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« on: 03 May 2021, 09:49:27 »
This game does not scale well on difficulty on replay runs (unlike DII). For normal or epic, things will get utterly boring on pre-orient maps.
Actually, totally agree.
That's good to keep in mind, thanks! Since I'm playing my five characters in parallel, it will take me a while until I'm ready for the next difficulty. At the moment I've finished Act III Normal with all of them and completed Act IV Normal with the Soothsayer. Since item drops were quite underwhelming, I then proceeded directly to Atlantis instead of switching to the next character. Since Atlantis appears to be rather short, I should be able to finish it today (I'm at the waypoint after the Atlantis Wilderness, right now). I'm glad I have the Soothsayer, since she's ideal for a first playthrough, requiring almost no gear. All I care about are some +skills items to boost the level of my pets when summoning them and a staff and jewelry to increase pet damage.
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« on: 31 March 2021, 13:25:52 »
Dual Wield early is a bit of a trap. DW truly shines when all DW skills are maxed, and some + skills. Really adds very little at the beginning.
 - Mandrake on the poison weapon line: That fumble really adds up to survability, monsters will miss so often, if not confused. Not some useful against bosses, Whirlwind is great to spread it on engage.
- Battle standard + Triumph, especially for those bosses and hard encounters. The damage absorption and phys reduction really is something.
I already put one point into 'Battle Standard' - if I remember to activate it, it's indeed quite helpful  Using Mandrake sounds like a good idea. So far, I avoided putting points into the poison skill chain since I thought it was only about the damage... Knifes + Traps is a completely different route.
Okay, gotcha! Thanks for the tips 
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« on: 31 March 2021, 11:58:45 »
Nah, Brigand is just recommended because has the highest damage potential, people see big damage and go crazy. That's what I suspected. In the meantime I'm on my 4th playthrough of the 1st Act Normal. - My Warden eventually did great after gaining his first artifact ( Shroud of Eternal Night). - The Stonespeaker turned out to be truly overpowered, though, dual-wielding a 'Small Torch' and a 'Skeletal Darts'. The Assassin is my first character that is struggling a bit - or at least somewhat prone to die unexpectedly... She's currently at level 16 in Athen. I suppose the problem could just be that I'm basically trying to play her like my Warden... Perhaps I should start investing in Traps? Currently, I have almost all of my skill points in Warfare, maxing Dodge and the Dual-Wielding skills.
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« on: 26 March 2021, 12:18:09 »
Thanks! That's very neat, although it'll be a while before I can actually give it a try 
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« on: 26 March 2021, 12:16:40 »
Thanks, that's more like it for me - clearly more productive than hitting the pause button when I have to go afk
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« on: 25 March 2021, 12:57:52 »
LOL, is some kind of exploit, nice one!!
Yeah, good to know about it, but I'm not sure it's something I'll ever do. It _is_ a bit painful having to watch my hero getting killed over and over again... 
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« on: 25 March 2021, 12:51:01 »
One final problem I have (and I have with every game involving loot)... I am a hoarder! I stopped collecting whites near the beginning but am still collecting yellows and selling them... a whole lot of gameplay is me selling!
I also for some reason keep blues and some greens... I'll never use them and I have plenty of gold but I can't help it. Caravan space is always low and the caravan guy in Atlantis called me a hoarder, which was rather funny. Might continue to do this and then go crazy on the transmuter while in legendary.
Aren't we all hoarders? In Diablo 2 I had six accounts with 48 characters - 12 of them were little more than 'mules' to store all of my set items and uniques. TQVault nicely solves the issue without any need for mules. I do find I spend a lot of time organizing and (re)distributing my gear, but since it's something I enjoy doing... E.g. yesterday I played the game for about 4 hours and then spent an hour with TQVault to swap gear Imho, it's time well spent, since good preparation allows me to breeze through the game with little difficulties (well, I'm still on Normal...).
