Factions/Reputation

Just general curiosity…What are people’s opinions on Death’s Vigil/Kymion’s Chosen? And The Outcast Save/Kill? Partly curious just about the vendor options when you hit Revered on each, compared to similar options from other factions, and Nemesis spawns/drops. As far as I can see from what I’ve been able to dig up on the Wiki, there is a helm you can only get by Killing the Outcast, and then running the Dungeon this unlocks. The wiki did also mention that she has the best Aether Resistance Augments…But is that a huge deal, or no? As for Nemesis…Are there Nemesis-specific drops, that I should care about from The Outcast/Death’s Vigil/Kymion’s Chosen? And more out of lore-preference curiosity…currently sided with Kymion’s Chosen…And dang is that god-messenger thing creepy. I don’t know what kind of idiot sides with a god he doesn’t understand or know at all, and then promises it some vague price with no idea what he’s really giving up. Seriously, Kymion is just creepy. If I side with Death’s Vigil, can I tell him that, and shoot him? Is Death’s Vigil just as creepy?

Mostly just curious questions, it’ll be a while yet before I reach Ultimate, so I’ve time to learn what I can. I know bits and pieces, and I’ve played ARPGs before, all to a deep extent/knowledge level…But until recently I hadn’t focused much on Grim Dawn, so I’m a bit behind the times with GD know-how.

ODV: Actually pretty cool guys for a bunch of necromancers, I guess, with some okay gear/augs. I mean, they have their own internal issues, but…

Kymon’s Chosen: Bunch of goddamn zealots and fools following a big fat idiot who got tricked into doing the bidding of an undoubtedly-evil elder god. But they have bitchin’ gear and augs.

I personally can’t justify ever killing the Outcast, lore/flavor-wise. She’s actually trying to help unfuck things and all the Legion cares about is “muh witchcraft, Lucius dindu nuffin he wuz a gud boi”. But she does have a great dungeon with a sweet drop.

The “Outcast’s Secret” helm does look, really, REALLY cool. It just begs you to make a Devastation build, glass cannon it, and go for Critical Devastation to trigger the helm’s skill. Maybe even do it as an Ather to Chaos build, and go Chaos/Fire with Occultist/Arcanist, or maybe Demolitionist/Arcanist. Or hell, just go Occultist/Demolitionist at that point, and use something else to trigger the helm’s Devastation effect.