Just completed the main game with my first character :)

[ovtchina]

And it was a lot of fun!
Explored every possible corner (except for ultra-boss areas), and it took 12:20:24 (~308 hours) to do so according to ingame character timer.
That's what it turned out to be in the end: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/dVbyWDm2
It's not really a build, just what my first character turned out to become in the end, and it is a lot of fun to play. The playstyle looks like: spam Curse of Frailty to cover the whole screen with debuffs, throw TSS, throw Devastation, throw Nullification at buffed monsters, shower everything with PRM nonstop, continue spamming Curse of Frailty nonstop to keep everything debuffed and everything else on cooldown, recast pets whenever they are killed, Ereoctus when needed, constant glyphing around for better mobility and to avoid getting cornered or nuked by meteors. A lot of button mashing and a lot of fun to play :)))
Was only killed once - by the slow and harmless chtonic Nemesis - was careless and tried to force my way through his mine field in a tiny dungeon, didn't know that he spawns so many of those mines.

Resistance reduction provided by Crown which I found to be a perfect fit for Curse of Frailty - extremely easy to use and reliable on any monster, including any boss.
Leviathan is mostly for fun :) 100% trigger on TSS and a beautiful pool is on the ground with some slowing effects - and it also shows whether my TSS hit the target at all.

So, thanks Crate for a wonderful experience!

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

ahahaha, 3 tier 3 constellations a build after my own heart
congratz on beating the game, now it's just time you try you mettle in Crucuible/SR and the Celestials
good luck

[Enfild]

My first build i completed game was melee commando with physical+electro dmg... It was ♥♥♥♥ build, but it was so fun to play through. If anything, low dps made final boss battle long and tense. I actually used various potions back then...
Also, i was captivated by worlds atmosphere, actual sence of journey, and lore was actually pretty good. I don't think any other game left so much memories about my first playthrough as this one.

Wish there was more games that good.

[Zantai]

Congrats and glad the journey was fun!

[ovtchina]

Thanks everyone :))

Lack of RR and survivability - that's definitely true. I've been using Mythical tome of names for additional -20% RR but had to switch it to the current offhand for survivability issues.
PRM... I really like its ultrawide range and stunlock effect, really fits the "nobody is getting close to me" playstyle. The damage is lacking though. I tried switching it to Sigil of Consumption at one point and it actually felt really powerful even as is, without any optimizations and damage type conversions - but it changed the playstyle drastically, changing it into a tanky midrange caster rather than an evasive long-ranged one which just didn't feel right
to me :) Tried AAR too but it didn't fit the playstyle either.
As for survivability for post-endgame content, I think I'll make other characters and play them for now to collect better gear first (I don't even have the Seal of Annihilation blueprint yet).
And totems were actually the easy part of the game for this character :) Almost capped running speed, glyphing to avoid being locked on spawn, almost complete immunity to cround control - nothing can go wrong with them :)

[OrbPlaytime]

Originally posted by ovtchina:

And it was a lot of fun!
Explored every possible corner (except for ultra-boss areas), and it took 12:20:24 (~308 hours) to do so according to ingame character timer.

I assume you completed The Hidden Path, but did you find Daila's Secret Quest?
Can miss that one, be warned link is a complete walkthrough but starts when you hand the Diary back to her in Homestead and then starts it from there, no quest objective so easy to miss and has sneaky objects to find before giving you an extra area in Necropolis.
It is Ultimate only, so easy to miss this and not think about looking for it once on Ultimate.
The objects are hinted in the journal under Survivors-Homestead in Excerpt from Daila's Diary.
Ignore the link if wanting to do this on your own.
https://grimdawn.gamepedia.com/Daila%27s_Secret_Quest

[ovtchina]

Originally posted by OrbPlaytime:

I assume you completed The Hidden Path, but did you find Daila's Secret Quest?
Can miss that one, be warned link is a complete walkthrough but starts when you hand the Diary back to her in Homestead and then starts it from there, no quest objective so easy to miss and has sneaky objects to find before giving you an extra area in Necropolis.
It is Ultimate only, so easy to miss this and not think about looking for it once on Ultimate.
The objects are hinted in the journal under Survivors-Homestead in Excerpt from Daila's Diary.
Ignore the link if wanting to do this on your own.
https://grimdawn.gamepedia.com/Daila%27s_Secret_Quest

Yes, I obviously missed it - the only secret quest I was able to discover was the entrance to Crate boss area - having an entire unvisited area on the map was too suspicious, went in circles trying to figure out where the entrance there could be (of course summoned Callagadra because that altar looked suspicious... ) - and when I googled to learn what this all is about I learned that I have already missed 2 other secret quests from main game and AoM, but these are toooo secret, I wonder how anyone was able to discover them.
Hidden path of course, hard to miss :)

[OrbPlaytime]

Originally posted by ovtchina:

Originally posted by OrbPlaytime:

I assume you completed The Hidden Path, but did you find Daila's Secret Quest?
Can miss that one, be warned link is a complete walkthrough but starts when you hand the Diary back to her in Homestead and then starts it from there, no quest objective so easy to miss and has sneaky objects to find before giving you an extra area in Necropolis.
It is Ultimate only, so easy to miss this and not think about looking for it once on Ultimate.
The objects are hinted in the journal under Survivors-Homestead in Excerpt from Daila's Diary.
Ignore the link if wanting to do this on your own.
https://grimdawn.gamepedia.com/Daila%27s_Secret_Quest

Yes, I obviously missed it - the only secret quest I was able to discover was the entrance to Crate boss area - having an entire unvisited area on the map was too suspicious, went in circles trying to figure out where the entrance there could be (of course summoned Callagadra because that altar looked suspicious... ) - and when I googled to learn what this all is about I learned that I have already missed 2 other secret quests from main game and AoM, but these are toooo secret, I wonder how anyone was able to discover them.
Hidden path of course, hard to miss :)

Heh I made the mistake of looking for what was in the journal on Veteran then Elite and then gave up without thinking looking on my Ultimate playthrough :)
Only when I found out there were specific Ultimate only related content made me go back and try for various stuff, I think Ashes of Malmouth is less forgiving in its hints and need to check a few things on that one.