Has anyone figured out the most optimum set up for leveling up Paragons?
I mean it used to be Act 3 modified Alkaizer run at MP0. I am curious if its better to do higher MPs in different Acts. Right now I am doing MP1 in Act 1 just for the fun.
Man everyone on my friend lists is like over P50 now at least. I am way behind, I guess that's to be expected when you don't play for 2 months.
Enemies are everywhere, do what you want. The leveling bonuses + mob density are so crazy that I kinda do whatever and still level hella fast. There are some variations, but generally for Act 1 people will usually run:
-Festering Woods (usually first, minimum 2 elites in the two dungeons, usually at least 1-2 more elites or an event outside on the way as well)
-Weeping Hollow (south from the Cemetery portal). Weeping Hallow has an absurd amount of enemies now with usually 2-3 elites; it's best to hit this up with 5 stacks to take advantage of the high # of trash enemies. Some people will also clear the individual crypts which always (?) have 1 elite, or sometimes 2 elites or 1 elite and an event. I do it depending on my mood, or if I got 4 from the Woods and just need 1-2 more stacks before heading down to the Hollow.
-Fields of Misery for once you get 5 stacks for keywarden. This area is also fantastic for a ton of trash enemies and usually 3 or so elites. There's also several great events/areas you can get here: 2 different farm events, 2 different caves, and the Decaying Crypt which is now legit maybe the best level in the whole fucking game and seems to usually be there.
-Leoric's Manor; usually one elite inside and one elite out front, but not always.
-Halls of Agony 2; the Act 2 equivalent of Keep Depths 2 now.
Usually I'll run that with the quest set to Halls of Agony 2, and run Halls 2 through the end so you get the Warden and then the Butcher. I think fender posted his Act 2 run a while back, but I think it was pretty much the VotA run I used to do, which was get some stacks in the sewers, mines, then run the oasis for the kw and elites, then desolate sands, then VotA.
Act 3 actually kinda sucks now, they nerfed some of the areas hard for some reason like Core 2, which I don't know they removed most of the scorpions if they also nerfed the XP.
Act 4 has some crazy areas now, but still kinda sucks because there's not a lot of elites to get to 5 stacks in a decent manner unless you start in act 3 and run through to act 4, but I don't think it's still worth it.
Do people put Rubies now in weapons?
I always forget the math, but rubies work out better in Calamites due to their attack speed and other stats. Also for 2 socket Manticores you ideally one one emerald and one ruby (as opposed to 2 emeralds), again I forget exactly why but math. You still want emeralds in any other situation I know of.