Hey there i've played D3 since the release of vanilla on and off. I have been playing softcore throughout. This season ive reached mid 500 paragon and after listening to one fo my favorite podcasts I have been convinced to switch to hardcore. I'm looking for general rules and tips of HC as well as an active clan and perhaps anyone willing to help me ding to 70
best advice i can give you. use your save life skill. it will now be an eaten passive slot, unless you can get it on a HF ammy. other than that, if you can score a clan early, just have them carry you til you got a bunch of materials and stuff. focus on not standing around in any elite stuff, and plan to have a bit more toughness. really it's all just general survival... you'll get the hang of it as you play. just start out slow, level yourself, get a feel for doing battle and not dying. last piece of advice. have an exit strategy.
My ISP just fixed a long time issue in my area, making my connection solid again and allowing me to come back to HC. If you play US non-season, I'd be glad to help you along in-game. Feel free to add me if we're on the same page.
level yourself to 70 if its your first foray into the wonderful world of hc. itll make you appreciate your char more.
dont bitch and moan if/when you die. dont bitch and moan if/when you die to lag. those are the only acceptable deaths. at least it was out of your control, and it wasnt because you suck.
check hardcore leaderboards for builds. lots of them are significantly different than sc ones. this includes gems.
always keep a backup set of gear in your stash. on that note, keep all your gems/keystones/mats in your stash too.
Always keep a backup set of gear in your stash. on that note, keep all your gems/keystones/mats in your stash too.
And not just that; if you are going to stick more or less to the single class - or the classes with interchangeable non-class-specific gear - try to obtain a level-reduced "set" as soon as possible - it will make your life a bit easier if you need to level up again and don't have anyone to powerlevel you / want to do it without external help.
Rare and normal legendary & set items can roll up to -30 levels (thus equipable at level 40) and ancient legendaries & set items can go as high as -40 levels (thus can be donned on at measly 30th level)
Always keep a backup set of gear in your stash. on that note, keep all your gems/keystones/mats in your stash too.
And not just that; if you are going to stick more or less to the single class - or the classes with interchangeable non-class-specific gear - try to obtain a level-reduced "set" as soon as possible - it will make your life a bit easier if you need to level up again and don't have anyone to powerlevel you / want to do it without external help.
Rare and normal legendary & set items can roll up to -30 levels (thus equipable at level 40) and ancient legendaries & set items can go as high as -40 levels (thus can be donned on at measly 30th level)
Slight amendment to your post above. Level requirement can be reduced by up to 40 levels, making them equipable at level 30.
A great idea for HC players with LOADS of gold is to twink leveling gear by re-rolling the secondary affix to Level Requirement Reduction. Always check "worthless" Legendary items for this affix. I say "loads of gold" because this secondary affix is extremely weighted, possibly the most weighted affix in the game. I spent over 100 million gold once, and never did see the affix appear.
As an example of a worthless item that can be pure awesomeness when re-rolling a new HC character would be something like this beaut I stashed, and lemme tell ya, it makes leveling back up solo super easy;
Rare and normal legendary & set items can roll up to -30 levels (thus equipable at level 40) and ancient legendaries & set items can go as high as -40 levels (thus can be donned on at measly 30th level)
To be more precise, rare items and non-ancient legendary and set items can roll level-reduction in the range of [2 - 30] levels; ancient set and legendary items roll level reduction in the range of [30 - 40] levels.
If you are okay with "losing" socket, any weapon with a socket can be made equipable by level 1 character with lvl25+ gem of ease. And when 2.3.0 hits the live servers, you will be able to remove level requirement from ANY item by transmuting it with the lvl25+ gem of ease in the cube.
You'll have to excuse me, I stumbled in at about 3am last night and posted that while higher than 10 hippies.
I meant to include that I was talking about Ancient items, and how people should always look at them before salvaging in case the item may have low-level viability.
Gem of Ease is certainly a great idea, but you'll get more power out of a natural Lowered Level Requirement (ilvl 70) item via the free use of the socket for red/green gems.
