I know it’s most likely a beginner question but it’s what I am I suppose.

For extra context, I generally have about 6-10 hours to spend to game per week and I find I do enjoy the main quest but after spending a couple days only doing that it feels like I’m missing out by ignoring some of the side quests.

I only have 1 charachter so far and it’s lvl35 at around the start of ACT2.

Will I lose out on powerlevel if I just try to get through the main quest first for now and look into doing sidequests afterwards? Am I making my life harder if I do sidequests first?

Right now I think I would like to be able to participate in the seasonal with a new class to try out, since it is still an expensive game and I want to feel like I experience more than just one class.

  • _spiffy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would blast through the main story and save the side quests for later.

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      1 year ago

      Ok, I guess I’ll go that route, are there downside to doing this, even minor ones?

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        1 year ago

        Not really, getting the story done faster gets you the horse which helps and the side quests can all be done after the fact.

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          1 year ago

          This right here is the answer. Getting the horse is extremely important at getting so many things done so much faster.

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        1 year ago

        I ended up under leveled for the campaign and had to go back and do some side quests. But not a big deal.

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        1 year ago

        You will be under levelled in the later acts and need to push a few levels to continue (if not for the story then to do the capstone dungeon to get to the higher difficulty level). Doing a few side quests to get those first few renown rewards at least in some regions will give a more balanced experience in my opinion (plus more potions/skills, which helps).

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          1 year ago

          What are capstone dungeons? And indeed, the renown I need to get to a base level for sure, and the Lilith statues I need to activate when I see them.

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            1 year ago

            Those are dungeons you need to complete to unlock new stuff. After the campaign there is a lvl 50 one unlocking wt3 (nightmare difficulty) which is where all the end game stuff starts and there is another one at lvl 70 for wt4 (hell?)