Before AoM coming all our characters finished normal/veteran near 50th level, someone earlier, someone later and when they start elite 50th lvl loot from chests and scaling mobs from 65 act 1 to 75-77 act 4 was ok. But nowdays most of the characters come to Eilte near lvl 70, but chest loot is still on 50 and mobs are " blue ". So it’s time, IMHO, for fixing this anachronism for modern gameplay realities.
It’s especialy important for first time players, who don’t have access for elite/ultimate stones and/or potions of clarity.
I think, with all that new content (AoM, FG), we dont need Elite anymore. It takes too long to complete all 3 difficulties with all extra content for new player…
Reminds me of Sacred 2, really (5 difficulties with huge content - i just rushed through them till last one, and then started “real game”).
That’s why you have tokens so you can skip if you want to. Difficulties aren’t going to be removed.
You might not need it, but others might since starting from Elite with a token is a much more safe option than starting on Ultimate. And like Medea said, difficulties aren’t being removed.
I started fresh, I removed my learned blueprints etc, took me 36 hours but I did a lot of powershopping for blueprints, grinded up faction rep etc, so if I were to push it probably 30-32 hours.
maybe because crate though lvl 50 epics and rares are strong enough to beat most of lvl 70 elites? so they let this anachronism happens? i dunno.
Perhaps they can’t adjust scaling so its fits base game owners, AoM and FG respectively.
There is nothing stopping you from using level 50 gear pieces at level 70 or so and doing fine. Item levels mean less in Grim Dawn than other games. What matters are the stats that your gear or weapons provide.
Items that can be equipped as early as Level 84 are still used in Level 100 characters. Before Ashes of Malmouth, Legendaries that could be equipped 20-35 levels before the old max level such as Aldanar’s Vanity or Warpfire were used and considered strong.
^This. I remember wearing a lvl 75 Ultos set and lvl 58/65 jewellery (average item level was 68 iirc) on a lvl 100 build in Ultimate and just blazing thru the content.
However I wouldn’t mind if the drop rate for 58-75 legendary items on Elite was a bit more generous. Took me longer to complete the 75 Ultos set than the 94 one.