i started afk farming as i saw a few of my friends at the beginning of the season where their light level was 25 more than mine, i'd already done the powerful stuff and crept up around 2 level ranks, the pinnacle activities were are are still too high for me to attempt even after afk farming. i managed to get to 1034.7 total power excluding the +5 on my seasonal artifact, via afk, and i can manage to do a 1020 NF and below and survive alot better, before i tried the 750 NF at the beginning of the season and got wreaked at every turn 16-30 deaths in one run it was not fun at all, so thats why i afk farmed forges just to boost me a little, where i am now (1034.7) is perfectly fine and as for the farming method i don't need to do it anymore as the game is much more enjoyable now i can kill stuff in pve and survive in activities (pve) don't do pvp so my level advantage is not a problem, never liked pvp from the beginning, its just not my play style.