Gaarawarr's Guide to Greengrass

[Gaarawarr]

The new Event Guide is up with a new format I'm trying out. Let me know what you think!

https://www.reddit.com/r/idlechampions/comments/8bu5av/gaarawarrs_guide_to_greengrass/

[Ogmok]

thanks for updating thoses guides so quickly, but I strongly recommend adding one thing:

Can you add the "play the first adventure just to level 49, farm some favor and reset the game a couple of times (since it only costs 100 currency and the extra favor will snowball)" strategy?
(You need to finish level 50 in order to finish the intro. Just doing lvl 49 allows you to restart the super cheap intro. Restarting it at least 3-5 times (with a few chests or contracts at lvl 49) will give such a huge boost that all the other level will be much easier (spending 100 currency is much better than doing it in a 2500 curency freeplay)

I'm not sure how long I would do that, but 1000 favor at start before doing stage 50 is the bare minimum for me (the more the better ofc., I usually get 3k - 10k)

[Neocronic]

Originally posted by Ogmok:

thanks for updating thoses guides so quickly, but I strongly recommend adding one thing:

Can you add the "play the first adventure just to level 49, farm some favor and reset the game a couple of times (since it only costs 100 currency and the extra favor will snowball)" strategy?
(You need to finish level 50 in order to finish the intro. Just doing lvl 49 allows you to restart the super cheap intro. Restarting it at least 3-5 times (with a few chests or contracts at lvl 49) will give such a huge boost that all the other level will be much easier (spending 100 currency is much better than doing it in a 2500 curency freeplay)

I'm not sure how long I would do that, but 1000 favor at start before doing stage 50 is the bare minimum for me (the more the better ofc., I usually get 3k - 10k)

I already have 5k, but instead of restart i just reset after stage 100.

[PunkSteve]

Originally posted by Neocronic:

I already have 5k, but instead of restart i just reset after stage 100.

Whats the difference between restart & reset?

[Cionaodh]

Originally posted by LoneWolf:

Originally posted by Neocronic:

I already have 5k, but instead of restart i just reset after stage 100.

Whats the difference between restart & reset?

They're the same thing, just a different phrase

[Ogmok]

they're technically the same, but level 49 is an important border: you can repeat the first adventure for 100 currency if you didn't finish the quest "beat level 50". Going to 50+ means that you have to do the other adventures (ranging from 1000 to 5000 currency with free play for 2500).
I did reset the game after level 49 (without beating 50) 3-4 times and I'll go on in this round. I start with 3405 favor which means that I got 3405% goldfind compared to anyone who beats level 50 at his first try.
--> I don't know how far I can go in this run, but I guess that 150 will be a pretty hard wall. I hope to reach 120-145 to start the other adventures with a bunch of favor.

[Neocronic]

Originally posted by Ogmok:

they're technically the same, but level 49 is an important border: you can repeat the first adventure for 100 currency if you didn't finish the quest "beat level 50". Going to 50+ means that you have to do the other adventures (ranging from 1000 to 5000 currency with free play for 2500).
I did reset the game after level 49 (without beating 50) 3-4 times and I'll go on in this round. I start with 3405 favor which means that I got 3405% goldfind compared to anyone who beats level 50 at his first try.
--> I don't know how far I can go in this run, but I guess that 150 will be a pretty hard wall. I hope to reach 120-145 to start the other adventures with a bunch of favor.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1360019166

I have only x2 dps from tier 1 in Tomb.

[Ogmok]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1360132748

I started this run with 3405 favor (as mentioned above) and I'm still running it (the reward will be Nrakk, but I didn't finish the game since I did it past lvl 50).

Level 150 will definitely be my wall in this run, maybe even 145. The enemies at 139 still get 1-shot by a lvl 1 Jamilah in my group.
edit: I'm past 140 now and will receive 6.29e4 favor if I would finish the run now.

[PunkSteve]

Just wondering, would it b better to use Stoki instead of Jarlaxle because of the gold bonus's Stoki gives for enemies he's hit?

[Ogmok]

I don't have Stoki, but my Jarlaxle gives me a 30% increase right now (if that helps you; I'll get the upgrade to 50% in later games, but not in this one).

