You do not need all purple equipment to reach a high combat power. Some players go for full purple, disregarding blue. This approach takes forever and gets you nowhere. Think about the purple traits and how much they cost in the auction house. Blue offers the better route to take. Farming proves easier, and blue remains less expensive in terms of traits.Once you have your blue gear with all traits maxed out, you can start to farm purple.The gear shown gets you to combat power 3'000 and proves simple to obtain.
Arch and world bosses drop the best gear in the game. But getting them proves impossible for casual players like me. There exists a 0.3% chance for epic equipment. Nirma's Sword of Echoes, Tevent's Grasp of Withering, Shock Commander Visor, Shock Commander Greaves, Shock Commander Sabatons, and other gear remain out of reach.
Two-star co-op dungeons come soon. Those bosses drop all arch and world boss loot. You need a combat power of 2'500 to enter. And they cost 450 dimensional contact tokens. Combat power 3'000 should suffice.As soon as Amazon releases those dungeons, I update the gear.
As a casual player, I prefer to avoid guild involvement. In most cases, joining a guild comes with duties. You must stay online daily or complete guild tasks by 18:00 the following day. And what about loot distribution? How fair remains loot distribution with up to 70 players in a guild?Guilds with 5 to 10 players make more sense. I started a solo guild to get minor buffs like Defense and Mana Regen.
Do not neglect Health Regen. Mana Regen has more priority, but having decent Health Regen can make or break a situation. As a tank, you get a lot of beating. With decent Health Regen, your Health fills up fast.
Andrew from Alcasthq provides an excellent explanation for the reasons.
https://alcasthq.com/tl-all-stats-guide/
Melee Endurance comes first. You tank close to the boss, not far away.
I start my rotation with Piercing Strike, Touch of Despair, Annihilating Slash, and Counter Barrier. When the mob has three stacks of Touch of Despair, I cast Decaying Touch followed by Curse Explosion. The other skills I use when needed.
With the Shield Survival Technique, I block any Fury Attack.
I start my rotation with Provoking Roar, Piercing Strike, Touch of Despair, Annihilating Slash, Counter Barrier, and Time for Punishment.Controlling Rake pulls mobs to me. With Strategic Rush, I push mobs against walls and stun them. Stalwart Bastion or Blessed Barrier protect the party in dire situations. Immortal Pride and Fountain of Life I use to save myself.
Time for Punishment gets replaced with Clay's Salvation. Clay's Salvation's Weaken Removal cleanses one Firedebuff. I can tank all three fireballs. To pull this off, you have to think and act quickly.
The "outdoors" drop rate proves abysmal. I farmed Sluggish Zombies for hours, but the Glade Stalker Boots never dropped. However, after farming Ork Spearmasters for three hours, I got the Warlord's Shroud. Killing Living Armor Foot Soldiers in Syleus's Abyss 3F-4F got me Warlord's Shroud in only one hour. "Indoors"'s drop rate surpasses the "outdoors" drop rate.Getting any gear from Syleus's Abyss 5F-6F, excluding Demonhoof Head Shaman, should not take too long. I got all the gear from 5F-6F after about four hours, excluding Shock Commander Plate Armor.
The drop rate in co-op dungeons varies significantly. King Chimaerus dropped the Regeneration Loop in the first run. Whereas Karnix never dropped Karnix's Netherblade in 30 runs.
Codex Adventure
Chapter 6: The Song of the Vienta Dwarves
Mask of the Resistance
Chapter 9: A Pact of Fire and Darkness
Glade Stalker Boots
Lithograph Book
Elemental Bracelets
Kunzite Bangle
Hawk's Eye
Offroad Footwear
Solo Farming
Akidu Valley
Orc Spearmaster
Warlord's Shroud
Ruins of Turayne
Sluggish Zombie and Mutant Test Subject (Dynamic Event)
Syleus's Abyss 3F-4F
Living Armor Foot Soldier
Random Party Farming (once you reach combat power 3'000, you can farm 5F-6F solo)
Syleus's Abyss 5F-6F
Demonhoof Head Shaman
Etched Alabaster Band
Sacred Manuscript
Shock Commander Plate Armor
Demonhoof Tracker
Lethal Venom Abomination
Steelclaw Abomination
Imperial Ring
Co-op Dungeons
Specter's Abyss
Heliber (once you reach combat power 2'500, you can farm Heliber solo)
Roaring Temple
King Chimaerus
Regeneration Loop
Death's Abyss
Karnix
Karnix's Netherblade
Gloom Guard Greaves
Butcher's Canyon
Duke Magna
Ecliptic Pendant
Tyrant's Isle
Toublek
Cave of Destruction
Lequirus
Shock Commander Gauntlets
Abyss Currency
80 for Precious Epic Equipment Selection Chest: Abyss
40 for Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss
Etched Alabaster Band or
