Gear Improvement Frustration

[Scott-O]

At Level 47. Have a range of weapons and gear. Got a bunch of jobs going to improve them. My frustration is that some of the items, especially for legendary pieces, that are needed are ridiculous to acquire. I've hunted a bunch of machines, killed them and got nothing useful. Anyone have any tips to improve these results? thanks.

[joridiculous]

tips: really non besides the never ending grind.
One thing you can do is to attack the machine you need, and if it gets you nothing travel away and back again to make it respawn quicker. (Some places even respawn if you walk slightly away for a few minutes)

You can try with easy loot also, a bit cheesy but it works apparently
The vendors also sell some upgrades, but not the really good ones.

[Scott-O]

Good tips. thanks!

[Dwnld]

Scott-O eredeti hozzászólása:

At Level 47. Have a range of weapons and gear. Got a bunch of jobs going to improve them. My frustration is that some of the items, especially for legendary pieces, that are needed are ridiculous to acquire. I've hunted a bunch of machines, killed them and got nothing useful. Anyone have any tips to improve these results? thanks.

I dunno if it's obvious but you do need to shoot some parts off before you kill the machine. I don't use easy loot but I think it does not let you get free purple/orange upgrade parts, correct me if I'm wrong.

[Scott-O]

agreed. Not sure where sac webbing is but trying to find it. I managed to get off an earthgrinder after killing three slitherfangs. LOL.

[TH3R4BB!T]

mostly: get a high tear tear arrow, rip off the parts you need, pick them up during the fight. Leave the area (100-200 meters) and go back. Repeat...

[Hydra_360ci]

There comes a point to where you have to ask urself... what are you grinding for.

Let's see....
Game has no pvp... so can't even troll in the game.

To make the game easier? Then why not just play story mode. Clout? okay... but... who u impressing?

What... ur gonna cheat with the duplication glitch, cause you hate grinding? So.. you paid 60 bucks, chose Ultra Hard New Game+ for the extra challenge... then... duplicate cheat in the Battle Arena???? for idk.... Clout? .. ur cheating... what clout?

A Speed run? I guess that would be viable... seems unfun to me and I'm not impressed by breaking games, but okay?

Oh one more... you're a streamer and make a living of looking good.... fine. I guess. Might as well use wall hacks on MP shooters, too.

(Anyways... go to youtube and look up the duplication glitch.) The game pretty much makes legendary use stuff limited (since you can only carry 15 units of that ammo crafting material stuff at a time). Though in my opinion... the duplication glitch itself is a waste of time, too. for the reasons I already mentioned above.

[Thornok]

item stats should be randomized like in Diablo 1&2 :)

[chipartist]

Highest level legendary gear improvement is a freakin' grindfest, the part of the game I like the least. My reco is to hunt continuously while traveling from quest site to quest site, keep collecting everything you can, put it in your stash (it's bottomless), and observe while you play to identify the machine sites that are not mapped, like the best Stormbird site, because the game is not be able to tell you some locations. Find Shelters near the target machine sites so you can push the night for Apex parts. Use the Notebook machine descriptions to learn aim points for specific parts so you don't need to Focus-target them, that's time consuming. Use the Focus to highlight targets, making the desired parts a lot easier to aim at. A decent Shock weapon is hugely useful to stun the biggies while you aim at parts with the best Tear-blast bow you can manage for your level.

Machine sites respawn continuosly if you travel a ways away and return, but how far away varies a lot. Learn methods of chipping away at the big guys like the Fireclaw to preserve fragile parts like the sac webbing, Use Weapons Techniques and Valor Surge to improve targeting and damage, saving both time and ammo. Use the same sites over and over again until taking down the targets is second nature, it really speeds things up. CAUTION: Hunting parts for the higher level Legendary items can get real expensive bc you spend time and ammo lavishly while doing little lower-level hunting to replenish ammo mats. A few Apex Fireclaw hearts can cost upwards of four grand total, so be prepared to pay out.

TIP: Read the Notebook data for RNG percentages for various upgrade parts. Some machines may have a much greater chance to yield a target part than others.

Good luck and good hunting!

[Scott-O]

thanks for all the tips!

[Raider Deci]

chipartist eredeti hozzászólása:

Highest level legendary gear improvement is a freakin' grindfest, the part of the game I like the least. !

Yep, not a big favourite there at all!
Especially all that hunting for Apex-stuff from the biggest monsters (ex hearts), only if you accidently die in a fight (1-2 hits on UH) you have to pray to rng-jesus for an Apex to spawn again since its not guaranteed on a reload even if the campfire was right next to the fight.
I hate this guesswork if they are in an area or not even after a reload. If I am going to fight the toughest enemies, make spawns consistent!

[tony85_23061]

I just got finished upgrading all my legendary gear after completing NG+. Needless to say I got tired of the grind too. Figure out what parts that you're going to need alot of such as luminescent brainstem and farm 10 of them and use cheatengine method to give yourself a few hundred.

[chipartist]

tony85_23061 eredeti hozzászólása:

I just got finished upgrading all my legendary gear after completing NG+. Needless to say I got tired of the grind too. Figure out what parts that you're going to need alot of such as luminescent brainstem and farm 10 of them and use cheatengine method to give yourself a few hundred.

I also just completed the grind on my last piece of legendary gear -- needed 14 LumiBrainStems altogether, killed 20 T-Jaws to get 'em (I dislike any kind of cheats) and made extensive use of the Specter Gauntlet to save on ammo costs. It's not a great weapon but it does decent enough damage (though its longer-distance aim is kinda crap) and ammo is very cheap to make.

[Ywap]

I just beat the game + Burning Shores on Ultra Hard. The grind was not a favourite part for me. I don't remember Zero Dawn had this kind of excessive grinding..... 🤔

[Napalm®]

Ywap eredeti hozzászólása:

I don't remember Zero Dawn had this kind of excessive grinding..... 🤔

Cause there wasn't one, it was a lot more streamlined.
My best advice:
1. Figure out what kind of weapon and play style you prefer.
(Recommend bows with an occasional spike thrower).
Armor also makes a HUGE difference.
2. Watch some "best weapon/armor" videos and figure out what you need.
3. Well... grind. Best tactic is glowblast arrows, since the legendary parts can be shot off easily - grab and run. As for apex hearts - well, no easy way.
Sadly, the legendary equipment will requite grinding arena, but even on Ultra Hard you can finish the game with purple equipment only.
The legendary equipment in the DLC is 10x times easier both to obtain and upgrade.
If you're not on Ultra Hard you can turn on easy loot and get all the parts after killing the machine.

[[CTU]Jack_Bauer]

my advice if you are hunting specific parts parts on the machine and not hearts or circuits but rather tail or something of a beast scan it and highlight the part you need to shoot off it.