You do not need all purple equipment to reach a high T1 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 start to farm purple.The gear shown gets you to combat power 3'300 and proves simple to obtain.
As the screenshot shows, hitting a high T1 combat power with blue proves easy. My build still misses the Shock Commander Plate Armor and Shock Commander Gauntlets. Plus, the Etched Alabaster Band has three of the twelve traits missing.
Open the image in a new tab to see more details.I took the screenshot before the introduction of runes. It shows the wrong weapon in the off-hand and stats.
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. Weapons like Nirma's Sword of Echoes and Tevent's Grasp of Withering remain out of reach.
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.
Andrew provides an excellent explanation for the reasons.
https://throneandliberty.gameslantern.com/guide/tl-evasion-vs-endurance-which-is-better
https://alcasthq.com/tl-all-stats-guide/
Before going full purple, max out the traits on your blue gear. With a solid 3'300+ combat power T1 build, farming purple gets easier.
This build does not require any arch and world boss loot. You farm the gear in open-world and co-op dungeons.
The mechanics of bosses in two-star co-op dungeons can get tricky with randoms. Hence, the toxicity may multiply, unfortunately. To circumvent this, do the dungeons with friends. If you do not have friends, keep farming one-star co-op dungeons. The traits you do not need, you sell in the Auction House. With the Lucent you earn, you buy the lithographs for the Shock Commander Visor, Shock Commander Sabatons, Shadow Harvester Trousers, and Forbidden Eternal Chain. And craft them - no shame in this.
I start my rotation with A Shot at Victory, 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 (Death's Abyss) or off bridges (Butcher's Canyon). 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.
After the Fury Attack of Rex, I get into position whilst casting Stalwart Bastion. I stand as close as possible to Rex to block all three fireballs. Afterwards, I cast Clay's Salvation and maybe Fountain of Life. If the paralysed player stands too close to Rex, the AOE blast could kill me and the player. Before I jump in, I assess the situation.
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. After about four hours, I got all the gear from 5F-6F, excluding Shock Commander Plate Armor and Shock Commander Sabatons.
The drop rate in co-op dungeons varies significantly. King Chimaerus dropped the Regeneration Loop in the first run. In comparison, Karnix dropped Karnix's Netherblade after 28 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
Shock Commander Plate Armor
Shock Commander Sabatons
Etched Alabaster Band
Demonhoof Butcher
Demonhoof Tracker
Steelclaw Abomination
Imperial Ring
Abyss Currency
80 (+10 Abyssal Aggregate) for Precious Epic Equipment Selection Chest: Abyss
40 for Precious Epic Equipment Chest: Abyss
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
One-Star Co-op Dungeons
Death's Abyss
Karnix
Karnix's Netherblade
Gloom Guard Greaves
Cursed Wasteland
Shaikal
Shaikal's Mindfire Scepter
Butcher's Canyon
Duke Magna
Ecliptic Pendant
Tyrant's Isle
Toublek
Cave of Destruction
Lequirus
Shock Commander Gauntlets
Clasp of the Conqueror orEtched Alabaster Band
Supreme Devotion
Bracers of the Primal King
Dimensional Essence: Salvation
1 for Precious Epic Accessory Selection Chest
Sapphire Dimensional Band
Two-Star Co-op Dungeons
Island of Terror
Kertaki
Forbidden Eternal Chain
Voidwastes
Shakarux
Valley of Slaughter
Turka
Shock Commander Visor
Carmine Rage Island
Gaitan
Torture Chamber of Screams
Kaligras
Shadow Harvester Trousers
