Progress from One Year as a Free to Play (F2P) Player [MASTER]

[Gryphonknight]

Anniversary

@Noble_Weasel

Happy one-year E&P anniversary to me! Been F2P all the way, so I thought I’d give an update for those interested.

Happy Anniversary

Raiding

4* ascension items

@Noble_Weasel

• 12 x Damascus Blades (3 used)
• 11 x Tome of Tactics (3 used)
• 11 x Mystic Rings
• 11 x Poison Darts (6 used)
• 9 x Farsight Telescopes (6 used)
• 7 x Royal Tabards (6 used)
• 7 x Mysterious Tonics

Better than my first 12 months

Raiding info

@Noble_Weasel

Raids
Defense team power: 3876
Defense team: Melendor +18, Boldtusk +14, Boril 4^70, Poseidon + 2, Domitia 4^67
Raid wins: 3915
Longest Raid Win Streak: 42
Cup range: 2200-2400
Max cups: 2506

And this is probably why you have a decent stream of 4* ascension items. Platinum/ Diamond chests.

Which is sad. Everyone playing can theoretically work up to fighting 8* titans ( but many do not ). Only a small percentage can open Platinum/ Diamond chests.

Titans are king

Titan info

@Noble_Weasel

Most Powerful Titan Defeated: 3* Goblin King

I play in a small friends and family alliance, so we will never hit big Titans. I am always my alliance’s leader in Titan damage. I’ve been playing the longest, so this makes sense. It used to be close with one other member, but then I got Ranvir.

And this is why you do not have more darts.

My alliance recently got a very very big spender who buys iron for harpoons, usually Tier 2 on most titans, and collects all the HotM. So I am finally getting Titan loot tier 9 on a consistent basis. We cannot sustain 8* titans without this one player ( used to be 6* titans ). Titan loot tier 9 is really helping with Mystic Rings and Mysterious Tonics. But the spender is dropping a lot of money each day on iron and even more on HotM.

Backbone

4* Heroes are the backbone of Empires. Forge level 17 is the backbone of class quests. But money is the backbone of 5* Heroes.

Roster depth

@Noble_Weasel

My next most senior member drew Kaidlen and Sartana early, and it still hamstrings his bench depth.

I Know Right?

Gryphonkit, my wife, has more leveled 5* heroes than me, but cannot complete some of the class quests and seasonal events because she is out of Dragon bones and has awesome 4* heroes stuck at 4* 1.1 ( looking at you Boldtusk and Kiril ).

Food is very expensive for 5* heroes

And 5* Hero XP

@Gryphonknight

Do not level 5* heroes just to level 5* Heroes. Once you have a good rainbow team of 4* 4.70 heroes, and a Level 17 Forge, you can accomplish most of the content in the game. Once you have a second good rainbow 4* 4.70 heroes, especially if you have 2- 3 Healers and 1- 3 special skill control heroes, you should be able to accomplish all the content in the game.

4* 4.70 heroes take 50% of the 3* ascension items and 47% of the XP of a 5* 4.80 hero.
4* 4.70 heroes have better stats than 5* 3.70 heroes.

4* 3.60 heroes take 0% of the 3* ascension items and 24% of the XP of a 5* 4.80 hero.
4* 3.60 heroes are the strongest heroes in the game that use only farmable ascension materials, so you never regret using a 3*/4* ascension item on them.

Mana Control

@Noble_Weasel

Drawing Onatel in January made the difference. It’s honestly ridiculous how important mana control is to finish these events.

Proteus/ Hel/ Onatel make an insane impact on finishing any triple Boss encounter ( though Titanium Shield and Panacea can help ).

For 4* heroes, Proteus is only 1 of 2 heroes I used off color, 1 day, power leveling to get to 4*+5 .