Red Gems + Gem High = Ruined run

[Blablis]

Hello, I was having a great run with the Sorceress but at around 13 min mark all of my gems/shards turned into a singular red gem, which had me chasing after the red blob on the minimap the rest of the game. I heavily relied on the Gem high for this run and by the time I got to the end boss I was slow as a snail trying my best to get the red gems but I just couldn't get the momentum up again. This ended in my run being ruined. This is game breaking for the Gem High blessing. Seriously messed up my run..

[Sir AsmandR]

huge ++

[Made in Yashiro]

same here, totally ruined my game that EXP is being merged and nothing spawn anymore.

[Made in Yashiro]

green gems can be merged, but the bonus one (blue) shouldn't be merged in the red one, otherwise, it's so many level spent for nothing.

[Ackooba]

I had constant red gem spawns yesterday, over 20 hours it's only been one game. What makes them drop, any ideas??

[MrSid]

I encountered the same issue. Seems a bit counterintuitive making a skill based on amount of gems collected and then merging all gems into 1.

[Mufloni]

thats what time gods attack skill is for, makes gems drop from normal attacks. Gem high without is isn't sustainable long term, especially on last boss, or did you have it and those gems somehow got merged too?

[Thaurissan]

This is a flaw in the design of the game. The blue gems get merged into the red ones as well. Gem High is useless and a waste on higher difficulty. This also ruined my latest run and really takes away the motivation. I guess its back to Shuriken + Blood Lust to get the attack speed back.

[CabbitGurl]

I've never had that problem. What I do is just keep my screen covered in crystals, then every second tap my keys in one direction to grab some, and keep that up till the boss spawns and I play D30

[Blablis]

Originally posted by Mufloni:

thats what time gods attack skill is for, makes gems drop from normal attacks. Gem high without is isn't sustainable long term, especially on last boss, or did you have it and those gems somehow got merged too?

I had Gem High, Execution, Force and Warped Strike. Basically everything for extra gems/shards

[Urza]

you guys should check out spell disk

kind of a crazy game, but it also has gem-related mechanics, and they're both a little better in terms of QoL and more intense

[TheFourteen]

Came back to the game after some years and just ran into the same issue. How is this still a thing if this issue has been known for over a year?

Red gems should start gathering up the oldest experience gems first instead of blocking new spawns – that's not exactly rocket science game design.

[Blablis]

Originally posted by TheFourteen:

Came back to the game after some years and just ran into the same issue. How is this still a thing if this issue has been known for over a year?

Red gems should start gathering up the oldest experience gems first instead of blocking new spawns – that's not exactly rocket science game design.

Yeah wow, I almost forgot about this. I stopped playing the game 2 days after this incident. I have last played Dec 23rd, 2023. Honestly, this run left a bad taste in my mouth and I haven't returned till this day.

[Ciaran Zagami]

Me and my buddies have a combined 98 hours of play, none of us have ever seen this issue

I can only assume you had a VERY low shard pull stat and thats what's causing your issue.

[Urza]

Does anyone know what the details about the exp and gem merging mechanics are? I really hate losing exp, and try not to let it bother me, but if there's hard data I'd like to know.

[Judge]

The red gem chasing is why i stopped playing. I hope they fix it someday.