Endgame Purgatory

[Lazykid]

Loved this game until I hit the mapping stage. It is a constant 1 step forward, 2 steps back. My strongest character has maxed resists, 70% block chance, 6k energy shield, 1.5k life and I still get randomly one shot by overtuned elites. I am not even far in either, highest map I've cleared is only a tier 9, and I keep losing all my higher tiered maps and getting dropped back down to running tier 5s for hours on end. I have 5 different characters all around level 75 and then I just hit a brick wall where I can't progress no matter how much I change my builds up, how much farming I do, it just feels like a complete stalemate. I haven't used the trading site at all but it doesn't matter much because I already blew through most of my exalts and other crafting materials in a desperate attempt to try and upgrade my gear. The campaign was challenging, but fair, when I died it felt like my fault. The maps just feel like a complete crap shoot where 1 bad elite pack will cost you hours and hours of progress lost. I enjoy challenge but this is just downright not fair nor fun.

[AH-1 Cobra]

Did you try running grim harvest? There's no point in running ES without grim harvest.

Also, the best defensive stat in the game is DPS. If you don't have enough DPS then it really doesn't matter how many defensive layers you got as the game will find a way to chip through them if you give it a large enough opportunity.

These players beating the pinnacle bosses are simply nuking them in seconds. Basically, that's the DPS you need to maintain any consistency in being able to clear content without dying. You just need enough defensive layers and pool to survive long enough to nuke whatever you're fighting.

[OTMOPO3OK]

Gotta put that WASD option with doge roll to work, can't be lazy with it. WASD could still be considered optional, but dodge roll isn't, not until you got a fast build, and it does not sound like you do. I'm playing SSF and I'm on my third character in their 90ies getting bored spamming t15-t16 maps looking for strongholds.
Also, don't ignore boss maps, these bosses always drop at least 1 waystone of the same or higher tier, usually 2 or 3, helps not falling behind on maps, and unlike rares, these bosses are always the same and very predictable (unless you got extra mods talents and boss difficulty nodes on your atlas skill tree).

[AH-1 Cobra]

There's several builds that do well over a million DPS with relatively midding equipment. Some are faster at clearing, others are better at bossing, some have a clearing loadout and a bossing loadout.

[vodan]

Originally posted by Lazykid:

I haven't used the trading site at all but it doesn't matter much because I already blew through most of my exalts and other crafting materials in a desperate attempt to try and upgrade my gear.

This part sounds horrible

Just some words about defence in game:
So you have 75% resistances and lets say 7500 of various hp, what is worst thing for you? Corpse explosions/bleeding/chaos damage which do double damage to shield/physical hits?
With 3000 hp, 70-75% resistances and 38% to chaos and 68% armor i have no one shots on diff 16.(but well corpses are dangerous, and fire meteorite eats 65-75% of my hp)
Also lets say someone have 75% armor and 3000 hp - that will be like 12000 against physical hits, if you have zero armor with your 7500 you have something like 1800 hp.(also you said you have 70% block chance but this protects you only against projectiles and non-aoe hits - if enemy hits ground you will get damage.)

*another redact - and well, with my 3000 hp and 68% armor i sometimes lose half hp to physical hits from bosses, and a hit which eat half of my hp can easily kill you or leave you with a few hundred hp and zero shield, also some maps give extra damage to enemies and this can be dangerous, and another thing - some maps reduce resistaces, and this is horrbile - if you are on 75% res you get 100% of intended damage, and if you are on 50% you get like doubled damage.

[cAipi_rInHa]

TE: I got 1-shot!
Also TE: I have 1.5k Hitpoints.
Yea...no ♥♥♥♥.

[dynatierchen]

"you dont trade, well then its your fault not the games"

ARPG genre has left the room