New Player, what tier should I do for story?

[localrockman]

Just bought this game 2 days ago and having ahard time keeping up past World Tier 9, am I supposed to be keeping up with the highest or stay at Tier 1 just to finish the story?

[naomha]

Personally, if you're playing by yourself take it to the highest tier you can without getting yourself killed over and over. Higher level loot and weapons drop with higher tiers and it's worth it to take it as high as you can. If you play with friends or Steam folks and you get a full party crank that tier level up as high as you can so you ALL get awesome drops.

Do NOT stay at tier 1. You will NEVER get great loot or weapons staying on that tier and you'll spend a TON of money or material upgrading your weapons and gear to stay relevant.

[Maia]

I play solo and level 20 now, going through it at tier 5, except for bosses which are too much of a pain, so it goes to T1 at them lol

[QuietLuster]

Originally posted by Lolozaur:

I play solo and level 20 now, going through it at tier 5, except for bosses which are too much of a pain, so it goes to T1 at them lol

+1
Tier 5 is the sweet spot. Anything above is just pain (if you like pain then awesome)
If a boss kills you and you call bs, don't be shy, drop the world tier and move on.
When you get a good build you will be able to keep cranking the AT up as much as you want bop all the story bosses with one skill press.

[localrockman]

I just wanna complete the story and level up but it seems like the game REALLY starts when that story is over. So having reasonable equipment seems important.

[QuietLuster]

Originally posted by Bruvus:

I just wanna complete the story and level up but it seems like the game REALLY starts when that story is over. So having reasonable equipment seems important.

True. But until you reach tier 15+, and level 30 (I think is the cap), you will rotate through gear faster than you'd like to anyway.
Just enjoy the story and don't worry too much about gear. Early on, just equip/apply mods you think are fun or can help.

[Dreznin]

Play on what's most comfortable for you. Once you can keep your gear level up with the level of enemies and have a decent build, you can start pushing into the final tiers pretty easily. Once you start getting to gear that drops at level 30+, you'll start getting a lot more material from breaking down extra loot and keeping your favorite gear leveled up becomes trivial. Getting up to that point is the tricky part, but once you have all your crafting unlocked, it gets much better.

[Xacktar]

And here my silly butt put it on the auto-level up.

Kicked the final boss at tier 14, wooo.

Shamans were the only thing I tiered down for. They are not scaled well.

[statusKhuo]

i started playing 3 days ago, so i dont have too much experience about builds and stuff, but i played all the story with world level in automatic upgrade, reached the final boss in world tier 15... solo, i played as a technomancer, maybe you are playing with a difficult class to begin or is not the class for you. If you dont have the DLC, playing in world tier 1 will make feel that the entire game was pointless, a joke... I really enjoyed the game, too bad it is a dying game... a zombie game

[Hookworm]

If u dont allow the game to level up the tier automatically as u gather xp and stay on tier 1 for story, it will be like going through an extremly long and boring tutorial. The enemies cant even dmg you. At this point you can watch a youtube video for all the cinematics...

[localrockman]

Originally posted by khuoplay:

i started playing 3 days ago, so i dont have too much experience about builds and stuff, but i played all the story with world level in automatic upgrade, reached the final boss in world tier 15... solo, i played as a technomancer, maybe you are playing with a difficult class to begin or is not the class for you. If you dont have the DLC, playing in world tier 1 will make feel that the entire game was pointless, a joke... I really enjoyed the game, too bad it is a dying game... a zombie game

I'm just a local devastator and Moloch really slapped me sideways when I tried Tier 7.

[Elzam]

Reminder that world tier and exped tier are diffrent. Some ppl just skip story at tier 1 and grind like mad at endgame lol

[SirJellyBean]

Bought the game around the same time as you did. Completed the Story at the Highest tier with a turretmancer. Always stayed on the highest tier because of the chance at a Legendary but other than the 1 guaranteed that dropped from a certain boss in the story plus the others you can claim from WorldTier as rewards and Sidequests but by that time you're technically finished with the game. I absolutely dropped nothing. Loot Level is awesome and makes you stay ahead of the curve a bit in that regard.

Thinking back I would do as the guy above me and others have said. Blast the game on the lowest tier get to Expeditions and Grind it out there. (Although I did have a ton of fun staying at the highest tier)

Tbh a challenge and pushing your build/yourself is always good for you but ultimately the choice is yours alone.

[McLovin]

When the game released and i leveled all the chars it was nearly impossible to go higher then worldtier 7-8 during campaign. after playing all chars to ct 15 i lost interest, and just came back a week ago because i got worldslayer for 16€. i just deleted all my old chars and started a new campaign with techno.
and i have to say it was really very easy despite staying at auto world tier. i killed bailey for example around wt 12, that would have been impossible back in the days. i dont know what they changed excactly bekause my break was too long but the game got a looooooooot easier.