Is Blackwater 100% optional?

[Dan]

This area is giving me so much trouble, so would rather just leave it if it is optional

[Schlumpsha]

It's a backer quest back from WotR's kickstarter. Totally optional.

[Dan]

Ah great thanks, I’ll leave then

[Sexorcista]

its a ♥♥♥♥ quest from a backer, but there are some really good items there

[Crusader993]

Originally posted by Dan:

This area is giving me so much trouble, so would rather just leave it if it is optional

You can leave Blackwater at any point and then just come back sometime later with a higher level...

[Dongmyeong]

There's an item there that makes all of your spell cause electricity damage instead of whichever element they'd usually cast. So if you equip it, while also having the Ascendant Element Electricity mythic ability you bypass any and all damage resistance when using direct damage spells. Very useful if you are playing any kind of Arcane Magic character.

[Drake]

I'm pretty sure you can even do it in chapter 5, instead of chapter 3.

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by Sexorcista:

its a ♥♥♥♥ quest from a backer, but there are some really good items there

The whole area completely humiliated my computer. The lag was terrible. I will for sure skip this on other playthroughs if its optional.

[silentseeker1985]

i have no lag there but...went in..completed a part..like 30 min ^^ and couldnt get out ..and couldnt beat monsters...so..had to load old save file..^^ 30 min for nothing xDD but was fun xD

[forkofspite]

Originally posted by Drake:

I'm pretty sure you can even do it in chapter 5, instead of chapter 3.

The quest is marked as "must be completed" in Act 3. Doesn't necessarily mean that you can't go there in Act 5 instead, but even if you can (I can't confirm either way), it seems a bit late in the game to go there just for potential loot and combat that might still be there.

[Super Cosmic Space Magnet]

That's kind of amazing that they did the whole zone just for one backer :o

[ajfusch]

I went there, wiped a few times, came back 2 levels later. Wasn't easy even then but I did it.
Didn't like it much, cause it wasn't just depressing but also immersion breaking.

[Crusader993]

Originally posted by ajfusch:

I went there, wiped a few times, came back 2 levels later. Wasn't easy even then but I did it.
Didn't like it much, cause it wasn't just depressing but also immersion breaking.

Impressions can be so different. For me, Blackwater is one of the highlights of the game. :)

On the one hand, because it actually gets a bit more challenging here, at least with a low level, but on the other hand because the background story is not only exciting, but also makes you think.

(With Lvl 14 Blackwater can be mastered without any major problems.)

[Schlumpsha]

Originally posted by Super Cosmic Space Magnet:

That's kind of amazing that they did the whole zone just for one backer :o

That's what usually happens if you "buy" a $5K backer tier to design a quest during a kickstarter. Old Sarkorian Mines/Temple of Three is another example of a crowdfunded backer quest.

[Jiroa]

The area was a lot easier when finnean had brilliant energy in stage 2 but whit a Ember built around Ranged touch attacks she can kill all the high AC enemies fairly well.

[Crusader993]

Originally posted by Jiroa:

... but whit a Ember built around Ranged touch attacks she can kill all the high AC enemies fairly well.

Ember combined with fire is unstoppable no matter who is in front of her. :)