Heads up, struggling at 20 w/ kotb r1. Not sure if it is how I am playing, the gear I am using, or if r1 level 23 is too much for me at this level.
Any advice? I pumped my 15 points into macrotech, which may not have been the right spot to dump into to start?
Hey Scrag,
Happy to share some comments/ suggestions, though not everything might suit your playstyle, as the below reflects my personal preferences and the way I like to play. You asked how I did it: I'm afraid the strategy is quite different from what some would consider 'the ordinary'
> More recently, I save level 18 and 19 quests (particularly heroic Vecna, for the loot, and the Amrath ones, for Yugo pots) to run @20. This nets me some good xp @early epic levels.
> I then use all my heroic sagas, with xp pots, to get me as far into the low epic levels as I can. This helps:
> extra ED points before doing any epic questing
> meet pre-reqs for higher tiers (e.g. min lvl 23 for T3s)
> run content 4 levels above the quest level and still get max xp
> I frequently stay at a specific level range to farm gear (sometimes from new content, sometimes from a raid like VoN). Recently, I have been staying around level 20 on each alt, for as long as I can, to farm heroic Vecna gear and augments. I only progress once I am xp capped. Not everyone will care about that, or want to do it. I have 23 alts, so I care and benefit from having the gear available to me. And I hate zerging heroic quests @32 to get gear: I'd rather get reaper xp at the right level while doing it.
> In between that, I keep an eye on lfms and join groups doing stuff within my level range (i.e. mostly quests 4 levels below, but depending on the group, up to 4 levels above). I regularly hop onto 'levelling trains' for a lot of the low epic content: not only does it go faster, but I generally find grouping with others a more pleasant gaming experience. I'm here to have fun: I have a RL job to stress about, I don't stress about my hobbies
> I only do specific quests that flag for raids, build up Sagas, and/or gives me specific favour (normally related to HPs). The rest I don't bother with at all, unless a group pops up in the lfm and I got nothing better to do (which rarely happens with 23 alts). I run Borderlands at level 1 (for xp and to secure the favor), haven't run it at level 20 in ages with any character.
> I don't go looking for the wizard in the forest and spend hours killing stuff until my eyes bleed. That's ridiculously boring, I'd have more fun staring at a wall
. Not for me, but it's a choice if you can bare that kind of strategy without burning out?
> I take my time: zerging to endgame is not my idea of fun, the journey is. When I do get to endgame, a new leg of the journey begins, where my idea of fun is to stay there and do mid-high reapers and raids, and only TR if absolutely needed (e.g. a new stronger race, or archetype). That's me.
> The builds you see in my threads show a picture of my alts in their endgame journey, basically
So when designing builds, I place a lot more focus on what works at the endgame, rather than on what works for the earlier journey to get there.
> This wasn't designed to be, and neither pitched as, a solo build: soloing takes a lot more than a good build itself imo, as it involves careful gearing at level, strong content knowledge, tweaking things (depending on the build) that will need to be changed again later (often for a cost), etc.
> I change gear sets every 4 levels, and I do spend time planning what to wear to maximise my key strengths: not everyone likes to do that
> Whenever I solo content, I see this alt as a melee character, so I bring healing hirelings.
> If your plan is to exclusively solo content, perhaps you could go Divine Crusader first, to secure extra healing and dmg via Consecration and Smite Evil. You'll need to wait until 26 to get the CC aspect, which should greatly enhance your soloability.
> if you got deep enough pockets, you could go as a DC caster until you get CC from Consecration, and re-spec at that point? It depends on what you want to achieve, how fast u want to level, how much time u got. I did not struggle at all levelling, and I only run content @ min reaper 1 (and as previously mentioned, always 4 levels above the quest level). I save the thrill of challenge and reaper xp farming for endgame.
> Mechrotec was a late comer into the build (literally when it was released not too long ago): the previous destiny was Draconic, and mostly only for the imbue die. I don't recall going there first, but perhaps the rune arm extra dmg might be advantageous at this low stage?
Hope this was somewhat useful, and apologies in advance if it wasn't
