I stopped playing right around the time they introduced greater rifts and socketing rings/amulets. I just started back up again and I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing.
I have all characters max leveled and all of them pretty geared (at least at the time I stopped playing). Can anyone update me on what I've missed, important things I should do. God, I'm such a nub.
There's no better way to catch up with everything than reading the condensed patch notes. Note that in a few weeks (3-4 I'd guess, but could be more if stuff goes wrong on PTR) a new patch will hit and a new season will start, which will drastically change some of the gameplay. So just do whatever you want and don't overthink anything.
It sounds like you stopped playing right after 2.1, and that means that basically all your gear and paragon will be quite low compared to what you described back then as "pretty geared", as there has been an insane power creep, lots of new legendary item affixes, new set bonuses, and a new tier of items (ancient). But check it out yourself - lots of exiting stuff.
Upgrades to set bonuses are retroactive, yes. Finding new items and XP is best done by doing Greater Rifts, yes; best in groups (there are tons of random groups in communities running 30-40 rifts, but depending on gear you might want to start low). It will yield you a ton of XP, gear, and blood shards (Kadala). Of course you'll need some keys - so T6 (and for that bounties) become a necessity, but everyone spends as much time as possible in GRs when it comes to efficient farming.
Hey all,
I stopped playing right around the time they introduced greater rifts and socketing rings/amulets. I just started back up again and I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing.
I have all characters max leveled and all of them pretty geared (at least at the time I stopped playing). Can anyone update me on what I've missed, important things I should do. God, I'm such a nub.
There's no better way to catch up with everything than reading the condensed patch notes. Note that in a few weeks (3-4 I'd guess, but could be more if stuff goes wrong on PTR) a new patch will hit and a new season will start, which will drastically change some of the gameplay. So just do whatever you want and don't overthink anything.
It sounds like you stopped playing right after 2.1, and that means that basically all your gear and paragon will be quite low compared to what you described back then as "pretty geared", as there has been an insane power creep, lots of new legendary item affixes, new set bonuses, and a new tier of items (ancient). But check it out yourself - lots of exiting stuff.
Thank you, I appreciate the help.
What's the best method of getting these new set/legendary ancients? Should I just grind out greater rifts?
edit: also, are the upgrades to the set bonuses retroactive?
Upgrades to set bonuses are retroactive, yes. Finding new items and XP is best done by doing Greater Rifts, yes; best in groups (there are tons of random groups in communities running 30-40 rifts, but depending on gear you might want to start low). It will yield you a ton of XP, gear, and blood shards (Kadala). Of course you'll need some keys - so T6 (and for that bounties) become a necessity, but everyone spends as much time as possible in GRs when it comes to efficient farming.