Posted by: @gymfan15

I've also been keeping reserves of Pirate Seals/Empyrean Seals/Cells because the new Relic Hunter season and Halloween are coming soon.

This is what I intended to do, but my self-control on saving these supplies is pathetic. Especially since I feel like the last two traps are just barely out of reach.

Posted by: @gymfan15

I also have been taking little breaks away from FI because I also have a BIG goal of accumulating resources so I can go on an epic UUU vRift run between Halloween and CNY. I've decided that upgrading my Prestige base takes priority over the last few FI traps because the base will serve me better in the long run.

Good luck!!!! I did this a few years ago and then they added something (I don't remember what) that would allow me to go on an even more epic run, but I just can't bring myself to save up the resources and do this again. 

With the introduction of the Empyrean Palace maps, I've shifted my preferred layout to three keys and one empyrean seal. I'll be curious to see what kind of loot you get out of these things considering how expensive they are and how long it will take to finish them. 

@fantasia I finished one (with some help) on Monday; do you want my screenshot?

I’ve done the math and I have enough resources to buy A2 leaving just T2 (also L2, but that is a trap I won’t get until very last and don’t consider it in “finishing” the area). But that will use up quite a bit of my resources, and I haven’t decided if I want to just push for T2 first anyway. Will have to think about it lol. 

But with the Sky Palace and new ESP maps, it’s nice to know it’s not too far away!

Posted by: @gymfan15

@fantasia I finished one (with some help) on Monday; do you want my screenshot?

I'm impressed! Sure, I'll take a screenshot.  

@fantasia 

Some info on chest results:

I just got enough jewels for the second Forgotten trap (some from maps and loot, some from the Marketplace), so I bought it. I had the HAI loot, have even got some towards the next trap, but that's not a priority yet. Any advice on how to take that epic UUU vRift run between Halloween and CNY? I need it as well ...

Halloween event on Tuesday. Finally some Norwegian cheese (as I mentioned on Facebook):

Poltergei(s)tost!  

Enjoy  

@varna This is from Discord:

The full run should take you about 800 hunts and your target is TE14 (likely), TE15 if lucky (around 40% chance). Add/subtract 50 hunts per TE.

Setup: Chrome CDT (or stronger rift trap when available),

SSDB (with 800 toothlets), 

Charms: 15 UC (some should be left over), a mix of 800 good charms (RULPC, TSC, Ember, UC)

Bait: 800 Gauntlet String (less if Elixir Rain (ER) is part of your plan)

Augmentations: 250K gold, 1.5K Sigils, 1.5K Secrets, 75 Fragments (ER is your choice but costs more)

Champion's Fire: 800+ (enough to use on every single hunt)

Boosts/Auras: LGS + Lightning + Slayer + Chrome. Halloween Aura is good for this, Winter Aura is OK for this, LNY candles (with Winter Aura) are great for this but you need a lot.

The hardest thing (imho) to get is the charms. Unless you can just straight up buy TSC and Ember on the Marketplace. I chose to leverage my SB instead and leech VRift maps so I could get RULPC. I have 700 now, and between that and my 50 UC/random TSC and Ember, I'm good to go.

I've also been banking aura-able chests and I'm excited that the new Halloween aura is going to be bankable because that means I can wait to start my UUU until after GWH/during LNY instead of starting it now.

Thanks for sharing the loot info Gymmie! How many people can get on that map? 

As of this morning, I have 65 jewels. So I'm sitting here staring at the Circlet of Pursuing trap trying to decide whether or not to get it, or save the jewels for the Slumbering Boulder trap. And based on the fact that I'm sitting here thinking about it tells me that I need to save the jewels and get that SB trap off the list next.  

@fantasia it’s a normal 5 person map. 

yeah, go for T2! I’m leaning that way myself but I’m quite a few AEJ behind you. 

Looking forward to event season starting this week! And with a brand new event too. 

Posted by: @gymfan15

@varna This is from Discord:

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Boosts/Auras: LGS + Lightning + Slayer + Chrome. Halloween Aura is good for this, Winter Aura is OK for this, LNY candles (with Winter Aura) are great for this but you need a lot.

