You haven't realised money going out every month for 2 years??!
Kind of got sucked back in from this thread lol. Bought 10k lobsters, so I have an amazingly fun job of cooking them all! Should take around 10-15 hours total and that'll bring me from 72 to around 80. Then another 35k to 90, then 50k to 99. Lol..
I did sharks from 90-99. made profit. and its faster. Use cooking gauntlets of course.

I'm guessing it's just down to how much you miss and how often either of you crit? That and good gear, resources etc. and good micromanagement. Same with the Fight Kiln though (and the Fight Pits, I still struggle to get to Jad!) there has to be some solid way to beat them, because so many have. I just don't see it.
Z Shoryuken. Off to nurture the tree population as advised...
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