I'm stuck at 87

Grats on lvl 90 challenge!!! Glad you made passed the 87 :)

Thanks. With my limited playing, it became clear that I was not making it passed 90 or 91 before Ascendency. I've been attempting to learn how to farm orbs efficiently, been looking for good bases to Chance, and have been completing the "2 chaos" armor set recipe.

Safety tip - when you equip MF gear, your resists may lower. even level 68 mobs can kill you them when they explode :-O

PSA - To farm rare items for the 2-chaos recipe and white items for chancing is actually working at cross-purposes.

Good job getting over that hump, mid to late 80's are really when the deaths become brutally punishing, I feel your pain... I had 90% into 92 on one of my chars and lost all of it after skill tree changes cost me a ton of hp and resist cap with no easy solution to make it up, gain a few %, lose 10% to a one shot, repeat.

Finally hit 93 on that char yesterday.