What rarity to run T16 maps?
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So basically I encountered someone today who was shocked that I run T16 maps on magic (blue) rarity.
Here was my explanation to him -Rare (yellow) rarity on a T16 is too dangerous unless none of the mods affect final boss damage. -Even though my build is sick enough to defeat a rare T16, I do risk death if Hydra or Phoenix land a lucky critical strike. Current energy shield at 14K -In that case one would be farming T16 only for drops but not experience. -With the only useful unique item from Shaper becoming useless and cheap and T15 offering about the same reward as T16 I would rather craft my T16 such that I can farm them for experience. -There is however one reward from T16 that is worthwhile-The Scourge-which is likely to become legacy in Fall of Oriath as that unique beats even mirrored gears. I have collected two so far and collecting even more. -Map crafting is overrated anyway as a yellow map can sometimes get about the same item quantity bonus as a blue one. He was quite convinced and decided to follow my style. BUT Does anyone actually farm for experience safely on rare T16 whole day? |
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" what? do you mean dying sun? isn't that still like 5x? |
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First I have to admit that I personally never run a t16 map and my highest level char only got to level 86. But to your question: I was under the impression that the fasted levelling strategy to level 100 was to run T10-T12 maps that you can just rush through in 30 seconds with your eyes closed. While each map gives less xp than a T15 or T16 map you can run them so much faster that you still get more xp per hour. Additionally T15+ maps are so expensive that it is practically impossible to run them continuously. One would only run these maps for the item drops, both the exclusive uniques and the high ilevel rares. To get these you should run them with as much iiq and iir as you can possibly get. The price for T15+ maps is also so high that running them with massive iiq/iir is the only way to have a chance to break even financially on them.
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" Yes but you need amazing gear and game trivializing tactics. Guardians are such ridiculous rip fests when combined with any amount of damage mods. There are very very few gear sets that can perma farm t16's and retain a low death ratio. Regardless, Running Rare 15/16's is ill advised. If you want exp, farm shaped strands till your eyes bleed. If you want a good mix of loot/exp and not feel like dying slowly, farm T16's. IGN: Arlianth Check out my LA build: 1782214 Last edited by Nephalim#2731 on Mar 26, 2017, 3:57:21 PM
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Ok, I only did several T16, all as corrupted rare. For atlas bonus. But since I failed to kill Minotaur for 5 times in a row, I need advice. What map affixes do you consider as easy with good IIQ when we talk about T16 bosses? It's build dependent for sure, but with common baseline.
And do you use sextants for T16? Atm I'm too afraid to do so. | |
" For league yes, for standard the price of dying sun is falling too quickly for Shaper's realm to have any more meaning. |
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" For the majority of the player base that is the case. Not for me. I can farm yellow tier 12-14 maps safely with zero risk of death (unless I make dumb mistakes myself), but for tier 15 to 16 they can at most be blue. So here I am asking if it is actually possible to farm even yellow tier 15/16 safely. Since a lot of players cannot run their end game maps safely, I sometimes get asked to help them run and that way I already get to play tier 15+ daily. Also, with 100% Atlas completion. I can actually sustain tier 14 maps which in turn drop tier 16 maps. So, I get to play 10 tier 16 maps roughly every 200 maps I farm. |
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" The problem is I can farm tier 16 white safely. Should I run my T16s at white, blue or yellow? Is there anyone that is actually farming tier 16 safely that is all that I am asking. |
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" Yes, absolutely. I am. I have gotten one character to 100 and another to 98 so far on nothing but T16's. If they are white or blue then their returns will not be good and you will be at a loot/hr defecit. Question is, do you want exp or loot or both? IGN: Arlianth Check out my LA build: 1782214 Last edited by Nephalim#2731 on Mar 26, 2017, 5:27:06 PM
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I want more of EXP than loot I guess?
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