Going Blind into Grim Dawn

[crouder]

I wanted to start over Grim Dawn again for a 2nd Time.
In my first run the 40 Hours i copy pasted a deathnknight Build and went along the way. At some point i was bored

Now i want to start a new Character but dont want to play with Builds just try Stuff out.
How ♥♥♥♥♥♥ am i in the long run? After coming from d3 (lol i l know) grim dawn looks like theres somewhat of theorycrafting to be done, which i do honestly not want to use my brain for cause i just slay stuff.

Opinions?

[powbam]

All you need to do is focus on boosting your main damage type(s) and don't forget the importance of resistances. These can be gained thru multiple avenues - on gear (greens are great for this while leveling), components, augments, and then you also have some that can be found in the various masteries and more prominently in the Devotion trees.

Other than that, in late game you will want to factor in RR (resist reduction) and trying to ensure you have adequate OA, DA and health etc.

GD isn't hard to build for (blind) if you take care to cover these basics.

[Duder]

For me that's the best part of this game, the trial and error, and figuring what works best for you and is most fun. If you don't want to use your brain play on veteran. You can just equip whatever is most powerful if that is the case, whatever boosts your main damage types.

[Hat8]

Originally posted by crouder:

I wanted to start over Grim Dawn again for a 2nd Time.
In my first run the 40 Hours i copy pasted a deathnknight Build and went along the way. At some point i was bored

Now i want to start a new Character but dont want to play with Builds just try Stuff out.
How ♥♥♥♥♥♥ am i in the long run? After coming from d3 (lol i l know) grim dawn looks like theres somewhat of theorycrafting to be done, which i do honestly not want to use my brain for cause i just slay stuff.

Opinions?

Avoid following guides and just adapt to your circumstances based on what you get.

[burner19]

Originally posted by crouder:

I wanted to start over Grim Dawn again for a 2nd Time.
In my first run the 40 Hours i copy pasted a deathnknight Build and went along the way. At some point i was bored

Now i want to start a new Character but dont want to play with Builds just try Stuff out.
How ♥♥♥♥♥♥ am i in the long run? After coming from d3 (lol i l know) grim dawn looks like theres somewhat of theorycrafting to be done, which i do honestly not want to use my brain for cause i just slay stuff.

Opinions?

A little tip. Focus on item synergies and pick classes that can complement eachother. If you have to many damage types than you will water dawn your damage. If you want a very fast and super fun build for farming and leveling use paladin (inquisitor + oathkeeper) use word of pain + aura of censure + guardian of empyrion. The fun thing is that they greatly complement eachother and you can use build to focus on any of those skills and it will feel different depending on the skill but also you will be using one as a main and 2 as a support. It was my 6th char and i realy regret that it wasnt my first build. Paladin just deletes maps. I step in in area and everything i see dies in a second. So fun. Also super fast farming so you can get items for other classes if you want to experiment. Its a huge time saver. Any other build i played did huge damage but non of them farmed as fast as pala with word of pain and auras.

[crouder]

I was thinking about going for a Dual Wield Demo+Inquisitor

[Valentine (Lunaticus)]

Honestly you can do anything you feel like. Sure it might not work out in the end, but you since you can respec your characters it's not a problem. At any point later you might come up with an idea for a class combination that character has.

I usually start by getting interested in some skill, like Grasping Vines, or idea, like 2H melee auto attacker, and then start building around that, starting of course with choosing your secondary class.

And you don't have to choose classes based on what's the best possible class synergy. When I chose the second class for my Vitality Grasping Vines build, I chose Necromancer over Occultist because I had already used Occultist so much, and I also get to use Ravenous Earth which was another skill I was interested in.

[puschit]

So, you don't want to use known builds but you also don't want to use your brain and just slay stuff? That's an oxymoron somewhat.
Trying out all the skills and experimenting with gear is where the fun lies, at least for me. And since you got bored with your premade build you might find that to be true for yoruself as well. You just have to try. And get rid of the urge to play everything optimally, that's not needed.

[OrbPlaytime]

If part of the boredom was difficulty being too easy on Normal, you can make it more interesting by ticking Veteran by side of of Normal in the difficulty settings.
Veteran gives a closer indication of what Elite is going to be like in terms of how hard enemies hit/health while Elite difficulty onwards also applies a reduction to your resists.

[Duder]

Originally posted by OrbPlaytime:

If part of the boredom was difficulty being too easy on Normal, you can make it more interesting by ticking Veteran by side of of Normal in the difficulty settings.
Veteran gives a closer indication of what Elite is going to be like in terms of how hard enemies hit/health while Elite difficulty onwards also applies a reduction to your resists.

Or GDefile your way into Elite, or Ultimate for that matter.