How are you supposed to grind gear?

[ReichLivesMatter]

Not sure if it matters but I'm playing offline as Im having the same authentication error as everyone else.

So I started in Act1 and have played about 4 hours. I go back to the city and notice that nothing in any of the areas Ive cleared has respawned. I was under the impression this was like Diablo where you can grind mob for gear/drops.

Is this not the case, or what am I missing?

Also, whats the difference between online/offline if I'm only playing by myself?

Thanks

[Steven Silverheart]

Was just about to ask the same. I want to farm a little before i continue. How do we do that?

[Harmacist]

1. Gear: don't worry about it. Have at least 2k health+shield for the Act1 boss and you'll be fine
2. Offline allows for mods, which are not enabled online for balancing concerns. Also, online you can trade. Offline has cheaper stuff to help solo progress

Bonus: gear grind is done at endgame, with the missions (don't want to spoil it)

[Tekk]

Personally modded my offline character to get through the story faster without having to worry about gear,, once online becomes available i'm not touching offline mode again anyhow.

But yeah, zones does not seem to be resetting (at least during the time i played yesterday), which is a problem when an even trigger fails and you have to refresh the zone to get it working again.

[Zervo⭐]

Originally posted by Governor of Kekistan:

So I started in Act1 and have played about 4 hours. I go back to the city and notice that nothing in any of the areas Ive cleared has respawned. I was under the impression this was like Diablo where you can grind mob for gear/drops.

did you go back to the main menu and go back in or you just tp in and out?

incase if you just tp in and out of the city. the mob didn't respawn.

[CatPerson]

Before post-game, so far for me it appears if you do not finish an objective (eg, kill a quest enemy maybe) you can exit game, reload and things do spawn again. I don't know if this applies to everything/all areas, I'm still early.

Example: I got the wp after the early ... cannon? ... Act1 fight. Went ahead, killed stuff in the map, noticed the spot where the next quest probably triggered. Went back to town. Exited game. When I came back I loaded into town, went back to WP, that map area was respawned.

Which leads me to realizing I have no idea how this game saves quest points. I get the gear etc. is saved on exit but when does it actually save quest progress? Hasn't felt consistent.

[Harmacist]

Originally posted by CatPerson:

Which leads me to realizing I have no idea how this game saves quest points. I get the gear etc. is saved on exit but when does it actually save quest progress? Hasn't felt consistent.

It's really not clear, hence why so many people are complaining about rollbacks and wipes. I exited immediately after you said (first cave) and lost all progress after the cannon

[CatPerson]

So far to me it mostly seems to save right after you finish one of the main quest objectives. So like at the start of the game if you do not accept the "event trigger" (and complete it) and instead exit game while standing at that spot, it'll reload you at the very start of the game again.

But yeah, inconsistent feeling. There's no "saving" message on-screen far as I can see - a simple thing like that would help a lot. >.>

[webmetalreese]

I keep entering the first cave and something comes up and I have to exit. come back and all the farm has respawned.
still no spell drops though I'm getting a bit miffed

[Harmacist]

Originally posted by webmetalreese:

I keep entering the first cave and something comes up and I have to exit. come back and all the farm has respawned.
still no spell drops though I'm getting a bit miffed

I didn't get any spell drops until the cave. In the face I got 3, and more immediately after. I think they drop from the cave or from level 6-7, not sooner

[webmetalreese]

Originally posted by Clippy:

Originally posted by webmetalreese:

I keep entering the first cave and something comes up and I have to exit. come back and all the farm has respawned.
still no spell drops though I'm getting a bit miffed

I didn't get any spell drops until the cave. In the face I got 3, and more immediately after. I think they drop from the cave or from level 6-7, not sooner

thanks I'm already sick of fireball and frost can't even lvl them. I should get moving through the damn game but stuff keeps preventing me.

[Harmacist]

Originally posted by webmetalreese:

Originally posted by Clippy:

I didn't get any spell drops until the cave. In the face I got 3, and more immediately after. I think they drop from the cave or from level 6-7, not sooner

thanks I'm already sick of fireball and frost can't even lvl them. I should get moving through the damn game but stuff keeps preventing me.

Keep playing. Soon you'll get my favourite skill from D3: death laser. Also, check the magic vendor in town, she sells different stuff every 15 minutes

[webmetalreese]

Originally posted by Clippy:

Originally posted by webmetalreese:

thanks I'm already sick of fireball and frost can't even lvl them. I should get moving through the damn game but stuff keeps preventing me.

Keep playing. Soon you'll get my favourite skill from D3: death laser. Also, check the magic vendor in town, she sells different stuff every 15 minutes

at 2k a pop ooof yeah not anytime soon for me sadly. it's cool though I just though RNG hated me again.

[Harmacist]

Originally posted by webmetalreese:

Originally posted by Clippy:

Keep playing. Soon you'll get my favourite skill from D3: death laser. Also, check the magic vendor in town, she sells different stuff every 15 minutes

at 2k a pop ooof yeah not anytime soon for me sadly. it's cool though I just though RNG hated me again.

Sell all whites and blues. I got 5k by lvl 10

[webmetalreese]

Originally posted by Clippy:

Originally posted by webmetalreese:

at 2k a pop ooof yeah not anytime soon for me sadly. it's cool though I just though RNG hated me again.

Sell all whites and blues. I got 5k by lvl 10

not quite there yet as now I keep creating toons to see if they save or if the game crashes in order to aid people having issues but everything I've done so far is staying.

[Harmacist]

Same here. Restarted a few times, and I foresee another restart in a few hours. Bosses are hard!