Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35065776-20180625074232/@comment-35284508-20180625182351

I just did a bit of reality checking. At Pavel's level it takes about 200,000 to level up vs my 50,000. A dispell at a room that costs 85 to play netted me 170 stars where actually playing it would gain 280. So a summon->dispel->play the anagram cycle would cost 85 and 2 tools plus 3.1 minutes to net 450 stars. A simple play would cost 85, 3 minutes and net 280. Call it a 50% increase in stars for the same energy and (more importantly) time investment. From what I've seen being smart in how to banish monsters and the increase in the chance of getting unsummoned anomalies provides the tools needed. Collection item and toll drop rates also go up per minute invested. All of this is independent of benefits we get for energy conservation and multipliers of star output.

I have not been rigorous about doing this but what I have seen over the last month has not turned up a downside other than an ugly looking map. I'm still not going to be able to catch Pavel.