How long did it take you folks to get your character to a point where you can run T6 rifts comfortably? And also, how long before you ventured into level 30+ GRifts? I am looking for maybe a time period in the form of hours played or even paragon levels.
Why do I ask? I feel behind. I play a Crusader pretty casually and he has something like 75-80 hours played and is paragon level 190 (I think 40 of those were carry overs from old school D3). I run T5 comfortably and I think level 24 GRifts are my max.
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Well I have the 6 piece Akkhan bonus actually. When I got the gear it was a while back and my re-rolls were not done correctly. And I am running a Fist of Heavens lightning build with a 1 hander (Darklight). I'd like to try out that Shotgun build but I don't have a Fate of Fell. When I switch over to the 2 handers my CDR is going to take a hit as I am using a Fervor passive and I have yet to obtain Leoric's Crown.
How long did it take you folks to get your character to a point where you can run T6 rifts comfortably? And also, how long before you ventured into level 30+ GRifts? I am looking for maybe a time period in the form of hours played or even paragon levels.
Why do I ask? I feel behind. I play a Crusader pretty casually and he has something like 75-80 hours played and is paragon level 190 (I think 40 of those were carry overs from old school D3). I run T5 comfortably and I think level 24 GRifts are my max.
I would say this requires depends on several things:
1. Your skill: I was very bad at this game when I started but after playing a LOT even I have improved considerably.
Some ppl struggle no matter what eq (I sure did in early d3).
I can do a lot more with less eq when using my few well practiced builds/classes compared to class/builds I'm not good at.
2. EQ: A few very rare items can get you past break points (crusader shield, tasker gloves etc), those tend to be more important than paragon lvls.
3. Hardcore or softcore, solo or with other ppl? It makes a lot of difference.
Some builds/players don't work well with me, some work good and a few just excellent.
So to give a quick easy answer isn't easy.
But TLDR: When I understood gems better, had most eq, used socket rings/amus and got bored of other content I begun pressing GR's.
Not sure when I got to 30 solo but probably in october, (killed myself in gr35 late november).
I think at the end of the day I just need better gear. Was looking at some other Crusaders armor on the Armory and I have nothing near as nice as them, need to farm farm farm. Plus if I want to explore Stampede (requires specific shield) or Shotgun (requires fate of fell) builds I'll need very specific items, which sucks because what if they never drop?! Is the Crusader one of the most pain in the ass classes to gear or what? Do all these other classes have weapons and off-hands that make a build?
I'm no crusader expert (I play Barb mostly) but I was in pretty much your situation very recently. I had a crusader that I could only do about T4 or T5, I felt squishy and tended to always run out of wrath. I too liked using fist of the heavens but it ended up not really working for me so I gave it up.
Now I am using the stampede build and T6 is easy. In my case, I quickly gambled an unrelenting phalanx crusader shield, I've gotten several more since including an ancient one but I'm still using the one on my current profile because it has CDR and phalanx damage. Then I set about building up my Akkhan's set, first using my barb to farm blood shards to gamble, but this ended up being inefficient so I started using my crusader to farm rifts. I got most of the pieces from shards, and the rest from drops. It was quite hard, I kept getting Rolands set pieces over and over!
I literally just got full Akkhan's the other day so it's not optimized, but it works so well! My CDR allows 100% uptime on Akarat's by using a Leoric's helm, Gogok of swiftness, and vigilante belt. You are right, the gear is rather specific and crucially important. Without Akarat's I quickly run out of wrath. I guess I was lucky because I carried certain items over from my barb.
I'd say that having the leveled legendary gems is pretty important, especially Gogok's, and using it appropriately by first building up your stacks before hitting Akarat's and keeping an eye on the cooldown vs. stacks. Also having dual unity, as you mentioned, is very useful for damage mitigation. Using the Templar with his heals and/or wrath regen is great too.
As far as other classes go, Raekor's barb may be comparable because it needs the set items plus vile ward shoulders to work well, but I feel that it's a bit easier to get running than Stampede (having now done both). For Raekor's, CDR was the main issue I had, along with finding some vile wards. Now that it's changed in 2.1.2 it might be quite a bit easier to manage than Stampede, at least for me. I also have a Jade WD which I found very easy to get going, once I collected all the set pieces. I made it work okay with just the Jade set helm, but then it got a lot better with the Tiklandian voodoo mask. Also I very luckily found a decent Furnace on my WD (very lucky!). Never found a Quetzalcoatl though...
span>I think at the end of the day I just need better gear.
