Talk:Darkest Night/@comment-104.157.139.103-20181002171424

If you're desperate to hold on to your rank in a Dark Tournament and you're blocked by the next task, you might consider doing this instead of splurging on buying Dark Energy directly at 1:2.

Spend 2 gems to cut off the last 20 minutes from your Common Duel Chests. Commons are already the best bang-for-your-buck at 4 DE per 45 minutes. Each level above takes 4-times as long to open but only pays out 2-times as much DE. Since we have no way to control which type of chest we get when we win a duel, spending gems to open them early is as close as we can get to gaming the system. Spending 2 gems almost doubles the efficiency by reducing 45 minutes to 25 minutes. Once you've done that win another duel to fill the vacancy an pray for another Common, something you've probably never wished for before.

Not fast enough for you? As long as you spend less than 8 gems to open a Common Chest you are still beating the 1:2 ratio you'd pay to buy the Dark Energy directly.

Hope this helps someone hold on to a tier and snag that Reaper/Bone Talker!