I got my initial clear of Abyss done on Friday night (2am, don’t judge me!), having been doing it on and off from about lunch time and below is the loot and my rank up options!



The T5CC was a bit of a kick in the teeth because despite having 27 6* (after the opening) this is my entire Cosmic roster:

The awakening gem, however was the main reason that I went for completion without Aegon because I now have this puppy on my roster and will shift my focus to exploration of Abyss rather than Act 6 for another AG gamble.

My thoughts on AoL with no Aegon: it’s worth it if you have a specific goal in mind and are willing to roll the dice.
I went into AOL knowing that I would be very happy with 2 awakening gems: Tech (Ghost) and Skill (Aegon); and 3 T5CC - Mutant (Sabretooth[sig20]), Mystic (Symbiote), Tech (Ghost), I also wouldn’t be too upset with skill as I would have an R3 Aegon banked for when I got him awakened.
My best scenario would have been 2x skill, while my 2nd would have been a skill gem and an immediately usable T5CC. I got scenario 3 - skill gem and an unusable T5CC. Basically I’d worked out that I had far greater chances of coming out with something that I could use immediately than not, so for me it was worth the expensive gamble, especially as if I did fluke a skill gem it unlocks exploration for me.
Including 2 mastery switches and a fairly sizeable stash (150 4hr crystals, 11 40% revives, 20 20% revives, 75 lv3 potions, 10 lv4 potions, 8 lv5 potions) this completion cost me 5500 units all in. Now, for a similar price you could probably brute force exploration of 2 chapters of Act 6, depending on which you chose.
If you could get 6.4 and 3 explored for that price you come away the following:
- 50% T5CC (shard)
- 5 x T5B
- 12 x T2A
- 3 x R4 gem
- 18k 6* Shard
- 45k 5* Shard
- 4m Gold
Vs
- 1 x 6* AG
- 1 x T5CC (formed)
- 4 x T5B
- 8 x T2A
- 20k 6* Shard
- 1 x 5* crystal
- 20 6* sig stones
- 1.5m gold
Providing that you have at least 1 6* that you would be willing to rank up, I would argue that AOL is a far better use of units and time (1-2 evenings vs probably 2 weeks of hard evening grinding). You get more 6* shards, a 6* AG which could transform your unawakened Aegon/OR/Void etc. into a real powerhouse, a T5CC which could allow an already awakened god or unawakened god to go to R3. To those who say this is just playing the odds, well these are better odds and more guaranteed rewards that the 25% crystals - I have 50% tech T5CC, but I can’t use it on Ghost and I’ve got to roll 2 more 1/6 between 6.2,3,4 to be able to rank her up.
Even if you get a class of reward that you cannot immediately use like I did, it’s in the bank for when your luck changes, which is certainly better than being 3/4 towards a rank up.
I will put up a ‘strategy’ guide for Aegonless completion later for those who are interested.