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This is how i prioritize spending rubies.
1 Buy one QA every time you transcend.
This give 7 HS, and more importend access to mercs, this will allow you to finish first run, hours faster.
More info on this in my guide, Quick guide on how to get things moving after you TRANSCEND.
2 Revive mercs.
Mercs will be the best source of HS income, and cutting time of your transcend time.
Revive common mercs until they reach lvl 11-12.
3 Buy timelaps.
A well placed timelaps, will give most HS for rubies spend, the return depends on, what lvl your merc are at, your outsider build and when you use timelaps.
I also use timelaps to setup my mercs, with relic and gold quests, so they are ready for next transcend.
One problem with timelaps, is that it’s effectiveness is depending on mercs, and every thing to do with mercs, has a risk attached to it, over all i found it to be a excellent investment.
4 Buy QA to extend your ascension.
Extending one or more ascensions, will save time on your current transcend, as it can reduse the number of ascensions, needed to reach your desired number of AS, it will also give you some control over when you will be ready to transcend, seems the higher the zone when used the bigger the payoff, last one should be used on the ascension where you hit TP cap
I have only used this a few times, after zone 4.000, as most of my rubies go to revive mercs.
5 Buy QA when you are about to transcend.
If buying 1 QA will give you +1 AS, this can save you many hours, from not doing 1-2 ascensions more to get +1 AS, using a timelaps, might be better, depending on what quests your mercs are on.
I only used this ones, it felt like a waste, but seems like the most recommended way to spend rubies, by other players.
6 Buy gilds.
The gilds you buy with rubies are restored after every transcend with, +x gilds from zone 100, 110, 120 etc, the number of gilds restored every time, you get to new restore point, depends on the total number of gilds you bought with rubies.
I don’t think this is best way to spend rubies, but then again i love my 186 gilds, that get restored, in the first few ascensions every time i transcend, with +10 on every restore point beginning at zone 100, i bought all my gilds before patch 1.0.
7 Hire new merc.
You can if unlucky, find your self in a situation, where it can be a good option to hire a new merc, but first consider if a timelaps or 2 can do it for you.
8 Relics.
I can’t imagine i will ever spend rubies on that.
Of the things listed above, i recommend only using number 1/2/3/4, until u have +1000 rubies in your bank.
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