And a Primal Ancient is perfect in almost every way. An ancient weapon is nominally vastly superior to a regular legendary, which is vastly superior to a rare item. Here’s where it gets a bit tricky, ‘cos RNG. Here’s my Demon Hunter’s dagger: A perfectly rolled, BiS, weapon.Īchieving a Greater Rift 70 solo unlocks the chance for Primal Ancient gear to drop. But I don’t believe in chance, as such, I put more ‘faith’ in facts. Next stage, which I’ll come to, is to get to GR70 solo.īecause of RNG. My suggestion: get to level 70 as fast as possible, boosted or not, then play the game. Thus, your initial options are season or regular, but season – if you do the achievements – includes a free set of armour and pet (reasonably easily), an extra stash tab (hard), a pair of wings (harder but not such a huge jump, in hindsight, with experience). I also avoided groups, but I’m funny like that. Some people only play seasons, then walk away from the game until the next season. Numbers are rounded, campaign mode is similar, but less loot, less xp, less gold, etc.Īnd hardcore seasonal (permadeath hurts so much more!)Īt the end of a season your character(s), and all their gold, loot and the xp earned are moved/added to your ‘regular’ (non season) account, so not lost.Ĭonsequently, though, you start the next season butt naked, hence this guide. There is some level of debate as to whether a Greater Realm of level ‘x’ is equal to a Torment level of ‘y’, but Blizzard set the comparisons, so we’ll go with that. There’s a handy table here at D3 resources, but I’ll give an overview below. And at level 70 you have the option of Greater Rifts, which go from 1 to 150. I’ll start with difficulty settings, which you can change at almost any point, even, to a degree, mid instance! At present these range from ‘normal’ to ‘torment I’ to ‘torment 16’ (soon to be ‘torment 19’, so one rumour said). It’s an important distinction and quite bizarre that Blizzard owns both franchises and can’t see this, but one has a monthly sub and sells all it can via a cash store, and the other doesn’t. RNG is a big thing, but – unlike Warcraft and some other games – it’s a factor, not a mechanism. The thing about Diablo, though, is it’s all about settings. (Might also unlock things for adventurer mode. Perfectly reasonable, and an excellent way to get a feel for the game. You begin in campaign, on normal, not on seasons, and most definitely not on Hard mode, and meander through the expansions to the end. I am systematic, it works for me, and I suspect a lot of new players starting Diablo take the same route. What all those cryptic messages mean – and why I don’t care. The importance of sets, set pieces, and rerolling. What the single most important ‘achievement’ is, and why. How much the right bracer or belt can radically improve your game. The optimal way to gem up, and just how much difference it makes. How to get unlimited treasure rifts to farm. How to get a Primal Ancient item in the shortest time. How to level from 1 to 70 in 10 minutes – without being boosted. I wanted the extra tab for my stash from seasons, I wanted the wings, so I had to learn, fast. In my case, I have a form of OCD that makes failure not an option after a trigger. Yes? So why are you here? I played the original Diablo, and on and off, I played iterations of Diablo ever since and I’ve still learnt more in the past fortnight of playing (since quitting Warcraft) than I have in the past decade. Some might read this and say, “Pttt, I’ve known this for years”. We didn’t spend millions of years evolving to walk only to spend our lives hunched up over a keyboard your mind might like it, but your body disagrees. It might be fun and challenging when you are aged 15, 20, 25, but by 40, 50+, not so much. Some players like the buzz of the rush, pushing the limits of their character, their keyboard skills, their future RSI. Note that I’m not a power-player, I’m not a raider, I do NOT like stress, or being rushed. Things that few share because “everyone knows”, but actually, no, they don’t, because unless you actively search for things you don’t know, or that aren’t obvious, how can you? So they are pretty much open/hidden power-levellers “tricks”. This article is more, “things I’ve learnt”. First off, this isn’t a “what’s the best build” guide, Icy Veins does an excellent job of covering that aspect.
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