Several people have voiced angst over being overwhelmed by Dadi’s guide. The guide is really great, but it also freaked me out the first time I tried to read it. I ended up summarizing the steps into fewest possible words. Once I got a grip on that, re-reading the guide was much better for me. I ignored all the info on what things “cost”, at least for now. I’m still not an expert, so if anyone finds errors or wants to add, please do. But here is my checklist that resulted from the guide. Totally pirated from Dadi, bless him, so don’t credit me with too much here. But writing it out like this separated it from discussions of point costs and stuff I don’t need or understand right now. I can blindly follow it and get back to other aspects later.
Note: some of the materials you need (e.g., crystals) are given as rewards on the epic. It’s a good argument for doing only the epic til you get all your stuff, then imbuing, and then going back for quests. This will give you an imbued weapon ready to absorb all those good ixp points from quest turn-ins.
Steps that I follow on each toon “if” I choose to max out all stats:
(Note: not maxing out pre-imbuement just means spending more coins, or something, later on, so up to you if you want to do this. The order of the below is not particularly important. Skip what you want on the understanding there is some kind of extra cost later).
Step 1. Apply crystal of Remembrance (note that doing epic will give you at least one freebie). This step gives you a 7th legacy slot.
Step 2. Apply final legacies (check the changed legacies, and swap out for your ideal mix now).
Step 3. add Scroll of Delving (to open up level cap to 70). (I think you might get one from epic, can’t recall. )
Step 4. add 3 Starlit crystals (You can get one from epic, and tier 3 skirms have a chance to drop them.)
Step 5. Level up to 70. (I found that DA relics barter npc gives 569k runes for only 20 silver coins. Also, skirm camp offers them). Note that you are still getting upgrades at reforging, so leave one at t5 for your last reforge.
Step 6. Max your legacies to t6 (or at least your most important ones, this gives you higher cap on them). Anfalas empowerment scrolls are avilable from legendary barter at skirm camps. You also get at least one from epic line.)
Step 7. Imbue and go forth.
I started worksheets for each class that I print out, and then I check off the items as I complete them. This helps me to not panic and get confuzzled. My toons also each have an “imbuement” chest in the vault, to put crystals, scrolls, and legacies in one place. This is good if you have a lot of toons, as you don’t want to do them all at once. If it seems helpful, I can put copies of my worksheets for printing.
Note on “new weapons” …. if you have a weapon that has not hit 40 yet, you should swap out all your ideal legacies BETWEEN 31 AND 39. This gives you a chance to get all the offered legacies up to 30, and then swap out for ideal mix before you start reforge upgrades between 40 and 70. It will save you some scrolls of empowerment.