Idk im having trouble with it my build can’t keep up with the enemies im doing the hell hammer build on barb and i have yet to get it to drop so my main attacks don’t do dmg unless i crit it fuking blowd
Just to point out, the movement speed buff stacks additively and doesn't go away until you leave, so if you get 8 seconds per aether and get 100-200 aether, you fly like a bird around the dungeon for 30 minutes.
Worth mentioning, in the later stages if exp is your aim, aether lords give a crazy amount so if you take every single aether lord buff you get a ridiculous amount of exp. I went from 90-93 in a single horde set
I don't have anything to add, just giving you some free engagement as a thank you for informing me that future events are only determined from the pool of "events you have a boon for".
the whole boon theory section is the type of thinking that got me hooked on d2 back in the day. the little hidden mechanics that go a long way when you use them with a plan. Raxx, you're a Gamer-gamer.
I laughed so hard at "Zimbabwe" not sure if it's been mentioned in the video but for people who are struggling to get sigil dust you can do helltide and open chests and salvage the compasses for dust to make NM dungeon keys.
Ha, I was wrecking 2 and then jumped to 3. Got one shotted as I approached the initial guy. It was at that point I knew I needed to get my end game build really going.
Not picking upgrades for a bunch of different event types is a really good tip. I was ignoring movement speed and some of the other “useless” upgrades and instead just getting whatever gave more aether.
Didnt find a comment here about gold.. so I think it was in tier 6, I spent about 300 eather on gold chest and got about 30 million Gold. Thats nice 👍🏻🤑
What I would love to see from you , Raxx , is a video that goes into (and quite deeply) how you can easily spot if a dropped piece of gear is an upgrade for you , or not . and what you can ignore, what not, what to look for, what not , what base is good for upgrading / rolling stuff, which are not , etc. because I find , and i'm sure that many people do , have no idea how to spot if a piece of gear is actually an upgrade (or might be a downgrade if they looked 1 minute longer) .
thank you for this Raxx. Didnt realize i didnt do the priority quest. Havent been getting compasses to drop. Thanks to your video i now a,. Huge shoutout to you!!!!
The Hordes are probably the most fun I've had with this game so far, and I have genuinely enjoyed basically every season so far. Only problem I have is that you don't get any summon-mats, So you can do this and crush it for ages, but if you want to get some Uber-Uniques and farm Duriel, you still have to go do aaaaaall the other boring shit to get the summon-mats for him. As far as i could see, the amount of Uniques you get in this mode is very limited, especially because they do have their own loot-table and if they drop Uniques, you're very likely to get the same ones over and over again. If they had some chances in the mats-chest to drop Heart of Varshan or Living Steel or anything like that, it'd be amazing. Add to that Glyph-XP somewhere in there, maybe choose to use some Aether for XP in exchange for less loot, and you'd truly never need to do anything else in this game. It's so much fun, and having to do anything else feels like a punishment. The game is saying "oh, you want to have fun? do these chores first!"
I wish there was a visual cue on screen when the Æther event spawns because I find myself staring at the mini map almost the entire time I'm running the Hordes.
I’m a new player. I’m always running out of $. Can’t get strong enough to last 5 seconds. Class sorcerer, chain lightning. I don’t want the treasure goblin week to end 😩 it’s been imperative for me as lowly newbie. I’ve watched most of your videos, thank you.
If you get lucky enough to get hellborne boons early on + "hellborne elites invigorate you on kill" + "elites are exploding on kill" you will have the most fun in this game... ofc if you screen or PC does not freeze due to the sheer monster volumes and your spamming of the skills 😂 but I love it, the invigorating buff even goes into the counselors room. Pretty op
Nice vid. Something important to mention: t7 and 8 horde material chest can drop the tormented boss keys (about 1-4 per run). Also, light sorcs and totem rogues are the best group ups for smashing higher hordes
Last night I soloed t7, with 812 aether after killing fel council. Then DC'd.. lost it all.. Using maxroll CL build, with Andy's, fist of fate, the poison dmg is insane.
I go in and it's pure chaos...lmao. Appreciate the tips, I have felt like I don't really know how to optimize the run while I am in there, so this helps. Cheers
For anyone wondering, infernal horde activity is not a one season thing. It will remain available to play going forward. It's a nice little generalist endgame activity that is quick and fulfilling (imo).
thank you. we were just talking last night about the best ones to pick. I just keep going for X amount of Aether, was doing about 200-300 per go. I will definitely try this.
To your point at 5:30, I did a tier 2 infernal horde super easy, so I was like "Aight time for a tier 3". Went in and got immediately one shot. So yes, I can confirm that increasing the tier by even 1 gets insanely hard. Not sure if that was intended or not.
