Tips for the Thorough Crusade objective?

[Colonel Vance]

Hello everyone! I just recently bought the game and I'm having quite some fun completing the seasonal objectives. So far I made it to Tier III, with most of the objectives for Tier IV already completed as well. What I'm missing now on Tier III is the "Thorough Crusade" objective - completing a Void Crusade with all info-fragments within 75 minutes.

I'm playing as a Crusader, I'm at level 72, using Sentinel Armour, a shotgun , a power sword, and a suppression shield. All are Archeotech Relics, except for the shield that's an Ancient Relic, and all have psalms and shards socketed. All in all I'm doing quite well, I have plenty of Inoculator charges and barely need to use them, I deal lots of damage and can take a good beating.

The only issue I have is time. Even following the guides, I don't think I can manage all of it within 75 minutes. Once the difficulty becomes red (which now is level 77 for me, I think) I really need to take a lot of time to push through the waves of enemies, especially in maps that are long hallways with little room to avoid fights.
So how do I do this? What's the best Crusade to complete the objective?

[Schalimah]

Grimstalker has a guide for the Amber crusade here on steam.
It includes a path for all info fragments only.
11 missions in total, 8 at +0, one at +2, one at +4 and one at +5.
This should be doable.

[Colonel Vance]

Noted, thanks. I have enough amber shards right now, so I guess I'll try it immediately.
If I understand it correctly, it's better if I skip the ones marked as 98 and 99 for now, and just focus on the 11 main missions?

[Baphal©]

Hi !
I was failing the same objective as you, then I decided to stop trying to be perfect, and just rushed the necessary steps/goals of the missions. And when I mean rushing, it's like the dungeon is on fire : no stop, don't even hit the mobs : run. Once you have a pack behind you, just turn around and berserk them to death if needed.

Finally did the thorough crusade last week, using this video (fastforwarding a lot) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bFSuKkIPoY

It's a speed run mode, just push for the main objective(s) on each map.

Note : once a mission is completed (with the quit option popup), timer stops and you have time to visit and grab chest in the area if you want. Or whack remaining enemies if the Emperor is not pleased.
Following this video I was doing each mission in 3-5min, and finished within 60' with all keys and fragments.

I was also playing a crusader around lvl70, but with a heavy flamer / crit / AoE build with tons of DoT & vulnerability stacks. Super easy to clean ahead while pushing forward.
Playing shotgun should be as easy if you invest in critical hits / AoE / and some shock explosion doctrines.

Hope it helps.

[Colonel Vance]

Void Crusade completed in 50-something minutes, challenge complete!
Thanks to both of you!