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If 70 from Invoking is it ok to go Directly to Spinward Rise skipping Drowned Shore?
kurtb88
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Just wondering if there is some problem that will occur if u start at Spinward rise, and skip the earlier areas; Drowned Shore, Fiery pit, etc.
Do those earlier areas matter to your character in a significant way, like will u miss out on something you need?
Do those earlier areas matter to your character in a significant way, like will u miss out on something you need?
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Only the part of your soul that dies from leveling off of modified daily quests.
is there a list somewhere that says which quests grant unified elements?
Re. buying blues: I've bought 67s and kept them in my inventory for starters. When I reached 69 without needing the 67s I sold those, bought 69s, rinse, repeat. The 70s you'll need anyway sooner or later, so you can just as well put them on straight away. And if you prefamed PvP coins, you can ofc shop with these and skip the blues. Basically, if you're lucky and/or good enough and/or tough enough, SpinRise can be doable without all those hitpoints. Just they're really nice to have against double cloud giants...
And re. UE: I've had them for big "Kill 50 ___" quests, and I've had them for the hitman quests. Only type where I have yet to get one is the Tome of Air quest. As I still have a few toons to bing through there, maybe...
HOWEVER: Don't buy a bunch of gear in the AH just yet.
Take the introduction quests with Minsc - three quests, those rewards will get you starter blue gear that is just fine for the entire trek to level 70 (in terms of zone-mob-combat, etc.) - so save your money. The three intro quests will deck you out in new armor, main hand, boots, arms, helm. IIRC the first set of Vigilance at Drowned Shore will get you a blue off-hand - but it's not necessary.
If, after getting all that freebie blue gear, you still want to shop AH then go for it, but don't waste your money so fast because a lot of what you would buy in AH is already dropped in those zones.
Also part of the the conclusion of first set of vigilance tasks at Spinward Rise will send you to Fiery Pit to speak with an NPC - so go to Fiery Pit first and speak to that NPC to get the Spinward Rise quest. That way it's all sewn-up neatly when you complete the first SR set of vigilance tasks.
Beyond all that: you get artifact off-hand from Knox at level 70 (which you apparently already are so just go get it) and artifact main hand when you complete three vigilance tasks (16 vigilance each). Or you can just buy it from a vendor if you have the required assets.
Oh wow. I thought you had to grind through every new/recycled Mod 6 area and make sure to complete each final elemental seed quest to get the artifacts at the end, or at least to get one of them. Someone said that in another thread - assumed that was true.
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
*Off-hand is free at 70.
Main hand requires only Spinward Rise if you want to get it from questing not crafting. You can skip the rest. I've done it a bunch of times now. I've always tried to get a piece or two of Eternal equipment, the chest piece at least, for improved survivability heading out. That can change with any 60+ torso drops having an armor enchant slot. Stuff from the Minsc quests are mostly ok as stop-gaps, though I'd want to replace them with higher HP items fairly quickly.
I don't do the quests that suffer from frustrating drop rates and on characters I'm less confident about playing, I also don't do the ones that are likely to result in repeated deaths. Takes a bit longer but whatever, it's not the end of the world if I manage 4 or 8 quests per session. This is about getting the alts there eventually, not ASAP.
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