Seems like leg SAC works fine for me on early levels. Not sue what difference it would make when money is not a massive issue except 1st trip through.

SAC is waaaaaaay too slow to use on every level. In the base 16h cooldown for one SAC, I would typically have cleared Tutorial through to K-PX on a fresh SA. Also, it locks a slot, which is annoying.

Also, there is only one trip through for me, I haven't regular Ascended for many SAs now.

Bottlenecks shift significantly once you get deep into SAs.

Fair, I've only done once so still need to ascend as well

I have super-ascended a twenty-ninth time.

Boon chosen: +1 artifact carryover

Total boons: +300% AP, +17 artifact

Artifacts carried over:

* Insane Army Cache Boost
* Insane Army Camp Boost
* Legendary Alloy Values
* Legendary Supercharge Army Camp
* Legendary Time Warp
* Legendary Mercenary Discount
* Legendary Resource Cache Boost
* Legendary Cache Boost
* Legendary Bonus Money Boost
* Legendary Territory Money Boost
* Epic Inspire Mercenaries
* Epic Idle Time (kept fodder)
* Epic Triple Strike (HCCC)
* Epic Army Camp Boost (wzib)
* Rare Hospital Boost
* Rare Money Cache Boost (upgrade)
* Rare Item Values (upgrade)
* Rare Bonus Money Boost (wzib)
* Rare Mine Discount (wzib)

Next time: upgrade IM; maybe +25% AP

Forty-first Super Ascend!

New bonus: +25% AP
Kept: Insane A$B, ACampB, Legendary AV, TW, SAC, RCB, MD, CB, BMB, TMB, MCB, HB, IM, ACD, Epic OV, CB, TS, Rare SC
Bonuses: +16 slots, +550% AP, 0.8^3 dig time

I successfully avoided a second HFL run this time around, as predicted in SA40. I also realized that I can trim out a hospital upgrade from CCC, which will save another (a little less than) 2h in SA42. L3 hospitals on SoF will continue to haunt me for awhile yet though.

I got skunked on an 89% Uncommon dig, which meant I ended up with a ~12h dig bottleneck this time. I don't think it's time yet, but I might take more dig speed soon.

I'm almost out of slack Rares (and spare slots) again. I suppose that means the next Insane is probably coming soon. The cook time on new Legendaries is surprisingly constraining with that 5d period consistently straddling 3 SAs now. It actually means that more often than not, I'm waiting on a new Legendary upgrade!

Next up: +25% AP, Legendary OV (this SA)

5th for me, a really fast one. First time I could skip everything after Scandinavia except Rise & Fall and EH. Also skipped HCCC.
Market Raid consumption went down to 9 and next run it will go down to the 5 milestone.
For those interested, I'm doing a no-insane Idle play. I'll probably get my first one around the 20th SASC or so. For now, it works well.

I didn't make my first Insane until SA15 and I didn't throw away any Epics either. Those coming up with an Insane in SA1 must have done an absurd amount of digging or just went really really slow.

20 supers: +275%AP, 11 artifact slots:



more AP less levels to play :)

Forty-second Super Ascend!

New bonus: +25% AP
Kept: Insane A$B, ACampB, Legendary AV, TW, SAC, RCB, MD, CB, BMB, TMB, MCB, HB, IM, ACD, OV, Rare SC, QS, HB
Bonuses: +16 slots, +575% AP, 0.8^3 dig time

I successfully trimmed CCC back to L2 hospitals from L3, which saved a little under 2h again. That leaves just China and SoF at L3 now. I need to revisit the numbers on pulling some L2s back to L1 again, but I don't think they're close.

I once again got skunked on an 88% Uncommon dig, which resulted in an ~8h dig bottleneck this time. Although, I did nail a low percent Uncommon dig earlier on (31%, I believe), so there's that. With several hospital upgrades getting trimmed off lately, there's less margin for error here.

I'm completely out of slack Rares now. My last one is part of the set of 3 Rares that will get crunched into the next Epic, so I still need only 2 Rares in the next SA, but after that I'll need 2.5 again in each SA, which is an issue. The next Insane will help with that situation though, as it'll free up a bunch of slots. We'll see what happens.

