There has to be a quicker way to get mats?

[Bassdude-1227]

I have been playing this since release.
It seems that the only way legitimately to get materials to upgrade are dungeons, call of the ancient, bounties/bestiary, hidden lairs, elder rifts & Crifts, events (thank God survivor’s bane is back) and farming.

The farming aspect is unappealing as there are so many AFK’s standing there swinging at mid-air in the better spawning spots, or speed groups, also where many of the bounties are. I get that there should be SOME grinding. My weakest point is upgrades. I have zero desire to spend 6 hours a day going round and round in circles like a hamster on a wheel to get my gear above 21. I see so many at 30 and I have respect for them, but I must be missing something. At P1200 I should be closer to 30, not 21.
Do people buy materials?

I used to think I was half-decent at this game because at the same CR/Paragon levels with other players I do not lose much, but at material gathering I must be really crap, and it certainly seems I am missing something important.

Thanks

[Kilometer-11340]

@Bassdude-1227

My weakest point is upgrades. I have zero desire to spend 6 hours a day going round and round in circles like a hamster on a wheel to get my gear above 21.

Sadly this is the only way to get the quick crafting mat. Gear upgrade is the real grind here. So you aren’t missing any important here.

And you should spend your gold on Yakin NPC to buy those blue and yellow gear every day and then salvage it. Your crafting mats will quickly add up over time if you doing this everyday.

[Meteorblade-2266]

@Bassdude-1227

Do people buy materials?

I don’t think there are any items in the store that grant scraps / dusts and they’re not transferrable between players so I don’t see how this would happen.

@Bassdude-1227

it certainly seems I am missing something important.

No, you’re not missing anything.

Getting all eight legendaries to Rank 30 is quite literally many months of grinding. Doing open-world “circles”, with the Treasure Hunter paragon tree active, is the most effective way to accomplish this but it is, as you say, absolutely mind-numbing.

Introducing some sort of catch-up mechanics for gear ranks was one of the things I suggested months ago…

Create a way for players to catch up on Tableau, Helliquary and Gear Ranks

I originally posted this a few weeks back on my clan’s Discord server. I used myself and a clanmate as examples of the disparity between a player that’s been here from day 1 (me) and a player that hasn’t (my clanmate) to demonstrate to our members, and especially our officers, why some of our members quite simply could never catch up to having enough Combat Rating like the long-standing players… My Clanmate Overall Combat Rating 21703 Set Items Amulet = 1257 (base) + 136 (rank) Ring 1 = 1…

[Necromama-1521]

I used to Purge the Depths of Cyrangar for mats before the sheer grind drove me away.

The randomness of where the Guardian might spawn and the headache of micro managing Remnant tracks killed any enthusiasm I may have once had for doing it

[Kilometer-11340]

@Bassdude-1227

It seems that the only way legitimately to get materials to upgrade are dungeons, call of the ancient, bounties/bestiary, hidden lairs, elder rifts & Crifts,

Forget to add, doing daily tower in Southern Dreadlands and daily shardstorm quest also give a decent amount of crafting mats.

[Bassdude-1227]

@Kilometer-11340

Sadly this is the only way to get the quick crafting mat. Gear upgrade is the real grind here. So you aren’t missing any important here.

@Meteorblade-2266

No, you’re not missing anything.

Thanks you two. I took the stance that none of us know everything and that I was open to missing something important. That was reassuring on one hand, and an internal groan on the other hand.
Ok, I guess I had better start trying to find new and inventive ways to grind without feeling I am mimicking the Einstein quote of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.