I dont "get" the endgame.

[Macrino]

Honestly,I've been trying to enjoy the endgame but I just cant, mostly because I feel like i'm smashing my head against a brick wall in the hopes of making it move.

I try to get stronger to tackle the greater challenge levels, I have maxed out the meta progression thingy, I am sitting on countless fate points and millions of credits and I can make use of exactly none of them to get stronger.

On top of this, the item drops don't seem to get better as the challenge level rises, so im facing ever greater challenges for... what, exactly? After all, outside of special circumstances items are capped at level 25, so they are not going to get any stronger on that regard, and researching items can do only so much to improve them.

I'm at a loss on what i'm supposed to be doing, i've been trying to upgrade my affinities, but I dont think I will ever max out any of them because I dont see myself ever being able to take on CL 45 missions.

If anyone could provide some guidance on what to do, or on what i'm probably doing wrong, I would appreciate that.

[Mike]

Once you are past the point where you no longer need to cycle (maxed out RP talents), its time to start focusing your build on a certain weapon type/skill combination and crafting gear to get the stats you want on your gear. Simply picking up and using gear is no longer strong enough to keep pushing you through the CT levels and you need to engage with the gear crafting (which is pretty fun imo).

You do this by looking for gear that has stats that will benefit your build, you take that gear to the crafter guy, break them down, and then socket them in to gear that allows you to rewrite new stats in them. Start by looking for good stats on low rarity gear as the lower the stats on the gear the higher chance you have to extract the stat you want.

As you get more powerful you can take on harder and harder Challenge tiers by rewriting sidequests to higher and higher levels. Also from my knowledge higher gear then 25 does start dropping as you progress but you have to tackle those higher tiers to get them. Let me preface one thing through, item level is not really an indicator of item power, as you can have a level 25 weapon that it 100 times better then a level 45 simply because you ahve crafted it to the have the exact stats you want on it.

Here are a few tips and hints:
-Check vendors as they do in-fact sell higher level gear (i believe the max level I have seen is 35). They can also have epics/artifacts as well.

- Mine mine and mine space rocks of all kinds as those are the materials used for crafting and extracting gear (they are very important). Do every intercept mission as you get a lot of space rocks through this. Also if the background of the map has space rocks you are in a mining map where you will get the most materials if you scorer the map.

- If you find a gear piece you want to extract a stat from and it allows you to rewrite that stat to a higher level....DO IT BEFORE you extract it! As this makes the stats you want to extract even more powerful to slot into gear and this alone can lead to crazy powerful stat combinations on one piece of gear.

- Look for gear that allows you to craft/rewrite stats on them, as those are the most powerful customization items in the game and they will give you HUGE boosts in DPS and defense if you craft them right.

- Focus on the stats that boost you weapons power. So if you are using gatling weapons, you need to keep and eye on "ammo weapon damage" and "Gatling weapon damage" to get the most out of them. The same with laser, shatter gun, phaser,...etc

- Find a good balance of Offense and defense while building your character as in higher Ct levels you can easily become a glass cannon where you dealing insane amount of damage but one hit will obliterate you.

If you start using crafting and understand how to get he most out of your gear you will see yourself grow very powerful. Now am I saying its a walk in the park to get to the higher CT levels? Heck no but through drafting you can get there for sure.

[JunK]

Originally posted by Mike:

- Look for gear that allows you to craft/rewrite stats on them, as those are the most powerful customization items in the game and they will give you HUGE boosts in DPS and defense if you craft them right.

ok so im at the point of the game (not done campaign yet) where i have access to Syndi, and i can buy "chassis" to craft onto. they have the uhh big stat at the bottom that is used up when you smush items together.

so you'll get to a point where gear will drop with that stuff? is that what you're saying here?
if so, thats freakin amazing. ohhhhhh baby i cannot wait

[Mike]

Originally posted by JunK:

Originally posted by Mike:

- Look for gear that allows you to craft/rewrite stats on them, as those are the most powerful customization items in the game and they will give you HUGE boosts in DPS and defense if you craft them right.

ok so im at the point of the game (not done campaign yet) where i have access to Syndi, and i can buy "chassis" to craft onto. they have the uhh big stat at the bottom that is used up when you smush items together.

so you'll get to a point where gear will drop with that stuff? is that what you're saying here?
if so, thats freakin amazing. ohhhhhh baby i cannot wait

Yes, there is a RP Talent that specifically allows gear to roll with "crafting potential" so you really no longer will need chassis.

[DizzieDawgie]

Originally posted by Mike:

Start by looking for good stats on low rarity gear as the lower the stats on the gear the higher chance you have to extract the stat you want.

Look for "good" stats, the "lower the stats" the better? Huh? Did you perhaps mean to say the ~fewer~ the stats on the gear, the higher chance to extract the stat you want?

[Mike]

Originally posted by DizzieDawgie:

Originally posted by Mike:

Start by looking for good stats on low rarity gear as the lower the stats on the gear the higher chance you have to extract the stat you want.

Look for "good" stats, the "lower the stats" the better? Huh? Did you perhaps mean to say the ~fewer~ the stats on the gear, the higher chance to extract the stat you want?

Yeah I mean the lower the NUMBER of stats on a piece of gear the better chance you will have to extract the one you want.

[Macrino]

Well, damn. I was kinda fearing that would be the answer, given that this game is a tad too grindy already IMO. Oh well, might aswell ask while i'm at it. Is there a practical point to doing higher CL missions (beyond the affinity unlocks/upgrades), or is that something you just do for the challenge? Because I dont remember if items at higher CL drop with better stats on them.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Macrino:

Well, damn. I was kinda fearing that would be the answer, given that this game is a tad too grindy already IMO. Oh well, might aswell ask while i'm at it. Is there a practical point to doing higher CL missions (beyond the affinity unlocks/upgrades), or is that something you just do for the challenge? Because I dont remember if items at higher CL drop with better stats on them.

This is kind of the case in most aRPGs. You get to endgame, you grind and min-max your build, you get bored, you re-roll a new character or you play something else.

So its mostly for challenge as that is the usual aRPG grind of these types of games. Its fun, but its not for everyone and some people need pre-set goals to feel like they achieved something, while others set their own goals in games like this and just play until they reached the point they are ok with.