Quote Originally Posted by wyofiddler View Post
Focus came strictly from gear as I picked up more pieces, my limiting factor was toughness at first. I grabbed a few runes to make the 90 toughness minimum at first, but I've since picked up a few more pieces on the tank that give me enough by themselves and I have switched runes to end/str/block depending on what is avail in that slot.

I was talking with a friend who has run all the expert rifts and he said to try the earth and air events since he thought they have less mvmt needed and less crazy adds/untankable mobs or whatever. I grabbed an earth expert rift lure last night right before I had to leave for work and easily reached stage 4, wiped there so the timer ran out, and came back and closed the rift up before logging out. It was very straightforward so that was fun! I'll try the air expert rift today and see how that goes as well. Also found a page on Zam that runs through each expert rift stage by stage listing what mobs are there and the mechanics of the stage etc so that was super helpful to me as well, since I have not done any of them before (I haven't solo'ed much at all at 50 so trying to box it is also my first exposure to it at all - not the easiest path lol).
That is very good to hear!

I may try that tonight as well, also, since you didn't reach the end before the timer expired, I assume you did not receive the loot chest, correct?