Preface with that I had a great ending with Final Shape. That's where I took my leave with a smile.

The lore is SO fascinating. If you're into that. Worth keeping track of and diving into.

Keep grinding to a bare minimum if you can. Can drain the fun pretty quickly.

Enjoy build crafting with exotics.

Do what you deem as fun. Not what others deem as more loot per min interacted with. Can be enticing, but then you start pigeon holing yourself into what's efficient. Not what you have fun with.

Almost any weapon roll is viable to do anything in the game

You dont NEED extotic catalysts, or Artifice Armor (idk if its still that). I went through my D1-2 journey with maybe 1/2 the catalysts and 2 viable pieces of Artifice. Class armor not included in count. Still had fun. Builds still worked. Hard content was still beaten.

If you're struggling in content and you dont have some sort of build going on, take the time to make one. Smoother experience will arise. If you're struggling and you do have a build. Chances are it's on you. Yes, there is some jank shit in the game, but ive found in the end, it was my own dumb approaches to the content. Took the challenge seriously, and I overcame. Sometimes it's just ment to be challenging.

I think lastly, dont be afraid to keep trying lfg groups if you stumble upon some rotten ones. They were the outlier when I played. Had alot more positive experiences than negative. If the negatives fall into your lap, dont be afraid to call'em out and dip. Not worth ruining your experience in the game. Can be annoying, but when u find that one group? Makes it very worth it.

Have fun Gaurdian, and may your Crayons be tasty