I'm at the point now where it feels like there's not much left to trim away any time soon with more +%AP. I'm close to dropping the second Hex Earth run, but that barely saves any time at all, mainly just an IM (which are still plentiful for me). Even with CSL10, China still needs another hop past FL to reach, and I have only exactly one of those now, so nothing to trim there. Picking up CSL before hitting HFL is quite far away as the AP dump from HFL pushes me most of the way there now. Skipping past HOT and going directly to HScandi requires quite a bit of AP both for the extra CSL and the extra AM, so that feels pretty far off too. Skipping HScandi means giving up the 4th slot and so not using a TW on PA, so not really faster, even if I had the AP for it.

Next up: +25% AP, TBD

updated

I have super-ascended a thirtieth time.

Boon chosen: +25% AP

Total boons: +325% AP, +17 artifact

Artifacts carried over:

* Insane Army Cache Boost
* Insane Army Camp Boost
* Legendary Alloy Values
* Legendary Supercharge Army Camp
* Legendary Time Warp
* Legendary Mercenary Discount
* Legendary Resource Cache Boost
* Legendary Cache Boost
* Legendary Bonus Money Boost
* Legendary Territory Money Boost
* Legendary Inspire Mercenaries (upgrade)
* Epic Money Cache Boost (upgrade)
* Epic Idle Time (kept fodder)
* Rare Hospital Boost
* Rare Item Values
* Rare Speedy Crafters (new)
* Common Hospital Discount
* Common Draft Boost
* Common Speedy Smelters

Next time: probably +1 artifact

14th Super Ascend for Chillhouz! Another +25% AP leaving us at 225% AP boost and 7 artis: ITW, IIM, ISAC, I$B, IA$B, IACB, IAV

Everything’s coming up chillhouz!

6th super, picked an arti. 100% AP + 2 artis

First super ascension :D

New bonus: +25% AP
Kept: Legendary:
Legendary Army Cache Boost
Legendary Alloy Values
Total bonus: +25% AP

I have super-ascended a thirty-first time.

Boon chosen: +1 artifact carryover

Total boons: +325% AP, +18 artifact

Artifacts carried over:

* Insane Army Cache Boost
* Insane Army Camp Boost
* Legendary Alloy Values
* Legendary Supercharge Army Camp
* Legendary Time Warp
* Legendary Mercenary Discount
* Legendary Resource Cache Boost
* Legendary Cache Boost
* Legendary Bonus Money Boost
* Legendary Territory Money Boost
* Legendary Inspire Mercenaries
* Epic Money Cache Boost
* Epic Item Values (upgrade)
* Epic Idle Time (kept fodder)
* Epic Mine Discount (wzib fodder)
* Epic Triple Strike (HCCC reward)
* Rare Hospital Boost (sidegrade)
* Uncommon Speedy Crafters (downgrade)
* Uncommon Hospital Discount (new)
* Common Draft Boost (new)

Next time: upgrade MCB, maybe +25% AP

21 supers: +275%AP, 12 artifact slots:

Third Super Ascension:

Choice: New artifact

Have: +25% AP, Leg AV, Leg TW, Leg SAC, Leg ACB

Next: +AP ?

Doctor K with the Big Nickel

5th Super

https://discord.com/channels/204926708795572226/731235332590272514/1315281470218047559

SA #1
Chose +25% AP
Insane Alloy Values
Legendary Army Cache Boost

60th Super Ascension

Total bonus: +975% AP, +400 starting AP, 19 total slots

Artifacts:
Insane Army Cache Boost
Insane Army Camp Boost
Insane Hospital Boost
Insane Cache Boost
Legendary Alloy Values
Legendary Supercharge Army Camp
Legendary Time Wrap
Legendary Mercenary Discount
Legendary Resource Cache Boost
Legendary Speedy Crafters
Legendary Inspire Mercenaries
Legendary Draft Boost
Legendary Territory Money Boost
Legendary Smelt Double
5x filler slots

I lied about the insane IM artifact and made an insane cache boost instead, after calculating that I still have enough IM powers left on the maps to survive for another insane.

In fact, I'm probably not even going to make the insane IM anymore, since once I get to about +1.1k~1.2k% AP that should be enough to super ascend without doing hex earth at all. Therefore, the current goal is to accumulate as much +AP% as possible.

The insane cache boost has been incredibly helpful and has likely shaved around 12 hours off a super. Many levels can now be completed without any hospital upgrades, so I'm getting close to ~2 days per super now.

Edited 12/10/2024 13:18:57

insane HB? 👀