Timeline for How can I survive the elite difficulty in Torchlight 2?
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| Aug 2, 2013 at 8:48 | comment | added | leokhorn | About the "mob first, boss later" advice: does this include respawning-mob cases (act 1 end boss)? On lower difficulties, so far, I've found focusing on such mobs is an endless battle leading nowhere :/ | |
| Feb 25, 2013 at 17:02 | comment | added | jw013 | Actually, I say that precisely because I play HCE exclusively. If you can't handle mobs your own level or 1 level higher, your build isn't cut out for HCE. If you try to maintain a 3-5 level advantage, you will bore yourself to tears - I know because I have tried it, and it still didn't help. Being overlevelled is simply a waste of time. I had a level 50 HCE character get one-shot by a level 43 rock troll. 3-5 levels do not matter compared to a sensible build, good gear, and smart play. In my case I got overconfident while farming and was rushing by enemies without killing them. | |
| Feb 21, 2013 at 3:42 | vote | accept | Jonah Bishop | ||
| Feb 18, 2013 at 6:34 | comment | added | Samyam | I know, they are probably relavent to a HCE playthrough since not getting killed is such a big part of the whole thing. You will take any advantage you get! | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 20:54 | comment | added | jw013 | Also, in order to maintain a level advantage that high, you are going to have to bore yourself to tears with grinding. | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 20:48 | comment | added | jw013 | I think #9 is bad advice for two reasons. Everything else looks good though. First, many enemies do more than enough damage to one-shot you several times over, even if you are 5-10 levels higher than it. There is no substitute for learning enemies and attack patterns and which ones you should never get hit by. A level advantage doesn't give you any more damage reduction or armor, only some additional HP and some more stat points. In addition, if you plan to play the endgame, you should expect level 120 mobs while you are capped at 100. | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 20:44 | comment | added | jw013 | For #10, don't make a portal in the middle of a mob, unless you plan to take the long way back because you'll need to clear that mob out somehow before the portal becomes safe to use. | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 7:48 | history | answered | Samyam | CC BY-SA 3.0 |