Tips and advice for newbies

[Ivaron]

Originally Posted by Shadowshire

Attack rating
Your attack rating (attack speed) is more important to some skills than others. You could take Volley or sheild passive (Sheild smash, Disruption & Pulverize), these skills trigger more often, the more hits you make. Thats why abit lower damage with a high attack rating actually can deal more damage because it triggers bonus damage skills more often. The same way with Onslaugth, Calculated Strike, and Psionic Touch. All these skills are dependant on a number of attacks before triggering. High attack speed helps them trigger more often.

A little note here, some skills benefit from slower attack speed instead of higher attack speed. For instance; Lethal Strike. This skill does +% phys. damage and +% pierce damage and is a skill you must activate yourself. In this case, the important thing is the damage per hit (which slower weapons tend to have more of). Another thing to note here is that there is cap to attack speed. Once you reach that cap, you should use slower weapons to get the most of the damage.

The Titan Calculator
To make sure that your characterbuild is gonna be ok, you can use the Titan Calculator. This small program helps you visualize the build your thinking of making. At the bottom of the Calculator page you'll find the link which you can use to post your idea of a build to other, so that they may comment on your idea. Good idea is to only depend on how your build is at level 65, since leveling after 65 is very slow, and also people without the Immortal Throne expansion can use your calculations on the build. The link to the Titan Calculator:

The Titan Calculator

Another little note here: the Titan Calculator grants 3 skill points more than you will have, as it calculates as if you start at level 0 instead of at level 1.

[hue]

I guess this question(s) suits this topic..

I've seen alot of guides/builds that shows how you can/should put your skills/masteries on x/your character in most levels.. but the thing i havn't seen is info like;

Where in normal do i level if im lvl 20-30+.
At what level do i leave normal.

Where in epic do i level if im lvl 30?-40+?
At what level do i leave epic

Where in legendary do i level if im 40?-50? (My guess typhon runs? Please correct me if im wrong..)

Why i ask is because im current lvl 35, im still in normal, killing typhon and the telkine that releases typhon (only been playing 2days, cant remember the name exactly xD, but its the last waypoint in orient) and i want to know if i should go epic or stay in normal doing typhon run, but for how long?

Or is it just that easy to get level? Do the important quests and then just run to typhon and farm all the mobs towards him? Same in epic/legendary?

Another question i have is; Does TQ have a database on mobs/items you can see where they can be found or maybe certain mobs only can drop x items? So you know where you should go farm the item(s) you want..

Thanks in advance..

[claudius]

I'm not sure if you have immortal throne so I will give both answers depending on that...


Where in normal do i level if im lvl 20-30+.
At what level do i leave normal.

Egyptian Tombs is good. Thebes to Babylonian Portal is good. Both because you kill lots of dark obelisks. You can level in orient too but the monsters are more lethal. Wusao is a great place to level 30+ once you are strong enough to fight all the crap in there. IT: same answer.

Where in epic do i level if im lvl 30?-40+?
At what level do i leave epic

Here your goal is to complete all the quests and get the quest xp. Also hit bosses which will give you a chance of a legendary drop. Nessus, Polyphemus are near portals. Its also good to just find monsters you have fun killing and kill them. The run from Parnassus portal to the gorgon sisters is packed with enemies with a chance of stonebinders and other legendary drop at the end. Alastor if you need caster gear (in Athens). Talos is worth killing once you are strong enough for his drop. I never had much luck with manticore. I think his difficulty isn't worth his drop. The undead after Sais is good leveling (in egypt). Then the same things you did in normal. For IT: levels 30-40 you are probably in normal hades. I would hunt where you are looking for a MI item to level. Elysium for kthonian spikes for example. Anaurons for Betrachos gear.

Where in legendary do i level if im 40?-50? (My guess typhon runs? Please correct me if im wrong..)

No. Parnassus runs is faster xp. End bosses aren't really that much xp. When you are strong enough you can do the hydra run very fast and gain a lot of good items. Talos. Dracolich. Typhon. Hades. Fight them all and minor bosses like Nessus and Polyphemus too. Just wherever you feel like it and where you won't get killed. Try and get a sacrificial necklace and wear it for quest xp (not in battle!). IT: Once you are above 65+ you level slow anywhere so you might as well farm act 4 and try and get those IT only legendaries that only drop there. But go wherever you want for variety...You have by this time built an awesome character...don't forget to have fun playing it rather than just building more more more.

These are just my findings. I'm curious what other folk say.

Try doing some searches to find table on items. I have seen things like that. People can look at the code aparently?

[Shadowshire]

Here's some item drop thingy:

[hue]

Thanks for the replies, really apreciate it and very helpfull of you guys. But i got anoher question if you mind responding too Shadowshire/claudius or anyone else.

Was just woundering all these bosses / named bosses.. Could you mind telling me where exactly they can be found, at the closest Waypoint.. because i only remember the telkines+typhon

like:

typhon - olypmus


if its not to much to ask

Thanks in advance.

[claudius]

I'll post just the ones I can remember..

Act 1

*Nessus - Sparta (very close)
*Polyphemus - Megara (very close)
Arachne - between Megara and Delphi - far
*Gorgons - Parnassus (a hike but a lot of xp on the way)
*Hydra - best is to portal to athens then go backwards and set up a waypoint at a fountain before or after the swamp - legendary difficulty only.
*Alastor - Athens catacombs
*Talos - Epic and Legendary only. Knossos landing long hike..
*Minotaur Lord - Knossos landing long hike
*1st Telkine - Knossos landing long hike

Act 2

Giant Scarab Beetle - Rhaktosis in the library
Scorpion - Fayum Oasis. Close.
Manticore - Fayum Oasis pretty close but his lair is long hike
*2nd Telkine - Egyptian Tombs portal (last portal in egypt) tomb of ramses...short hike for getting a orb.

Act 3

Yeti - East Silk Road (go backwards back in the ice cave west and theres no door blocking you)
Barmanu - West Silk Road far walk in cave along way...far walk from fountain too
*Bandari - In Chang an Palace. Close.
*Dragon Lich - Epic and Legendary. Chang an. Far walk into general's cave and out alternate exit to path up mountain.
Demon Bull - Jade ?? portal (portal between chang an and wusao) far walk
*3rd Telkine - Wusao portal far walk
*Typhon - Wusao portal. Defeat 3rd telkine and portal to olympus. Far.

I forget what the IT portals are named

*s are ones that I like to farm because they are close or fun

[hue]

Omg. Thanks alot m8 xD, really really apreciate it! now i can't wait untill i get to legendary and farm stuff for mi brigand

[Poinas]

claudius, you forgot:

Act 2: Sandwraith Lord, at the very end of act 2.

Act 3: One boss just before portal #2, however you have to get to it from the other way. For the life of me, I can't remember its name right now.

[claudius]

Oh thanks Poinas...

That act 3 boss in the temple of marduk is the chimera

[Arkeyla]

Isn't there a Scorpos boss in a temple thing somewhere in Egypt? I can't recall exactly where, but I don't think he's that far from a portal. Though I could be wrong.