There are 3 main parts to progression: XP, Loot/gold, and high MP.
If you're just trying to farm XP, then you don't need to worry about upgrading gear and you run lower MP as fast as efficiently possible. You just repeat until you get to plvl 100.
If you're farming for Loot, you're going about it the wrong way, imo. The key to loot is MF. The higher your MF the more legendaries you get and the more high affix rares you get. If you're running below the max MF you're hurting your potential for loot. Some of this is offset by the MP level, but at MP5 you only get +125% MF, and the cap is 300%. Instead, you could lower the MP and equip some MF gear so that you have the same general clear time for a given run. That will increase your drop rate of rares and legendaries because of the extra MF.
High MP progression is similar to loot progression because you'll need good items to progress to higher MP. To get those loots without using RMAH or flipping items, you need to be able to farm efficiently. This is usually better suited for higher plvl players since the base MF from paragon level, combined with the bonus MF from high MP, can make it worthwhile to start farming higher MP for loot. Higher MP also implies Ubers, which are best to farm at MP10 because you get a ring each clear. However, that requires higher level gear, which you have to find or fund somehow. Generally the MP can be raised slowly as you improve your gear with the ultimate goal being MP10 farming and Ubers.
Forgot to mention this; my gear is equipped with MF on it (besides a ring) my total with NV is 227% and maxed with NV. it's even more with the 5 MP.
1) get incredibly luck y finding a really nice item.
2) dual wield Mastercard
3) flip items in the AH.
Those are the options.
Or just play as the 99.99% of the rest of the players play, after you ID your rare #589 in a row that is 100% trash and your only legendaries that drop are not the right ones, quit.
On the contrary, i've had about 40+ legendaries drop so far and none have been viable to another player or myself. Usually have really shitty stats, or one good stat and the rest okay. they sell for like 25-400k but nothing really amazing. Hell, i've found selling crafting mats is like my only alternative to making a good source of income. And that's sad!
What is the general understanding of progression gear wise? once you reach end game you grind for gear, but people are usually aiming to high for as such gear like BiS items and what not.
What is the best approach towards improving your gear at reasonable rate if you don't have a lot of Gold? i'm seeing this as a problem. The AH is full of inflation at the moment and duping, which is making it harder for those who don't have gold to achieve better items through game progression due to not being able to afford the high amount of gold needed for mediocre gear when you first complete Inferno.
This is not Hardcore. We Die and go back for more to get better loot. But this can become aggravating.
Personally I completed Inferno after coming back from a break for about 4 months. I learned what i needed to do and what new features have become available in such time so i may get back into the game as much as i can; but i'm finding it a little difficult to play when it's actually more aggravating then enjoyable up until a higher monster power for more legendaries, or just in general better affixes on loot.
I'm a barbarian, level 12 Paragon Level, and I am on MP 5 at the moment 1 week after completing inferno and just trying to get an idea of how to progress further. I've hit a stage of where items that are an improvement now are upwards of almost 20-50mil each. I cannot afford that at what rate i'm getting items that are good to sell or just shitty items in general. So, do i just grind against this endless wall intil i get something to sell or something that improves gear?
Have you ever considered that you might just not be that good?
No I did not for I am awesome at pretty much any video games that comes out that I put the smallest effort in it. I beat all my games on the hardest settings within days, have a shit load of platinum trophies if you have any idea what those are, always finish in top 3 in matches in online FPS BF3/cod, was ranked top 20 in warcraft 3 on azeroth and im passing. With that said, I have nothing to prove to you so, yeah w/e. And since when this game is hard, give me the gear and i will rape through everything. There was this Barb on act 2 with crazy gear, all he was using was cleave, i didnt see him use any spells besides berserker and volcano, so please, don't come here and tell me you need skills to play this game a 10 years old could play.
This made me laugh so hard. Get a life bro. Just a fucking game for god's sake!
Not only am I pissed off when i die continiously for 20 minutes against an elite pack, i'm also raging that i have to wait 15 seconds as i watch their health slowly regen all the way full after having them down to like 10k left. So aggravating!
The comment "It's just a game" really works on this topic. You seem to have to much time on your hands, i recommend;
A) A job
A girlfriend
C) A reality check
D) All the above
It's really just a game, if people are having fun i don't see a problem with it. If you and a few thousand others want to whine and complain about little things just leave it to yourself and gossip with whatever friends or objects you give personification to. Just go out and get some fresh air man!
It is sheer luck. I never posted on any sites, just casually visited the forums a bit to keep up with the development of the game. Then decided one day i was going to try and get a key when i saw a lot of contests happening. Well, i ended up winning 36th out of 400 people chosen for a beta key just by luck and that was the first one I signed up for.
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Forgot to mention this; my gear is equipped with MF on it (besides a ring) my total with NV is 227% and maxed with NV. it's even more with the 5 MP.
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On the contrary, i've had about 40+ legendaries drop so far and none have been viable to another player or myself. Usually have really shitty stats, or one good stat and the rest okay. they sell for like 25-400k but nothing really amazing. Hell, i've found selling crafting mats is like my only alternative to making a good source of income. And that's sad!
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What is the best approach towards improving your gear at reasonable rate if you don't have a lot of Gold? i'm seeing this as a problem. The AH is full of inflation at the moment and duping, which is making it harder for those who don't have gold to achieve better items through game progression due to not being able to afford the high amount of gold needed for mediocre gear when you first complete Inferno.
This is not Hardcore. We Die and go back for more to get better loot. But this can become aggravating.
Personally I completed Inferno after coming back from a break for about 4 months. I learned what i needed to do and what new features have become available in such time so i may get back into the game as much as i can; but i'm finding it a little difficult to play when it's actually more aggravating then enjoyable up until a higher monster power for more legendaries, or just in general better affixes on loot.
I'm a barbarian, level 12 Paragon Level, and I am on MP 5 at the moment 1 week after completing inferno and just trying to get an idea of how to progress further. I've hit a stage of where items that are an improvement now are upwards of almost 20-50mil each. I cannot afford that at what rate i'm getting items that are good to sell or just shitty items in general. So, do i just grind against this endless wall intil i get something to sell or something that improves gear?
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This made me laugh so hard. Get a life bro. Just a fucking game for god's sake!
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A) A job
C) A reality check
D) All the above
It's really just a game, if people are having fun i don't see a problem with it. If you and a few thousand others want to whine and complain about little things just leave it to yourself and gossip with whatever friends or objects you give personification to. Just go out and get some fresh air man!
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