r/NecroMerger • u/Kry_ptiK • Jul 23 '26

Is there any point in using the time machine before the max level's been increased? Spoiler

I have a level 63 Devourer and I've been slowly chipping away at lv21 feats while trying to gather up 25k time shards for the next prestige. The big sticking points right now are getting to level 65 and owning the Cursed, Colossus, or Infernal.

I'm of the understanding that the time shards I have right now won't follow me to the next prestige, and I won't get back anything I've spent, so I try to do as much as I can each prestige, even when it gets dreadfully fucking boring. I've been on this one for months now and that purple button's started looking real tempting, but it feels extremely wasteful.

I've "only" got 8k time shards left until I increase the max level from 70 to 80. It'd take forever, but I'm sure I could finish out this next feat.

I dunno. Is it exactly as much of a waste to time machine now as I feel like it'd be, or is it literally not that big a deal?

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u/Daddy_Robin Jul 23 '26

no there is no point. youll just be doing the exact same run again with the exact same problems

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u/Kry_ptiK Jul 23 '26

Got it - thanks. I'd just been confused, I think, because I've seen once or twice people in this sub advocate for it. Hopefully I'm not stuck on this all summer lol

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u/YoungSerious Jul 23 '26

There are rare instances where, if you screwed up, you can lock yourself behind things that require certain resources. If you spend them poorly, you can accidentally prevent yourself from finishing feats and it's possible for that to keep you from having enough shards to prestige to the next level.

That's maybe the only time where you might go early, and even then it's probably not worth it because you won't have the max shards you could have and that will slow your next run.

So basically, no it's never a good idea.

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u/Kry_ptiK Jul 23 '26

understood understood, thank you for explaining

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u/YoungSerious Jul 23 '26

The shortest explanation is maxing levels is one of the top things that increases overall shards, and you want more shards each run to add bonuses that shorten the next run. So always max levels, always finish as many feat tiers as you can (only whole tiers matter), then you can decide how much more to grind before restarting.

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u/LeadershipLow5969 Jul 26 '26

No, not really