04-13-2006, 11:31 AM
Well it's a question of what you want to play.
If you have been playing this as an always multiplayer RPG.... your quest is more or less over at level 60. In your 15 or so /played days, you have probably seen 15 or so outdoor zones and about 10 intances. Spending a whole bunch of time in the same zone or instance to acquire a slight edge really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I'd suggest rerolling, probably on a new continent, with a new faction. Or waiting for the expansion.
If you are going to play it as a MMORPG, that sort of investment is obviously not unreasonable. At this point, /played of 60-80 days is not uncommon at all. Relative to that commitment, it is pretty easy to get where you need to be with the various factions.
Clearly, the default advancement is supposed to be with raiding. Your collection of friends you acquired in places like SM and ST are supposed to gather into a guild, and your off the cuff instnace runs are supposed to grow into scheduled raids.
If that is not for you, there is always PvP. Don't let the haters get to you - 10 or so hours a week will probably see you through to a bunch of blues. Along the way you will pick up rep with the various BG factions, leading to more blues and even purples.
If you are determined to play it as an almost single player RPG, rep is actually your friend. If it wasn't for rep, you would be wandering the world, spastically killing things in hopes of a random world drop. Rep gives you a direction and a garentee your efforts will eventually pay off. It's not what I would do, but if you want to progress your character without raiding, you could get all the field duty items, the fulbrog trinket, +5 resist all on shoulders... etc. The new D2 set also fits this style perfectly.
If you have been playing this as an always multiplayer RPG.... your quest is more or less over at level 60. In your 15 or so /played days, you have probably seen 15 or so outdoor zones and about 10 intances. Spending a whole bunch of time in the same zone or instance to acquire a slight edge really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I'd suggest rerolling, probably on a new continent, with a new faction. Or waiting for the expansion.
If you are going to play it as a MMORPG, that sort of investment is obviously not unreasonable. At this point, /played of 60-80 days is not uncommon at all. Relative to that commitment, it is pretty easy to get where you need to be with the various factions.
Clearly, the default advancement is supposed to be with raiding. Your collection of friends you acquired in places like SM and ST are supposed to gather into a guild, and your off the cuff instnace runs are supposed to grow into scheduled raids.
If that is not for you, there is always PvP. Don't let the haters get to you - 10 or so hours a week will probably see you through to a bunch of blues. Along the way you will pick up rep with the various BG factions, leading to more blues and even purples.
If you are determined to play it as an almost single player RPG, rep is actually your friend. If it wasn't for rep, you would be wandering the world, spastically killing things in hopes of a random world drop. Rep gives you a direction and a garentee your efforts will eventually pay off. It's not what I would do, but if you want to progress your character without raiding, you could get all the field duty items, the fulbrog trinket, +5 resist all on shoulders... etc. The new D2 set also fits this style perfectly.