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« on: 25 March 2021, 10:21:20 »
No particular reason apart from nobody suggesting it until now  As mentioned, I had cross-posted on the Steam community and got a lot of different recommendations, but nobody suggested Spellbreaker. However, only a few classes remain that nobody mentioned. The most common suggestion for Rogue was actually Brigand (Rogue + Hunting): https://steamcommunity.com/app/475150/discussions/0/2561864094346968557/Unfortunately, it's too late now to switch the masteries since my Soothsayer is already at level 19 now and I've just started investing in the Spirit Mastery Yesterday I started playing my Warden. I stopped after reaching level 8, ready to leave Tegea. So far, the only fight where I had to use a few health potions was against Nessos. Currently, I'm fighting with Fire Spike and a Deathweaver's Shield, and plan to switch to Shiverblood when I reach the required minimum level. I'm also starting most fights using the Telliam's Will bow. The remaining gear is also really good for its level, so I don't foresee any problems making it through the first Act. After the Warden, I plan to play my Stonespeaker.
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« on: 24 March 2021, 11:36:42 »
Thanks for replying!
In the meantime I've been gathering feedback from Steam and Discord, as well.
I've now decided to go with the following roster:
1) Soothsayer (Spirit + Nature)
2) Warden (Hunting + Defense)
3) Stonespeaker (Earth + Rune)
4) Assassin (Rogue + Warfare)
5) Prophet (Dream + Storm)
I consider it a good sign, you're also recommending Warden! :-)
I'm also happy with my decision to not go the Elementalist route.
Regarding the Trickster, I felt it was too risky - at least for a beginner like me.
Hopefully, the Assassin isn't as squishy.
This left me with a Prophet as my 5th character:
Apparently this was quite a popular choice before the Anniversary Edition.
I hope for some good synergy to boost the Electric Burn damage, but it's definitely the choice I feel least sure about.
I started playing the Soothsayer, which turned out to be an excellent choice for a first character:
It doesn't require _any_ gear at all since my wolf pets are simply tearing through everything,
and I'm left doing almost nothing but running after them to open chests and pick up loot.
Yesterday I finished Act I and have collected some great gear for my other characters:
About two dozen blue and green items, especially loads of throwing weapons for my Stonespeaker,
but also two spears and shields for my Warden.
I'm planning to play the Warden next :-)
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« on: 18 March 2021, 12:13:00 »
Hello everyone, new player here!
I recently bought TQAE and love the concept of combining two masteries to create your class.
I read a couple of guides with recommendations for starting players, but I have a rather specific challenge I'd like to get some advice on:
Normally, I play this kind of game with several characters in parallel because I hate to find great gear that I don't have any use for.
Given that there's a total of 10 masteries, ideally, I'd like to find 5 classes suitable for new players without any overlaps in masteries.
It would be perfect if each chosen class used a different combat approach / weapon type, too.
So far, I've come up with the following:
1) Soothsayer (Spirit + Nature)
2) Harbinger (Warfare + Dream)
These two are pretty much set, the rest I'm less sure on:
3) Elementalist (Storm + Earth)
I'm not sure if this is maybe too much of a glass-cannon?
4) Warden (Hunting + Defense)
The combination of spear + shield seems like a pretty solid choice.
However, that leaves me with:
5) Trickster (Rogue + Rune)
Apparently, this is one of the trickiest (sic!) classes to play, so I'm not sure it's a good choice when I'm just starting to play.
If I ditch the Elementalist, I could go with the following two classes instead:
a) Thunderer (Storm + Rune) and Magician (Rogue + Earth), or
b) Stonespeaker (Earth + Rune) and Sorcerer (Rogue + Storm)
Both Thunderer and Stonespeaker seem to be quite solid choices using either throwing weapons or a bow.
But I'm again left with two classes I'm less sure about:
It seems both Magician and Sorcerer are very gear-dependent.
So, what would be your suggestion for a set of 5 classes without overlapping masteries that would work well for a beginner?
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