I love how you really just explained the basics. You gave only 2 minor tips (physique and focused skill points). It's great that you didnt tell us how to play this game but really just explained what one might have missed due to the lacking tutorial. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the concise, positive review of the video content. Also a spot-on accurate summary of what I was actually trying to achieve when I made the video. Trickier than I thought to explain a bunch of stuff without any glaring spoilers 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 you really nailed it. Came to GD after having ruined D4 for myself througj minmaxing and metabuilds. So I wanted to approach this game without any of that. Played ca 1 hour of it and then wanted to get a bit of understanding though anyhow. And you provided the absolutely perfect level of depth that I needed. Most of the stuff I realized myself but e.g. the restoration via food I totally missed out on. And how the stats work. And quite a few other more or less crucial tidbits of information. So again, thank you for this!
I have 500 hours into GD and still enjoyed watching this. Not any new info for me really, but entertaining anyway. A very good video for new players. Your presentations is excellent, as always. Good work!
Thank you so much I was having a really hard time figuring this game out. I have never played anything like it and wanted to give it a shot. You have made this game a thousand times more entertaining and enjoyable then what I thought
Was a huge D2 addict in early 00s and somehow had never heard of this game until a buddy recommended it recently. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this excellent vid my friend!
Absolutely fantastic work and help. I am a Grim Dawn veteran myself but it helps so much to link some resources and video guides. I now have the perfect guide for my buddies before they start GD. Thanks mate!
Your delivery of the information in this video is well organized, appropriately paced and well targeted! Valuable stuff for new Grim Dawn players to know. A refreshing change from the build guides that almost require you to have farmed end game gear and a certain secret leveling set already set aside for alts (not saying that sort of video is bad, just nice to see a back -to-basics focus). Good job, and I hope you make more videos in depth like this for different stages of the game, alongside your normal content.
Thanks, that's much appreciated - I'd forgotten just how complex and overwhelming the game is for a totally new player, even one who's played other RPGs. I wanted to get this video out there because I haven't seen any guides that deal with the absolute basic stuff, which is arguably what a new player needs - not spoilers, just a few "obvious" pointers in the right direction.
@@Arcadelife1 Good stuff indeed! I would mention though, any mods you may be using as a new player wouldn't know Grim Internals and or Rainbow Loot Filter mod and how it changes Item names and stats to be colored, as items do not display like this in an un modded game. A new player may think on what they have played so far and, while watching this video, may think "Wait a minute, my items don't show the way his do." Ill have to go back and re-watch just to be sure if you mentioned the mod or not. If you did, I apologize and ill edit this comment. The last thing I want to do talk about info you haven't included when you have actually included it.
@@amcasualmustgame5880 That's spot-on, I'm laughing at myself now because I take rainbow filter for granted because I've been using it for so long. It's the only mod I use but I should have pointed it out because like you say, it will make new players wonder why theirs doesn't look the same. Thanks for mentioning this!
Thanks for the video and I respect and appreciate leaving in the "mistakes". Made the content even more relatable. I like your calm demeanor and style. I'll definitely keep watching.
I just bought the base game, logged in and was immediately confused lol. This guide was absolutely perfect. Exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you so much for this.
I've been watching alot of your videos. I'm currently level 24 with your purifier build (having lots of fun). I hit a huge wall in Elite with a Blademaster I built mostly myself, so I'm trying someone else's build who knows alot more than I do. Appreciate all these videos and the time you've put in. It's so helpful.
I've just started playing Grim Dawn so this was a very timely pop in my feed. I appreciate the detail and your clarity. I've played a bunch of Last Epoch and in comparison this is far less intuitive. (If you haven't played LE it's also very worth your time and money)
Exceptionally well done! This game has been on my radar for a while, but I bought it with all the expansions to play on the Steam Deck once I got my hands on one. Thank you so much for explaining the mechanics for a player starting out without revealing spoilers. I heard the story of this game is great, and I’m looking forward to playing. Thank you very much - hopefully this game gets a green check mark soon for the Deck.
Thanks for the view and the comment. Glad to hear the ‘no spoilers’ approach was useful for you. I hope the game plays well on the Steam Deck, I’m too familiar with playing it on mouse and keyboard to even imagine doing it another way. 👊🙂
Im excited to try out this game. A diablo esque arpg with choices that matter and factions that you can align your interests with. Sounds like the perfect game to me. Cant wait to try once my download is finished. Im hoping it fulfills that itch I've had for a good game.
My 3rd try to play the game. With more knowledge, plus thanks to this kind of Guide n tricks I appreciate more.. Truly Enjoyable experience. The kind of experience that I feel since 2008 LOVE IT!
WOW!!! Has no one commented here since I did 3 months ago (see below). After a couple of months of Titan Quest I'm back to Grim Dawn and DESPERATELY needed a refresher. Of course, I chose this vid. I'll probably watch even more. Later.
@@antonyhillson1273 Thanks for the comment, always good to hear this older stuff is still useful. Some things have changed - no more consumable health/mana potions to collect and bloat your inventory, plus they added the Evade button which is literally game-changing 👊😜
playing through the game, following a guide, i got a little confused because i thought allocating skill points would further the mastery but apparently it doesnt! EoR Warlord seems really powerful
Great video. This would have been a great resources to have when starting out with my sister. So the yellow thing on the health bar, (Constitution right?), it should be noted that Constitution being depleted doesn't eliminate your ability to recover health but rather the ability to recover rapidly when out of combat. You can still regain health through good old fashion health regen The 18 minute mark makes it sound like you can't recover health AT ALL if you have no yellow bar left. Granted. I can probably count on one hand the number to times my Constitution bar has been depleted and still have fingers to spare. Also pointing out which is which in the stash was a very important tip.
