If I want the best gear in the game

[Partyrock]

What do I farm? Empowered monoliths? I'm not really sure about how monoliths scale and all this crap. Just tell me where I can farm to get the best gear in the game. Not interested in anything else.

[¤ OpN ¤]

400 corrupt mono. GL

[Partyrock]

Originally posted by ¤ OpN ¤:

400 corrupt mono. GL

So that only drops the best gear in the game? You cannot get the best gear in anything lower? I thought corruption just increased odds. Honest question.

[PewPew]

You asked for "best" gear so that's your biggest chance for top tier everything.

[Partyrock]

Originally posted by PewPew:

You asked for "best" gear so that's your biggest chance for top tier everything.

If the best gear can drop in normal monoliths then the answer is normal monoliths.

[Ravenkid9266]

If you want the "best" items in the game you are in for a ride.

So you can use blessings to increase specific item type drop rates, CoF to further increase drop rates, and each "time line" of the monolith system has specific drops, and generally the higher corruption the better.

Having said that prior to 1.0 the "best" items had a developer confirmed drop rate of 1 in 16 Quintilian, before range variance, and we do not know the exact amount but with 1.0 drop rates went down.

Good Luck.

Edit:

Originally posted by Partyrock:

Originally posted by PewPew:

You asked for "best" gear so that's your biggest chance for top tier everything.

If the best gear can drop in normal monoliths then the answer is normal monoliths.

Several items are locked to specific methods. Like the gloves Ravenous Void can only drop in the last ruin timeline empowered only from a specific boss, same with several other items.

[Tictactucrac]

Originally posted by Partyrock:

Originally posted by PewPew:

You asked for "best" gear so that's your biggest chance for top tier everything.

If the best gear can drop in normal monoliths then the answer is normal monoliths.

Drop chances and enemy specific drops would like to have a word with you. Calm the f*ck down and enjoy the game you will not be top of leaderboard.

[Partyrock]

Originally posted by Ravenkid9266:

If you want the "best" items in the game you are in for a ride.

So you can use blessings to increase specific item type drop rates, CoF to further increase drop rates, and each "time line" of the monolith system has specific drops, and generally the higher corruption the better.

Having said that prior to 1.0 the "best" items had a developer confirmed drop rate of 1 in 16 Quintilian, before range variance, and we do not know the exact amount but with 1.0 drop rates went down.

Good Luck.

While I appreciate your reply, you are speaking more to chances and the best practices for efficiency in farming the best items. If the best items can drop in a normal monolith, then that's the answer to my question. But I don't know. Can they? Do you need a certain level of corruption before you can see the best gear possibly drop?

I mean it's not like Diablo 2 where you can just say go farm trav or ancient tunnels in hell. There seems to be a whole lot of dynamics involved here. So I just want to know what the straight answer is.

Several items are locked to specific methods. Like the gloves Ravenous Void can only drop in the last ruin timeline empowered only from a specific boss, same with several other items.

Eh was afraid of that. I'm just looking for a game where you point me at a boss and I go farm it. Sounds like some needless complexity here. But, thank you.

[Partyrock]

Originally posted by Tictactucrac:

Originally posted by Partyrock:

If the best gear can drop in normal monoliths then the answer is normal monoliths.

Drop chances and enemy specific drops would like to have a word with you. Calm the f*ck down and enjoy the game you will not be top of leaderboard.

I'm not interested in topping leaderboards. I'm not interested in any of that. I'm just interested in potentially finding the best gear in the game and where that can happen. I only play to farm items. I'm pretty calm. But it sounds like you could use some calming down.

[Ravenkid9266]

Originally posted by Partyrock:

So I just want to know what the straight answer is.

Without knowing what specific item you are asking about its not as simple as you think. There are benefits to farming in lower monoliths, and benefits to farming in empowered monoliths with low corruption. If you want as broad an answer as possible that applies to as many items as possible then its empowered monoliths with as much corruption as you can speedily handle.

Yes some items do require specific timelines and empowered timelines at that. You could farm forever in normal last ruin and never find Ravenous Void gloves for example. Does it matter? depends on if you consider them the "best".

[Partyrock]

Originally posted by Ravenkid9266:

Originally posted by Partyrock:

So I just want to know what the straight answer is.

Without knowing what specific item you are asking about its not as simple as you think. There are benefits to farming in lower monoliths, and benefits to farming in empowered monoliths with low corruption. If you want as broad an answer as possible that applies to as many items as possible then its empowered monoliths with as much corruption as you can speedily handle.

Yes some items do require specific timelines and empowered timelines at that. You could farm forever in normal last ruin and never find Ravenous Void gloves for example. Does it matter? depends on if you consider them the "best".

Well I don't think it's simple. I'm just trying to verify that it isn't simple. It sounds like it's complex. And I wouldn't be looking for any specific items, just really good items that I could trade for a lot of gold, which I could turn around and buy specific items if I need them.

The ravenous void complexity is a huge turn off, but I'm sure lots of people enjoy that. To each their own. I'm just trying to verify whether the game is for me or not.

I like Diablo 2 where you just point me at several different places in hell I can go farm to keep things interesting, and I can find the best items in the game. I just like pulling the slot machine lever. Not doing hours of prerequisites before I can pull it.

Not knocking the playstyle of those people who enjoy that, but is what it is.