Turgeon It really depends on your hero class, your goals, and how you define "competitive." If you goal is just to get the two CT awards by finishing Trial 100 and finish in top 250, then you certainly can play the minimalist game (i.e., avoiding the more "costly" upgrades like opening third ability slot, stash space, buying companions, and purchasing XP boosters & legendary crafter's crate). Nhat had an older post on the gem costs of opening all the slots in an ANB, and it seems that even opening the companion and ability slots pushed past 1k gems. Although his strategy, which I use, does allocate some gems to upgrading abilities to at least level 5 for the synergy bonus. I have yet to see any posts or videos about "How to compete in ANB with only 1000 Gems."
I used a minimal gem strategy for the most recent Bronze ANB and finished just out of top 250 in BH class. BH seems to be more competitive these days (see @TinMan post on number of players in each hero class in most recent Silver ANB https://forum.makingfun.com/forum/et...l-leaderboards). Of course, my goal was only to get the two CTs and the XP from the event, since I wanted to save gems for the Gold ANB where I am more competitive (I rarely have time to use even 6 hours of playing time in an ANB). In my mind, "competitive" means that you are pushing to get at least a top 100 finish on the ANB leaderboard since only those results get posted. However, as a newbie, I used to be happy to finish in the top 10% so clearly there are different definitions of competitiveness.
So, yes, I am still a skeptic when it comes to minimal gem "competitiveness." I have yet to see any forum posts or videos about "How to compete in ANB with only 1000 Gems." Keep in mind that I was also skeptical about achieving high XP levels in an ANB before FendyBt2 posted his video tutorial showing how to reach level 70 in 30 minutes. I regularly get over 1k XP now using the always use XP on every piece of gear strategy.
So my challenge to the minimalists out there is show the forum your gem expenses to prove it can be done.
I used a minimal gem strategy for the most recent Bronze ANB and finished just out of top 250 in BH class. BH seems to be more competitive these days (see @TinMan post on number of players in each hero class in most recent Silver ANB https://forum.makingfun.com/forum/et...l-leaderboards). Of course, my goal was only to get the two CTs and the XP from the event, since I wanted to save gems for the Gold ANB where I am more competitive (I rarely have time to use even 6 hours of playing time in an ANB). In my mind, "competitive" means that you are pushing to get at least a top 100 finish on the ANB leaderboard since only those results get posted. However, as a newbie, I used to be happy to finish in the top 10% so clearly there are different definitions of competitiveness.
So, yes, I am still a skeptic when it comes to minimal gem "competitiveness." I have yet to see any forum posts or videos about "How to compete in ANB with only 1000 Gems." Keep in mind that I was also skeptical about achieving high XP levels in an ANB before FendyBt2 posted his video tutorial showing how to reach level 70 in 30 minutes. I regularly get over 1k XP now using the always use XP on every piece of gear strategy.
So my challenge to the minimalists out there is show the forum your gem expenses to prove it can be done.
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