Thanks for viewing and commenting. Yeah, I messed up the full explanation of health regeneration. The problem with trying to keep everything basic (for beginners) was I missed out a few things (a few thousand things!) but I really should have said something about normal health regen and also attack damage converted to health to put the constitution regen into context.
A very nicely done guide! You explain it very good and although i'm familiar with these kind of games and have been playing for a few hours, i still learned some interesting things. Thanks for making the vid and sharing your knowledge!
@@Arcadelife1 just a quick question, I picked another class at 10, but kinda regret it, can I undo it at the reset lady too, and focus on one for my first playthrough or am I stuck with it?(only 2-3 points in it so no biggie really)
@@liveyourdreammedia Sorry, the only thing you can’t totally undo is your mastery choice(s). I’d say, if you’re lower than level 20, just start a new character and ditch the ‘mistake’ as part of the learning experience. Took me about a dozen characters and 100+ hours before I had figured out enough to actually plan a build. I’m now over 2.8k hours and still enjoying build experimentation!
@@GeriAttric Cheers for the comment, it’s much appreciated. Some things have changed a lot - no more health/energy potions to carry around in inventory, and the addition of a really useful Evade skill for example - but most of the stuff in the video should still be reasonably accurate 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 The HUD left me baffled, you did a great job of touching on the essentials and that helped. Now I just have to be careful about skill point allocation as I've read it's best to pump into one damage type. I'm not 100% if that means elemental damage type or skill damage. Right now I'm running a Nightblade, Soldier build while focusing on one main attack and then buffs. I'll learn but you definitely got me pointed in the right direction.
@@GeriAttric It’s the actual damage type that’s important, so if you are using attack skills that deal ‘physical’ damage (it’s called that in the game) you need to equip gear and use other skills (and devotions) that buff physical damage and don’t convert physical damage to a damage type you’re not buffing. Same if you’re using attack skills that deal acid damage, for example, buff that damage type and look for gear that buffs it. Or fire, cold, aether, chaos … whatever damage type your character is using, try to buff it as hard as possible.
I'm currently playing a shaman/soldier focusing on two handed weapons and it cruuuushes. Having the support of the summoned briarthorn is nice, too. It hits fairly hard, but is real good at pulling agro, and is fairly inexpensive to resummon. I really want to play a nightblade or inquisitor, because dual wielding, but so far I haven't found a class that blends as seamlessly with them as much as shaman/soldier do.
Just wane say thanks , love the video, getting the game in few days and so far all streams looks like fun game but non explain what is what like you do, keep the good work up
Thanks! Grim Dawn is indeed a lot of fun, however I’d say it asks a lot from players coming in fresh with no knowledge of the basic mechanics, let alone the infinite complexities of mastery (class) combos and devotions. Here’s to wishing you many hours of enjoyment in the game 👊🙂
I needed this video. I picked up GD on the Steam Autumn Sale this past Friday (Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S.). I started it on Saturday and by Sunday night I got my first character all the way to at least level 22. I had been picking up augments without realizing they were the GD version of Titan Quests Relics and Charms. I thought you gave them to the Blacksmith and he would craft them into a new item (weapon, armor, etc..). I killed Krieg and did it without any augments. That was a tough fight that only gave me 500 points and change. For a fight THAT brutal, I was expecting several thousand points. I wonder what it would have been like if I'd had augmented items? Oh, well. I'm about to bring it up to try a few things. Maybe get an achievement or two. Later.
Also - I've got 'Gore' off because the setting (Gore OFF) increases the effectiveness of the skill Bloody Pox because bodies don't explode and disappear, but stick around to spread the sickness. CHEAT! I know, I know.
Thanks for the comment, always much appreciated. Anything you see as a past mistake in this game is just part of the learning process; it’s complex on almost every level and not something anyone is going to get 100% right on their first try (or even 31st in my case 👊😂)
Is there a way to play Grim Dawn online, with progress being stored completely server side? I hate knowing I can just cheat if I want to. Spending hours farming for an item feels more rewarding when I know farming was the only way to get it. I won't cheat, of course, I really don't want to ruin the game for myself. I've only really enjoyed a few games, and I've been playing games for most of my life. WARNING! Boring irrelevant info ahead! My list of the best games ever made (not in any particular order): - Stronghold 1 & Stronghold Crusader - Fallout 3 & New Vegas - Diablo 2 - Grim Dawn - The Witcher 3
It’s a year later but just wanted to say: THANK YOU 🙏 Gonna look for part 2. I’m hella overwhelmed with the Devotion stuff, have no idea how those devotion shrines work, and hidden rooms seem like a random mechanic somehow 😅
Thanks for the comment. It’s good to know this stuff is continuing to be useful. Here’s a new-player guide to Devotions - th-cam.com/video/-Qh7nbg2EN8/w-d-xo.html
@@Arcadelife1 dang that was a fast reply 😲 Watched some more of your guides, very helpful! I’m wondering regarding lootfilter: if I unselected Magic (yellow?) items but I do select Pet damage in the other column, will I see all items (including yellow) that have pet damage, or will all blue/green/… items that don’t have pet damage be hidden?
