Got my crusader to L70 over the weekend by doing RiFs. I found a flail that removes the wrath cost of Blessed Shield, so now I can just spam BS haha. It's kinda fun.
Still need a lot of pieces to be properly geared, but it'll come in time.
Drop rates are still high, but drops have been really crappy lately it seems. Also, since the popularity of Rift it foward, Kadala seems to be even more stingy than ever. Durring the initial buff I was able to get my Jade and Marauder sets with in a week, tops. I can't buy upgrades for my Barb, Crusader, and Wiz right now.
What's RiFs?
What's RiFs?
Question about the Adventure mode, can you start a fresh level 1 character and only play adventure mode? Is that viable loot wise?
Question about the Adventure mode, can you start a fresh level 1 character and only play adventure mode? Is that viable loot wise?
After you've unlocked it (beaten Act 5) it is available for every character, including new ones. It is a viable way to level up, and faster than the story mode IMO. The only thing is once you hit 70, make sure you do Malthael for the free legendary.
Question about the Adventure mode, can you start a fresh level 1 character and only play adventure mode? Is that viable loot wise?
After you've unlocked it (beaten Act 5) it is available for every character, including new ones. It is a viable way to level up, and faster than the story mode IMO. The only thing is once you hit 70, make sure you do Malthael for the free legendary.
Isn't that only once per account? Or is it once per char? Could have sworn it was once per account.
Isn't that only once per account? Or is it once per char? Could have sworn it was once per account.
It is once per story mode clear. So, every time you reset (or on your first clear), Malthael is guaranteed to drop a legendary.
Do you have to work your way up through story mode to Malthael or can you just join a game when someone is about to kill him to get the legendary drops?
Rift it Forward.
Basically someone does a Rift solo (any diff. T1-T6). He spawns the rift guardian and brings it down to a low % of health. He then ports to town and invites 3 people to his party and together they finish the rift and everyone gets bloodshards/xp/gold. They close the rift and the person who soloed it chooses 1 of the 3 people to open the next rift for him to solo while the other 3 ppl leave party. Rinse/repeat.
Drop rates are still high, but drops have been really crappy lately it seems. Also, since the popularity of Rift it foward, Kadala seems to be even more stingy than ever. Durring the initial buff I was able to get my Jade and Marauder sets with in a week, tops. I can't buy upgrades for my Barb, Crusader, and Wiz right now.
Well...I started the day with my Crusader level 10 and he's now level 25...
I'm on T1...and those +STR gems are doing their wonders...I murder everything on my path with 2H+Shield...class is awesome.
I think they reverted Kadala's initial buff. I have been having the same problem. Even doing RiFs, I have seen a sharp drop in legendaries from Kadala. Going for my T&T, with 500 shards, I would see around like 3-4 legendaries (mostly St. Andrew's garbage). Now, I am lucky if I get a single one.
Rift it Forward. It is a community where runners advertise their rifts after the guardian spawns. People join and someone who joined (lowest paragon, last in the game, whatever the runner dictates) opens a new rift after they kill the guardian and everyone leaves. The runners get free rift opens and everyone else gets potentially free (about 1/3 of the time) shards and chances at loot.
Another noob question: What is adventure mode and what are these T1-T6 difficulty settings everyone talks about? I'm guessing they are related somehow?
Have continued playing my monk, made it up to level 36 last night after a week away on vacation. I have now realized, it's completely pointless to purchase EQ while leveling, the stuff you find within an hour or so completely surpasses anything you buy at even a level or two lower. Is there any point to crafting weapons/armor at these levels? It mostly looks to be significantly lower level than what I find. Just save the materials for later? Or should I be selling gear for gold instead of salvaging for mats?
Exactly what I mean. Before, I would usually get 3-4 junk legs from Kadal per 500 shards, now, it's like 1 per 2000 shards. I stopped with RIFS. It was awesome getting quick shards, but not worth it anymore.
Trying to find a pattern to RNG, or expecting one short term pattern to always hold true, is against its very nature. If you need specific item upgrades you can't beat Kadala. I dumped all my shards into helms on my WD for days on end and got one of about everything (and multiples of junk) including what I really wanted: a Mask of Jeram. In all the rifts I did in that same time only a couple class specific helms dropped. I have an ok Quetz and Carnevil helm stored away thanks to Kadala. It's still random, but limiting the legendary pool to only helms was by far the most efficient way to get what I wanted.
Think about it: How many mobs do you have to kill to get 100 specific item drops? Now, how about the chance that among all items that dropped only those specific items you're looking for will be legendary? Contrastingly, 500 shards spent on gloves gets you 100 'drops' in the span of a couple minutes. You can't beat that when you need certain items.