Each tier raises enemy level by 20, finally capping at level 200 for T8. If you have a good build and gear, T5 is easy and it starts getting challenging after that. Tier 7 requires nearly BiS gear with some degree of masterworking and T8 needs optimal everything to solo.
Haha, Zimbabwe! I called it Zanzibar when D4 launched, even in the beta and now my whole clan doesn’t even remember the original name and call it Zanzibar since then :) thanks for all the tips!
Elite spawns, even though they don't drop aether, are still good because they fill up event bar faster so it's like same with %50 faster events. Also, the gold reward scales with compass level. So you can get something like 60-80m with 300+ aether on 6 or smt.
In my experience, skipping finishing off the elites and hellborn in favor of 1) doing the spires/killing aether masses, and 2) killing off normal mobs to spawn more events faster, through the entire wave. I didn't even know about mass pumping hellborn or avoiding other event boons, and I still get 225-250 aether every run. I dunno how much more following these tips will pump it, but it seems to me most efficient to do it this way
The Priority Quest appears in WT3, independent of the seasonal quest afaik, as eternal doesn't have the seasonal one. Hellfire rain is also a good option, it unlocks another Hellborne upgrade where Hellfire spawns Hellborne.
Great analysis, thank you for this. Girlfriend and I have been having a lot of fun playing through this. I like the one where you can kill mobs to spawn more aether events, just constantly spawning stuff in there lol.
Hydra is probably the best leveling build in the game. You can play it one handed. Between the (+2 hydra heads temper) and the other tempers that drastically increase DOT fire damage, the +1 hydra spawn enchantment, and all the new aspects added that do AOE explosions and modify fire damage, you can clear any content in the base game including all pre-Durial bosses, NMs and Hordes. By the time you get to 100 you will have found all the gear needed to go bouncing fireballs with is legit nuts
Yeah it's very hard to figure out and make a build with unless you are copying from a guide. I really don't want this game to change into another PoE. We are here to kill demons, not to solve puzzles dammit!
The best build for this AND the Pit is Frozen orb/lightning spear hybrid with shattered winterglass. It's just stupid how strong and easy it is for farming and bossing
Raxx I would love if you did a short guide on character progression from a HC perspective. This game is very strange where you can obliterate the capstone dungeon at level 30 and then proceed to get one shot by a trash mob because of your negative resistance. Would be cool just to know how you are utilizing your tempering in the early transition to higher tiers. I've tried catching your stream to watch the full leveling process but it's nearly impossible with my work schedule. Thanks
The amount of disconnects in getting this season is crazy. Never had issues like this in prior seasons. It's very frustrating to be disconnected in the middle of a dungeon
They should add Glyph rewards as you say to the Mats chest, and they should have a Glyph XP totem spawn and allow you to spend Aether on Glyph XP (obviously an appropriate rate for the level akin to a Nightmare Dungeon needs to be set)
Just sub to man !! Been fallowing you since early access!! By far the best content creator for the game and I do watch the others and do a better job! Keep up the good work!
Can’t imagine what the later tiers are going to be like. T7 is virtually impossible to me even with really good gear, it’s like minmaxed masterworking and everything with multiple GA tier
I have never received "good" equipment from the Greater Affix chests. The greater affix is always something that I'm not looking for or on a piece where I'm already using a unique/mythic item.
I'm a big fan Raxx, epic content as always! Just a thought, keep a bit of nonsense in the end product, your sarcasm game is on point, and the dry humor is legendary :)
If you *only* want to get XP and don't care much for the rewards, play infernal hordes on Tier 2. The monsters scale up in level with your level from 75 to 100. It would explain why *every wave*, no matter my current level, I keep getting a paragon point. It's ludicrous. You DO NOT need to be on tier 3 for efficient leveling, tier TWO will be just fine.
I wish I could level Paragon glyphs here (even if it was 2 times slower). It feels bad to need to level glyphs in Nightmare dungeons when I just want to do the new content. I had a similar problem with the Pit in the previous season. When I finished leveling glyphs, I had a somewhat decent max-level character and just switched to leveling another character.
I call the location "Zagazunt" in honor of the movie Mystery Men. (Sometimes Zanzibar for the Billy Joel song) Ked Bardu is obviously Kathmandu (said in Bob Seager's song "Kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-Kathmandu!" EVERY TIME)
I feel like the inferno hordes shouldn’t give everything a player need(glyphs, pit Neathiron, etc).. because that will make the other parts of the game obsolete. They also should make all boss rewards better, tier 100 Nmd and pits shouldn’t give the same rewards you can get by killing a regular enemy.
Hordes are great. A bit of a pain to acquire compass as linked to boring questlines / season journey rewards at the beginning. To make hordes perfect, drop a glyph xp pylon upon completion for sure. NMD are useless this season, why force people into still doing them. Having a break from NMD is actually good psychologically
