I actually came here looking to see if you'd commented about beta's
I'd guessed 1 more with 0.18 active (so those who were so "omg, all the bugs blah blah" would be blown away. It COULD be a really cunning strategy, we'll see.
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I made it to blue but I also had 4 grain solvent (needed for epic metal weapons). It's only 40% though so I didn't risk it
As a small tip - it seems once you can handle the elite camps, the bosses in those all have a chance at epic weapons. If it isn't an epic you like, there's your item to de-construct and get grain solvents from. I spotted a VERY easy boss in a public dungeon that had a 50% chance (it seemed) at a rare. Farmed the crap out of him to make sure I had plenty of dwarven oil
The elite camp bosses though should be VERY doable with a 2/3 man group. There was one I could solo once I got a couple of levels over it.
Tabbycat - does the crafting continue to be the same - ANY blue can give dwarven oil for example or did they turn that on so we could test and the PTS one it's down to weapon level too?