how do you advance?

[Skabs]

I been stuck at 430 for past several weeks danger 5 with best gear can get and upgraded - I need 438 to continue?

[chaos915]

The only way you can reach 438 currently is get 2 legendary armor pieces(that's the limit),a legendary weapon, the rest of the armor needs to be purple(and everything upgraded including the legendary equipment, which is expensive) with T5 purple gems in every slot(they add to your gear score).

Kind of sucks to be gated by RNG. It makes matters worse if the legendary armor pieces you find are for the same slot and the weapon is for another class you don't like.

[Skabs]

gotcha... thank you

[baraboodish]

You don't need the gear score to continue - it's just a recommendation. You'll be fine with a gear score of 430.