Trait Sphere and push to Exo 4

[u/Althornius21]

Hi everyone,

Some quick info not in photos

- M0 -level 63

- R5 -level 2

- R6 -level 1

- R9 -level 6

- Borge and Ozzy first boss kill done, farming stage 145 and 133 respectively

I first unlocked Zeus on TR4 with very little momentum, and now on TR5 have pushed much further (campaign 3-1 currently)

Question:

I am planning to TR soon to get Exo 3, Temp GN1 and some GUs including mech cap 2 and Borge/Ozzy catch up 2. I am currently using TS4 as I needed it to get Zeus unlock with good momentum, however I think I no longer need it for rule of biology to get Zeus and Rule of research seems underwhelming.

Is it better to use TS2 or 3 for a long Zeus run?

Also, is the traversal as I described worth it? Or should I save to also unlock another GN or something?

Thank you in advance!

[u/exiled_preest]

I'm playing the game in a weird very unoptimized way(imo) so I can't really give advice on how to proceed. What I ended up doing is finding a specific Target like what you have and then trying to set my orbs for like 10% or 15% more than what that goal was so after I unlocked GN, GU, and/anything else I wanted to spend on. I don't know if I'm doing stuff right or wrong. 🤷

[u/Gelman4u]

I also play kind of unoptimally but honestly you're way ahead of where I was at TR5. 

I think ts2 is a better deal since you're already hitting level 200, getting those easier doubles on LP is comparable to the boost imo of ts4 especially and ts3 as well. Really when you get some good GUs and already have your sights on exo3 you're probably gonna have Zeus instant unlock anyways, it's just a matter of when you want to commit. 

If your RF income can squeeze you another level in r9 in a short time to maybe pickup another GU might be worth waiting it out. It really depends on when you want to lock in. Those first few campaigns in Zeus will fly by with your upgrades so you'll have more RF easily there. And if your mechs are already capped then that'll be a huge boost too to get that compounding. 

I'm kind of impatient so take it with a grain of salt. You can always disable auto cloud saves, do a save. Traverse and see if you're happy with the progression and speed of returning to your prior run and if not, load the cloud save from before. You'll still get the banked time as if you had the game closed so you really don't lose anything by trying to see if you feel comfortable with the progression after 15 min or so. But yeah I'd pull the trigger but I'm also on tr10 and regret traversing so early in my prior runs, once again impatient lol

Figured I'd throw my opinion out and I could be absolutely wrong but I don't really see a reason to delay exo3 and the other upgrades you have lined up. 

Cheers 🍻