It's really up to you. I think the gem mine is useless really, I would rather purchase 22 ancient shards than upgrade the gem mine 3 times. which I think is comparatively the same in price. But it depends what kind of player you are.
Are you looking for hits of disappointment and dopamine? Spend gems always on ancient shard packs and energy refills like me.
In it for the long haul, don't care for the dopamine? Buy the gem mine, it will pay out in the end.F2p player here as well and Surely the answer is the Mine
1-as f2p player gems will be harder to come later in game . in early stages there are many doable challenges and missions with gem reward so you first priority is to secure your gem income .. 15 daily from mine + 10 from daily quest is not bad considering being f2p . it took me 26 days since i started playing to fully upgrade the mine
2- Mine can open sparing pit but the pit cant open mine ;)
3- pit is not that immensely useful due to the fact that you have to click to upgrade to next level ..so not that continues xp points while you are busy working or sleeping . Don't calculate it like if 1000 xp points per hour then it is 24000 per day which is really nice .
after i fully upgraded my mine to lv 3 . i bought another sparing pit which i somehow regret right now . after that i save my gems and buy the 11 ancient pack for 900 gems ..if it is upgrading event and i have gem want to spend i spend them on 3 days xp ticket -- not energy refill -- as it is more worthy
F2p, an still finishing most events succesfully:
1. Upgrade the mine!
2. Save up your gems until a summoning Event (900 gems for 11 blue shards) or a lvl-up event (270 gems for 3 days douple exp/40 gems per Nrg-refill) shows up. That way you, as patient F2P-gamer, can finish most of the events the impatient or thoughtless people complain about.
- finishing those events gives you skilltomes (as f2p the events are your best source of those, until you can kill brutal clanbossess)
3. Ignore the sparring pit (which is near useless for anybody that has a job or needs to sleep.)
small correction (highlighted)F2p, an still finishing most events succesfully:
1. Upgrade the mine!
2. Save up your gems until a summoning Event (900 gems for 11 blue shards) or a lvl-up event (280 gems for 3 days douple exp/40 gems per Nrg-refill) shows up.
- finishing those events gives you skilltomes (as f2p the events are your best source of those, until ou can kill brutal clanbossess)
3. Ignore the sparring pit (which is near useless for anybody that has a job or needs to sleep.)
My purpose for writing this post is to find out if anyone has a good use for gems other than boosts.
I'd love to be able to boost and pile up loot, but I just don't have the time. I feel like gems became pointless as soon as I unlocked the 5th builder. (which btw, spends way too much time sleeping later in game) oreotv
I absolutely recommend levelling the mine, unless you only intend to play this game for a few weeks and move on.
It is a long term investment - it will pay for itself soon enough, and will give you a steady income for as long as you keep playing.
I also recommend levelling up the sparring pit too - this is also free xp for as long as you play. Some say it is bad or useless while you are working or sleeping..... well, it is possible to put in high level champs - some of these can take much more than a whole day just to gain one level - so why not knock out a good portion of that while you are working or sleeping? A champ in lvl3 sparring pit for 2 hours gains basically the same xp as one run of brutal 12-3. Put in 3 champs for 2 hours, and you just saved yourself 8 energy. Might not sound like much, but if you are going to be a long-term player, this is soon going to add up to a lot of xp gained and energy saved.
I also saw trips mentioned using 800 gems to quickly get all masteries maxed for Kael. Nothing wrong with that - but it is worth bearing in mind that if you have 130 max energy storage, then it actually works out cheaper just to buy energy with gems and keep grinding minotaur, you will also get silver for each run. The only downside is this is obviously a bit more time consuming than just buying the scrolls. But hey, why not just do your 30 daily auto-runs each day while you are sleeping. Max masteries in 5 days for no effort.
F2p player here as well and Surely the answer is the Mine
1-as f2p player gems will be harder to come later in game . in early stages there are many doable challenges and missions with gem reward so you first priority is to secure your gem income .. 15 daily from mine + 10 from daily quest is not bad considering being f2p . it took me 26 days since i started playing to fully upgrade the mine
2- Mine can open sparing pit but the pit cant open mine ;)
3- pit is not that immensely useful due to the fact that you have to click to upgrade to next level ..so not that continues xp points while you are busy working or sleeping . Don't calculate it like if 1000 xp points per hour then it is 24000 per day which is really nice .
after i fully upgraded my mine to lv 3 . i bought another sparing pit which i somehow regret right now . after that i save my gems and buy the 11 ancient pack for 900 gems ..if it is upgrading event and i have gem want to spend i spend them on 3 days xp ticket -- not energy refill -- as it is more worthy
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