWESOME!!!!
Unfortunately, Swarm mode brings a whole new maning to the term "zerg rush"
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Adding on to what BavarianDude said, by using the Orange-Red (RO) supertrap strategy, you can have millions of max mana without cheating and score trillions of points.
One of the best things about this game is that there are so many levels of play - when you think you've figured out the best possible method of playing the game, something you had previously ignored pops up and you realize that there are even more effective ways to score trillions of points.
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Skill out the orange and red gems. Connect a level 3 orange with a level 3 red gem. Then simply add lots and lots of level 1 orange and red gems to that and you'll get a big fat mana powerplant with an on-board machine gun.
Four of those helped me clean up map 77 by blowing away the Arcane Guardian even before its last "body guard" died.
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primus01, if you failed to kill a thing before it reaches your wizard tower, you are to banish it, losing mana. If you're out of mana and have to banish something, you die.
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Ah yes, finally beat it. Very satisfying. Lost all my game save data from forgetting to back them up before getting rid of my old pc. Restarted it fresh and finally got strong enough to beat the last wave. I will take a break and come back and see if I can complete all level modes.
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A challenge for anyone who has scored >10 Billion points on a single level before - beat all 228 waves of the last level. Read up on the Gemcraft Forums. (also, help us with unlocking to beat all 512 waves).
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@kitsunegames only the highest xp earned is counted. so if you earned 400 at first, then 450 the next time, only 50xp will be added, not 450xp. it prevents ppl from leveling up by repeated grinding at the same level
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My earned experience is not adding to my total experience! Currently I'm level 5 and I have 1564 XP, I've done the first quest twice earning over 400 XP each time but I'm still stuck at 1564 total XP. It's not letting me level up to 6!
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@trishika - no: supergemming is better. RO supergem brings in more mana than you can spend. Read the forums for more information. Seriously, you can score trillions. Read the forums.
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<= Finished. I found out that the best gem combo is Purple-Lime. At grade 8/9 you get around 230 speed. That's a chain-gun without the 3x Speed on.
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Tip 1. Don't rush trying to combine gems that are already in towers, try combine them in your inventory, then change it after the wave.
Tip 2. Look at the abilities for all your gems, good combinations are, Poison and Shock(Poison 1st), or freeze and splash damage.
Tip 3. Don't use Gem Bombs or Shrines unless you have 100- mana, wasting a gem may kill you in the long shot.
Tip 4. Traps are only good in a few situations. 1. if you have blue gems OR vs arcane guardians CYAN which can easily permanently 'shock' him forever.
2. If its a swarm level (use red/green)
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I don't get why they make you have to beat your score to get the xp, and that being the only way. Make it so just replaying the level rewards something. I guess I'm just bad but I'm always eventually to weak to continue, so I replay 20 levels 20 times for hopefully a scrap of xp. An overall good game, but I don't want to play a game where I need to be perfect. 4/5
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This one is for serious strategy gamers. Don't expect to beat this one anytime soon. Add to your favorites list, play daily and enjoy. Huge rewards for those who persevere.
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Thought of a possible new mode...X3 mode. The times three speed button would automatically be turned on and stay on for the whole game. Though it should probably only be turned on after the first wave is called to allow for an initial setup. Try it yourself sometime, it can provide for a hectic level. 5/5. My favorite TD game.
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This is bull. I just want the damn easy achievement in this failed game, and I do it. Then it doesn't give it to me >:(