been playing for a couple months, and have some general questions that are hard to find answers for.

1. Do most players break barrels-boxes for potions and the ramsack exp bonus? I find some potions very valuable at certain points (acid resist potions makes Butcher´s way chest ambush very easy). But I am also finding it greatly slows me down. I have only been soloing so far..and for that, I am undecided on if it is worth it to go slow breaking barrels. Just curious what other players do.

2. My plan is to solo quests one level below me (so still full exp), then do hard modes that are two levels below (so full exp) and then do elites at three levels below (so full exp). So when I am level 7, I would be doing all the 6´s on normal, all the 5´s on hard, and all the 4´s on elite. Is this possible? or will the elites be too difficult? I know vets and TRs have quests that they always skip, but if I do each one 3 times (N,H,E) will that be enough exp to keep my leveling. I am not in a hurry and prefer to see everything and not run the same quest x12 like I have been seeing in some guides. Note that this is on new characters without tomes, 34pt builds or anything extra.

3. Do low level quests get easier as you get higher level? I know there is scaling.. If I am having trouble doing a lvl 1 elite quest when I am lvl 4..... will it be significantly easier when I am lvl 7.. or will the scaling keep the ´difficulty´about the same. (ha, I can´t keep Heyton alive in Redemption on some of my characters)