I am a gold farmer only, but now i want to switch to champ farming. After farming a couple of days act2 and act3, i realized that both drop a lot of ilvl 55+ legendaries per day, but i never drooped any good legendary so far.
I can farm act2 about 4 times faster than act3 with a WW barb, and at half of the gear cost, but something is bothering me:
- How often ilvl63 legendary drop in act2 compared with act3?
- Is it worth it the trouble or should i remain in act3?
Due to lack of time and resources for testing, I simply cant decide on witch one to set up my bots on.
If there are some a2/a3 farmers here, please post your quality legendary drops that you had so far, just to make an idea about it.
Thank you.
Hello ! From my experience ( I have farmed act 1 , 2 and 3 ) even though the gold per hour in act 1 and 2 is higher than act 3 ( because of the farming speed, at least for me ) you will not see any super-legendary ( 100-200 mil worth ) ilvl63 in act 1 and 2. I think I've read somewhere that they simply don't drop in lower acts. I still get shitty legendaries in act 3 but there's that small chance to hit the jackpot, which i did a couple of times with legionaries with 60-100 euros and even great yellows. As for a WW barb, farming act 3 seems a dream for me because the movement and the way he uses skills is not the best therefore you will die and die and die no matter than gear you use. Have a look at forums and see what stats you need for act 3 . Those will work with your TANK spec. WW is just no that reliable in my opinion and the amount of gold you will have to invest is just insane so not worth it.
My skills for act 3 are : Frenzy(maniac), Rend(Blood lust), Revenge(provocation), War Cry(impunity), Ignore pain(ignorance is bliss) -> saves my ass when bot stays in arcane seventy , Wrath of zerk with Insanity.
I chose damage over life on hit, because blood lust heals me a lot + revenge. If I could get the same wep with LOH I would at any second. I still die a couple of times while in a run but to packs like frozen arcane fire on the floor/fire chains that just rape me while I'm frozen ( usually the fat fucks with shield on them from act 3 but that depends on where he fights them and how tight the space is )
Passives I used to use both armor ones + superstition but now I use Ruthless + though as nails + superstition.
My stats: 887-927 All resistances with buff ( could be more but then again, I have life and I have damage so packs usually die in a wrath of zerk )
9470 armor ( 20 block 17.6 dodge ) -> 1092 physical resistance - From what I've read the best thing is to keep a 10 to 1 ratio when it comes to armor and resi. If you have 9000 armor make sure you have 900 resistances. It's useless if you have 1100 resistances and then only 5000 armor as you will die like a pie sir.
302 life on hit ( yes, that low ) 0 life steal
57 000 life , 44 000 damage (135k with zerk - this is why elites just die) 29 crit chance 290 crit damage
As i've said , my spec and gear aint flawless but It's mainly drop and the most I ever paid for 1 piece of armor was about 1-2 million.
I still die so yea, maybe with more life on hit I will manage not to die at all. I still cannot solo Azmodan ( I die at 20% when bot gets stuck because of him trying to avoid AOE's and without avoidance I still die because I dont have life on hit)
My advice to you: Farm act 3 , even if it's slower. As long as you don't die 5 times to each pack of elites, should be alright.
Legendaries you might see 2-3-4 in a day, you might see a low level shit only in a day of farm. But again, there's that small chance to hit the jackpot big with ilvl 63 sets/weps
In act 2 and 1, there still are ilvl 62 legendaries weapons that can go for alot of money but the chance is soooo soo sooo much smaller than getting one of the many expensive ilvl 63 sets in act 3.
Drops: I had like 2 skorns, Inna's pants, top dps wand 1300, xbow 1450 dps, goood good yellows and a lot of a few million legendaries.
