Delve Bosses - Worth killing on alts ?

lancerr11

When you're leveling alts and running through maps to get the skyshards; Do you kill the delve bosses? Do they give good exp or do you simply kill it for the achievements since gears while leveling don't matter.

Runs

I kill them to turn my map white. It's not that much extra time.

Donny_Vito

lancerr11 wrote: »

When you're leveling alts and running through maps to get the skyshards; Do you kill the delve bosses? Do they give good exp or do you simply kill it for the achievements since gears while leveling don't matter.

As far as the "good xp" the answer is no. And I honestly don't kill them unless I'm there for a skyshard AND I have to run the bosses way to get back to the beginning. After you've done every single delve on your main character, the thought of going back there again on alts and doing it again is frightening.

prof-dracko

Some of them drop specific set items, so if there's an overland set you eventually want it's worth killing them. Otherwise they're nothing special. All Base game delve, group dungeon and world bosses have a chance of dropping a unique bit of kit, so if you want them for a personal collection or novelty, there is that. But all of those things can also be bought at guild traders.

AcadianPaladin

I always kill them. Because it is fun.

Veinblood1965

I kill them do DC for the mats, and yes to turn my map white lol.

redspecter23

I usually kill them while I'm in the delve for the skyshard. Many times I'm running past them to get to the shard or to get to the exit so it's not much trouble. A bit more loot to decon and a soul gem for my efforts. A little bit of extra xp as well. If I were going min/max speeding though for shards only, I'd probably skip it.

Loralai_907

I did ALL the things on my first couple of characters, mostly prior to 1T, sooo for the most part I am not repeating that trend. I need skyshards and skillpoints and main quests and lorebooks and thats about it. If I am in a delve and have to run by the boss, I'll kill it on my way out and on to the next thing I need on the map. And I STILL have too much work to do on multiple characters. I need more time in my day for this stuff.

Sevn

Sure do. I have this thing, quite mental actually, where I'm overly compelled to turn everything I can from black to white whenever I can.

AcadianPaladin

Sevn wrote: »

Sure do. I have this thing, quite mental actually, where I'm overly compelled to turn everything I can from black to white whenever I can.

Oh my. I hope that doesn't compel you to buy every home in the game!

Iselin

I know they're there so they must die.

Besides... it's nice to have a mob that I don't one shot. Sometimes I can even get half way through a full rotation and they're still alive!

zaria

Donny_Vito wrote: »

lancerr11 wrote: »

When you're leveling alts and running through maps to get the skyshards; Do you kill the delve bosses? Do they give good exp or do you simply kill it for the achievements since gears while leveling don't matter.

As far as the "good xp" the answer is no. And I honestly don't kill them unless I'm there for a skyshard AND I have to run the bosses way to get back to the beginning. After you've done every single delve on your main character, the thought of going back there again on alts and doing it again is frightening.

First kill / clear give decent xp, the boss himself not much and and they are most relevant for skyshard runs anyway.

ghastley

Any XP is good XP when you're levelling an alt. If you've gone to the delve for the skyshard, why leave anything on the table? Most of the time there's a logical circuit around the delve, and you may as well continue around, instead of doubling back. The boss will inevitably be one of the kills you get on the way.

If you're alone, and the character's not up to it, it's a different matter, but getting killed by the boss is often the fastest way back to the entrance!

Sevn

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Sevn wrote: »

Sure do. I have this thing, quite mental actually, where I'm overly compelled to turn everything I can from black to white whenever I can.

Oh my. I hope that doesn't compel you to buy every home in the game!

Oh no! I only feel that way towards combat content like delves, WB's, quest towns, etc.

Grayfax

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

Sevn wrote: »

Sure do. I have this thing, quite mental actually, where I'm overly compelled to turn everything I can from black to white whenever I can.

Oh my. I hope that doesn't compel you to buy every home in the game!

Time. Time is my enemy... good thing I'm learning Psijic abilities!!