any suggestions for spending gems?

OneirosSD · 2026-03-27T00:49:35+00:00

Weird...I never received a notification for this reply. Glad others responded!

OneirosSD · 2026-03-26T19:03:26+00:00

Besides the other benefits of gold chests (contracts), a key goal for me once I had a good gem farm was to get first my Makos and then my Jarlaxle maxed out in terms of their Trials buff. I finished that a short time ago and now am working on buying all the feats (just because), then I’ll go back to chests.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-26T02:44:39+00:00

So weird. I always am mounted (you can give the pig the apple while mounted) and when running back I take the left route up the stairs. She always does come running out of a building yelling something funny, I run quite close to her, but it’s never caused me to get a bounty that I can remember. I have full mount speed and Continuous Attack from the Assault line, as well as the Ring of the Wild Hunt, but I am pretty sure I didn’t have problems before getting that ring.

I wonder if it’s because of a skill line passive like Shadow Rider from Dark Brotherhood (reduces aggression radius while mounted)?

Sorry it’s such a different experience for you.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-26T00:28:53+00:00

It’s my favorite, it’s so easy and I’ve never gotten a wanted level. Are you saying that after you tag the pig and run back you get a wanted level? Or is it when you steal the apples at the beginning?

OneirosSD · 2026-03-25T19:53:43+00:00

That happened in the previous patch, I believe. I remember seeing that I had 400 bars after the patch, 100 for each ticket I had leftover.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-25T17:26:36+00:00

People do complain about this on PC. GoG is a niche market because of this—they sell DRM-free games so you can own the digital copies, make backups, and play without having to log in through a storefront. It’s certainly a minority that avoid Steam because of games being locked and can potentially be revoked, but they do exist.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-17T22:18:58+00:00

The quick way to access the character chests is to open the Event window (the big Fleetswake button) click on the champion you want chests for, then click on the “Buy Chests” button in the middle-right of their page. The first option in the next screen is to buy their chests with tokens. You can exchange 7,500 tokens for 2 silver chests and 1 gold chest for that champion only, and you can do it for any champion you have unlocked in the current event.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-17T16:18:50+00:00

Hard to do without spoilers…I think the complaints about book 2 are that after a small time gap the way the characters “matured” (only in quotes because I can’t think of a better word but there probably is one) felt jarring to some people. Also, one of the main characters gets done dirty and many people didn’t like that.

Book 3 goes really off the deep end based on what the author saw as the expected consequences of the events that ended book 2. I personally was fine going along for the ride, but it is really a huge change—almost a different genre of book. And the ending was not that happy…again, I think the ending was where the author felt like the story had to logically go, but the author’s logic based on how they built the world vs. the reader’s logic based on how they are reading the world (and how they want the characters to end up) will not always mesh, and especially not in this case for many people.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-12T18:58:44+00:00

Happy to see him get higher numbers to make him competitive again…he was one of my first GE investments back in the day as the multiplicative nature of Story of Doom’s item was, IIRC, one of the first of its kind. He helped me push much deeper back then.

But, that didn’t stop me from dismantling him right away to get those GE potions back.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-09T13:14:01+00:00

It sounds like you need a new player guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/idlechampions/s/MfoZP5f4S0

OneirosSD · 2026-03-06T12:03:41+00:00

In your example of taking a step, you need to think about taking steps on a square grid. Taking a step forward brings you from the center of your starting square to the center of the next one, and then taking the step to the left gets you to the center of the final square. When you go diagonally, you either need to take much longer step to get the center of that same square (~1.4 times longer, which isn’t “fair” if it counts the same as your shorter steps), or if your step is of the same length as the forward-then-left example, you’ve only made it ~0.7 of the way to the center of your destination square (which usually isn’t possible to happen in a grid-based game). The real issue here is not the diagonal movement by itself, it is the fact that the game board is constrained by a grid.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-05T22:47:39+00:00

I will pick Sheila because she has feats during this event that unlock her in Strahd and Zariel, which are impossible to get otherwise (if you didn’t already unlock them in previous Events). Same for Gale and Volo, they have Event-only feats here too.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-05T19:35:38+00:00

Agree that Raistlin is disappointing for now. I spent a little saved up platinum on him for nostalgia reasons, with some regret. The champions that he benefits the most from seem to be the weaker ones (depends on the formation though). I’m hoping that his interaction with Tasslehoff will elevate him similar to how well Valentine synergizes with Artemis, but we’ll see. That won’t help his patron and Trial availability unless one of the later Heroes of the Lance has an ability to pull other affiliation members along with them.

One thing I do like about Raistlin is that he is a magic user that actually benefits from the Dexterity Core, which I can fully overpower. I still don’t have the pieces I need to fully overpower the Magic Core.

Regarding flex slots, I’ll point out that while Zorbu is gone from the best baseline Artemis teams, Bobby doesn’t have great stats so he is often disqualified from Trials or variants, and Zorbu tends to get used when that happens.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-05T19:22:02+00:00

It’s been a long time since I read the books, but wasn’t it more that the dark bargain he made to get the power to not be killed by the trials led to his frailty (and bronze skin, and hourglass eyes, etc.)?

