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Seriously can someone tell me why people are downvoting and hiding comments that are not disrespectful or anything in any way, and are actually trying to HELP people get into super-uber advanced GC0 play(which is ridiculously overpowered & fun without any outside programs)? Because I don't get it. Maybe I'm stupid in internet ways. I dunno how. I guess that wanting to help people struggling with the early levels, and wanting to help people get to the "Super Gc0 Player" stage is a travesty worthy of the death penalty?
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1) my comments on how to survive the early game(mostly) without losing were rated -1. 2) My explanation of how Time Siege shouldn't be used to get mega points was downvoted to um....-8. Why? All I'm doing is trying to help. 3) -9 rating, really?! For a tutorial video that shows you how to bomb the gem of eternity by wave 13, and how to score 1 billion points(1 million exp, enough to max out most skills) by wave 26.5(although the video ended before that, just continue what I was doing, building farm n angering & you'd get 1B somewhere around that)
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Please tell me why my(although brags, in the video of my start I offer a TUTORIAL on how to do as good, or even better(I hesitated a bit at times) then me!) comments of LEGIT play and tips are downvoted as much(!) as -9?!
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Whoever rated my comments down, here's proof you obviously believe doesn't exist: Video of my start-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k56L5O86RNE Video of 1 trillion points-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR7UP9QhDs Image of 1 trillion points-http://i.imgur.com/ZJfO5k8.png
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Since someone has a problem with me calling time siege "useless", this is why: You can't mana farm as much because you have a limit, also to win you need to call multiple waves early, which makes you lose valuable time that you could be using to make G10+ to anger, full G6 sheets to supergem, and ofc time to supergem G3 RO for a manafarm in the first place.
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Fyi the highscores for my lvl, score, mana = level 2233, score 400 billion, mana some 4 million max. quit bc i overangered wave 54 to 1.5 billion per giant, 582 giants, most likely impossible to kill unless I had macro to make the 50M FP needed to kill em.
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I have beef to pick with the highscores. Why was my LEGIT, no speedhack, VIDEO & IMAGE PROOF level & score & max mana taken down?!
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although I'm thinking it'd be very hard to get that first jump from lvl 1 to lvl 8 with only normal. The next hard jump also from 8 to 16. after you get endurance I bet for experienced ppl it's a breeze. Use endurance to get level 24, do heroic, do endurance again, do swarm, do endurance, do normal, do sudden death, get red mastery, go full commando on carapace, then bleeding edge, then whatever the level 56 one is, then arcane, then spam-durance with max red & orange & keep upping skills till you max em- then get level 2K+. Easy as pie...mostly.
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A guy here(http://www.kongregate.com/forums/3-general-gaming/topics/96894-gemcraft-chapter-0-all-512-waves?page=1) got to level 600+ never playing a level other than levelid 1 and here I am at level 20 after levelid 17
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I hope this helps, I agree the first few levels when you're first learning everything & all with very few skll points are ironically, harder then almost everything past the 2nd arcane boss. all I can say is ask for advice, be patient, and persevere, because it becomes truly fun when you can score billions of points, once you get all the skills(or most) & learn how to make a good mana farm(red-orange supergems supergemmed to 6 targets, 10.1 mana, 670 firing speed)
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Also try making dual gems, the small buff to damage might help. Don't use many traps, they aren't too useful except for poison until level 40ish. At when they become paramount to scoring high points XD. For the first arcane boss don't bomb the locks till the last few waves. Place the G3 poison in a trap at the start. Build a dual G4 and add lots of g1s into it(transmute into right color by gem bombing) watch my vid of it(search angelpuppetslayer on google, click first link) if you need help. After the 2nd arcane boss(in which you should also supergem), supergemming becomes the best strategy :)
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Corloc indeed, if you came from GC, this game is much harder. You should never call waves early unless you have beaten all of the last wave, for one. You don't need grade 4s+ until the first arcane most likely, or maybe make some G4s if you see a armored wave with 12 armor+ or something. Check the stats of the wave to see if your defenses are adequate. Anger the first few waves with 1 g1 each for extra mana + xp, if you can handle it. Replay all sudden deaths, esp the 3x xp ones. At lvl 16, do endurances, survive as long as you can & get as many battle amulets as you can(they give a pretty large portion of your xp until past the 2nd arcane boss).
