Act 6 Exploration Journey

Xguard77Xguard77 Member Posts: 572 ★★★
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Just finished exploring Act 6, and wow, what a long journey! Before I say anything else, if you hit 100% of Act 6 pre-nerf, you're amazing - and excused from reading any further :)

Approach:

I'm a slightly above average player, at best. I explored 6.1 about a year ago, and did my initial clear of 6.2 through 6.4 just before the nerf. With all the variants at 100% I would end up bored after EQ by mid-month, so I started exploring 6.3. My strategy was to pick lanes I could do itemless, and there were more than I expected. I used the same approach to 6.2 and 6.4, bouncing back and forth depending on the day.

Spent months doing that just to pass the time, and by early February I was left with just the "problem" paths and quests. I'm looking at you 6.2.5! But by this point the end in sight was in sight.

What I learned:

- approaching it non-linear worked best for me. Ignore paths early that you can't do itemless. At some point you'll have better counters or skills.
- how to really plan a path. For example, 6.2.5 forces you to dig deep to solve for specific nodes on every defender in a single path. My planning skills improved because they had to.
- Ghost & Quaking. I was "meh" with both. I got better, l because I had to
- Roster matters. I remember dumping so many units at the darkhawk boss on my initial clear. But RedMags absolutely destroys him.

I'm most proud of solo'ing (almost) every boss at least once. Mordo with Void was probably my best work. Grandmaster was the exception, used 3 or 4 revives on my last run.

Rewards

- 6* nexus awakened my r3 Venom. Happy with that.
- AG was Mystic. Awakend my r3 Doom.
- t5cc was Skill. Was hoping for Tech for Ghost or Science for CapIW, but I'm leaning towards taking Mole Man to r3 just for fun.

Overall I enjoyed the experience more than expected. There's nothing else like it in the game - and my guess is there never will be again.


Comments

  • Hector_1475Hector_1475 Member Posts: 1,794 ★★★★★
    Big congrats on your accomplishment! Thanks for posting this, too. I'm not sure I will ever attempt it (close to exploring 7.1 right now) but it was nice reading it anyway.
  • Xguard77Xguard77 Member Posts: 572 ★★★
    Thanks @Hector_1475! Was hoping it inspires a few people to start chopping down act 6.
  • The_Blue_JaguarThe_Blue_Jaguar Member Posts: 254 ★★
    edited February 2021
    Awesome work! I’m zeroing in on 100%, just have about 40% left in 6.4.. Mind if I pick your brain on a few things? Who’d you use for the Gimme path in 6.4.1? I don’t have Magik unfortunately. Tried Blade, Claire, and Sorcerer without luck. Any other tips, suggestions or “I wish I would’ve known” for 6.4? Again, congratulations!
  • The_Blue_JaguarThe_Blue_Jaguar Member Posts: 254 ★★
    And before I forget, the diss track lane in 6.4.4. I have Havok but only rank 3, and still trying to pull an Apoc. Who did you use for that one?
  • Xguard77Xguard77 Member Posts: 572 ★★★
    @The_Blue_Jaguar - 6.4.1 Gimme there's a fair number of options. I used Claire for most fights - you just have to take some hits so the SP2 regen is strong. Duped Fury works to cheese one fight when the LMD dies off. Phoenix can do great, and Angela is probably strong. You can also just do long fights with Corvus by only hitting into the block. I'm sure there more like mojo, king groot, x-23 etc.

    For 6.4.4 diss track CapIW did most fights, just add a cosmic and tech champ to the team. Think I actually used Venom for the Havok on that path. Landing heavies does the armor break to keep cold snap from triggering, lock in your armor up early to keep plasma from triggering...then stack those bleeds.

    Good luck!
  • JragonMaster170JragonMaster170 Member Posts: 2,049 ★★★★★
    Congrats. I will probably never fully explore act 6
  • The_Blue_JaguarThe_Blue_Jaguar Member Posts: 254 ★★
    Xguard77 said:

    @The_Blue_Jaguar - 6.4.1 Gimme there's a fair number of options. I used Claire for most fights - you just have to take some hits so the SP2 regen is strong. Duped Fury works to cheese one fight when the LMD dies off. Phoenix can do great, and Angela is probably strong. You can also just do long fights with Corvus by only hitting into the block. I'm sure there more like mojo, king groot, x-23 etc.

    For 6.4.4 diss track CapIW did most fights, just add a cosmic and tech champ to the team. Think I actually used Venom for the Havok on that path. Landing heavies does the armor break to keep cold snap from triggering, lock in your armor up early to keep plasma from triggering...then stack those bleeds.

    Good luck!

    Thanks mate!! I appreciate it.
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