By the way: I switched my dps from Jamilah to Strix (and used a respec potion on Asharra to bond with Tiefling instead of human); this combined with swapping Tyril and Barrowin pushed my wall further behind. I'm very close to 150, but I don't think that I can defeat that one without even unlocking Nrakk
edit: I finally managed to kill the lvl 150 boss in this "intro" game. Favor gain is at 1.17e5 right now;

[Gaarawarr]

Originally posted by Ogmok:

thanks for updating thoses guides so quickly, but I strongly recommend adding one thing:

Can you add the "play the first adventure just to level 49, farm some favor and reset the game a couple of times (since it only costs 100 currency and the extra favor will snowball)" strategy?
(You need to finish level 50 in order to finish the intro. Just doing lvl 49 allows you to restart the super cheap intro. Restarting it at least 3-5 times (with a few chests or contracts at lvl 49) will give such a huge boost that all the other level will be much easier (spending 100 currency is much better than doing it in a 2500 curency freeplay)

I'm not sure how long I would do that, but 1000 favor at start before doing stage 50 is the bare minimum for me (the more the better ofc., I usually get 3k - 10k)

I'll consider it. I've never been able to try it out to see how well it works because that delays how quickly I can get info up about the Event.

Originally posted by LoneWolf:

Just wondering, would it b better to use Stoki instead of Jarlaxle because of the gold bonus's Stoki gives for enemies he's hit?

I use Jarlaxle because his buff is "always on" instead of hit-or-miss like Stoki's. When it gets to the point where I can't progress with Jarlaxle, I swap in Stoki. The New Player Formation in the guide is a baseline for zero Champ swaps available, so can be adjusted for peopel who have other swaps if they wish.

[Ogmok]

Originally posted by Gaarawarr:

I'll consider it. I've never been able to try it out to see how well it works because that delays how quickly I can get info up about the Event.

putting numbers on it isn't easy (especially if you try to put in stuff like hours spent or chests opened), but the general idea is worth mentioning (the "starting over 2-3 times before finishing level 50").

Restarting the intro 3 times means 300 "wasted" currency (400 vs 100), but I just killed the boss in level 165 and got 2.59e5 favor in this adventure (+7,616% from my base 3,405). I admit that I overdid it in this event a little, but I definitely do not regret the "wasted" 300 currency for this huge favor bonus.

[Ubara-tutu]

level 42 has both plant and aberration enemies.

[Neocronic]

Originally posted by Ogmok:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1360132748

I started this run with 3405 favor (as mentioned above) and I'm still running it (the reward will be Nrakk, but I didn't finish the game since I did it past lvl 50).

Level 150 will definitely be my wall in this run, maybe even 145. The enemies at 139 still get 1-shot by a lvl 1 Jamilah in my group.
edit: I'm past 140 now and will receive 6.29e4 favor if I would finish the run now.

Just my first free play, i start with this numbers of favor
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1360983314

When i reach my wall
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1360983415

Almost 175 in one run

[Dante-Quietus]

Originally posted by Ogmok:

thanks for updating thoses guides so quickly, but I strongly recommend adding one thing:

Can you add the "play the first adventure just to level 49, farm some favor and reset the game a couple of times (since it only costs 100 currency and the extra favor will snowball)" strategy?
(You need to finish level 50 in order to finish the intro. Just doing lvl 49 allows you to restart the super cheap intro. Restarting it at least 3-5 times (with a few chests or contracts at lvl 49) will give such a huge boost that all the other level will be much easier (spending 100 currency is much better than doing it in a 2500 curency freeplay)

I'm not sure how long I would do that, but 1000 favor at start before doing stage 50 is the bare minimum for me (the more the better ofc., I usually get 3k - 10k)

Hrm... maybe my math might be off or something, but I think you'll get a lot more favor in a shorter period of time if your group can push significantly higher first run. I know it's cheaper to rinse and repeat the initial quest up to 49, but... my first run cleared stage 100 giving me favor at a rate much quicker than I would assume "recycled" 1-49s would by several orders of magnitude.

[Ogmok]

getting favor asap is not important for me; the events last at least 12 days. I rather start slower and gain favor much cheaper than doing some speedy runs followed by 7+ days of doing mad wizard or other standard maps since every new free play will be 2500 currency.

--> I did the first 1000 currency mission (to level 200 without beating that boss iirc) followed by a free play (2500 currency); I started this first free play with 3.43e6 favor already [or 65% favor conversion]. I came to level 194 so far and will at least get 100% favor after this run (=3.4e6 if I would quit right now)