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Ranked Play Changes, Chris Sigaty and Alan Dabiri Interview, Lan Bonuses for Heroes

Patch 6.2 - Darker Nights, Hellfire Citadel Normal Testing, Blue Tweets, Final Boss

Rank #1 Playtimes

How much do you need to play to reach the higher rankings on the leadeboards? How about the highest rank? Heisenberg shared a post over at the official forums with some data he collected. The resulsts are quite impressive. Check the original post, or the quote below.

Rank #1 Monk - Scrapz GR62

Paragon 1086

Averaging ~21.5b XP/hour

Averaging 13.1 hours PER DAY since S3 started



Rank #1 Barb - Tonydihn GR60

Paragon 991

Averaging ~14.4b XP/hour

Averaging 13 hours PER DAY since S3 started



Rank #1 Crusader - Hades GR61

Paragon 1041

Averaging ~21b XP/hour

Averaging 11.1 hours PER DAY since S3 started



Rank #1 Demon Hunter - balaM GR62

Paragon 978

Averaging ~13.2b XP/hour

Averaging 13.3 hours PER DAY since S3 started



Rank #1 Witch Doctor - Karib GR59

Paragon 951

Averaging ~15.2b XP/hour

Averaging 10.1 hours PER DAY since S3 started



Rank #1 Wizard- Necro GR63

Paragon 905

Averaging ~6b XP/hour

Averaging 19.8 hours PER DAY since S3 started



That last time isn't a typo, Necro has played almost 20 hours a day since S3 started. (probably shared acct looking at his class portfolio) But basically you can see both the discrepancy on time played vs paragon level. Some have a specific leech class in Crusader/WD/Monk, but it is all rolled up in the hours per day.

Firebird's Finery Revisited

With the tweaks to the Tal Rasha Elements and the new Delsere Magnum Opus, the good old Firebird's Finery which was used for quite a while fell out of flavour. MHM has revisited it and discusses some uses for this mid-tier set, as well as talking about some factors to consider when having to use it - usually when still farming for the other end-game sets - and item variations. Check it out!