Will I eventually have to fight enemies a higher level then me?

[JTD00123]

In the first act I noticed something. I did all the quests (to my knowledge), and I reached an impasse with my level (lvl 7). I had to fight Alexander, who was a lvl 8. This fight was relatively easy though.

However, I've been trying to use a strategy to only fight enemies at my level or lower, and now I'm stuck.I'm at a level 12 and all the quests are in areas with level 13 or higher, and is substantially more difficult than the Alexander fight. Is this to be expected? Should I max out my gear?

[xanraal]

You on tactician? I don't know about how hard other difficulties are although i'd expect everything below tac to be easier and honour mode is the only one above tac and i'm guessing that's something like the old school hardcore mode. Perma death and the like.

It's been my experience that with just a medium amount of side questing and exploration all mobs and fights i've run into were the same level as my party. I did fight a voidwalker two levels above me when i was level 10 but i did realise at the time that it was probably a bit early for that fight. I still won lol.. .

So what i'm saying is that on tactician mode, and i'm level 11 atm, you probably want the enemy the same level as your party and if the mobs are too high, explore around a little and talk to all npc's 'cause there are a lot of side quests.

[Sombrero]

Overall if you really find all the hidden stuff you should easily be at the "recommended" level or even beyond. I've just done the Alexandar fight lvl 8.

The game looks hard on the first playthrough but when you take time to have a good gear and a good build it becomes a LOT more bearable.

[Stabbey]

Usually you shoud not be fighting enemies higher level than you are. That's a sign you're going in the wrong direction and you should look elsewhere first. In this case, quest in Driftwood for a bit then head towards Wrecker's Cave.I think that's north.

[Pyromus]

Yeah, if you do everything on the island, you should be very close to level 9 by the time you fight Alexandar, and can even level up during that fight. As for act 2, you can constantly stay above enemy level the whole time as well. The actual town can get you a lot of quest xp early on, and there are way too many enemies right at level 9. If you're at 12, try the graveyard and fields area.

If you haven't gone up north to bloodmoon isle, look around up there and save often. There is some great quest xp there, but also a few high level fights you want to avoid. Also has a trader with level 15 str chest armor that you can buy at any level, and will help out a bit.

As to your last question, yes. Get gear as close to constantly maxed as possible. Weapons (aside from staff/wand) should get priority, and most armor in most parts of the game can be fine 1-2 levels under you *if* you get really good bonuses from it, but should still be as high as you can get it.

[Tarshaid]

One thing about the driftwood area is that it's kinda messy overall, and you can easily throw yourself into zones too hard for you, or lock yourself out of content thinking it's too high level for you. Considering how you jumped into the alexandar fight at lvl7 while others here claim lvl9 is attainable before, I'd advise you to be very careful.

A minor spoiler about Wrecker's cave (that is to the west of driftwood, not north btw):
You're supposed to lose the first fight where the voidwoken web you, so don't worry if they apparently run all over you and keep going.

[Qiox]

Originally posted by JTD00123:

In the first act I noticed something. I did all the quests (to my knowledge), and I reached an impasse with my level (lvl 7). I had to fight Alexander, who was a lvl 8. This fight was relatively easy though.

However, I've been trying to use a strategy to only fight enemies at my level or lower, and now I'm stuck.I'm at a level 12 and all the quests are in areas with level 13 or higher, and is substantially more difficult than the Alexander fight. Is this to be expected? Should I max out my gear?

You missed at least 1 and half levels of xp in the first act.

[AnonymousBard]

I'm in act 3 now and as of yet, I have never had to fight anything higher than 1 level above me to progress.

Except for that troll but it was 4 on 1 so that don't count,lol.

Edit: To elaborate, there are times you might stumble upon a fight or a side quest that is 2 or 3 level above you (like the scarecrows in act 2),but there is never a time where you are forced into an encounter like that. You can always leave it be, level up via appropriate leveled quests, then come back at the right level.