Are luxcavations worth it?

[Geoluread]

I was calculating the number of crates I could farm if I spent every single enkephalin in the mirror dungeon, (~1200 boxes for me but may be mistaken) but I realized that the dailies and weeklies give fewer bp per module

MD: 7 bp/ 3 mod = 2.33 bp/mod
7 luxes a week: 2*7 + 4 bp/ 14 mod = 1.29 bp/mod
5 luxes a week: 2*5 + 4 bp/ 10 mod = 1.4 bp/mod

I feel like xp tickets are not useful to stockpile and I'll get thread at the end of the season anyway, so I figured I could just ignore them. Is this a bad idea? Am I crazy for wanting to grind MD like it's a full-time job?

[AlienJesus]

well seeing as the first stage is 40 stamina (or half you stamina pool if at stage 2, aka that collection lvls target base) for not even enough tickets to get a single character a lvl at the time you would be running that dungeon, I think they have basically killed that mode dead.

This game has some of the worst stamina to gains I have seen in any of these games tbh. I mean even at stage 2, if you dumped all your free stamina into tickets and let it regen you can only do 5 stages at a time before your pool runs out. That ridiculous.

They sure are lucky their combat is so fun.

[prv.rat]

Originally posted by Geoluread:

I was calculating the number of crates I could farm if I spent every single enkephalin in the mirror dungeon, (~1200 boxes for me but may be mistaken) but I realized that the dailies and weeklies give fewer bp per module

MD: 7 bp/ 3 mod = 2.33 bp/mod
7 luxes a week: 2*7 + 4 bp/ 14 mod = 1.29 bp/mod
5 luxes a week: 2*5 + 4 bp/ 10 mod = 1.4 bp/mod

I feel like xp tickets are not useful to stockpile and I'll get thread at the end of the season anyway, so I figured I could just ignore them. Is this a bad idea? Am I crazy for wanting to grind MD like it's a full-time job?

Well, yes, its more reliable to grind MD with payed battlepass, but you need a load of exp tickets anyway since you need your id's not only uptied but also leveled

[Birp]

Do 3 thread's a day and 3-7 MD's a week. Grind MD's near the end of the season, if you are bored.

[Xaelon]

Just farm the EXP stage when you have a character you want to level up imo. Otherwise I'd just stockpile modules that way when you do need a bunch of tickets for someone you have the resources to grind out the tickets needed in one sitting.

I advocate against the whole "I have stam, therefor I grind" approach for games like this because it promotes burnout. Wanna ruin your drive to play the game? Grind the EXP stage until your eyes bleed. Force yourself to do it enough and you'll quit playing entirely.

In some games you kinda have to do that to keep up, but considering that modules never expire in Limbus you don't have to. On days when you're "just not feeling it" all you have to do is convert your stam, do your dalies and log out. Maybe login again later in the evening to make more modules.

The point I'm trying to make is that modules allow us to bank stam to use later whenever we want with no drawbacks. Play because you want to, not because you feel you have to.

[Jolly]

Grind exp if u need to lvl up . If not , just auto spam Lux

[Geoluread]

Originally posted by Xaelon:

Just farm the EXP stage when you have a character you want to level up imo. Otherwise I'd just stockpile modules that way when you do need a bunch of tickets for someone you have the resources to grind out the tickets needed in one sitting.

I advocate against the whole "I have stam, therefor I grind" approach for games like this because it promotes burnout. Wanna ruin your drive to play the game? Grind the EXP stage until your eyes bleed. Force yourself to do it enough and you'll quit playing entirely.

In some games you kinda have to do that to keep up, but considering that modules never expire in Limbus you don't have to. On days when you're "just not feeling it" all you have to do is convert your stam, do your dalies and log out. Maybe login again later in the evening to make more modules.

The point I'm trying to make is that modules allow us to bank stam to use later whenever we want with no drawbacks. Play because you want to, not because you feel you have to.

I forgot that I could grind tickets anytime since they removed the daily bonus, but the issue is that if I decide I need a bunch of xp later, then I was better off doing it earlier and getting bp for it. Or would ignoring thread lux be a huge mistake if I need to uptie later? I feel like the answer is obvious but I just don't know it. In either case, I don't mind grinding as long as I can do something else with it.

