So I'm wondering: if you don't play coliseum (lockdown/blast network) or hypothetically if they didn't exist...
1. What do you do with the time you currently spend in SK?
2. What do you spend (or are planning to spend) your CR on?
3. What do you spend (or are planning to spend) your Energy on?
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I know people used to go crazy for high UVs way back before Lockdown - even when Punch first came out, people mass sold their CE (to the point that it was 3kCR/100CE for a total of like 10 minutes lol). I used to use CR for more CE so I could play past the 100mist time period and maybe craft some gear for fun/experimentation.
But SK's a very different beast now, especially without the limited play time.
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Example/my own answers:
1. I'd probably spend some time farming FSC cause there are still a few more things I'd like to try out that I'm saving for (Drakon/OCH). Once that's done and I'm free from having to only aim for money, maybe I'd run arcade every once in a while (I actually have been avoiding prestige missions... no real reason why), but having been end-game for a while, arcade's kinda lost its magic for me :x
I'd probably juggle my SK time with other games and only get back to SK when a new update comes out. My IRL friends who got me into the game have long stopped playing, so I'd probably end up joining them in whatever game is popular these days lol. I like to play with other people, and I'm the kind of person that has fun in competitive games where you're guessing at what the other person's going to do.
So yeah, Lockdown/BN are fun to me and are the main reason I keep playing. I used to use it as a way to make money (selling stuff) when I was out of mist, but I legitimately enjoy playing :3
2. Buying more Energy - Energy is the thing that's almost guaranteed to go up in price (until the heroic promos come around and Energy comes back to the world). But I don't care too much about UV's anymore, sorry Punch. I'd probably also shop AH for costumes/accessories every now and then.
3. Refilling slots. The 30 day slots (weapon/trinket) are basically a one month subscription for me: If I don't rebuy them, I feel less tied to the game and go off doing whatever, but if I do, then I'll feel like I need to use the time lol. Aside from the Drakon/OCH I'm currently saving for, I'm also stocking up energy in case I want to rage-buy radiants if/when new gear comes out. Still far from being able to afford either of those :\
I used to spend CE crafting new things that seemed interesting but weren't optimal (ex: Iron Slug), but at the moment, with many days of grinding for over 6kCE worth of radiants to get things to level 10 (not even counting radiants found in-game), I have absolutely no plans to take anything to 5* unless they're actually useful.
1. Doing stupid things, like playing the mission "The Gauntlet" using only non-status shard bombs or running armorless (wearing drake/dragon scale in a shadow-based depth) through the arcade.
2. Collecting costumes from the AH/Buying energy
3. Buying things from supply depot (PvP weps I dont want to farm for recipes, adv or lower orbs, trink/wep slots) and lots and lots of danger rooms. Every danger room is profitable, even on depth 1. Also Depth 1 danger rooms are difficult since T2 monsters spawn and you dont deal much damage, or have much armor (since it scales with depth/tier).