Ok so today I got my barb into act 1 Hell, ive been noticing that alot of people are getting level 60 before during act 2 of hell which is alot faster then ever did on my SC characters.
So I figured id play it safe and atleast get a few levels down before going too far into hell.
Whats the best levelling strat at the moment that people tend to be using?
Act 4 NM or The Fallen Start quest in at 1 hell?
What kind of stats should I be focusing on, up until this point ive just gone vit/str/life on hit
And super defensive passives and skills like ignore pain.
first few mobs ive felt pretty solid in hell can I just bugger it and keep going until I notice the difficulty curve.
The original question was about leveling to 60 as fast as possible in A1 or A2 hell.. which i've been wondering about myself.
I did a few runs of blacksmith's wife - > skeleton king and total per run it was about 4 yellow bubs of xp @ level 52/53. Very slow, kinda meh. I'm probably just going to push to Act 2 and maybe farm Alcarnus or Magdah to 60 if that's any faster.
The thing is a lot of the people who got here a few days earlier exploited things like NM Azmo runs before they were hotfixed to get 60 before even starting hell. It's a bit harder now.
@ Olujiwan: Yeah I have a second weapon that I picked up last night I usually only go for weapons that have life on hit as an added defensive unless it way way out dps' my current weapon. As it stands im running with 28k hp and I abuse Leap for the extra armour instead of Ignore Pain. Thanks for the suggestions.
@ Once: Yeah I'm mostly looking for what the general idea for leveling up is, as it stands it looks like most people just play through to Act 2 and grab the exp there.
PS : I was wondering if you guys consider 16h of play (divided on 3 days) to level 1 to 60 to be fast because I was thinking about writing a post where you'd only make runs like the Fallen star one to get to 60 in a safe way for the Hardcore players.
If you arent being helped or power leveled by anyone else, then yes, I think 16 hours played is pretty quick for a HC character. I very much took my time with my first one and it took quite a bit longer than that so far, especially 51+. I'd be interested in reading your strat and seeing how it differs from mine, as I try to play it very safe as well.
I got from about 53-56 starting Act 1 fresh and going all the way to killing Captain Daltyn in Adria's hidden celler, then repeating.
Then I went from about 57-60 by farming the Magdah kill quest in Act 2 over and over.
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Thanks for the post Daboudibou. I did something similar on one of my characters with different quests that I'd repeat at various level ranges, but I did not have any outside assistance so once I was high enough I would smash through the rest of that act/difficulty while receiving very little exp. It made it doable entirely solo, and it was pretty safe (yet very boring), but probably took closer to 30 or so hours. I may consider your strat if I feel like trading risk for boredom again on a future character, provided I find someone willing to help with Diablo etc. Either way, thanks for the post.
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So I figured id play it safe and atleast get a few levels down before going too far into hell.
Whats the best levelling strat at the moment that people tend to be using?
Act 4 NM or The Fallen Start quest in at 1 hell?
What kind of stats should I be focusing on, up until this point ive just gone vit/str/life on hit
And super defensive passives and skills like ignore pain.
first few mobs ive felt pretty solid in hell can I just bugger it and keep going until I notice the difficulty curve.
Here are my stats and skills to have a look at
http://i46.tinypic.com/2ibyfqv.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/mvjhna.jpg
I did a few runs of blacksmith's wife - > skeleton king and total per run it was about 4 yellow bubs of xp @ level 52/53. Very slow, kinda meh. I'm probably just going to push to Act 2 and maybe farm Alcarnus or Magdah to 60 if that's any faster.
The thing is a lot of the people who got here a few days earlier exploited things like NM Azmo runs before they were hotfixed to get 60 before even starting hell. It's a bit harder now.
@ Once: Yeah I'm mostly looking for what the general idea for leveling up is, as it stands it looks like most people just play through to Act 2 and grab the exp there.
Thanks guys.
Might smash it out tomorrow.
If you arent being helped or power leveled by anyone else, then yes, I think 16 hours played is pretty quick for a HC character. I very much took my time with my first one and it took quite a bit longer than that so far, especially 51+. I'd be interested in reading your strat and seeing how it differs from mine, as I try to play it very safe as well.
Then I went from about 57-60 by farming the Magdah kill quest in Act 2 over and over.
And may the odds be ever in your favour.
Emmo#2406