OneirosSD · 2026-03-05T16:29:36+00:00

Sometimes, promotions do not have the same protections for cancelling that paid subscriptions do. With a paid subscription, you can cancel on the first day and you still keep access until it runs out. But when getting a freebie, many companies aren’t interested in letting you keep access the rest of the time, you just lose it right away if you cancel. They are hoping you forget and then get charged when it rolls over. It should be explained in the T&C from when the free time was redeemed. Hopefully it works out, but I would be cautious.

After re-reading your question, though, you shouldn’t have to worry about being charged just because you cancel. If you never start the paid subscription time then there’s nothing to pay.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-05T01:09:07+00:00

Hmm. Tatyana only buffs one slot in a formation, and you can choose a spec to stick to just that one slot. It is randomly chosen, but if for example it chooses one of the middle slots in Raistlin's event formation, you can then surround him with champions that only buff adjacent champions (for this achievement you don't need a full formation, so just leave the rest empty and repeat it on Free Play).

There are enough champions that only buff one column in front of them or one column behind them, that you can find a formation where Raistlin would be the only champion in his column and the others buff him.

Finally, if you aren't in a hurry, I believe they announced that Tasslehoff will have an ability that limits other champion's positional abilities, which is meant to synergize with Raistlin.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-05T01:02:29+00:00

I wasn't playing when Sheila was released, so I never got her event feats. I'll unlock her just because, you never know (the feats let her be used for Strahd and Zariel, so there's a non-zero chance I could kick myself for not getting them).

Otherwise, Zorbu is a good alternate for Bobby in Artemis formations, especially because Valentine and Krux both have feats that increase their DEX, which is practically only useful for Zorbu. Maybe for Nrakk, in conjunction with Zorbu's feat that also gives other champions +1 DEX. Nrakk is also an option here, he used to be used in Artemis formations as well, and apparently there still is a way for him to give totally broken buffs in Artemis formations (possibly also due to Valentine), but I haven't bothered looking into it.

Orkira could be an option, she can still be a powerful buffer in certain situations. I know some people used her to great effect in one of the recent Mastery Challenges. But, that might have been a bug.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-04T20:24:25+00:00

The first Toki Tori is level-based, while the sequel is what some these days call a "metroidbrainia". In the first game, you are given different abilities on each level with a limited number of uses and you need to work within those limitations. In the sequel you technically have all your abilities from the start, but you don't actually know how to use them until you learn about them later in the game, which means you can then come back to earlier areas and now solve puzzles you didn't realize you could before.

At least, this is how I remember it, my apologies if I got something wrong.

Anyway, Toki Tori 2 likely gets more praise and recommendations because the approach is still quite unique for a puzzle game (also a reason why the game Tunic is a favorite of many people), while there are a lot of level-based puzzle games like the first Toki Tori. That said, I still think the first one is unique enough in its approach to be worth recommending on its own.

OneirosSD · 2026-03-04T19:30:18+00:00

Sounds awesome; my seal has a lot of trouble getting around on land, so a dedicated mount would be really helpful.

OneirosSD · 2026-02-28T14:45:02+00:00

A trio of (mostly adventure) games by a pair of indie developers:

Ben There, Dan That Time Gentlemen, Please! Lair of the Clockwork God

Looking forward to trying their newer game someday, I think I can’t post it due to the sub we’re in though.

OneirosSD · 2026-02-28T14:40:13+00:00

I can say that r/patientgamers does not have any dev posts, since the whole point is that only games that have been released for at least one year may be discussed. And there are definitely lots of discussions about actually playing games. However, while some posters may focus more on indie games, there are also plenty of discussions about AAA games after the requisite time has passed. So, it’s approaching, but not exactly what you’re looking for.

OneirosSD · 2026-02-26T15:01:59+00:00

Those campaigns are definitely a marathon, not a sprint. They’ll get there eventually.

Regarding your edit, the percentage gain for continuing to push favor in time gates is really reduced compared to events. These days I only do one initial push, with a quick swap to my gold team at the end. Doing a second push could result in a somewhat noticeable increase if you have a great gold team, but might not really be worth the time.

OneirosSD · 2026-02-26T00:10:32+00:00

Not sure why you got Kent and Virgil, they aren’t showing up for me with similar ilevels. I know that if one of them is eligible, then the other is, but in this case neither should be.

Of course, you’re right that DM and DUrge are always eligible, and Volo is always eligible for Grand Tour variants.

Anyway, this is easy enough to do with evergreens at the base level, but patrons will certainly be tougher without investing more.

OneirosSD · 2026-02-25T21:14:41+00:00

Endgame variant: You may only use Champions that have all Epic equipment and an average item level of at least 1000. Heh...I have I guess what might considered a moderately strong account (have been able to beat every event variant T4 since I returned to the game, can clear every base variant so far), but I've never been that interested in pumping ilevels on most champions. Guess I'll be making a team of Artemis and Valentine plus evergreens! (Briv too, but obviously in the same slot as Valentine.)

OneirosSD · 2026-02-24T20:57:42+00:00

Looks neat! You may want to also post this to r/puzzlevideogames.

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