@@Steph1 You could test that out by turning off magic rarity in loot filter and then dropping a yellow/magic pet item. As far as I know, the basic colour/rarity rating filter is applied first before the other filters, so you wouldn’t see the magic/yellow stuff even with all sorts of other filters applied. Regarding my quick reply - you have to catch me when I’m awake 👊🙂
Glass cannon issue. Yeah i'm suck playing this game. Trying for 10 times creating character and deleting it because I keep being trouble at the end of act 2 or getting through act 3, my character is too weak and squishy. I just choose only soldier mastery no need second mastery class because soldier the only character I could survive until the end on veteran. Just spamming internal trauma's shockwave, blizt with overguard, menrill's will and some soldier's resistance passive skill as my saviour. Other issue I play with Pad not M & K so it's hard to aim right. If i encounters a boss that keep spamming billion of mob the dumb automatic aiming keep shooting the mob instead of the boss itself so I can't kill such boss efficiently.
@@6ch6ris6 It is possible to play with controller on PC, and the game is available for Xbox where it’s mostly (I assume) played on controller. I don’t use a controller on PC because I prefer using mouse+keyboard but if you have a character with minimal active skills then it’s probably fine playing on controller. Screen resolution and UI scaling can be adjusted but I don’t think it’s possible to specifically change the text size independent of everything else.
Actually, have a look at this video - there’s more info than you need but it will confirm how the game picks up existing characters when you install DLCs - th-cam.com/video/JormOKZMOIc/w-d-xo.html
I picked this game up other day and am playing on hard difficulty as a necromancer and I'm literally running through all the enemies? Is there a way to make it harder now or do I need to complete game on hard to unlock harder difficulty?
I’m assuming you mean you’re playing in Normal with the Veteran difficulty toggled on. The game will get progressively harder as you move through later areas, and will rise significantly when you unlock Elite and finally Ultimate difficulty.
I wish you would have timestamped the spoilers so those of us that wanted to watch, could watch, and those who didn't,could have jumped the timestamp..
What do you see as spoiler content? I avoid campaign/story stuff apart from the bit about reading the quest text and finding the stream it mentions. I honestly wouldn't call that a spoiler in the general scheme of things. I also avoid showing a mini-boss that appears very early on. If you can tell me what you think is spoiler content, I'll gladly add some timestamps in the description so other people can avoid it if they want to. Edit: at 1:05:34 there's a grey box with SPOILER on it - this is obscuring spoiler content (quest update text) it's not saying it's a spoiler being displayed. In case that's what you meant.
@@Arcadelife1 It's okay. I watched another one of your vids that shows all the missions, bosses and stuff. So it was the same as this one but with all the spoilers. I have done the early missions but wanted to see how you got around a few things that had me scratching my head. Not only that but a learned about all the stuff I had missed.
Strong in offence, weak in defence, from the fact that they are powerful (similar to a cannon) yet are easily breakable (similar to glass). This is, to my knowledge, a common phrase not exclusive to Grim Dawn so I did not add further explanation of it in this video. Apologies if you didn’t know the term, although a few seconds internet searching for glass cannon would have answered this, possibly almost as eloquently as I have 👊😜
@@Arcadelife1 Thanks for explaining. It probably is common I just for some reason never heard it before. Lol. Thanks for explaining. And great videos by the way. Learned alot about GD that I did not realize I was missing out on. Especially with the builds.
It's good to see old school ARPG with old school traditional gender choices amidst modern agenda bulls... 😎😀 Thank you for your work and helpful content sir!
I don't get the difficulty. This video makes completely no sense. It will not let me pick Elite. This just says pick normal. But users all know that game labels are false. Normal mode = easy mode for all games. Harder modes tend to be the real normal modes.
From around 2:59 I explain that Normal Needs to be completed to unlock Elite, and that there’s a harder version of Normal (Veteran) that can be toggled on or off at any time depending on how easy/hard you are finding the game to be. If that makes ‘completely no sense’ to you, maybe have a look at the game’s official guide where the exact same things are explained.
I want to like this game and I sort of do. But the amount if item stats is just staggering. And if you stack dozens of these with 5 to 10 stats (this and that damage; this and that defence, taking this and that with hit, adding this and that tiny percent to this kind of damage or defence, being set piece with this and that kind of set of armor and weapons........) and you need to choose right - otherwise you won't get through a boss fight and progress through a game. I get that this is how ARPG does it. But Torchlight manages to have variety without feeling overwhelming, so does D2 Resurrected or just D2, and Titan Quest, Vikings Wolves 8f Midgard- say what you want about it but it is pretty decent ARPG, simple but coherent. But here, I'm flooded with this shit. And I get frustrated trying to kill Warden Krieg at his second incarnation and I go and do some more quests until there's no more and I come back and this asshole keeps killing me taking no damage no shit.. I checked his stats, saw that he's got little chaos defence, tried to obtain some weapons dealing damage with that and armor helping with that... But I end up getting off worse because these armor and weapon pieces lower my other stats... namely physicality or what's it's name and... fuck it's uber frustrating
Thanks for the comment, I absolutely agree with all those points and I understand why it is frustrating and annoying. Big bad thing about Grim Dawn - there’s no tutorial. I’m working on making a video replacement for a tutorial, should be out soon. Regarding Krieg, here’s my currently most recent vid showing every single mastery killing him at around level 15 with average/rubbish gear - th-cam.com/video/HkMtsSRCl_s/w-d-xo.html Best advice I can give for early game - identify one damage type your chosen mastery uses (stick with one mastery for a while, don’t go straight for the second mastery at level 10), choose gear that buffs that damage type and doesn’t convert it to another damage type. Raise your mastery bar 1 point each level while putting 2 points into one attack skill until you max that attack skill. Then look at other skills but don’t scatter skill points all over the place because you will just end up weak.
@@Arcadelife1 Thank You sooo much!!! That's actually very detailed helpful advice! Thank you for taking your time to do this. I will surely try it out at first opportunity playing the game which doesn't happen too often (once every few days) but I definitely will. And I will let you know once I kill that evil bastard Krieg!! Thanks again!