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This game is so FRUSTRATING! I have nothing good to say about other then they did a good job of programing but lousey game play. I have had to replay almost ever level multiple times to beat it on the first go through and now am stuck on level 13!!!. I have watch vids and read strats but nothing is working. So pissed that a LOW Level cannot be beat easily. Why why why?
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wow well all i can say is this gemcraft sucks worst then the first one....The first few level are extremely tough...WHY? I hate that I get all the way to last mob only to find out that my defense is highly inadequate and I lose...Thanks for wasting another30 minutes. And the Grind! Horrible Badges too! Rate me down :P
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202 billion score at wave 63(unspeedhacked/macroed) FTW. Now to try even harder get an even better start & get 400 billion+ by this point! And to think I was uber-proud of 5B by wave 125...lol!
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Sandal you do not need to be a god(though it helps- kidding :P). Simply follow the top comments guide to supergemming & you WILL be a god...& then you'll beat the game quite easily...then you can go to the next great challenge, beating all 228 waves of the last level instead of just bombing the GOE.
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Aw my 5 billion score is gone from even my personal(friends) leaderboard :( Come on I get removing it from daily/weekly/ATH but....friends? Let me keep track of it plz :(
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Finally, fill path with RBs to slow the monsters down, and make it so that the Hue of all your prismatics is 190-200(just drag a bunch of cyan gems onto them). Reason is that all the waves on map 78 are hue 0-30, and opposite gem & monster colors = monster weak to it = gem deal damage closer to its maximum each hit. Whereas a gem of 15 hue & monster 0-30 hue the gem will do near its minimum damage/hit, making your gem around 1/4th as effective. It is noticeable from 20k damage. So make sure to hue your gems.
Notes: 1.5 million firepower is only enough if you have an effective holding strategy, that is, a path full of RO and RB with RB supergemmed to like a whole minute of slowing while RO keeps you from succumbing to banish costs near the end. Wave 227 is giants with 3.9 billion hp each. Wave 228 is 8 runners with 1 billion hp each. Hope this helps anyone who attempts it :)
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Make 10 of these so that way you'll gain more effective dps because fast firing gems will be faster in killing then 1x ubergem(I tried near beginning, 2x 10k was more effective then 1x 25k because both have high splash & both 279 speed so they more effective overall. Difference not too big but it saves you maybe 15-25% supergemming, PLUS one can hold off the monsters while you supergem the other.
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Continuing from step2, do that & also start supergemming the mana traps one at a time, til the mana gain/hit is 8.4(no trap special skill) or 10.1(maxed trap specials). Then, make the 1st trap a blue-red with 5 targets, 96% slow for 20+ seconds(supergem w/ blue G1s) & also make RB duals every 5-6 mana traps, it will make your mana skyrocket! Then from there simply supergem your prismatic as much as possible & always upgrade pool! You want to get to be able to combine your G11 with G6s only asap, or you will get so so so bored & sick of it that even with breaks you'll quit. From there on you need about 1-1.5 million total firepower from your prismatics I believe.
