I still think they're being remarkably chintzy with the gemstones. I've collected every incident - on average, maybe 25 gemstones a day. Or less. I do all the quests, of course. I've spent 35k diamonds on gemstone packages. And I still have 100 items to complete to get the second gold up arrow thingie. Almost makes me want to quit playing Inno games, they need to kick out the cost accountant and replace him with a game manager. Not like they are going broke, they advertise a lot on the telly and that isn't cheap...
So please, double the diamonds paid out in quests and throw in a few more with incidents.
I'll add, I never use timeskips. Ever. Not worth the cost. Level 4 managers on the festival and the horse and buggy thing, but only the number required for quests on the others. I'm on world 6, I've played as much as I can (I do have a life, honest!) and have moved up worlds as soon as I could.
OMG and what did you spend all the gemstones for?
Yesterday I finished run 10 and I had over 3700 gemstones in the inventory and I spent exactly ZERO diamonds to get them. Collect all incidents and found mostly 25/day, sometimes even twice... Onlky one time I found "jackpot" 125 gems in the incident. But that was only once.
Anyway, my tactic was very very simple. Since it works like the St. Patrick but seems easier. (dunno the amount of gemstones versus pots of gold though)
Managers of banquet and horse to lvl 3, everything else to lvl 2 (at the start of the run, not when actually requested) . More only when requested by the miniquest. I'm working person and I absolutely cannot play at work at all (truck driver). So I can do one run in 36 hours, but sometimes take 48 to take it easy: Here is 36 hours schedule, playing only in the morning and in the evening:
Evening: - new run - focus on getting horse and banquet to 200, the other buildings levelins in balance to keepo with the tasks and with the demant of the banquet - takes a couple hours, 3 at the most but not constantly clicking, doing other stuff...
Morning before work a few clicks getting 250/250 + a few factories to supply them...
Evening - collected anough to get 300/300 + some factories again, as quests request + to supply the demand.
With 300/300 and managers lvl 3, it takes about 8-9 hrs to get 8.4Q - over night.. in to morning it is done...
But I do not have that much time in the morning to start new run properly, sometimes I started it just a little biut, or sometimes I left it till the evening, getting the last task of collecting 16Q at banquet since I had nothing to do anyway and started new run after work.
Easy and simple,.,,
NO treasure chests after the city, just the first free one...
Only yesterday, having 3.7k gemstones I bought all of them for 1400, just sop I spend the gemstones... didn't need anything. I/m at 371 pts in the main price = both gold levels.