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Hi, I am level 3142, and I am going to be the first to get a grade 100 gem.
How did I get specs obscenely high? Well, thanks to this dude over here...
One important thing to note is how to create dual gems. Adding two grade one's them spamming U is losing about 33% special power.
Optimal creation is a G1 of both, combine, make a G2 of each, add one pure to each dual, combine the G3s, duplicate, and repeat with pure G4s, duplicate the 6, etc.
here is the difference at g34:
Regular creation:
http://prntscr.com/3dgs2c
Special Mix:
http://prntscr.com/3dgs6k
Note that the hit count is the same, and the cost to duplicate is the same. This is a difference of 32.9%, and this difference keeps rising at higher levels. It's only a 16% difference at grade 6. It takes a decent amount of time, but it is worth it at ultimate grades (45+).
I now have huge specs. It takes me about 20-30 seconds real life time to get +1 grade. So a minute before +2(needed if want extra specs). I estimate my specs to be about 80% higher than normal, at least blood is.
PS- Level 46 amps got the spec treatment too, they are wicked.
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Latest run in 1.1
Grade 103 with grade 99 amps, about 7.3e51 killing power.
That run brought me from 6,879 to 7,958.
Latest run in 1.1
This is an G85(32s64c) with a 14c
And almost useless standard amps
Skills: TC156, Res 152, BB 150, Mana & Crit: 141, all +15
Got me to wave beaten: 578, 282bn xp, now WL 11066
I see your grade 106 and raise you - a grade 109!
In this run, I decided to use two mana traps instead of one, and was blown away by the increased mana gain:
And yes, the other one is also the same grade .
The final outcome:
That was enough to jump from level 7,958 to level 10,254!
I see us in a lensman arms race in the coming weeks .
This time I tried R1, which had a focus shrine. I got several prism sparks in quick succession, allowing me to do this:
In the end I had grade 114 mana traps:
I ended pre-endurance with 1.172e36 mana, the first time ever I had reached this milestone without 45 days of permafreeze farming, which says so, so much about 1.1!
The final killgem - grade 115 with amps grade 111
And the final endurance outcome:
I jumped from wizard level 11,873 to 12,963, a pretty good jump.
Oh wait, you thought I was finished?
Both traps were leeching ~4 octillion per monster, or several e32 per frame with a good amount of monsters.
So effective were my mana traps I reached e37 mana!
That allowed me to build my biggest killgem yet - a grade 118, and it was supported by grade 114 amps:
I used a 4096 killgem combining scheme on the amps and the initial 128-spec, using U twice from a grade 116 killgem and a 32 killgem combine from a grade 109 kill amp.
Sadly, the XP haul wasn't as great as I was hoping it would be :/
Even with this relatively low XP, I still jumped 699 levels to 13,662. Who knows, I might actually get that super grade 100 I was promising all those months back .
Nice job Borthelcash!
Not sure where to place this so I figured, why not? Let's place it on my thread. xD
Level 32 -> Level 68.
