when u end a map what do you do?

sell all ores items bars for money?
so what do you do with the money?

army camps
hospitals
mines maybe?

What is the best to do if you want the highest score ?

I spend my AP, check clan requests, maybe wait a bit if a dig is about to end, and back out so I can start the next map.

…highest score?

The order of operations should be to:
1. Claim all hospitals with the minimum number of territories captured
2. Upgrade hospitals
3. Capture any remaining territories

"2. Upgrade hospitals'

Do you playas perform an impromptu cost benefit analysis comparing hospital upgrades Vs cash to buy mercenaries?

Hardcore players have infinite money because they have Insane Alloy Value artifacts

Having *at least* a Rare Alloy Values artifact is an imperative and cash should not be a limiting factor on most levels if you are using markets effectively. There are levels that are exceptions to this and these levels should be avoided if at all possible.

Or you ignore the market strategy and go for spending AP on auto upgrades and idle time instead of alloy value and mercs. The you use ACB, ACB, BMB, and SAC as your artifacts.

Since SAsc I only have an Epic AV and this explains why cash to buy mercs is a problem if hospitals are all upgraded to maxs'. I do have an Insane A$B. Still in Phase ! Advancements having JS maxed and working on IACP (120%) & AM (20%).

Corrected IACB to IACP. :)

Edited 5/29/2025 17:36:51

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[NL] Claudius Civilus,

How did you get to Level 62? I've been on Level 24 for quite some time.

Compared to the cost of buying mercs, it's pretty much always worthwhile to bring hospitals up to L3. The ROI on L4 and up dwindles very rapidly and is seldom worth doing unless you know for sure you'll have excess cash and that you'll run out of mercs.

Later on (with better artifacts and advancements), you can try going for less than L3 hospitals.

Can you influence the amount of APs (advancement points) you get when you complete an Idle map?

Edited 6/1/2025 10:21:30

Yes, but also not really.

• When SAing, you can take the +25% AP bonus
  
• You can take the IAP advancement (P2)
  
• You can spend coins at the victory screen
  
• There are some limited time +%AP rewards available (clan wars, ladder)
  
• Each repeat of a level gives less AP than the previous
  
• Ascending (or SAing) resets the previous penalty
  

Only thing Im not sure I understand is SAing?

When u end a map what do you do ?

At the end of the map, I start a new dig and move to the next map.
Or are you asking more about the best way to finish a given idle level?

What is the best to do if you want the highest score ?

What do you mean by highest score? Generally you want to maximize your AP/unit of time so you can SuperAscend over and over as soon as possible. But there are plenty of other stats you can try to maximize in idle.

Edited 6/2/2025 08:09:44

[NL] Claudius Civilus, how did you get to Level 62? I've been on Level 24 for quite some time.

Play normal Warzone to earn xp. Idle only gives xp from the achievements, and those achievements dont even give that much xp.

Only thing Im not sure I understand is SAing?

SA = Super Ascend. You can do that once you spend 100 000 AP in Phase 4.

It resets your entire idle progress and allows you to bring 2 (can be upgraded) artifacts with you.
In exchange for that, you can pick 1 of the following permanent bonuses:
• +25% AP
• +1 artifact you can take with you during SA
• +20% faster artifact digging
• +100 starting AP

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thanks

Well, it seems that I got many things to learn in Idle.

The nice thing about idle is the strategy and focus changes drastically over time as you get powerful artifacts and bonuses.

E.g., Once you get a Legendary Alloy Value artifact you are entirely focused on the market strategy (search the forum for this) and don't even look at mines except in some exceptions. Army camps are only useful to get you to markets.

This affects how you spend your AP.

For the VERY serious who have super ascended a number of times and want to do all those post SA levels, you may spend your AP on items you would be stupid to spend otherwise. ;-)