Hi, just saw your post, which quite funnily enough was just after I made my decision, which was to focus on the sapling.
The reason for this was:
a. The maze. At present I have 6 glimmer pitchers (1 more than needed), 3 glimmer rafflesia (2 more than needed) and 7 glimmer traps (still require 3 more). In relation to making more plants, I have 2 dark seeds (still need 1 more just to try and make a plant) - BUT - I only have 6 shards and 0, I repeat 0, fragments. I do have 24 pile of seeds. Therefore to get my remaining plants, I still need a heap of shards and fragments, which come very slow and a few more seeds. Then there is no guarantee that I will get 3 traps in a row.
I had 6 mythic essence.
B. the sapling. I had 3 pages in stock, so just had to make 1 more and also 4 black inks. When that was made, the choice was, use the mystic now or wait for the maze or not.
I chose the sapling as the letters are now in the exchange, which takes 3 days to mature. In that time I hope to get more dragon scales (I only have 2 at present), but I do have 75 manti whiskers. So, at least In 3 days my dragon scales (I also have 2 dragons) will maybe getting close to making a few more mythics and in that time those pesky shards and fragments will drop so that I can make some seeds for more plants for the maze.
Basically my gamble was, use the mystic now (with 1 up my sleeve), see what comes in the next 3 days, continue on collecting and making what I can until the night before the next update (about 5 days) and decide to whether to gem (hopefully) a small amount only, or continue to plug along if I am no where near what is required.
Sorry for the long winded reply. Hope it makes sense. Cheers
Last edited by outhouse01; 02-21-14 at 09:25 PM. Reason: Fixing grammatical errors
Me too! (I do have maze upgraded though). I am a little behind on this new one and I'm about to get the 10th Thomas's collection. Looking at upcoming requirements shows a total of 8 mythic essense for this. I have 6 made but I'm short 13 whiskers to make the final 2. My manti keeps trying to give me fur which I am now maxed out on.
Last edited by oliverrr11; 02-21-14 at 09:35 PM.
Doh! been forgetting to visit Thomas! 10 visits seems to be a bit much though, but I guess I'll slog through it. Curious what Agnes looks like and if she'll follow Thomas around my kingdom
You're lucky that you have the maze upgraded and extra mythic essence! I didn't realize until last week that we needed to do the Discover Adamant line to get the mythic essence. I had been told that that line wasn't needed in order to continue the main quest line. Anyway, we still have a few days until the next update, and I'm going to get as much done as I can between now and then, and make a final decision next week. Maybe I'll get a second Manty soon and that will help.
Thanks for your input Outhouse01. Fortunately, I have crafted all the plants I needed and is waiting on the last of the Mythic Essence. Unfortunately, with only 1 dragon in my Queendom it might take me up until the next week's update to acquire enough scales for the 5th essence (Is it bad to wish your dragon had dandruff? Lol). Just as well, might be worth waiting to see what this sapling will reward us with before committing valuable commodity
They may BOTH be part of the main quest line. I don't think the maze is fully upgraded yet at level 2 - maybe just for now. Aggwynn responded: "What? You're not done!" in another thread when Ajax posted that the garden was done. Seems like there is still more ahead for us on the maze...
Last edited by oliverrr11; 02-22-14 at 05:07 AM.