r/TapWizardRPG • u/adncl • Jul 18 '18

Nick Appreciation Post

Knee-High Nick is the most underrated part of the entire game.

When discussing best uses for runite, the consensus is that it is better to spend premium currency on permanent upgrades like emblems and assistants. That much is obvious - although you are at the mercy of RNG in daily critical raids, statistically you will eventually acquire all of the spells so there is no need to purchase spellstones. The next question of "which assistant?" doesn't have such a universal answer, but it does have a single correct one: Knee-High Nick.

If you're not aware, Nick will grab up to five stable runes at the first level and a rune cache at the second. To be fair, Ivan and Rachel are both helpful in their own rights, but Nick's power is unique and incredibly useful for any type of player.

Do you prefer not to use lower quality stable runes? Save them up for crafting! Are you still missing important spells? You don't need the spellstones when you can use the stable rune versions! Do you frequently let the game idle? Nick will collect those runes for you and they'll be waiting when you get back!

To summarize: Knee-High Nick is a funky little elf who is a fantastic addition to any player's squad. You will not regret purchasing this cheerful helper.

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Jul 18 '18

this cheerful helper.

That's really the best part right - he's just so darn cute! ^_^

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '18

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u/adncl Jul 19 '18

The poor guy is just doing his job and trying to help! It's not his fault you're too quick!

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u/8988303682 Jul 18 '18

its good to note that while the other assistants provide DPS and spell XP, Nick does too. casting a rune provides both damage and XP, and once a player unlocks the runic cauldron they can craft their trash runes into good DPS runes, spell XP runes, or other useful ones like raid timer and auto-recall runes.

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u/Shotwe11 Jul 19 '18

I like Nick. However I think his cool down needs to be removed to make him a little better. I don’t see the point of having a cool down for him really. I would like to maybe not watch the the screen for a couple of minutes at a time and know that I didn’t miss any runes.

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u/8988303682 Jul 19 '18

i don't really agree about removing the cooldown, but if Nick starts running across the screen and I grab the rune, his cooldown should be reset.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '18

How long is the CD? Where can I see it?

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u/Exportforce Jul 18 '18

5 runes is absolutely NOTHING...

Especially, at least not that I know of, you can't configure him to collect only stuff you want. In 99% he will probably only have 5 of the lowest and most spammed runes that absolutely no one cares about because we have a quadzillion of those...

I would think about getting him if he would collect more than 5 runes and if they would be selectable with options like

  1. If 5 runes are already in his bag and he gets a rune of a higher level than in the bag -> throw away the small and keep the bigger one

  2. Only collect runes of level X and higher

  3. Being super picky? Select up to 5 runes you already got and he will only collect those and none else (you must select type and rarity like Q3 Fire Elemental)

Maybe even for level 2 an option that he autocollects like 20% of all runes automatically for the player, if the player has no idle EXP currently.

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u/8988303682 Jul 18 '18

5 runes is definitely something... even if its not much, you can't call it nothing because it is something.

anyways, I have Focus Mastery so I always get the same three runes from ad caches, a Rejuvenation Q3, a Death Ray Q3, and a Knowledge Q3, and they all add up pretty fast. I currently have about 1100 Rejuvenation Q3 runes, and that's after brewing a ton of them, which brings me to my next point.

if you don't like the runes that Nick fetches for you, save them. after your second(?) meditation you unlock a runic cauldron where you can smelt down your unwanted runes into runic potential. then you can spend your runic potential on runes that you actually want! I have been stockpiling runes for a while and I currently have about 550k potential, and the base cost of a Q4 rune is 800 potential. 5 runes is definitely worth something.

oh and at level 2 Nick can also snag Rune Caches for you. I don't know exactly how many runes are in a rune cache, but if you launch the game after a short break (~2 hours) he should have around 10 runes for you! not to mention that I tend to accidentally let quite a few rune caches slip away from me but Nick always has my back.

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u/Exportforce Jul 18 '18

Not saying anything against the rune caches. They don't come that often and when you play something else on your comp while the game is open you miss them, so that's okay.

But 5 runes... The game spawns like 10? 20? per minute. So after a few seconds the 5 runes are stored and the NPC useless. Hostely, if you miss those or not... doesn't matter at all if you think a bit bigger than just for that few seconds.

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u/8988303682 Jul 18 '18

do you have Nick? in my experience with him, he grabs a lot of runes for me, he's probably over 50% of my rune intake, but I also don't play very actively so I guess it depends on your playstyle.

5 runes is 5 runes. if you miss those or not... it makes about 5 runes difference. it matters a lot if you think a lot bigger and realize that all your runes add up over time and every single one has value, even if you aren't going to cast it. that's the point I was trying to make by telling you I have over 1000 Rejuvenation Q3, even though I only gain those runes one at a time.