Thread:Minki49/@comment-32299476-20170731082505/@comment-32299476-20170731181746

Hi Minki49,

So my disagreement would be with your emphasis on banishing the top level monsters. If using a gold ingot, at level 99, I find that I only earn about $60-$80,000 in gold in two hours, assuming I don't run out of energy. I do agree that if you are going to play, to use piggy banks and other talismans every time to maximize your winnings for play.

I use that gold to purchase new ingot & Seekers star, and items like birds and fans for trade. So I get 2 talismans and 6 trade items for one session on average. Because of the number of cotton and dragonflies needed to complete sets, I am always building trade items if I have the cash and reagents.

If I time travel, and milk my trophies, I end up with plenty of torches etc. and after several sessions, now have a build up of reagents. I then banish the mid level monsters, as they do not require an outlay of additional cash, and will earn me more gold and energy. I will earn an average of one chest for every six monsters banished.

During a session, I will also dispel as many anomalies as possible.

I realize that I earn fewer dispellers this way, but I rarely run out of dispellers during play. And I make up the reagents with TT. And I will call up anomalies if I have the dispellers.

I just don't agree that spending the $4,000 so I can banish a top level monster is the best use for the very hard earned gold.

But, I understand your math. If you are going to give the explanation to newbies, the entire argument as you stated above is needed. Then we newbies can see the accumulated reagents earned from the $4,000 spent. Just stating banish the top monsters isn't enough.

To complete a collection can cost $40-$60,000 in gold due to the fixers needed. And you only get $250 in gold back. So to spend $4,000 on banishing a top monster, with only one reagent received (perception w/out your expanded explanation), doesn't look like money well spent.

Sorry for rambling a bit.

Lori