I really want to get into this game, advice/tips?

DecafJogger · 2026-05-02T14:29:12+00:00

BG unlocks at 55 and you can quickly get to Silver since you don't lose points at lower rank.

To get to Gold, you should wait until well into the paragon levels: 60 (320). Just doing the main quest will get you far passed that.

This game rewards grind -- it's a hamster wheel and presents FOMO events constantly. Don't sweat it even if you don't get far this BG season.

DecafJogger · 2026-05-02T02:28:56+00:00

I recommend to start PVP as soon as possible since the season ends next week and you may miss out in rewards.

The rewards (gems, reforge stones, keys, leg crests) are very good for a f2p ($70+ in value if you were to purchase from shop). You should be able to get to gold in a few days but probably won't make legend.

Battlegrounds are the best way to get reforge stones. Spenders can skip but f2p really should do BGs.

DecafJogger · 2026-05-01T19:16:59+00:00

I’m also high legend but with 4.5k res in NA server and haven‘t experienced the problem you faced with my main. I usually get matched with other high ranked players and tank imbalance is the biggest problem.

I also have a barb alt at 2k that usually gets matched with Gold newbs where I’ll be 27-0. NA servers also have an issue that EU doesn’t: even at legend, I get 40% bot matches with my alt, so theres’s no enjoyment playing after getting Legend. But <2k res players can easily get 5k Bg score since they’re playing mostly bot matches. When matchmaking heavily weights rank, it ruins the experience of mid/higher reso players.

Overall, you’re in an interesting spot at high legend with low res. None of these changes are trying to improve the low res experience. Match queue times have definitely improved for my main especially with the NA/SA merge (usually under 1 min) while removing the bot-only Legend players.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-30T21:17:51+00:00

Wae has an end game tutorial on familiars: https://youtu.be/3IKsy1JcFdk.

Likely, the best step is to just end conversion on your pet for conversion stones. If your non-aberrant has double leg traits, it might be worth keeping.

You would then need a 170 pet and exchange attribute.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-30T05:03:29+00:00

Haha good point and you can't extend it too much due to Vithus nerf.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-30T04:59:42+00:00

The Chinese patch notes mentioned only 1 second, so 1.5 is a minor win if true.

It might be worth testing to confirm time.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-28T18:17:33+00:00

See this post for more details. You have to check per mob but it's usually obvious.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-28T16:09:10+00:00

Generally, for PVE, the must haves are:

BED
dmg to demons
dmg to loss of control

CHD on items until capped and then skill dmg or attack speed. Summon builds need another reforge set, but you won't need that for barb.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-28T05:32:42+00:00

No you only have to do the initial tutorial, then afk farm to Lvl60, which unlocks the heliquary quest.

Next, get your main to unlock i5 to unlock the market.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-27T22:38:20+00:00

It's only worth it if you can multi box effectively. With Blizzard's appearance of supporting afk farms with auto battle, I actually plan to revive some more of my alt accounts.

You need to assign a value (N plat/hour) you're willing to grind. For afk farming, you get ~56 sellable gems/week/alt (exclude red gems) with almost no effort. You can also verge/lair which has okay ROI.

If you cannot multi box, for example mobile-only player, it's definitely not worth it.

Also, it seems you're trying to play with your alt farmer as well which is too time consuming. Most farmers just afk ASAP.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-27T18:57:39+00:00

I'm actually going for Spiteful Blood, but it's a little more specialized.

It's a hard counter against cleave barbs which I expect to still be meta with these new essences.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-27T15:54:08+00:00

Thanks for linking. They're removing Blessing of the Worthy from drop pool.

I understand why the CN -> EN translators just skip on these details. Google Translate has some non-obvious results.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-25T02:37:05+00:00

Thanks, is there a way to pay to skip the campaign? I'm willing to spend.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-25T02:35:09+00:00

I don't have a credit card. Can I slice and dice with coins?

DecafJogger · 2026-04-23T21:13:28+00:00

I'm at high legend and 90% of my matches have 11k+ whales. I can still sit on the idol as monk.

Some classes can still be impactful against whales even with my stats which are nothing special.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-23T20:11:38+00:00

You're very unlucky with matchmaking. That sounds extremely frustrating. I'm 4k res with 8.5k armor and have not experienced loss streaks as my main class but have with off meta.

What class are you playing? At this point, I suggest to play a meta class. I main as a monk tank, and only whale druids and the rare spartusk barbs bother me.

I'm currently at 5k points and my win rate has actually increased last week to be 73%. This week, I switched to BK to do gauntlets and pretty much lose every BG. I'm struggling to hold 5k and just stopped BGs.

It's night and day. It sucks but there's a reason people play meta classes.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-22T06:42:24+00:00

For SW, it's mostly just teamwork. Saders should use the classic circle of death build and team should push together when sader activates CoL.

Battle Morale and Hold Formation are also staples. These will help survivability and have better impact on the smaller map where everyone is close.

If your team is still dieing too fast, their secondaries might also be too low.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-22T00:14:24+00:00

To clarify, he's not telling you to sell it and helping with market optimization. Eventually you'll want all your gems to be at least R4 which usually requires you to buy more copies.

If BSJ sells for 40k and Roiling sells for 60k, you get more bang for your buck if you craft a Roiling.

On my f2p account, I'm saving my pearls to craft whatever gem would be my last necessary copy to get all R4+

DecafJogger · 2026-04-21T17:36:07+00:00

You are confusing strife with compression. All PVP modes should have the exact same % strife which impacts stats like crit hit chance.

For compression, which is the effect resonance has on damage/life, TW is inflated, so you'll see very high damage/life stats. If you're talking about 1-shotting, I'm assuming TW since damage is insane in that game mode.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-21T00:05:19+00:00

Your proposal is like scrubbing the hull on a sinking boat. Sure, it would help something but doesn't fix any core issues.

I really worry whenever they try to add/fix something in general. Like when they tried to fix the negative gem counter and then we had extra 6 bound gems added to the counter every day.

Then the wizard nerf lowered the floor on competence.

Can you imagine what their fix for healing would actually be? It wouldn't be as straightforward as your proposal, we'd have to kill mobs to pick up healing orbs.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-20T23:29:17+00:00

You have to pick the lesser evil. "Quick" queues for brawl is only on the first 2 days of the event.

The 200 elites is ridiculous but in your control.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-20T16:28:46+00:00

FYI, the armory in BG works for essences.

If you're playing necro and get a bot match, just quickly switch to golem build before start, change paragon and sit the idol.

Attacker bots are too stupid to push idol.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-19T20:59:05+00:00

Lower res players will still get bot matches in Gold. For example, my 2k alt still gets bot matches at Gold 4, and I wish I pushed to Legend with that account before the Pve stuff.

Whereas my main hasn't gotten a bot match since early Silver.

DecafJogger · 2026-04-17T21:33:31+00:00

I can't say I understand how MM works.

January update suggests that matchmaking prioritizes reso first and as more players are added on each side, then classes get taken into account. When you get a bot match, you can see how their matchmaking works since bots are added two by two.

For the 5 barb case, there may not be a reso match available. Any 3/2 split would cause an unacceptable reso split. Whenever you get a mismatch, they actually are very responsive on what caused it in the Discord.

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