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Post by desocupado on Sept 17, 2022 23:21:05 GMT
I had a friend here with a similar problem.
In the end that player played some of the 40-60 content, but gave up after not being able to participate in hell runs and a few other on the level 60 tange. (Which was the cap back then)
Many runs in the upper levels of the 50-60 range can take quite a while to complete if you aren't over leveled, knows the enemies and have a good party balance. And there's significant frustration in the inability to farm BUR gear from hells.
On the other hand, there was a "recent" player that was trying to speedrun all level 1-40 content. Which is something almost soloable.
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Post by rhodar on Sept 17, 2022 23:58:11 GMT
I'm also a caregiver (disabled wife; there are only the two of us in the house) who has to go AFK whenever I'm called. I'm different from you in that I don't play HC but I do genuinely enjoy the hair-on-fire scramble of big Hells runs. That being said, I try to "read the room" as much as I can and I try to be very careful about when I choose to get involved with a run like that. I'm very, very lucky in that I have a gang of four other IRL friends and family with whom I regularly play. We haven't achieved quite enough on our own to think about trying slow, cautious Hells runs by ourselves, but we're getting there. Right now we're working on figuring out PoM and the Hive. If you want to join a group that moves maddeningly slowly and takes lots of AFK breaks, look for us and hit us up! We don't play HC - yet.
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Post by Yojimbo on Sept 19, 2022 15:01:58 GMT
That was the reason I started playing GI for a self nerf and challange in the beginning. And look at it now  I built mine for similar reasons and I have lots of posted builds focusing on something more out of the norm or at least at time they were originally posted. I think my Battle Druid was one of the first and I think a big reason was because people struggled to find a good race and general way to build them and work. I built mine on Thri-Kreen because at that time there was no XR races and not even the Thunderborn BUR race with a new quasi that wanted druid and DEX which most classes for druid had no DEX and most classes with DEX & WIS were more designed for Monk. I have reinced it as my first build and even next iterations were flawed or changes made reinc worthwhile but the toon is my highest level toon with the most Demi Count & has a Prince win from before my hiatus. Sorry to ramble I just really love my little bug no matter how little damage he does can't deny his sturdiness and utility. |
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Post by jelricle on Sept 19, 2022 20:45:26 GMT
Heh, if I ever use up my limbo pt 2 hard mode tuner and can finally reincarnate, I'll let you know how my awful " picky shifter" works out! :-D |
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Post by bloodthirst on Sept 19, 2022 22:01:24 GMT
I'm in a somewhat similar position to the op, as far as having to constantly AFK due to some disaster/fight/situation that, apparently, I am the only person who can fix. So I kind of flipped the view around, do my own thing and let other people join me - with a warning at the outset that it will be slow, lots of AFK for extended periods and that we may not even finish. If they are cool with that then off we go. That being said I have learned how to multi box (long, slow and hard) and prefer Hells and beyond.
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Post by jelricle on Sept 20, 2022 1:58:30 GMT
I'm in a somewhat similar position to the op, as far as having to constantly AFK due to some disaster/fight/situation that, apparently, I am the only person who can fix. So I kind of flipped the view around, do my own thing and let other people join me - with a warning at the outset that it will be slow, lots of AFK for extended periods and that we may not even finish. If they are cool with that then off we go. That being said I have learned how to multi box (long, slow and hard) and prefer Hells and beyond. That sounds like my solo runs, or when I am leading somebody through an LL run. (I am slow due to how I play, though, not due to meat-space issues) |
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Post by chainlink on Sept 23, 2022 14:03:15 GMT
Play when and where you want and don't feel bullied into doing runs you are not comfortable with. In the past I've even come across a player that refused to take a character past level 1 'just to see how far they could go with it' even though that's cripplingly restrictive and immediately limits you from playing with anybody of level 8 or above.
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