Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-40112086-20200207184924/@comment-38946466-20200212120250

The time calculations might be a bit off for most players. I assume people play locations they are good at, so should not take 3mins per play even on devices with long start/stop time. I find a good way to estimate speed when playing is to see how many games can you play while using 2h talisman.

The cheapest premium is Clothing Store, and if you play it a lot it is likely black, so cost per play is 40. Lets assume you are a detective and cost is 34. 34*67 = 2278. You get 480 energy points per day. If you are using a chicken that increases the rate 10 times, that would be 4800 for a day or with a fire crystal, you would get 1200 instead of 120 for 2h. So basically, a chicken per day or 2 fire crystal and vast amounts of dispelers. This requires a lot of generous friends who provide talismans, food and passes on daily basis.

I know of people who played non premiums - the cheapest ones - not certain what are the energy needs for those rooms - my cheapest is Cafe with 25 (black). 101*25 = 2525 which is similar ballpark as the cheapest premium.

When I was on kindle and TT for replenishing energy was not an option, I had to buy passes for virtuoso. Top 200 (or getting the location black) didn't look doable at all. I played every time I had energy but I couldn't even to left side quests because of energy and passes and had issues with fixers. Daily quests arrived and I found them hilarious - like do 12 expensive locations or level up twice - right! When I joined the forum, I started getting passes and fixers but still no energy so investing into real android tablet is the only thing that allowed me to finish daily quests and play as much as I wanted - never mind top 200.