Best way to play Eternal Embers after beating the game?

[Amulet of Kings]

Hello, I have just beat the game for the first time (acts 1-5+Atlantis+sidequests), and I would now like to play act 6. I know that the Eternal Embers (EE) content can only be accessed on legendary difficulty. While I enjoyed my Titan Quest playthrough, I do not feel like completing the game 2 additional times in harder difficulties just to play an expansion.

It would be a pity if I did not get to play EE after spending money on the DLC. Is there any way to rush the game to access EE as soon as possible? Are there 1 hit cheat mods? Or are there any mods that unlock EE in normal difficulty? Another possibility would be to create a legendary character, but I have read that legendary characters are very hard to play for beginners due to the lack of gear.

[Dan_The_Noob]

I would just bumrush the next difficulty or two... depending how much trouble you had with the game.

[Amulet of Kings]

Originally posted by Dan_The_Noob:

I would just bumrush the next difficulty or two... depending how much trouble you had with the game.

Now that I'm familiar with the game I do not have any troubles with the mobs and bosses, but won't I become underleveled if I rush the zones?

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

I don't look for mods/cheats that make you stronger so you'll have to search for those yourself, but if you want a somewhat regular way that is pretty fast and to get more gear I recommend getting an XP/loot + mods, these allow you to level faster and up the drop rates to gear faster (or can go into shop mods and just get the gear you want and transfer them to the character you are playing).

[WIKI]

when u start legendary char at level 70 u can use 1. city in EE to go helos act 1 legendary, act 1 legendary is easy u can play with blue items (which u obtain from normal difficulty) combined with dragon set game gave you and u can try to farm some bosses to drop 40 lvl legendary items

[Elriadon]

Originally posted by Amulet of Kings:

Another possibility would be to create a legendary character, but I have read that legendary characters are very hard to play for beginners due to the lack of gear.

Make a ranged character, a Haruspex (Hunting/Dream) focused on throwing weapons should be fine. Alternatively, an Esoterist (Rune/Neidan) that dual-wields throwing weapons. With some hit-and-run-tactics, it's more than possible to progress quickly through the game. Just be prepared to mash the Health Potion key during certain parts.

Another option if to make a pet-focused build, a Soothsayer (Nature/Spirit) or even a Hermit (Nature/Neidan) if you want to use the new mastery. Sit inside your Briar Ward and support your pets while they do the heavy lifting.

Or a Contemplator (Dream/Neidan). Both Dream and Neidan have a Damage Absorbtion buff (Trance of Convalescence/Aura of Tranquility) and they stack with each other, so their survivability is good even without great gear. Contemplator is also very flexibile, so you can build them in many different ways, a melee warrior, an archer, a staff focused caster (Psionic Beam with staff demolishes enemies) or even a Pet Build with Terracotta Servants and Mastermind. Just avoid building a Damage Reflect Contemplator, you need great gear to pull that off.

And just as others said, you can always go to Act 1 on Legendary with your Legendary Hero to farm some gear, the portal there is in the first "town" area (Summer Palace). Also to act 5, but avoid that at start, the mobs there are more powerful than in Eternal Embers for some reason.

[Elriadon]

After some testing, I believe that I've found a build that's able to deal great damage and progress through Eternal Embers while not really needing gear.

So, here it is:

Make a Legendary Hero, choose the Rogue and Neidan masteries (Disruptor class).

Choose the following skills:

Rogue Mastery:

Max Envenom Weapon and its upgrades.

Max Lay Trap and its Upgrades.

After you get a Throwing Weapon, max out Open Wound, Anatomy and Honed Blades as well.


Neidan Mastery:

Put 1 point in Huangdi's Favor and max out its upgrade Spreading Influence.

Max out Consequences, Mutual Suffering, Inner Equilibrum, Aura of Tranquility and Smoke Cloud.

Put 10 points into Terracotta Servants (so you can summon 2), 1 into Shatter and max our Forged By Fire.

