I've been playing the game for a little while. any tips on how to most effectively progress to getting higher max levels and how to not run out of money? I'm assuming freeplay isn't very good to unlock anything for new playthroughs either but I don't like having a time limit in this kind of game.
For Exp you can do the following
1.Fight in ranked battles(Party Members only)
2.Fight in the Training Room(Yourself,Party only, or All)(Arena)
3.Your Party size determines how the exp is split up
4.Having intelligence(1.5*) or light affinity(50%for holder+25%for party) boost exp
5.Find,Craft(V),or buy Exp potions(+50exp per use)(Each have 2-3 uses)
6.Go into a portal and seek out bosses (once your strong enough)
7.Train with Aila(Arena) when she's in the training room(you only) or pay her to train one of your recruits for $500
8.Put your highest level character as a teacher and lower level as students
9. Castaila can teach your recruits the Trainer Hobby which lets them train lower leveled recruits at camp when in portals
10.The Kings Potions(Complete King Quest) can raise a recruits max level by 1 up to 15
11.You can empower your starters up to level 20 at the cost of 50 stamina(them)
12.(If you choose the Fusion Path at the farm) when fusing recruits if they're the same level you can boost their max level by one, by clicking on the level of both recruits (up to level 20)
13.You can reshape Spirits to raise their max level then fuse with another recruit to have a the spirits max level be theirs (Spirits just pass on stuff and don't actually change the recruits species)
14.Seedling can also be "reshaped", but this only affects the seedling since it can't be fused with anything other then other seedling characters
15.If a character has the catalyst trait it can be fused into any other recruit/creature(The exception is if the other recruit/creature has Bloodline)
16.Breeding allows you to raise the max level slowly(depending on the room and person assigned)
For Money you can do the following
1. Submit unwanted fusions to the library(only once for each fusion) to get $20 daily for each submission(Creation's summoned fusions work too)
2. Fight in the arena (Some fights will only have your party fight, so be careful also you can sometimes can materials)
3. Doing jobs at the tavern can yield money,resources,eggs or items to sell for money
4. Completing the portal challenges can lead to Money,Exp,Items,resources and eggs
5.Unwanted Eggs can be scrapped for one crystal per egg
6.There is a random event that will let you plant a money farm(One time only for $100-daily)
7.If the Creature Merchant is in the market(Go from the shop or check the map) you can spam spawn Spirits/Seedling(Druid/Creation) and sell them to the merchant(More Money per their current level)
8.Always set your Recruits to fishing (unless you need them to do something else) to generate fish which you can sell
9.You can sell Materials from the Crafting Menu(V) by holding alt and clicking on them (you can also buy useful materials here too)
10.Put your recruits in the brothel on glory-hole to train there sex skill and make you money(best with creation)
11.Train a couple of recruits specifically for the Labor(Strength)/Research(Magic) jobs (I would suggest Mantis(Beast/Insect) and Seer(Lava/Lymean) as the easiest)(Make Sure it says Job and not Submit)
12. Completing the Kings Quest yields Money and the Kings Potion(Raises a Recruits Max level (up to 15)(or sell for 100 each)
13.Kill the king(once your strong enough) for a one time boost in Money and Items (This obviously stops king quest)(Leads to blood magic for the druid)
14.Pick the Noble profession/Hobby(Unlocked by beating the game without your money going in the negatives)
15.Pick any perk which gives you items and sell them
16.If the Creature Merchant is in the market(Go from the shop or check the map) you can Spawn any creature you used gene-extract(unlocked in succubus page) on and sell them
17.When playing as creation you can most of the time easily complete the Submission quest at the tavern with summoned recruits
I think that covers everything o.o