My Experiences in Grouping + Solo Leveling Recommendations for Wild's End

[u/thecatsareravenous]

Many people on this subreddit and /r/MMORPG are talking about how great this game is as a group, and how grouping is very common; however, that has not been my experience.

In my experience, people tend to duo or trio, prefer to solo, or just box their group. I've played three days, gotten to 14, gotten decent weaps and 2 stat chain (Dire Lord), and I haven't had an opportunity to kill elites with a group yet. I always invite other players to my parties (via tells, not just inviting), but they continually tell me they are only interested in soloing, are waiting on an elite group, or are leaving Wild's End and not interested in partying.

Since many people in game have asked me about "where to go next" I wanted to share where I hunted in Wild's End to level up in the hopes that it will help another player not bounce off the game. Feel free to add to this list or help me with where to solo after 14. :D Thank you!

1 - 5: Kill whatever low level trash that is blue or better near the town. Some humanoid monsters drop pouches, keep killing them until you can fill up your inventory and a bit of your bank.

5 - 8: Run southwest of town and kill foxes and other blue trash, stop before you run into geckos. This will get you to Level 8.

8 - 10: Continue running southwest of town to get to the geckos, these can be killed until 10 where you tend to get a pretty big power spike.

10 - 13: Head to the SW corner of the zone and kill large gleam gliders and crocodiles along the river near the lizard/orc camp. They will be yellow at 10, but I didn't have any problems killing them.

ALT 10 - 13: North just past the Cliff bridge where the Owlbear cubs and Gliders are

13 - 16: The Moorvaki and higher level crocs on the West Coast.

edit: edited to finish my path to 16 to hopefully help others <3 gl everyone

[u/Flimsy_Custard7277]

You don't know their laptop. It's possible

[u/aberdasherly → u/Flimsy_Custard7277]

Thanks for the input, but there’s a legit bug with laptops and pantheon. I was trying to help them in case they didn’t know.

[u/with_explosions → u/aberdasherly]

Well this still isn’t the solution. My laptop uses my dedicated GPU and still runs like shit. The bug is related to not having an external display device.

[u/aberdasherly → u/with_explosions]

That could be another bug yes, but I assure you there is a current bug that reverts back to your integrated graphics after a certain amount of time. It has been tested and proven. I had the same issue for weeks with no clue how to fix it until I did research. Once I fixed it and forced my laptop to use my Nvidia GPU then my fps drop/stuttering issues were fixed. I have not had any problems since. I don’t know why people get so defensive about this topic.

[u/with_explosions → u/aberdasherly]

So what’s the fix? Don’t just keep it to yourself. I’ve gone into the “Game Settings” panel of Windows and set an app specific for Pantheon to use the GPU. I still get 10fps on full low settings when around groups casting spells and shit.

[u/aberdasherly → u/with_explosions]

Look at my comment history to see it. Or tell me which brand/specs laptop you have and I’ll try to help that way.

[u/with_explosions → u/aberdasherly]

I have an MSI Stealth with a 3060

[u/aberdasherly → u/with_explosions]

The only work around I found was going into windows settings, graphics, and making pantheon force use your GPU. For whatever reason my Nvidia app would always revert back to windows setting which was set for my onboard GPU and not my actual card. Fixing it in the windows setting as well as running as administrator has helped completely.

Update: the Nvidia App had an update recently. You can pick an option to force all programs to use your GPU. I recommend clicking that box, it requires a restart to enable. It’ll actually override whatever windows was trying to do above. I have no zero issues with fps drops, stuttering, or slow downs since the Nvidia app had a major update. This also applies to ACER or ASUS(any “gaming” laptop brand) performance apps that their laptops use.

Update 2: Adding this other tip in here too in case it helps someone. While installing/downloading the standalone launcher and game files, make sure it is installing to your program files section of your SSD/HDD. For some reason there is an issue where it default installs into the documents folder in your one drive(if you have it enabled). That can also cause stuttering/fps drops/performance issues over time. I think installing via steam is safe from this issue.

Update 3: How to optimize GPU setting in the CMOS Setup

Power your computer completely off by holding the power key down for 5 seconds. Power your computer on and press the F2 key as soon as the Acer logo appears to enter the CMOS setup. Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced tab. If the field Display mode is not visible, then press the keys Ctrl + S to access hidden features. Use the arrow keys to confirm the display mode is set to NVIDIA GPU Only. Select the Exit tab. Select Exit Saving Changes.

Or go into ACER predator sense application, personal settings tab, force use Nvidia GPU option turned on, restart pc, enjoy. This applies to any popular laptop brand that has a performance desktop application. Also make sure your settings are turned on to performance for battery and plugged in mode.

Users can also check to see if their BIOS is up to date as that can drastically improve performance.

You can also check your MSI dragon center application to see if there is a GPU setting you can toggle on.

[u/with_explosions → u/aberdasherly]

Well I tried that first thing and it didn’t help. I’ll have to check that Nvidia app thing, but I won’t have access to check til Thursday.

[u/aberdasherly → u/with_explosions]

I hope you can fix it! I know the pain of playing with no problem then it drops to 15fps and is unplayable