General Discussion - How to get used to playing Softcore? - Forum

" trixxar wrote: No need to be insecure, no one is attacking you. SC and HC have a very different feeling to the game, and it is a significant difference / adjustment. Neither is better or worse, but your response lets me know you've only tried one or you would understand that already. Someone earlier in the thread described it best, in SC your characters can die a slow death due to disinterest. The thing I found helps the most so far is to try unique/different builds on SSF and see how far you can take them. For real though, have you even attempted any endgame bosses yet? They're the main point of being softcore to me. Last edited by codetaku#0468 on Feb 11, 2019, 9:17:18 AM	Posted by codetaku#0468 on Feb 11, 2019, 9:15:13 AM On Probation Quote this Post
" codetaku wrote: " trixxar wrote: No need to be insecure, no one is attacking you. SC and HC have a very different feeling to the game, and it is a significant difference / adjustment. Neither is better or worse, but your response lets me know you've only tried one or you would understand that already. Someone earlier in the thread described it best, in SC your characters can die a slow death due to disinterest. The thing I found helps the most so far is to try unique/different builds on SSF and see how far you can take them. For real though, have you even attempted any endgame bosses yet? They're the main point of being softcore to me. Well, shaper but not uber elder. I was following a build guide though, which to me kinda feels like play by numbers, if you know what I mean. Uber Elder is probably a good goal for next league, you are right.	Posted by trixxar#2360 on Feb 13, 2019, 2:22:03 AM Quote this Post
I was in the same situation. What I did was I went into it slowly. I started playing standard in between leagues. Then a little bit during leagues, taking big breaks in between. I did that until I got used to it. Til now I try not the die as if it's HC, and to be honest, I get more salty when I do because I realize I'm a scrub and the death means nothing.	Posted by Pro#1622 on Feb 13, 2019, 2:35:08 AM Quote this Post
" Atomic_Noodles wrote: He's also forgetting how dying in the later levels especially 90+ can set you back days or hours to just recoup that 10% XP Nowadys, in the pure breach stone era, it only takes 4h to get from lvl 1 to 100.	Posted by NoBillag#2498 on Feb 13, 2019, 5:34:12 AM Banned Quote this Post
You do realize once Betrayal goes core getting that enough encounters to reliably get Pure Breachstones might be harder? Also not everybody can afford Breachstone Rotations so my point still stands. Just another Forum Signature in a Sea of Signatures.	Posted by Atomic_Noodles#2233 on Feb 13, 2019, 6:43:54 AM Quote this Post
" NoBillag wrote: " Atomic_Noodles wrote: He's also forgetting how dying in the later levels especially 90+ can set you back days or hours to just recoup that 10% XP Nowadys, in the pure breach stone era, it only takes 4h to get from lvl 1 to 100. In a dedicated boosting group, with only chayula stones :P It takes around twice as long with a dedicated group and elemental stones, and it takes around 5x as long if you have to actually join rotations--and that's after you've already purchased the stones.	Posted by codetaku#0468 on Feb 13, 2019, 7:42:02 AM On Probation Quote this Post
" codetaku wrote: In a dedicated boosting group, with only chayula stones :P [...] And it costs an insame amount of currency. Nevertheless, I still think it's an achievement. I was always under the impression that with too big a level difference and hence xp punishment you can't really pull it of in a fast way - I was wrong.	Posted by NoBillag#2498 on Feb 13, 2019, 7:54:23 AM Banned Quote this Post
I mean, you do realize that in addition to being monster level 84, chayula's pure realm also has the explicit mod "350% increased experience gain", right? It was clearly made for fast leveling. Your post reads very confusingly--it's not like this was always possible and suddenly people figured out how to do it, it's that GGG introduced new items specifically for speed leveling. There's nothing you "were wrong" about, the game simply changed.	Posted by codetaku#0468 on Feb 13, 2019, 7:57:33 AM On Probation Quote this Post
" NoBillag wrote: " Atomic_Noodles wrote: He's also forgetting how dying in the later levels especially 90+ can set you back days or hours to just recoup that 10% XP Nowadys, in the pure breach stone era, it only takes 4h to get from lvl 1 to 100. exaggerate much? Lets see you do that, with no help. Solo. I'll wait.	Posted by DamageIncorporated#7815 on Feb 14, 2019, 3:19:23 AM Quote this Post
" DamageIncorporated wrote: Gimme a break. HC players really need to get over them selves. Triggered, huh?	Posted by LaiTash#6276 on Feb 14, 2019, 5:57:03 AM Quote this Post