Hardcore iv advice

[timmy9999]

I just run 3 toons

1- Arty human (crafter only)
2. an elite dungeon runner
3. a reaper toon

that is just me

All who's souls stones I want...mhauauaua

[Oxarhamar]

hate to say it but considering how close it is without any ready event info...
let me just say, everyday with no real info the more likely it will be delayed or canceled.

Citations

[Feralthyrtiaq]

Inspect every FvS that joins your party; if they're a half-elf, drop immediately.

What? Why? Wait. I suspect but don't think I really want to know.

[Cianos_Fanas]

Also, make sure you can cast/scroll Spawn Screen.

[duey]

Some really good advice here so not to duplicate I will address other things-

Keep your keyboard and mouse clean- dirt jamming keys or hair that block mouse laser can lead to....well walking off into a lava pit in panicky baffled amusement

Don't play tired, or fatigued

Try to play with a consistent group of people

Go your pace, if a group of people or person are running in a group too fast for what you feel is safe for you or the group-politely notify such, and leave.

Play the quests you know best, if you don't know quest-play on normal server to learn unless you really trust your group guide. If you playing favor you will play some, but not all, difficult quests so it is a good idea to have a 'get the hell out ' option. And courtesy goes along way on HC server; tell your group your comfort level and your intentions to bail. Some players will be on same page, but some may bail when you don't expect it then your stuck with the after math...

Get a teleport wand from store, the tp you use to buy will be made up with all the favor you earn during the HC season easily. Failing that, having dimension door/teleport or umd to use scrolls for such is helpful.

Get a anti beholder crystal from store, they are cheap

Take your time, stack odds in your favor. All the above advice about builds is great. Getting buffs with potions, scrolls and wands is a pain but can help survivability until u get ship buffs, and house p favor for elemental buffs.

If you can use voice chat. I didn't for season one but did for season 3 and made things so much better, esp for reaper runs.

Keep your distance. Tactically, lag sucks and keeping your distance from engagement/danger helps by creating a time buffer. When you freeze at range, but mobs are actually closing the distance sometime you will have enough time to react once lag clears. One of the lessor reason range trumps up front melee. Think enlargement meta magic, ray spells, or pew pew xbow, bows and alchy knives!?

Most melee you see aren't doing it for the melee dmg like 2 hand damage, but are built for hit points, and many time their only option for dmg output is 2 hand or melee. Think druid bear, barbs, fighters.

Ex: Last season I played bear tank with barb and warlocks levels and pushed to 2000+ hp ( no store bought stuff), as a test to see how high you could get hp. Was kinda boring but I did live to get r10

Ex: season 2 I played half elf fvs/monk arcane archer for ranged reaper. Good dps and crowd control, but squishy, which you can afford to be IF you keep that range, but never count on that though.Got me r10

[Feralthyrtiaq]

What? Why? Wait. I suspect but don't think I really want to know.

Healing wall bug. It's nasty.

[Feralthyrtiaq]

Skip the Korthos Storyline and go straight to Baudry Cartamon's quest.

Enter on Elite, Talk to dude then go into sneak mode by entrance. After 5 min safely kill 10 kobolds, get XP and chest then do part 2.

Break 50 boxes, get XP take level 2 then onward to glory (or glorious death)

[arminius]

Skip the Korthos Storyline and go straight to Baudry Cartamon's quest.

Enter on Elite, Talk to dude then go into sneak mode by entrance. After 5 min safely kill 10 kobolds, get XP and chest then do part 2.

Break 50 boxes, get XP take level 2 then onward to glory (or glorious death)

I had no idea that crate quest had changed so radically. It's amazing that the game has grown so much over time that one can know a lot about it and still not know so much of it

[Bunker]

If you are going to die, do it in a blaze of glory. Don't be stupid and die in one of the many traps you know exist in the game. Do it right. Either survive to reach the goal you want, or die doing something nobody else did. Death by lame trap will create frustration of greater magnitude than any lag death can provide.

I died last season, and it was GREAT!

