Should I even bother if this is how it starts?

That isn't a ton of sP, but it also depends how dedicated you are to finishing it..it only gets worse from here :P

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I've got just over 200M pure on hand plus some CSC. Is that enough or should I keep recycling 1-70 a bit longer?

I don't have one, sorry. But 71 and 72 are always Millionaire Center items, so you should expect to possibly have to pay a lot on those levels if you get items that are currently not in the MC.

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I spent about 300 million to complete it. But I was very very very lucky on a lot of levels :P

It is going to jump around in cost unfortunately! Its up to you if you are willing to bite the bullet on several items..once you get in the upper 80-90's you need to prepare! You will asked for legendary weapons at that point..maybe sooner...

I must have spent about 400 mil and then I lost on 96 because he asked for a wooden tile that no one had. It really depends on how lucky you get; you should be prepared to have to buy legendary weapons for a bunch of upper levels.

That's cool. Thank you all for your help. I'll wait until I have more to throw at it.

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