Originally Posted by Unregistered

But if you can get it all done in phase 1, you only have to run the phase 2 maps once or twice (hopefully) to 3-medal them and you're free to ignore it the rest of the week. I suppose I could have been a bit more efficient, farming red/blue manyus yesterday while the extra chest is still there, but it's essentially the same except for the peace of mind from being finished with the event.

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And yeah, I get the point about more pumpkins per stamina point. But I'm willing to make that concession to get it done.

If for some reason someone didn't already have 6000 pumpkins to exchange for the upcoming Manyus, then the stamina was just as equally well spent farming for those pumpkins versus manyus in terms of stamina/manyu exp used, either weekday mission or secret gardens. While we can't say for certain how many pumpkins we'll get in the 2nd half, so long as you have at least 9000 by the start of it, you're probably in the safe zone to spend your stamina however the hell you want in accordance to your priorities. That, or 9000 by the end of the event, if you don't give a crap about Ampies.

Point being, the manyu exp/stamina ratio is pretty much the same wherever you go, so what really mattered is if you were farming for exactly what you wanted. As for me, I'm certain I have enough pumpkins to fall back on, so I'll be farming for purple manyus this week in prep for the next event.

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And we're back online! With BOTH secret gardens AND raid bosses no less!