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Well... Normally people go for GR pushing and Leaderboard ranking as end game, so you should focus that.

To climb GRs you need the sets and items for your build asap and as strong as possible, so your choices of what to do should revolve around that.

I'd do GRs to get the gems you need, then focus on getting all my build items either on T-X or speed mid tier GRs, depending on your gear.

After that I'd level my build gems to 25 min, to get the bonus.

Bounties come into play depending on your need of mats for cube recipes, so you'll have to decide that as you go.

Once you have your build going, do a mix of highest GR pushing, lower GR speed farming, group XP Paragon farming or even solo xp farm if you don't like or don't have a group.

Are you maintaining the correct rotation?

Do you keep casting EB and Blades till Dynamo 5 stacks to cast your AOrbit?

Are you staying under your Slow Time bubble all the time?

Besides that... What was already said, Area Damage and Endless Walk

Yes, no exclusive items.

People whined so much they took that away. Seasons reward now is extra stash through the Journey completion and that's it.

You're missing a lot from the "base" setup:

- Missing 15% EP Damage from Helm slot )Instead of LoH)

- Missing 8% CDR from Shoulder slot (Instead of Life Regen)

- Missing CHD, Elem% and specially a socket on Neck AND also Leg Gem ***HUGE LOSS OF DAMAGE HERE***

- Missing CHD from Gloves slot (instead of RRC)

- Missing best Emeralds from Legs slot

- Missing MS from Boots slot to free more Paragon points for Dex

- Missing a Focus for Bastion set bonus but also CHC, CHD on Restraint

- Missing +130% CHD from your Fist ***HUGE LOSS OF DAMAGE HERE***

- O.o Why did you reroll Secondary on your Lion's Fist?!??

- You need to get your other 2 Leg Gems going into your gear asap. They'll help immensely.

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If a player takes his time and go very slowly, reading everything, exploring everything and is simply slower than me and takes 10hs to get 1>60 and I don't stop to pick anything, don't check everything and rush as much as I can and level alone by myself doing the exact same acts and following the story and get to 1>60 in 5hs...Am I breaking the game? Am I not? I'm leveling twice as fast as someone else...is that powerleveling? Why is it not?

That's why your reasoning fails. You simply can't measure it. If the player uses a glitch or a bug, like finding a mob that in some situation or place gives more XP than Devs programed it to give or somehow manage to kill monsters way stronger than him without being able to be hit or immune, or glitching them in the scenary and so on...then that's abusing and should not be allowed, otherwise your argument doesn't hold water.

My reasoning fails according to someone who is only capable of run-on-sentences, but alright. Why does my argument not hold water? Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you failing to define power leveling yourself? Are you asking questions that somehow constitute as automatically refuting my argument?

If someone is watching all of the cinematics and taking a slow stroll through the game, of course it is likely they may take twice as long or more than a player who is mashing ESC and running to the next mob. However, I don't believe developers would consider "rushing" an exploit as opposed to gaining 40 levels in way under 10 minutes doing effortless nonsense. So just because someone who is taking their time takes half as long as someone (legitimately) "rushing" means that the latter is "power leveling" or questionably so? Compare that with whatever "method" is being used to gain 60 levels in 15 minutes if you feel lack of water in this argument. By the way, exponential XP gain is definitely quantifiable; you can measure it.

I somewhat agree with your 3rd sentence, final paragraph (example of an exploit). It is a more clear cut example of something clearly not intended in the game. Explain to me why a glitch like that should be removed if a player can use an even more efficient leveling method (i.e. the one that started this post) to achieve the same results. If you can level every class to 60 in one day using mentioned method, then IMHO that isabusing. If anything, I think the hardcore community should be concerned the most because it's more difficult by far to get a HC character from 1-60. Remember a lot of players make a defensive build to be able to more easily survive. Yes, people can die "power leveling" but as I'm sure you know there are various forms and ideas of "power leveling" and it sounds to me like 1-60 in 15 mins is generally risk free with low time investment.

And TK, I truly did read your post, I just didn't agree with the premise

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Am I "power leveling"? What is it that I'm doing "against the game rules"? How do you measure what I'm doing and what you're doing if we're going the same route?

I even said it in my first post; if that's how people want to play the game then fine. If you wish to run the same screen for the same easy environmental dmg on a high lvl pack or have a high level friend run you through the same part 50 times in 3 hours for some XP and you're not holding your breath then good for you. Why not formally request a button to just click all the way to max lvl? It just deviates from the intention of the design. One could argue it discourages other player's in the way that they feel there is no true effort behind their accomplishments of building their character when someone can achieve somewhat similar results effortlessly. You might think, "who cares?", but for developers who dedicate all of their time to this they want it to be perfect for the community.

I don't believe that people will want to rush through the game or find it such a drag on their first few playthroughs, though a veteran may wish to get other classes to higher levels. Think of choosing a main or first class as some kind of commitment; it will take time to max level other mew characters. At least with Paragon 2.0, that won't be as true now.