First conflict of interest; Gold vs. Loot

[True Guesser, Wand Bearer, etc.]

I have reached the point where I have 2&1/2 teams of level 3s, and am comfortably tackling Medium difficulty Dungeons. I tried going after the Swing King, but he was in one of the last 3 rooms, by which time my team had been stressed to breaking several times, and I was forced to retreat.

So I figured I should get at least half of a given boss-team to level 4 before trying again. I need a metric tonne of Heirlooms to finish up the last couple upgrades of Town, but I'm also monitoring my gold reserves far more than I would like, upgrading Heroes piecemeal.

My latest Dungeon dive made me realize that I have to go all-in with my objective; gold or loot. I left behind ~5k gold in favor of heirlooms, and my stacks of gold & 1k gems caused me to leave a dozen or so various heirlooms.

So yeah, I just wanted to share this interesting progress milestone, and wonder if anyone else has experienced a similar situation during the midgame.

[InhumaneMadMan]

At the lvl you are at in the game, heirlooms are worth more than gold because once everything is upgraded thats when you start raking in the dough. Also the only real need for money that early in the game is when you upgrade. And like I said you can only begin upgrading with gold once your town is complete from the heirlooms you have collected. Since I've completed my heirlooms I have almost 1 mil saved up.

[dnrob7]

My last play was a speed run so I know this situation intimately.
The trick is to spend as little heirlooms as possible on stress relievers, especially in the tavern. You can't spare the paintings. Use the church.
Don't waste deeds on the caravan either (you only need to see 4 available heroes max), spend none on the survivalist as you can either pick the right camp skills off the wagon and what gold you would save on the odd skill can't justify the crests.
Nomad wagon only needs a few, 3 - 4 trinkets visible and price reduction is not a high priority for early game. Maybe 20%
Prioritise the Weald for missions as you will need deeds galore and do the long missions when they are available unless there's a must have trinket elsewhere. Bigger base-reward means more gold that you didn't need to carry and it adds up fast.
Stress managment should mostly take place in the dungeons so make full use of those camping skills. Plan ahead.

[Kilo]

I'm at over 250 weeks and don't even bother with loot anymore. Over a million gold with more coming in with every new quest I go on with an entire full roster of Level 6's. I'm not entirely sure if it's because I'm lucky or if the first 20-30 throw-away heroes helped me get a head start. Even my heirlooms are becoming more than I can handle, over 1,000 crests and nothing left to upgrade.

[okmol de grace]

Originally posted by Kilo:

I'm at over 250 weeks and don't even bother with loot anymore. Over a million gold with more coming in with every new quest I go on with an entire full roster of Level 6's. I'm not entirely sure if it's because I'm lucky or if the first 20-30 throw-away heroes helped me get a head start. Even my heirlooms are becoming more than I can handle, over 1,000 crests and nothing left to upgrade.

That a lot 1000 crest. At late game you can dont bother collecting loot, since gold can buy good tinker. Early game collect heirlooms.

[dnrob7]

Originally posted by Kilo:

I'm at over 250 weeks and don't even bother with loot anymore. Over a million gold with more coming in with every new quest I go on with an entire full roster of Level 6's. I'm not entirely sure if it's because I'm lucky or if the first 20-30 throw-away heroes helped me get a head start. Even my heirlooms are becoming more than I can handle, over 1,000 crests and nothing left to upgrade.

Am I the only one who just can't understand this?^

If it's been 250 weeks and 20-30 throwaway's, where was the luck needed? It's impossible to not arrive at that situation by now so how was there a head start anywhere and what did it do? :D

[Kilo]

Originally posted by dnrob7:

Originally posted by Kilo:

I'm at over 250 weeks and don't even bother with loot anymore. Over a million gold with more coming in with every new quest I go on with an entire full roster of Level 6's. I'm not entirely sure if it's because I'm lucky or if the first 20-30 throw-away heroes helped me get a head start. Even my heirlooms are becoming more than I can handle, over 1,000 crests and nothing left to upgrade.

Am I the only one who just can't understand this?^

If it's been 250 weeks and 20-30 throwaway's, where was the luck needed? It's impossible to not arrive at that situation by now so how was there a head start anywhere and what did it do? :D

Dark Runs hoarding gold with minimal supplies. Maybe when the full release is out there'll be more things to spend gold and heirlooms on.

[loppantorkel]

Originally posted by Immortal-D:

I tried going after the Swing King, but he was in one of the last 3 rooms, by which time my team had been stressed to breaking several times, and I was forced to retreat.

Heh, the Swing King.. :)