[Dark_Lord_Mary]

I know it's a competition, so I'm not asking anyone to post their hardcore builds or what they have planned. As a new-ish player and just catching the tail end of last season, I was wanting to hear some basic advice from our Hardcore veteran players. What to build for? What not to build? Since it's a little more difficult to have a higher level toon farming for you, how do you go about optimizing gear? How to grab as much favor and RXP as possible with the least amount of risk?

Check out my youtube channel I talk indepth about Hardcore League - what's important, what are the best races and classes, skills, and I have quest guides for some of the harder quests.

[GLITRKING]

You can't do 5K favor if you don't aim for it as you will outlevel quests. So try to do all quests as you go even if you will be capped and gain no xp.



Warforged are not robots.
https://eberron.fandom.com/wiki/Warforged

LOL, I know, I've read the history. Just not a big fan, I guess I'm a bit of an old fashioned guy when it comes to my sword and sorcery!

[GLITRKING]

Make sure the batteries in your wireless mouse are fresh. Especially when you're running around the lava moat in The Twelve.

(Yes, I did, @ Lvl 9. after running the WPM sides - it has become funny since, but it wasn't at the time).

Oh ****, that blows!!

[GLITRKING]

Several vet players have suggested that RXP is a goal for your 2nd life, not your 1st. You can wrack up a few Reaper Points (some quests are just too easy not to go R1) by the time you've hit 20, but to risk the 1,750 xp and L20 goals for the sake of the RXP goal in your 1sy life is not realistic for players of all experience levels.

The good news is that 1) you have ~12 weeks, 2) once you hit L20 and 1,750 you don't have to get there again, and 3) RXP persists thru TR. Between those 3 points, and having a 32 pt build and 1 PL perk, most should be able to get what they need if they're patient - zerg kills!

Yep, my goal is to stick to mainly hard and Elite and yes, if it's a short, easy one I'll reaper it. Get the Lvl 20 and the 1,750 favor.

[GLITRKING]

Check out my youtube channel I talk indepth about Hardcore League - what's important, what are the best races and classes, skills, and I have quest guides for some of the harder quests.

Perfect! Will Do!

[GLITRKING]

Ok, so I know experience potions and tomes are available in DDO store. Curious which ones you guys find are the best buy? I like the tome of Heroic Learning because I get good exp, but don't have to be in a rush. I know I get better exp from the sovereign pots and it bumps reaper exp as well, but then I feel the need to rush. Considering I'm going for Favor and level 20, I'm thinking the Tome is way to go for me. Stat Tomes? Other items, packages? I know it's Hardcore and I'll spend some money in the DDO store, I just want to make good choices.

[RavenStormclaw]

FYI if you plan on running solo... those rez cakes are the best "oh ****" savior. Of course you can't use them once your dead but they will bring you back from incapped. I wish i knew that last season.

[Brapkang]

how do you survive a thrask hound hitting you for 500 in a level 8 quest when you roll a 1 against cyclonic blast?

also, what's that wraith NPC in necro 2 that can one shot you?

[boredGamer]

Ok, so I know experience potions and tomes are available in DDO store. Curious which ones you guys find are the best buy? I like the tome of Heroic Learning because I get good exp, but don't have to be in a rush. I know I get better exp from the sovereign pots and it bumps reaper exp as well, but then I feel the need to rush. Considering I'm going for Favor and level 20, I'm thinking the Tome is way to go for me. Stat Tomes? Other items, packages? I know it's Hardcore and I'll spend some money in the DDO store, I just want to make good choices.

You definitely do not need an xp tome if you're doing favor. You will be completely capped out on xp every level.

[C-Dog]

how do you survive a thrask hound hitting you for 500 in a level 8 quest when you roll a 1 against cyclonic blast?

Easy - either kill them first, or don't be in range.

[GLITRKING]

You definitely do not need an xp tome if you're doing favor. You will be completely capped out on xp every level.

YES! That's what I was trying to figure out. If you're doing reaper, the sovereign potions have to be a must because they boost your reaper exp but tomes don't. , but if you're doing favor, no pots and no tomes works just fine, right?