Trying to maximize my efficiency (both Paragon exp and loot) in A2. Here is my run
Start quest at Soulstone Chamber
Black Cannon Mines
Road to Alcarnus
Desolate Sands (Just explore til find Vault of the Assassin)
Vault of the Assassin
Zoltun Kulle
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As far as I can think, this is the most efficient run for both. You get 5 stacks pretty quickly in the 2-3 zone, get ~8 elites of loot in VoA, then ice the cake with ZK and 2 guaranteed rares. Finishing A2 takes too long and nowhere else has the density of elites that these places do (some people like the Dahlgar Oasis.... it's been pretty shitty for me). I know a lot of y'all are farming A3, but if there are some A2er's out there, let me know what you think!
I start in the sewers, then hit the Khasim Outpost, working back toward the mines, from there Alcarnus and then Desolate Sands, I also clear Cave of Betrayer as well as VoA.
Go sewers first. A guarantueed elite/champ there. Sometimes 2 or I even had 3 once and it takes not even 5 mins to clear. + Im going kashim outpost teleporter and then walk south to explore the area. Sometimes 2 packs there in this small area. Else I'm checking for flooded cave in dhalgur oasis aswell.
Apart from that, it's the same route I'm running and it's "pretty" quick.
Btw. If you get this even dungeon where you have to hunt the quest (mostly at mines area). Go for the packs in there and not the chest (if you hunt for the chest you can't go back afterwards and kill the elites). There are tons of packs in there and it's pretty fast cleared.
I played Act2 some days ago and it seems soooo easy. Did they nerfed it? I could almost 2-hit some Champion-Packs with only ~35k dps on my Barb.
From the patch notes:
Act II
Normal monster health increased by 4%
Elite monster health reduced by 8%
Overall damage done by all monsters reduced by 8%
Also, they nerfed bees at one point so you don't have to chase them for 20 minutes to kill one as a melee character and so they stop and fire bees directly at the guy chasing them less often.
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...and if you disagree with me, you're probably <insert random ad hominem attack here>.
Thanks for all the advice everyone! I did start doing as Baron suggested and am enjoying it greatly (I was tired of Kulle's BS anyway, dude never dropped anything good).
Another question for y'all, pound or skip trash? Obviously you gotta smash the big groups and you don't want to chase every wasp to the end of the map, but where is the optimal medium? Thoughts?
Trying to maximize my efficiency (both Paragon exp and loot) in A2. Here is my run
Start quest at Soulstone Chamber
Black Cannon Mines
Road to Alcarnus
Desolate Sands (Just explore til find Vault of the Assassin)
Vault of the Assassin
Zoltun Kulle
<repeat>
As far as I can think, this is the most efficient run for both. You get 5 stacks pretty quickly in the 2-3 zone, get ~8 elites of loot in VoA, then ice the cake with ZK and 2 guaranteed rares. Finishing A2 takes too long and nowhere else has the density of elites that these places do (some people like the Dahlgar Oasis.... it's been pretty shitty for me). I know a lot of y'all are farming A3, but if there are some A2er's out there, let me know what you think!
Apart from that, it's the same route I'm running and it's "pretty" quick.
Btw. If you get this even dungeon where you have to hunt the quest (mostly at mines area). Go for the packs in there and not the chest (if you hunt for the chest you can't go back afterwards and kill the elites). There are tons of packs in there and it's pretty fast cleared.
'Cause I'm the type of nerd that will bust your jaw.
From the patch notes:
Act II
Also, they nerfed bees at one point so you don't have to chase them for 20 minutes to kill one as a melee character and so they stop and fire bees directly at the guy chasing them less often.
Another question for y'all, pound or skip trash? Obviously you gotta smash the big groups and you don't want to chase every wasp to the end of the map, but where is the optimal medium? Thoughts?