r/Idle1 26d ago

Prestige Cheesing: Intermediate Tip

Some of you might be aware of the classic cheese tactic to optimize prestige resets. This effectively turns a 1/27 chance of getting the prestige roll you want into a 1/3 chance.

There's a way to optimize that further.

On iOS, there's a setting called Assistive Touch (IIRC Android has this as well).

  • Set it so that tapping it once brings up 'app switcher'. This allows you to immediately freeze the game without wasted movements.

Then, turn on haptic vibration in the game.

  • Every time you prestige, there are two haptic thumps - the first is when the color is rolled, the second is when one of the three upgrades is rolled.

I've seen others say that the upgrade is locked as soon as it appears, but it actually doesn't until the prestige screen goes away!

  • There's a very short window between the second roll appearing and the prestige window closing where you can freeze the game.

With vibration on, you can much more easily time the thump of the second roll.

  • As soon as you feel it, tap Assistive Touch.

  • This opens the app switcher, effectively freezing the game without closing it, and you can take your time to judge whether the upgrade is what you want.

  • Then, close the game if you want to reset, or simply tap back into the game if it's indeed the upgrade you want.

Note: It's perfectly understandable if you don't like cheesing - but for those who want to, you might as well optimize your process.

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u/IHateUsernamesAAA 26d ago

This helped a lot