The hardest thing (imho) to get is the charms. Unless you can just straight up buy TSC and Ember on the Marketplace. I chose to leverage my SB instead and leech VRift maps so I could get RULPC. I have 700 now, and between that and my 50 UC/random TSC and Ember, I'm good to go.

I've also been banking aura-able chests and I'm excited that the new Halloween aura is going to be bankable because that means I can wait to start my UUU until after GWH/during LNY instead of starting it now.

 

Thank you, that's very useful! This morning I got the last two of the four skulls with bankable auras. I expect to use Wealth potions to convert most of my wealth charms into gold - I haven't used those charms for years.

I'm on treasure maps almost constantly. Trick maps are the best - I must have got more than two million gold from them so far. Perhaps I can buy some charms for the UUU project from the Marketplace eventually.

I like the new cheeses for separate groups of event mice. It makes them so much easier to target. I think I've silvered about ten of them during this event.

@varna So a really nice thing about the HWeen event is that it's made using RULPC for a UUU run a LOT more affordable, because you can buy Riftifier potions and convert regular ULPC to the Rift versions. MUCH more affordable than it used to be. Kind of wish I'd held off, but then again nobody knew! That's the game we play. 😀

I only wish I had more than just 7 regular ULPCs ready to convert  

Winding down and wrapping up the Halloween event. It was fun. Though I think my favorite thing about it was being able to queue up potions to brew so one didn't run out and waste hunts. 

While I did spend all the remaining cheese crafting supplies on spooky charms of various levels, I haven't taken the time to figure out what to get with the evil brews or the mousedrake roots yet. I still have a couple weeks to figure it out.  

I really liked this event and how it worked well for my passive style of playing. I wouldn't mind seeing a permanent area built around the ingredient gathering and potion brewing.

This morning I'm taking some time to really look at all of the new potions introduced in this event. I bought enough potions to convert all of my Ultimate and Extreme Wealth Charms to gold, but it wasn't worth it to me for Super and Regular Wealth Charms. Done with those. 

Here is the list for Riftier Potion Convertions. 

The Ultimate Potion, I did buy one, but it's one I won't use because they've started sticking big boss mice from the Living Garden areas on maps, so I need those essences for Shattering Charms, not Ultimate Charms. 

The Dragonbane Potion is another one I bought a small handful of, but probably won't use much of as I'm done in Queso Canyon and I don't have all the much trouble catching dragon mice.

Saving the best for last, the Epic Cheese potion. Here are the conversions. 

• One potion converts 15 Cheddar Cheese to 15 SUPER|brie+
• One potion converts 15 Glowing Gruyere Cheese to 15 Dragonvine Cheese
• One potion converts 15 Cloud Cheesecake to 15 Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese
• One potion converts 5 Medium Queso to 5 Wildfire Queso
• One potion converts 5 Mineral Cheese to 5 Diamond Cheese
• One potion converts 5 Magical String Cheese to 5 Lactrodectus Lancashire Cheese
• One potion converts 5 Master Fusion Cheese to 5 Null Onyx Gorgonzola

So in conclusion, I will be spending the bulk of my evil brews on Epic Cheese Potions and a handful of Riftier Potions. 

@Kat, tagging you since you were asking. 

Posted by: @fantasia

 

The Ultimate Potion, I did buy one, but it's one I won't use because they've started sticking big boss mice from the Living Garden areas on maps, so I need those essences for Shattering Charms, not Ultimate Charms. 

I actually thought it was the other way around? They're already on maps, but I heard that they might be/are removing them in the new RH season starting Tuesday. I can get clarification, but that was my understanding. 

Either way, I am not getting a ton of Ultimate Potions because I'm still working to Bronze the Shattering mice, so I won't have spare Icuri essences until next year at the earliest.

I'll probably spend the bulk of mine on Riftifier and Epic Cheese potions. RULPC's are not that easy to get in-game outside of the SB economy so having those potions are an extremely affordable option for them, and I don't need the other potions, so for the rest, Epic Cheese it is! lol