Respectfully, it seems like you have completely missed the point of Veteran mode - but that's not surprising, most players (and even very experienced ones) don't really consider it properly. Veteran mode is a unique thing to Grim Dawn (as far as I'm aware), and one of the reasons why Grim Dawn is something rather special in AARPGs. It basically provides a full, rounded experience of the game in one playthrough (or per class combination, at least). First, it's ideal for people who know what they're doing in AARPGs - meaning, they're capable of approaching it with a learners mindset and figure things out as they go, instead of bringing preconceived notions from other games into this one. Next, it's the perfect solution for three difficulties and game length/time problem. For many people 3 playthroughs with same character are off-puting. Also "endgame" isn't really interesting or exciting to many players (likely to most except very hard core AARPG audience). GD is more of a builder's/experimenter's game, and (to mangle an old phrase) it more of a "journey game" than a "destination game". Lots of players come to this game expecting the leveling and figuring-stuff-out experience from Diablo 2, and Grim Dawn provides exactly this experience (only further refined, advanced and perfected). Veteran mode also respects players' time, for those many players without much gaming time in their week. Or those who just wish to properly experience it once, both the mechanics and the story. Normal difficulty is very much a tutorial, with hardly anything to properly challenge players and force a proper (or "functional") build. Personally I've heard friends call the game "grim yawn" because of this, after they've taken the Internet's advice about avoiding Veteran. Even for casual and non-experienced AARPG players Normal is likely to feel easy, or like they're "waiting for this to get fun". Also worth noting (and this is somewhat counter-intuitive), many of the game's experienced players and builders actually do use Veteran for the first difficulty when trying anything new of unusual. Normal is simply too easy and doesn't give proper input on whether an idea is valid (as well as being, well, a chore to go through). Many top experimental builders will use Normal only to save time when leveling a toon ASAP through a well-known process, in order to try something in late game. It very obviously took quite an effort to properly develop and balance Veteran into just the right spot, and this shouldn't be overlooked. It's a unique and very elegant solution to some of the genre's long-standing problems. (Also, just a suggestion, but possibly it could be a subject of it's own video for you.)
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I love how you really just explained the basics. You gave only 2 minor tips (physique and focused skill points). It's great that you didnt tell us how to play this game but really just explained what one might have missed due to the lacking tutorial. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the concise, positive review of the video content. Also a spot-on accurate summary of what I was actually trying to achieve when I made the video. Trickier than I thought to explain a bunch of stuff without any glaring spoilers 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 you really nailed it.
Came to GD after having ruined D4 for myself througj minmaxing and metabuilds. So I wanted to approach this game without any of that. Played ca 1 hour of it and then wanted to get a bit of understanding though anyhow. And you provided the absolutely perfect level of depth that I needed. Most of the stuff I realized myself but e.g. the restoration via food I totally missed out on. And how the stats work. And quite a few other more or less crucial tidbits of information.
So again, thank you for this!
I have 500 hours into GD and still enjoyed watching this. Not any new info for me really, but entertaining anyway. A very good video for new players. Your presentations is excellent, as always. Good work!
Cheers, I appreciate the view and the comment even more from someone the video is not specifically intended for 👊🙂
Thank you so much for this video, respect for making content like this for a game that came out in 2016! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the view and the comment. It’s an old game, but hugely replayable 👍
Thank you so much I was having a really hard time figuring this game out. I have never played anything like it and wanted to give it a shot. You have made this game a thousand times more entertaining and enjoyable then what I thought
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the game and it's great to hear I was some help with that!
I just bought the Definitive Edition yesterday on Steam. Thanks for these tips.
Thanks for the view and the comment. It’s a great game, have lots of fun with it 👊🙂
Me to, game is fun as hell
Was a huge D2 addict in early 00s and somehow had never heard of this game until a buddy recommended it recently. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this excellent vid my friend!
Thanks for the comment, always great to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
Absolutely fantastic work and help. I am a Grim Dawn veteran myself but it helps so much to link some resources and video guides. I now have the perfect guide for my buddies before they start GD. Thanks mate!
Cheers for the comment and for sharing this stuff with new players, always great to hear this is useful. 👊🙂
Your delivery of the information in this video is well organized, appropriately paced and well targeted! Valuable stuff for new Grim Dawn players to know. A refreshing change from the build guides that almost require you to have farmed end game gear and a certain secret leveling set already set aside for alts (not saying that sort of video is bad, just nice to see a back -to-basics focus). Good job, and I hope you make more videos in depth like this for different stages of the game, alongside your normal content.
Thanks, that's much appreciated - I'd forgotten just how complex and overwhelming the game is for a totally new player, even one who's played other RPGs. I wanted to get this video out there because I haven't seen any guides that deal with the absolute basic stuff, which is arguably what a new player needs - not spoilers, just a few "obvious" pointers in the right direction.
@@Arcadelife1 Good stuff indeed! I would mention though, any mods you may be using as a new player wouldn't know Grim Internals and or Rainbow Loot Filter mod and how it changes Item names and stats to be colored, as items do not display like this in an un modded game. A new player may think on what they have played so far and, while watching this video, may think "Wait a minute, my items don't show the way his do." Ill have to go back and re-watch just to be sure if you mentioned the mod or not. If you did, I apologize and ill edit this comment. The last thing I want to do talk about info you haven't included when you have actually included it.
@@amcasualmustgame5880 That's spot-on, I'm laughing at myself now because I take rainbow filter for granted because I've been using it for so long. It's the only mod I use but I should have pointed it out because like you say, it will make new players wonder why theirs doesn't look the same. Thanks for mentioning this!
