What are some good tips to transition from T3 to T4 & T5 Dungeons?
I'm a few weeks into discovering the game and starting to get comfortable now. I'm on my 5th run, but I always seem to hit a difficulty wall once I start doing T3 dungeons. It's not like I CAN'T do them, I definitely can, but not without taking multiple days(because I need to rest due to over-fatigue) and hemorrhaging meds. The farthest I've got so far is accessing the Manticore quest from rotten willow at around level 18, but I end up resetting runs because I mess up my econ and going too broke buying meds, repairs, tools, and upgrading gear. I'd be doing caravan upgrades, transporting and selling commodities and valuables/gems at brynn, but to afford a FULL T4 set of gear, doing so by running many multiple T3 dungeons feels so overwhelming. Even with T4 weapons, T3 dungeons still feel difficult..
All the existing guides say that dungeon diving is the main way to make gold, and everything else is supplementary, but I can't find guides on clearing higher tier dungeons easier. At the same time I see some players with multiple artifacts, having done both bosses, and cleared multiple T5 dungeons at level 20-23, which is NOT far off from my max level at T3 dungeons still struggling, there has to be something to bridge the gap that I'm missing. I also shout pull enemies whenever possible to isolate them whenever I can too, but some rooms doing that isn't possible. I also don't know if I need to be adjusting what to bring into dungeons depending on certain factors or dialogue when taking the contracts or by the dungeon/boss types, or how to figure that out myself.
In case it's relevant for you guys, the builds I've done so far are full ranged, DW dagger dodge/counter build, then currently on a hybrid dodge/block spear+bow hilda.