u/Bence4566

Hey guys,

I finally decided to play through all difficulties. Previously, I had already beaten Normal/Veteran multiple times, but I always stopped after that. Honestly, that was a huge mistake, even though I still had fun back then.

I noticed that after beating Normal you can already skip Elite, but I wanted to experience the game the way it was originally intended. At the moment I only own the base game, but I’ll definitely pick up the DLCs during the Summer Sale.

I just wanted to talk a little about my experience. First of all, I felt like Normal was really easy, so I switched to Veteran. I died a couple of times, but most of the time it was because of my own mistakes, and overall it felt pretty fair.

When I finished Normal/Veteran, I thought I was ready for Elite. Oh boy, I definitely wasn’t. My resistances were all over the place, most of them were around 20–40% instead of 80%. I died a lot until I finally realized how important resistances actually are.

One thing I also completely ignored during my previous playthroughs was crafting. This time I got much more into it, and I really enjoyed the whole component and augment system. During this playthrough I also managed to get several factions to Revered reputation, like Homestead, Devil’s Crossing, and the Black Legion, which helped a lot with getting my resistances to proper levels.

By the time I reached Ultimate, I made sure most of my resistances were at or close to 80%, so Ultimate honestly didn’t feel that hard for me. The hardest part was probably figuring out my build and trying to get enough damage. I had a lot of problems with that using this build. I also felt like the base game doesn’t really have that much good gear for pet builds, but maybe I’m wrong or I just got unlucky with drops.

I also wanted to make sure I created the build myself, so I avoided watching guides. I think I did a decent job. There are probably a lot of mistakes in it, but I still managed to beat every roguelike dungeon and boss without dying. Yeah, it maybe took 1–2 minutes to kill some of them, but I think that’s decent enough for a first timer.

After uploading my build to a build calculator website, I also realized I probably managed to miss quite a few Devotion shrines along the way. xD

I’m not sure if I missed anything besides the Nemesis bosses. I’ll probably beat those once I buy the DLCs.

By the way, I wanted to upload my build so you guys can check it out if you want. There are still a couple of items I could replace to get stronger, but overall I felt like the build was good enough for me.

And one more thing, if there’s any content I missed that’s worth checking out before buying the DLCs, please let me know. I want to complete most things before jumping into the expansions.

Thanks for reading my post!

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/2gaaykEZ