@@Arcadelife1 I am glad to have helped, even if in a small capacity. Your content is great and Im happy that Grim Dawn content is still being made.
Your beginner guilds help very much. I am on my first playthrough and having a blast. Level 56 warder, nearly 50k hit damage. Died once at level 4.
Thanks for the comment, it's much appreciated. Only one death before level 50 on first playthrough is very good!
Thanks for the video and I respect and appreciate leaving in the "mistakes". Made the content even more relatable. I like your calm demeanor and style. I'll definitely keep watching.
And here I am again for a refresher after a few months away!!!!
Welcome back 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 And here I am THREE MONTHS LATER!!!! Do we see a pattern?
@@charlesballard5251 You will always be welcome back 👊🙂
I just bought the base game, logged in and was immediately confused lol. This guide was absolutely perfect. Exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you so much for this.
Thanks for the comment; great to hear this stuff was useful for you 👊🙂
I just bought definitive edition today, I'll not watch too much of this but it's good to see people supporting the game far after launch.
Thanks for the comment, always good to hear this stuff is still useful. Have fun with the game!
Fully agree with ya. GD has a lot unsaid when ya first starting out, on point good for new players mate
Excellent tutorial! Just discovered this game and was struggling a bit. Your video cleared up a lot of things! Thanks!
Thanks for the comment, good to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
I've been watching alot of your videos. I'm currently level 24 with your purifier build (having lots of fun). I hit a huge wall in Elite with a Blademaster I built mostly myself, so I'm trying someone else's build who knows alot more than I do. Appreciate all these videos and the time you've put in. It's so helpful.
Thanks for the support - letting me know this stuff is helpful, much appreciated 👊🙂
I've just started playing Grim Dawn so this was a very timely pop in my feed. I appreciate the detail and your clarity. I've played a bunch of Last Epoch and in comparison this is far less intuitive. (If you haven't played LE it's also very worth your time and money)
Yeah, I’ve had a go at Last Epoch, I should probably go back to it.
Thanks for the comment, always good to hear this stuff is useful/entertaining 👊🙂
Bless your soul for leading new and returning players to the light
I just got this game had absolutely no idea how to play and what Im doing. This is helpful
Exceptionally well done! This game has been on my radar for a while, but I bought it with all the expansions to play on the Steam Deck once I got my hands on one. Thank you so much for explaining the mechanics for a player starting out without revealing spoilers. I heard the story of this game is great, and I’m looking forward to playing. Thank you very much - hopefully this game gets a green check mark soon for the Deck.
Thanks for the view and the comment. Glad to hear the ‘no spoilers’ approach was useful for you. I hope the game plays well on the Steam Deck, I’m too familiar with playing it on mouse and keyboard to even imagine doing it another way. 👊🙂
Im excited to try out this game. A diablo esque arpg with choices that matter and factions that you can align your interests with. Sounds like the perfect game to me. Cant wait to try once my download is finished. Im hoping it fulfills that itch I've had for a good game.
Exactly! I too am frustrated and tool tips in-game can be so confusing. Thank you.
My 3rd try to play the game. With more knowledge, plus thanks to this kind of Guide n tricks I appreciate more.. Truly Enjoyable experience. The kind of experience that I feel since 2008 LOVE IT!
ive got the base game on sale and ive never really got into diablo 2 but i have a couple hundred hours in POE and i wanted to try this game out.
So very glad you did an Absolute Beginners vid, many thanks. 🙂
Someone had to do one 😜 Thanks for the view and the comment, it’s much appreciated.
criminally underrated channel for sure
Cheers for the support, always much appreciated 👊🙂
WOW!!! Has no one commented here since I did 3 months ago (see below). After a couple of months of Titan Quest I'm back to Grim Dawn and DESPERATELY needed a refresher. Of course, I chose this vid. I'll probably watch even more. Later.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and help out many new players.
very informative and well put together appreciate the effort I'm new and this helps a ton
@@antonyhillson1273 Thanks for the comment, always good to hear this older stuff is still useful. Some things have changed - no more consumable health/mana potions to collect and bloat your inventory, plus they added the Evade button which is literally game-changing 👊😜
What an excellent beginners guide! This was really helpful to start my journey in Grim Dawn!
Thanks for the comment, always good to hear this stuff is helpful for new players 👊🙂
Just got this in Xbox sale this was very helpful thanks
Thanks for the comment, good to hear this was useful for you 👊🙂
Watched the entire video start to finish and was learning the entire time. 👍
Thanks for the comment, great to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
playing through the game, following a guide, i got a little confused because i thought allocating skill points would further the mastery but apparently it doesnt! EoR Warlord seems really powerful
Just bought this yesterday and feeling very intimidated, definitely subscribing for more stuff like this 😁 Merry Christmas
Thanks for the comment. Feel free to ask if you have any specific questions 👊🙂
Great video. This would have been a great resources to have when starting out with my sister.
So the yellow thing on the health bar, (Constitution right?), it should be noted that Constitution being depleted doesn't eliminate your ability to recover health but rather the ability to recover rapidly when out of combat. You can still regain health through good old fashion health regen The 18 minute mark makes it sound like you can't recover health AT ALL if you have no yellow bar left. Granted. I can probably count on one hand the number to times my Constitution bar has been depleted and still have fingers to spare.
Also pointing out which is which in the stash was a very important tip.
Thanks for viewing and commenting. Yeah, I messed up the full explanation of health regeneration. The problem with trying to keep everything basic (for beginners) was I missed out a few things (a few thousand things!) but I really should have said something about normal health regen and also attack damage converted to health to put the constitution regen into context.
