Later Game Questions

[DarkHollow]

Hi Everyone,

I’ve played the game (with all expansions, DLC, etc.) for years now. Does anyone else find around level 60 that the content seems to be all gone through?

I know that doing bounty tables is possible, but I wish there was more “main quest” all the way to 99.

Also: I find I never craft weapons. Seems the ones that drop are almost always better for me. Anyone else?

Thanks!

[Gnomish_Inquisition]

@DarkHollow

I know that doing bounty tables is possible, but I wish there was more “main quest” all the way to 99.

you’re not supposed to do bounties to level, you’re “supposed” to jump to Elite or Ultimate and repeat the campaign for the final levels of XP
*unsure if Fangs of Asterkarn will have enough quests to get to level 100 on Normal since currently you max out at around 70’ish

@DarkHollow

Seems the ones that drop are almost always better for me

this is totally normal, i’m almost gonna guess it’s intended because of the way crafting is used in the game these days

[DarkHollow]

Thanks, Gnomish. I’ve always thought Elite and Ultimate had to be played by a 1-99 new character? Looks like I need to investigate…

[DarkHollow]

Whoa…I can’t believe I never caught onto this.

[medea_fleecestealer]

Welcome to the forum.

What have you been doing for all these years!?

Yes, you can finish Normal and then go into Elite, finish that and then go into Ultimate. That’s the “traditional” way to play because new characters always start at L1 on Normal; higher difficulties can only be unlocked by a character that’s finished the previous difficulty and only that character can go into them.

Crate did add the Merit Tokens a while back so people could skip to a higher difficulty if they wanted to avoid the 3 playthroughs every time.

Merit Tokens and how they work

This information was never in any of the Grim Misadventures, only in the dev stream of 7th December 2018. It was also in my transcription of said dev stream, but it’s buried in the really long Forgotten Gods What We Know So Far Part II thread so not easy to find. So I’m reposting it here for easier access for new players. “In my inventory are two new items we’re going to be introducing with the Forgotten Gods expansion. What are these items you might ask? They are Merits, similar to the Cruci…

And with the latest version of the game you can now do this:

@Zantai

You can now play the entirety of the game up to the level cap on the difficulty that’s enjoyable to you. To support this, level scaling has been updated on Normal and Elite difficulty. Many areas on Normal now scale up to level 100. Elite difficulty now scales up to level 100 in all areas. Loot quality and experience gains remain higher on higher difficulties.

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@DarkHollow

I find I never craft weapons. Seems the ones that drop are almost always better for me.

I thought so too, but when took a closer look, I found some good craftable options. I think the problem lies in blacksmith’s UI which isn’t too attractive, so player doesn’t want to spend much time there:

• it presents a long list in a short window,
• provides no way of sorting or filtering,
• the most important issue - doesn’t show comparison tooltips for your current weapons (I suggested this in Show comparison for blacksmith’s items over a year ago).