The price will change over time, so which is the 'best' to buy is going to vary depending on market conditions. The ruby's recyclable, so you can invest in the best quality one you can find and just keep changing the helmet it's in depending on your level or the character you're currently playing.Įach upgrade in gem quality adds 2% to the XP bonus, so keep that in mind when shopping. If you can find a rare socketed helmet with +XP per kill, and you add a good quality ruby, you'll be gaining XP like crazy. 17% more XP is generally going to do more for you in the long run than ~10-20 XP per kill, especially in Act 2 and beyond. Class specific rares in particular are generally super cheap!Īs was noted in this question, there's no level limit for using gems, and it's almost intended that you'll use gems to level up new characters.Ī square ruby, for instance, can be socketed into a helmet for a 17% experience boost, and set me back about 10k gold at the auction house. If you can find some steals at the Auction House, you can be crazy, stupid overpowered for the area you're in. Being able to one-shot enemies due to powerful rare equipment makes killing (and therefore leveling) much quicker. Not just ones with bonus XP, but look for rares that are around your level for all your slots.

You can use this gold and the auction house in a couple of beneficial ways: If you've already made pretty good progress on at least one character, chances are you're sitting on a pile of gold.

Generally the next place you should go to advance the plot is the best place for your character to be gaining levels. You can kill many monsters in the time it takes to complete one quest stage, and the rewards for quests are considerably less than those for monsters.Īs far as regions go, I would suggest just clearing everything and moving on ASAP - generally the content is balanced so that you're gaining levels at around the rate you're clearing areas.

Quest XP isn't all that awesome compared to killing monsters, honestly.

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