The Sad Truth, Gladiator and Nemesis Farming on Ultimate is a Waste of Time in the End

First, I can farm nemesis bosses really easily on ultimate so this is not about

difficulty. But out of curiosity, I wanted to see if elite nemesis bosses would

drop level 94 gear. So I load up into elite difficulty. Upon killing the very first

nemesis boss I encountered, I was surprised to see a level 94 mythical item

drop as this is the first time I’m even considering farming for legendaries on

elite. The nemesis bosses are level 95 when I fight them so this is probably

why they have a chance to drop such items. But this in my opinion, defeats

the whole purpose of ultimate difficulty. The same with challenger mode on

crucible. Challenger mode drops a good amount of level 94 mythical items

and sometimes more than what I get on gladiator mode. So the question

remains, what’s the point?

P.S, I don’t care about the drop rate changes. The sheer fact that level 94 legendaries drop on elite difficulty and challenger mode in crucible says it all.

What level is your character?

The drop rate is better in Ultimate than in Elite, so you still might be better of in Ultimate.

This only does not require you to be in Ultimate for them to drop. I see nothing wrong with that.

I’m level 100 on this purifier build. But it actually bring me to an even bigger point. You can actually get to level 100 on elite and get all 55 devotions before ultimate! Lol. :rolleyes: You just need to start in crucible and get 2 devotion points before starting normal/veteran. Since there are 33 devotion points in normal and 20 in elite, you have that extra 2 from crucible. Voilà. The only purpose ultimate difficulty has now is the ultimate quests: lokarr, clones, kasparov, etc.

Elite drops are way worse than Ultimate, i have extensively farmed in both. Just because it can drop, doesn’t mean it will drop more frequently. Ultimate is still the best option to farm in the main campaign.

This precisely.

Nothing wrong with keeping Elite as an option for farming Legendaries for players who are undergeared and can’t handle Ultimate very well. On the flip side, if you can handle running Ultimate consistently and in good time then it should yield more Legendaries and Blueprints more often.

Plus…does not elite allow access to the lvl 75 blues and purples? I don’t think I’ve seen any of those in ultimate.

Got it. Thanks for the input.

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To be honest, I’d trade the ability to get mythicals on elite for non-mythical dropping on elite like mythicals on Ultimate. But overall it’s hilarious that you complain about it. If elite was worth farming everyone would had farmed it instead. Challenger is more or less like Ultimate in difficulty, so it’s only fair that you get mythicals there.

and you can get to level 100 in crucible and thus have entire game “unnecessary”

The purpose of ultimate is “tougher content and higher drop rates”

I mean it doesn’t matter to me. But it will be fun killing nemesis bosses on elite in 3-5 seconds and potentially getting a mythical level 94 item out of it like in challenger difficulty after completing wave 150 or wave 170. Easy, not as time consuming and more fun. I find no purpose in ultimate anymore because of it though.

Then make another thread complaining about Elite drops being crap. :rolleyes:

So you’ll farm elite from now on?

well, since the drop rate in Elite is lower, it still is more time consuming to farm in Elite, but since your mind is made up regardless of facts, do whatever you like best

The chance to roll a rare affix on the MI’s is better in Utimate as well. It’s just better to farm on Ultimate if you can

Well I think most of us play these kind of games for the challenge and not for the loot fiesta

I don’t see your argument. I said level 94 mythical items can still drop in elite. What are you trying to say?

True, but it still caught me by surprise when I saw the drop lol.

Because Elite drop rate is terrible compared to Ultimate. The amount of time you take to get a mythical in Elite is the same to get 5 in Ultimate.

Not to mention rogue dungeons have a guaranteed legendary in the boss chest in Ultimate. So please, farm in Elite and then come back complaining that drop rate is bad.

How much you get in a specific amount of time > actually just getting it in the first place

I have actually gotten 0 legs sometimes in the end chests in SoT and BoC…