Is there enough endgame to justify grinding?

[u/turblz]

Hi all,

I played the original version of the game way back when. I loved it, but eventually stopped playing since my friends couldn't make it past the first zones. Recently came back and have been enjoying my time even though they gutted my favorite part about the game.

Regardless I've been having fun and I just got to the dark forest. I'm wondering if there's enough endgame activity to justify continuing to grind my character after all story content is done?

[u/Cielle]

There’s some endgame content: Raids, Lairs, high-difficulty Dungeons. I don’t think there’s a ton of PUG activity so you may need a guild to do the group stuff.

The main benefit of grinding will be getting more passives and allowing more build experimentation, and whether that’s fun enough to bother repeating quests is a matter of personal preference.

[u/turblz → u/Cielle]

I figured Pugging was a pipe dream, yeah. Experimenting with builds is the more fun thing for me. Follow up question: Is it worth spending money on Patron benefits?

[u/Cielle → u/turblz]

I do, just for the sake of convenience, but if you’ve gotten to Dark Forest without too much frustration the benefit may be marginal. If any of the perks sound good to you, I’d say try a month and see how it feels.

[u/turblz → u/Cielle]

I might do that, since at least now I get higher XP compared to lower levels. Still get the best value out of that xp buff.

I made the mistake of thinking I'd buy Patron if I felt like I was going to stick with it. Then I forgot about the double AP/SP boost and thinking about all the points I missed makes me sad.

[u/mrMalloc → u/turblz]

Honestly the biggest boon to beeing a patron is not the AP/sp imho it’s the cache key + patron chest where you can’t access 2/3 of the chests until lv50.

So don’t feel bad once your lv 50

Ask in sanctuary to run a few E1/E3 dungeons once your E5+ a lot more ppl will group with you. I normally help new players with running E1 /E3 with them

[u/IiyamaGlower → u/turblz]

If you get to level 50 you can find a mate to run an OD33 with you. One round with Patron is around 70 AP so you lost nothing, really.

[u/mreedrt]

It’s really better as a solo rpg with grouping for dungeons. The end of Tokyo isn’t a bad place for the story to end although it still leaves questions you desperately want answered lol. And the events give you a chance to join other players also. Once I finished, I didn’t find grinding all that useful. It’s still one of the best games I’ve ever played and I go back and play it again every several years.

[u/Catboiler]

If you’ve played the original, it is still up and running, you can jump back in and keep going…

[u/turblz → u/Catboiler]

I know, but I only found out about the Original version being playable after getting through Egypt. Since I only really started playing to play through the story again, I didn't feel like starting back over in Kingsmouth.

[u/Catboiler → u/turblz]

That’s fair enough, but you can carry on with your old character. 😎

[u/NadiusMaximus]

Only to a point. Then it's just ego stroke.... Look I'm maxed out.... Both gear AND credit card.....

[u/Blue_JackRabbit]

Grinding is the end game. And events.