I'm not here to flex, or showoff, but...

[Frag]

...I just defeated Legendary Typhon with my Soothsayer, Noctus, at level 57, my first character past level 8, with zero deaths throughout the game.

This post isn't made to recieve a bunch of grats, or inflate my ego. It's here to respond to the wellwishes and doubt about my abilities that was expressed when I stated that I would play TQ hardcore and deathless on these boards prior to release.

I realize that my character is exceptionally synergized and likely one of the most powerful combinations that can be chosen. That decision was made by myself prior to release with the info available at GameBanshee. Noctus also was extremely fortunate in his drops, though some of them can be attributed from his dedication to farming before moving on in Act and/or Difficulty.

On a note about difficulty, at least with this class combination, I was fairly disappointed in Titan Quest's difficulty all the way up until Act III of Legendary. Upon entering Act III I soon realized that my character was in jeopardy from even the most common of enemies and had to alter my playstyle somewhat radically to deal with it. Even with this radical change in playstyle & cautious behavior, I still faced extremely dangerous situations on occasion that prompted emergency action (typically save/exit).

While my character was a hardcore one, he was not an ironman or pure-legit one. Ironman would not allow a ranged/caster or save/exits, and pure-legit would not allow any non-self-found item usage. On that note, I only used one item not found by myself, and it was a legit trade made between hardcore players; some may view this as cheating, explotiation or "against the rules of hardcore play". If that be the case, I'll accept your judgement and say that perhaps a replay may be in order. That is already the case, and I'm doing it with a far more challenging (in my mind) character combination, though he will still exhibit strong synergy.

As this is the stories forum & not the spoiler forum, I will refrain from specific details about my adventures & character unless they are requested and appreciated by the community.

Regards,
~Frag

[n8iLLiES]

How about a screenshot showing the 0 deaths? That would be impressive.

[outlandos]

Hey, I'm a Soothsayer myself, could you please post your build here?

http://www.titancalc.com/TitanCalc.a...r1=2&master2=4

Thanks man!

And really well done, gratz on beating the game w/o any deaths!

[Frag]

Sure things n8iLLiES:

And for you outlandos:

http://www.titancalc.com/TitanCalc.a...-0-0-0-8-1-0-0

The pic was taken there for dramatic effect. Hope it worked :P

I've been farming Typhon for fun & profit recently, and my build reflects that. That is not the build I used for Normal, Epic, or Legendary. It's my third and likely final farming build. I currently have 3 points I haven't even spent because I simply have no use for them anywhere except to fill that annoyingly empty slot 7 with.

Cheers,
~Frag

[CymTyr]

Grats, Frag!

[outlandos]

Nice man, what do u think is best for solo, Storm or Nature as a secondary class for Spirit?

[Frag]

Depends on what your ultimate goal is. For survivability, I don't think anything can match that of a Soothsayer or otherwise I wouldn't have chosen it as my flagship class. Oracle brings a certain... natural power to the table, and a sense of living on the edge that a Soothsayer doesn't carry under most circumstances for me.

The Soothsayer's credo, if I may be so bold, might be: " Protected by you, I protect and serve thee."

The Oracle's, on the other hand, might read: "I'll see you in hell, but you're going first! *BOOOM*"

Just my 2g,
~Frag

[outlandos]

Originally Posted by Frag

Depends on what your ultimate goal is. For survivability, I don't think anything can match that of a Soothsayer or otherwise I wouldn't have chosen it as my flagship class. Oracle brings a certain... natural power to the table, and a sense of living on the edge that a Soothsayer doesn't carry under most circumstances for me.

The Soothsayer's credo, if I may be so bold, might be: " Protected by you, I protect and serve thee."

The Oracle's, on the other hand, might read: "I'll see you in hell, but you're going first! *BOOOM*"

Just my 2g,
~Frag

LoL, I see, I guess I wanne go nature then.

May I ask what staff you'r using?

[Frag]

Hecate's Rod, dropped by the very nice bull outside the Jade Palace in Legendary. On my switch is a 1900ish total dps Lighting Empyrean with a +35% Attack Speed Zeus in it.

Cheers,
~Frag

P.S. On that note, I value +skills very highly on my build even at the expense of my own dps, as the bulk of my dmg comes from my buddies.

[Tazz]

Great job!!

Personally though i think any caster type has it easy in this game especially with pets.

If you can do the same with a melee type, that would be very impressive imo.