u/Pbb-y

I got through the campaigns fine, I started a new character for the seasonal stuff and make it to lvl 70 then paragon 31. I made it to penitent and I’m trying to do the artificers tier to unlock world level torment 1. This is where I’m stuck. I cannot for the life of me get past tier 10. I feel I gave pretty good armor, stats, and powers… but to be honest I have no idea what any of this means. I know enough to get on well enough where I’m at but not enough to progress. Also the “tempering and the occultist and gems”. I know enough to say “hey that looks pretty good” but not enough to know what to look for. I’m having fun fighting the world bosses and the realm breakers but I also wanna progress. Any help or advice is immensely appreciated.

I restarted after not playing for months. I just got done with phase 1 and am working on the coal power milestone. I really really enjoy this game and I’m ready and willing to make another line like this but is that what I’m supposed to do? I feel like I’m playing this game wrong and not understanding not only optimizing but in really every aspect. I’m not comparing my build to 1000+ hour builds but I gotta be doing something better right? Any tips or criticisms are appreciated.

Do I need to return it or how do I hard reset it?

Update: getting a replacement to return this one. Also I ain’t reading all that.