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Returning Player, time commitment at endgame?
Greetings,
So a lot of things have changed since I last really played at the end of 2016.
Leveled a new Lancer last week to reacquaint myself with the game mechanics and hit the start of endgame, i428, enchanting Guardian gear, and rather quickly hitting a gold wall.
Looking ahead to the more difficult sets, where you need more gold, gems, and do not have a 100% success rate, how much of a time commitment does the average person have to put in to get through Twistshard and Frostmetal, much less Stormcry?
I have a standard 9-5 job (+2 hr commuting), 2-3 gym days after work, so I get maybe 3-4 hours per night and most of the weekend to play (if I really focus on playing TERA).
- Is this remotely enough to progress in the current tier? Or at 3-4 hours/day, will I be struggling to hammer out my 16 Vanguards and eventually burn out from the grind?
- Are alts viable at this point? I am leveling Valk, so likely longer dungeon queues but easier solo instances and IoD. Will this alt essentially be resigned to the entry level set (I understand there's a new patch soonish), or will there be enough gold left over to at least get it into Twistshard?
- How soon do people expect the new patch to arrive? If it is within the next few weeks lets say, would it make sense to continue farming for enchantments/upgrades, or just level alts and start fresh with the new baseline set (skipping Guardian I imagine)?
Thanks in advance for your insights.
- Deicide
So a lot of things have changed since I last really played at the end of 2016.
Leveled a new Lancer last week to reacquaint myself with the game mechanics and hit the start of endgame, i428, enchanting Guardian gear, and rather quickly hitting a gold wall.
Looking ahead to the more difficult sets, where you need more gold, gems, and do not have a 100% success rate, how much of a time commitment does the average person have to put in to get through Twistshard and Frostmetal, much less Stormcry?
I have a standard 9-5 job (+2 hr commuting), 2-3 gym days after work, so I get maybe 3-4 hours per night and most of the weekend to play (if I really focus on playing TERA).
- Is this remotely enough to progress in the current tier? Or at 3-4 hours/day, will I be struggling to hammer out my 16 Vanguards and eventually burn out from the grind?
- Are alts viable at this point? I am leveling Valk, so likely longer dungeon queues but easier solo instances and IoD. Will this alt essentially be resigned to the entry level set (I understand there's a new patch soonish), or will there be enough gold left over to at least get it into Twistshard?
- How soon do people expect the new patch to arrive? If it is within the next few weeks lets say, would it make sense to continue farming for enchantments/upgrades, or just level alts and start fresh with the new baseline set (skipping Guardian I imagine)?
Thanks in advance for your insights.
- Deicide
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Between Ghillieglade, IoD Vanguards and the new guardian missions you should easily be able to get to Stormcry+0 in a month or two if you play just 3 to 4 hours a day. Make sure that your jewellery is upgraded to the second lowest tier so you can collect gear xp on it, and only ever upgrade items at 100% (or more ofc) gear xp. Dependign on what you need the most be sure to do ghillie for gems/mats, the guardian missions for gems, spam Ravenous Gorge for gold, and also do the highest tier dungeons you can for gear xp. TRNM in the 200 xp range and RKN in the 400xp range are my favourites.