Outstanding primer. Thanks. Now I think I need a regular beginner guide. lol
A very nicely done guide! You explain it very good and although i'm familiar with these kind of games and have been playing for a few hours, i still learned some interesting things. Thanks for making the vid and sharing your knowledge!
Thank you for the view and the comment, it’s much appreciated. Great to hear you found this useful. 👊🙂
I start with the game yesterday and this tutorial was really helpful for me. Thank you!
Thanks for view and the comment - glad to hear the vid was useful for you.
comming back to the game for 1.2 this is very much needd, but got 200+ houres in the game now
Just picked up the base game for a fiver, great guide to get started. Cheers!
Thanks for the view and comment, have fun with GD 👊😜
@@Arcadelife1 3 hours in and I gotta say I like it. Walking around with a bird and dog, and everything dies because of the plague 😂
@@liveyourdreammedia Oh yes! Sign up another Bloody Pox fan!
@@Arcadelife1 just a quick question, I picked another class at 10, but kinda regret it, can I undo it at the reset lady too, and focus on one for my first playthrough or am I stuck with it?(only 2-3 points in it so no biggie really)
@@liveyourdreammedia Sorry, the only thing you can’t totally undo is your mastery choice(s). I’d say, if you’re lower than level 20, just start a new character and ditch the ‘mistake’ as part of the learning experience. Took me about a dozen characters and 100+ hours before I had figured out enough to actually plan a build. I’m now over 2.8k hours and still enjoying build experimentation!
Two year old video but it helped me a lot as a new player, thank you.
@@GeriAttric Cheers for the comment, it’s much appreciated. Some things have changed a lot - no more health/energy potions to carry around in inventory, and the addition of a really useful Evade skill for example - but most of the stuff in the video should still be reasonably accurate 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 The HUD left me baffled, you did a great job of touching on the essentials and that helped. Now I just have to be careful about skill point allocation as I've read it's best to pump into one damage type. I'm not 100% if that means elemental damage type or skill damage. Right now I'm running a Nightblade, Soldier build while focusing on one main attack and then buffs. I'll learn but you definitely got me pointed in the right direction.
@@GeriAttric It’s the actual damage type that’s important, so if you are using attack skills that deal ‘physical’ damage (it’s called that in the game) you need to equip gear and use other skills (and devotions) that buff physical damage and don’t convert physical damage to a damage type you’re not buffing. Same if you’re using attack skills that deal acid damage, for example, buff that damage type and look for gear that buffs it. Or fire, cold, aether, chaos … whatever damage type your character is using, try to buff it as hard as possible.
@@Arcadelife1 👍Thanks, will review my toon later today!
Very much needed info for new players. Good job.
Thanks for the view and the positive comment, always much appreciated 👊🙂
Just what I was looking for.
Hopefully!
Cheers for the comment 👊🙂
been playing for about 50 hours now, never knew the defaulte weapon attack replacers counted as defaulte weapon attacks
Thanks for the view and the comment - great to hear this stuff is still helping players!
Great guide, keep it coming! Always good stuff in your channel :)
Cheers for the support, always good to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
I'm currently playing a shaman/soldier focusing on two handed weapons and it cruuuushes. Having the support of the summoned briarthorn is nice, too. It hits fairly hard, but is real good at pulling agro, and is fairly inexpensive to resummon.
I really want to play a nightblade or inquisitor, because dual wielding, but so far I haven't found a class that blends as seamlessly with them as much as shaman/soldier do.
Just got gd then found your yt channel... you've been a great help...thanks!! 👍
Just wane say thanks , love the video, getting the game in few days and so far all streams looks like fun game but non explain what is what like you do, keep the good work up
Thanks! Grim Dawn is indeed a lot of fun, however I’d say it asks a lot from players coming in fresh with no knowledge of the basic mechanics, let alone the infinite complexities of mastery (class) combos and devotions. Here’s to wishing you many hours of enjoyment in the game 👊🙂
I really appreciate your guide!
And I appreciate your views and comments 👊🙂
Grim Dawn is amazing.
I needed this video. I picked up GD on the Steam Autumn Sale this past Friday (Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S.). I started it on Saturday and by Sunday night I got my first character all the way to at least level 22. I had been picking up augments without realizing they were the GD version of Titan Quests Relics and Charms. I thought you gave them to the Blacksmith and he would craft them into a new item (weapon, armor, etc..). I killed Krieg and did it without any augments. That was a tough fight that only gave me 500 points and change. For a fight THAT brutal, I was expecting several thousand points. I wonder what it would have been like if I'd had augmented items? Oh, well. I'm about to bring it up to try a few things. Maybe get an achievement or two. Later.
Welcome to Grim Dawn (and to this channel) - cheers for the comment, it’s much appreciated 👊🙂
Screen shake! Suggest to turn this off, especially for those who get motion sickness.
Absolutely!
Also - I've got 'Gore' off because the setting (Gore OFF) increases the effectiveness of the skill Bloody Pox because bodies don't explode and disappear, but stick around to spread the sickness. CHEAT! I know, I know.
Wish I had seen this before I got to level 63 now I can see my mistakes!
Thanks for the comment, always much appreciated. Anything you see as a past mistake in this game is just part of the learning process; it’s complex on almost every level and not something anyone is going to get 100% right on their first try (or even 31st in my case 👊😂)
Thanks for a good guide.
Thank you, very useful for newbies like me!
Cheers, thanks for the view and the comment 👊🙂
Is there a way to play Grim Dawn online, with progress being stored completely server side? I hate knowing I can just cheat if I want to. Spending hours farming for an item feels more rewarding when I know farming was the only way to get it.