[Xaelon]

Originally posted by Geoluread:

I forgot that I could grind tickets anytime since they removed the daily bonus, but the issue is that if I decide I need a bunch of xp later, then I was better off doing it earlier and getting bp for it. Or would ignoring thread lux be a huge mistake if I need to uptie later? I feel like the answer is obvious but I just don't know it. In either case, I don't mind grinding as long as I can do something else with it.

Thread Lux still has daily bonuses and it's the only renewable source of free thread so yes skipping it would be a waste. Same thing goes for daily free MD, whether or not you've done your 3 weekly clears.

Beyond that though how much you grind is your choice. If you start feeling like you'd rather play something else, take a break. The new Railway event is starting very soon anyway.

[shoopy]

Do everything. I've been doing that and my number of modules is actually still increasing lol.

[DocBockNstein]

They need to let you auto battle the MD at double the cost. As it is now it could take you well over 100 hours just to have an even chance at getting either an Identity or an ego. I have saved just about every yellow crate including all the ones from the free BP and I still don't have enough with just under 120 Yellows. If I bought the BP It would give me a little over the 200 needed but still might not be enough to get something of value. (I also used one of the free 3 star ticks and the piece of ♥♥♥♥ gave me a duplicate which is COMPLETE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥)

[Livy]

Originally posted by Xaelon:

Just farm the EXP stage when you have a character you want to level up imo. Otherwise I'd just stockpile modules that way when you do need a bunch of tickets for someone you have the resources to grind out the tickets needed in one sitting.

For exp you only need 7 gold to push them to 20. Rest can come from dailies.

[Snecchi]

Originally posted by DocBockNstein:

They need to let you auto battle the MD at double the cost. As it is now it could take you well over 100 hours just to have an even chance at getting either an Identity or an ego. I have saved just about every yellow crate including all the ones from the free BP and I still don't have enough with just under 120 Yellows. If I bought the BP It would give me a little over the 200 needed but still might not be enough to get something of value. (I also used one of the free 3 star ticks and the piece of ♥♥♥♥ gave me a duplicate which is COMPLETE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥)

If you approach the end of the BP (55-60) you should def buy it if you have the funds. Otherwise you'll miss out on a lot of nominable boxes from leveling above 60. I have over 300 boxes which equates to about ~600 shards on average. Up to you though.

[shoopy]

Originally posted by DocBockNstein:

They need to let you auto battle the MD at double the cost. As it is now it could take you well over 100 hours just to have an even chance at getting either an Identity or an ego. I have saved just about every yellow crate including all the ones from the free BP and I still don't have enough with just under 120 Yellows. If I bought the BP It would give me a little over the 200 needed but still might not be enough to get something of value. (I also used one of the free 3 star ticks and the piece of ♥♥♥♥ gave me a duplicate which is COMPLETE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥)

If you had BP level 60 right now and the Limbus pass, you'd be getting like 140 crates from dailies and over 200 more from MD bonuses, that's without extra grinding.

47 days left x 3 = 141
7 weeks left x 11 x 3 = 231

[RustIHT]

I do 1 xp luxcavation a day just because I'm not patient enough to burn through all my modules by grinding MD on repeat. So far 1 xp, 3 thread and an MD run or a few has been my comfortable daily routine for this game.

[Geoluread]

Originally posted by Xaelon:

Originally posted by Geoluread:

I forgot that I could grind tickets anytime since they removed the daily bonus, but the issue is that if I decide I need a bunch of xp later, then I was better off doing it earlier and getting bp for it. Or would ignoring thread lux be a huge mistake if I need to uptie later? I feel like the answer is obvious but I just don't know it. In either case, I don't mind grinding as long as I can do something else with it.

Thread Lux still has daily bonuses and it's the only renewable source of free thread so yes skipping it would be a waste. Same thing goes for daily free MD, whether or not you've done your 3 weekly clears.

Beyond that though how much you grind is your choice. If you start feeling like you'd rather play something else, take a break. The new Railway event is starting very soon anyway.

Alright I'll stick with thread lux then, thanks for the advice