The rest of the skills are up to you, the previous is the minimum you need.


Attributes:

Put 106 points in Dexterity and the rest into Strength (for gear requirements).


Tactics:

Get a bow, any bow, weapon damage doesn't really matter. Switch to a Throwing Weapon once one drops for you. Ideally, you want a Throwing Weapon with the fastest attack speed.

Turn on Envenom Weapon, Aura of Tranquility (and Honed Blades, if you have a Throwing Weapon).

Summon your Terracotta Servants.

Auto-attack at range with Huangdi's Favor. It deals its damage in an AoE area with Spreading Influence, thus spreading your DOT from Envenom Weapon to the whole group of enemies.

Consequences reduces the resistance of enemies affected by your attacks. Hunangdi's favor spreads this in an AoE alongside your DOTs, meaning even more damage.

One of the upgrades from Envenom Weapon adds Confusion and Fumble Attacks chance, increasing your survivability. Huangdi's Favor also has a chance for Petrification, stunning enemies.

Run around, attack as many enemies as possible and watch them get destroyed by your DOTs from Envenom Weapon.

Inner Equilibrum increases your total speed by a great amount, allowing you to outrun enemies.

Your Terracotta Servants serve to distract enemies and deal elemental AoE damage with Forged By Fire.

Drink an Energy Potion when you are about to run out of Energy.

Use Smoke Cloud on groups of pursuing enemies to immobilize them.


Additional Notes:

Against undead and especially ghosts, this build won't be as effective, but pets help in this situation. Your Terracotta Servants with Forged By Fire will deal elemental damage to anything around them. And you can have 2, so double that.

Gear that buffs your attacks with elemental damage will also be useful.

What will also be great against the undead is gear that buffs your pets with additional elemental damage. With that gear, the Lay Trap skill can be used to clear undead and ghosts somewhat efficiently.

You can have only a ranged weapon equipped and still progress through the game and get decent gear.

[Amulet of Kings]

Thank you everybody for the detailed advices! In the end I decided to play through epic and legendary with my existing character. I am running through the areas only stopping to complete mission objectives, so far I am a bit underleveled but I have managed to beat acts 1-3 on epic and have most resistances maxed out. The run is certainly going better than expected :)

[Amulet of Kings]

I just wanted to let you know that I have finally beaten Eternal Embers! It took me around 10 days to beat the game on Epic and Legendary difficulties by rushing the areas while stopping to complete the main and side quests. To be honest it was an unpleasant experience, I was underleveled and playing the same game three times in a row was quite boring.

On the positive side, Eternal Embers was very fun to play, and playing through acts 1-5 on legendary allowed me to have decent gear to face the DLC.

[SonnyL]

well done! I have just started on EE now, after putting it off for a year

[CygGame]

Originally posted by Amulet of Kings:

I just wanted to let you know that I have finally beaten Eternal Embers! It took me around 10 days to beat the game on Epic and Legendary difficulties by rushing the areas while stopping to complete the main and side quests. To be honest it was an unpleasant experience, I was underleveled and playing the same game three times in a row was quite boring.

On the positive side, Eternal Embers was very fun to play, and playing through acts 1-5 on legendary allowed me to have decent gear to face the DLC.

congrats! EE is beautiful.

[Amulet of Kings]

Originally posted by eqthedr:

Originally posted by Amulet of Kings:

I just wanted to let you know that I have finally beaten Eternal Embers! It took me around 10 days to beat the game on Epic and Legendary difficulties by rushing the areas while stopping to complete the main and side quests. To be honest it was an unpleasant experience, I was underleveled and playing the same game three times in a row was quite boring.

On the positive side, Eternal Embers was very fun to play, and playing through acts 1-5 on legendary allowed me to have decent gear to face the DLC.

congrats! EE is beautiful.

Indeed, the scenery is gorgeous and the cities of Pingyang and Thebes are incredibly detailed.