I won't cheat, of course, I really don't want to ruin the game for myself. I've only really enjoyed a few games, and I've been playing games for most of my life.
WARNING! Boring irrelevant info ahead!
My list of the best games ever made (not in any particular order):
- Stronghold 1 & Stronghold Crusader
- Fallout 3 & New Vegas
- Diablo 2
- Grim Dawn
- The Witcher 3
It’s a year later but just wanted to say: THANK YOU 🙏
Gonna look for part 2. I’m hella overwhelmed with the Devotion stuff, have no idea how those devotion shrines work, and hidden rooms seem like a random mechanic somehow 😅
Thanks for the comment. It’s good to know this stuff is continuing to be useful. Here’s a new-player guide to Devotions - th-cam.com/video/-Qh7nbg2EN8/w-d-xo.html
@@Arcadelife1 dang that was a fast reply 😲
Watched some more of your guides, very helpful!
I’m wondering regarding lootfilter: if I unselected Magic (yellow?) items but I do select Pet damage in the other column, will I see all items (including yellow) that have pet damage, or will all blue/green/… items that don’t have pet damage be hidden?
@@Steph1 You could test that out by turning off magic rarity in loot filter and then dropping a yellow/magic pet item. As far as I know, the basic colour/rarity rating filter is applied first before the other filters, so you wouldn’t see the magic/yellow stuff even with all sorts of other filters applied.
Regarding my quick reply - you have to catch me when I’m awake 👊🙂
Very nice video tyvm.
@@truewitness31 Thanks for the comment, always good to hear the older videos are still useful 👊🙂
Glass cannon issue.
Yeah i'm suck playing this game. Trying for 10 times creating character and deleting it because I keep being trouble at the end of act 2 or getting through act 3, my character is too weak and squishy.
I just choose only soldier mastery no need second mastery class because soldier the only character I could survive until the end on veteran.
Just spamming internal trauma's shockwave, blizt with overguard, menrill's will and some soldier's resistance passive skill as my saviour.
Other issue I play with Pad not M & K so it's hard to aim right. If i encounters a boss that keep spamming billion of mob the dumb automatic aiming keep shooting the mob instead of the boss itself so I can't kill such boss efficiently.
Your voice is amazing!
big help. thanks
is the game good to play with controller?
also can you adjust the text size? would love to play this on my bed with my tv 2m away from me.
@@6ch6ris6 It is possible to play with controller on PC, and the game is available for Xbox where it’s mostly (I assume) played on controller. I don’t use a controller on PC because I prefer using mouse+keyboard but if you have a character with minimal active skills then it’s probably fine playing on controller.
Screen resolution and UI scaling can be adjusted but I don’t think it’s possible to specifically change the text size independent of everything else.
If I buy the expansions later on, will my characters from the base game carry over?
Yes they will.
Cheers for the view and comment 👊🙂
Actually, have a look at this video - there’s more info than you need but it will confirm how the game picks up existing characters when you install DLCs - th-cam.com/video/JormOKZMOIc/w-d-xo.html
I'm gonna get grim dawn on the 23rd of June
Best idea ever 👊🙂
Very helpful, thanks.
Thank you so much
I picked this game up other day and am playing on hard difficulty as a necromancer and I'm literally running through all the enemies? Is there a way to make it harder now or do I need to complete game on hard to unlock harder difficulty?
I’m assuming you mean you’re playing in Normal with the Veteran difficulty toggled on. The game will get progressively harder as you move through later areas, and will rise significantly when you unlock Elite and finally Ultimate difficulty.
@@Arcadelife1 cheers thank you
Nice work mate as per usual. Did you get a friends request off me on steam or did I get the wrong Arcadelife haha. Hope all is well over your way :)
Accepted it, thanks. I won’t say the name of the account I am now friends with, just in case you get spammed but it starts with ‘L’ 😜
Can you post most powerful pet build with guide? Thanks beforehand 👏
thank you❤
This is really helpful, thank you!
Good to hear it was useful for you - cheers for the comment 👊🙂
Arcadelife is the man
Just bought the game from being tired of PoE already. I saw guns and immediately bought.
Guns, lots of guns 👊😜
@@Arcadelife1 only complaint is the quest tracking. Why is so dogshit lol.
@@yljinn GD quests - “Go somewhere and do something.” Trust me, there are plenty more ‘fun features’ to drive you crazy 😂
Bro, I even had trouble setting up my controller on steam. I feel like such a noob...
Playing Grim Dawn on a controller is a whole new level of challenge - good luck if that’s what you’re doing 👊🙂
I wish you would have timestamped the spoilers so those of us that wanted to watch, could watch, and those who didn't,could have jumped the timestamp..
What do you see as spoiler content? I avoid campaign/story stuff apart from the bit about reading the quest text and finding the stream it mentions. I honestly wouldn't call that a spoiler in the general scheme of things. I also avoid showing a mini-boss that appears very early on. If you can tell me what you think is spoiler content, I'll gladly add some timestamps in the description so other people can avoid it if they want to.
Edit: at 1:05:34 there's a grey box with SPOILER on it - this is obscuring spoiler content (quest update text) it's not saying it's a spoiler being displayed. In case that's what you meant.
@@Arcadelife1 It's okay. I watched another one of your vids that shows all the missions, bosses and stuff. So it was the same as this one but with all the spoilers. I have done the early missions but wanted to see how you got around a few things that had me scratching my head. Not only that but a learned about all the stuff I had missed.
Glass Cannon issues? What does that mean?
Strong in offence, weak in defence, from the fact that they are powerful (similar to a cannon) yet are easily breakable (similar to glass).
