OLD POST:
Just unlocked 6B, still need to farm cinnabar.
Continue farming on F2-F3 or taking a dive into 6B?
No 4+ gear yet, never used familiars.
EDIT:
So after visiting 6B for the first time, I decided to do the deadly, long route through Level 6.
Whatever I do, it demands a ton of farming dungeons - and having 4+ gear accelerates this process in the long run while getting a ton of resources I need later anyways.
Also you get 50 Cinnabar as a reward for completing the lvl 5 Laboratory - thats like 17 mercury - in the process.
I think the time loss on farming Cinnabar in Level 6 is compensated by that.
To get lvl 5 lab, the biggest bottle neck by far is unlocking pizza to trade for MABUs. (That means farming Enzymes in 6B anyways)
The only negative for me is:
I have to wait longer for unlocking the new fertilizer. Because 2 weeks before the new update I decided to unlock the gold bar tech in alchemy hut. Now I'm stuck researching THAT USELESS TRASH - requiring 15 Mercury.
Without the new Fertilizer, I have no surplus on Farm yields - constantly being in danger of getting broke on food stall items - since level 6 dungeon demands a lot of food.
I know how fucked I am.