Leveling goes quicker on Adventure mode? I've been trying to level my Demon Hunter and Monk in story mode, but I'm to the Zoltun Kulle part, which I didn't enjoy the first time around. Maybe I'll switch to adventure mode to level them.
You cannot play on hard with a level 1 character. Don't even try. Play through normal then go to hard, and play adventure mode. You have to beat the game before you can play adventure mode, but once you can, you will level up faster and get better gear.
Leveling goes quicker on Adventure mode? I've been trying to level my Demon Hunter and Monk in story mode, but I'm to the Zoltun Kulle part, which I didn't enjoy the first time around. Maybe I'll switch to adventure mode to level them.
Huh? Level 1 toons can easily start on hard.
Ok, technically you can play it. But it will go a lot slower. The fastest way to level up (by yourself without somebody helping) is to go through on Normal as fast as you can, and then stop playing the the campaign all together and switch to adventure mode.
If you start on hard, you will have to drop to normal in order to beat it. My character from pre-patch had to drop down to hard for the second half of Act V (And this is true for the majority of players).
So sure, start on hard if you want, but its going to take you longer to beat the campaign. There is just no point in starting off on hard.
If you start on hard, you will have to drop to normal in order to beat it. My character from pre-patch had to drop down to hard for the second half of Act V (And this is true for the majority of players).
Yeah I hated act 2, way too much walking around in almost every zone till you could find the next save checkpoint. Haven't even gone back there for any bounties.
By the by, if anyone finds the level 70 Asheara plans the mats for them aren't bad at all and it's quite easy to farm Sssthrasss for the special crafting ingredient (though drop rate still leaves something to be desired). It amounts to some pretty 'easy' legendaries and IMO the 2 and 3 set are both quite good, more AR and Life never hurts.
Ok, technically you can play it. But it will go a lot slower. The fastest way to level up (by yourself without somebody helping) is to go through on Normal as fast as you can, and then stop playing the the campaign all together and switch to adventure mode.
If you start on hard, you will have to drop to normal in order to beat it. My character from pre-patch had to drop down to hard for the second half of Act V (And this is true for the majority of players).
So sure, start on hard if you want, but its going to take you longer to beat the campaign. There is just no point in starting off on hard.
I would think you could probably tear through it without too much trouble if your paragon level is high enough, and then once you hit 15 and sockets become available on weapons, you could toss a marquis ruby on your weapon and tear everything to shreds until 40.
I'm playing on hard just because normal was so easy. Are you saying by ACT V, I'll have to drop down to normal because it's too hard?
Yeah, it's all hugely dependant on gear. Once my crusader hit 40, I actually bumped the difficulty up to T1 for a dozen levels or so. You see, I had had a 2.4k two-handed mace drop with a -30 level req. attribute on it drop for me my first time through act V. That was an amusing stretch of levels.I would think you could probably tear through it without too much trouble if your paragon level is high enough, and then once you hit 15 and sockets become available on weapons, you could toss a marquis ruby on your weapon and tear everything to shreds until 40.
Beat Act V last night and ran through Act I on adventure mode for the first time. Should I be saving these shards for any particular reason or cash them in immediately? I'm only level 56, so should I wait until I'm 70? Does cashing them on any particular difficulty have influence on what you might get?
There is a cap of 500 blood shards, so really, use them as you see fit before you hit the cap. There is a chance to get a legendary from the gambling vendor, so there is potential for a great upgrade. I recommend using them on the worst piece of gear you have until it is upgraded, and then going to the next worse. Weapons should probably be avoided though, as unless you get a legendary, they won't be amazing.
Beat Act V last night and ran through Act I on adventure mode for the first time. Should I be saving these shards for any particular reason or cash them in immediately? I'm only level 56, so should I wait until I'm 70? Does cashing them on any particular difficulty have influence on what you might get?
To those talking about drop rates - keep at it. I did two rifts last night and got 3 legendaries across the two. I ended up using 2 of the 3 legendaries. I really do find the drop rates to be quite sweet - I might start another character at this rate (never played anything but a wiz in diablo 3).
I keep seeing people mention split farming or split bounties on the d3 forums. What is that?
Sure, paragon and gems and hellfires certainly help. But hard is still pretty easy, I start new toons on T6 and slowly back them down, usually finish around master/expert.
No, stay on hard. The only reason to play on normal is to farm gear for your lvl 70 to get ready for T1.
I call total BS on this. There is no way you start a new character on T6. The VERY first zombie you come across on T6 has 35-50 MILLION hit points. A new character does single digit base damage. Lets just say you can 10 dps. A little math shows it would take your 56 DAYS to kill the very first zombie, assuming you somehow never got hit. One of my chars with 5.5 million toughness takes 50-100k dmg per hit from this lowly zombie.
How long do you think it will be before ROS has any kind of sale