Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
| advanced_guide [2021/10/28 14:01] – [Empowering for Allstat] determinor | advanced_guide [2021/11/04 12:31] – determinor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ====== Advanced Guide ====== | ====== Advanced Guide ====== | ||
| - | This guide assumes that you have read the previous guides, have arrived at level 115, achieved max kill of 15 monsters from masteries, started pushing through //Pit of Greed// questline and have several pieces of T7 gear and working on the rest. This guide will cover the progress through level 115 (T7) to level 130 (T8) and will mostly be about hitting certain Attack Speed stats. Other than speed, the importance of allstat will be extreme at this point, along with hitting several of the speed compendiums. | + | This guide assumes that you have read the previous guides, have arrived at level 115, achieved max kill of 15 monsters from masteries, started pushing through //Pit of Greed// questline and have several pieces of T7 gear and working on the rest. This guide will cover the progress through level 115 (T7) to level 130 (T8) and will mostly be about hitting certain Attack Speed stats. Anything after level 130 is covered by [[end_game_guide| the End-game Guide]]. Other than speed, the importance of allstat will be extreme at this point, along with hitting several of the speed compendiums. |
| Also, the slowest completion of quests will take place. Don't panic, stay calm, grind compendium. | Also, the slowest completion of quests will take place. Don't panic, stay calm, grind compendium. | ||
| Line 72: | Line 72: | ||
| Now we can max kill steamdrakes and deathwhispers! That means we can go for the 1M kill mark (and still continue doing the daily quests later on because they are still good income) if we want to. We can also progress through the main questline requiring us to kill tens of thousands of Steamdrakes and Deatwhispers. After this point though? We can be much more relaxed, act freeform and choose our goals, as the only significant one left is about 30% allstat away. | Now we can max kill steamdrakes and deathwhispers! That means we can go for the 1M kill mark (and still continue doing the daily quests later on because they are still good income) if we want to. We can also progress through the main questline requiring us to kill tens of thousands of Steamdrakes and Deatwhispers. After this point though? We can be much more relaxed, act freeform and choose our goals, as the only significant one left is about 30% allstat away. | ||
| - | After all of this, around 131-133% allstat, we achieve the coveted 18 AS. All of this allstat should safely get us killing 15 Steamdrakes and Deathwhispers. Since the monster drop prices are very pricey, getting to 1M killmark | + | After all of this, around 131-133% allstat, we achieve the coveted 18 AS. All of this allstat should safely get us killing 15 Steamdrakes and Deathwhispers. Since the monster drop prices are very pricey, getting to 1M kill mark for both is a sizeable income. |
| + | |||
| + | Continue doing the daily quests for Steamdrakes and Deathwhispers even after reaching the 1M kill mark: they bring great income. Both quest combined will bring more than 1M gold worth of materials every day. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Mining laser investment ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Until you achieve level 80 in mining, it's best to just keep a Flat Orthoclase mining laser. However, after mining level 80, we should go all out for a single ore's mining lasers as it brings an incredible amount of income immediately. The order of upgrade is Base, Percentage, Purity, Double. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The mining masteries, especially the lower ones for Orthoclase and Anorthite, are incredibly useful here. ' | ||
| + | |||
| + | Look at prices, pick an ore accordingly, | ||
| + | |||
| + | This income is what will carry us through Plat gate troubles and T8 equipment acquirement. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== More Attack Speed breakpoints ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | After this point, there are 3 ways to increase your Attack Speed, which is the biggest factor of combat in the later stages of the game. At this point in the game, you should be progressing slowly into level 130, the point where T8 equipment unlocks and the cost of increasing your firepower gets bonkers expensive. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The 3 ways left are: | ||
| + | - The speed killmarks in compendium. The remaining one should be the first Maw monster: Unhallowed Husk. Max killing this monster without some T8 gear is night impossible as the jump from Abyss to Maw is just as hard as it was from Wastelands to Abyss. It's feasible to get the first killmark at 200k kills for an AS jump if your current speed is close to a breakpoint. | ||
| + | - Getting level 75 and above Drone. The level 75 Drone alone grants 37.5 speed. Compare that to the max compendium speed gain of 30 and we can see just how powerful it is. However, this is the most expensive method to get more speed, as getting to level 75 of a Companion takes 75 plat. | ||
| + | - More Allstat. MORE! | ||
| + | |||
| + | Without the level 75 Drone bonus (it wasn't there when I got to the AS breakpoints): | ||
| + | * 17 AS at 143% allstat | ||
| + | * 16 AS at 151% allstat | ||
| + | * 15 AS at 159% allstat | ||
| + | |||
| + | It's most likely that we won't even achieve 17 AS before we arrive at the critical Combat level 130 point and unlock the T8 equipment. The global gold boost of combat exp is especially powerful before level 130. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== What to prepare for ===== | ||
| + | Here are the primary goals we should achieve before we hit level 130: | ||
| + | * For income: Mining level 80, maxed mining lasers of a single ore type. | ||
| + | * For power and income: All T7 gear, optimized energizements, | ||
| + | * For income: Slayer V | ||
| + | * For power: invest all plat into Drone and Drake levels (equally) | ||
| + | * For income: invest plat into Prospector first, Merchant second | ||
| + | |||
| + | All of the Advanced Guide basically boils down to these. You might have noticed how 4/5 of our goals have ' | ||
| + | The reason for this is simple: it takes time to progress in T8 and beyond. A lot of time. We have progressed fast in T7 and below. When I got to level 115, I had 6 pieces of T7 ready (bought or prepared, empowered at least to E10). | ||
| + | Before I got to level 130, I couldn' | ||
| + | |||
| + | With this, I finish the guide with my only advice for T8: prepare for a very slow advancement. You are limited by your income and by the daily 4th dungeon in this phase. | ||
| + | |||
| + | You will learn just how expensive the T8 equipment are, at the [[end_game_guide|End Game Guide]]. | ||