Probably very true. Can you link your profile? It's fun to drool over the epic gear on the leaderboards, but it's possible to make things work with lesser versions. Sometimes it's as simple as reaching a certain CDR breakpoint or using dual unity or something. Since the rarest drop rates were buffed in 2.1.2 you may find it easier now to get the right gear. In my case, probably a week or so worth of farming rifts radically transformed my crusader. Good luck to you!
My season and non-season DH were the easiest ones to gear. I second uraniborg's experience of Roland's set diluting my drops a LOT. Every class except DH, though has been similarly difficult to gear as the crusader.
WD - I was stuck running a T4-T5 pet build until my Furnace dropped
Monk - Sunwoko's had several pieces that didn't want to drop or drop well, like the ammy
Mage - the stupid boots...765487689 Irontoe Mudsplitters first
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Why do I ask? I feel behind. I play a Crusader pretty casually and he has something like 75-80 hours played and is paragon level 190 (I think 40 of those were carry overs from old school D3). I run T5 comfortably and I think level 24 GRifts are my max.
but.................I play a witch Doctor
http://www.diablofans.com/forums/diablo-iii-class-forums/witch-doctor-the-mbwiru-eikura/103714-debos-the-24-hour-witch-doctor
This can give you an "idea" on what you should be focusing on, but again I planned all this on a witch Doctor
I'm no crusader expert (I play Barb mostly) but I was in pretty much your situation very recently. I had a crusader that I could only do about T4 or T5, I felt squishy and tended to always run out of wrath. I too liked using fist of the heavens but it ended up not really working for me so I gave it up.
Now I am using the stampede build and T6 is easy. In my case, I quickly gambled an unrelenting phalanx crusader shield, I've gotten several more since including an ancient one but I'm still using the one on my current profile because it has CDR and phalanx damage. Then I set about building up my Akkhan's set, first using my barb to farm blood shards to gamble, but this ended up being inefficient so I started using my crusader to farm rifts. I got most of the pieces from shards, and the rest from drops. It was quite hard, I kept getting Rolands set pieces over and over!
I literally just got full Akkhan's the other day so it's not optimized, but it works so well! My CDR allows 100% uptime on Akarat's by using a Leoric's helm, Gogok of swiftness, and vigilante belt. You are right, the gear is rather specific and crucially important. Without Akarat's I quickly run out of wrath. I guess I was lucky because I carried certain items over from my barb.
I'd say that having the leveled legendary gems is pretty important, especially Gogok's, and using it appropriately by first building up your stacks before hitting Akarat's and keeping an eye on the cooldown vs. stacks. Also having dual unity, as you mentioned, is very useful for damage mitigation. Using the Templar with his heals and/or wrath regen is great too.
As far as other classes go, Raekor's barb may be comparable because it needs the set items plus vile ward shoulders to work well, but I feel that it's a bit easier to get running than Stampede (having now done both). For Raekor's, CDR was the main issue I had, along with finding some vile wards. Now that it's changed in 2.1.2 it might be quite a bit easier to manage than Stampede, at least for me. I also have a Jade WD which I found very easy to get going, once I collected all the set pieces. I made it work okay with just the Jade set helm, but then it got a lot better with the Tiklandian voodoo mask. Also I very luckily found a decent Furnace on my WD (very lucky!). Never found a Quetzalcoatl though...
Probably very true. Can you link your profile? It's fun to drool over the epic gear on the leaderboards, but it's possible to make things work with lesser versions. Sometimes it's as simple as reaching a certain CDR breakpoint or using dual unity or something. Since the rarest drop rates were buffed in 2.1.2 you may find it easier now to get the right gear. In my case, probably a week or so worth of farming rifts radically transformed my crusader. Good luck to you!
WD - I was stuck running a T4-T5 pet build until my Furnace dropped
Monk - Sunwoko's had several pieces that didn't want to drop or drop well, like the ammy
Mage - the stupid boots...765487689 Irontoe Mudsplitters first
etc
etc