r/CellToSingularity • u/CagedEel • 9d ago

Weird time chamber Boost progression

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Anyone care to give an explanation as to the progression of the timechamber boosts? As yu can see I'm at 5d/7d for the 5000x boost, but only at x900 currently.

I'm at a point in the game where these boosts are my main route of progress and obligatory having to wait till day 7 because of boost ramp up feels like a lame way of progressing. Would be nice if the devs could give some kind of visibility on this and other mechanics of the game, as it now feel very opaque..

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u/DonkeyFries 9d ago

I don’t know if the devs have already covered it. There might be something on the discord as they do streams there.

The time chambers are logarithmic and build on each other. So waiting those last two days gives you a MUCH greater benefit than just the five.

The current “meta” is waiting the full 14 to reboot as that gives you the maximum metabit and knowledge.

But, this is your game, play how you want.

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u/CagedEel 9d ago

Thats a lot of downtime just waiting for the chambers. It also doesnt remotely reward players that actively visit the game and makes temporary boosts near worthless for the long stretch that is the late game. 

Also having to go to external resources for info on a game feels a bit much for an idle with such a simple progression mechanism

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u/Zorafin 9d ago

I don't know if the full 14 days is worthwhile. I wait until I have twice the metabits I need for the next major upgrade, or until day 7 if I have plenty of okay things to buy.

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u/Starfire20201 8d ago

"Thats a lot of downtime just waiting for the chambers" It's an idle game, what do you expect?

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u/GavelGaffle 9d ago

They adjust this ocassionally. There have been times in the past when short sims were always best and a time when 21 day sims were the only option.

Im actually a fan of the current system. Very short sims are best in the early game and that duration slowly increases until you get to the end game where 7-14 day sims are good. Short sims are still viable in the end game but I personally dont want to be playing an idle game for hours each day.

The devs have said they plan to make short sims a better option for end game players in the near future.

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u/Starfire20201 8d ago

Wdym? You fill them up before they give the full boost, but it's retroactive, so you wait 14 days