Hey there i've played D3 since the release of vanilla on and off. I have been playing softcore throughout. This season ive reached mid 500 paragon and after listening to one fo my favorite podcasts I have been convinced to switch to hardcore. I'm looking for general rules and tips of HC as well as an active clan and perhaps anyone willing to help me ding to 70
Tamz#1572 is my battletag
best advice i can give you. use your save life skill. it will now be an eaten passive slot, unless you can get it on a HF ammy. other than that, if you can score a clan early, just have them carry you til you got a bunch of materials and stuff. focus on not standing around in any elite stuff, and plan to have a bit more toughness. really it's all just general survival... you'll get the hang of it as you play. just start out slow, level yourself, get a feel for doing battle and not dying. last piece of advice. have an exit strategy.
i think i would ask what elemental or aspect of HC convinced you to switch?
You are at mid 500 paragon which i consider you to be a casual player, i think its better to stay in SC, because HC can be really time consuming.
After you die, one of the most time consuming thing is to level gem back up to 50+
But if all you want to do in HC is farm T6 and run Greater rift 1-40, you can go ahead and have some fun.
Another thing is internet connection, so many people die due to lags.crashes, be sure your computer can handle that.
I think it comes down to what attract you to HC, if you just think.... not play HC=pussy, i suggest just stay SC. People say those stuff are ignorant.
My ISP just fixed a long time issue in my area, making my connection solid again and allowing me to come back to HC. If you play US non-season, I'd be glad to help you along in-game. Feel free to add me if we're on the same page.
BurningRope#1322 (US~HC) Request an invite to the official (NA) <dfans> Clan
level yourself to 70 if its your first foray into the wonderful world of hc. itll make you appreciate your char more.
dont bitch and moan if/when you die. dont bitch and moan if/when you die to lag. those are the only acceptable deaths. at least it was out of your control, and it wasnt because you suck.
check hardcore leaderboards for builds. lots of them are significantly different than sc ones. this includes gems.
always keep a backup set of gear in your stash. on that note, keep all your gems/keystones/mats in your stash too.
glhf.
And not just that; if you are going to stick more or less to the single class - or the classes with interchangeable non-class-specific gear - try to obtain a level-reduced "set" as soon as possible - it will make your life a bit easier if you need to level up again and don't have anyone to powerlevel you / want to do it without external help.
Rare and normal legendary & set items can roll up to -30 levels (thus equipable at level 40) and ancient legendaries & set items can go as high as -40 levels (thus can be donned on at measly 30th level)
Slight amendment to your post above. Level requirement can be reduced by up to 40 levels, making them equipable at level 30.
A great idea for HC players with LOADS of gold is to twink leveling gear by re-rolling the secondary affix to Level Requirement Reduction. Always check "worthless" Legendary items for this affix. I say "loads of gold" because this secondary affix is extremely weighted, possibly the most weighted affix in the game. I spent over 100 million gold once, and never did see the affix appear.
As an example of a worthless item that can be pure awesomeness when re-rolling a new HC character would be something like this beaut I stashed, and lemme tell ya, it makes leveling back up solo super easy;
BurningRope#1322 (US~HC) Request an invite to the official (NA) <dfans> Clan
Please read my post up there again, ruksak:
To be more precise, rare items and non-ancient legendary and set items can roll level-reduction in the range of [2 - 30] levels; ancient set and legendary items roll level reduction in the range of [30 - 40] levels.
If you are okay with "losing" socket, any weapon with a socket can be made equipable by level 1 character with lvl25+ gem of ease. And when 2.3.0 hits the live servers, you will be able to remove level requirement from ANY item by transmuting it with the lvl25+ gem of ease in the cube.
You'll have to excuse me, I stumbled in at about 3am last night and posted that while higher than 10 hippies.
I meant to include that I was talking about Ancient items, and how people should always look at them before salvaging in case the item may have low-level viability.
Gem of Ease is certainly a great idea, but you'll get more power out of a natural Lowered Level Requirement (ilvl 70) item via the free use of the socket for red/green gems.
BurningRope#1322 (US~HC) Request an invite to the official (NA) <dfans> Clan