Yeah veteran is definitely recommended. The game spawns more elites and loot drops are a little better as well. Once you finish it you unlock Elite and after that Epic difficulty. Good luck with those though...
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I am level 15 playing on Normal(Veteran). I've just secured the rift in Burrwich.
When you say right at the start are you talking about when you start the game now or what the game was like when it was first released to alpha access? If it's the latter I agree completely, the level of polish this game has seen over the years is impressive! Just to highlight how much it has changed you could watch this video I recorded when I first got alpha access to the game:
So many changes. I forgot how hideous the main menu and UI used to be.Even the model for the hangman changed.
I was quite impressed by how, even when they were nearing the game's release, they went back and gave existing environments a touch up and even gave the Arkovian Ruins an entire facelift!
Yeah, I don't know what the hell was going on. It seems like these days unless you have fibre you're $417 out of luck for hosting a game and getting decent latency. I find it surprising how an old game like Warcraft 3 could host a game supporting 10 players on as little as whatever the upload speed of a 512k line was and each player would still get less than 100ms ping. Yet now with 4Mb ADSL and 512k upload speed I'm lucky if my latency ever drops below 100ms when playing. Has the quality of DSL in this country really become so bad that we can't even manage sub 50ms response times when connecting locally to each other?
Considering how many secrets this game has it pays to fully explore the entire area and even then there are parts of the game you will miss because they don't show up on the map.One such area even leads to an entire late game quest path...
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Be honest, how many of you missed this?
WAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait WHAT! How?!! what level is that tho (And you better share more secret places!)
I will go do that tonight!
And I mean the start of the game, I have had it for almost a year now, I couldnt get into the game the first time round, now I just wanna go home and play. And I have to get some studies in.
I just did find this - I like it because it doesnt give away much of anything - it just helps the completionist in me stay sane.
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This afternoon's Grim Dawn Beholder newspaper carries the headline: "Crad Despised by Cronley's Gang". When asked for comment, Crad apparently replied "I can't carry anymore".
The secret I posted above is the starting point for the Hidden Path and I would not recommend attempting it until you have finished the game as the bosses you face in it are extremely OP! Like they rival the final boss in terms of difficulty. :wtf:
Otherwise some easier secrets in Act 1 are:
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- Hallowed Hill (Level: 18-40)
View attachment 22671- The Ominous Lair in the Abandoned Storerooms section of the Hidden Laboratory. (Level: 16-30)
- Sunken Reliquary in The Flooded Passage. Although this area is in Act 1 it requires 3 dynamite from Act 2 to access it. (Level: 25-50)
Lol I know exactly what you mean; you either wanna complete one more quest, explore one more area, level up to unlock one more skill or find one more devotion shrine to finally get that passive devotion ability, etc. Suffice to say the game is addictive.
There's also this map site: maps.grimdawn.es which I thought was really cool. But alas it hasn't been updated in a while while and is missing all the new content added after act 3.Otherwise there's always the wiki.
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If you've cleared an area does it get repopulated when you leave and come back?
I assume you are referring to Gutworm, The Maneater? He's found in an area called Smuggler's Basin, the entrance to which spawns in one of three different locations around the Burrwitch Outskirts. This is another example of a secret area and there are a few more in the game where entrances to caves are moved between random spawn locations. Happy hunting.
Since people are now busy with Act 2 here are some tips if you want to minimise NPC casualties (yes, your actions have consequences in Grim Dawn).
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- If you kill Silas in New Harbour instead of leaving him be or bribing him Cronley will send people to slaughter everyone except the children in the village. You will later be able to rescue the children after defeating Cronley and place them under Constance's care. Killing Cronley or bribing Silas is the best way to end the oppression of the people of New Harbour.
- Julius Cole - If you pay him 300 iron bits a new conversation will open up with his companion which will allow you to teleport them to Devil's Crossing.
Only if you quit the game do mobs respawn. Once you have cleared an area it will remain cleared for the duration of your game session.