End Game is starting to suck, taking away experience on death makes it difficult to progress

I just put over two hours running maps and have made zero progress towards the next level. If my progress hadn’t been taken on deaths AFTER it said the map was completed I would have made it to level 78 by now.

It’s always some cheap gotcha attack that you can’t even see that does it.

Trying to “craft” better gear is enraging and stupid because everything is random. I’m only on tier 5 maps 7 levels over the monster level. Really starting to not enjoy the end game.

Stop taking the experience points on death it’s pathetic and needlessly stupid with all of the other cheap things this game does to kill all enjoyment.

You are complaining about losing exp at level 78 ? lol

Just wait until you reach 90

you can trade for upgrades, seems to be only way at times. you might have to increase your resists, evade, and increase your damage. or you could try a new build.

It's taking you forever to level up because you're so overleveled for the maps you're doing and kills give way less XP. This is also why it takes so long to level in T15 maps once your level gets into high 80s/90s. Use the trade site to get better (not "perfect") gear and make your way up to at least T13 maps so you'll be the same level as enemies at lvl 77. You should be able to find upgrades for 5-10 exalt and a lot of times less than that. I don't even try to craft my own gear anymore because the 100% RNG pisses me off. Incremental gear upgrades is the name of the game unless you have a lot of currency and can afford to buy juicer gear. If your XP/hr isn't at least 80-90k while your character is still under lvl 80, either your gear or build isn't good enough for endgame. Ideally, you want over 100k XP/hr. I think mine peaked around 160k.

Not sure what your currency situation looks like, but there's also the Omen of Amelioration that you can buy on the currency exchange that prevents 75% of xp loss when you die. I don't recommend using it until your deaths are few and far between because it was 160 exalt last time I checked.

xp loss to me is wrong on principle.
It's outdated and feels like a relic from the Everquest 1 days still around in 2025 for some reason.

Log in and die, and log out having lost progress ..rather than having not played it at all and not lost progress. Hard pass bro, I have games to play.

you just have to not die

Good Stuff my Dude👌🤣

Go play D4, this game should not be casual.

Do not craft until T15, buy from trade site good gear. Don't waste exalts.

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japanetttt#5459 wrote:

You are complaining about losing exp at level 78 ? lol

Just wait until you reach 90

Yeah once you've hit 90+ it turns into semi-Hardcore : you won't progress to lvl 100 if you die there & there , because it takes a lot of completed Maps to level up .

Late game incentive on playing safe or abusing OP mechanics , which sucks .

Make sure you have 30+ movement speed against Arbitor. And do not do it until you level, because you have to acrobat your way through a bunch of silly one-shot mechanics. Very mind-numbing. Felt more like I was playing Mario Bros.