Starting out in Seasons do you clear your GR's to get as high as a level as fast as possible to speed level your gems? Or do you 'Slow Roll' your GR's?
Now for those that do not know what 'Slow Rolling' is in regards to Greater Rifts, it's simply clearing up to the Guardian, taking not of how long left, then porting out. Then you go and do whatever you want untill 4:30 are left in the timer, you take your portal back to the Guardian, kill him and progress your GR Key +1 level (level 1 key, to level 2...a level 2 to level 3 etc). People do this for more chances at legendaries for the minimal usage of keys.
This is the best way to gear up early on imo. Lots of easy blood shards and you have a chance at torment legendaries before you can get to torment. As silvach mentioned, this is hands down the best way to get all of your gems too. Even now that I have a decent set up, I still generally hit an 11, then a 20, then a 28 if I'm going for a 28. The extra blood shards and only using one keystone for three rifts is nice, and it usually only takes about 5-6 mins to run both the 11 and the 20.
i did something in between. i started slow, but when i got the gems (and legs dropped that gave me added power) i turned up the pace to lvl the gems fast.
My roll couldn't get any slower to start. The only items I was getting from rifts and GRs were the Krelm's set and the legendary rejuv potion, and lots of them. Gambling finally gave me enough gear to run T2 bounties and upper-teen GRs more comfortably, but it was beyond frustrating to be so gear limited.
I just started doing this and it's a great strategy, especially for getting all your gems. Even if you have less-than-stellar jewelry, adding 1-2 gems soon after hitting 70 is a huge boost. Plus, you will usually find at least one legendary (if not a set piece) when you finish a GR, so it's not a bad way to gear, either. You might end up with a lot of Blackthorne's and other non-ideal stuff, but hey, if you can wear it even for a bit, it's worth it, and if not, that's another Forgotten Soul closer to crafting what you DO need. Sorry to hear about the rotten luck, @Doez (though I haven't seen any legendary potions drop yet, so you got that going for you at least).
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So pretty much what the title says.
Starting out in Seasons do you clear your GR's to get as high as a level as fast as possible to speed level your gems? Or do you 'Slow Roll' your GR's?
Now for those that do not know what 'Slow Rolling' is in regards to Greater Rifts, it's simply clearing up to the Guardian, taking not of how long left, then porting out. Then you go and do whatever you want untill 4:30 are left in the timer, you take your portal back to the Guardian, kill him and progress your GR Key +1 level (level 1 key, to level 2...a level 2 to level 3 etc). People do this for more chances at legendaries for the minimal usage of keys.
This is the best way to gear up early on imo. Lots of easy blood shards and you have a chance at torment legendaries before you can get to torment. As silvach mentioned, this is hands down the best way to get all of your gems too. Even now that I have a decent set up, I still generally hit an 11, then a 20, then a 28 if I'm going for a 28. The extra blood shards and only using one keystone for three rifts is nice, and it usually only takes about 5-6 mins to run both the 11 and the 20.
We used the time to get some bounties. For that reason we opened GRifts on low difficulties, so split-farm was efficient.
i did something in between. i started slow, but when i got the gems (and legs dropped that gave me added power) i turned up the pace to lvl the gems fast.
My roll couldn't get any slower to start. The only items I was getting from rifts and GRs were the Krelm's set and the legendary rejuv potion, and lots of them. Gambling finally gave me enough gear to run T2 bounties and upper-teen GRs more comfortably, but it was beyond frustrating to be so gear limited.
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I just started doing this and it's a great strategy, especially for getting all your gems. Even if you have less-than-stellar jewelry, adding 1-2 gems soon after hitting 70 is a huge boost. Plus, you will usually find at least one legendary (if not a set piece) when you finish a GR, so it's not a bad way to gear, either. You might end up with a lot of Blackthorne's and other non-ideal stuff, but hey, if you can wear it even for a bit, it's worth it, and if not, that's another Forgotten Soul closer to crafting what you DO need. Sorry to hear about the rotten luck, @Doez (though I haven't seen any legendary potions drop yet, so you got that going for you at least).