about progression

would u say its fine to skip some caves, dungeons and what not as long as i have enough exp to carry on the main storyline? and come back later on for those.

 

For a first playthrough, I'd probably do the dungeons at least once just to experience them. The caves are wholly optional and imo most shouldn't even be listed in the "recommended" section of the quest book.

 

okay so caves and like secrets and side wuests not all that important

but dungeons since they can be played more than once jus do it first?

by the way are all the endgame wands mythic+?

 

No

 

There are items of all tiers at the endgame, but the mythic weapons are generally better, so if you have the ability to use them, it's generally advisable for many or most builds. They're common and affordable enough now that most people can, so you'll see them generally seen as the endgame option for each element. It's worth noting there's only 1-2 mythics for each element though, so they may not work for a given build, especially if it's a more unusual or unique build.

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I wouldn't do side quests at all generally. They're just grinding, and there's not really any reason to do them if you don't need xp, unless you enjoy the process of grinding or if you're intent on 100%ing the game.

 

Slaying post xp buff when

 

It's not even that they give terrible xp. There's just enough other ways to get xp that grinding for rare materials isn't really worth it from a time standpoint.