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" jawsofhana wrote: " Psomm wrote: This game is extremely forgiving of zone level requirements and gaining xp, so the greatest tip I can offer is this: Every difficulty, run a zone over and over till you are about 4-5 levels higher than it's requirement, then finish out the act - you'll find it much easier because your gems are stronger, you'll have more passives assigned and will find some level-appropriate equipment to work with. It's how I ranked 1st archer in the cutthoat league. Fellshrine, Ledge are obvious spots, but pretty much anywhere you feel a good kill ratio works. And now that Pyramid has it's pots back, that's a good way to nab some more orbs while you're xping. Once you outlevel the zones by two levels, you'll have 10% less item find. I have not confirmed this myself, though. Someone else can probably clarify the actual stat vs. level loss. -2.5% currency per level in excess of 2 levels above the zone I believe	Posted by thepmrc on May 11, 2012, 3:04:35 PM Quote this Post
Yep absolutely true. As I said it's quite a forgiving system, and your experience is not altered. I tend to get about 4 levels above fellshrine before I move on, makes completing act 2 much more enjoyable. I'm the Ps guy: Psomm, Pso, Psong, pso-on and pso-phorth.	Posted by Psomm on May 11, 2012, 4:35:28 PM Quote this Post
Psomm semi-taught me the re-run trick with our first Cut-Throat experience, as I recall it. I generally don't need it in default, but in Cut-Throat it definitely gave us a slight edge of survival. Warhammer 40k Inquisitor: where shotgunning is not only not nerfed, it is deeply encouraged. Dogma > Souls, but they're masterworks all. You can't go wrong. I was right about PoE2 needing to be a separate, new game. It was really obvious.	Posted by Foreverhappychan on May 11, 2012, 6:13:12 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post