so i just hit level 60 recently, my gearscore is 520.
as far as i can tell, in terms of difficulty i should run these expeditions in the following order
genesis
lazarus
tempest
barnacles
so my question, do all of these expeditions just drop from gear of level 500-600 depending on my expertise? or for instance does genesis maybe only drop 540 max? or other differences?
because i keep checking group finder for genesis and the groups are always asking for 570+ gearscore, oftentimes 600.
this is a real buzzkill right now. people keep telling me i should run dungeons a lot and i want to . . . but it will be a while before i am at 570. i did do a chest run the other night, and it is fantastic that people put the effort into organizing it, but just not really a lot of fun when it comes down to it. i ran around doing really nothing for about 2 hours and increased my overall expertise by about 10. i have no desire to do it again, just feels empty to increase expertise this way.
so what do veteran players say? any answers to my questions. thanks for any info
Just do Gen and Laz. There’s no reason for you to do the last two at all unless you’re going for specific drops or Mutations.
All items drop based on +|- 10 of your gear score. So if you have a 500 gear score slot, it can go as low as 490 or as high as 510. Once your 600, it can not go above to 610 but all your drops will range from 590-600. That will change next patch with Named items dropping at 590 always regardless of your gear score and will not downscale.
If you’re having trouble finding a group, make your own. People are always running Gen and Laz. They’re very easy dungeons, the people requiring a high gear score probably just want to speed run it.
heya thanks. good to know that all of the 60 dungeons drop the same kind of loot. i am assuming the tuffer ones reward more umbral shards or something like that?
While I’ve never personally done it, I feel like a lot of my Reg dungeon pick-ups are 520. It doesn’t matter to me, I’m 625 full ward blah blah but yeah, don’t discount yourself. What I would do is look for a PvE guild and see if they’re ok with carrying you, as its not that big of a deal.
Gen and Laz are easiest. Each dungeon has different named drops so you might want to research a little bit into what you may want. Tempest is harder than barnacles except for the last boss, but it has a whole lot of really good drops. Also its long, so you get more expertise bumps.
There’s a lot of eliteish in groupfinder. I’d recommend going with a group of friends. Truthfully there easy to run if you use the right damage type and know mechanics. Stick to Gen/Las (prefer Gen myself) Ward gear is gear with specific resistances to the mob type you are fighting.
You shouldn’t care about this, but some high end mutations make it a requirement.