To be or not to be... (decision on gems spending)

[frostmaker]

Hello everybody, I've been playing this nice game for 127 days up until now and enjoyed it very much. I've not spent many gems (just got some licenses when needed) and now I'm level 54 sitting on 14k gems. Got my MMA during Easter and got 2 Major gens also.
My two options at the moment are :

1. (which was my initial plan) - Continue to stock gems until I have 20k and buy gem pit. Then gather another 20k for second one and then start spending gems on generals and such.

Problem with this option is that I'll need another 150 day to get to 1st gem pit and then another 150 or so to get 2nd pit and then I'll start collecting gems for a general purchase (champions + 2nd MMA etc). Than means I'll be able to have my 2nd MMA and 1st champion (or 2 champs) after probably 1 year. That means 3 times the time I've played until now. I'll be probably have done more of the current content until then.

2. Option 2 which is crawling into my mind last days is to buy 2 generals right now (choosing which 2 is another question) and enjoy more options in my adventures. Will be great to enter Ali Baba series with 2 MMA and Anslem for example or any other combo. This way I'll spend all my gems but will enjoy the game much more during the incoming year.

Any advises and opinions will be very welcome as I really don't know what is my correct move. Also advises on what 2 generals to get are welcome.

Have a nice weekend and thanks for reading

[sparkz]

Than means I'll be able to have my 2nd MMA and 1st champion (or 2 champs) after probably 1 year. That means 3 times the time I've played until now. I'll be probably have done more of the current content until then.

Be pantient. the game is scaled poorly enough its seems like they espect us to play it for 10+ years, so 1 year is nothing in the long run.

Also 1 gempit into 2 gempits etc. will eventually give you enough gems to buy everything available for gems, and leave couple tens of thousands for a few years of premium without having to pay a dime for this game ever again (because someone didnt do the math when they were first introduced).

[TheVictorious]

Gem pits for sure, especially if you really plan to play this game for long term, it is the reward for your patience, just get more and more gem pits until you get them all, it is not long as what it sounds, first gem pit will give you 20K in six months, but you will get it earlier, if you keep login, do achievements that give you gems, and doing letter quests and so on, after first gem pit, get 2nd one, you will collect for 3rd gem pit after about 3 months, you have 2 gem pits giving you gems, after 3 months, get 3rd one, and it will be 2 months to collect for 4th, after 4th gem pit, it will stay 2 months or a little less because first gem pit will be about to deplete, but after this 5th gem pits, you will get them so fast, before the 2nd/3rd one deplete, this is what I have done, got my last gem pit last week.

Then you can get generals all generals, premium, unlimited copper mines, and so on.

Hmm, actually you will get a lot of generals and save gems while you getting gem pits, so you will get your patience rewards.

Even if you got everything from the merchant, still have a use for gems, so it is worth to save as much as you can, always.

[Dorotheus]

if your patient you will be able to get generals, etc from events saving the need to spend gems on them

[Rosejane]

I used up the gem pit allowance of 10 quite quickly by using the proceeds of the first to buy a 2nd, then of the two to buy a 3rd & so on getting faster & faster plus gems when they were on special offer. If I had my time again, I'd go for a year's premium first for the added xp. Then start buying gem pits.
I wish BB would increase the gem pit maximum!

[jrma1033]

So, let me see if I get this straight, if you wanna invest in gem pits you just have to save your gems and spend them on pits for at least 1 year and a half, is that right? (more or less until the last 5 or 6 pits are functioning all together) and then and only then you start thinking about spending on merchant products. Is that it?

[SnowBlizz]

So, let me see if I get this straight, if you wanna invest in gem pits you just have to save your gems and spend them on pits for at least 1 year and a half, is that right? (more or less until the last 5 or 6 pits are functioning all together) and then and only then you start thinking about spending on merchant products. Is that it?

In a general sense I guess that's waht is beign said. I agree in part.

Most important thing in my humble opinion, get that 1st pit. Then spend some of that reward to eg get one general. Then save up to get second pit. By the time you've runs econd for a bit you'll be a year down the line and 1st will be running out so it's time to buy 3rd one.
This is basically what I did.

I saved up for the first. Happen to coincide with summer evnet so I bought an explorere to help with event. Then I saved up for gem MMA for 2 of them (was after my first easter). Then I started saving again, and CoAs came out so I got Vargus and Anslem in turn (saving up slowly). Now am close to buying that 3rd pit. Like 3-400 gems short.

Grind the short letters for excelsior for gems. And don't forget to buy weekly gems for starcoins. It helps in getting a bit faster to the goals.
I don't quite recommend waiting for that 10th pit befor spending. I prefer spending along the way, but always with an eye towards saving enough to afford next one.

[JohnTheDon1980]

In my opinion the whole 'gem pit' concept boils down to one thing....do you want a challenge? Or do you want a glorified god mode where you can buy or obtain what you want? Personally this is my idea of hell and I can guarantee that with the aid of Gem pits i would get bored out of my skull with this game very, very quickly. Its kinda like cheat codes on your favourite game back in the day, has a use but removes the skill.
If you want to come on here and simply freeroll gems and build and coast along then I can see the appeal, but noting new players can easily get to lvl 62-, where the content dries up, within a year comfortably utilising Excilsor buffs etc I would personally avoid the gem pit idea like the plague. I guess the demographic/casual nature of this game means it does def have an appeal though, so simply pick whats best for you. If you have to wait months or years to obtain generals then I would seriously reconsider. The COA generals were added to add variety and they are fun to use. Vargus and def Anslem are potentially two of the most powerful generals in the game, along with MGs, so I just find it crazy to think a player could wait so long. To me it just wouldnt be fun, but as i said we are all different. I just find Anslem alone can save me upto a 50%-33% of my camp losses (with skills), so waiting would def come at a cost. If your doing alis, its a huge edge in your favour having Anslem and Vargus. If you have an MMA and do FTs/Alis already then Nusala isnt really that essential, but still nice to have im sure.

[jrma1033]

maybe saving up for gem pits IS the challenge. Actually, there are many ways to play this game, what may be boring for you is actually what drives other people to play the game, so everyone is different.

[SSSecretSquirrel]

after getting 5 running pits the last ones come relatively quickly so id keep off big purchases until that. would buy smaller useful stuff like explorers when have 2 pits. as always a lot depends on how you play. for example might be good to buy prem for event time. if you buy only limited items youll have plenty of gems left over after all pits have depleted so the last pits can wait.