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Step 2) When pool at 60k capacity or so, make a prismatic by keep combining grade 6s together to get a grade 11 prismatic(firing speed maxes at this grade at 279 shots/minute in tower, 670 in trap + yellow special) then super gem it first with whatever grade full sheet of gems(ctrl + click) you can make with your mana cap(full G6 sheet takes 140k mana with maxed forge). Then while supergemming so that the max damage of gem is 1/5th-1/6th the hp of the monsters in the wave(ooh almost forgot: Anger a LOT! especially giant monsters not only for score but mana! ESP mana in beginning)
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Again sorry but I think I should write a basic guide for what I'm doing lol. Okay step 1) I was level 96 but I got 45k xp at lvl 60 first try(& panicked & ended it when I overangered a giant wave) and anyway, make pure orange G3 traps first, at least 6, and make a G4 dual x2, then use transmute if needed to upgrade all G3s to G4s pure. Then combine with pure red G4s for(make sure to max mana gain & splash masteries o: ) 5 targets & 3 mana gain. Then keep doing this, as it grows exponentially, expand pool, fill 1/4th track with them. Then go to step 2.
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Posting on All 229 waves thread but also here: Wave 125, 250k firepower over 5 gems, all hue 185-200, and am keeping 1-2 million hp monsters(around 200) in the first quarter of the map(and receding, so I might have to let off for a bit so as to not intrude on my mana farm(which is filling up 700k mana in 3 seconds)). :D I might make it.
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was actually wave 80 @ last comment. Wave 92, total prismatic max damage at 76000 spread between 2 gems. Finally found out how to "tailor" the dominant specials of both gems(best imho is either yellow max then red then lime or red then yellow then lime, both for max splash, crit, & lucky extra hit(max chain only like 20% so lucky). Also found out my G10 was bad as G11 is where it maxes out on firing speed. Oh well. Sorry to spam comments but I'm just so damn excited. I might actually pull this off, & I'm almost 8% there(probably reach @wave 150 & go to 1.5-2mil max dmg w/ 195 hue for safety + a LOT of RO & RB(thinking alternate bc my RBs are holding 200 monsters easily(yes I'm playing it cautious not for xp) Anyway....wish me more luck :)
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Up to 40K damage now, not even wave 70, optimistic but might have slightly overangered a boss wave, now adding damage like crazy. Hue 195 seems to be working, thank goodness.
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Doing an all 228 wave run on map 78, at lvl 96, 300million score only, wave 62, prismatic at 16000 dmg, mana pool 127K, wish me luck :) if I succeed from what I've read on the 228 thread I think I might be the lowest level to make it(also not using speedhack ^^) feel free to downvote but if you applaud me & wish me luck I thank you for your encouragement.
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@Wisz lolz! I grinded GC0 from the 2nd arcane all the way to the fourth without noticing 3 hours passing by xD
@BrunSBrunS the tenth slot is Beyond Corruption, a mode unlocked after you beat map 78.
And why has everyone disliked my comments? I only offered suggestions and tips(okay yeah my last comment was a brag but still). I don't care about +s but why downrate? If you didn't find it helpful & found it spammy(not my fault, Kong has limit of 1000 characters & no edit button) others might benefit from it.
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Each level has 9 battle mode, but if you look at the "Icon" of a level, it seems to have 10 slots. Is there an "hidden" battle mode ??
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got 44k xp on last level at level 65 :D wouldve gotten more but I overangered wave like 50 something w/ giant monsters with 88k hp so I bombed the GOE to not lose(possibly)
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Oops. Just realized that comment was from April. lol. Well any way that should help anyone else with problems for it. I personally found it harder then the 1st arcane guardian(I died twice on it vs 0 for arcane)
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@P0nie I beat ID 15 at that level(15). Here's a tip. Don't go past level 8 for focus. Then get at least towerbuilder level 6 or 7. Then put remaining points into multiple damage mastery. Ok, now when you start it, place the blue-cyan into the middle trap, the G2 poison into the first, and another poison gem(G1) into the third. Build maybe 2 more traps too & fill em with G1 poisons. Then build towers and fill them with G3 duals, upgrade to G4 if needed, and only send waves early if the last one has finished.
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For anyone having trouble with the first boss and/or wants a supergemming tutorial, I'll post a link to a video that I'm uploading to youtube ^^