This is, to my knowledge, a common phrase not exclusive to Grim Dawn so I did not add further explanation of it in this video. Apologies if you didn’t know the term, although a few seconds internet searching for glass cannon would have answered this, possibly almost as eloquently as I have 👊😜
@@Arcadelife1 Thanks for explaining. It probably is common I just for some reason never heard it before. Lol. Thanks for explaining. And great videos by the way. Learned alot about GD that I did not realize I was missing out on. Especially with the builds.
28:00 it doesn't work....i did 2 finger clicks for the dlcs and nothing happened .
Yeah, they patched that a month ago. You need to stand on one leg and yodel now.
And it's the definitive edition
It's good to see old school ARPG with old school traditional gender choices amidst modern agenda bulls... 😎😀
Thank you for your work and helpful content sir!
I met a plant that identified as a shopkeeper so I reckon that's ticked at least one box 🤣
I don't get the difficulty. This video makes completely no sense. It will not let me pick Elite. This just says pick normal. But users all know that game labels are false. Normal mode = easy mode for all games. Harder modes tend to be the real normal modes.
From around 2:59 I explain that Normal Needs to be completed to unlock Elite, and that there’s a harder version of Normal (Veteran) that can be toggled on or off at any time depending on how easy/hard you are finding the game to be. If that makes ‘completely no sense’ to you, maybe have a look at the game’s official guide where the exact same things are explained.
I want to like this game and I sort of do. But the amount if item stats is just staggering. And if you stack dozens of these with 5 to 10 stats (this and that damage; this and that defence, taking this and that with hit, adding this and that tiny percent to this kind of damage or defence, being set piece with this and that kind of set of armor and weapons........) and you need to choose right - otherwise you won't get through a boss fight and progress through a game. I get that this is how ARPG does it. But Torchlight manages to have variety without feeling overwhelming, so does D2 Resurrected or just D2, and Titan Quest, Vikings Wolves 8f Midgard- say what you want about it but it is pretty decent ARPG, simple but coherent. But here, I'm flooded with this shit. And I get frustrated trying to kill Warden Krieg at his second incarnation and I go and do some more quests until there's no more and I come back and this asshole keeps killing me taking no damage no shit.. I checked his stats, saw that he's got little chaos defence, tried to obtain some weapons dealing damage with that and armor helping with that... But I end up getting off worse because these armor and weapon pieces lower my other stats... namely physicality or what's it's name and... fuck it's uber frustrating
Thanks for the comment, I absolutely agree with all those points and I understand why it is frustrating and annoying.
Big bad thing about Grim Dawn - there’s no tutorial. I’m working on making a video replacement for a tutorial, should be out soon.
Regarding Krieg, here’s my currently most recent vid showing every single mastery killing him at around level 15 with average/rubbish gear - th-cam.com/video/HkMtsSRCl_s/w-d-xo.html
Best advice I can give for early game - identify one damage type your chosen mastery uses (stick with one mastery for a while, don’t go straight for the second mastery at level 10), choose gear that buffs that damage type and doesn’t convert it to another damage type. Raise your mastery bar 1 point each level while putting 2 points into one attack skill until you max that attack skill. Then look at other skills but don’t scatter skill points all over the place because you will just end up weak.
@@Arcadelife1 Thank You sooo much!!! That's actually very detailed helpful advice! Thank you for taking your time to do this. I will surely try it out at first opportunity playing the game which doesn't happen too often (once every few days) but I definitely will. And I will let you know once I kill that evil bastard Krieg!! Thanks again!
Respectfully, it seems like you have completely missed the point of Veteran mode - but that's not surprising, most players (and even very experienced ones) don't really consider it properly.
Veteran mode is a unique thing to Grim Dawn (as far as I'm aware), and one of the reasons why Grim Dawn is something rather special in AARPGs. It basically provides a full, rounded experience of the game in one playthrough (or per class combination, at least).
First, it's ideal for people who know what they're doing in AARPGs - meaning, they're capable of approaching it with a learners mindset and figure things out as they go, instead of bringing preconceived notions from other games into this one.
Next, it's the perfect solution for three difficulties and game length/time problem.
For many people 3 playthroughs with same character are off-puting.
Also "endgame" isn't really interesting or exciting to many players (likely to most except very hard core AARPG audience).
GD is more of a builder's/experimenter's game, and (to mangle an old phrase) it more of a "journey game" than a "destination game".
Lots of players come to this game expecting the leveling and figuring-stuff-out experience from Diablo 2, and Grim Dawn provides exactly this experience (only further refined, advanced and perfected).
Veteran mode also respects players' time, for those many players without much gaming time in their week. Or those who just wish to properly experience it once, both the mechanics and the story.
Normal difficulty is very much a tutorial, with hardly anything to properly challenge players and force a proper (or "functional") build. Personally I've heard friends call the game "grim yawn" because of this, after they've taken the Internet's advice about avoiding Veteran.
Even for casual and non-experienced AARPG players Normal is likely to feel easy, or like they're "waiting for this to get fun".
Also worth noting (and this is somewhat counter-intuitive), many of the game's experienced players and builders actually do use Veteran for the first difficulty when trying anything new of unusual. Normal is simply too easy and doesn't give proper input on whether an idea is valid (as well as being, well, a chore to go through). Many top experimental builders will use Normal only to save time when leveling a toon ASAP through a well-known process, in order to try something in late game.
It very obviously took quite an effort to properly develop and balance Veteran into just the right spot, and this shouldn't be overlooked. It's a unique and very elegant solution to some of the genre's long-standing problems.
(Also, just a suggestion, but possibly it could be a subject of it's own video for you.)
Fair enough, so play veteran to see if you like it … as I suggest in the video.
chill out m8 gawdam