Probably it was a mistake for me to not centre my strategy around Hex Earth. But given that I'm already so deep into it, maybe I shall just call my play "no Hex Earth challenge".

Is it really that Hex Earth is easy or is it that Hex Earth had the most strategie development? If people would care about the other levels, they could probably find a better way to play them. But idk, I haven't SAsc yet but will probably do by the end of the year.

The new levels are “hard” because the mercs are really really expensive.

Hex Earth uniquely puts an uncommon amount of these mercs in a single merc camp which happens to be fairly accessible from the start location. In addition, the hospitals are similarly concentrated - three of them are really good and the rest are not.

These two features combine well - if you get to the merc camp and use a power/artifact you can use the mercs to get to all three hospitals, wait two hours, and ride army caches the rest of the way (assuming you have decent advancements/artifacts).

The other levels don’t have these features. They have the same ridiculously expensive mercs but they are scattered across multiple merc camps so you can’t use powers/artifacts in the same way.

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Ah that makes sense, so it's like HEH with the 1.1t camp that you can super IM and instant win, making it easier then for example H Trisk

Yeah exactly. But the difference between Hex Earth and the other super-ascension maps is much larger than the difference between Europe Huge and Trisk. I would describe Trisk as ‘inefficient’ or similar. I would describe the post-super-ascension maps as ‘unplayable’ or similar.

Still going to play them, and still going to play them with my rules of not using any Map Screenshots or guides. Wish me luck.

Good fortune.

Tbh, I did the same, played all the levels, finished them normally ("normally" in this case means using Insane IM & Insane TW, Leg TS).

As long as you know what you're getting into, you'll be fine. It'll just take a long while.

So would you recommend playing the new levels on the first ascension after you SA? Or ascend a few times to build yourself back up before playing?

24.6 days 6th super

Superascending now, Ins ACacheB, Leg AV, Leg TW

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Just noticed this forum. I superascended summer 2022 with insane TW and leg. AV cards. I'm into stage 4 advancements again and hoping to upgrade that leg. AV to insane and ascend again in January 2023.

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Superascend
Finally
Upgrading legendary TW
Legendary QS
Legendary Mercenary discount ( earn before 5.16)

Ohh a fellow Idler from Hong Kong!

hey another one!

Hi!

15.3 days 7th super

how do u do it? 100K ap in 15d?

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how do u do it? 100K ap in 15d?
Once you get enough +AP%, market strat works well early on and all levels can be cleared within half a day even before first regular ascension.