Wish List P1

The ‘+5 Level-Gap (5LG)'

All f2p players will follow roughly the same leveling strategy, a 5 level resonance gap strategy. Upon entering each bracket of 10 levels (i.e. 11-21, 21-31, 31-41, etc.) the player will first spend their available resources to level their main carry hero to the +5 position of the bracket, unlocking the next equipment level. They will then level their other heroes equally until they reach the same point. 

Once all heroes have unlocked the new equipment level, the player will then push their main carry to the next threshold, located at the +11 position of the bracket (i.e. 21 for the bracket of 11-21) in order to unlock the new hero skill or skill upgrade. Finally they will level their remaining heroes evenly until they too complete the bracket and unlock their new skill.

+1 → +5 → +11

This is best illustrated by an example. Lets say your party consists of Cecia as your main carry, supported by Smokey, Rowan, Koko and Brutus, and you have just reached the threshold of resonance level 31. You will first spend your available resources to get Cecia to level 35, unlocking the gear level, and then spend resources evenly across the rest of your party until they meet her at 35. Then, if you have resources left over you will apply the same strategy to reach level 41, raising Cecia first then pushing your party evenly to follow.

Day 1 + Week 1 Considerations 

In the beginning of the game the main story should be focused only insofar as it unlocks access to the AFK Stages upon. Otherwise it is your primary directive to push AFK Stages. Since all Battle Modes are unlocked by reaching AFK Stage milestones - early game campaign should always be a secondary priority to maximizing Stage progression.

That being said, campaign is a major source of dust accumulation, and is important for total progression. After completing as many AFK Stages as possible, you should advance the main quest through as many Miasma gates as you can. While progressing through the story these are the main campaign rewards needed to continue snowballing your account progression: 

1. Main Quest Rewards: (Dust, Diamonds, EXP, Gear, Artifact Materials)

2. Growth Path Quests (Epic Invites, Diamond, Epic Soulstones, Overleveled Gear)

3. Corrupted Creatures (Soulstones, Overleveled Gear, Artifact Materials)

4. Crimson Loot Chests (Epic Invites, Dust, Diamonds, Overleveled Gear, EXP)

5. Puzzle Medium Chests (Gear)

Beyond earning the main campaign rewards, extraneous and time intensive content should be avoided in order to speed run your account to maximum progression. Obviously for immersion’s sake it is worth slowing down and enjoying the game rather than simply treating it as a race to the finish, but especially day 1, the payoff for a speed-running mentality is huge.

The first milestone on miasma gate advancement is unlocking access to Dark Forest 5, and the first Primal Lord - World Boss. Primal Lords, being time sensitive, are very important to reach before they are killed. Using all of your attacks each day the boss is active gives large amounts of dust and EXP, and provides a huge bonus to account progression that players too late to the required chapter will miss out on. Because of this, reaching the Lone Gaze at Dark Forest 5 should be a week 1 priority so that it can be attacked the day it opens.

In general the mentality for day 1 is to push as hard as possible when first starting the game in order to lock in significant idle rewards. So, you can kick back and collect idle rewards passively, progressing at your own pace.